HaShem is echad (one) Echad (one) is ahavah (love) HaShem is ahavah (love) It follows, therefore, that we become one with HaShem, when we love Him and we love what He has created. Love means unification with the object of our love, and unification with HaShem means a unified heart in belief and devotion. Thus we see that HaShem equals thirteen. Therefore the meaning of thirteen is the oneness and love of HaShem. The yod-י hay-ה vav-ו hay-ה (HaShem) name has a gematria of 2 X 13 = 26. The word echad is spelled: אחד aleph-chet-dalet. In Kabbalah, the letter aleph (א) corresponds to the highest sefirah, Keter. The chet (ח) [with a numerical value of eight], in this case, represents the eight sefirot below Keter (Chachmah, Binah, Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, and Yesod), until the last sefirah, Malchut. The letter dalet (ד), in Kabbalah, always represents Malchut. The following chart illustrates the sefirot, which represents creation:
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