Saturday, February 11, 2006

Reishit, Firstborn Birthright


Torat Natan 11
lifnei shemesh
chein yenon

Malchut
d'Kedushah
the Tablets of Law
which embody the
entire Torah m'Sinai
are six handbreadths
by six handbreadths
Bava Batra 14a



Ashrei t'mimei darekh, who walk with the Torah of G-D ...
Tehilim 119:1

she ma'alah chein upon those who study her ...
yaalat chein ... Eruvin 54b

transformed טפסרט, inscribed Eh-yeh Asher Eh-yeh ...
Rabbah bar bar Chanah

a Torah of Truth, and an embodiment of Emunah ...
Malachi 2:6; Likutey Maharan I 7:1

ever bestowing a guiding light, even when things appear dark and confusing ...
Mai HaNachat

for the light of the moon endures forever, eternally faithful ...
Maharal; Sanhedrin 98b

to the degree that ones accepts the yoke of heaven, is one able to climb the ladder of wisdom to perceive the inner intelligence and G-dliness of everything ...
Mai HaNachat

ראשית ב the first became beit
ראא experiencing
להימא clearly
תה without bound,
שמימו contracting and
אתה coming together
ארצו stably
reishit Bereshit 1:1

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