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Sefer Yetzirah (Hebrew: סֵפֶר יְצִירָה Sēp̄er Yəṣīrā, Book of Formation, or Book of Creation) is a book on Jewish mysticism. Early commentaries, such as the Kuzari , [ 1 ] treated it as a treatise on mathematical and linguistic theory as opposed to Kabbalah .
Sefer Yetzirah (סֵפֶר יְצִירָה) ("Book [of] Formation/Creation"), also known as Hilkhot Yetzira ("Laws of Formation"), is a primary source of Kabbalistic teaching. The first commentaries on this small book were written in the 10th century, a book by the title is mentioned as early as the 6th century, and its linguistic organization ...
'books'), or in its singular form, sefer, are books of Jewish religious literature and are viewed by religious Jews as sacred. These are generally works of Torah literature, i.e. Tanakh and all works that expound on it, including the Mishnah , Midrash ( Halakha , Aggadah ), Talmud , and all works of Musar , Hasidism , Kabbalah , or machshavah ...
This ascent and descent channel the divine vitality through the Worlds, furthering the divine purpose. Therefore, the main angels, such as the seraphim, are in Yetzirah, denoting their burning consummation in divine emotion. Assiah (עֲשִׂיָּה), meaning World of Action. On this level, Creation is complete, differentiated and particular ...
Sefer Yetzirah (Hebrew, Sēpher Yəṣîrâh "Book of Formation," or "Book of Creation," ספר יצירה) is the title of the earliest extant book on Jewish esotericism. "Yetzirah" is more literally translated as "Formation"; the word "Briah" is used for "Creation".
The concept of Binah has its roots in early Jewish mystical texts, such as the Sefer Yetzirah, which dates between the 2nd and 6th centuries CE.In this foundational work, Binah is associated with the sefirot, the ten attributes through which the Infinite reveals itself and continuously creates both the physical realm and higher metaphysical realms.
Joseph ben Shalom Ashkenazi, who wrote a commentary on Sefer Yetzirah in the 14th century, and Azriel of Gerona, Azriel ben Menahem, one of the most important kabbalists in the Catalan town of Girona (north of Barcelona) during the 13th century, interpreted the Mishnah's "He made His Ayin, Yesh" as "creation of 'yesh me-Ayin. ' " [4]
In the most authoritative English translation of the Sepher Yetzirah, scholar Aryeh Kaplan, interprets chapter five, verse two, as describing a cube. [3] However, another occult author, Kevin Townley, explains a cosmology of an octahedron within a cube. [4] [5]