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The Creation?

Gen 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Gen 1:2 "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Gen 1:3 "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Gen 1:4 "And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Gen 1:5 "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:1-5

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Heb 11:1

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Heb 11:3

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Heb 11:6

The so-called Big Bang theory is the current favoured hypothesis of the formation of the universe according to astronomy. This asserts that some 12-15 billion years ago there was a suddenly expansion and explosion of all matter and energy out of an original point - out of literally nothing - and that not only space but even time began at this moment. (So we cannot speak of an explosion in space - because there was no space before, or no time at which this could be measured - space and time being properties of the universe rather than something outside of it).

There used to be some rivalry between the Big Bang and so-called the Steady State theory, but the latter has now been rejected by almost everyone (apart from a few mavericks like Fred Hoyle). In fact, recent discoveries indicate that the universe is not only expanding, but it's its rate of expansion is increasing!

The strongest evidence for the Big Bang hypothesis is the existence of the microwave background radiation (the temerature everywhere in space is about 3 degrees above absolute zero). This is thought to be the "echo" of the Big Bang, all that remains of the original fireball.

Earlier versions of the Big Bang theory had the universe originating from a singularity (a point of zero volume and infinite density, where the laws of physics have no meaning). This has been replaced by the idea that the universe originated from literally nothing at all. According to quantum theory matter and antimatter particles are created in pairs all the time out of nothing (i.e. vacuum) and cancel each other out with no effect on the universe. They are therefore called virtual particles). At the Big Bang, however, massive amounts of matter and antimatter were created and although much of it was similarly cancelled out with a huge release of energy, matter won the day and spawned the universe as we know it.

A still more recent theory has the universe evolving from a previous universe (perhaps from a black hole in that universe), which in turn developed from a previous universe, and so on. Similarily our universe may be giving birth to coutless further universes, of which we can (limited as we are to this section of space-time) know nothing.

Chronology of the Universe

The following diagram illustrates the main events occurring in the history of our Universe. The vertical time axis is not linear in order to show early events on a reasonable scale. The temperature rises as we go backwards in time towards the Big Bang and physical processes happen more rapidly. Many of the transitions and events may be unfamiliar to newcomers; we shall explain these in subsequent pages.

from the Preface to the Book of the Zohar By Rabbi Simon Bar Yochai
With The Great Commentarie (The Ladder)
By Rabbi Yehuda L. Ashlag

1) The message promulgated within the confines of this volume has never, as yet, been explored by man. It is a unique work, the territory of which opens up new vistas of SPIRITUAL "SECRETS" hitherto concealed from the eyes of man and THE BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE.

Upon perusal of this dissertation, the reader will forthwith gain an awareness of the vasthess of the scope of the subject matter yet to be explored. Therefore, one must not contemplate, even for a moment, that the substance of what is portrayed within the framework of this first edition has been fully exhausted.

2) At this point, it is in order to ask: Why is it that the Creator, before creation, saw fit to become engaged in a dispute or debate with The "Twenty-Two Letters" of the Hebrew alphabet and not with any of the large group of existing letters of the alphabets appertaining to the other nations of the world?

The second query that will present itself to the reader is: How did the Creator manage to create worlds by the agency of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet? In order to solve the enigma of "creation", first of all, an analogy must be drawn between the work of an architect here on earth, who takes it upon himself to build an edifice, and the work of GOD, who created and "built" the immense world in which we live, in its entirety. The architect must, at the outset, prepare a plan by mapping out a detailed architectural blueprint for the construction of the structure that his mind has conceived to erect; for, as is commonly known, it is in the latent compartments of the mind that the wisdom and ideas of the architect are first conceived which then results in the gradual process of systematic planning on paper, for which the architect hires a company of artisans and workers to assist him in bringing his plan to fruition.

The architect then looks into his blueprint; thereby becoming enabled to properly instruct his workers how to go about finishing the job of construction, which first of all, he had to visualize in the brain.

3) Our Holy Sages reveal that the Creator gazed into the TORAH, using the letters of the Hebrew alphabet as the "Instrument" with which He created the world, even as the architect used "bricks" in the construction of his building. In other words, the TORAH was the blueprint, the plan that was used by GOD in the "creation" of the universe.

4) However, the analogy that has just been drawn is vastly dissimilar; for the reason that the architect, being human, cannot build his edifice by mere thought and written word which as put in his blueprint; for without enlisting outside help and securing the great abundance of material to be used, the architect is at a loss to finish his job of construction. Inasmuch as all this is required in order to enable him to see his plan materialized, the dissimilarity in this analogy is readily apparent; for, as we all know, GOD certainly does not have to resort to outside help, needing no men or material to bring his plans to fruition because by His "thought" and "word" alone, "All things came into being".

This is cited as testimony in our holy scriptures a number of times. "For He spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast". (Psalms, 39:9)

5) In Psalm 104:24, we are reminded that the Creator is the author of the colossal "works of creation", comprising the creation of all the worlds, "the spiritual" as well as "the corporeal".

The Creator used the light of the Sephirah "CHOCHMOH" (Wisdom) and the letters of the Hebrew alphabet for the "creation"; even as the builder uses his limited measure of wisdom as well as his word and actual bricks in the construction of his building.

The verse reveals that the light of "CHOCHMOH" (Wisdom), that is, a "deed" or "action" on the part of GOD, which is dramatized by the word of GOD, must be interpreted to mean that the letters of the Hebrew alphabet constituted the actual tools, vessels and material used by the Creator in the manifestation of the entire “creation”.

6) The Hebrew alphabet, which also constitutes the tools for "the Hebrew language" stems from that spiritual source connoted "KODESH", meaning Holiness due to its having originated in the holy sanctuary of the Creator himself, that is, in the Sephiroth (plural of Sephirah) "CHOCHMOH", the light of Wisdom and "Binah", the light of intelligence, which houses the light of Wisdom. In other words, each letter of the Hebrew alphabet was designed by the hand of GOD. The work of GOD, as portrayed herein, is consonant with what is dramatized by King David, thus:

7) At this juncture, it might be well advised to mention that the Zohar reveals to us that the letters of the Hebrew alphabet had been contemplated upon by GOD for two thousand years before He created the world.

The "two thousand years" just mentioned are not to be deemed a stretch of time in the sense that "time" is recognized here on earth; for the reason that the spiritual realms are above time and space. Thus, the "two thousand years", in the spiritual sense, constitute "CHOCHMAH" and "Binah" of the head of the Sephiroth. They are the two Sephiroth whence the Hebrew alphabet originates.

The Hebrew word "SHANAH" הנש means year. However, "SHONOH" also signifies change or difference; so that "one thousand years", in the spiritual sense, alludes to a differentiation of "phases" of "a thousand manifold spiritual entities".

The usage of the word הנש "SHONOH" here on earth carries with it the signification "the four seasons" of the year, which are given to constant or frequent change.

העונת (Motion) is non-existent among the spiritual "phases". However, when mention is made of motion in connection with the Sephiroth or a particular appearance or state in a recurring condition of changes in the spiritual realms; then, they are but additional newly revealed entities appearing in the spiritual realms, one garmenting the other.

The enfoldment of the Sephiroth can be attributed to them, as though they moved one on top of the other, comparable to the layers of an onion.

8) When the "letters" were still concealed from the eyes of "creation", GOD had toyed with them all this time, meaning the Sephiroth "CHOCHMOH" and "Binah". When GOD was about to make the world, all the letters of the Hebrew alphabet were still embryonic. When GOD came to create the world, all the letters presented themselves before Him in reversed order. This is given further treatment herein in the pages to follow: The foregoing accounts for the fact that the Hebrew language is known by the nomenclature שדוק ןושל ("LASHON KODESH"), meaning the holy tongue, it being the only language that has its origin in the source of holiness, "Kedushah"; that is to say, the Hebrew language is a language invented and written by the hand of the Creator himself; and is used by him as well as by the souls of Israel, for, as revealed by our holy sages, a "Neshamah" (Soul) is a part of GOD; so it was that the "Whole", that is, the Creator, used the letters of the Hebrew alphabet in his work of the creation, thereby engraving this alphabet within the world and all that is therein; and thus was this alphabet engraved within every miniature world, which is to say, "the souls of Israel".

It is voiced by Isaiah the prophet that the heavens will be rolled up as a book, the author of which is the Creator himself, who created "heavenand earth".

9) It is now crystal clear why it is that the letters of the alphabets of the other nations could not approach the precincts of the Creator to offer their services to him in his work of creation. How could the letters of the alphabets of these nations appear before GOD for the purpose of beseeching him to use them in the "creation" of the world when they do not stem from the holy realms, the tabernacleof GOD, the "secular" having no affinity whatever with the "holy"? the alphabets of the other nations as well as their languages were determined through arbitration. They are simply man made and therefore not holy, having been produced by the decision and the consent of the people concerned therewith. Hence, the existence and the employment of the alphabets and the languages of the nations of the world are dependent upon the design and the consent of the people on earth only, their "alphabets" and "languages" having been fabricated by man at the beginning of time. Mankind, in order to function as an organized civilized community, had to resort to inventing "alphabets" and "languages", they being "a means of communication" between them.

Inasmuch as the alphabets and the languages just referred to are conceived INTRODUCTION by man on earth, the letters that make up their alphabets together with their languages therefore have no relation to the sacred source, "the Upper Sephiroth" whence the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet originate. They are the tools, the divine substance that was used by the Creator in "the creation of all the worlds and man".

10) As has now been made understandable, the Hebrew alphabet stems from the place of holiness. It is indicated by the Hebrew word השודק , ("Kedushah"): "Holiness Itself".

We know that there are five places of exit whence the twenty two letters of the Hebrew alphabet originate. They are as follows:

1. FROM THE LIPS come forth the letters ב "Beth", ו "Vav", מ "Mem" and פ "Pey". Thus, the letter ו "Vav" is one of the letters found in the Hebrew word השודק "Kedushah".

2. The second place of issuance of the letters is the "PALATE". The letters that issue forth from the "PALATE" are א "Aleph", ח "Chess", ה "Hey", and ע "Ayin". The letter "Hey" of this emergence also appears in the word השודק "Kedushah".

3. The third group of letters proceeds from the "THROAT". The letters articulated therefrom are ג "Gimel", י "Yood", כ "Chaph" and ק "Koof". In this group, we find a ק "Koof", which is also found in the word "Kedushah" השודק .

4. The fourth place from which the letters issue forth is the "TONGUE". The letters that spring from here are ד "Daleth", ת "Tav", ל "Lamed", נ "Noon" and ט "Tess". Thus, the ד "Daleth" is found in the word השודק "Kedushah".

5. The fifth and last place of issuance of the letters is the "TEETH". The letters that stem forth from there are ז "Zayin", ס "Samach", ש "Shin", ר "Reish" and צ "Zaddik". The ש "Shin" of this last group of letters is likewise found in the word השודק "Kedushah".

Thus, we have depicted the five places of the mouth whence the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet became manifest. In each "place of issuance" is found a letter that also appears in the word השודק "Kedushah ", Holiness . This is still further indication of the fact that the Hebrew alphabet stems from השודק "Kedushah", Holiness of GOD himself.

11) The reduced numerical value of the word "Kedushah" is nineteen. It is equivalent to that of the fulfillment of the four lettered Holy Name "HAVAYAH" spelled out with אה ואו אה דוי "Alephs". This is another indication that the letters of the Hebrew alphabet stem from the four lettered Holy Name "HAVAYAH".

12) The study of this work revolves upon the knowledge of "macrocosm" - "the universe", contrasted with "microcosm" - "man in his miniature form", who is but a replica, a copy, of the universe.

Encased herein is a reservoir of spiritual resources. It is the knowledge of GOD that will teach man how to follow the pattern of "macrocosm", which was molded, shaped and perfected by the Creator. The avid reader will be thereby helped to ascertain how to perfect himself.

By virtue of reclaiming and then redeeming his complete soul from the clutches of "the material", man will unfold within himself a power of predominance over all creation. By his triumph over "evil", man, by remote control, will be able to bring down to earth the "light" of the Creator.

Equipped with spiritual might, man can shake civilization from its very foundations, thereby awakening mankind from the apathy to search for the "spiritual", the knowledge of GOD. Man, united with the "spiritual light", will finally be given from above the power to dispel the darkness brought upon the world by the "alien powers". This will, in turn, usher into our stricken world "a new light" that will engender "freedom from want" and "freedom from fear". It is a "light" that will spell "perfect peace" for mankind for all eternity.

170) The letter

"Yood" then presented herself and said: "May it please Thee, O Lord, to vouchsafe me first place in the creation of the world since I stand first in the Sacred Name".

The Lord said to her: "It is sufficient for thee that thou art engraven and marked in Myself and that thou art the channel of My will; Thou must not be removed from My Name".

171) The reason why the letter

"Yood" felt justified in making her plea before GOD is because the

"Yood" is the first letter of the Holy Name "HaVaYaH" (Yood Key

Vav

and

Key); that is to say: the

"Yood" is the upper entity and the first revelation of the light of the Holy Name "HaVaYaH". The letter

"Yood" pleaded that the dimension of her light is efficacious to create the world with; for, were GOD to use her dimension of light in the creation of the world, it would, of a surety, bring about the final emendation of the world.

However, the answer to her was: "It is sufficient for thee that thou art engraven and marked in Myself.

172) As aforementioned, the questioning and answering conducted by GOD with the letters as presented their cases before GOD, seeking acceptance from Him for use in the creation of the world, was a source of rejoicing to Him, bringing Him great delight, while conducting the dialogue with the letters.

The entreaty of each of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet is symbolic of נ"מ "M.N", the returning light that Man raises from below, whereas the answer that GOD gave to each letter symbolizes ד"מ "M.D", The vertical light that, in return, precipitates from above.

173) The words "Dy Loch", "It is sufficient for Thee", are equivalent to a boundary established upon the light. The words "Dy Loch" ךל יד carry the implication that the

"Yood" is restricted from descending any further. This answer is comparable to the answer that GOD gave to the Holy Name "SH-DD-Y", י"דש .

It is because, as soon as the

"Yood", which contains the essence of light of the whole "Partzuf" began to extend further down, the Creator, in turn, stopped her; and did not let the

"Yood" descend as far as the last letter, the ת "Tav". However, GOD did permit the light of the

"Yood" to enter into the letter ש "Shin", which has her place above the ת "Tav".

"Dy Loch", which must be interpreted to mean: "Restrain thyself and do not extend thyself any further".

She was instructed, therefore, to go up, and was told: "You are not fit to be extirpated from My Name; for, were you to extend yourself further, you would not be able again to be fixed in the Holy Name "HAVAYAH".

174) To amplify, a rendition concerning the two Holy Names of Tractate "Pesachim 50" must be cited.

The Sages tell us, in the name of GOD: My Name is not pronounced in accord with the letters written out; that is to say: The Holy Name "HAVAYAH" is spelled "Yood",

"Key",

"Vav" and

"Key", but it is instead pronounced by the four letters "A.D.N.Y": that is to say: The Holy Name "HAVAYAH" is always immutable.

It follows then, that since the world is under the change of time which is invariably under the process of change from corruption to emendation. As a result, there is instability, that is, change in the world.

Therefore, before the world will attain its aims to the "Gmar Hat'Koon" (the Final Perfection), the Holy Name must be pronounced "ADNY", (instead of "HAVAYAH").

This is because in the Holy Name "ADNY", change is probable; but in the Holy Name "HAVAYAH", no change can ever take place.

However, in the future, after the world is brought to completion, the Holy Name "HAVAYAH" will be called just as it is written, that is, "HAVAYAH" instead of "ADNY".

175) As a result, the

"Yood" was commanded by GOD to rise, that is, to keep her place; "For Thou art not fit to be extirpated from my Name": because were you to be used in the creation of the world, and a kind of corruption would happen to you, this would have the effect of making you become rooted out from my Name; for the reason that in my Name "HAVAYAH" no corruption (defect or emendation) ever takes place. It follows then that you are not a fit vessel for Me to use in the creation of the world.

176) GOD told the

"Yood": You are engraven and marked in Myself and My desire is in you, or you are the channel of My will.

The letter yud, a small suspended point, reveals the spark of essential good hidden within the letter tet. Subsequent to the initial tzimtzum, the contraction of G-d's Infinite light in order to make "place" for Creation, there remained within the empty void a single, potential point or "impression "

. The secret of this point is the power of the Infinite to contain finite phenomena within Himself and express them to apparent external reality. Finite manifestation begins from a zero-dimensional point,=

,thereafter developing into a one-dimensional line=

and two-dimensional surface =

. This is alluded to in the full spelling of the letter yud (yud-vav-dalet): "point" (yud), "line" (vav), "surface" (dalet). These three stages correspond in Kabbalah to: "point" (nekudah), "spectrum" (sefirah), "figure" (partzuf). The initial point, the essential power of the yud, is the "little that holds much." The "much" refers to the simple Infinity of G-d hidden within the initial point of revelation, which reflects itself as the Infinite potential of the point to develop and express itself in all the manifold finite phenomena of time and space.

Before the tzimtzum, the power of limitation was hidden, latent within G-d's Infinite Essence. Following the tzimtzum, this power of limitation became revealed, and paradoxically the Infinite Essence of G-d that originally "hid" the power of limitation now Itself became hidden (not in truth, but only from our limited human perspective) within the point of contracted light.

From within this point of limitation is revealed the secret of the ten sefirot, the Divine channels of light through which G-d continually brings His world into being. Ten, the numerical value of the yud, is also the number of commandments (literally "statements") revealed by G-d to His People Israel at Sinai. All the commandments, and in fact every letter of Torah, possess the power of the "little that holds much"; each is a channel for the revelation of G-d's Infinite Light in finite reality.

A "formed" point: a crown above and a "pathway" below.
The smallest of the letters; The only letter suspended in midair.

Science

*before the Big Bang - without time and space Time= 0

A)there was a suddenly expansion and explosion of all matter and energy.......

B)out of an original point.

C)quantum theory matter and antimatter particles are created in pairs all the time out of nothing (i.e. vacuum) and cancel each other out with no effect on the universe.

D) there was a suddenly expansion and of all matter and energy

E)Infinite=universe originating from a singularity (a point of zero volume and infinite density, where the laws of physics have no meaning).

Kabbalah Thought & Bible

*"Tohu Vavohu" Chaos -Gen 1:2 "And the earth was without form, and void

A)The Creator used the light for the Creation...........

B)The "pathway" of the yud; The initial point of space and time.

C)Subsequent to the initial tzimtzum, the contraction of G-d's Infinite light in order to make "place" for Creation, there remained within the empty void a single, potential point or "impression "

D)Finite manifestation begins from a zero-dimensional point,=Yood , thereafter developing into a one-dimensional line= Vavand two-dimensional surface = Dalet. This is alluded to in the full spelling of the letter yud (yud-vav-dalet):

E) En Sof=Go'd (Subsequent to the initial tzimtzum, the contraction of G-d's Infinite light)

Big Bang ,in the Beginning Created , Go'd , with letter ,Light , fire line , unevers , out of nothing(from nothing)

The Creator used the light of the Sephirah "CHOCHMOH" (Wisdom) and the letters of the Hebrew alphabet for the "creation"; even as the builder uses his limited measure of wisdom as well as his word and actual bricks in the construction of his building.

Our Holy Sages reveal that the Creator gazed into the TORAH, using the letters of the Hebrew alphabet as the "Instrument" with which He created the world, even as the architect used "bricks" in the construction of his building. In other words, the TORAH was the blueprint, the plan that was used by GOD in the "creation" of the universe.

The letter

"Yood" then presented herself and said: "May it please Thee, O Lord, to vouchsafe me first place in the creation of the world since I stand first in the Sacred Name".The reason why the letter

"Yood" felt justified in making her plea before GOD is because the

"Yood" is the first letter of the Holy Name "HaVaYaH" (Yood Key

Vav

and

Key); that is to say: the

"Yood" is the upper entity and the first revelation of the light of the Holy Name "HaVaYaH".

there was a suddenly expansion and explosion of all matter and energy .......

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Kabbalah Mystical Thought :The letter yud, a small suspended point, reveals the spark of essential good hidden within the letter tet. Subsequent to the initial tzimtzum, the contraction of G-d's Infinite light in order to make "place" for Creation, there remained within the empty void a single, potential point or "impression "

, thereafter developing into a one-dimensional line=

and two-dimensional surface =

. This is alluded to in the full spelling of the letter yud (yud-vav-dalet).