Bereishis/Noah - Flood
The main theme of chapter Noach is the Flood. What spiritual work does it represent? The word "Flood" in the Holy Tongue is מַּבּֽוּל - "Mabul". The first letter (on the right) - מ mem, can be deciphered as מים - maim, water. Then the second and fourth letters ב-ל, when rearranging the order, we get לב - "lev" - heart. And finally, the 3rd letter is ו - vav, which symbolizes the descent downward, since the writing of this letter begins with the letter yud י, on top of the line, and continues to the bottom of the line. Thus, in Kabbalah, this letter symbolizes the descent of the light of wisdom of Torah (letter Yud י) into the lower layers of creation. It turns out that the very word מַּבּֽוּל "Mabul" tells us its inner story, that the Torah, the Divine light of wisdom, is like water, and through the letter ו - vav, descends down, between the letters ל-ב, the heart, as if into its very center to get מַּבּֽוּל, i.e. the waters of the Torah's wi