ALL IT SAYS

PARSHA

EMOR 08



ALL IT SAYS

“Vayomer Hashem said to Moshe Emor say to the Kohanim the sons of Aharon Ve’amarta and say unto them” (Lev.21.1)



On the surface it would appear that there is unnecessary duplication. Surely, if Moshe says that which Hashem says to the Kohanim, he should not have to say it again.



The letters of the term Ve’amarta may be arranged to read Imrot – sayings. (Baal Haturim)



Every saying in the Torah may give rise to an infinite number of sayings, thoughts, ideas, views and conceptions. There is no end to the notions that the divine word inspires.



In the text, the Torah uses the term Et to indicate the object. Rabbi Akiva is said to have examined every Et in the Torah to establish its own objective.

In the beginning Divinity created Et the heaven and Et the earth, i.e. from Alef to Tav or A to Z in the heaven, and from Alef to Tav or A to Z in the earth.



In the same way as Divinity is infinite, his creation has infinite possibilities. The Torah is the blueprint for divine creation, so its words, though limited in number, have the potential for unlimited perceptions.



The Torah said once, says it all.

We say it over and over again, yet we cannot say it all.