November 11, 2018 · 00:03:40
Tehilim Perek 119: Letter NUN Hello everybody, I’m Rabbi Shaya Sussman, covering the entire TANACH one perek at a time. In today’s Nach Daily we’ll be discussing perek 119, letter NUN. The letter Nun represents Ne’emanut, loyalty, Namichut ruach, humility, Neshama, the soul, and Netzach, eternity. The Medrash Osyios D’Rebbe Akiva explains that the Neshama was created with the letter Nun. Without the soul the body would be as inanimate as the dirt on the ground, unable to stand erect or move in any way. The Medrash continues that this is represented by the two Nuns. The regular Nun is laying, while the Nun Sofit is standing. In the simple sense, the Medrash is speaking about the Neshama as it relates to its clothing, the body. However, in the deeper sense this means that when a person does mitzvos the Neshama is uplifted. When a person sins, however, the Neshama goes downwards as if it’s sleeping. A Neshama by nature is completely pure, trustworthy, loyal and filled with sublime humility before God, but our physical desires are constantly preventing it from revealing its true identity. This is all represented by the letter Nun, as the soul is constantly expressing its dedication to Hashem. The shape of a Nun is like a person sitting with their legs in front and the head tilted forward. This points towards the Neshama, which humbly subjugates itself to Hashem. It should be noted that when a person is constantly like the Nun Kafuf, humbly sitting in front of God, in the end he w