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According to the ''Sefer Yetzirah'', the first emanation from the spirit of [[Yahweh|God]] was the ruach (רוּחַ ''rúaħ'' "spirit", "air") that produced water, which, in its turn, formed the genesis of fire. In the beginning, however, these three substances had only a potential existence, and came into actual being only by means of the three letters Aleph, Mem, Shin; and as these are the principal parts of speech, so those three substances are the elements from which the cosmos has been formed. | According to the ''Sefer Yetzirah'', the first emanation from the spirit of [[Yahweh|God]] was the ruach (רוּחַ ''rúaħ'' "spirit", "air") that produced water, which, in its turn, formed the genesis of fire. In the beginning, however, these three substances had only a potential existence, and came into actual being only by means of the three letters Aleph, Mem, Shin; and as these are the principal parts of speech, so those three substances are the elements from which the cosmos has been formed. | ||
The cosmos consists of three parts, the world, the year (or time), and man, which are combined in such a way that the three primordial elements are contained in each of the three categories. The [[water (element)|water]] formed the [[earth (element)|earth]]; heaven was produced from the [[fire (element)|fire]]; and the ruach produced the [[air (element)|air]] between heaven and earth. The three seasons of the year--winter, summer, and the rainy season--correspond to water, fire, and ruach in the same way as man consists of a head (corresponding to fire), torso (represented by ruach), and the other parts of the body (equivalent to water). | The cosmos consists of three parts, the world, the year (or time), and man, which are combined in such a way that the three primordial elements are contained in each of the three categories. The [[water (element)|water]] formed the [[earth (element)|earth]]; [[heaven]] was produced from the [[fire (element)|fire]]; and the ruach produced the [[air (element)|air]] between heaven and [[earth]]. The three seasons of the year--winter, summer, and the rainy season--correspond to water, fire, and ruach in the same way as man consists of a head (corresponding to fire), torso (represented by ruach), and the other parts of the body (equivalent to water). | ||
==Creation of the universe== | ==Creation of the universe== | ||
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===English=== | ===English=== | ||
* Kalisch, Isidor (1877). ''Sepher Yezirah: A Book on Creation; or the Jewish [[Metaphysics]] of Remote Antiquity''. New York: L. H. Frank & Co. | * Kalisch, Isidor (1877). ''Sepher Yezirah: A Book on Creation; or the Jewish [[Metaphysics]] of Remote Antiquity''. New York: L. H. Frank & Co. | ||
* Westcott, William Wynn (1887). ''Sepher Yezirah''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society. | * Westcott, William Wynn (1887). ''Sepher Yezirah''. London: [[theosophy|Theosophical]] Publishing Society. | ||
* Kaplan, Aryeh (1991). ''The Sefer Yetzirah: Short Version''. | * Kaplan, Aryeh (1991). ''The Sefer Yetzirah: Short Version''. | ||