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 Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin is the official Chabad emissary to downtown Brooklyn, rabbi of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights, New York and Dean of Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy. He is the author of the books “Thank You God for Making Me a Woman", "Letters of Light", "By Divine Design", "Parsha Mnemonics",and "Guardian of Israel", and the co-author of "The Rabbi & The CEO".
Design and Sefirah Although these two nekudos differ graphically, they both make the sound of “oo.” The shuruk is represented as three dots on a diagonal line placed underneath a letter; the milupim is formed from the letter vav with a...
Design and Sefirah The chirik is a single dot beneath a letter and refers to the Sefirah of Netzach Likkutei Torah, Devarim, p. 87b.—victory. Gematria The chirik has a numerical value of ten. Meaning The letters of chirik, חרק, read backwa...
Design and Sefirah The cholam is a dot that rests above a letter. When the dot is atop a vav, the vowel is comprised of both the vav and the dot. It refers to the Sefirah of Tiferes Likkutei Torah, Vayikra, p. 6c.—beauty or mercy. In gene...
Design and Sefirah The sh’va is displayed as two dots, one on top of the other. The sh’va embodies the spiritual aspect of Gevurah Or HaTefillah, vol. 1, p. 8.—judgment and discipline. According to the Tikkunei Zohar, P. 7b. the sh’v...
Design and Sefirah The segol represents the Sefirah of Chessed Or HaTefillah, vol. 1, p. 8.—kindness—and is displayed as a triangle of three dots: right, left and center. Gematria The numerical value of the segol is thirty. Meaning The Jew...
Design and Sefirah The tzeireh is configured as two dots side by side. They represent the Sefirah of Binah—understanding. Pardes Rimonim Shaar HaNekudos. Ch. 4. explains that the two dots signify the two luminaries, the sun and the moon, ...
Design and Sefirah The patach is displayed as a straight line (similar to a horizontal vav). The patach represents the Sefirah of Chochmah Or HaTefillah, vol. 1, p. 11.—the flash of an idea or wisdom. It alludes to the horizontal line of ...
Design and Sefirah The kamatz is designed as a straight line, similar to a horizontal vav. It has a dot beneath it, similar to the yud. The kamatz represents Kesser, Or HaTefillah, vol. 1, p. 14. the crown, and is the first and the highest...
For six months, Joab, King David’s fierce general, warred against and killed all the males of the evil nation of Amalek. Bava Basra 21a,b; I Kings 11:15-16. When he finally returned, he told the king of his great victory and how he had slain al...
From the Rebbe's Reshimos, No. 169
Reshimos No. 169 From the Personal Notes of The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson: ”The Letter Vav Is the Letter of Emes [Truth]“ (Zohar III, 2a) [The letter] vav [has the numerical value of six]. It refers to Z’eir Anpin [lit. “sm...
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