Portrait of Hacham Shimon Agassi

Portrait of Hacham Shimon Agassi
Portrait of Hacham Agassi painted by Mrs Ruth Gila, Beit Meir , Israel

Thursday, June 4, 2015

 Rivkah comes out
רִבְקָה יֹצֵאת
Beraishit 24.15- בראשית


15.’ And it was, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rivkah comes out- who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nachor, the brother of Abraham- with her jug upon her shoulder-וַיְהִי הוּא טֶרֶם כִּלָּה לְדַבֵּר וְהִנֵּה רִבְקָה יֹצֵאת אֲשֶׁר יֻלְּדָה לִבְתוּאֵל בֶּן מִלְכָּה אֵשֶׁת נָחוֹר אֲחִי אַבְרָהָם וְכַדָּהּ עַל שִׁכְמָהּ(4355 = 17 =8 or 6125=14=8 counting final Nun and Mems as 700 and 600).

The verse can be divided so:
·         And it was, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebecca comes out- who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, the brother of Abraham- וַיְהִי הוּא טֶרֶם כִּלָּה לְדַבֵּר וְהִנֵּה רִבְקָה יֹצֵאת אֲשֶׁר יֻלְּדָה לִבְתוּאֵל בֶּן מִלְכָּה אֵשֶׁת נָחוֹר אֲחִי אַבְרָהָם (5625 = 18 counting final Nun and Mems as 700 and 600);
·         With her jug upon her shoulder- וְכַדָּהּ עַל שִׁכְמָהּ (500+3 words=8).

Before he had finished
טֶרֶם כִּלָּה
864=18 (Mem 600)

Rivkah comes out
רִבְקָה יֹצֵאת
808+2 words=810=1+8


The number 808 is the gematria of the name "Abraham"-אַבְרָהָם counting final Mem as 600. 

Thus Rivkah came out at that exact moment in time for Abraham. This was the act of loving-kindness that Hashem performed for Abraham as Eliezer had requested from Hashem.

Abraham was directing operations from over 1000 kilometers away in Hebron!

Why does the Torah describe Rivkah's ancestry in such a long-winded way? The answer is to be found in the following gematria:

Bethuel the son of Milcah the wife of Nahor the brother of Abraham
בְתוּאֵל בֶּן מִלְכָּה אֵשֶׁת נָחוֹר אֲחִי אַבְרָהָם
1818=18

She was the answer to Eliezer's wish at the water spring in verse 13 above!

Behold! I am standing by the water-spring
הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי נִצָּב עַל עֵין הַמָּיִם

1818=18 (final letters)

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