[Avodah] Hilchos Kaddish

D&E-H Bannett dbnet at zahav.net.il
Sun Jan 3 02:11:55 PST 2010


Re: <<"Tzitzis" is found four times in Tanach (according to 
Mandelkern). Three times in the Shma, and once in Yechezkel 
8:3. All four have only one yod, the first one. Does that 
prove anything>>

Sure it does.  It proves that gematriot are fun . they  have 
no serious significance. They are not meant to decide 
halakha. They are meant to enjoy the amazing coincidences 
that can be found by human ingenuity. As the mishna says: 
tekufot ugematriot, parp'raot l'chokhma

Didn't I write in my post, as introduction to 28 = koach, 
"that, however, proves nothing"?


David 




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