The Book of Formation - Sefer Yetzirah
By the grace of G-d
Copyright © 2009-16 Nathaniel Segal
Table of Contents
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Title Page
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Preface & Prologue by Nathaniel Segal Work in progress
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Foreword
Work in progress
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Introduction
Work in progress
• Key to the Book
◦ The Laws of Nature
as seen through the Book of Formation are also presented as a Foreword.
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Comments from the
Lubavitcher Rebbe on the Book of Formation
• Chapter
II - 5 Mishnahs
(6)* \\
• Chapter
III - 10 Mishnahs
(8)* \\
• Chapter
IV - 14 Mishnahs
(12)* \\
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Chapter V - 21 Mishnahs (4)*
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• Chapter
VI - 13 Mishnahs
(4)* \\
* The number of mishnahs in the "Short Version" are in parentheses. However, many of the earliest commentators based their commentaries on the "Long Version." Academic references generally correspond to the "Long Version."
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Bibliography of Editions of the Book of Formation with Reviews
Map of Chapter Contents
◊ marks inactive links – pages that have yet to be posted or that are being developed.° marks active links.
° "thirty-two paths of wisdom"° "a book, a scribe, and a story"° "ten vowels"° "twenty-two letters" (consonants)◊ "Ten vowels – ten fingers"◊ "ten vowels not standing alone"◊ "Ten not nine; not eleven"° "if your heart hastens,° "Ten vowels"° "Their end is wedged into the beginning"° "as a flame is attached to a coal"° "ten vowels and twenty-two letters" (consonants)° "Three mothers, seven doublets,
° "Twenty-two consonants, a foundation"° "attached in the mouth in five locations"° "as a flame is attached to a coal"° "Locations of the five groups of letters in the mouth"° "The wheel of 231 gates turns forwards and backwards"◊ "How did He weigh them and exchange them?"
° "Alef, Mem, Shin – atmosphere, water,
° "seven planets, days, and gates of the soul"° "Two stones build two houses"
° "our Patriarch Abraham looked, saw . . ." ◊ "He made a covenant with Abraham° "a covenant with Abraham, and° "eyes, ears, and nose are uncontrollable" –◊ "Three good things to hear"° "Language has three weaknesses" –
