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Mezuzah and Numbers

65 The word mezuzah has the numerical value of 65
This is the numeric value of one of the names of G-d, Adon-ai. Also, euals the !ematria of the
word hekhal, cham"er, as in Hekhal HaKodesh, the Hol# $ham"er, or Hekhal, the main Hall of the
Tem%le. This su%%orts the notion that the me&u&ah can turn a house into a %lace of holiness, a
miniature tem%le
'' The me&u&ah contains twent#-two lines
'' letters of the Ale%h (ais
)*+ The te,t of the me&u&ah contains )*+ letters
The num"er )*+ is the numerical value -gematria. of the word teshuvah, re%entance /0123
*)4 The te,t of a me&u&ah has *)4 words.
The num"er *)4 is eual to the com"ined !ematria of two words5 banim 6780 (children) and
chayim 6779 (life); also eual to the sum total of the !ematria of the words chayim 6779-life. and
emunah /81:; -faith.
<45 The sum total of the num"er of lines, words, and letters, in the me&u&ah, is ''=*)4=)*+><45.
This num"er is the !ematria of the %hrase found in the Grace After Meals5 Berachah Merubah
Babayis Haeh (!reat blessing to this house).
$ircle which items are connected to the ?um"er 65
/0@8/
1780
AB71
/BC7
7D7:
/7BC
B19C
AD;:
671@/
/C:
17:7
/8/1
/:C
67;D1D
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Items are connected to the ?um"er 65
/0@8/
67;D1D
/:C
/BC7
/C:
/7BC
AD;:
The si,th Ju"avitcher Re""e, Ra""i Kose%h I. Schneersohn -Heichalt&u - Fn Ahavas Lisrael M $ha%ter
NIII. %oints out that the word me&u&ah consists of three s#lla"les, me-zu-zah. The first s#lla"le,
me-, alludes to the Mishnah -the Fral Torah., "ecause the Mishna and the Gemara start and end
with the letter Mem.
The second s#lla"le -zu- alludes to the Kewish nation as it is written5
Shemos (Exodus) 15:13 Am Zu gaalta " this #eo#le $hich %hou hast redeemed&
The third s#lla"le -zah- alludes to G-d, as it is written5
Shemos (Exodus) 15:2 Zeh 'y-li v(anveyhu"this is my !- d) and * $ill glorify Him&
This shows the unit# of the nation of Israel with G-d as it is achieved throu!h the Torah, as the Oohar
states5
%hree things are bound u# one $ith the other+ *srael is bound $ith the %orah and the %orah is
bound u# $ith !-d&
Ra""i Menachem Mendel Schneerson ela"orates on this conce%t further. He %oints out that the second
s#lla"le, -zu-, is the feminine %ronoun this. The third s#lla"le, -zah-, has the same letters as zeh, the
masculine %ronoun this. As the Re""e e,%lains, this alludes to the unification of the feminine and
masculine as%ects of the Pivine as it is e,%ressed in Torah.
The word me&u&ah itself is derived from the root zuz, to move. The first letter of the word mezuzah "
Mem, "ein! the middle letter of the Alef-(eth, also denotes a transition "etween %ast and future. It
is the first letter of the word mayim, water, denotin! %assa!e of time. The letter ,hin traditionall#
dis%la#ed on the me&u&ah case is the first letter of the word Shanah, #ear, and Shinui, chan!e. Let
the me&u&ah must "e affi,ed to the door%osts of a house, the s#m"ol of settlement. Moreover, the
law reuires that me&u&ah is to "e affi,ed to a door%ost in a %ermanent and immova"le manner.
Perha%s this a%%arent contradiction contains a messa!e. Qe are forever cau!ht u% in a race of time,
in a race of life. Fn the other hand, the letter Mem, the first letter of the word mezuzah and also the
first letter of the words mikvah and ma#im -water. re%resents the %resent moment. Passin! throu!h
the door and touchin! the me&u&ah to Eiss it, we !round ourselves in the %resent moment, in the
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F"Rective of this lesson5
A%%reciate math in the Parsha
Introduction to conce%ts within Kudaism of words and their numeric values
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here and now. Qe !round ourselves in our timeless tradition. Qe reali&e at that moment that in
these fast-chan!in! times we must not for!et the eternal values of Torah. -Ada%ted from $ha"ad.or!.
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