Portrait of Hacham Shimon Agassi

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

Monday, March 30, 2015

And Pharaoh brought himself close
 
וּפַרְעֹה הִקְרִיב

Shmot  14. 10- שמות

10.’ And Pharaoh brought himself close- וּפַרְעֹה הִקְרִיב (678+2 words=680=14=8)and the Children of Israel lifted up their eyesand behold Egypt were chasing after them, and they were very scared, and the Children of Israel cried out to Hashem-וַיִּשְׂאוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת עֵינֵיהֶם וְהִנֵּה מִצְרַיִם נֹסֵעַ אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיִּירְאוּ מְאֹד וַיִּצְעֲקוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל יְהוָה (5302+16 words=5318=17=8 counting final Mems as 600).

And the Children of Israel lifted up their eyesand behold Egypt were chasing after them

וַיִּשְׂאוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת עֵינֵיהֶם וְהִנֵּה מִצְרַיִם נֹסֵעַ אַחֲרֵיהֶם 

2402=8


And behold Egypt was chasing after them

וְהִנֵּה מִצְרַיִם נֹסֵעַ אַחֲרֵיהֶם

890=17=8


And they were very scared

וַיִּירְאוּ מְאֹד

278=17=8 or + 2 words=19=10=1


Rashi comments here that the verse should read “and Pharaoh drew close”-קרַב   וּפַרְעֹה. Thus the verse teaches us that Pharaoh brought himself close and attempted to go ahead of his army as he said he would (verse 6 above and Rashi there).

I say that Pharaoh “sacrificed”- הִקְרִיב. He arrived at Baal-Zephon- בַּעַל צְפֹן and sacrificed to the remaining Egyptian deity-“Baal-Zephon” for success in his battle against the Children of Israel. This is learnt by taking the last two words of the previous verse “Baal-Zephon”- בַּעַל צְפֹן and joining them to the first two words of this verse- וּפַרְעֹה הִקְרִיב. The end and the beginning are one.

The joint gematria of the words support this opinion:

And Pharaoh Sacrificed to Baal-Zephon

בַּעַל צְפֹן- וּפַרְעֹה הִקְרִיב

1000=1

Rashi adds that “Egypt were pursuing after them”- מִצְרַיִם נֹסֵעַ אַחֲרֵיהֶם as a single entity-with one heart and as one man-בלב אחד כאיש אחד.Moreover, Israel saw the Ministering Angel of Egypt travelling from the Heavens to assist Egypt (Mechilta; Shmot Rabbah 21.5; Tanchuma 13).

Thus we can say that a cosmic battle was also waging at the same The Ministering Angel of Egypt-שר מצרים against the Ministering Angel of Israel- שר ישראל.

Ministering Angel of Egypt
שר מִצְרַיִם
1440=1+8

Ministering Angel of Israel
שר יִשְׂרָאֵל
1041+2 words=8+2 words=10=1

Rashi adds that here the words “and the Children of Israel cried out”-וַיִּצְעֲקוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל was for salvation through prayer-תפלה and they adopted the methods of their Forefathers-Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as related in the Talmud (Berachot 26.b):

Abraham (Beraishit 19.27):

27.’And Abraham arose early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Hashem- וַיַּשְׁכֵּם אַבְרָהָם בַּבֹּקֶר אֶל הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר עָמַד שָׁם אֶת פְּנֵי יְהוָה(2672=17=8).
Isaac (Beraishit 24.63):

63.’ And Isaac went out to meditate in the field towards evening- וַיֵּצֵא יִצְחָק לָשׂוּחַבַּשָּׂדֶה לִפְנוֹת עָרֶב (1810=17=8), and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, camels were approaching- וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה גְמַלִּים בָּאִים (2042=8 counting final Mems as 600).
Jacob (Beraishit 28.11):

11.’And he touched (encountered -Rashi) upon The Place, and stayed there the night, because the sun had set- וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם וַיָּלֶן שָׁם כִּי בָא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ(3241+7 words=17=8 counting final Nun and Mems as 700 and 600), and he took from the stones of The Place, and placed around his head-וַיִּקַּח מֵאַבְנֵי הַמָּקוֹם וַיָּשֶׂם מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו (1731+5 words=17=8), and he lay down in That Place- וַיִּשְׁכַּב בַּמָּקוֹם הַהוּא (1103+3 words=8 counting final Mem as 600).
From our Forefathers we learn that Abraham “stood”, Isaac “meditated” and Jacob “lay down/prostrated himself” in order to pray to Hashem. The prayer was the “Standing Prayer”-עמידה of 18 Benedictions- תפלת שמנה עשרה.
·               To Stand-                לעָמוד =150
·         To Meditate-           לָשׂוּחַ =352
·         To Prostrate-           לשְׁכַּב =344
846=18


And the Children of Israel cried out!

וַיִּצְעֲקוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל!

885+3 words=888


 Code of Hai

 צפן חי

888 (Nun 700)


He put an End to Darkness

 קץ שם לחשך


888

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