Torah.org Perceptions - In The Timing
Torah.org Perceptions - In The Timing Perceptions By Rabbi Pinchas Winston To Dedicate an Article click here Parshas Vayikra In The Timing Friday Night THE PREVIOUS WEEK I spoke about the idea of the Roshem, and how something so “small” could amount to so much “big.” The same could be said about the first Aleph of this week’s parsha on the word vayikra itself. It’s written smaller than the rest of the letters of the word to hint at just how big it really is. Of course, the first thing to recall is that an Aleph is comprised of two Yuds , one above and one below, connected to each other by a Vav . The two Yuds in gematria total 20, and the Vav equals six, making a total of 26. That is the gematria of the Shem Hovayah ( Yud =10, Heh =5, Vav =6, Heh =5), the Name too holy to be pronounced as written at this stage of history. The Shem Hovayah tells us that God is eternal, t