## Ohr Ne'erav, PART VII, Letter Bet

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באר – מלכות:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Be’er* (“Well”) Malkhut.


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בגד – מלכות:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Beged* (Garment”). Malkhut.


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בהו – גדולה:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Bohu* (“Void”). Gedulah.


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בועז – הוד:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Boaz*. Hod.


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בקר – חסד או יסוד:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Bakar* (“Cattle”). Ḥesed or Yesod.


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בטן – בינה:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Betten* (“Belly”). Binah.


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בינה – נקראת היותה מתיחדת עם חכמה:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Binah* is so called when she unites with Ḥokhmah.


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בית – מלכות ובינה:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Bayit* (“House”). Malkhut and Binah.


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בית דין – מלכות, והיא של ג׳‎, עם גדולה גבורה ותפארת:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Beyt Din* (“House of Judgment, Court”). Malkhut when she is [part of] three [sefirot] with Gedulah, Gevurah, and Tiferet.


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בכור – כתר וחכמה ותפארת:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Bekhor* (“Firstborn”). Keter and Ḥokhmah and Tiferet.


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במות – גדולה גבורה תפארת:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Bamot* (“High Places”). Gedulah, Gevurah, Tiferet.


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בן – תפארת:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Ben* (“Son”). Tiferet.


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בנות ירושלים – הנשמות. או י״ב בקר שתחת הים:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Benot Yerushalayim* (“Daughters of Jerusalem”). The souls or the twelve cattle under the sea.


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בר – צדיק גולה ממקומו לבר:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Bar* (“Outside”). The Righteous [Yesod] is exiled from his place to the “Outside.”


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ביצה – מלכות. ויש שפירשו בו שעורא רב״א דיו״ד עלאה חכמה: וכזית – שעורא זוטא דיו״ד תתאה מלכות:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Beẓah* (“Egg”). Malkhut. There are those who have explained that the great measure [Egg]⁶ is a measure of bulk. It is a larger unit than the *zayit*. refers to the upper *yod,* Ḥokhmah, and the smaller measure of an Olive refers to the lower *yod,* Malkhut.

footnotes:
⁶ The beẓah


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ברד – החסד, וקרוב אני לומר שהוא גבורה שבחסד:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Barad* (“Hail”). Ḥesed, and I am close to saying that it is Gevurah-within-Ḥesed.


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ברוך – כתר, או י׳‎ ספירות כלם, או יסוד. או מלכות:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Barukh* (“Blessed”). Keter or the ten sefirot together or Yesod or Malkhut.


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ברזל – מלכות, או תפארת:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Barzel* (“Iron”). Malkhut or Tiferet.


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בריחים – ה׳‎ ספירות, חסד, פחד, תפארת, נצח, הוד:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Beriḥim* (“Bars”). Five sefirot: Ḥesed, Paḥad [Gevurah], Tiferet, Neẓaḥ, Hod.


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בריח תיכון – תפארת:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Beriaḥ Tikhon* (“The Middle Bar”). Tiferet.


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ברייתא – מלכות. גולה ונודדת:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Baraita⁷* (“Outside Tradition”). Malkhut in exile and wandering.

footnotes:
⁷ A baraita is a Tannaitic tradition which does not appear in the Mishnah.


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ברית – תפארת, או מלכות, או יסוד:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Berit* (“Covenant”). Tiferet or Malkhut or Yesod.


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בריכה – מלכות:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Berekhah* (“Pool”). Malkhut.


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ברכה – מלכות מצד החסד:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Berakhah* (“Blessing”). Malkhut from the side of Ḥesed.


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ברקים – מצד היסוד:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Berakim* (“Thunders”) from the side of Yesod.


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בשר – מלכות:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Basar* (“Flesh”). Malkhut.


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בת – מלכות:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Bat* (Daughter”). Malkhut.


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בתי גוואי – ג׳‎ ראשונות:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Batei Gavaei* (“Innermost Houses”). The three first [sefirot].


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בתי בראי – ז׳‎ מדות:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Bataei Baraei* (“Outermost Houses”). The seven [lower] qualities.