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Mystery of Numbers 43
The cabala (or cabbala) was a mystical tradition handed down_
by the Jews from generation to generation by word of mouth.'
The Hebrew name is qabbalah, tradition. Among these traditions
is one that shows that God is Truth, for the Hebrew word for
Truth is Em-th, and in the Hebrew alphabet the numerical values
of the letters add to 441, and 4 + 4 + t = 9, the number which,
as illustrated below, shows the invariance of God; for
9 X 1 = 9, and 0 + 9 = 9
9 X 2 = 18, and t + 8 = 9
9 X 3 = 27, and 2 + 7 = 9
9 x 9 = 81, and 8 + t = 9
The following i- other tradition of the cabalists: They assert
that the Seal of Gcd is Truth, the Em-th referred to above. Taking
the Hebrew name for Jehovah, only the four letters J, H, V,
and H were used in writing this name. The values in the Hebrew
alphabet add up to 26, and 2 + 6 = 8. The value of the Holy
Name (26) "repeated twice is then 2 X 26, or 52, and 5 + 2 = 7.
Therefore
t x the Holy Name = 26, with 2 + 6 = 8
2 x the Holy Name = 52, with 5 + 2 = 7
3 X the Holy Name = 78, with 7 + 8 = 15 and t + 5 = 6
8 = 208, with 2 + o + 8 = to, and t + o = 1
9 = 234, with 2+ 3+ 4= 9
The moral which the cabalists drew from this was that the
more godliness there is in a man, the less he thinks of himself,
9 being perfect godliness. Men who had nothing of importance
to do wasted a great deal of time in finding such number relations.