[Avodah] Why four?

[Zev Sero]

On 29/06/2012 3:41 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
> Shishah siderei mishnah. Halakhah pesuqah is divided into the "dimensions"
> of olam hazeh. Thus, as the Maharal put it (Gevuros H' 46), a cube has
> 6 sides. 3 dimensions, each of which has 2 directions.
>
> 6 -- the physical world.
> 7 -- the holiness inherent in the world

Also, if you surround a circle with other circles of the same size,
it takes exactly six to completely surround it.  Try it with coins of
the same denomination.    Thus Shabbos is surrounded by the workdays,
and fills exactly the hole they create.


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