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SHABBAT IS MORE THAN A DAY OF REFRAINING FROM WORDLY ACTIVITY 
WHEN EXPERIENCED IN ITS SPIRITUAL FULLEST, ITS HOLINESS ENGLIGHTENS ALL OTHER DAYS OF THE WEEK
WE INVITE YOU TO ENHANCE YOUR SHABBAT WITH THESE WORDS OF TORAH 

The Aleph Beit Of Creation – Ki Tissa

by Sinclair, Rabbi Yaakov Asher

“The mystics teach that G-d created the whole of existence with permutations of the 22 letters of the alef-bais… The entire world is nothing more than Hebrew letters connected in a myriad of different ways.

 

In parashat Ki Tisa, …Hashem commanded Betzalel to build the mishkan (the tabernacle). The mishkan was a microcosm of the creation, meaning that the mishkan too was no more than permutations of the aleph-bais.

 

The Gemara expounds the letters of Betzalel’s name to read b’tzel-Eil, meaning ‘in the shadow of G-d.’ Just as G-d had combined those letters to create the universe, so did Betzalel know how to combine the letters of the alef-beis to create the mishkan.”

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