The Symbolism of the Hebrew Letters Ches, Kuf, and Hey
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The Symbolism of the Hebrew Letters Ches, Kuf, and Hey

הפצת המיינות חוצה | June 27, 2025

And according to that which is written in Likkutei Torah that the image of the letter Hey alludes to Machshova, Dibbur and Maaseh, because the basis of the creation of this world is the letter Hey [as the Talmud states:] “With the letter Hey this world was created”.

So, in its essence the letter ‘Hey’ represents the world’s formation from a creation perspective. Because the three lines that make up the letter ‘Hey’ symbolise the three worlds of Briyah Yetzirah and Asiyah Which correspond to three garments of Machshova, Dibbur and Maaseh.

For this reason, the upper horizontal line of the letter ‘Hey’ which alludes to the ‘Thought’ is immediately connected with the right vertical line that alludes to ‘speech’. Because speech is directly connected with thought. Even when someone might be speaking in an uncontrolled manner, i.e. gibberish or babble, this will be because of the gap in time between his thought process and his speech. The mode of action, however, is separated from thought to the extent that you cannot always discern the thought process that might have ended up in that action.

Similarly, we see this separation between the spiritual worlds of creation, formation and of action where the world of action is a world by itself. As is indicated to in the words of the Possuk: אַף־עֲשִיתִיו “Also, I made him” that the word ‘Also’ separates them.

And according to that which is written in Likkutei Torah that the image of the letter Hey alludes to Machshova, Dibbur and Maaseh, because the basis of the creation of this world is the letter Hey [as the Talmud states:] “With the letter Hey this world was created”.

So, in its essence the letter ‘Hey’ represents the world’s formation from a creation perspective. Because the three lines that make up the letter ‘Hey’ symbolise the three worlds of Briyah Yetzirah and Asiyah Which correspond to three garments of Machshova, Dibbur and Maaseh.

For this reason, the upper horizontal line of the letter ‘Hey’ which alludes to the ‘Thought’ is immediately connected with the right vertical line that alludes to ‘speech’. Because speech is directly connected with thought. Even when someone might be speaking in an uncontrolled manner, i.e. gibberish or babble, this will be because of the gap in time between his thought process and his speech. The mode of action, however, is separated from thought to the extent that you cannot always discern the thought process that might have ended up in that action.

Similarly, we see this separation between the spiritual worlds of creation, formation and of action where the world of action is a world by itself. As is indicated to in the words of the Possuk: אַף־עֲשִיתִיו “Also, I made him” that the word ‘Also’ separates them.

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