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course one tens of tens; the 2 means two times ten; and the 3 means three units. The concept of zero
makes such a system of writing quantities practical since it enables us to distinguish 11 and 101.
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From Innerpedia
The word appears a few dozen times in the Bible. Its meaning in the Bible tends round the locus of
"nullfiy."
As a number, zero is first alluded to in Sefer Yetzirah (Book of Formation) in the words: "...Before one,
what do you count." This statement also implies that zero is different from other numbers, not a
revealed but rather a concealed entity. Thus, the relationship of zero to other numbers is a concealment-
revelation one.
In Kabbalah as explained in Chassidic teachings, the word the modern Hebrew word ( אפסefes) is part
of a triad of terms that are related: efes ()אפס, ayin ()אין, tohu ()תהו, which can be translated as zero,
nothingness, and chaos. This triad corresponds, in order to the three heads of the crown, and thus zero
corresponds to the highest head, the unknowable head (radla).
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