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The book of creation sefer yesira is a unique, isolated work that belongs to no school of thought daphne hadas freedman2 sefer yetzirah book of formation, hereafter sy is the oldest known speculative treatise in hebrew. When properly understood, sefer yetzirah becomes the instruction manual for a very special type of meditation. Read sefer yetzirah pdf the book of creation by aryeh kaplan weiser books rabbi aryeh kaplan has translated sefer yetzirah, the oldest and most mysterious of all kabbalistic texts, and now. Sefer, book of formation, or book of creation is the title of the. Download pdf sefer yetzira the book of creation free.
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