Sunday, September 29, 2013

Samekh ס The All Encompassing Span of Life.

Samekh is the 15th letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet with a numerical value of 60. It is first found as the root of a word in Torah in Genesis 2:11 in the word הסבב meaning to surround or encompass. In Genesis 6:3 G-d says that mans days will be 120 years. If Samekh ס is spelled out; Samekh ס is 60, mem מ is 40, and kaf is 20 equalling 120; thus Samekh represents the human lifespan.

Nun נ Life and Soul

Nun נ is the 14th letter of the Hebrew aleph- bet. Its numerical value is 50. Nun נ is first found as the root of a word in Torah at Genesis 1:20 in the word נפש nefesh meaning something that is alive. It also means soul.

Mem מ The Water.

Mem מ is the 13th letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet. Its numerical value of 40 gives it the representation of transition. The first time mem מ is found as the root of a word in Torah is in Genesis 1:2 in the word המים hamayim meaning the waters. Water is a representation of
G-d's Word. There are two written forms of men מ the open mem מ which is used within a word and the final form of mem; the closed mem ם used at the end of a word. The Jewish sages say that these represent the revealed things of G-d in the open mem מ and the concealed things of G-d which can only be revealed by Messiah in the closed mem ם. Mem מ is a complexed letter. As its ordinal number is 13 it represents אחד echad; one. Being constructed from kaf כ with a numerical value of 20 and a vav ו with a numerical value of 6 their combined value equals 26 the same numerical value of the Sacred name of God. This tells us that G-d is one. 13 is also the numerical value of  אהבה ahaba; love. So in mem מ we see G-d is love. As a representation of The Word and one, we also see that it represents the one Word of
G-d.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Sukkot Shabbat Lecture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zg2TxDdKUM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Monday, September 2, 2013

Lamed ל The Teacher

Lamed ל is the twelfth letter of the alep bet and has a numerical value of 30. Lamed means teaching, learning, instruction, ect... The first time Lamed ל appears as the root of a word in Torah is at Genesis 1:5 in the word לילה layelah meaning night. Lamed ל is the tallest letter in the alep bet and as such is called the "King of Kings"

Kaf כ A Palm Full of Blessing

Kaf כ is the eleventh letter of the Hebrew alep bet and has a numerical value of 20. The first time we find Kaf כ in Torah is at Genesis 1:21 in the word כנף kanap meaning "winged", something that projects out and withdraws in. Kaf כ means palm and is representative of potential and actual blessings.