The Names of the Matriarchs Rachel and Leah in Tehillim
David HaMelech encoded the names of the two Matriarchs from whom Bnei Yisrael descended right at the beginning, in the first psalm. In Judaism, there is a principle that the entire potential of any endeavor, project, and so forth is contained in its beginning. Thus, David HaMelech established the matrix of the Jewish people's happiness, connected with the power of the two Matriarchs. Tehillim 1 אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי־הָאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר ׀ לֹ֥א הָלַךְ֮ בַּעֲצַ֪ת רְשָׁ֫עִ֥ים וּבְדֶ֣רֶךְ חַ֭טָּאִים לֹ֥א עָמָ֑ד - “Ashrei ha-ish asher lo halakh ba'atzat resha'im uv'derekh hatta'im lo amad” - (Happy is the person who did not follow the counsel of the wicked and did not stand in the way of sinners.) The sofei tevot (last letters) of the words: “ha-ish asher lo” (happy is the person who does not) form the name לֵאָה - Leah in reverse order, while the first letters of the words: “resha'im hatta'im lo” (in the way of sinners, did not) form the name רָחֵל - Rachel in the usual order. Tehillim 31:6 בְּיָדְך אַפְקִיד רוּחִי פָּדִיתָ אוֹתִי יְהוָה—אֵל אֱמֶת בְּיָדְך – “B'yadkha afkid ruchi, padita oti Ha-Shem—El emet” – (Into Your hand I entrust my spirit; redeem me, G-d, G-d of truth.) The great Mekubal, an expert in the mysteries of the soul, Rabbi Yehuda Fatiyah, also reveals in his book Minchat Yehuda where the names of Rachel Imeinu and Leah Imeinu are concealed in Tehillim. בְּיָדְך – (into Your hand) – has a gematria equal to the gematria of the name Leah – לאה - 36 אַפְקִיד רוּחִי (I entrust my spirit) – the last 2 letters of these words, י ד – yield the reduced gematria of the name Rachel - רחל - 239 (a total of 14). (based on a lesson by Rabbanit Chava Cooperman, from the book Minchat Yehuda by Rabbi Yehuda Fatiyah, chapter 92) [P.S. The picture is a painting by Luda Miriam Shulman, provided to the website]
The Names of the Matriarchs Rachel and Leah in Tehillim
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