There are three "Columns" in the Tree of the Ten Sefirot, as follows:

LEFT-HAND COLUMN           CENTRAL COLUMN          RIGHT-HAND COLUMN

[Feminine Aspect]            [Yahweh]             [Masculine Aspect]

-------------------      -------------------      -----------------   

3.BINAH/Mercy            1.KETER/Crown            2.HOKHMAH/Wisdom   

5.GEVURAH/Severity       6.TIFERET/Beauty         4.HESED/Mercy      

8.HOD/Splendor           9.YESOD/Foundation       7.NETZACH/Victory

                        10.MALKHUT/Kingdom

The "Central Column" of the Etz Chayim consists of Sefirot 1, 6, 9 and 10.  It is important to note that the numerical sum of the Sefirot of the Central Column is 26 (1+6+9+10=26) -- the Gematria of the Hebrew letters YHVH, or "Yahweh," and thus shows us the direct path to God, [Y=10]+[H=5]+[V=6]+[H=5]=26. This form of exegetical analysis, called "Gematria," has been used by the Rabbinic Sages at least since the 4th century C.E. in both Talmudic and Kabbalistic Judaism.

The Sefirot of the Central Column have "Partzufim" or "Hidden Divine Personalities" which have profound relevance to the Messianic Advent. These are:

 1. KETER: Arikh Anpin/Atikah Kadisha ("Larger Face/Ancient of Days")
 6. TIFERET: Ze'ir Anpin/Malkah Kadisha/Chasan ("Smaller Face/Holy King Messiah/Bridegroom")
 9. YESOD: Kohain/Zamorah ("Priest/Phallus")
10. MALKHUT: Shekhinah/Kalah ("Fallen Feminine Aspect/Bride")

In other words, in the Central Column we see Arikh Anpin, in its state of androgynous unity gradually descend to the lower Shekhinah, in its state of the separated Feminine. This, of course, is another metaphor for the "Shattering of the Vessels" -- the descent of the Holy Sparks from their unity in God to their disunity in the world of Kelipoth, or Shells -- discussed by Luria in his notion of Sheviret HaKelim, or "Shattering of the Vessels."

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES:
| Sabbatai Zevi | Jacob Frank | Reb Yakov Leib HaKohain |
| A Critical Re-Assessment of Sabbatai Zevi |
| Reb Yakov Leib HaKohain's Professions of a Holy Sinner |

AUDIO LECTURES ON NEO-SABBATIAN KABBALAH BY REB YAKOV LEIB HAKOHAIN:
| The Zohar | Vedanta & Kabbalah | The Gnostic Gospel of Thomas |
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ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF "YALHAKIAN" NEO-SABBATIAN KABBALAH:
| Knowing the Unknowable |
| A Brief Note on Enlightenment |
| A Neo-Sabbatian Discourse on the Son of God |
| A Primer of "Yalhakian" Neo-Sabbatian Kabbalah |
| Participating in the Continuing Incarnation of God |
| Sabbatai Zevi's 'God of the Faith' | Evolution of the Ego |
| Two Torahs of Kabbalah: Torah D'Atziluth & Torah D'Beriah |
| On the Limits of Antinomianism | The Transformation of God |
| Commentary on the 13th Century "Treatise on the Left Emanation" |
| A Selection of Neo-Sabbatian Quotations Culled from Various Sources |

KABBALISTIC WRITINGS OF REB YAKOV LEIB HAKOHAIN:
| Commentaries on Rabbi Azriel of Gerona's 12th Century Text, "Explanation of the Ten Sefirot" |
| Kabbalistic Genetics of the Holy Seed & Reclaiming the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel |
| A Commentary on the Book of Job | Kabbalah and the Interpretation of Dreams |
| To Die for the People: A Kabbalistic Reinterpretation of the Crucifixion of Jesus |
| The Shemot Shel Katzar Tikkunim: Revealing the Concealed Names of God |
| The Christian Myth of Melchizedek vs. Hereditary Jewish Priesthood |
| The Apocrypha of Jacob Frank | The Tikkun of Raising Animals |
| Appointment in Smyrna: A Neo-Sabbatian Odyssey |
| Sabbatai Zevi and the Mystery of the Red Heifer |
| The Kabbalah of the Hindu Mantra "OM" |
| The Mystery of the Middle Column |
| The Hidden Structures of Water |
| Exegesis on the Rod of Aaron |
| Book of Silence |

POETRY OF REB YAKOV LEIB HAKOHAIN:
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ROADMAPS TO GOD:
| Ten Sefirot of Jewish Kabbalah | Sufi Lion of Bektashi Islam |
| Mandala of Tibetian Buddhism | Seven Chakras of Tantric Hinduism |
| Ox-Herding Pictures of Zen Buddhism | Rosarium Pictures of Christian Alchemy |

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