Portrait of Hacham Shimon Agassi

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

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

And you shall safe-keep.......to perform them

וְשָׁמַרְתָּ ......לַעֲשׂוֹתָם


11. ’And you shall safe-keep the Commandment, and the Statutes, and the Ordinances, which I command you this day(in order) to perform them-וְשָׁמַרְתָּ אֶת הַמִּצְוָה וְאֶת הַחֻקִּים וְאֶת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם לַעֲשׂוֹתָם (7319+12 words=7331=14=8 counting final Mems and Kaf as 600 and 500).

The verse can be divided so:
·         And you shall safe-keep the Commandment, and the Statutes, and the Ordinances, which I command you this day-וְשָׁמַרְתָּ אֶת הַמִּצְוָה וְאֶת הַחֻקִּים וְאֶת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם (5913=18 counting final Mems and Kaf as 600 and 500);
·         (In order) to perform them- לַעֲשׂוֹתָם (846=18 ).
Rashi comments here that the performance of them istoday in this world and the reward is given tomorrow in the World to Come (Eruvin 22.a).

These words are proven by the following gematriot:

Performance Today
עֲשׂיִתֶם הַיּוֹם
881=17=8 or + 2 words=10=1

Exodus from Egypt
יְצִאַת מִצְרָיִם
881=17=8 or + 2 words=10=1

The Reward Tomorrow
שׂכרם מָחָר
808+2 words=810=1+8


Tomorrow!
מָחָר
248

Abraham
אַבְרָהָם
248 or 808


Here we see a connection to the word of the Shema Prayer above (6.7):

And you shall continuously teach
  וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם
846=18


In order to perform them!
לַעֲשׂוֹתָם

846=18

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