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- About Burde Silversmiths
- About The Artist
- INTRODUCTION TO THE HEBREW LETTERS
- About the Aleph
- About the Beth
- about the NUN
- ABOUT THE GIMEL
- ABOUT THE DALET
- ABOUT THE HAY
- ABOUT THE VAV
- ABOUT THE ZAYIN
- ABOUT THE CHET
- ABOUT THE TET
- ABOUT THE YOD
- ABOUT THE CHAF
- ABOUT THE LAMED
- ABOUT THE MEM
- ABOUT THE SAMECH
- ABOUT THE AYIN
- ABOUT THE PEH
- ABOUT THE TZADIK
- ABOUT THE KOOF
- ABOUT THE REISH
- ABOUT THE SHIN
- ABOUT THE TAV
DALET
Pronunciation: Dah-let
Numerical value: 4
Primary meaning: Door
Secondary meanings: Elevation, poor, heights, bucket
Essence: seed
Space continuum: Sun
Time continuum: Tuesday
Soul continuum: right nostril
Sephirot: connection between Crown (Keter) and Harmony (Tiferet)
Verse from Torah: God saw that it (plants and trees) was good.
Grammatical usage: that (Aramaic)
Form: two Vavs
Sefer Yetzira (Book of Creation)
The form of the letter Dalet is that of a man bent over in prayer. This symbolizes man recognizing his dependency on the Creator. The archetype of man in prayer is King David, to whom the Psalms are attributed. He had wealth, respect, and an entire kingdom under his command and yet he constantly poured his heart out to his Maker, humbling himself to the state of a poor man. This is the nature of the Dalet, to bow down and be open to receive from above, in contrast to believing that we are independent of God. Spelled as a word, dalet-lamed-tav, it can be pronounced (in English) delete as in the nullification of the ego. In Hebrew, Dalet means “door.” The key to opening spiritual doors is through prayer. Just as a door is dependant on its hinges in order to serve its proper function, so we are dependant on God to serve properly in the world.
The letter Dalet symbolizes the ability to surrender. One who's name begins with Dalet knows how to nullify himself but also to advance and be victorious. With a tendency to argue, they hardly ever concede. (Shemot Bnei Adam)
