File · Rav Haim Ziegler זצ״ל
The Keyboard of the Twenty-Two Letters
Each letter, its account, its shape and its value
A teaching of Rav Haim Ziegler zatsal · Éditions Gueoula
Translated from the French original; the French version remains the reference text.
The Keyboard of the Twenty-Two Letters
Each letter, its account, its shape and its value
“When the Holy One wished to create the world, all the letters came before Him, from the last to the first.”
Each pleaded its case; each received an answer. The bet was chosen, and the alef, which had kept silent, received the Ten Utterances.
Click a letter to open its study.
א The twenty-two letters
ב To understand the method
The method of Rav Ziegler — twenty-two meanings are enough.
The language of creation file — the six treatises.
Three opening questions
Before going through the letters.
1
In what order did the letters come forward?
The tav opened the procession; the alef kept silent.
2
Which letter was chosen to begin the Torah?
Because it opens barukh, blessed — and because it means house.
3
What did the alef receive for its silence?
Anokhi: I am the Lord your G-d.