four are the mothers: Sarah, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel
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Jacob's women (Leah, Rachel, Bilhah & Zilpah), mothers of the children of Israel
rivers from Eden
exiles: Assyria, Babylon, Greece, Rome
beasts on the heavenly chariot in Ezekiel's vision
Pesach: cups, sons, questions
the no. of rabbis who entered the Pardes, & the 4 levels of PaRDeS, layers of textual analysis
types of death penalty: by stoning, by burning, by strangulation, by sword,
no. of regular priest's clothes
no. of sections of the Tur, a fundamental Jewish legal code
elements of physical world: earth, air, fire, water
seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter
points of the compass: north, east, south, west
particles of matter: protons, neutrons, electrons, neutrinos
four is making things real, and setting the boundaries and catergories for reality.
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