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Article THE BADGE OF INNOCENCE." ← Page 3 of 5 →
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The Badge Of Innocence."
division of the Cabala , * a word or phrase signifying the Unit y of the Deity . Such a p hrase is the Tetragrctmmaton . or Quadrilateral Name of God . —Jehovah nirr combined with echad int . "one , " ( or , together , " Jehovah is one " ) . Accordingly they took seven ! " threads of white wool , ] : white being the emblem of purity or holiness , and one thread of blue , §
the emblem of the heavens , wherein the Great Architect sits enthroned . One thread was made longer than the rest in order that it mig ht be twisted round the others , and so form a cord which should end in the tassel required .
To carry out their symbolism , they then , starting from a double knot , wound the long thread round the rest seven times , securing it with a double knot ; then eight times more , fastening it with a double knot as before . The number of
convolutions was thus fifteen , or " fT , " the first half of the Tetragrammaton '' They next wound it round eleven times more , again securing it with a double knot , giving the number eleven , or " m , " the second half of the ineffable name . Finally , they
wound it round fifteen times more , still fastening it with the double knot , thus giving the number fifteen , or " ins , "i . e . echad or one .
Whilst the collective numerals thus formed by the number of twists of the long thread round the others , gave the sacred name , together with its Attribute of Unity , the five knots , in each tassel ( or tassel-cord ) , symbolized "The Five Books of the Law . "
And , yet again , the numerical value of the Hebrew word for tassel , ftW ( tzitzith ) is six hundred , which , together with the eight threads and the five knots , gives six hundred and thirteen , the number of the precepts of the Law . * The following was the prayer used when
the " taph "t was invested with the tassels : — " Blessed art Thou , 0 Lord , King of the Universe , Who hast sanctified us with Thy commandments , and enjoined us to array ourselves with tassels . "
The cords and tassels thus formed were attached to a garment formed of an oblong piece of cloth , with a hole pierced through the centre for the head to pass throughthe aperture , ( fee , were trimmed round in the same way that the . High Priest ' s
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Badge Of Innocence."
division of the Cabala , * a word or phrase signifying the Unit y of the Deity . Such a p hrase is the Tetragrctmmaton . or Quadrilateral Name of God . —Jehovah nirr combined with echad int . "one , " ( or , together , " Jehovah is one " ) . Accordingly they took seven ! " threads of white wool , ] : white being the emblem of purity or holiness , and one thread of blue , §
the emblem of the heavens , wherein the Great Architect sits enthroned . One thread was made longer than the rest in order that it mig ht be twisted round the others , and so form a cord which should end in the tassel required .
To carry out their symbolism , they then , starting from a double knot , wound the long thread round the rest seven times , securing it with a double knot ; then eight times more , fastening it with a double knot as before . The number of
convolutions was thus fifteen , or " fT , " the first half of the Tetragrammaton '' They next wound it round eleven times more , again securing it with a double knot , giving the number eleven , or " m , " the second half of the ineffable name . Finally , they
wound it round fifteen times more , still fastening it with the double knot , thus giving the number fifteen , or " ins , "i . e . echad or one .
Whilst the collective numerals thus formed by the number of twists of the long thread round the others , gave the sacred name , together with its Attribute of Unity , the five knots , in each tassel ( or tassel-cord ) , symbolized "The Five Books of the Law . "
And , yet again , the numerical value of the Hebrew word for tassel , ftW ( tzitzith ) is six hundred , which , together with the eight threads and the five knots , gives six hundred and thirteen , the number of the precepts of the Law . * The following was the prayer used when
the " taph "t was invested with the tassels : — " Blessed art Thou , 0 Lord , King of the Universe , Who hast sanctified us with Thy commandments , and enjoined us to array ourselves with tassels . "
The cords and tassels thus formed were attached to a garment formed of an oblong piece of cloth , with a hole pierced through the centre for the head to pass throughthe aperture , ( fee , were trimmed round in the same way that the . High Priest ' s