In Parashah VaEthchanan we see the mathematic Signature of the Architect hidden both within the letters of the language used to describe the events and the direct mention of the luchot, or 2 stone tablets (twins). In fact, these “twins” are mentioned twice in this parashah, just as they were brought down twice after the first set was shattered. This is like the mention of the twins, that are twice mentioned (in Toldot and VaYeshev). In Toldot, twins were born to Rivka (Ya’acov and Esav) and in VaYeshev, twins were born to Tamar (Peretz and Zerach). Both of these events in combination with one another, together with the unusual words used to describe those events, allude specifically to the twins (luchot) that would be brought down twice at Sinai. All of these events appear to be mathematic or geometric imperatives in the cosmic blueprint (Torah). Looking at these twins mathematically, we can see that each tablet consisted of 108 elements in the form of cubic handbreadths, where both tablets together correspond to the Signature of the Architect with its 216 letters. They also allude to, or in reality “define” the year in which Ya’acov and Esav would be born since both of the “twins” were born in the 108th year of the 3rd millennium (2 x 108 again 216). Moreover, the first word group (series of contiguous letters) in this parashah is VaEthchanan (which also happens to be the name of the parashah) and so it is significant that the last half of the letters in the phrase VaEthchanan (which are chet-nun-nun) have a gematria of 108 alluding to each half or the geometric characteristics of the tablets. The gematria of the Hebrew word for half is also 108, showing once again the interconnectedness between the luchot, Torah and everything else in the physical and nonphysical universe. In VaEthchanan Moses is told he will not be permitted to enter the Land and despite his 515 prayers, the decree was sealed. Why? God decreed that those guilty of the sin involving the spies, would never enter His House. VaEthchanan is Hebrew for “...and he [Moses] pleaded,” specifically “to be graced,” that God would grant him permission to enter the Land. He was not involved in that sin, so why was he not permitted to enter? The reason given by our Sages is that, had Moshe been allowed to enter, Israel would have never fallen into idolatry and the 1st House (Temple) would never have been destroyed. But why would the King want to destroy His own House? The explanation by our Sages is fascinating. Its like the king who has a son. The son displeased the king so he had him banished. The decree would not allow the son to enter the palace. Later the son realized the error of his ways and repented but it was too late, the king’s decree had been sealed. However, the king loved his son, so what did he do? He tore down his palace, and built a new one instead. The king’s decree applied to the 1st House (first Temple). Had Moshe been permitted to enter the Land, Israel would have never fallen into idolatry and if that had happened, the 1st House would never have been destroyed. The son is like the people of Israel who were lost in the wilderness and forever banished from the King’s House. What did God do? He took out His wrath on the building (the Temple) of stone and wood, rather than His son (Israel) so that the decree would no longer apply. As long as Moshe remained outside of Israel, the King’s son would have a portion in the world to come. Had Moshe entered the Land, they would have been lost forever. It is said that at the time of the resurrection Moshe will bring those who were lost outside the Land, back into the fold. This has its counterpart in all the lost souls that are in the diaspora who may not even know they are Jewish. At the time of the redemption, they will find out who they are and mashiach will bring them back to the Land. This is why the decree was sealed and why God told Moshe, to speak of the matter no more. In VaEthchanan, after Moses is told he will not enter the Land and accepts that fact, he proceeds to remind the people of everything that had transpired to that point, including what God requires of them. Moses says: “He [God] announced to you His covenant, instructing you to keep the ten commandments, and He wrote them on 2 stone tablets” (Dev/Deut 4:13). Moshe then proceeds to reiterate all 10 commandments and then again says that: “[God] wrote [these commandments] on 2 stone tablets” (Dev/Deut 5:20). The second mention of the tablets corresponds to the second time they were brought down. Curiously, the Hebrew word for luchot (in the above mentioned passages) is spelled differently in the second mention of the tablets. The first time the word is spelled: “lamed-vav-chet-tav,” and the second time it is spelled “lamed-chet-tav” (without the Vav). Even though the tablets were identical twins (in terms of size, ratio, substance and clarity) the different spelling alludes to something that was missing from the second set! At the letter level, the missing element is obviously a Vav and this is highly significant because of the Vavs secret in the Tetragrammaton. In this weeks parashah, we see it subtracted a different way, in the spelling of the word luchot (tablets). The letter “Vav” has a gematria of 6 which is like the measure of each dimension in the cubic combination of the luchot (6H x 6W x 6L in handbreadths). This “dimension” is in fact the single most defining characteristic of the luchot, and the fact that a “6” is missing from the reference to the second set of twins suggests that something very specific was subtracted. Had Israel not been involved in the sin of the golden calf and the original luchot not shattered, “time” (the next dimension above the three-dimensions of space) in terms of Israel’s “history” (His-story over time) would be dramatically different. With the presence of this Vav (in the first set) all of the internal mathematics of the blueprint would have calculated differently and the redemption would have started immediately As it stands now, that Vav will need to be “added back in” during the footsteps of mashiach when it figures into the sequence of events immediately preceding the final stage of the redemption (all things being restored). Perhaps the question we should ask is, how many Vav’s? There is 1 Vav in the Tetragrammaton. But there are 3 in the “12 Letter Explicit Name,” which is an expansion of the Tetragrammaton referred to as “explicit” because the letters are part of Hashem Hameforash (the Triad Havayah of 72). These 3 Vavs parallel the 3 sixes characterizing the 3 physical dimensions of the luchot and those of the physical universe they create and define (6 x 6 x 6 = 216).
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 14:43:13 +0000
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