October 7, 2018 · 00:05:03
Tehilim Perek 119: Letter Beis Hello everybody, in today’s NachDaily we’ll be discussing the letter beis. I’m Rabbi Shaya Sussman, covering the entire TANACH one perek at a time. Lets jump write in. The letter Beis has the numerical value of two. Being the letter Aleph stands for Hashem who’s the singular force behind creation. The letter Beis stands increase, multiplicity, dissention and many. Because Hashem is one. When you introduce two there’s the possibility for divisibility. That’s also one of the reasons why the Torah starts with letter Beis in the word Bereishis. To teach at the exact moment when Hashem created the world and the Torah there’s now a seemingly individuation, increase and many. Interestingly, scientifically, Because Bies represents dissention and it was used in the creation of the word, that’s why even in the physical word, we are learning, you can always break down the smallest part down to be even smaller. For example: it used to be thought an atom was the smallest form, than a partical, now its thought of as energy, quarks and vibrations are even smaller. This all comes for the power of the Beis. Another reason why the Torah starts with the letter Beis is, If you spell out the letter Beis you get the word Bayis - Beis, yud, suf which means house. Because Hashem created this world to house and contain His Divine Presence. So this world can be dira b’tachtonim house in the lower worlds for Hashem. It also should be noted although the Torah opens with th