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Isaac Newton evidently believed the Scriptures contained a code which unlocks the secrets of the universe. Certainly, the Jewish tradition believed the same

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Good evening, D Edmund Joaquin! It's nice to see you on the thread.

For Lurkers interested the background of traditional Jewish thinking concerning Codes in the Torah, here are a few links and excerpts:

Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl

Rabbi Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl (1903-1957) became famous for his tireless efforts to the save the Jews of Slovakia from extermination at Nazi hands during the European Holocaust...

Books

Two of Weissmandl's books were published posthumously.

Torath Chemed (Mt. Kisco, 1958) is a book of religious writings that includes many commentaries and homilies, as well as hermeneutic material of a kaballistic nature. Included in this book are the observations that led to the so-called Torah Codes.

Bible Codes - Sources - Aish HaTorah

THE VILNA GAON (1720-1797), also known as the GRA, is acknowledged as one of the greatest rabbis of the past 500 years. At age 5, the GRA knew the Five Books of Moses by heart; he went on to author numerous volumes of Jewish philosophy and law. The following piece appears in his commentary on a work of Jewish mysticism, The Book of Hidden Things ("Sifra Ditzniuta" Chapter 5).

The rule is that all that was, is, and will be until the end of time is included in the Torah from "Bereishit" (the first verse of Genesis) to "L'eynei kol Yisrael" (the last verse of Deuteronomy). And not merely in a general sense, but including the details of every species and of each person individually, and the most minute details of everything that happened to him from the day of his birth until his death.

RABBI MOSHE CORDEVARO (1522-1570), also known as the Ramak, served in the illustrious position of Head of the Rabbinical Court ("Av Beit Din") in Tzfat, Israel, during the 16th century - a time when Tzfat stood as the worldwide center for Jewish scholarship. The following piece appears in Pardes Rimonim (68a), the Ramak's voluminous commentary on the classic kabbalistic work, The Zohar.

The secrets of our holy Torah are revealed through knowledge of combinations, numerology (gematria), switching letters, first-and-last letters, shapes of letters, first- and last- verses, skipping of letters (dilug otiot) and letter combinations.

These matters are powerful, hidden and enormous secrets. Because of their great hidden-ness, we don't have the ability to fully comprehend them. Further, to see different angles through these methods is infinite and without limit. On this the Torah says, "its measure is longer than the world."

Isaac Newton evidently believed the Scriptures contained a code which unlocks the secrets of the universe. Certainly, the Jewish tradition believed the same Um hmm

Actually that is true. I have his work on Daniel, a rare one that took us forever in a search to find. Fascinating study.