Portrait of Hacham Shimon Agassi

Portrait of Hacham Shimon Agassi
Portrait of Hacham Agassi painted by Mrs Ruth Gila, Beit Meir , Israel

Monday, December 8, 2014

Forty days and forty nights

אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה
Beraishit 24.18- בראשית


18. ‘And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and ascended the mountain; and Moses stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights-וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה בְּתוֹךְ הֶעָנָן וַיַּעַל אֶל הָהָר וַיְהִי מֹשֶׁה בָּהָר אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה (2690=17=8). 

Rashi comments here that the Cloud was smoke like and a path opened up for Moses inside of it (Yoma 4.b). 

And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud

וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה בְּתוֹךְ הֶעָנָן

967+4 words=971=17=8

The gematria of the word “forty”- אַרְבָּעִים is 323=8

The word “forty”- אַרְבָּעִים is written twice in the verse:

Forty-Forty

אַרְבָּעִים- אַרְבָּעִים

323+323=646+2 words=18


The joint gematria of the words:
·         Day-           יוֹם =616   
·         Night-     לָיְלָה =75      
691+2 words=18 (Mem 600)

Forty days and forty nights

אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה

783=18



40+40=80=8

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