Portrait of Hacham Shimon Agassi

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

Monday, May 11, 2015

Teach it continuously to your sons

שִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ

952+2 words=954=18

D'Varim 6.7



7. ’And you shall continuously teach them to your sons, and you shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and while you walk on the way, and when you lie down, and when you arise-וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ (8478+10 words =8488 = 28=10=1 counting final Mem and Kafs as 600 and 500).


The verse can be divided so:
·         And you shall continuously teach them to your sons, and you shall talk of them- וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם (3212=8counting final Mems and Kaf as 600 and 500);
·         While sitting in your house, and while you walk on the way, and when you lie down and when you arise- בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ (2386+7 words = 2393 = 17 =8).

Rashi comments here that words of Torah should be sharp on ones tongue and ready to answer immediately. Ones sons include ones pupils. Ones main topic of conversation should be Torah at all times and not of a secondary nature (Sifrei 34).


And you shall continuously teach them to your sons
וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ
1998=27=1+8  (final letters)


While sitting in your house
בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ
1158+2 words = 1160 =8

And while you walk on the way
וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ
1664=17=8 (Kafs 500)

And when you lie down and when you arise
וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ
1484=17=8 (Kafs 500)


The joint gematria of the four actions mentioned in the verse is:
·         While sitting-             בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ=1204 +1 word=8 (Kaf 500);
·         While walking-           בְלֶכְתְּךָ =952+1 word=17=8 (Kaf 500);
·         Upon lying down-     בְשָׁכְבְּךָ =824=14=8 (Kaf 500);
·         Upon arising-              בְקוּמֶךָ=648=18 (Kaf 500)

3628=19=10=1



Thus by surrounding oneself with Torah (8) in all aspects of one's life one becomes 1 with Hashem who is One.

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