it is said we give to children first the alef beits. just like phoenicia is a word play for phonics. oil, is shemen in hebrew, you know a mans holy oil. man is referred to as being a tree producing fruit producing seed.  tov is good, hara is bad. we have what is called the good and evil inclination; the yetzer tov and yetzer hara; the second being the real serpent as it represents in general the intellect divorced from spirit.  the cube, having 6 sides unfolds into a cross. same as my earlier post; saturn 6th planet, geburah, 6 sephirot from the bottom; shabtai is saturn in hebrew; hebrew gematria 713 same as teshuvah or repentance. here anon, you deserve it. this is what we use in our practice; its a bit controversial to many. if you are interested in learning, type restoration of the breach on youtube. i can
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