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

###### Ohr Ne'erav, PART VII, Letter Vav 1
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ו׳‎ בראש תיבה, מורה על התפארת, כענין ואני, ת״ת ומלכות:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Vav* (the letter). At the beginning of a word it indicates Tiferet. Thus *V’ani* (“And I”) [indicates] Tiferet and Malkhut.


###### Ohr Ne'erav, PART VII, Letter Vav 2
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וה׳‎ – הוא ובית דינו:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Vh*. He and His court.


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והו – תפארת:

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


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וי – תפארת מסלק הברכות מיסוד אליו:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Vay* (“Woe”). Tiferet removing the blessings from Yesod to him.


###### Ohr Ne'erav, PART VII, Letter Vav 5
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ויהי – מצד הגבורה:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Vayehi* (“And it came to pass”). From the side of Gevurah.


###### Ohr Ne'erav, PART VII, Letter Vav 6
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וילון – מלכות:

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


###### Ohr Ne'erav, PART VII, Letter Vav 7
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ועד – בינה שהיא מקבצת הספירות:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Va’ad* (“Assembly”). Binah, for she assembles the sefirot.


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ושט – כחות תחת המלכות נקראים אישים:

**Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah, Annotated trans. of Or ne'erav, Ira Robinson, 1994.:**
*Veset* (“Period”). The powers under Malkhut which are called *Ishim.*¹³ Hilkhot Yesodei ha-Torah 2:7.

footnotes:
¹³ Ishim is the lowest order of angels. Cf. Maimonides, Mishneh Torah