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Parshas Beshalach: How Moshe Split the Sea - The Mystical Secrets of the 72 Letter Name of Hashem

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comments of the cited by none other than the in the the opens and is saw the great hand literally the word isra refers uh to presumably it refers to however why then would the p not say why does it say therefore the interpret who is being shown sees that is the comment of the of the why does the T specify that more than any of the other after all there's a in the presence of all forefathers God did wonders in other words we know there's a concept that hasem gathered the a to show the a so why in the context of does it specifically say that showed question number one question number my strength and the praise of Hashem and it was to me a Salvation K we know whenever it says it's refers to being that at theam and they pointed to himash says in God all of his honor and all of his majesty he revealed to them they would point to him with their finger what the maid servants saw at the sea the prophets didn't see so Rashi says that the prophet the maid servants had such a Clarity of vision had such AA had such a recognition and and vision even greater than who than the then the N firstly why are we focusing on the maid servants the cleaning ladies why of a sudden here we are we're at the Pinnacle of and our attention turns to cleaning ladies now cleaning ladies are very important any married person knows the importance of cleaning ladies however why do they become a center stage for Camu furthermore even though Rashi says that the shka saw what the Nim didn't see we're probably all familiar with the way kazal seem to uh say over the the other uh versions of these words of namely you ever hear that well what the sh saw at the sea was even greater than Ezekiel even greater than now again rash says but in the the says so the it's specifically uh enumerates or if you look in the the the it says and they said why do we specify why don't we say what's the emphasis on so we have a few questions on the table number one we want to know why did take and show him why not why not we know that showed all the the number two why are we focusing on the who cares what the number three why fine now we all know and this is one of my favorite subjects that we have three consecutive and there's something unique about these three consecutive each one of these three has 72 they each begin with the letter V and they each have something in common lo and behold each one of these three have 72 letters and rash and Rashi says that the three consecutive in that have 72 letters actually formulate the 72 different names of hem it formulates 72 different names of Hashem how Rashi introduces the principle that we take the first letter of the first p v the last letter of the second PK he the first letter of the third p V that gets you you take the second letter of the first the second to last letter of the second lamid the second letter of the third y y y is another name of hem you take the third letter s the third to last y the third test sit that's the third name of hem and 72 different names of the name of this formula the and look number 26 I have AER on the it's called the call the system and this now Rashi points out that on sukus WE specify two of these names an and there's a lot of discussion why we talk about why we specifically refer to and the simple meaning is you know what in the world are we doing who's hi who you talking to hi hi hi hi what's who is this so if you look on this chart over here the is the first name of hem as you have the V is the first letter of the first P he is the last letter of the second PK is the first letter of the last BK an is the 37th name of hasem in other words the 37th letter of the first pu the 37th to last of the second the 37th of the third is uh y so these are the two main names of hem if you remember the GR in the beginning of sh says that these are the two Chief names of hasem because 72 you can make two groups out of 1 to 36 37 to 72 the leader of the first group is Ani actually the leader of the first group is V the leader of the second group is an and why do we do it backward an I believe the says it's he's in the end and he's in the beginning so we start with the which is we start with an which is the latter name and then we go to V so this is the uh great formula from these three of 72 letters each we could create s 72 different names of Hashem by the way and from them Rashi says emanates the Sham the 72 letter name of hasem from these different 72 names emanate 72 different names of the 72 letter name of Hashem now why would we make God's name out of using three different so the re teaches that um if there's one thing is this is unbelievable these three they have a total of 216 letters there's one letter of the Hebrew alphabet that does not appear in these 216 letters there's no gimmel there's no gim in these three 216 letters no gim why that indicates you need to be m the three in order to get the name of the absence of the gimel teaches you to be that there is a gimmel here what's the gimmel the gimmel is triple the okay now tus points out that there's another significant aspect of these names an namely there are two important Nim each one used what these names an and used the name he said and used the name he said now let's try to look for a moment we used the name look at number 42 we're jumping ahead a little bit I think this is so by the way count these letters there's 72 letters in the first in and uses the word let's hold on to that for a moment now really what we want to get to because we've spoken about this subject many times but in today's sh we're going to do something new why are we using the 72l name of hem before yam so let's just talk generally about the 72l name of these three the ran says that we have a true cabala a cal this the ran that the entire are the names of because you know we have the letters but they're no the so the letters could be read in other words we could combine and formulate various ways of putting together the but the truth is the entire says how do we know the entire because we take the three in which are and from there rash and revealed to us that from these 72 um worded Pim we could create 72 different names of hem so just like these three pum creat 72 different names of the entire T are 72 different names of Hashem and by the way each one of these names has a different and a different and a different R even says this is why it's so important that AAR is not missing a y or not missing a v you might ask what difference does it make an extra y a missing y it doesn't affect the meaning of the word you're right it doesn't affect the meaning of the word but in terms of combining various o and various sh so then if you're missing a missing a it could affect the various names of hem then the ran says in his compilation called that the knew use these words and letters these names have tremendous and the various were aware of their power and how to use them and when to use them and they are invested and Infused and imbued with great Kay so you'll say this is beyond my pay grade this is that is true but on the other hand as the the great the sh is one of the first earliest most basic of the secrets of the T and this is a passage I believe the benar quotes so therefore it's worthwhile for everybody to know and that is if somebody wants to attain what they need they have to under they have to make efforts with all of their to understand the meaning of each one of hashem's name what's what's what's what's what's what's what's each one of these names is a key for something in this world and when you contemplate the name you'll understand the whole T emanates from one of the from the various shis and when you recognize these names you'll recognize the Godless of hem you'll have P you'll have you'll have you'll have you'll have you'll be to connect and then you'll be close to him and then your will be accepted emphasizes this say why is it we DAV and our are not accepted he says because we don't understand the depth of the meaning of the particular names of hasem however Hashem says I will Elevate you if you understand my name if you're if you're you will call out to me and I will answer you doesn't say I will Elevate you because you say my name we all say God's name but do we understand understand and recognize and appreciate the particular meaning of hashem's name so I I want to share with you a few ideas about 72 and then we're going to come on to the Shir and I think we're going to see some uh very profound and beautiful ideas okay um we have theid the says the 72 letter name of Hashem really com straight from the shame hav in three different ways I tell you the truth rabai I could understand two of them the third one I don't know I don't know what he means number one is very simple sh spell the says that from y you could get 72 in three ways one is called Pim one is called and one is called Pim is very simp simple here look where my arrow is if you spell out that's is spelled it's 20 he is spelled hey another 15 V is spelled v v is 22 that's 72 right there right there if you spell out right we know there two there four ways to spell could spell it um he hey hey hey there different ways to spell it if you spell it followed by hey followed by followed by K you get 72 here's the next way to do it this is what I call the N system of gatria you ever see the bumper stickers na na you know what that is I have no idea what that is but the way they do it is they do the the by the way this is a real system the says that translated the Torah says 70 languages M wants to know how does Rashi know 70 languages the word he if you take he plus he plus he test plus he test equals 70 so take the yud plus plus K plus y k plus y k k right in other words 10 + 15 plus 21 + 26 72 so that's another way you get 72 the Third Way you get [Music] is okay that's uh above our even this pay grade so there 72 letter names of hasem emate from the now here's where we get to why are these three that allude to the 72 different names of hasem why are they alluded to why are they brought in the introduction and the hak to so thei he tells us that they were the names needed to split the yams they are specifically associated with war water that is why on sukus when we're mpo for rain we also try to invoke the 72 letter names of that's why on we say is the 37th name is the first name the same way that the 72 letter name ofm is is associated with May by yam that is why we say it Ona so the is teaching us that the yam was specifically split with the names V that is how Moses split the Red Sea with these three comes here's where the gifts begin to fall comes if the 72 letter name is the name which has the over so then when Ru came to draw water for elaz the says it doesn't say say um from here we see the water came up to greet her and this will be a Simon ah says if you look carefully that means she's miraculously having dominion over water the way to have dominion over water is with the 72 letter name of hem take a look at the r is V what does that indicate that is how she was able to bring up the water meaning the same way that M had dominion over the y with the 72 different names of hasem and that is the name that we invoke on suus this in fact is the way that Ru was able to have over the May namely she's able to have schita over the water because she invoked and she mentioned this 72 letter name so get ready for this that means who was the first individual who experienced the power of the 72 letter name of hasem who's watching Rifka do this El an I would say that's if the elzar if even an had a his G of the 72l name of that's that his descendants will also see the Godless of the 72 letter name of cuz who's the first person to behold the 72 letter name of okay now so we we said and perhaps this gives us an Insight in because the of and require the same 72l name that required it was the same difficulty that's maybe a deeper meaning of fine now there are many raim there many uh hints to the idea that the 72l name was needed to split the sea the Batum says it could be read the with the name the will split or the which is a 72 different names a total of 216 216 is G the lion that's how the yamu was split where the mar says it is a that with the name of 72 split the in fact the says you take the first letter of Bo and the last letter of boa you get 72 that's also a Remis to 72 the also says is through the shame now if I may share with you the formula that we uh been dealing with so far is the formula of and forward backward and forward m in the he says there's another way to utilize these three each one of 72 letters and that is through a very simple formula of y y y and I have the chart over here so would be is the first name and the second letter is the third letter is by the way I'll tell you a little secret the second para of sh has 72 letters each one of the 70 has 72 words each word one of the 72 words corresponds to one of hashem's 72 names in the formula it's really 122 words it's 72 and then n the third par of sh has exactly 72 words they correspond to the 72 different names in the formula so you should know there are two different formulas there are 72 names with the formula forward backward forward and there's 72 names with the formula forward forward forward now you know I'll give you a little secret in the formula the 50 the 50th name is I always wonder why my parents called me that that three-letter name is the 50th name of a so I recently the P was in town so I asked him what's the significance to that I said you know did you know it's my name he said all right I guess it's something um anyway back TOA he says something very interesting he says each we're going to be dealing in this year with the formula I'm coming back to chamu in a moment he says that each one of these 72 names has a specific power some of them allow your to be answered some of them let's see I want to show you inside he says look that these three names have 72 different letters some Do It Forward some do it backward and he says that the the first 72 letters and it indicates that the name is each one of these names here's what I want to show you some one of these names helps to have your TS answered some of these names help for shmir some of them engender AA some of them bring back the Jewish people out of Exile therefore we say is the name of that's why H who lived at the time that b was standing he didn't have to invoke because V is the name needed to inther the Jewish people from Exile but he didn't live in Exile he lived when the basement there stood so he only had to say the name because he was at a time of great on the other hand in the times of it was the word was sort of exiled was was chained up so each name has a particular now this is the main subject of the sh why Didu split the yam with the 72 different names specifically backward what kind of formula is that I mean where is that who who came up with that why why would you not do Yos Yos Yos so this is a question of the re and the says he asked this question and he says very mysterious words he says I read to you a little bit I will allow you to contemplate that this evening tomorrow the day after and you could continue to contemplate these five lines probably for the rest of your life if you ever make heads or tails I am all ears however the amazingly gives us some insight into this formula and although again this is going to be I believe that we can explain it at least on basically thees reveals to us in this week's para that the formula of is when the letters go in order that's that's the second which we read backward isid and the third PK is somehow to connect and together and combine the two that's the first thing you need to know that we read forward because that's we read backward that's we combine the two that's the first here's another Z you need to know the Z in namely the Z says that the first which we said is mid is is conned Abraham the second which we said as D is by the way let's look back at the second p the first is the of that went before the went behind them and it protected the Jewish people but the second it was cloudy it was dark it was confused that's and the third PK split the sea so PK Al is is the Confluence the combination the fusion of and says Z the yamu was split with the third P I would humbly suggest if that's the case now we understand why of all the why did God call yobu specifically to theu the answer is because Abu was needed for PK one but neither of those mid were able to split the Y but we needed someone to combine the two to bring to to the you know if you bring only Abraham everyone's going to be saved if you bring only everyone's in hot water through yov there's the Confluence of and or we could say that yob was able to show as we're going to see in a moment that the punishment of the the was to the world and that is why God specifically summoned y to split the yam because it was in his that we have the third PK of 72 letters and that is ultimately the Z says what split theam the look at these words that's the is there any doubt then why why summoned now let's point out another thing that occurred at the yam it says two right hands I know people have two left hands two right hands Rashi says when the left becomes the right what does it mean the left becomes the right becomes that's exactly what happened at the yam one which is combines with two which is and it takes the right hand and the left hand and it makes both hands ra that's the process of that abrah and come together and through the Confluence of the two Yu toer the split by the way we have many sources is that this is this idea that the two hands of hasem became right Hands by the way the M says the opposite even the the um the the the opposite way of looking at it that when Ka doesn't do the will of hem both hands of hem become left hands like it says in he withdrew his right hand so when we do the will of God God has two right hands when we don't do the will of he has two left hands the he says again in there 72 words plus 50 the 72 letter name of hem is to incorporate on the right with din on the lefta also says this idea that the 72l name of hasem that was mentioned in was to be with that even should be masim should agree should consent that the Egyptian should face mid that's why it says through combining even consense that the MIT should be punished and by the way ra says the same thing that the 72l name of hasem indicates that the first one is the second one is G the third one is that is the process ofam by the way how did mha split the with his stick what did it say on the stick ofu here we have the on the re tells us on the stick you had the three each of 72 letters 72 letters 72 letters so here that's the purpose that's the method that's the procedure with whicha split the yamu namely the the recitation of these three that have 72 letters each furthermore he split the yamu through the stick that on the stick it has seven 727272 this was the purpose this was the method of is invoking the however it's the able to combine the two and make both hands of Hashem right hands that's what split the yam that is perhaps we are suggesting why Hashem specifically summoned let's take it one more step why do we say that the on the what didn't see with great trepidation we could say as follows what exactly did CL and the sh see on the yam and what didal see that they didn't that uh what was lacking in the vision of ycal we know that in the opening P of he also said a PK of 72 letters but he only was able to see one name of the sh is learned out from we could say we could say that yal did not have privilege to both an and two ways to say it either he's only invoking but he doesn't see he doesn't have access to V or his access to is limited as we said the word van is hashem's name of of when the bdes was standing and and his shame the bottom line is although he's trying to tap into the 72 letters as we see the introduction of his safare is the PK of 72 letters like maramal says nevertheless there's some kind there's some area that's not in in completion namely he's only sing vanani but what did the sh on the Y the sh the said says what is the word is a compound word says so simply means I will be like him I will be like the I will emulate his ways I will emulate him both names of Hashem so even though who try to tap into the 72 letter names of hasem he only sees but the stands at the and the and he says she says I get not only the name but I get the name as well had privileged to both headings of the 72 letter name of Hashem however thees benzi although he had great Revelation and he tried to access the 72 letter name nevertheless his vision was limited to a degree of so perhaps this is on a small small of if anybody wants this Wednesday night we're going to uncover a dimension of these 72 names that we never spoke about in the past it's Mish so you could join us at 8:30 Wednesday night or uh 10:35 Wednesday morning um Ephraim thank you for the advertisement over there right behind the fryan we have this very nice safer called the light and the Splendor which part of it is on the of tuat which is coming up in a week and if anybody wants to read about tuat you could get a hold of the saer the light and the Splendor okay if anybody wants to read today's Shear it's the second to last in the have a wonderful day know is there anywhere that the in the last three four 500 years that any of the Gan were able to invoke the 72 letter name to perform some kind of benefit for look there definitely records of gim who used some kind of what's called calamus that's not within our ability to do today um I don't think we're on the level we're not on the level to do that but uh they definitely many gum performed wonders the exact process um I you know I don't have access to thank you very much okay have a good day 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