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רָבָא בְּרָא גַּבְרָא. שַׁדְּרֵיהּ לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי זֵירָא. הֲוָה קָא מִשְׁתַּעֵי בַּהֲדֵיהּ, וְלָא הֲוָה קָא מַהְדַּר לֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מִן חַבְרַיָּא אַתְּ, הֲדַר לְעַפְרָיךְ.

Indeed, Rava created a man, a golem, using forces of sanctity. Rava sent his creation before Rabbi Zeira. Rabbi Zeira would speak to him but he would not reply. Rabbi Zeira said to him: You were created by one of the members of the group, one of the Sages. Return to your dust.

עברית: William Davidson Edition - Vocalized Aramaic (CC-BY-NC)אנגלית: William Davidson Edition - English (CC-BY-NC)

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רַב חֲנִינָא וְרַב אוֹשַׁעְיָא הֲווֹ יָתְבִי כׇּל מַעֲלֵי שַׁבְּתָא, וְעָסְקִי בְּסֵפֶר יְצִירָה, וּמִיבְּרֵי לְהוּ עִיגְלָא תִּילְתָּא, וְאָכְלִי לֵיהּ.

… Rav Ḥanina and Rav Oshaya would sit every Shabbat eve and engage in the study of Sefer Yetzira, and a third-born calf [igla tilta] would be created for them, and they would eat it in honor of Shabbat.

עברית: William Davidson Edition - Vocalized Aramaic (CC-BY-NC)אנגלית: William Davidson Edition - English (CC-BY-NC)

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גׇּלְמִ֤י ׀ רָ֘א֤וּ עֵינֶ֗יךָ וְעַֽל־סִפְרְךָ֮ כֻּלָּ֢ם יִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּ יָמִ֥ים יֻצָּ֑רוּ (ולא) [וְל֖וֹ] אֶחָ֣ד בָּהֶֽם׃

Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance, And in Thy book they were all written— Even the days that were fashioned, When as yet there was none of them.

עברית: Miqra according to the Masorah (CC-BY-SA)אנגלית: The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917) (Public Domain)

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עשרים ושתים אותיות חקקן חצבן שקלן והמירן צרפן וצר בהם נפש כל כל היצור ונפש כל העתיד לצור:

Twenty-Two Letters—He carved them, and hewed them, and weighed them, and exchanged them, and combined them, and formed with them the soul of every formed being and the soul of every being He has yet to form.

עברית: Sefer Yetzirah, Warsaw 1884 (Public Domain)אנגלית: Sefaria Community Translation (CC0)

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גָּלְמִי. זָהֳרָתִי וְתַבְנִית צוּרָתִי בְּטֶרֶם הִוָּלְדִי וּבְטֶרֶם בּוֹאִי לָעוֹלָם רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ:

My unformed body Heb. גלמי. My splendor and the pattern of my form, before I was born and before I came into the world, Your eyes saw.

עברית: Vocalized Edition (CC0)אנגלית: The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg (CC-BY)

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… שָׁעָה רִאשׁוֹנָה – הוּצְבַּר עֲפָרוֹ, שְׁנִיָּה – נַעֲשָׂה גּוֹלֶם, שְׁלִישִׁית – נִמְתְּחוּ אֵבָרָיו, רְבִיעִית – נִזְרְקָה בּוֹ נְשָׁמָה …

… In the first hour of the day, his dust was gathered. In the second, an undefined figure was fashioned. In the third, his limbs were extended. In the fourth, a soul was cast into him. …

עברית: William Davidson Edition - Vocalized Aramaic (CC-BY-NC)אנגלית: William Davidson Edition - English (CC-BY-NC)

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