Monday, May 10, 2010

Moshiach ben Dovid

Moshiach ben Dovid
In chapter one of Pashas Bamidbar, when speaking of the count of each tribe of Klal Yisroel, the Torah has words במספר שמות or במספר שמת. Eight times it uses שמת and four times it uses שמות. Why the difference? Adding the gematriot of all of these usages of “shemot” gives us 8 x 740 + 4 x 746 = 8904 = 21 x 424. 21 is the gematria of אהיה as in Shemot 3:14 where it says אהיה שלחני אליכם (I Shall BE has sent Me to you). And 424 = משיח בן דוד (Moshiach ben Dovid). In Melachim II chapter 2 Eliyahu says Hashem שלחני to Elisha three times. Hashem שלחני = 26 + 398 = 424.
These different usages of the word “shemot” (names) seem to be telling us Hashem will send us Moshiach ben Dovid because of our names. If we make our names great and worthy of Moshiach.

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