Ain Sof

by Hebrewletters SL

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14.000 x 11.000 inches

Title

Ain Sof

Artist

Hebrewletters SL

Medium

Painting - Watercolor On Watercolor Paper

Description

AIN SOF is a combination of two words - AIN, meaning WITHOUT and SOF, meaning END. WITHOUT END or THERE IS NO END.
AIN SOF is usually translated to mean THE ENDLESS ONE, INFINITE BEING, THE INFINITE, THE LIMITLESS ONE.
AIN SOF also has the connotation as THE NOTHINGNESS END or THE ULTIMATE NOTHINGNESS. (Kaplan, Aryeh. 1982. Meditation and Kabbalah. York Beach: Samuel Weiser. 299).

Kabbalah - AIN SOF is a name frequently assigned to God in Kabbalah. The term “AIN SOF” was coined by the kabbalists of Provence and Spain to express the unknowable aspect of the Divine. “AIN SOF is the absolute perfection in which there are no distinctions and no differentiations, and according to some, even no volition. It does not reveal itself in a way that makes knowledge of its nature possible, and it is not accessible even to the innermost thought of the contemplative.” The concept of AIN SOF is above or beyond thought (Scholem, Gershom. 1974. Kabbalah. Jerusalem: Keter. 88-89).

The Hebrew letters featured in this painting are Aleph Yud Nun sofit – Samech Vav Pey sofit. Taken together, and reading from right to left, they spell AIN SOF.

Each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet has a special meaning and a story to tell. Here a few brief ones about the letters on this painting.

ALEPH is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet and has a numerical value of one. The meanings of ALEPH are: THOUSAND, MASTER, TEACHING, OX. The ALEPH makes no sound.
YUD is the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet and has a numerical value of 10. YUD makes a sound like the Y in Year. YUD is a simple point. It is the smallest letter in the alphabet and yet is frequently associated with the very large concept of EMANATION, the highest level in the Four World paradigm of Kabbalah.

YUD is the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, has a numerical value of 10, means HAND, makes a sound like the Y in Year and is a simple point. It is the smallest letter in the alphabet and yet is frequently associated with the very large concept of EMANATION, the highest level in the Four World paradigm of Kabbalah.
Menachot 29b teaches that the WORLD TO COME was created by use of the letter Yud


NUN is the 14th letter, has a numerical value of 50, and makes a sound like N. The NUN has the head of a ZAYIN and means SHINE, SPOUT, SPREAD, KINDDOM in Hebrew and FISH in Aramaic.
SAMECH is the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet and has a numerical value of 60. It makes a sound like the S in Sun. SAMECH is shaped like a circle and means SUPPORT, TO TRUST, TO RELY ON.

SAMECH is the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, has a numerical value of 60, makes a sound like the S in Sun, is shaped like a circle and means SUPPORT, TO TRUST, TO RELY ON.
Tradition tells us that the engraving of the letters of the 10 commandments went all the way through the tablets – from the front side to the back side. Therefore the Samech, since it is completely closed, should have fallen out. Because it did not, R. Hisda said that it stood there be means of a miracle (Shabbat 104a).

VAV is the 6th letter and has a numerical value of 6. It means HOOK and makes a sound like the V in Victory. When used as a vowel, VAV can sound like a long `o’ or a long `u.’ Translated it means AND.
PEY is the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet and has a numerical value of 80. PEY makes a sound either like the P in Peace or the F in Food. PEY means MOUTH and is constructed of a CAF with a YUD situated at the top and rotated inward.

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November 15th, 2018

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