The Hebrew letters

This group gathers the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, the twenty-two-letter abjad in which the Hebrew Bible is written and which holds a central place in Jewish mysticism. In Kabbalah the letters are far more than signs: they are held to be the very instruments of creation, and each carries a numerical value, a name and a web of symbolic associations.

The browser will find the individual letters and their meanings. The entries describe each letter's sound, numerical value and the mystical significance attached to it, particularly in the Kabbalistic tradition, where the letters are mapped to the paths of the Tree of Life.