Tikkun HaKlali and “Kipat Barzel” (Iron Dome)

Tikkun HaKlali and “Kipat Barzel” (Iron Dome)

The sum of all the Tehillim numbers included in “Tikkun HaKlali” - תיקון הכללי = the gematria of “Kipat Barzel” (Iron Dome) - the name of Israel’s missile defense system = 749. We take all the Tehillim numbers from “Tikkun HaKlali”, compiled by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (may his merit protect us), and add them together: 16 + 32 + 41+ 42 + 59 + 77 + 90 + 105 + 137 + 150 = 749. The phrase 749 has the very same gematria: כיפת ברזל - “Iron Dome”. The word “barzel” the Alter Rebbe regards as a defining trait of the Jewish people, which came to us all through our forefather Yaakov—stubbornness and persistence in everything. Yaakov descends to Haran to Lavan solely in order to acquire the quality of “barzel”. BaRZeL - this represents our four Matriarchs—the acronym formed from the final letters of their names: Bilhah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Leah. And the main conclusion of Chassidic teaching is that prayer, as the essence of Yaakov—“the voice—the voice of Yaakov”—is strengthened within him only after acquiring the quality of barzel. (Based on materials from “Sila Tehillim” on Odnoklassniki)