In Jewish sources, Moses is said to have remained in the cloud for 6 days; brought the letters of the Torah back and forth to the people for 6 days; and that this either began on the 6th of Sivan or ended on the 6th of Sivan depending on the source. This alludes to the three dimensions of its combined cubic form (6 x 6 x 6 handbreadths).
The same allusion is hidden in the 3 'measures' of flour that were each 6 ounces in Parashah VaYera when Avraham attends to certain visitors. It is also hidden in the three wool threads with 6 strands in the garments of the Cohen HaGadol (High Priest). In each case, these three 'measures' of 6 allude to the ratio and measurement of the (sapphire) cube [of creation] in handbreadths, that would eventually be divided and brought down as the luchot (the measurements of the stone or stones being the "foundation" of the universe). The three 'measures' are mentioned elsewhere, and have additional significance.
Sefer Yetzirah 1:1 “He created His universe
...with three books (SePhaRim)
...with text [SePheR]
...with number [SePhaR]
…and with story (communication) [SiPpuR]
These three 'books' allude to the three dimensions of the primordial torah that was made of SaPphiRe. The root letters of all these Hebrew words describing the substance of its geometry (shown above in blue) should not go unnoticed.
A matrix with a ratio of 6 x 6 x 6 is a 'measured' cube with a total of 216 elements. This is also the number of letters in the Triad Havaya of 72 or Explicit Name which is hidden in a contiguous string of letters in the Torah. The string nevertheless conveys three thoughts, and is thus divided into three sentences that each just happen to have 72 (Hebrew) letters: 72 + 72 + 72 = 216 (a one-dimensional string that alludes to a second dimension by virtue of its segmentation).
When these letters are permuted into triplets, as is known, they do in fact become two dimensional: 72 x 3 (216) where the first dimension is 72 and the second is 3. Of course, it does not end with two dimensions. You will see how it takes form in the third dimension in the next construct.
This sapphire cube is also known as the evan shetiyah or foundation stone (1), as it is quite literally, the mathematic "foundation" of the universe. A well known source amongst the corpus of Jewish texts explains “that after the ark of the covenant was removed from the Temple Mount, all that remained was a large flat stone [and that] the name of the stone was shetiyah (meaning “foundation”). From this, most scholars assert that the boulder on the Temple Mount is the evan shetiyah or “Foundation Stone.” However, this is an error caused by a misreading or misunderstanding of the text. The subject of the text is the sapphire stone in the ark. What it means is that “when the [sapphire stone that was] in the Ark of the Covenant was removed from the Temple Mount, the only thing that remained was this [ordinary] stone [that just happened to be there] and that, the name of the [sapphire] stone [that was in the ark] was shetiyah. It was this sapphire stone that was the mathematic foundation of the universe. Perhaps more importantly, it reveals to us how God’s Name created, and then how it rules His creation.
Insofar as the geometry of the stone is concerned, each of those elements is a cubic
handbreadth, and so its total volumetric measure was/is equal to 216 cubic handbreadths. The 'measure' is a mathematic or geometric reflection of the letters that define it's existence. The elements of the cube and its specific measure (as a function of the letters in the Name) are quite literally the basic building blocks in the chemistry of creation. This assertion will also be proven beyond a reasonable doubt in the seventh essential construct on "the primordial torah".
In sefer hekhalot (the book of palaces) by Rabbi Ishmael, the triplets of this Name (each group of three letters) are associated with the geometry of the luchot and referred to as "wings" that are given to the sage by the 'Mem-Tet' angel (MeTatRon). The word "MeTRon," by the way, means "a measure," as in "to measure" or "judge" those who think themselves worthy of approaching the throne (as Moshe did). It is also the origin of words like 'MeTRic' and MeTeR, as in the system of measurement, MeTRonome which is an instrument that measures, and MeTeoRology which is the measure of the weather.
As you can see from the above, there is more to this particular cube than meets the eye. In closing we would only add that when Yoseph was imprisoned in Egypt, he meditated on the nature of this stone, and the mathematic system hidden within the measure of its unique properties, that in sum, define the underlying foundation of the universe. Thus it says "to Yoseph were given the garments of Adam" (Bereishit Rabbah, Targum Yerushalami). The pages listed to the right provide insight into the reason that Yoseph received this mantle, and engaged in such meditation.
The next essential construct is on: The Sapphire Twins
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