ALEFBET - Hebrew letters made by Gabriele Levy
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DALET silver engagement ring - ALEFBET - THE HEBREW LETTERS ART GALLERY
Gabriele LEVY

DALET silver engagement ring

Regular price €140,00 €0,00 Unit price per
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MadeĀ inĀ sterling silver mechanically polished to reveal classic beauty and slight texture.

The ring is aĀ precise miniature of the bigĀ home decor wall letters, made by the same sculptor Levy.

Available in various sizes. In order to know your size, pleaseĀ refer to theĀ International Standard for ring sizes.

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  • DaletĀ is the fourth letter of the hebrew alphabet.
  • Pronounciation: D
  • Example:Ā delet, door.
  • In gematria,Ā dalet isĀ four.
  • The letterĀ daletĀ represents dimensionsĀ and relations.


The letterĀ daletĀ is based on a glyph of the bronze age alphabets calledĀ daltĀ "door" (door in hebrew isĀ delet), ultimately based on a hieroglyph depicting a door.

TheĀ dalethints toĀ dal, poor, who knocks at the door and begs for alms.

In the exposition of the Talmud, the lettersĀ gimel andĀ daletĀ stand forĀ gmol daleem, be good with he who is in need. (source: Shabat 104a).

But theĀ daletĀ turns its back to theĀ gimel. This is because the needy must not face their benefactors. In the highest form of charity neither the benefactor nor the beneficiary must know each other's identity. (source: Shabat 104a).

In the Temple there was a special room calledĀ lishkat hassaym, the chamber of silence, which anyone, rich and poor, could enter, but only one at at time. Those who could, would make an anonymous contribution. Those who were in need would discreetly take from it.Ā 
The giver would not know whom he was giving to, and the receiver would not know whom he was receiving.(source: Shkalim 5:6)

I judaism the letterĀ dalet, along with theĀ heĀ (and very rarelyĀ gimel) is used to represent the Name of God.

A good example is theĀ keterĀ (crown) of aĀ tallit, which has the blessing for donning theĀ tallit, and has the name of God usually represented by aĀ dalet.

A reason for this is that theĀ heĀ is used as an abbreviation forĀ HaShem,Ā "The Name" and theĀ daletĀ is used as a non-sacred way of referring to God.