'''Formation''': The aleph is formed with a vav ו diagonally \ separating heaven from earth and love from holiness. Though there is only one creation, it is represented with two yods י suggesting two aspects of creation. The upper is the heavens, and the lower is the earth. God created the heavens and the earth<ref>Ge 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.</ref>.

'''Name''': ''aleph'' אלף - teach, learn <ref>0502</ref>, oxen(working sacrifice), family <ref>0504</ref>, thousand (metaphor for 'king')<ref>0505-0507</ref>, I am the mouth/divider (judge) <ref>I am א the mouth/edge לפ</ref> <ref>לף-פל edge/divider לף reverses פל distinguished </ref>