The Month of Tammuz - Cancer
The letter for the month of Tammuz - Cancer, the 4th month of the Hebrew calendar is the Chet, the 8th letter of the Hebrew aleph bet, gematria 8. The letter Chet is composed of a vav, the letter for the month of Iyar-Taurus, and a Zayin, the letter for the month of Sivan-Gemini.
Whilst the scribed chet is usually written as two zayins with a bridge (see above picture), the Ari says that the Chet is a Vav on the right and a zayin on the left. I always go with the Ari.
In the form of the letter itself, we can see that Tammuz - Cancer, the 4th month, joins the energies of the preceeding months. The letter Vav is the energy of healing, direct light- or yashar , which connects us to the Upper Worlds. Zayin is the energy of the Shabbat, returning light - or chozer- which enables us to elevate. When the letters vav and zayin are combined in the chet, a new energy concept manifests - the combination of or yashar and or chozer. We are given the ability to transcend physicality and see the Worlds Above.
{I think it is more than a possibility that I was Blessed with a Vision of the Worlds Above when the Water Spout over the Sea Revealed the New Moon as Full :P}
Rabbi G phrases it thusly "At the level of Souls the Chet is the power to enter the mysteries of one's own soul and thereafter return to wordly consciousness".
The Letter Chet also begins the word for Life in Hebrew - Chaim; Chayam, living; Chochmah, Wisdom; Chen, grace; chalom, dream
As the spelling of the letter chet includes the tav, the letter for the moon which rules Tammuz, the spelling of Tammuz includes the letters vav and zayin.
There is a lot of negativity taught about the month of Tammuz. I will not go into it with this post. One of the reasons that certain teaches say that Tammuz, along with Av and Tevet (Leo and Capricorn) are 'negative' months is because the Schechinah ( 2 chets in the spelling of that one) is in exile. The Shechinah is the quintessential feminine principle of the G-d head. The Schechinah is always referred to as She. She is the feminine energy of Binah, from whom flow the Waters of Life, as that energy surrounds the sephirot of Malchut.
Rabbi G
"Shechinah is the immanent Divine Presence that inheres within the Universe corresponding to the sefirah of Malchut, the feminine aspect of divinity."
definition of i m m a n e n t
adj
remaining within, inherent, intrinsic, indwelling.
The bridge of the Chet, which I learned is called a 'chatoteret', gee it also begins with a chet,
allows human beings access into the energy of the indwelling of the soul.
Once again, the Feminine Energy is Predominant as the Energy of Life. The totally male domainated patriarchal religious aspect of the teachings relate the knowledge, then turn it negative. I cannot see why Tammuz should be a negative month. It is the beginning of the summer season, it is a gateway into the worlds above and by way of the bridge a way to return back. The give and the take. Gateway. Like Stargate SG1. It represents life force and intrinsic wisdom.
The Shechinah is the G-ddess within. Guess those men can't deal with the fact that they are being kept within chayam by the essence of the feminine.
Tammuz is the only month ruled by the moon. The moon is the feminine principle made manifest. The influence of the moon is magnified even further because Cancer is a water sign, water of water in kabbalistic astrology, and the moon is responsible for the ocean's tides.
Cancers are usually considered to be the most sensitve of the astrological signs. It is a well known fact about those born under the sign of Cancer that there is always something they keep hidden.
The Torah Portions during Tammuz are also fascinating. The first Shabbat is Korach, Then Balak, Then Pinchas. Two bad guys then a good guy in a really bad situation.
But
it is in Parashat Pinchas that the Daughters of Zelophehad are named. Twice. In the literal story these are the women who spoke up for themselves to Moses. The Schechinah obviously wasn't in exile with them. Their names are Machlah, Noach, Chaglah, Milcah and Tirzah. 5 of them.
Thanks to http://www.ritualwell.org.holidays.roshchodeshnewmoon/tammuz
for reminding me.
Tammuz is our opportunity to access the silent secrets within our soul and know that they represent the true reality.
The sign is Cancer, the crab ' sartan' in hebrew. Rabbi G - " the word sartan is understood as being composed of two words sar tan which literally reads: ' remove the body' in order to reveal the soul, i.e. remove the outer shell of reality by means of the power of concentrated sight in order to reveal reality's inner fruit and lifeforce".
Well said.
The Tribe is Ruben, precious stone of the breastplate ruby.
Red is the colour of the feminine principle. Right column white. left column red, central column green.
The spiritual sense is sight.
The controller is the right hand.
See with the Sight of the Soul.
Parashat Korach. Candelighting 8:09, forward 0.
Shabbat Shalom
Peace
Whilst the scribed chet is usually written as two zayins with a bridge (see above picture), the Ari says that the Chet is a Vav on the right and a zayin on the left. I always go with the Ari.
In the form of the letter itself, we can see that Tammuz - Cancer, the 4th month, joins the energies of the preceeding months. The letter Vav is the energy of healing, direct light- or yashar , which connects us to the Upper Worlds. Zayin is the energy of the Shabbat, returning light - or chozer- which enables us to elevate. When the letters vav and zayin are combined in the chet, a new energy concept manifests - the combination of or yashar and or chozer. We are given the ability to transcend physicality and see the Worlds Above.
{I think it is more than a possibility that I was Blessed with a Vision of the Worlds Above when the Water Spout over the Sea Revealed the New Moon as Full :P}
Rabbi G phrases it thusly "At the level of Souls the Chet is the power to enter the mysteries of one's own soul and thereafter return to wordly consciousness".
The Letter Chet also begins the word for Life in Hebrew - Chaim; Chayam, living; Chochmah, Wisdom; Chen, grace; chalom, dream
As the spelling of the letter chet includes the tav, the letter for the moon which rules Tammuz, the spelling of Tammuz includes the letters vav and zayin.
There is a lot of negativity taught about the month of Tammuz. I will not go into it with this post. One of the reasons that certain teaches say that Tammuz, along with Av and Tevet (Leo and Capricorn) are 'negative' months is because the Schechinah ( 2 chets in the spelling of that one) is in exile. The Shechinah is the quintessential feminine principle of the G-d head. The Schechinah is always referred to as She. She is the feminine energy of Binah, from whom flow the Waters of Life, as that energy surrounds the sephirot of Malchut.
Rabbi G
"Shechinah is the immanent Divine Presence that inheres within the Universe corresponding to the sefirah of Malchut, the feminine aspect of divinity."
definition of i m m a n e n t
adj
remaining within, inherent, intrinsic, indwelling.
The bridge of the Chet, which I learned is called a 'chatoteret', gee it also begins with a chet,
allows human beings access into the energy of the indwelling of the soul.
Once again, the Feminine Energy is Predominant as the Energy of Life. The totally male domainated patriarchal religious aspect of the teachings relate the knowledge, then turn it negative. I cannot see why Tammuz should be a negative month. It is the beginning of the summer season, it is a gateway into the worlds above and by way of the bridge a way to return back. The give and the take. Gateway. Like Stargate SG1. It represents life force and intrinsic wisdom.
The Shechinah is the G-ddess within. Guess those men can't deal with the fact that they are being kept within chayam by the essence of the feminine.
Tammuz is the only month ruled by the moon. The moon is the feminine principle made manifest. The influence of the moon is magnified even further because Cancer is a water sign, water of water in kabbalistic astrology, and the moon is responsible for the ocean's tides.
Cancers are usually considered to be the most sensitve of the astrological signs. It is a well known fact about those born under the sign of Cancer that there is always something they keep hidden.
The Torah Portions during Tammuz are also fascinating. The first Shabbat is Korach, Then Balak, Then Pinchas. Two bad guys then a good guy in a really bad situation.
But
it is in Parashat Pinchas that the Daughters of Zelophehad are named. Twice. In the literal story these are the women who spoke up for themselves to Moses. The Schechinah obviously wasn't in exile with them. Their names are Machlah, Noach, Chaglah, Milcah and Tirzah. 5 of them.
Thanks to http://www.ritualwell.org.holidays.roshchodeshnewmoon/tammuz
for reminding me.
Tammuz is our opportunity to access the silent secrets within our soul and know that they represent the true reality.
The sign is Cancer, the crab ' sartan' in hebrew. Rabbi G - " the word sartan is understood as being composed of two words sar tan which literally reads: ' remove the body' in order to reveal the soul, i.e. remove the outer shell of reality by means of the power of concentrated sight in order to reveal reality's inner fruit and lifeforce".
Well said.
The Tribe is Ruben, precious stone of the breastplate ruby.
Red is the colour of the feminine principle. Right column white. left column red, central column green.
The spiritual sense is sight.
The controller is the right hand.
See with the Sight of the Soul.
Parashat Korach. Candelighting 8:09, forward 0.
Shabbat Shalom
Peace
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