Yiddishe Mamme

From Blogger  Yeranen Yaacov The  last verse in Parshat Shemot is :  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה, אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, עַתָּה תִרְאֶה, אֲשֶׁר אֶעֱשֶׂה לְפַרְעֹה:  כִּי בְיָד חֲזָקָה, יְשַׁלְּחֵם, וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה, יְגָרְשֵׁם מֵאַרְצוֹ . And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.' Notice that this verse speaks about the first redemption of the Jewish people. When taking the gematria of this entire verse including the numerical value of the 2 Mem-sofit letters as 600 each, one gets to 5708, the year the State of Israel was established, a major stage in the Redemption process. The verse has 17 words.  If we combine אֶל-מֹשֶׁה because a Makaf connects them, we have 16 words.  If we then add the 3 Samechs that is often used to denote the end of the Perasha (like  here ), we get 19 words.  If we add those 19 words to our 5708 ...

The internet newspaper NRG Ma'ariv posted November 27th about the planning of the Wakf to open the Sha'ar Harachamim (Golden Gate). It is very interesting since the Jewish sources write about the opening of the Sha'ar Harachamim (Golden Gate) since it is the gate through which Mashiach will enter upon coming to Jerusalem. Yecheskel 44:1 מֶר אֵלַי יְהוָה, הַשַּׁעַר הַזֶּה סָגוּר יִהְיֶה לֹא יִפָּתֵחַ וְאִישׁ לֹא-יָבֹא בוֹ--כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל, בָּא בוֹ; וְהָיָה, סָגוּר. ג אֶת-הַנָּשִׂיא, נָשִׂיא הוּא יֵשֶׁב-בּוֹ לאכול- (לֶאֱכָל-) לֶחֶם--לִפְנֵי יְהוָה; ג אֶת-הַנָּשִׂיא, נָשִׂיא הוּא יֵשֶׁב-בּוֹ לאכול- (לֶאֱכָל-) לֶחֶם--לִפְנֵי יְהוָה; מִדֶּרֶךְ אוּלָם הַשַּׁעַר יָבוֹא, וּמִדַּרְכּוֹ יֵצֵא 1  Then he brought me back the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.  2  And the LORD said unto me: 'This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it, for the LORD, the G...