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physically, debilitating as ongoing sadness and depression. God, ££The Ratio of 1:4
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well aware of this psychological reality, assures Cain that despite his
current depression and the constant attempts of the evil inclination
to deceive and seduce him, he can ultimately conquer his urges and
desires. As mentioned above in “Blessed is the One Who Spoke,” the Rabbis
consider the Torah the blueprint of creation and its teachings
Jealousy, anger, and sadness are common emotions that many archetypal. In order to uncover the myriad levels of meaning
people are forced to combat. The question is whether we rule over found in the biblical text, the Rabbis developed many interpretive
them or whether we allow them to rule over us. Cain was overwhelmed tools and methods. In the introduction, the PaRDeS method was
with these negative emotions and consequently murdered his brother. discussed at length; this section will highlight the highly sophisticated
At the beginning of the year, when we read this story, each person mathematical code imbedded within the text. As a rule the numbers
should contemplate whether unconstructive feelings such as these appearing in the Torah are highly symbolic, but the Kabbalah takes
are still lingering within – even after all the prayers of the Ten Days this further by frequently using gematria (numerology) to extract the
of Repentance have been said. If so, it is never too late to change. Torah’s hidden meanings and to reveal deep connections between
Dispelling jealousy, anger, and sadness allows the Divine energy of texts.
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renewal to penetrate our hearts and minds, and invigorate us as a
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new year begins. This section will elaborate on the highly significant ratio of 1:4,
which appears three times in the Torah’s account of the creations of
the Garden of Eden and Adam, the first human being:
These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they

££A Song for the Shabbat DayA Song for the Shabbat Day
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£A Song for the Shabbat DayA Song for the Shabbat DayA Song for the Shabbat Day were created, in the day that God God [Hashem Elokim] made earth
and heaven – And no plant of the field was yet on the earth, and
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no herb of the field had yet sprouted, for God, God, had not sent
rain upon the earth and there was no man to work the soil. A mist
According to tradition there are ten archetypal songs sung throughout (ed) ascended from the earth and watered the whole surface of the
history. Naturally, the ten songs correspond to the ten sefirot and the soil. And God God formed the man of dust from the ground, and
ten Divine utterances of creation. While countless songs have been He blew into his nostrils the soul of life; and man became a living
and will be sung over the course of history, these ten songs stand being. God God planted a garden in Eden, to the east, and placed
out because each one was written in a state of Divine inspiration there the man whom He had formed. And God God caused to sprout
or prophesy and was sung at a climatic moment in Jewish or world from the ground every tree that was pleasing to the sight and good
history, a moment when an individual or the entire people of Israel for food; also the Tree of Life in the midst of the garden, and the
undergoes a transition, transformation, or revelation. Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. A river issues forth from Eden
These songs reflect an acute awareness of God’s Providence, inspire to water the garden, and from there it is divided and becomes four
a feeling of mission and purpose, and evoke a sense of completion headwaters. (Genesis 2: 4-10)
and wholeness. The singer has clearly experienced a moment that The 1:4 ratio occurs for the first time in the Hebrew letters of the
parallels those rare and unique moments in life when everything word for mist, ed (דא), which arises from the ground. The first letter,
seems to fall into place, when everything feels perfect, just as it alef, has the numerical value of one, and the second letter, dalet, has

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