October 7, 2018 · 00:05:04
Tehilim Perek 119: Letter Gimmel Hello everybody, In today’s NachDaily will be discussing the letter Gimmel. I’m Rabbi Shaya Sussman, covering the entire TANACH one perek at a time. Lets jump write in. The word Gimmel actually means “Gomel to give, to bestow or wean off of ”. Like the passuk says by Ahrons staff “vayigmal shkedim and it grew almonds.” We also find when Sorah finished nursing Yitzchak it says “vayigdal haleled vayigamal the boy grew up and he was weaned. Meaning he finished nursing. Because it's through the letter gimmel Hashem is gommel to us and sustains us from on high. This is no small feet. Thats why the first time the letter gimmel appears in the Torah is in the passuk “vayas Elokim es shnei hamiros haGedolim Hashem made two BIG luminaries in the sky.” this is referring to the sun and moon. So we see the letter first time the letter gimmel appears in the in the word gedolim big. Because it's a big deal that Hashem is constantly nourishing the world. The Gemerah in Shabbos 104A explains the reason why gimmel is placed next to the letter daled is because one is supposed to be gomel to dalim give to poor impoverished people The shape of the letter gimmel looks like a person with two legs. The lower left leg is pointing forward as if its giving to the daled. The daled only has one leg to stand which again represents its weakness and its need for chessed from the gimmel. In the sequence of letters beis, gimmel, daled. The bais is the bayis house. Its as if th