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Louis W. Roy, Sr. Council Of Deliberation

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The Talmud (Shabbat 31a) describes knowledge of the Talmudic order of Kodshim as a high level of wisdom, chokmah. In the Kabbalah, Chokmah is the uppermost of the sephirot of the right line (kav yamin, the “Pillar of Mercy”) in the Tree of Life. It is to the bottom right of Keter, with Binah across from it. Under it are the sephirot of Chesed and Netzach. It commonly has four paths going to Keter, Binah, Tifereth, and Chesed (Some kabbalists such as Rabbi Isaac Luria also attributed a path between Chokmah and Gevurah).

This issue of the CHOKMAH Newsletter is erected on the direction of:

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: SP Matthew Williams, 32°

GRAPHIC DESIGNER: SP Matthew Williams, 32°

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER: SP Tony Mobley, 32°

COPY EDITORS & CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:

SGIG Eric Konohia, 33º

SGIG Marcus D. James, Sr., 33º

SGIG Quincy G. Gant, 33º

KCCH Kevin Moultrie, 32°

KCCH Tryone S. Hurley, Jr. 32°

SP James Morgan, III, 32°

SP Tehuti Evans, 32°

SP Mark Brown, 32°

SP Albert Murray, 32°

CHOKMAH Newsletter is published bi-monthly. Deadline for copy is the 1st of the month, preceding month of issue.

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The

At Work

22 TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS

Four legitimate Supreme Councils of the United States lay wreaths

The

Club

Around The Camp

RED CAPS?

Introducing the Knight Commanders of the Court of Honor

34 ADVANCED Perpesctives from the Sublime Princes of the winter 2023 SGIG Bert A.G. Overby Class

40 RICHARD T. GREENER

The first black Harvard Graduate and first head of the Halahad Lodge of Perfection

43 CONSISTORY NEWS

News and upcoming events coming from our Consistories

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

47 FROM THE UNITED SUPREME COUNCIL Congratulatory letters about the Chokmah Newsletter