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The Sepher
Yetzirah
Chapter 5
5.1
Twelve Singles: he, vau, zayin, cheth, teth, yod,
lamed, nun, samekh, ayin, tzaddi, qof.
Their foundation is speech,
thought, motion, sight, hearing, action, coition, smell, sleep, anger, taste,
laughter.
5.2
Twelve Singles: he, vau, zayin, cheth, teth, yod, lamed,
nun, samekh, ayin, tzaddi, qof.
Their foundation is the twelve diagonal
boundaries:
the upper East, the North East, the lower East;
the upper
South, the South East, the lower South;
the upper West, the South West, the
lower West;
the upper North, the North West, the lower North.
They extend
to infinity, and it is they that are the boundaries of the Universe.
5.3
Twelve Singles: he, vau, zayin, cheth, teth, yod, lamed,
nun, samekh, ayin, tzaddi, qof .
Their foundation is that He engraved
them, carved them, permuted them, weighed them, and transformed them. And with
them He formed:
twelve constellations in the Universe;
twelve months in
the Year;
and twelve directors in the Body, male and female.
5.4
Twelve constellations in the Universe: Aries, Taurus, Gemini,
Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.
5.5
Twelve months in the Year: Nissan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamuz, Av,
Elul, Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar.
5.6
Twelve parts of the Body, male and female:
the two hands,
the two feet;
the two kidneys;
the gall bladder;
the intestines;
the
stomach;
the liver;
the colon;
the spleen.
5.7
He made the letter he king over speech and He bound a
crown to it and He combined one with another.
And with them He
formed:
Aries in the Universe;
Nissan in the Year;
and the right foot
in the Body, male and female.
He made the letter vau king over thought and He bound a crown to it
and He combined one with another.
And with them He formed:
Taurus in the
Universe;
Iyar in the Year;
and the right kidney in the Body, male and
female.
He made the letter zayin king over motion and He bound a crown to it
and He combined one with another.
And with them He formed:
Gemini in the
Universe;
Sivan in the Year;
and the left foot in the Body, male and
female.
5.8
He made the letter cheth king over sight and He bound a
crown to it and He combined one with another.
And with them He
formed:
Cancer in the Universe;
Tamuz in the Year;
and the right hand
in the Body, male and female.
He made the letter teth king over hearing and He bound a crown to it
and He combined one with another.
And with them He formed:
Leo in the
Universe;
Av in the Year;
and the left kidney in the Body, male and
female.
He made the letter yod king over action and He bound a crown to it and
He combined one with another.
And with them He formed:
Virgo in the
Universe;
Elul in the Year;
and the left hand in the Body, male and
female.
5.9
He made the letter lamed king over coition and He bound
a crown to it and He combined one with another.
And with them He
formed:
Libra in the Universe;
Tishrei in the Year;
and the gall
bladder in the Body, male and female.
He made the letter nun king over smell and He bound a crown to it and
He combined one with another.
And with them He formed:
Scorpio in the
Universe;
Cheshvan in the Year;
and the intestines in the Body, male and
female.
He made the letter samekh king over sleep and He bound a crown to it
and He combined one with another.
And with them He formed:
Sagittarius in
the Universe;
Kislev in the Year;
and the stomach in the Body, male and
female.
5.10
He made the letter ayin king over anger and He bound a
crown to it and He combined one with another.
And with them He
formed:
Capricorn in the Universe;
Tevet in the Year;
and the liver in
the Body, male and female.
He made the letter tzaddi king over taste and He bound a crown to it
and He combined one with another.
And with them He formed:
Aquarius in the
Universe;
Shevat in the Year;
and the colon in the Body, male and female.
He made the letter qof king over laughter and He bound a crown to it
and He combined one with another.
And with them He formed:
Pisces in the
Universe;
Adar in the Year;
and the spleen in the Body, male and female.
He made them like a trough
He arranged them like a wall
He set them up
like a battle.
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