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Shorshei Ha-Shemot
Roots of the Names
Tome 1 of 5
By Moshe Zacuto
E-mail: publisher@channelize.us
WWW: http://publisher.channelize.us
Publisher: David Smith, LLC
First edition, 2016
ISBN: 978-1-988631-30-1
Index of contents
Index of contents v
Preface xxx
Shorshei Ha-Shemot − Roots of the Names 1
In typeset, Letter Aleph ()א 2
Section א 2
Subsectionא 2
Subsection ב 2
Section ב 3
Section ג 3
Section ד 4
Section ה 7
Subsection א 7
Subsection ב 8
Section ו 8
Section ז 8
Section ח 9
Section ט 10
Section י 10
Section יא 10
Section יב 12
Section יג 12
Section יד 13
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Section טו 13
Section טז 13
Section יז 13
Section יח 14
Subsectionא 14
Subsection ב 14
Subsection ג 15
Section יט 15
Subsection א 15
Subsection ב 15
Section כ 16
Section כא 16
Section כב 17
Section כג 17
Section כד 17
Section כה 18
Section כו 18
Section כז 19
Section כח 19
Section כט 20
Section ל 21
Section לא 24
Sectionלב 24
Section לג 27
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Section לד 28
Section לה 28
Section לו 28
Section לז 28
Section לח 29
Section לט 29
Section מ 30
Section מא 30
Section מב 31
Section מג 31
Section מד 32
Section מה 33
Section מו 33
Section מז 34
Section מח 35
Section מט 35
Section נ 36
Section נא 37
Section נב 39
Sectionנג 39
Section נד 41
Subsection א 41
Subsection ב 42
Subsection ג 42
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Section נה 43
Section נו 43
Subsection א 43
Subsection ב 44
Subsection ג 44
Subsection ד 44
Subsection ה 45
Subsection ו 45
Subsection ז 46
Subsection ח 47
Subsection ט 47
Section נז 47
Section נח 48
Section נט 48
Section ס 48
Subsection א 48
Subsection ב 49
Section סא 50
Section סב 50
Section סג 51
Section סד 51
Section סה 51
Section סו 52
Section סז 52
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Sectionסח 52
Section סט 53
Section ע 53
Section עא 54
Subsection א 54
Subsection ב 54
Subsection ג 54
Subsection ד 55
Section עב 55
Section עג 56
Section עד 57
Section עה 57
Subsection א 57
Subsection ב 58
Subsection ג 58
Section עו 59
Section: עז 59
Section עח 60
Subsection א 60
Subsection ב 60
Section עט 61
Section פ 61
Subsection א 61
Subsection ב 62
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Subsection ג 62
Section פא 63
Section פב 63
Sectionפג 65
Section פד 65
Section פה 66
Section פו 66
Subsection א 66
Subsection ב 67
Section פז 67
Section פח 68
Section פט 68
Section צ 69
Section צא 69
Section צב 69
Section צג 70
Subsection א 70
Subsection ב 71
Section צד 71
Section צה 72
Section צו 73
Section צז 73
Section צח 74
Section צט 74
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Section ק 75
Section קא 75
Section קב 75
Section קג 76
Section קד 76
Section קה 77
Section קו 78
Section קז 78
Section קח 78
Section קט 79
Section קי 79
Section קיא 80
Section קיב 80
Section קיג 80
Section קיד 81
Subsection א 81
Subsection ב 81
Subsection ג 82
Section קטו 82
Subsection א 82
Subsection ב 83
Section קטז 83
Section קיז 83
Section קיח 84
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Section קיט 84
Section קכ 86
Section קכא 86
Section קכב 86
Section קכג 87
Section קכד 87
Section קכה 87
Section קכו 89
Section קכז 89
Section קכח 90
Section קכט 90
Section קל 91
Section קלא 91
Section קלב 92
Subsection א 92
Subsectionב 92
Subsection ג 93
Section קלג 93
Section קלד 94
Section קלה 94
Section קלו 95
Section קלז 95
Section קלח 96
Section קלט 97
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Section קם 97
Section קמא 98
Section קמב 98
Section קמג 98
Sectionקמד 100
Section קמה 100
Subsection א 100
Subsection ב 101
Subsection ג 104
Subsection ד 104
Subsection ה 105
Subsection ו 105
Subsection ז 106
Subsection ח 107
Subsection ט 107
Subsection י 108
Subsection יא 108
Subsection יב 108
Section קמו 109
Section קמז 109
Section קמח 110
Section קמט 110
Subsection א 110
Subsection ב 111
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Sectionקנ 111
Sectionקנא 112
Section קנב 112
Sectionקנג 112
Section קנד 113
Section קנה 113
Subsection א 113
Subsection ב 115
Subsection ג 116
Subsection ד 116
Subsection ה 117
Subsection ו 118
Section קנו 119
Section קנז 119
Section קנח 120
Section קנט 120
Section קס 121
Subsection א 121
Subsection ב 122
Section קסא 122
Subsection א 122
Subsection ב 123
Section קסב 125
Section קסג 125
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Section קסד 126
Sectionקסה 126
Subsection א 126
Subsection ב 127
Subsection ג 128
Subsection ד 129
Section קסו 129
Section קסז 129
Section קסח 131
Section קסט 131
Section קע 132
Section קעא 132
Section קעב 132
Section קעג 133
Section קעד 133
Section קעה 133
Section קעו 134
Section קעז 134
Section קעח 135
Section קעט 135
Section קפ 136
Section קפא 136
Subsection א 136
Subsection ב 137
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Section קפב 138
Section קפג 139
Section קפד 139
Section קפה 140
Section קפו 140
Subsection א 140
Subsectionב 142
Subsection ג 143
Subsection ד 144
Subsection ה 146
Subsection ו 146
Subsection ז 147
The Forces of the Name of 42 letters − The First Name
148
Section קפז 148
Subsection א 148
Subsection ב 148
Subsection ג 149
The Second Name 150
Subsection א 150
Subsection ב 152
Subsection ג 153
Subsection ד 153
Subsection ה 153
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Subsection ו 154
Subsection ז 154
Subsection ח 154
Subsection ט 155
Subsection י 156
Subsection יא 158
The Third Name 158
Section קפט 158
Subsection א 158
Subsection ב 159
Subsection ג 159
Subsection ד 159
Subsection ה 160
Subsection ו 160
Subsection ז 161
Subsection ח 161
Subsection ט 161
Subsection י 162
The Fourth Name 162
Section קצ 162
Subsection א 162
Subsection ב 163
The Fifth Name 164
Section קצא 164
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Subsection א 164
Subsection ב 164
The Sixth Name 165
Section קצב 165
Subsection א 165
Subsection ב 165
The Seventh Name 166
Section קצג 166
The Eighth name 167
Section קצד 167
Subsection א 167
Subsection ב 167
The Ninth Name 168
Section קצה 168
Subsection א 168
Subsection ב 169
The Tenth Name 170
Section קצו 170
The Eleventh name 170
Section קצז 170
Subsection א 170
Subsection ב 170
Subsection ג 172
The Twelth Name 172
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Section קצח 172
Subsection א 172
Subsection ב 173
Subsection ג 173
The thirteenth Name 174
Section קצט 174
Subsection א 174
Subsection ב 174
Subsection ג 175
Subsection ד 175
Subsection ה 176
Subsection ו 176
Subsection ז 177
The Fourteenth Name 177
Section ר 177
Subsection א 177
Subsection ב 178
Subsection ג 179
Section רא 180
Section רב 180
Section רג 181
Section רד 181
Section רה 181
Section רו 185
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Section רז 186
Section רח 187
Subsection א 187
Subsection ב 190
Subsection ג 192
Section רט 192
Section רי 195
Section ריא 195
Section ריב 196
Section ריג 196
Section ריד 197
Subsection א 197
Subsection ב 197
Subsection ג 197
Section רטו 199
Section רטז 199
Section ריז 200
Section ריח 200
Section ריט 201
Subsection א 201
Subsection ב 201
Section ריט 202
Section רכ 203
Section רכא 203
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Section רכב 204
Subsection א 204
Subsection ב 205
Section רכג 205
Section רכד 206
Section רכה 206
Section רכו 206
Section רכז 207
Section רכט 208
Section רל 209
Section רלא 209
Section רלב 210
Section רלג 210
Section רלד 210
Section רלה 211
Section רלו 211
Section רלז 212
Section רלח 212
Section רלט 213
Section רמ 213
Section רמא 214
Section רמב 214
Section רמג 215
Section רמד 215
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Section רמה 216
Section רמו 216
Section רמז 216
Section רמח 217
Section רמט 217
Section רנ 217
Section רנא 217
Section רנב 218
Section רנג 218
Section רנד 218
Section רנה 218
Section רנו 219
Section רנז 220
Section רנח 220
Section רנט 221
Section רס 221
Section רסא 222
Section רסב 223
Section רסג 223
Section רסד 224
Section רסה 224
Section רסו 224
Section רסז 225
Section רסח 225
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Section רסט 225
Section רע 226
Section רעא 226
Section רעב 226
Section רעג 227
Section רעד 227
Subsection א 227
Subsection ב 228
Section רעה 229
[Side 1] 229
[Side 2] 230
Section רעו 231
Section רעז 234
7 bowls can defeat any sickness 234
Section רעח 234
Day 1 [Sunday] 234
Day 2 [Monday] 235
Day 3 [Tuesday] 235
Day 4 [Wednesday] 236
Day 5 [Thursday] 236
Day 6 [Friday] 237
Day 7 [Saturday] 237
Section רעט 237
Section רפ 238
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Section רפא 238
Section רפב 238
Section רפג 239
Section רפד 240
Section רפה 240
Subsection א 240
Subsection []ב 241
Section רפו 241
Section רפז 242
First Virtue − Subsection א 242
Second Virtue − Subsection ב 243
Third Virtue − Subsection ג 244
Fourth virtue − Subsection ד 244
Fifth Virtue − Subsection ה 245
Sixth Virtue − Subsection ו 245
Seventh Virtue − Subsection ז 246
Subsection ח 246
Section רפח 247
Section רפט 247
Section רצ 248
Section רצא 248
Section רצב 248
Section רצג 249
Section רצד 249
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Section רצה 250
Section רצו 250
Section רצז 250
Section רחצ 251
Section רצט 251
Section ש 252
Section שא 254
Section שב 256
Section שג 257
Section שד 257
Section שה 257
Section שו 258
Section שז 258
Section שח 259
In typeset, Letter Bet ()ב 260
Section א 260
Subsection א 260
Subsection ב 260
Subsection ג 261
Subsection ד 261
Section ב 262
Section ג 263
Section ד 263
Subsection א 263
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Subsection ב 265
Subsection ג 266
Subsection ד 267
Section ה 268
Section ו 268
Section ז 268
Section ח 269
Section ט 269
Section י 270
Section יא 270
Section יב 271
Section יג 271
Section יד 271
Section טו 272
Subsection א 272
Subsection ב 273
Section טז 274
Section יז 274
Section יח 274
Section יט 274
Section כ 275
Section כא 275
Section כב 276
Section כג 276
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Section כד 277
Section כה 278
Section כו 278
Section כז 279
Section כח 279
Section כט 280
Section ל 280
Section לא 281
Section לב 282
Section לג 282
Section לד 283
Section לה 283
Section לו 283
Section לז 284
Section לח 284
Subsection א 284
Subsection ב 285
Section לט 287
Section מ 287
Section מא 288
Section מב 288
Section מג 289
Section מד 289
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Section מה 290
Section מו 290
Section מח 291
Section מח 291
Section מט 291
Subsection א 291
Subsection ב 292
Subsection ג 292
Section נ 292
Section נא 293
Section נב 293
Section נג 294
Section נד 295
Section נה 296
Section נו 296
Section נז 296
Section נח 297
Section נו 297
Section נז 297
Section נח 298
Section נט 298
Section ס 299
Section סא 300
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Section סב 300
Section סג 300
Section סד 301
Section סה 301
Section סו 302
Section סז 302
Section סח 303
Section סט 303
Section ע 304
Section עא 305
Subsection א 305
Subsection ב 306
Subsection ג 307
Subsection ד 307
Subsection ה 308
Subsection ז 308
Subsection ו 309
Section עב 310
xxx Shorshei Ha-Shemot – Roots of the Names
Preface
Rabbi Moshe ben Mordechai Zacuto, also known as the
Ramaz, was probably born around 1620, but the exact
year is still unclear. Some claim that he was born in 1625,
while some others say that he was not born later than
1612. A possible homonymy further complicated things, for
there is evidence of a Moshe Zacuto in Venice in 1645,
with the reputation of a great scholar, and a Moshe Zacuto
studying in the Beit Midrash in Amsterdam in 1651.
Y. Melkman (Mozes Zacuto en Zijn Familie, Studia
Rosenthaliana 3, no. 2, 1969, pages 145-155) attempted a
reconstruction, and said: Zacuto was born shortly after the
year 1610, apparently in Amsterdam. He learned in the
Beit Midrash “Talmud Torah” that his father was amongst
its founders. In the year 1621, the family moved to
Hamburg. Since there was no Beit Midrash there, Zacuto
traveled to Poland. In 1642, he lived in Hamburg, and
thought about Aliyah to Eretz Israel. In 1647 or 1648 he
arrived in Venice and proofread Hebrew books.
What is more undisputed, is that he was a great Italian
kabbalist and scholar. He had an exceptional knowledge,
and wrote a number of important treatises.
Shorshei Ha-Shemot is considered still today the most
authoritative compilation about Kabbalah Ma’asit (practical
Kabbalah), and a standard reference for meditation
exercises, spells, amulets, etc.; Zacuto collects
alphabetically and explains all the holy names, their origin,
and their powers. He also gives clear instructions to
perform Yechudim (Unions) according to the lurianic
tradition, which he learned directly by the emissaries of
Safed who came in Italy. He strives to find every possible
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use and meaning in every ancient manuscript that he could
locate, up to the descriptions of the Angelic Alphabets.
The reader will find a remedy for every situation.
Sometimes he will be advised to use a plant, sometimes to
recite a specific evocation, and sometimes he will have to
write a name on a Kosher parchment, wash it with water,
and then drink the water. Every recipe is different, and it is
difficult to summarize them in few words.
The explanation of a name often follows the typical
kabbalistic exegesis, which employs Gematria (the
numerical value of a word) and many permutation
techniques. Starting from a specific verse in the Torah, a
name is extracted, and through different techniques it is
expanded, in order to develop its meaning.
Studying the beautiful Kameas can lead to a better
understanding of how they are actually built. Sometimes, a
diagram is used to symbolize a specific situation. Other
times, a square subdivided in many squares is used. Inside
each square goes a letter, and every line is a name.
Descending, the name is permuted, or becomes another
name. In this way, the holy forces are called and asked to
modify reality accordingly.
To understand this scholarly work properly, a basic
knowledge of the Hebrew language and kabbalistic
techniques is assumed. The recipes and the amulets will
have no effect, if the apprentice will not master the spiritual
techniques beforehand, which put those tools at work.
A special thanks to Talib Din for his support in editing this
book and making it ready for the print.
Baal Even