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The 231 Gatesרל"א שערים

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Sefer Yetzirah's combinatorics: the 22 letters paired every way with every other give 231 two-letter gates, the engine-room of creation ("He fixed them on a wheel... the wheel turns forwards and backwards"). The oldest algorithm in the tradition — and the basis of Abulafia's permutation practice and of golem-making recipes alike.
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Sefer YetzirahTzeruf Otiyot — Letter Permutation⭐ חורז — the stringing of beads, and the fire it makesHow a combination radiatesAbraham AbulafiaThe Golem RiteSefer, Sefar, Sippur ↔ It from BitThe Space of All Combinations ↔ Possibility SpaceḤayyei ha-Olam ha-Ba — Life of the World to Come (c. 1280)Sitrei Otiyot
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