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March 7, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
2014/5774 (Triennial I) — The Secrets of the Torah
There is something strange in the first word of this week’s Torah portion Vayikra, which also is the Hebrew namesake of the fourth book of the Torah called Leviticus. The final letter, the aleph, is smaller than the other letters. Why is that? Is it a typo, a scribal error? Or is there something more to this aleph ze-ira (small aleph) than simply its small stature, something that hints at the secrets embedded within each word and each letter of the Torah. We’ll figure it out together during this week’s class.
Category : Online Learning Online Parashah Class Tag : alef aleph balaam humble humility k'dushat levi k'li yakar k'li yaqar kedushat levi keli yakar keli yaqar leviticus moses secrets small vayikra