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I really wish they'd try their hand outside of a Yeshiva, instead of going to college campuses, seeking out young Jews who have no connection to the local Jewish community. Having them try to tell Rabbis what the Hebrew Bible says (when they cannot read Hebrew) would be quite amusing.

seeking out young Jews who have no connection to the local Jewish community.

Probably those are the most convertible. I have a friend who is Jewish-agnostic married to a fallen away Catholic, there was no religion practiced in that house but they're good people. Their son became a fundamentalist Baptist and they found it hard to understand except they told him to quit preaching in their house ----they told him they never bothered him with religion so they would appreciate if he returned the favor.

The Torah begins with a large...

It is for this reason that the Torah begins with the letter "Beth", which indicates the two phases "Zeir Anpin" and "Malchut".

Rabbi Yitzchok (Isaac) said: "Why is the "Beth" open on one side, and closed on the other side"?

He offers the following answer: "When Man comes along in order to unite with the Torah, the open side of the "Beth" indicates that the Torah is ready to receive him and to participate with him, meaning to co-operate with him".

However, when man closes his eyes and diverts from the Torah, walking away into another path, the Torah then conceals herself from the other side, resembling the right side of the "Beth".

The following is expressed in Proverbs, thus: THE TORAH SAYS TO MAN: IF YOU WILL FORSAKE ME FOR ONE DAY, I WILL, IN TURN, MOVE AWAY FROM YOU THE DISTANCE OF TWO DAYS. MAN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FIND HIS ENTRANCE TO THE TORAH UNTIL HE REPENTS AND BECOMES UNITED WITH THE TORAH, FACE TO FACE, AND THUS NOT ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE MOVED FROM THE TORAH ANY MORE.

THEREFORE, THE TORAH CALLS OUT TO MAN: TO YOU, MAN, I AM CALLING: "UNTO YOU, O MAN, I CALL; AND MY VOICE IS TO THE SONS OF MAN. SHE CRIETH IN THE CHIEF PLACE OF CONCOURSE, IN THE OPENING OF THE GATES, IN THE CITY SHE UTTERETH HER WORDS …"

211) Rabbi Yehuda said: The "Beth" has the Image of two roofs and one line which unites them. We learn from this that one of the roofs points to heaven above, which is "Z.A";whereas the other points toward the earth, which is "Malchut" (Kingdom). The Creator, who is "Yesod" (Foundation) is united with them and is receiving them.

Rabbi Elozor said: The first three upper lights are holy, that is, they are the three pillars which constitute one unity and make up the whole Torah. It is they who open the doors to all treasures, meaning that they bestow bounty to the "Emoonoh" ("Malchut").

The three pillars" house everything, which explains why they are called "House". It is because they are the three pillars of the "Beth", which refer to the three pillars relating to "Z.A". Thus, the three pillars are a house.

This is why the Torah begins with the letter "Beth"; for the "Beth" is actually the Torah and she is the healing balm of the world. Therefore, laboring in the Torah is tantamount to being occupied with the Holy Name.

212) We have learned that the whole Torah is actually an Upper Holy Name. Hence, inasmuch as the Torah is a Holy Name, she begins with the letter "Beth", which is the principle of the Holy Name; that is to say: The "Beth" consists of the three letters called "Vov".

The three "Vovin" of the initial letters of the three words "Vayiso", "Vayovey" and "Vayeit", which symbolize the three "Vovs" of pillars of "Z.A", constitute the three ties that bestow upon the "Emoonoh" ("Malchut").

213) Behold, all those who labor in the Torah are uniting with the Maker, and are crowned with the crowns of the Torah. They are beloved above and below.

GOD, stretches out His right hand to them, which is the light of "Chessed", (Mercy).

How much greater then is the merit of those who labor in the Torah at night! The Sages of the Zohar have established the fact that such students of the Torah co-operate with the "Shechinah", "Malchut", thereby uniting with her.

When morning comes, the Creator, crowns them with a pillar of "Chessed", the line of light which is mercy; so that they may be distinguished between the upper and the lower beings, that is, the angels.

214) At the time when "Knesseth Israel", that is, "Malchut", together with all those who labor in the Torah, come and appear before the king, "Zeir Anpin", it is said in the book of Job regarding this: "BRON YACHAD KOCHVEY BOKER, VAYOREIOO KOL BNEY ELOKIM" (7:38); "WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG TOGETHER, AND ALL THE SONS OF GOD SHOUTED FOR JOY".

It Was on the Eighth Day

The three Vav's symbolize the three pillars which unite (echad) the house.

The Shema and the Trinity displayed in the first letter of the Torah!

The Pesach Offerings

When the Hebrews placed the blood of the lamb on the doorposts and lintel it formed a triangle pointing from man to G-d.

When Yeshua hung on the tree, He formed a triangle pointing from G-d to man.

Moses weighs in

The Nun's have it

Numbers 10

³⁵So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said:

        "Rise up, O LORD!
        Let Your enemies be scattered,
        And let those who hate You flee before You."

³⁶And when it rested, he said:

        "Return, O LORD,
        To the many thousands of Israel."

JJ