PROVERB

בס"ד
19 Nisan/5 Pesach


I was researching further the small, large & backwards letters in the Torah & came across the Rashi commentary on Parshat Shoftim Devarim/Deuteronomy 18:13 where it says, "You will be whole-hearted with the L@rd your G@d." The First letter of that verse is enlarged. The Tav of Tamim, pure- or whole-hearted. Totally sincere. You won't find this oddity in every Sefer Torah you read, as this large Tav isn't one of those letters Halakhically required by "Midrash Rabbah Aqim". It is a later addition by Kabbalist rabbis.

Rashi was a wise teacher. He said about this pasuk that it meant, "...Walk with Him wholeheartedly & hope in Him. Pry not into the veiled future, but accept whatever lot befalls you. Then will you be His people & His portion..."


Mishlei/Proverbs 13:14 copyright A. Barclay; lightfast ink on vegetable parchment.

Shavu'ah tov!




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