Parshat B'Shalach

U'S'FUNEI T'MUNEI CHOL

Beachcombing the G'matriya Beach with the help of "Otzrot Yisrael", one of the CDs of the "Responsa Project" of Bar Ilan University.

Only one entry this week. Presented in numerical support of the idea of the Lead Tidbit.

Shmot 15:2, the second pasuk of the SHIRA, is a magnificent expression of joy in being the recipient of G-d's "favor". G-d is my strength and song, He is my G-d, and I will praise Him... I will exalt Him.

For what do we say all that? There are two p'sukim in T'hilim with the same G'matriya as AZI V'ZIMRAT KAH...

105:43 - And He brought out His people with joy, and His chosen with gladness. The GM, we can say, answers the above question - We praise G-d for Y'tzi'at Mitzrayim and all the miracles associated with the Exodus (including the Splitting of the Sea).

19-2 - The heavens declare the glory of G-d, and the firmament proclaims His handiworks. This GM says that it is all of Creation that is the cause of our joy and its expession.
Of course, the answer is both. The Jew with "eyes in his head", as the expression goes, can and must see G-d's greatness in the unusual as well as in the mundane.
Each of the three p'sukim - the one from the Shira and the two from T'hilim, add up to 1781.

A word of caution about G'matriya, specifically the homemade variety that appear in this Treasures in the Sand column. Don't read too much into them. They are not meant to say something new. They are meant to be a nice "numerical confirmation" of existing ideas. They point to ideas to be explored. Try any of them withoutthe G'matriya. They still "work".

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