Letter 1- Aleph Lesson

I am so honored, once again, to present to you our first שֶׁיֵּעוֹר shiur, lesson on the most Holy language of our Most Holy G-d. Let me start by saying that for many centuries, Jewish scholars have taken the individual letters of the Hebrew aleph bet as containing important spiritual lessons, thereby creating stories within the commutation (if that’s a word) of placing letters side by side.  I know we have discussed this very often in our previous classes. The א, Aleph is the exalted position at the רֹאשׁ rosh, head of this alephbet, and is considered to be the container, if you will, of all the alephbets’ wisdom.

This course will take us well into a two year or more time period, with much additional information provided by our Pastors, William and Cheeto, as well as  ‘rabbit trails’ that make our classes more exciting.  I encourage our מִשְׁפָּחָה mish’pachah, family to participate, doing some interaction with our lessons this year.

One of the fun things will be that lessons will overlap, depending upon your participation of asking questions and input. I am also going to produce copies of the lessons, but in double space between lines so you can make notes as we proceed.  However, please be aware, I asking you to donate when you can for cost of all that is required to produce this class.  I cannot proceed any longer without your financial help.  Everything costs so much, that I cannot cover it by myself any longer.

So, let me get started with some opening statements.  The א Aleph symbolizes the One and Only, the Eternal, the Omnipotent G-d. it is the symbol of G-d as the Creator and Master of the universe.  The gematria, or numerical value of the א is the number 1.  The parts with which the letter is formed allude to G-d’s sacred Name, as we shall see later on.  Even the name ‘aleph’ because it is related to ‘aluph, which means ‘master’ in Ivrit, alludes to the sovereignty of G-d.