Somehow I forgot to ping you to this.
There are some interesting traditions about the Messiah bringing back the missing letter of the Torah; i.e.
that when Moses broke the first tablets, all the letters flew up into the heavens. However, when Moses wrote the second set, one letter had gone missing. There were originally 23, but then only 22.
So the concept is that the Messiah will come back with that mysterious missing 23rd letter.
I tried to find a link for you but was unsuccessful at this time.
I do know that what appears to many as dumb made-up stuff ends up more literal than people would expect. God’s like that, not bound by timeline constraints. He can make this stuff happen in the weirdest ways. That’s how everyone’s gonna know who’s been in charge the whole time.
I’m a big believe in His mysterious ways. I am never disappointed! He *always* gets there first. People will freak, lol.
And... here we are. :)
Maybe from Radbaz on the missing 4-pronged ‘shin’?