This past week we celebrated the holiday of Shavuot , the holiday that commemorates the giving of the Ten Commandments. According to Rabbi Rapps, the sound of shofar “was needed to portray the revelation of the hidden treasure of Torah to the world.” We see an allusion to this with the aid of the codes.The Torah says the following, stn ezj rpa kueu , “and the sound of the Shofar was very strong” (Exodus ). If we take the acronym of the encircled letters,it spells the term, anuj , Chumash, (euphemism for the Five Books of Moses) which is the term we use for the Torah. Hence, the Shofar (horn) was a conduit for bringing down the Heavenly Torah to planet Earth. Now that the Torah is on earth, it is our eyes and our source of sustenance. The Torah says in this Parsha, irtv gxbc hvhu , “and when the ark traveled” (Numbers ), If we take the acronym of the encircled letters, (rearranged), it spells the term ihg, which means eyes. Hence, the Torah are literally our eyes . It give us clear vision and direction. The people followed the ark which held the Ten Commandments on their 40 year journey through the desert. It not only lead them but it sustained them as well. In our Sabbath songs, we say the following hym in the scfn vz ouh, Yom Zeh Mechubad song, ohngyn kfu ohdsu rac, basar v’dagim vchol matamim, meaning meat and fish and all delicacies. After the people left Sinai , there was a rabble of people who had a craving.The Torah says the following, vdsv ,t ubrfz : rac ubkfth hn, “who will feed us meat? we remember the fish…”(Numbers 11:4-5) If we take the acronym of the encircled letters (rearranged) spells the term vru,Torah. On a surface level we see people complaining to Moses about the lack of meat and fish. However, on a deeper meaning it really alludes to a desire learn the Torah, which are God’s words. It is on the Sabbath day that we can really enjoy the study of Torah with our sumptuous meals including delicious meats and tasty fish that are especially prepared for that special day. Hence we see that the Torah is compared to meat and fish. This really represents our sustenance.
After the story of the slander of Miriam and Aharon regarding Moses, the Torah testifies that Moses was the most humble man on the face of the earth. With the aid of the codes, we see additional allusions. The Torah says, kgratostv kfn stn ubg van ahtvu vnstv hbp, “Now the man Moses was exceedingly humble, more than any person on the face of the earth” (Numbers 12:3).If we take the acronym ofthe encircled letters (rearranged) it spells the term,vhk vnka rus , the generation of Solomon to God. We have a similarity between the generation of Moses with the generation ofSolomon in that both had a “resting place” for God, the tabernacle in the desert and the Temple in Israel. Is there more? With the aid of the codes there is. We learned previously that Moses special gift was the Sabbath. On the Sabbath we say a special prayer, Psalm 92, which discusses the holiness of the Sabbath. It starts off with the following words, ,cav ouhk rha runzn, A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day.If we take the acronym of the encircled letters, it spells the word, vnka , Solomon. Hence we see that it was also Solomon who enjoyed the gift of the Sabbath as well.
As noted previously, current events are influenced by the Parsha of the week. With the above finding about King Solomon, we also learn from the same psalm about “a righteous man will flourish like a date palm.” In the A section of the New York Times, dated, 6/12/05,the headline stated, “After a 2000 Year rest, a Seed Sprouts in Jerusalem. The article stated that two scientists, including Dr. Sarah Sallon, and Dr. Elaine Solowey worked on germinating an ancient date palm seed that is now 11.8 inches tall. This teaches us that like the date palm, the righteous will flourish, especially with the aid of the Torahthat always sustains us.
A refuah shlaima to my father, Yaakov Zev Ben Malka Blima, who is recovering from stroke at Vanderbilt Nursing Home. SI NY
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