Portrait of Hacham Shimon Agassi

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

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Pithom HaKetoret
פטום הקטורת
855=18



The following are the names of the 11 spices with their alternate names. The names are found in a Beraita “Pithom HaKetoret”- פטום הקטורת  which is read every day in morning prayers. It is a powerful prayer which brings material blessings to the sincere reader.


According to the spelling of the names of the spices using the names as written in the Torah, their joint gematria -counting final letters is5311=10=1

According to the spelling of the spices in the Beraita that Rashi cites the joint gematriot of the 11 spices add up to either 3230=8 or 3708=18depending if one reads “Spike”-** שבלת or “Nard”- נרד*  as the seventh spice (see below). They are one and the same spice according to Rashi.

Thus the different spelling of two of the spices is not a “coincidence” as the joint gematriot of the two lists is either 8 or 18 or 10=1.

       
      Beraita - ברייתא                                               Torah-תורה
1.      Stacte-                   צרי  =300                               נטף  = 859  (Peh 800)
2.      Onycha-             צפורן    = 426                                 שחלת  = 738
3.      Galburnum-       חלבנה   = 95                                                  = 95
4.      Frankincense  -    לבונה   = 93                                                  = 93
5.      Myrrh-                      מר=240                                                  =240
6.      Cassia-            קציעה   =275                                                  =275
7.      Spike**/Nard*-   שבלת  =732 /   נרד= 254           (Nard- נרד) = 254
8.      Crocus-             כרכם   =280                                       = 840  (Mem 600)
9.      Costus-               קשת =800                                                   =800
10.  Aromatic bark-   קלופה   =221                                                  =221
11.  Cinnamon-         קנמון   =246                                         =896  (Nun 700)

                *   3230 =8                                  5311 =10= 1

            **   3708 =18

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