The significance of the Number Two

READY TO BE "WOWED?" If so, then check out this amazing information from Rabbi Dr. Hillel ben David (Greg Killian) of Bet Emunah, about the significance of the number two from the Hebraic viewpoint!

I found this article because I was curious why the number 2 tends to be featured a lot in my dreams (two people, two animals, two cars, two choices, etc.). I thought, perhaps the gematria might have some answers. (In the Jewish world, Gematria is the reading words and sentences as numbers and assigning numerical instead of phonetic values to each letter of the Hebrew alphabet.)

This article not only provided an in-depth answer for me; but also reminded me as to WHY I am so in love with Jewish wisdom concerning the Torah!

Here is just a tiny taste of the nuggets contained in this article:

The second letter of the Hebrew alef-bet, bet - ב, mirrors the symbolism of the number two. It is called Bet. It is from this letter that we get our word, both. This letter is the first letter of the Torah and of the book of Bereshit (Genesis). Like the number two, Bet stands for the beginning of man’s journey.

If we look at the number two in a positive sense, it stands for man, his realm and all that was created by HaShem for man’s benefit. If we look at it in a negative light, two stands for all that is separate or opposed to HaShem.

“he number one implies that there exists but a single reality. It suggests absolute conformity. The number two represents separation, division, and disunity (the two items have undone that unity that existed when there was only one item). Two represents right and left, giving versus restraint.

The number three, however, finds an underlying unity between disparate entities. Thus the thirteenth hermeneutic rule of Ishmael expresses this resolution as: When two Biblical passages contradict each other the contradiction in question must be solved by reference to a third passage.

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