Pipeline Torah Gem #908 2025-12-25: Psalm 119: Yud
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Vaughn Seward
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Psalm 119: Yud
"Your hands made me and prepared me; grant me understanding so that I may learn your commandments." (Psalm 119:73) This series of verses (Psalm 119:73-80) begins with the letter Yud. The Talmud (Menachos 29b) teaches that the World to Come was created with Yud, the smallest of all the letters, because a relatively small number of people will be righteous enough to merit its rewards. The Talmud (Shabbos 104a) says that Yud stands for the word יְרוּשָׁה inheritance; i.e., the righteous who follow God and put themselves in His hands will inherit good fortune for themselves and their descendants. Adapted from Artscroll's "The Writings; Psalms" by Rabbi Nossom Scherman / Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz, 2018, page 553. Torah Gem Archives: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/torahtidbits
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Yiddish Corner
Tsuleygn moykh Concentrate (on); Think hard about Skotsl kumt! Lit. A prankster has come. Look who is here! Welcome! Oysgeleykhn di beyner. Lit. Straighten out the bones. Stretch oneself; stretch one's limbs. Brekhn dos ayz. Break the ice (as in English re conversation).
"Your hands made me and prepared me; grant me understanding so that I may learn your commandments." (Psalm 119:73) This series of verses (Psalm 119:73-80) begins with the letter Yud. The Talmud (Menachos 29b) teaches that the World to Come was created with Yud, the smallest of all the letters, because a relatively small number of people will be righteous enough to merit its rewards. The Talmud (Shabbos 104a) says that Yud stands for the word יְרוּשָׁה inheritance; i.e., the righteous who follow God and put themselves in His hands will inherit good fortune for themselves and their descendants. Adapted from Artscroll's "The Writings; Psalms" by Rabbi Nossom Scherman / Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz, 2018, page 553. Torah Gem Archives: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/torahtidbits
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Yiddish Corner
Tsuleygn moykh Concentrate (on); Think hard about Skotsl kumt! Lit. A prankster has come. Look who is here! Welcome! Oysgeleykhn di beyner. Lit. Straighten out the bones. Stretch oneself; stretch one's limbs. Brekhn dos ayz. Break the ice (as in English re conversation).
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