 Parshat T'tzaveh 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. In the opening pasuk in T'tzaveh, G-d tells Moshe to command the people of Israel to take pure olive oil for the purpose of having an eternal flame. G'matriya of this pasuk is 5288. It matches Vayikra 26:42 where G-d promises to remember the covenant He made with Yaakov, and the one with Yitzchak, and with Avraham, andHe will also remember the Land. Perhaps one can say that a constant commitment to G-d, as would be evident in the daily kindling of the Menora in the Beit HaMikdash, is the kind of mitzva that is matched by G-d's fulfillment of His promises to the Avot. Here's another G'matriya match which reminds us that mitzvot can be grand or mundane, but they are equal members of the mitzva family. We are repeatedly reminded that we should not attempt to evaluate mitzvot, nor rank them, since we do not know G-d's plan concerning mitzvot and their rewards. Sh'mot 28:3 - And you (Moshe)shall speak to the Divinely inspired craftsmen and they shall make the garments for Aharon, to sanctify him to serve me. D'varim 22:4 - Don't see the beast of burden of your brother fall on the road and ignore the situation, but rather you shall help him right the animal. Two very different kinds of mitzvot, but the same. 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 without the G'matriya. They still "work". [The T'tzaveh Homepage] |