Introduction to the Hebrew Letters - Index

Harav Ginsburgh's classic book, The Hebrew Letters: Channels of Creative Consciousness was published in 1991. It has sold over 10,000 copies over the years, making it the best-selling book on the meaning of the Hebrew alphabet. The following is the full text of the introduction to the book, which defines some of the most basic ideas in Kabbalistic and Chassidic thought.

• Energy, Life, and Light
• Firmament, Water, and Light
• Letters, Words, and Light Above All
• The Wisdom of Adam and Bezalel (coming Oct. 6, 2008)
• Signs of Wonder (coming Oct. 12, 2008)
• Form, Name, and Number (coming Oct. 23, 2008)
• The Inter-inclusion of the Experiences of Sight, Sound, and Number
• Worlds, Souls, and Divinity
• Identification of Self at Each Level
• Past, Present, and Future
• Ascend, Connect, and Unify
• Submission, Separation, and Sweetening
• Point, Line, and Area
• Silence, Circumcision, and Speech
• Conclusion