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  • Intro to Eriktology

      Language is defined as the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. When one contemplates the few recorded times in history God spoke to humans, what language did He speak and has the message in that language been hidden? Watch as more »

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  • Eriktology Lesson 1 – Alef

      Alef – The root of the Covenant – the Silent One. Expressing itself in and through all the other letters saying, “I Am- I Will”. Identity and intention of the Creator is what the ALEF – BET is all about. The Ultimate mystery. The plan – the purpose –  underlying every word – every object – more »

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  • Eriktology Lesson 2 – Bet

    The Architect builds His dwelling place, a house for us to come into and abide in Him, Set-apart from the world outside. Bet is the “house”, “inside”, “body”,”woman”. This follows from “Alef” ,the Almighty, Infinite One, coming from heaven to earth to be finite visible…”The Word became flesh…” When we accept YHWH’s covenant, our abiding more »

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Eriktology Lesson 3 – Gimmel

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Published: April 3, 2011

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The Gimmel is the Bet in motion, extending out from the Bet. The silent Alef expresses itself in the Bet and the Bet expresses itself in the Gimmel. But the Gimmel also describes the relationship between the Alef and the Bet like an umbilical cord. As the Bet expresses what is going on in the more »

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Eriktology Lesson 4 – Dalet

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Published: April 3, 2011

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The Dalet is a door, a gate. Y’shua said, “I am the door” and “My sheep enter through the gate…” Those who were defiled would be sprinkled with the ashes of the red heifer, cleansing them and allowing them to enter the courtyard of the temple through the gate. And so it is that those more »

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Eriktology Lesson 5 – Hei

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Published: April 3, 2011

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  There are two voices to the letter Hei. One is passive while the other is dynamic. The Hei can be sound and it can be light. Notice how light waves and sounds waves are drawn the same way. One voice is like camouflage, a soft whisper. The other voice is like a loud scream. more »

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Eriktology Lesson 6 – Vav

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Published: April 3, 2011

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  The Vav is about making connections; that’s what it represents. It makes the connection between two sides. Think of a road that leads up to a moat around a castle. The draw bridge connects you to the castle. Those who come to take the castle by force seek another way of entry. Those who more »

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Eriktology Lesson 7 – Zayin

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Published: April 2, 2011

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  The two voices of the Shabbat are “to relax”, but “be vigilant” about relaxing. The casual break is to stop and think about it – taking a Shabbat is a Selah. You have momentum then you come to a stop. Stop and think about it. That’s what the letter Zayin is about. It’s drawn more »

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Eriktology 1st Selah – Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language

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Published: April 1, 2011

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  Selah means to stop think contemplate, consider, ponder, meditate, regard… In the Psalms we read along and suddenly, there is the word, “Selah”. It is at this point that we stop and contemplate, think about, and consider what we have just read (sung). So we come to the Selah in the course of studying more »

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Eriktology Lesson 8 – Chet

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Published: April 1, 2011

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  Eight is like the beginning of the following week after seven days are completed – you begin counting the seven day pattern again. If seven is the completion of a package (the week), some say it is a model for determining seven thousand years for planet earth. Eight therefore,would represent eternity: The number eight more »

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Eriktology Lesson 9 – Tet

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Published: March 29, 2011

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  The Tet is like a sword and a shield – offensive and defensive. Some say it is like a snake lying in the grass to strike at the rider’s heel. It is swift and decisive. And it is like a defender on the wall watching to ensure only those that are worthy are allowed more »

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Eriktology Lesson 10 – Yod

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Published: March 29, 2011

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  Yod means hand. Yod of El (Yod-El) is hand of Elohim. The excavator has a shape like that of the Yod. The excavator picks up boulders and hurls them through the air. This reminds us of the Yod of El that put the stars, the constellations, and the planets in their places.     more »

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Eriktology Lesson 11 – Kaf

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Published: March 28, 2011

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  The Kaf represents YHWH’s lines of instruction (Mitzwot) – commandments. The first being, “I am YHWH your Elohim who has taken you out of the house of misery and bondage – Mitzraim (Egypt). He took them out of Egypt with a strong hand, and YHWH placed His people under His authority – under His more »

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Eriktology Lesson 12 – Lamed

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Published: March 27, 2011

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  The word “Lamed” means to teach and learn – it’s responsive. So you have teaching and you respond by learning. The way you teach and learn is by going over something repetitiously. The word for repeat repetitions is actually in the lamed. In the red dictionary you will see that to repeat something is the more »

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Eriktology Lesson 13 – Mem

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Published: March 27, 2011

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The thing about the Mem is that it is chaos but it is also smooth, flowing water. The upper part is written like rough waves and the lower is a smooth flowing tail demonstrating the duality of the mem. The origin of the name is supposed to equal water from the allusion of the rippled more »

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Eriktology Lesson 14 – Nun

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Published: March 26, 2011

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Nun is to jump up out of where you are. It is the athletic letter. Mem and Nun are the inverse of one another, they work together like the Kaf and lamed work together. Mem and Nun have to do with the same matters in opposite directions but similar ways.

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Eriktology 2nd Selah – Life Support System Lesson # 14-1/2

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Published: March 25, 2011

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Selah means to stop and think contemplate, consider, ponder, meditate, regard… “Selah” It is at this point that we stop to contemplate, think about, and consider what we have just read or (sung). So we come to the Selah 2 in the course of studying Paleo Hebrew to consider the pattern of the “Mishkan”. YHWH more »

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Eriktology Lesson-15 Samech

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Published: March 24, 2011

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The circular form of the samech symbolizes the fundamental truth reflected at all levels of Torah and reality: “their end is en-wedged in their beginning and their beginning in their end.” This realization and awareness of inherent unity between beginning and end, which, when comprehended in depth, implies equanimity at all stages of “the endless more »

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Eiktology Lesson-16 Ayin

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Published: March 23, 2011

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“It [the land of Israel] is the land which Yahweh your Elohim seeks; the eyes of Yahweh your Elohim are always [looking] at it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.” The yearly cycle, from beginning to end (“end enwedged in beginning”), alludes to “the endless cycle,” the secret of more »

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Eriktology Lesson-17 Pei

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Published: March 23, 2011

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“There is no good other than Torah.” The pei is the seventeenth letter of the alef-beit, the numerical value of the Hebrew word tov, “good,” as discussed at length in the letter tet. The first words spoken by the “Mouth” of God, “Let there be light,” upon spontaneously being realized as the actual creation of more »

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Eriktology Lesson-18 Tzadi

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Published: March 21, 2011

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“The tzadik lives by his faith.” The form of the letter tzadik or tzadi, resembles that of the alef more than any other letter in the Chaldian Flame Letters. The twenty-two letters of the alef-beit pair into eleven “form mates,” the two letters whose forms most closely resemble one another, as taught by sages. The more »

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Eriktology Lesson-19 Kof

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Published: March 20, 2011

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Two letters, a reish and a zayin, combine to form the letter kuf. The zayin, to the left, descends below the line, while the reish, to the right, hovers above it. The paradoxical union symbolized by the two components of the kuf is the secret of “There is none holy as Elohim.” In general, the more »

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Eriktology Lesson-20 Reish

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Published: March 19, 2011

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The two letters that fill the letter reish are yud and shin, spelling yeish, which means “something,” in general identified in Chassidut with the consciousness of ego or being a separate, independent entity – a “something.” Reish is the only letter “pregnant” with this “filling.” In Chassidut we are taught that though the lower “something,” more »

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Eriktology Lesson-21 Shin

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Published: March 18, 2011

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The secret of the shin is “the flame [Divine Revelation] bound to the coal [Divine Essence].” A simmering coal actually possesses an invisible flame within it, which emerges and ascends from the surface of the coal when the coal is blown upon. The three levels: coal, inner flame, and outer flame, correspond to the secret more »

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Eriktology Lesson-22 Tav

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Published: March 17, 2011

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The initial impression of true faith was that which was stamped upon the soul of our first father, Abraham, “the first of all believers.” This is the secret of Abraham’s purchase of the Cave of Machpelah, the original Jewish cemetery, for four hundred (the numerical value of tav) shekel, the secret of our eternal inheritance more »

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Eriktology-Lesson 22b-Conclusion

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Published: March 16, 2011

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There are no less than 23 different Messiah recorded in history. If we read the story of Krishna for example, but knowing it is about Krishna, we would say, “oh, that’s the story of Jesus Christ “, so, which one do we believe to be the true Messiah? We have to look at which alleged more »

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