Fulfilling of The Covenant-The Language of the Redemption

10 Actions-10 Sphirot

10 פעולות -10 ספירות

Shmot 6.4-9

שמות 6. 4-9

ד וְגַם הֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אִתָּם לָתֵת לָהֶם אֶת־אֶרֶץ
כְּנָעַן אֵת אֶרֶץ מְגֻרֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר־גָּרוּ בָהּ: ה וְגַם אֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי
אֶת־נַאֲקַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר מִצְרַיִם מַעֲבִדִים אֹתָם וָאֶזְכֹּר
אֶת־בְּרִיתִי: ו לָכֵן אֱמֹר לִבְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲנִי יְהֹוָה וְהוֹצֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם
מִתַּחַת סִבְלֹת מִצְרַיִם וְהִצַּלְתִּי אֶתְכֶם מֵעֲבֹדָתָם וְגָאַלְתִּי אֶתְכֶם
בִּזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה וּבִשְׁפָטִים גְּדֹלִים: ז וְלָקַחְתִּי אֶתְכֶם לִי לְעָם וְהָיִיתִי
לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִים וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי אֲנִי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם הַמּוֹצִיא אֶתְכֶם
מִתַּחַת סִבְלוֹת מִצְרָיִם: ח וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתִי
אֶת־יָדִי לָתֵת אֹתָהּ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּלְיַעֲקֹב וְנָתַתִּי אֹתָהּ לָכֶם
מוֹרָשָׁה אֲנִי יְהֹוָה: ט וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה כֵּן אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ
אֶל־מֹשֶׁה מִקֹּצֶר רוּחַ וּמֵעֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה:                                                                         

In these verses Hashem assures Moses that now he is to fulfill His Covenant He made with the Patriarchs .Ten verbs are used in the following text to describe Hashem’s ten actions towards Israel in the Redemption process. The first and last relate to the same matter-giving the Land of Israel to the Children of Israel; the first is the last and vice-versa as the beginning and end are one.

The end of all matters are found in their beginnings

And the beginning of all matters are found in their ends

נעוץ סופן בתחלתן ותחלתן בסופן

2394=18

5804=18

As I show below these 10 verbs correspond to the 10 Sphirot. The first and last correspond to the Sphirot of "Malchut"- מלכות (Kingdom) and "Keter"- כתר (Crown) and concern the fulfillment of Hashem’s Promise to Abraham , Isaac and Jacob to give the Land of Israel to the Children of Israel. By so doing Hashem can establish His Kingdom both in Heaven and on Earth.

The entire Redemption process is encrypted in the Code of 1 and 8 (Hai):

1.     Malchut-Kingdom

I shall establish My Covenant…Kingdom

הֲקִמֹתִי אֶת בְּרִיתִי- מלכות

2074+4 words=17=8

2.     Yesod-Foundation

And I shall remember… Foundation

וָאֶזְכֹּר- יסוד

314=8

3.     Hod-Acknowledgment/Sincerity

I have heard… Sincerely

הוד אֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי-

896+3 words=26=8

4.     Netzach- Victory

I have brought forth… in Victory

נצח -וְהוֹצֵאתִי

666=18

5.     Chesed- Loving-Kindness

And I have saved… Lovingly

חסד וְהִצַּלְתִּי-

613 =10 =1

6.     Gevurah-Might

And I have redeemed… Mightily

גבורה וְגָאַלְתִּי-

666=18

7.     Tifferet-Splendor

And I have taken… Splendidly

תפארת וְלָקַחְתִּי-

1635+2 words = 17 =8

8.     Bina-Understanding

And I have been to you…in Understanding

בינה לָכֶם- וְהָיִיתִי

1158 +3 words=1161=1+8

9.     Hochmah-Wisdom

And I shall bring you to the Land...Wisely

וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם אֶל הָאָרֶץ- חכמה

2655=18 (Zadik Mem 900, 600)

10.  Keter-Crown

And I shall give it to you…A Crown

כתר -וְנָתַתִּי אֹתָהּ לָכֶם

2542+4 words =17=8 (Mem 600)

Gematria of all 10 Phrases is 13222=10=1

Gematria of the 1^st and 10^th Phrases is 4616=17=8

Go and assemble the Elders of Israelלֵךְ וְאָסַפְתָּ אֶת זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

Shmot 3.16

16.’ Go and assemble the Elders of Israel, and say to them, Hashem, the G-d of your Fathers, the G-d of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, I have surely redeemed you, and (because of) what is being done to you in Egypt-לֵךְ וְאָסַפְתָּ אֶת זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵיכֶם נִרְאָה אֵלַי אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב לֵאמֹר פָּקֹד פָּקַדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם וְאֶת הֶעָשׂוּי לָכֶם בְּמִצְרָיִם (6741=18).

The verse can be divided so:

·         Go and assemble the Elders of Israel and say to them –לֵךְ וְאָסַפְתָּ אֶת זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם (2429=17=8).

·         Hashem, the G-d of your Fathers, the G-d of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵיכֶם נִרְאָה אֵלַי אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב לֵאמֹר (2923+10 words=2933=17=8);

·         I have surely redeemed you- פָּקֹד פָּקַדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם(1799=26=8 counting final Mem as 600);

·         And (because) of what is being done to you in Egypt- וְאֶת הֶעָשׂוּי לָכֶם בְּמִצְרָיִם (1270= 10 =1 or + 4 words=14=8 or 2390=14=8 or + 4 words=18counting final Mems as 600).

Rashi comments here that the Elders were those people whose task it was to sit in sessions (of court). As our Sages teach us that from the days of our Father Abraham such sessions did not cease even in the slavery of Egypt (Yoma 28.b):

מימיהן של אבותינו לא פרשה ישיבה מהם היו במצרים ישיבה עמהם שנאמר לך ואספת את זקני ישראל.

How many Elders of Israel- זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל were there?

In the Sanhedrin at the time of the Temple there were 71 Judges (71=8). This we can assume that here there were 71 "Elders of Israel"- זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.

The proof of the fact that there were 71 Elders is found in the gematria:

Elders of Israel

זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

708+2 words=710=71=8

As from dust you are (made) and to dust you shall return

כי עפר אתה ואל עפר תשוב

1881=18

The 'Death" of Jacob

מות יעקב

 Beraishit 50.1 בראשית

1.’And Joseph fell- וַיִּפֹּל יוֹסֵף (282+2 words=14=8), upon his father's face, and he wept upon him, and he kissed him- עַל פְּנֵי אָבִיו וַיֵּבְךְּ עָלָיו וַיִּשַּׁק לוֹ(865+7 words=872=17=8).

The verse can also be divided so:

·         And Joseph fell upon his father’s face- וַיִּפֹּל יוֹסֵף  עַל פְּנֵי אָבִיו(541=10=1);

·         And he wept upon him and he kissed him- וַיֵּבְךְּ עָלָיו וַיִּשַּׁק לוֹ(1086+4 words=1090=10=1 counting final Kaf as 500).

The number 541 is the gematria of the word “Israel”- יִשְׂרָאֵל.

Thus when Israel expired Joseph fell. Joseph knew that when his father died the slavery of Israel was about to begin.

And Joseph fell upon his father’s face and he wept upon him

וַיִּפֹּל יוֹסֵף עַל פְּנֵי אָבִיו וַיֵּבְךְּ עָלָיו

695+7 words=702=1+8

Shabbat

שבת

702=1+8

Joseph knew that his father had gone to his place in the next world-the Eternal Shabbat of the World to Come; there he is alive.

Thus we see that Israel- יִשְׂרָאֵל (541) had entered Shabbat- שבת (702)and they became 1:

541+702=1243=10=1

And Jacob lived

וַיְחִי יַעֲקֹב

Beraishit 47.28

28. 'And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years; and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were seven years and forty and one hundred years-וַיְחִי יַעֲקֹב בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וַיְהִי יְמֵי יַעֲקֹב שְׁנֵי חַיָּיו שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וְאַרְבָּעִים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה (4761=18).

The verse can be divided so:

·         And Jacob lived- וַיְחִי יַעֲקֹב(216=1+8);

·         In the land of Egypt for seventeen years- בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה (1975+5 words=1980=17=8);

·         And the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty and seven years- וַיְהִי יְמֵי יַעֲקֹב שְׁנֵי חַיָּיו שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וְאַרְבָּעִים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה(3690=18 counting final Mems as 600).

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt

וַיְחִי יַעֲקֹב בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם

2259=18 (final letters)

Seventeen (17) is eight (8).

The 17 years Jacob lived after he was reunited with Joseph are equal to the first 17 years of Joseph’s life before he was sent by his father to Shechem. Joseph was Jacob’s eldest son from his favorite wife, Rachel. He was with Joseph for 34 years. The first 17 years of Joseph’s life are equal to the last 17 years of Jacob’s life. The beginning of one life corresponds to the end of another’s life. The beginning and the end are one.

Thus there are two periods of 17 which make 34.

The number 34 is the gematria of the name of the Parsha “Vayechi”- וַיְחִי.

As they were one period in two halves we add 1 to the gematria:

34+1=35=8

Vayechi/And he lived

וַיְחִי

34 +1 word=8

This is the inner reason of the name of the Parsha "Vayechi"- וַיְחִי, it corresponds to the combination of the two periods of life that Jacob lived with Joseph-only then was he truly alive.

The days of Jacob

יְמֵי יַעֲקֹב

242=8+2 words=10=1

The years of his life/Two lives

שְׁנֵי חַיָּיו

394+2 words=18

The words “the years of his life”- שְׁנֵי חַיָּיו can also mean “two of his lives”.The two lives of Jacob correspond to his life with Joseph and his lifewithout Joseph. Thus we can conclude again that Jacob only really "lived" when he was living with Joseph.

This is why Jacob says when he comes before Pharaoh in the previous Parsha (Beraishit 47.8-9):

8.’And Pharaoh said to Jacob, 'How many are the days of the years of your life? -וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל יַעֲקֹב כַּמָּה יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיֶּיךָ (1358=17=8).

9.’ And Jacob said to Pharaoh, 'The days of the years of my sojourns are thirty and a hundred years few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained the days of the years of the lives of my fathers, in the days of their sojourns-וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל פַּרְעֹה יְמֵי שְׁנֵי מְגוּרַי שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה מְעַט וְרָעִים הָיוּ יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיַּי וְלֹא הִשִּׂיגוּ אֶת יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי אֲבֹתַי בִּימֵי מְגוּרֵיהֶם (5889+25 words=5914=19=10=1).

Jacob had spent less time with his son Joseph (17 years at that stage) than Abraham had been parted from Isaac and that he had been parted from Isaac.

Seven years and forty and one hundred years

שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וְאַרְבָּעִים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה

1903+5 words=18

Seven years

שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים

772+2 words=18

And forty and one hundred years

וְאַרְבָּעִים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה

1691=17=8 (Mem 600)

Forty

אַרְבָּעִים

323=8

And one hundred years

וּמְאַת שָׁנָה

802=10=1