ABSTRACT
I. By means of combining the letters of the ineffable names, as recorded in i11~~'t 1ElO, (( Book of Creation,"· Rava once created a man and sent him to Rav Zera. l'he man being unable to reply when spoken to, the Rabbi said to him, (( Thou art a creation or the company (initiated in the mysteries or necromancy) ; return to thy dust."
