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Lamed/30

Lamed (or Lammed or Lamedh) is the twelfth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. It signifies the number 30. Lamed is translated literally to “learning,” and so that is what it represents. It’s shape is that of a shepherd’s stick, representing a pastoral staff. It is tied to Tzadikim Nistarim, the 36 righteous people that keep the world from ending. Located at the center of the aleph-bet, Lamed represents the heart (Lev לב .(In Mormon Kabbalah, this means the burning bosom, where the Holy Spirit speaks to us. Thus we learn not merely with the mind, but by revelation from God to our hearts, minds, and souls. Spiritual learning is the heart of human existence. The purpose of Mormon Kabbalah, and in fact, our mortal lives, is to learn and express spiritual teachings and practices. 
Like a lighthouse high above a cliff, Lamed helps us see past the storms. Kaf shapes us, Lamed (learning) is how we are shaped. Lamed represents constant change, as we learn we grow. 
Thus it teaches us to learn from everything in life, by blocking the Ego and gaining spiritual perfection through Jesus Christ, We learn the Law, the will, and ways of God, aligning ourselves with and becoming one with God.

Laver

A large basin used for ceremonial washings and other temple worship. 
The Law of Carnal Commandments or the Torah of Carnal Commandments: The Law Moses and Zipporah gave Israel the second time was the same Torah, the same Priesthood as the first. However, because of the unrighteousness of the people, they could not understand what they were given. Without being in the Presence of God (Shekinah) they could not see the spiritual side of the Torah and only saw it was an earthly law. 
See 3 Moses 23:5, 33:6-23, 34:13; Hebrews 7:11-16; Doctrines of the Saints 5c:10-14.

The law of the unfaithful wife

This is not an issue of the woman not being a virgin, but of the husband slandering his wife. In ancient custom, the parents of the bride would keep the bed sheets, and if the husband slandered their daughter, they could take him to the judge after putting some blood on the sheets, and he would be libeled for slander. This law became more important when women were put to death for not being faithful to their husbands, or future husbands. 
This type of slander was seen as an attack on the woman’s parents, the slander was not merely saying that she committed adultery, but also that she did not honor her parents, the greater sin in the minds of people at that time. There is no law against premarital sex in the Torah, but some parents sold their daughters to their husbands as virgins. Saying that his wife was unfaithful was an attack on her parents in this manner, as they were being accused of robbing him. 
While the plates of brass do not say that the woman should be put to death, the later version of this text found in Deuteronomy 22:13-21 does demand that the woman be put to death if they were not virgins when married. It should be noted that Book of Remembrance 22:12 defines a virgin as “a pure desire to bestow.” While people may have read Deuteronomy literally, this more likely was mean to be understood spiritually and “virgin” should be better defined as a righteous person rather than merely as a woman that has not been with a man sexually. 
See 5 Moses 23:13-20, Deuteronomy 22:13-21

Leap year

See Adar-aleph.

Libation

Hebrew, “to pour,” or “to pour out.” Libations were done in ancient Israel, pouring water, oil, or wine out on altars or onto the ground as a sacrifice to YHVH. Libations also appear in the New Testament, practiced by Jesus and others. The Greek term for libation, σπονδή, became synonymous over time with “peace treaty,” as they were normally conducted in a spirit of peace. 
See 1 Moses 47:14, 3 Moses 24:11, 4 Moses 38:11-12, Genesis 35:14, Exodus 29:40, Leviticus 23:13, Isaiah 30:1, Luke 22:20, Philippians 2:17.

Lilith

Hebrew, “of the night.” Genesis 1:27 and 1 Moses 5:10 imply the idea that Adam was married before Eve. In the Bible she is mentioned in Isaiah 34:14, translated into English in many renditions as an owl. Some forms of Lurianic Kabbalah teach that Lilith was created before Adam and that Eve was created later, after Lilith's expulsion from the garden. 
The Book of Remembrance does not give an order of the creation or Adam, Eve, and Lilith, but puts all three in the garden when God forbid them from eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil (see Book of Remembrance 4:11). According to the Book of Remembrance, Lilith was the first to fall to Satan's temptation, and was the serpent that first tempted Adam. 
When she failed she fled the garden and became perdition as she would not repent. Later, she tempted Cain to worship Satan and kill his brother. 
See 2 Moses 7:7, 20:21; 2 Moses 1:30, 16:21-22, 25:9; 4 Moses 41:7, 13; Zenos 3:9-17; Book of Remembrance 4:14, 5:6:-40; 6:13-14; 7:30, 9:16-17, 20:35, 24:24-25; Doctrines of the Saints 14e:29-30; 2 David 2:11-22.

A living soul

One who is born again, the premortal spirit and the mortal body uniting in Christ, birthing a new life: the soul; denoting that a thing is capable of serving God.

Lo

See Hinneh.