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| | Prelude to Creation |
 | | Aryeh Kaplan, translator and editor: "The Bahir Illumination: One of the oldest, most important, and most carefully preserved of all ancient Kabbalah texts, Attributed to Rabbi Nehunia ben haKana, master of the first century esoteric school", Samuel Weiser Inc., York Beach, Maine, 1979, edition consulted 1989, see Saying 55, page 20. |
 | | Aryeh Kaplan, translator and editor: "Sefer Yetzira: The Book of Creation", Samuel Weiser, Inc., York Beach, Maine, 1993, stanza 1:5 on page 44 and Kaplan’s comments to page 51. |
 | | Aryeh Kaplan: "Sefer Yetziracited above, stanzas 2:4 and 2:5, and Kaplan’s comments on pp. |
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