Yud: The Tenth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet
- Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
- "On the simplest level, the design of the yud is a point: a dot which represents G?d’s essential power...
THE DEEPER MEANING BEHIND THE HEBREW LETTERS
Tet: The Ninth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet
- Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
- "The design of the tes is like a pot, a vessel with an inverted rim, representing hidden or inverted good....
Chet: The Eighth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet
- Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
- "In essence, vav represents the male principle, the husband. Zayin represents the female principle...
Zayin: The Seventh Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet
- Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
- "The name zayin means ‘crown’ ..., 'weapons’...and zun, ‘to sustain.’ In essence, these three definitions are interrelated....
Vav: The Sixth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet
- Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
- "Torah began in Heaven, emanating from G-d, and then traveled—and continuously travels—down to the physical world utterly intact....
Heh: The Fifth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet
- Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
- "...just as the dalet and the yud come together to form the hei, so, too, one has an obligation to imbue and sanctify the physical world with spirituality and G?dliness....
Dalet: The Fourth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet
- Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
- G?d has been kind enough to give us life...[and] sustenance. Without G?d, we have nothing....
Gimmel: The Third Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet
- Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
- "The letter gimmel represents the benefactor or the giver of charity. [Its] design is explained in the Talmud as a rich man running to give charity to a poor person....
Bet (Vet): The Second Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet
- Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
- "The three lines of the beis are often interpreted as representing the three pillars on which the world stands: Torah, prayer, and charity (including good deeds). When a person prays, studies Torah, and gives charity daily, one builds a home for G-d."...
Aleph: The First Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet
- Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
- “The [letter] alef has three different meanings. One is aluf, which means a master or a chief… This lets the world know that there is a Creator… The universe did not simply emerge by itself… [and] God is the Aluf, the Master of the universe. The second...
Introduction to Letters of Light: The Meaning of the Hebrew Alphabet
- Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
- "The Mishnah states: 'With Ten Utterances G-d created the world.' As a carpenter employs tools to build a home, so G-d utilized the twenty-two letters of the alef-beis to form heaven and earth....