• ‘Aleph is the subject of a midrash which praises its humility in not demanding to start the Bible. (In Hebrew the Bible begins with the second letter of the alphabet, Bet.) In this folktale, ‘Aleph is rewarded by being allowed to start the Ten Commandments. (In Hebrew, the first word is אָנֹכִי, which starts with an aleph.)
• In the Sefer Yetzirah, The letter ‘Aleph is King over Breath, Formed Air in the universe, Temperate in the Year, and the Chest in the soul.
• ‘Aleph is also the first letter of the Hebrew word emet, which means truth. In Jewish mythology it was the letter aleph that was carved into the head of the golem which ultimately gave it life.
• Aleph also begins the three words that make up God’s mystical name in Exodus, I Am That I Am (in Hebrew, ‘Ehyeh ‘Asher ‘Ehyeh אהיה אׁשר אהיה), and ‘aleph is an important part of mystical amulets and formulas.
• Jewish mysticism relates Aleph to the element of air, the fool (number 0) of the tarot deck, and the Scintillating Intelligence (#11) of the path between Kether and Chokmah in the Tree of the Sephiroth.
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If I had renamed @Kitten_Alice, she would probably have become Aleph.
