INTRO - Secrets of the Hebrew letters

Tehilim Perek 119 Hello everybody, I’m Rabbi Shaya Sussman, covering the entire TANACH one perek at a time. Today’s NachDaily is Tehilim Chapter 119. This is the longest chapter in Tehilim, containing 176 pessukim, 8 for each letter of the Aleph-Beis. This teaches that a person who learns Torah can be taken beyond the natural order of this world, which is represented by the number 7. We will use the next bunch of shiurim to delve into the letters of the Aleph-Beis. I wanted to take this opportunity to teach about the “secrets of the letters”. For the next bunch of classes, I’m going to give a short class on each one of the letters in Aleph-Beis. Then we’ll be moving forward in the Tehilim. I just felt this is such a good chance to teach about the letters to the world! And I didn’t want it to go to waste. I hope you all enjoy these classes. Before we begin, it’s important to mention that the holy letters contain the secrets of the Torah. The letters, gematrias, shapes, pronunciation and placement of the letters within the Aleph-Beis all have deep significant meaning. The passuk says, “B’dvar Hashem hashemayim nassu, the world was created by the word of God.” The letters of the Hebrew alphabet were used in the creating of the world. Although the word d’var- daled, vav, reish – means word, it also denotes davar, object. Because all things in this world are created with the word of God, we see that the letters of the Aleph-Beis contain the secrets of this world. We also know that