PERPETUAL CONSTANTS

“This is the offering by fire that you shall offer unto Hashem, two male lambs… day by day as Olah Tamid a continual offering” (Num.28.3)



There are Tamid – always, two offering daily, so that we should keep in mind two verses from Psalms, viz. ‘I set Hashem Lenegdi – before me, Tamid – always’ (Ps.16.8), and ‘My sin is Negdi Tamid – ever before me’ (Ps.51.5). (Commentators)



The created world is an ever-moving continuum changing all the time. The only constant in the universe is Hashem, the Havayah who brought the universe into being. The only constant in the lower spheres is in the nature of man who cannot live without doing wrong. It is human to err.



That the Havayah is constant is implied in Tamid repeated daily. The Gematria of Tamid in the minor scale is 13. Thirteen repeated, i.e. 13x2=26, the Gematria of the Havayah.



That we should always have in mind the frailty of man relative to the constancy of Hashem is implied in the double expression Negdi – before me. The Gematria of Negdi in the minor scale is 13, and when doubled = 26 = the Havayah.