MICHAEL nm13-70
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MICHAEL nm13-70
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Hebrewletters SL
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Painting - Watercolor On Watercolor Paper
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MICHAEL is from the Hebrew, meaning WHO IS LIKE GOD (Kolatch, Alfred J. 1984. The Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names. Middle Village: Jonathan David. 161; idi, Smadar Shir. 1989. The Complete Book of Hebrew Baby Names. San Francisco: Harper. 64).
Hebrew Bible name - In the last vision of Daniel, he is told about an angel saying ‘The great prince,’ Michael, who stands beside the sons of your people, will appear (Daniel 12:1).
Michael was the father of Sethur, and a member of the tribe of Asher (Numbers 13:13.
Michael was a son of Jeshishai, grandson of Jahdo, great-grandson of Buz, father of Gilead, grandfather of Jaroah and great-great-grandfather of Huri (1 Chronicles 5:14).
Michael was a son of Baaseiah (1 Chronicles 6: 40).
Michael was a son of Izrahiah, grandson of Uzzi and brother of Ishiah, Obadiah, Joel (1 Chronicles > 7:3).
Michael was a son of Beriah and brother of Ahio, Shashak, Jerimoth, Zebadiah, Arad, Ader, Michael, Ispah, and Joha (Chronicles 8:14-16).
Michael was the father Omri and a member of the tribe of Judah (Chronicles 27:18).
Michael was a son of Jehoshaphat and brother of Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, , Shephatiah (2 Chronicles 21:2). ).
Michael was a son of Shephatiah and brother of Zebadiah (Ezra 8:8).
Talmud - Of three walking along, the teacher should walk in the middle, the greater of his disciples to his right, the smaller one at his left, and thus do we find that of the three angels who came to visit Abraham, Michael went in the middle, Gabriel at his right, Raphael at his left? (Yoma 37a).
Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Michael came to bring the tidings to Sarah [of the birth of Isaac]; Raphael, to heal Abraham; and Gabriel, to overturn Sodom. But is it not written, ‘And there came the two angels to Sodom at even [evening]?’ Genesis 19:1; Baba Metzia 86b).
Angels - Uriel, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael serve in the presence God and act as messengers of God.
(Davidson, Gustav. 1967. Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels. New York: The Free Press. 298).
Kabbalah - The providence of God works through the angels, but these angels, in turn, work through the stars and the planets. Angelsare like souls to the stars, and this also means that the stars and planets are the bodies of angels (Kaplan, Aryeh. 1990. Sefer Yetzirah. The Book of Creation York Beach: Samuel Weiser 170, 172).
Liturgy - There are four angels mentioned in the Bedtime Shma. ‘May Michael be at my right Gabriel, Uriel before me, and Raphael behind me; and above my head the Presence of God [Shechina El] (Scherman, Nosson and Meir Zlotowitz. 1989. The Complete Art Scroll Siddur Nusach Ashkenaz. Mesorah Publications, Ltd. 295).
Kabbalistic name - Michael is the Angel associated with the planet Saturn (Kaplan, Aryeh. 1990. Sefer Yetzirah. The Book of Creation York Beach: Samuel Weiser. 168).
Kabbalah - The providence of God works through the angels, but these angels, in turn, work through the stars and the planets. Angels are like souls to the stars, and this also means that the stars and planets are the bodies of angels (Kaplan, Aryeh. 1990. Sefer Yetzirah. The Book of Creation York Beach: Samuel Weiser 170, 172).
Michael is one of the seven archangels. The names and functions of seven archangels in Enoch 20 are listed here:
Uriel who is over the world and over Tartarus;
Raphael who is over the spirits of men;
‘I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One’ (Tobit 12:15).
Raguel who is . . over the world of the luminaries (Charles, R. H. 1968. The Apocrypha and Pseudephigrapha of the Old Testament. Peabody: London: Oxford UP.567).
Michael, who is set over the best part of mankind and over chaos;
Sariel [Zariel], who is set over the spirits, who sin in the spirit;
Gabriel, who is over paradise, the serpents and the Cherubim;
Jeremiel, who God set over those who rise (Gilbert, R.A. Tr. R. H. Charles. 2003. The Book of Enoch the Prophet. (I Enoch 17).
“These seven angels are always in the proximity of God and are the ones that are always called upon to carry out takes of special significance for world history (Gilbert, R.A. Tr. R. H. Charles. 2003. The Book of Enoch the Prophet. 1 Enoch 20. Boston: Weiser Books. 17; Encyclopedia Judaica 1972. Ed. Cecil Roth. Jerusalem: Keter. v.2. 962). “These seven angels are always in the proximity of God and are the ones that are always called upon to carry out takes of special significance for world history (Gilbert, R.A. Tr. R. H. Charles. 2003. The Book of Enoch the Prophet. 1 Enoch 20. Boston: Weiser Books. 17; Encyclopedia Judaica 1972. Ed. Cecil Roth. Jerusalem: Keter. v.2. 962).
Angels - Uriel, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael serve in the presence God and act as messengers of God.
(Davidson, Gustav. 1967. Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels. New York: The Free Press. 298).
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha - Mikael, the great prince, is appointed over the seventh heaven, the highest one, which is called the ‘Araboth’ (Odeberg, Hugo. 1973. Enoch 3 or the Hebrew Book of Enoch New York: KTAV. 17:3, 46).
The Hebrew Letters featured in this painting are Mem Yud Caf Aleph Lamed. Taken together they spell MICHAEL.
Each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet has a special meaning and a story to tell. Here are a few brief ones about the letters in this painting.
MEM is the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet , has a numerical value of 40, makes a sound like the M in Middle. But according to the ancient kabbalistic text ‘Sefer Yetzirah,’ the MEM hummmmmms! Mem is composed of a Caf (20) and a Vav (6) = 26, which have the same GEMATRIA as the Four letter name of God, Yud (10) Hey(5) Vav (6) Hey (5) = 26, the holiest of God's Names.
Mem is usually associated with the word mayim - WATER or Eemah - MOTHER.
Sefer Yetzirah. The Book of Creation divides the Hebrew Letters into 3 categories:
3 mothers - Aleph Mem Shin,
7 doubles - Beit Gimel Dalet Caf Pey Resh Tav
and 12 elementals - Hey Vav Zayin Chet Zayin Tet Zayin Yud Zayin Lamed Nun Samech Ayin Tsade Kuf.
Mem is one of the mothers.
He [God] made the letter Mem king over Water and he bound a crown to it…
And then He formed
Earth in the Universe
Cold in the Year
And the belly in the Soul male and female
Kaplan, Aryeh. 1990. Sefer Yetzirah. The Book of Creation. York Beach: Samuel Weiser. 154).
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 final Mem 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).
The Mem is one of the 5 letters [Caf Mem Nun Pey Tsade] that have 2 forms - the regular [bent] form used in the beginning and middle of a word and the FINAL FORM, ‘Sofit’, used as the last letter of a word (Shabbat 4a).
One form is used in the beginning and the middle of a word - the open Mem. The other form is at the end of the word - the closed Mem. According to Talmud, the open Mem represents revealed teaching and the closed Mem represents concealed teaching (Shabbat 104a).
It must be ‘kethibah tammah’ [perfect writing]; the Mem as a Samech or the Mem as a Mem, closed [letters] open or open letters closed (Shabbat 103b).
Sometimes when I meditate with this letter, the Mem acts like sort of a submarine for me. At other times I can breathe under water. Nice. Let me know how you do.
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.
Sefer Yetzirah. The Book of Creation divides the Hebrew Letters into 3 categories:
3 mothers - Aleph Mem Shin,
7 doubles - Beit Gimel Dalet Caf Pey Resh Tav
and 12 elementals - Hey Vav Zayin Chet Zayin Tet Zayin Yud Zayin Lamed Nun Samech Ayin Tsade Kuf.
Yud is one of the elementals.
He [God] made the letter Yud king over action and he bound a crown to it…
And then He formed
Vergo in the Universe
Elul in the Year
And the left hand in the Soul male and female
Kaplan, Aryeh. 1990. Sefer Yetzirah. The Book of Creation. http://amzn.to/2fj0sYO York Beach: Samuel Weiser. 216).
Menachot 29b teaches that the WORLD TO COME was created by use of the letter Yud.
Yud has the important job of being the first letter of the Tetragrammaton - Yud Hey Vav Hey. Zohar states that, in this context, the Yud represents the head of all creatures (Zohar. 1984 Tr. Harry Sperling et al. New York: Soncino. 3:130).
[The writing of the letters] must be ‘kethibah tammah’ [perfect writing]; thus one must not write the… Vav as a Yud or the Yud as a Vav (Shabbat 103b).
[Zayyin Chet Tet Yud Kaf Lamed]: [this sequence teaches,] and if thou doest thus, the Holy One, blessed be He, will sustain[ Zan] thee, be gracious [Hen] unto thee, show goodness [Metiv] to thee, give thee a heritage [Yerushah], and bind a crown [Keter] on thee in the world to come (Shabbat 104a).
If you enter meditation and the Yud comes to you, ask Yud a question and wait for the answer. Amazing results. The
Yud is also capable of taking you anywhere in the Universe. Give it a try and let me know the results.
CAF is the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, has a numerical value of 20, means PALM OF THE HAND, SPOON, CONTAINER and stands for bent objects. When the Caf has a dot in it, Caf makes a sound like the K in Kitchen. Without the dot it makes a sound similar to that made by the letter Chet. When functioning as a prefix CAF can mean AS, LIKE, WHEN, AT, ABOUT or ACCORDING TO.
Sefer Yetzirah. The Book of Creation divides the Hebrew Letters into 3 categories:
3 mothers - Aleph Mem Shin,
7 doubles - Beit Gimel Dalet Caf Pey Resh Tav
and 12 elementals - Hey Vav Zayin Chet Zayin Tet Zayin Yud Zayin Lamed Nun Samech Ayin Tsade Kuf.
Caf is one of the doubles.
He [God] made the letter Caf king over Life and he bound a crown to it…
And then He formed
Venus in the Universe
Wednesday in the Year
And the right nostril in the Soul male and female
Kaplan, Aryeh. 1990. Sefer Yetzirah. The Book of Creation. http://amzn.to/2fj0sYO York Beach: Samuel Weiser. 175).
The Caf is one of 5 letters: [Caf Mem Nun Pey Tsade] that have 2 forms - the regular [bent] form used in the beginning and middle of a word and the FINAL FORM,- SOFIT, used as the last letter of a word (Shabbat 4a).
[The writing of the letters] must be ‘kethibah tammah’ [perfect writing]; thus one must not write the… Beit as a Caf, or the Caf as a Beit (Shabbat 103b).
The word CAF first appears in Torah in Genesis 32:26 when Jacob wrestles with the Angel. CAF is the HALLOW or CONTAINER for Jacob's hip bone. Isaiah 49:16 - ‘I have engraved you on the KAPHIAM’ - PALMS of My Hands.
In Shabbat 104a there is a homiletic interpretation of the names of the Hebrew letters. Here the CAF is linked with the word KETER- CROWN. This passage states that if one masters UNDERSTANDING - ALUF BENAH (ALUF – MASTER, BENAH – UNDERSTANDING) and gives to the poor GAMOL DALEEM (GAMOL – REWARD, DALEEM – POOR) then the Holy One…will…bind a CROWN – KETER upon you for the World to Come.
At that moment, the Caf descended from its throne of glory and quaking and trembling said: O Lord of the universe, may it please Thee to begin through me the creation of the world, seeing that I am Thine own ‘Cavod’ (honour). And when Caf descended from its throne of glory, two hundred thousand worlds began to shake, the throne trembled, and all the worlds quaked and were about to fall in ruins. Said to her the Holy One, blessed be His Name: Caf, Caf, what do thou here? I will not create the world with thee. Go back to thy place, since thou stand for extermination (Kelayah). Return, then, to thy place and remain there. Immediately she departed and returned to her own place. O Lord of the universe, may it please Thee to begin through me the creation of the world, seeing that I [Caf] am Thine own ‘Kavod’ (honor) (Zohar 1984. Tr. Harry Sperling et al. New York: Soncino. 1:6a).
When sitting in the Caf, which means PALM OF THE HAND, I feel like I am being held in the PALM of the Universe. Very comforting.
ALEPH is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet and has a numerical value of one, meanings are: THOUSAND, MASTER, TEACHING, OX and the Aleph makes no sound.
The Aleph is composed of a Vav (6) and 2 Yuds (20). Their combined value is 26 which is the numerical value of the name of God - Yud (10) Hey(5) Vav (6) Hey (5). (Chefitz, Mitchell. 2001 The Seventh Tellin. New York: St. Martins Press. 219).
When one is meditating with the Aleph be prepared for hugs. The Aleph loves to give hugs and receive them.
Lamed is the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, has a numerical value of 30, makes a sound like the L in Like, Lamed means both TO LEARN and TO TEACH.
The Lamed is the tallest and most majestic of all the letters. Indeed Rashi interprets A TOWER FLYING IN THE AIR (Hagigah 15b) - as applying to the upper stroke of the Lamed. The Lamed is generally considered to be constructed of a Caf (20) with a Vav (6). In this configuration the LAMED has a GEMATRIA of 26 - the same as that of the Yud (10) Hey(5) Vav (6) Hey (5) name of God (Haralick, Robert M. 1995. The Inner Meaning of the Hebrew Letters. Northvale: Jason Aronson. 180)
Since LAMED means LEARNING, it would seem that this would constitute a direct connection between LAMED, LEARNING and GOD.
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