Suspecting that there was a lot more to the four “Edenic Rivers” than meets the eye, Kabbalists closely scrutinised the names of the four streams. By means of somewhat complex application of
Temurot, in this instance exchanges of Hebrew letters by means of six special ciphers, i.e.
Achas Beta,
Atbach,
Atbash,
Albam,
Avgad,
Ayak Bachar, they concluded that, with the exclusion of the final letters
Nun of the names
PishoN and
GichoN, the first three names of the “Rivers of Eden” are hidden references to the three Divine Names which are vital for our continued well-being on this planet. It is also understood that the three letters derived from, or, as it were, “hidden” within the name of the last “river,” is indicating a very unique Hebrew abbreviation. The Divine Names and mentioned abbreviation are shown below [read from right to left]:
Of course, the three Divine Names are immediately recognised, and, considering the Kabbalistic doctrine on the flow of the “river of
Shefa” (Divine Abundance) into manifestation by means of
tzinorot [spiritual channels] which are “controlled,” so to speak, by these important Divine Names aligned with the
sefirot of
Keter [Crown -
Ehyeh],
Tiferet [Beauty -
YHVH] and
Malchut [Kingdom -
Adonai], it is only natural that they should be included in amulets comprising the names of the four divisions of the Edenic “River of Life.”
What remains to be considered is the unique transposition of the three letters of the “river” Frat, i.e.
. Since the three letters in question could be read
Yabok, i.e.the river where the Patriarch Jacob wrestled “a man” (
Genesis 32:23–31 [
24–32]), and, as mentioned in my “
The Book of Sacred Names,” it was ascertained from this saga that Jacob wrestled with the angel
Pani’el, and that his attacker was actually the Almighty virtually in person, so to speak, some curious deliberations could be derived from the
Frat/Yabok affiliation. After all there are also very special “numerical” connections between the
YBK letter combination and two Divine Names, i.e. the
gematria of
Yabok 
is 112 and so is the combined value of the Names
YHVH 
and
Elohim 
. However, in the current instance the
YB”K letter combination is generally conceded to be an abbreviation. On the one hand it refers to the concluding portion of
Psalms 20:10 reading
(
ya’aneinu b’yom kar’einu — “answer us in the day that we call”), the verse being uttered three times during morning prayers [see for example the Kabbalistic
Siddur Kol Yaakov by Yakov Koppel Lifshitz], on the other hand it indicates
(
yichud b’rachah k’dushah — “Unification Blessedness Holiness”) [see
Toldot Yitzchak by Yakov Yitzchak ben Asher,
Ha-Kami’a ha-Ivri by E. Davis & D.A. Frenkel;
Mikra’i Refu’i Kelali im Tatzlumim v’Iyurim Rabim Ner Mitzvah b’Torah Or by Shniori, etc.].
As it is, the three letters in question and the words comprising each of these Hebrew phrases, are themselves understood to be direct references to the three mentioned vital Divine Names. In fact, the “Divine Unification,” “Blessedness” and “Holiness” of
YB”K are said to indicate the union of
Keter [
Ehyeh],
Tiferet [
YHVH] and
Malchut [
Adonai], or the “unification” of the
Neshamah,
Ru’ach and
Nefesh, the “Higher Self,” “Middle Self” and “Lower Self” aspects of the human soul [see the very interesting observations by Chananya Yom Tov Lippa Daitch in
Mishnayot Masechet Mikva’ot (Vol. 4), and those of Meir Paprish [Poppers] in
Or Tsadikim v’Derech Se’udah].
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Of course, the three Divine Names are immediately recognised, and, considering the Kabbalistic doctrine on the flow of the “river of Shefa” (Divine Abundance) into manifestation by means of tzinorot [spiritual channels] which are “controlled,” so to speak, by these important Divine Names aligned with the sefirot of Keter [Crown - Ehyeh], Tiferet [Beauty - YHVH] and Malchut [Kingdom - Adonai], it is only natural that they should be included in amulets comprising the names of the four divisions of the Edenic “River of Life.”What remains to be considered is the unique transposition of the three letters of the “river” Frat, i.e. 
. Since the three letters in question could be read Yabok, i.e.the river where the Patriarch Jacob wrestled “a man” (Genesis 32:23–31 [24–32]), and, as mentioned in my “The Book of Sacred Names,” it was ascertained from this saga that Jacob wrestled with the angel Pani’el, and that his attacker was actually the Almighty virtually in person, so to speak, some curious deliberations could be derived from the Frat/Yabok affiliation. After all there are also very special “numerical” connections between the YBK letter combination and two Divine Names, i.e. the gematria of Yabok 
is 112 and so is the combined value of the Names YHVH 
and Elohim 
. However, in the current instance the YB”K letter combination is generally conceded to be an abbreviation. On the one hand it refers to the concluding portion of Psalms 20:10 reading 
(ya’aneinu b’yom kar’einu — “answer us in the day that we call”), the verse being uttered three times during morning prayers [see for example the Kabbalistic Siddur Kol Yaakov by Yakov Koppel Lifshitz], on the other hand it indicates 
(yichud b’rachah k’dushah — “Unification Blessedness Holiness”) [see Toldot Yitzchak by Yakov Yitzchak ben Asher, Ha-Kami’a ha-Ivri by E. Davis & D.A. Frenkel; Mikra’i Refu’i Kelali im Tatzlumim v’Iyurim Rabim Ner Mitzvah b’Torah Or by Shniori, etc.].As it is, the three letters in question and the words comprising each of these Hebrew phrases, are themselves understood to be direct references to the three mentioned vital Divine Names. In fact, the “Divine Unification,” “Blessedness” and “Holiness” of YB”K are said to indicate the union of Keter [Ehyeh], Tiferet [YHVH] and Malchut [Adonai], or the “unification” of the Neshamah, Ru’ach and Nefesh, the “Higher Self,” “Middle Self” and “Lower Self” aspects of the human soul [see the very interesting observations by Chananya Yom Tov Lippa Daitch in Mishnayot Masechet Mikva’ot (Vol. 4), and those of Meir Paprish [Poppers] in Or Tsadikim v’Derech Se’udah].
(More to follow)
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