November 21, 2018 · 00:03:43
Tehilim Perek 119: Letter Suf/Tuf Hello everybody, I’m Rabbi Shaya Sussman, covering the entire TANACH one perek at a time. Today’s Nach Daily will discuss the letter SUF. This is actually a mini-siyum, because with this we’ll have finished all 22 letters of the Aleph-Beis, the holy letters with which the world was created. As we’ve seen, the secrets of the letters contain the deepest mysteries of the Torah, but what we’ve learned is literally just the tip of the iceberg, to give you a taste of the sweetness of the letters so that your Neshama can feel drawn to God. This completion of the Aleph Beis is certainly a reason to be happy. After this, Nach Daily will be going back to the regular scheduled Tehilim class, moving on to Tehilim, perek 120. Join us and sign up a friend, as over the last few years we’ve been moving our way through the entire TANACH, one perek at time. Just a quick note to prevent confusion: depending on your custom you’ll pronounce this letter as Taf with a hard consonant, or Suf like an “S” sound. The letter Suf represents the Tachlis, final purpose of a person’s life and Torah. The connection here is simple: the Torah is what teaches and guides a person to the purpose of the world. The first time that the letter Suf appears at the beginning of a word in the Torah is during the creation. “V’ha’aretz haysa Tohu vavohu, And the land was astonishingly empty.” [Artscroll] The word Tohu is a difficult word to translate. Rashi explains that a person is baffle