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Sefer Yetzirah

Sefer Yetzirah 3

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English · Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria Community Translation

Three Mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin—Their foundation is the palm of guilt and the palm of innocence, and the tongue of edict decides between them.

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English · Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria Community Translation

Three Mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin—A great secret, concealed and covered and sealed in Six Rings. From them emerge Fire and Water, being divided male and female. Three Mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin is their foundation—from them are born Fathers from which all is created.

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English · Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria Community Translation

Three Mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin—In the World are Air, Water, Fire. The heavens were created first from Fire, and the earth is created from Water, and the Air decides between the fire and the water.

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English · Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria Community Translation

Three Mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin—In the Year are Fire, Water, and Wind. Heat was created from Fire, and cold from Water, and satiation from Wind deciding between them. Three mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin—In the Person are Fire, Water, and Wind; the head was created from Fire, the belly was created from Water, and the chest from Wind decides between them.

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English · Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria Community Translation

Three Mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin—He carved them, hewed them, combined them, and with them He sealed Three Mothers in the World, and Three Mothers in the Year, and Three Mothers in the Person, male and female.

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English · Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria Community Translation

He made the letter Alef reign over Wind, and He bound to it a crown. He combined them, this one with that one. With them He sealed the Wind in the world, and satiation in the Year, and the chest in the Person—male with Alef-Mem-Shin and female with Alef-Shin-Mem.

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English · Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria Community Translation

He made the letter Mem reign over Water, and He bound to it a crown. He combined them, this one with that one; He sealed with them the earth in the World, and cold in the Year, and the belly in the Person, male and female—male with Mem-Alef-Shin and female with Mem-Shin-Alef.

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English · Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria Community Translation

He made the letter Shin reign over Fire, and He bound to it a crown. He combined them, this one with that one; He sealed with them the heavens in the World, and heat in the Year, and the head in the Person, male and female [male with Shin-Alef-Mem and female with Shin-Mem-Alef, written thus in the N.Y.].

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