CHAPTER I.

Chapter 1, Mishnah 1

lesson

1. 2. By the thirty two ^1) paths ^2) of wisdom, admirable and hidden, Yah YHVH Eternal God, God of hosts, God of Israel, living God and King of the Universe, strong God

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interior
same present
behind

1. By the thirty two paths, we understand the thirty two powers expressed by the thirty two times Elohim God is found in Chapter I of Genesis, which the Greek philosophers call primary matter — hyle matter. original Greek: ὕλη

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2. The author of the Sefer Yetzirah Book of Creation used the word nativ path, one of the seven names signifying "way," because the letters of this word correspond to the number 462 which represents the 462 she'arim gates, formed by the combination of the twenty two letters, 231 panim front/face and 231 achor back/behind, which will be found in Chapter II.

pathway