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Be a Champion in Your Eyes!

I marvel at the symbolism and the hidden meaning of the majestic Hebrew letters. All Hebrew letters are believed to have hidden facets of spiritual force within them. The first letter of the Hebrew language is alef (). For now, I want to focus only on this letter—the letter alef. Every Hebrew letter has an equivalent numerical value. Alef’s numerical value is one (and the letter bet is two, gimmel is three, and so on). The Hebrew word for “letter” is the word ot (). The word ot also means “a sign,” implying that Hebrew letters, from alef to tav, have spiritual signs and energy force.

In the Talmud, it is said that Betzalel, who was tasked with the building of the Tabernacle in the wilderness, knew how to combine certain letters to form a word and thus create a physical manifestation of that word. In this way, he created the objects in the Mishkan (Tabernacle), which is why he was chosen for this holy task (Brachot 55a). What is inside these letters that makes them special?