Tehillim 74 – 2 inverted letters “nun” in the Torah
Tehillim 74:8
– “Amru velibam, ninam yachad, sarfu kol mo'adei El ba'aretz” – (The rulers said in their hearts (“Ninam”): Let us destroy them all together; and they burned all the [places of] G-d's assemblies in the land).
A pasuk from Bamidbar (10:35–36): “And it came to pass, whenever the Ark [of the Covenant] set out, Moses said: ‘Arise, G-d, and let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee from before You.’ And whenever the Ark came to rest, he said: ‘Return, G-d, to the myriads of thousands of Israel!’”
This pasuk is marked in the Torah by 2 signs—inverted letters “nun”, which are written in Torah scrolls, “opening” and “closing” the pasuk. It is written in the “Zohar Chadash” that this is a very serious matter; because of these letters, the nations of the world hate us and constantly persecute us, since they know that they have no share in these letters.
(Rabbi Moshe Shapiro)
