Aleph

א

אַשְׁרֵי תְמִֽימֵי־דָרֶךְ הַֽהֹלְכִים בְּתֹורַת יְהוָֽה

Happy are the undefiled in the way who walk in the law of יהוה

Psalm 119: 1

The letter Aleph, is the 1st letter.

The word, “Aleph” means “Ox” or “Bull”, i.e. Strength, The First, the Father of the Aleph-Beit, The Strength of the House.

I’ve always been attracted to the strong, silent type. So it seems to fit that the Aleph is one of my favorite letters and the one I write anytime, anywhere as a quick stretch and acknowledgment of my Creator Father. This first letter of the entire Aleph-Beit makes no sound, yet takes up a large amount of space and when written in the body, it is in fact, the “largest” and most fluid of all the letters. It is associated with G-d the Father, the “Ox of the House” and has the connotation of strength and leader. The letter takes on whatever vowel sound connects to it, yet it also tends to show up in places unannounced, so to speak. For example, when Moses asks God in Exodus 3:14 whom should he say sent him to deliver Israel from the hands of Pharaoh, God says, “Tell them ‘I am that I am’ has sent you.” The word for “I am” here (meaning “to exist, to be) is “Haya” spelled in Hebrew היה, and yet in the Torah an Aleph shows up in front of the word in both instances. A-sher (אשר) means “which” or “who”. That, in my opinion, is one of those mysterious moments where G-d reveals His omni-presence and His omnipotence. He reveals that He is “pre-existant” and that He can jolly well show up whenever and wherever He likes, be it inside or outside of time. I’ll do more research on this and find out what others make of this anomaly. At least, I think it’s an anomaly…. stay tuned on that.

אֶֽהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶֽהְיֶה

Writing the א

The Aleph is the first of 5 letters that are kinesthetic. These letters are not static because there’s simply too much to say with them – too much to understand in the mere pose. (The other 4 are: Beit/Veit, Dalet, Qof, and Tav.) When we represent the Aleph (G-d, Himself) with and in our bodies, we begin with a lunge onto either the right or the left leg, extending both arms forward above our heads. We then pivot to an open position. The arm corresponding to the leg that remains extended reaches down toward the knee and earth below, bends at the elbow (one can think of it as a beckoning gesture) then lifts skyward before coming to rest in the final position. Meanwhile, the front arm, the one over the bent leg, simultaneously drops from the elbow to be tucked into the hip, the forearm coming to rest on the thigh of the bent leg, palm up.

I’ll be adding photos and a video ASAP. Sorry for the delay on this. However, in the intro video on this site, you see it created over and over again as we do the Aleph-Tav to the music of Adon Olam (“Master of the Universe”), composed by Kenneth Lampl and sung by the CSU Pueblo Chamber Choir, Dr. Dana Ihm, conductor.

For further study;https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/Aleph/aleph.html