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Ezekiel I don't have time to cut/paste but if you search "pull" in this link you'll find the references-- and more on the creation of Moses' staff in Jewish tradition.
Thanks Phinneous. Probably been a year or more since I'd been to that page. I'm more surprised that you linked to his site! Every page is a deep dive of original sources, though. Been going there since I've had the internet, seems like. 25 years.
Now I am going to have to reread the whole thing, because you drew me to it. Always a blessing lurking. ๐ค
I noticed how everything listed here relates to the collection and use of words (my comments in brackets; links and emphasis are mine):
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The Staff of Power ["Mateh hakoach"? 28, or 34? ืืื ืืืื = 93 = HaMegillah]
It appears that the origin of the magic wand, was Moshe's rod.
This rod, in the hand of Moshe, was an instrument of creation. When thrown to the ground, out of Moshe's hand, it became a serpent of indescribable evil. It became the serpent which tempted Eve in the garden of Eden.[25] These same thoughts are a part of the myth of the magic wand: That which is taken in the hand to do good or evil.
The differences between the magic wand and the staff of Moshe are manifest:
Moshe's staff was too heavy to be picked up without miraculous intervention. [There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull? OED 2nd Ed: Weight of text: 62.6 kilos or 137.72lbs.]
Moshe's staff was real. [Is real.]
Moshe's staff was made of sapphire. [sappir ืกืคืืจ, cf. sefer, sofer, mispar]
Moshe's staff was G-d's staff. [Word/davar of God]
Moshe's staff was engraved with the name of HaShem. [Word/davar of God]
Moshe's staff was used by the righteous to perform the will of HaShem. [Word/davar of God]
The Zohar elaborates on this fantastic staff (rod):
Soncino Zohar, Bereshith, Section 1, Page 9a "And in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam" (I Chr. XI, 23). This alludes to the divine rod which was in Moses' hand, and on which there was engraved the divine ineffable Name radiating in various combinations of letters. These same letters were in possession of Bezalel, who was called "weaver", and his school, as it is written: "Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart... of the craftsman and the skilled workman, and the weaver, etc." (Exod. XXXV, 35). So that rod had engraved on it the ineffable Name on every side, in forty-two various combinations, which were illumined in different colours.
Thus we learn that the staff was engraved with forty-two letter combinations, each in a different color! The Midrash tells this amazing story in a way which gives us insight into this most powerful staff:
Moshe marries Zipporah
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Normally Moses is made analogous to a fish. Joshua being the "son of Nun"; i.e. disciple of Moses the nun, fish. Yet Moses' bride was... a bird. Nobody'd noticed the mixed species issue? I don't know, but sometime back I went in the direction of waterfowl, because Moses was drawn out of the water. That's when I found the diving duck named the Greater scaup.
See, it's not just a movie starring Steve McQueen.
Weaving, and the beginning of the 42 "Stations of the Exodus"
"The Stations of the Exodus are the locations visited by the Israelites following their exodus from Egypt, according to the Hebrew Bible. In the itinerary given in Numbers 33, forty-two stations are listed..."
33.3. And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians:
ืืืกืขื ืืจืขืืกืก ืืืืฉ ืืจืืฉืื ืืืืฉื ืขืฉืจ ืืื ืืืืฉ ืืจืืฉืื ืืืืจืช ืืคืกื ืืฆืื ืื ืึพืืฉืจืื ืืื ืจืื ืืขืื ื ืืึพืืฆืจืืื
I supposed I could run an internet search for previous postings over the years re this verse, but I'll just put some basics of it here. The weaving has to do with Moses' staff:
ืืจืืฉืื ืืืืฉื
ืืจืืฉืื ืืืืฉื
ืืจืืฉืื ืืืืฉื
As you can see above, obama [ืืืืื] = 54 = mateh [ืืื], the staff (rod) of power that became a serpent. (cf. "Dan", a serpent by the way, ืื = 54)
And that the shin of Moshe grabbed the tail of the serpent, the shin of the nachash:
Exo 4
1.And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, The Lord has not appeared to you:
2. And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod:
3. And he said, Throw it to the ground; And he threw it to the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it:
4. And the Lord said to Moses, Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail; And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
5. That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you:
A coal (shin) in Moses' hand. A "ืงืื", so to speak:
The three heads of the shin of this world correspond to the three levels of the changeless, potential, and actual change as discussed above. In this world, the changeless is symbolized only by a black, dark coal, not as the revealed light of the flame. Nonetheless the endurance of the flame depends upon the changeless essence of the coal. In the World to Come, the changeless essence will reveal itself within the flame. This revelation of the future is the secret of the fourth head of the shin.
Who writes this stuff? For all we know, "Arthur" was a sneaky code for "Author" the whole time.
Like I've been saying for years, the pun is mightier that the s-word. A Y'S old vowel told me that
Moshe's stuff was G-d's stuff [thing/davar of God] -- makes simple sense, a veritable harvest:
The stuff which Moshe pulled from the ground in Yitro's garden had been fashioned by HaShem Himself who had then given it to Adam. It was passed down, after Moshe's death, to King David and to the succeeding Kings of Judah.[3] This was no ordinary wooden stuff.
synonym for wooden: "stiff"
All Sheol's going to break loose when the crypt keepers suddenly find themselves out of a job, and with no other skillsets. No ability to change a thing.
All the flours of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.