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≈Qemi yhiy"wæi

And it Happened at the End... ©

By Dr. Akiva Gamliel Belk

Our Devri Torah is in the loving Memory of Mrs Ethel Channah Sakash Belk and Donald Wayne Belk and Mr. Gary Lee Belk, may they rest in peace.

Parshat Mikeitz

Bereisheit [Genesis] 41.1 - 44.17

It is interesting that Ha Torah says ≈Qemi yhiy"wæi Vah Yih Hee - Mee Kaytz {And it happened at the end} and Pharaoh had a dream.  Now we are about to G-d Willing Observe a unique form of Mysticism.  µymiy: µyItæn:v] ≈Qemi yhiy"wæi Vah Yih Hee - Mee Kaytz - Shih Naw Tah Yeem - Yaw Mee {And it happened at the end of two full years of days} and Pharaoh had a dream.  First this is like setting an alarm clock to sound off at the exact mini second when Yoseif fulfills two complete years of days.  Ha Torah is very deliberate on this.  Our Sages translate this to mean, And it happened at the end of two years to the day or And it happened at the end of two full years of days.  Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz and Rabbi Nosson Scherman, The Artscroll Tanach Series - Bereishis Vol. I(b) (Brooklyn, New York: Mesorah Publications, Ltd. 3rd Impression, 1989), p 1758  We we know the obvious.  And Pharaoh had a dream.  However Pharaoh did not have this dream until Yoseif fulfills two complete years of days.  Pharaoh did not have his dream until the exact mini second of Yoseif's time had been reached.  Why?  I discuss this in more length in an Audio b-41 entitled Two Full Years Of Days.  This audio is available through the Learning Store at:

http://www.bnti.us/library.html  Because this area has already been discussed we will not review this area.

In Baal HaTurim we note: '≈Qemi yhiy"wæi - IT WAS AT THE END. The [Word] ≈Qemi, at the end, is used here, and with regard to [Avraham], [Ha] Torah [Uses] the expression,  µynIv; rc,[, ≈Qemi, after ten years ([Bereisheit] 16.3.  This implies that just as that verse speaks of ten years, so to does our verse speak of [a period that began] after ten years. And the verse is to be understood as follows: ≈Qemi yhiy"wæi, It happened after [ten years, of Joseph's imprisonment,  µymiy: µyItæn:v], that], an additional two years [were added to his term because he put his faith in the cupbearer].' Rabbi Avie Gold, Baal HaTurim Chumash (Brooklyn, New York: Mesorah Publications, Ltd. First Edition 09/1999), p 376

So Rabbi Yaakov Baal HaTurim makes a connect between Bereisheit 16.3 and Bereisheit 41.1.  ≈Qemi yhiy"wæi Vah Yih Hee - Mee Kaytz {And it happened at the end} and Pharaoh had a dream.   There is an additional connection that coincides with what Baal HaTurim has said. This period of separation between 10 years and the additional period of separation of two years is noted by the word h[or"pæW Ooh Fah Rih Oh {And Pharaoh}.  Why did Ha Torah include the Letter Vav?  Why Did Ha Torah Intend to Say, And Pharaoh [had a dream] instead of simply Pharaoh [had a dream]?  The Letter Vav Implies something else was happening here.   The Letter Vav Implies that after Yoseif had reached the exact mini second of his EXTENDED TIME of two years for his sin in placing trust in the cupbearer that it was then that Pharaoh had his dream.  How do we know this?  The Gematria of h[or"pæW Ooh Fah Rih Oh {And Pharaoh} is 361.  Now lets notice the Gematria of   µymiy: µyItæn:v] ≈Qemi yhiy"wæi Vah Yih Hee - Mee Kaytz - Shih Naw Tah Yeem - Yaw Mee {And it happened at the end of two full years of days} and Pharaoh had a dream. When we extract the word  µyItæn:v] Shih Naw Tah Yeem {two years} Ha Torah Reads: µymiy: [...] ≈Qemi yhiy"wæi Vah Yih Hee - Mee Kaytz - [...] - Yaw Mee {And it happened at the end of [...] days}...  The implication is that just as Yoseif's time of an additional two years did not expire until the very mini second it was complete / full of days the same will hold true for the end of days.  The End of Days will not come until the very mini second of this time period is exactly full / complete.  We see this in the Gematria of h[or"pæW Ooh Fah Rih Oh {And Pharaoh} equalling 361 and the EXTRACTED Gematria of 

µymiy: [...] ≈Qemi yhiy"wæi Vah Yih Hee - Mee Kaytz - [...] - Yaw Mee {And it happened at the end of [...] days}... 

361 = h5 [70 r200 p80 w6

361 = µ40 y10 m40 y10 -  [...] - ≈90 q100 m40 - y10 h5 y10 w6

Now the Word  µyItæn:v] Shih Naw Tah Yeem {two years} is the Gematria of 800.  It is interesting that this is an even Gematria to the very hundred.  It is note worthy to mention that the number 8 represents new beginnings.  Yet we are focusing on years.  The Two is implied.  Why? hn:v; Shaw Nawh means year.  However when Shaw Nawh becomes µyItæn:v] Shih Naw Tah Yeem it is plural.  Therefore it must make reference to at least two years. The twelve usages of µyItæn:v] Shih Naw Tah Yeem in HaTenach all are in reference to two years.  However,  hn:v; Shaw Nawh also means to change.  The implication of  of µyItæn:v] Shih Naw Tah Yeem  would be changes.  So one could argue that   µymiy: µyItæn:v] ≈Qemi yhiy"wæi Vah Yih Hee - Mee Kaytz - Shih Naw Tah Yeem - Yaw Mee could be translated to mean And changes happened at the end of days.   This being said, the Gematria of  ˆWdmev;Ti Tee Shaw May Doon {[you] shall be destroyed could represent the destruction of many nations at The End of Days when Mashiach comes!

800 = µ40 y10 t400 n50 v300

800 = ˆ50 w6 d4 m40 v300 t400

When we observe the Gematria Miluy of ≈Qemi Mee Kaytz  we spell out each Letter then total all Letters.

The first Letter Mem, m, is spelled  µm = 80

The second Letter Kuf,  q, is spelled πwq = 186

The third Letter Tzade, ≈, is spelled ydx = 104

370 =  µ40 m40 = 80   +   π80 w6 q100 = 186   +   y10 d4 x90 = 104

370 = h5 a1 n50 q100 j8 w6 r200

Remember ≈Qemi Mee Kaytz in Bereisheit 41.1 means at the end.

Bereisheit 4.3 In the process of time...

Bereisheit 8.6 at the end of...

Bereisheit 16.3 at the end of...

Many references to ≈Qemi Mee Kaytz mean at the end of...

So when we consider the Gematria 370 of ha;n"qiAjæWr Roo Ach - Keen Aw {Spirit of Jealousy} we can possible understand why Yoseif was placed in jail originally.  Ha Torah Says, And it happened when [Yoseif's] master heard everything from Aleph to Tav of the words of his wife which she spoke to him, saying, 'Your slave did these things to me,' he became furious, Bereisheit 39.19. Do you suppose that she just may of been trying to fire up the flames of  ha;n"qiAjæWr Roo Ach - Keen Aw {Spirit of Jealousy}?   Ha Torah Speaks about  ha;n"qiAjæWr Roo Ach - Keen Aw {Spirit of Jealousy} in BaMidbar 5.14;30.  The point is that Yoseif was suppose to get out of jail after 10 years.  How was it that the jailer kept Yoseif an additional two years?   Is it possible that the jailer's wife heard that Yoseif was being released after ten years and flamed ha;n"qiAjæWr Roo Ach - Keen Aw {Spirit of Jealousy} in her husband against Yoseif ?  Something had to happen to physically keep Yoseif in jail an additional two years.  We know that Yoseif sinned by putting his faith in the cupbearer instead of the Creator of the Universe.  What pretense did they use to keep Yoseif in jail an additional ten years?  Now we understand that the FULL number,  the Miluy of  ≈Qemi Mee Kaytz is 370.   ≈Qemi Mee Kaytz means at the end of... Here it could be that it was at the end of the husbands Spirit of Jealousy...

There is one additional factor that is very interesting.  The Gematria of πsewOy Yoseif is 156 as is ha;n"qi Keen Aw {jealousy}.

156 = π80 s60 w6 y10

156 = h5 a1 n50 q100

May Hashem Help us to be careful not to inflame jealousy in other.  May we avoid the snares other try to set for us.  May we not be punished for things we did not do.

Blessings and peace,

Dr. Akiva Gamliel

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wyn:p;l] µykia;l]mæ bqo[æyæ

Yaakov  Sent Angels Before Him

The Power of Mysteries Words And Observances!

By Dr. Akiva Gamliel Belk

Our Devri Torah is in the loving Memory of Mr. Donald Wayne Belk and Mr. Gary Lee Belk, may they rest in peace.

Parshat Vayishlach

Bereisheit [Genesis] 32.4 - 36.43

Ha Torah Says Yaakov sent Mah Lih Aw Cheem {Angels / Messengers} before him.  The Stone Chumash translates this correctly as Angels.  Many versions translate this as Messengers.  This is also correct.  They were Messengers.  Yet they were not just Messengers.  They were Angels who were Messengers!  And they were not just Angels who were Messengers.  They were Angles who were Messengers who were twOab;x] Tzee Vih Oht {Hosts}!   Who were the Hosts?  They were some of the angels Hashem Commands. Tehillim [Psalms] 24. 10 Says, Who is He, this King of Glory?  Hashem of Hosts!  He is the King of Glory!  Ibn Ezra Says they were 'Heavenly Bodies'. Rabbi Avrohom Chaim Feuer and Rabbi Nosson Scherman The Artscroll Tanach Series - Tehillim Volume 2 - (Brooklyn New York: Mesorah Publications, Ltd. 3rd Impression 1991), p 303

The first three Letters of twOab;x] Tzee Vih Oht {Hosts} comes from ab;x; Tzaw Vaw meaning  [Heavenly] Army, [Heavenly] Troops, [A force of] Hosts.  The last three Letters of twOab;x] Tzee Vih Oht {Hosts} is twOa Oht meaning Sign, Symbol, Miracle, Omen Emblem or Letter.  The Gematria of  Yaakov - Mah Lih Aw Cheem - Lih Faw Nawv meaning Yaakov sent Angels before him is 499.  The Gematria of Tzee Vih Oht meaning Hosts is also 499.

499 = w6 y10 n50 p80 l30 -  µ40 y10 k20 a1 l30 m40 -  b2 q100 [70 y10

499 = t400 w6 a1 b2 x90

It is also important to note that Then Ha Torah Says, And He Commanded them.  The last two Letters of wxæy"wæ Vah Yih Tzah meaning and he Commanded are the center two Letters of  hw...xmi Mitzvaw as in Commandment, Law, Precept.  The Gematria of  Mah Lih Aw Cheem {Angels / Messengers} is 141.  The Gematria of Mitzvaw is also 141. 

141 = µ40 y10 k20 a1 l30 m40

141 = h5 w6 x90 m40

Mah Lih Aw Cheem  begins and ends with the Mystical Letter Mem!

So the Mah Lih Aw Cheem were Messengers, were Angels, were Hosts each with a Command.  These Commands consisted of Words made up of Letters.  Yaakov, He commanded them Saying, This is what you should say to my master, Eisov.  So says your servant, Yaakov, I was stranger with Lavan and was delayed until now.  I acquired oxen, donkeys, sheep, servants, and maidservants.  I have sent [these Words / Commands] to tell this to my master  find favor in your eyes. This is what was said, but what was meant by these Words? What is the intended message? 

First, Yaakov sent Angels.  What did this say to Eisov?  How did Eisov look upon Angels?  Ha Torah does not say what Eisov's response was to Yaakov's message.  Why was it necessary for Angels to deliver this message? 

Second, Why was it necessary for Yaakov to say, I was a stranger with Lavan and was delayed until now.  Eisov knew Yaakov was with Lavan.  Eisov knew Yaakov was delayed.  Why does Ha Torah State what seems to be the obvious?

The answer is in the Word yTir"Gæ Gahr Tee meaning stranger or outsider.  Yaakov was telling his brother that he was not familiar with Lavan or his sons.  He was saying it was unpleasant to live with Lavan.  Yaakov was saying  it was uncomfortable to live with Lavan.  He was saying that he, his wives and their children were all aliens to Lavan.  In fact Yaakov's wives said, Are not considered by him as twOyrIk]n... Naw Chih Ree Yoht meaning Strangers or Foreignness?  What was it that was so foreign to Lavan?  It was the Observances of Ha Torah.  The first four Letters of twOyrIk]n... Naw Chih Ree Yoht represent yrIkn... Nawch Ree which is representative of a person who is foreign or alien because they Observe the Seven Mitzvot of Ha Torah.  Yaakov's wives were saying our Observances of Ha Torah have made us foreign to our father.   In a similar way Yaakov was saying to Eisov I was yTir"Gæ Gahr Tee meaning I was a stranger with Lavan.  The Gematria of Gahr Tee is 613.  Yaakov was saying to Eisov the 613 Mitzvot of Ha Torah made me strange to Lavan.  The 613 Mitzvot of  Ha Torah will make me strange to you also!  Yaakov was revealing to Eisov that he was on a high and mysterious level of Torah Observances.  He was saying that these Observances are not only mysterious but they are powerful!  They will help me overcome you!  The Word  Gahr Tee explains their strangeness.  To those in the world it is strange to Observe the 613 Mitzvot of Ha Torah!  

613 = y10 t400 r200 g3

May Hashem Grant us this Strangeness this Foreignness the 613 Mitzvot... the 613 Observances of Ha Torah!  May our Words be like Yaakov's Words.  May our Words send forth Commands / Mitzvot of Ha Torah!  May our actions, our words our deeds be like Yaakov's Words, Actions and Deeds which Created Perfect Angels that do the Will of Hashem!

Blessings and peace,

Dr. Akiva Gamliel

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µyim;v;hæ r[ævæ hz≤w"

And This is the Gate [Portal] of the Heavens

By Dr. Akiva Gamliel Belk

Our Devri Torah is in the loving Memory of Mr. Donald Wayne Belk and Mr. Gary Lee Belk, may they rest in peace.

Parshat Vayeitzei

Bereisheit [Genesis] 28.10 - 32.3

What is the Portal to the Heavens?  It is µv; ˆl,y...wæ µwøqM;Bæ [gæp]yiwæ {Vah Yif Gah - Bah Maw Kohm - Vah Yaw Lehn - Shawm} And he [Yaakov had an] encounter in the Place and tarried the night there.  This is a challenging Text.  The interpretation of this Text has implications of prayer and implications of night and implications of Others being with Yaakov.  This is a very mystical Text!   We must study to understand this Text because this is where the Portal of Heaven is...

The first two words µwøqM;Bæ [gæp]yiwæ {Vah Yif Gah - Bah Maw Kohm} tell us that Yaakov had an unexpected encounter.    Ha Torah Informs us that bqo[æyæ axeyewæ Yaakov departed from Beer-sheba.  Then Ha Torah Says, And he [Yaakov] went  to Charan.  It may seem like Yaakov simply went to Charan but that is not the meaning here.  Ha Torah Emphasizes that Yaakov departed Beer-sheba.  This is to inform us that there is more that to the story than Yaakov simply going to Charan.  If the story was simply about Yaakov just going to Charan Ha Torah would have said, Yaakov went to Charan.  Ha Torah Does Not Say that!  There is an issue here.  bqo[æyæ axeyewæ Yaakov departed.  Why does Ha Torah Informs us that Yaakov departed because this is obvious? Yaakov had to depart Beer-sheba to get to Charan.  Why does Ha Torah State something that is obvious?  There is a reason.  We may not understand the reason but there is a reason.  Just as Ha Torah Does Not tell us the Physical distance between Beer-sheba and Charan Ha Torah Does Not Inform us why the word depart is included in this story.  

The Physical Distance

 The distance from Beersheba, where Yitzchok lived to Haran was approximately 500 miles. http://www.biblebb.com/files/KSS/kss-rachel.htmt The trip from Beersheba to Haran (Paddan Aram or North-West Mesopotamia) would have taken [between 17 to 50 days] since a day's journey was normally twenty to thirty miles, or longer if there were a large company traveling together at the rate of ten miles a day. Our Sages Teach the earth contracted for Yaakov. Mount Moriah and Yaakov moved towards each other. Rabbi Yisrael Isser Zvi Herczeg, The Sapirstein Edition Rashi Bereisheit / Genesis {Brooklyn, New York: Mesorah Publications, Ltd. First Edition 10th impression 2007}, p 311

The Spiritual Distance

Since the physical distance is obvious the words Yaakov departed must inform us of the Spiritual distance. The Gematria of  bqo[æyæ axeyewæ Yaakov departed  is 289.  The Gematria of  rf,P, {Peh Tehr} meaning 'first born' is also 289.  The Gematria of dr≤P;hi {Hee Paw Rehd} meaning 'separated' is also 289.   What is the point?  We know that Eisov was the first born.   We know that Yaakov separated from him.  What else is happening here?   Ha Torah is Mystically informing us that Yaakov had to separate from Eisov.  So when Ha Torah is Saying Yaakov departed  Ha Torah is Saying that Yaakov separated from Eisov the first born.  What did Yaakov separate from Eisov the first born?  He separated the blessing of the first born away from Eisov.  Yaakov through his action of deceiving his father πr...f... {Taw Rawf} meaning 'he plucked' the blessing of the firstborn he separated the blessing of the firstborn away from Eisov.  Through his actions of plucking the blessing away from Eisov Yaakov declared that Eisov was πr´f; {Taw Rayf} meaning 'not kosher' meaning 'forbidden'.

289 = b2 q100 [70 y10 -  a1 x90 y10 w6

289 = r200 f9 p80

289 = d4 r200 p80 h5

289 = π80 r200 f9 

Now, for those who feel like Yaakov was wrong in plucking away his brothers blessing, how do you explain that Yaakov went to the place {Bereisheit 28.11}, that Yaakov had the dream {Bereisheit 28.12}, that the Creator of the universe Gave the promise of Avraham and Yitzchok to Yaakov,  {See Bereisheit 28.13-15} ?

It was Yaakov that the Portals of Heaven opened to, NOT Eisov!  It was Yaakov that Hashem Gave the promise of blessing, NOT Eisov.  Where was Yaakov at?  Our sages say Yaakov was at Mount Moriah.  Yaakov traveled towards Charan but encountered 'the Place', Mount Moriah, where his father was offered as a sacrifice.  This is 'the Place' that was Holy!  Was he there physically?  I don't know.  Our sages say that he was.  Was Yaakov there spiritually?  Yes!

Historically speaking this was a place that Yaakov did not recognize, {Bereisheit 28.16}.  He did not know that this was Mount Moriah.  So, Yaakov was in 'the Place' but he did not recognize 'the place'.  How could this be?  Physically he may have been transported to Mount Moriah.  I don't know!  Our sages teach that Mount Moriah was brought to Yaakov.  Yet we know that 

Our Sages Teach that G-d is found in every place where there are righteous men.  Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz and Rabbi Nosson Scherman, The Artscroll Tanach Series - Bereishis Vol. I(b) (Brooklyn, New York: Mesorah Publications, Ltd. 3rd Impression, 1989), p 1220

When men get together in the morning for prayer they put on Tefillin.  The Head Tefillin rests above the forehead like a house whose gate faces into the Heavens.  The Tefillin strap circles the head like a fence behind the house whose gate faces the Heavens. The Gematria for r[ævæ {Shah Ahr} meaning 'gate' is 570.  The Gematria for ˆylipiT] {Tih Fee Leen} meaning 'Phylacteries' is 570.  Tifillin is a small leather box containing Torah Texts  worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to guard Ha Torah.

When Jewish men gather together in unity for prayer the intention is that the gates of Heaven will open to receive their prayers.  Yet what we observe in this Passuk is that even though it was evening  the Gates of Heaven opened to Yaakov's intercession / Prayer.  Even though Yaakov was among stones and earth the Gates of Heaven opened to his prayer.  Even though Yaakov was in a most humble setting the Gates of Heaven opened to his prayer?  Why?  It is clear that the Creator wanted to assure Yaakov.  Yet, Yaakov had to open the door.  How did Yaakov open the door?  His camp was a G-dly Camp!  See Bereisheit 32

Dear Ones if our camp... if our home is a  G-dly Place angels will visit us.  If our home is a G-dly Place the Gates of Heaven will open to our prayers.  µwøqM;Bæ [Gæp]Yiwæ {Vah Yee Fih Gah - Bah Maw Kom} meaning and he [Yaakov] interceded in The Place and spent the night there.  The Gematria for Vah Yee Fih Gah - Bah Maw Kom is 357.  In Devarim we read, For who is this great nation that has G-d so close to it, as [is] Hashem our G-d, that in everything we call out to Him? {Devarim 4.7}  The key here is Wnaer"q; {Kaw Rih Ay Nu} meaning we call out to Hashem.  In the evening with no place to lay his head Yaakov selected a rock.  After a long journey he was very tired.  He was under horrible stress from the hate of Eisov his brother.  He was lonesome for his father & mother's home.  Yet when all this was going on he 'interceded in The Place' and the Gates of Heaven opened to his prayer.  We, B'nei Yisroel and B'nai Noach can follow the same example.  Each evening at the conclusion of the day we should cry out to the Creator as Yaakov did.  Hashem Heard Yaakov's intersession.  Hashem Heard Yaakov cry at the end of the day.  This is a good time to cry out to the Creator!   The word Kaw Rih Ay Nu is the Gematria 357.  May Hashem Bless us with the strength to cry out to him in the evening hour.  May we intercede before Hashem. May the Gates of Haven open for our prayers.

357 =  µ40 w6 q100 m40 b2  -  [70 g3 p80 y10 w6

357 =  w6 n50 a1 r200 q100 

May Hashem Bless us with the strength to cry out to him in the evening hour.  May we intercede before Hashem. May the Gates of Haven open for our prayers.

Blessings and peace,

Dr. Akiva Gamliel