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613+7=620 : What is the meaning of this?
muman613:
Recently I have been listening to a CD I burned which has several of the songs from Prodezra Beats {which I posted in the 'Somewhat Kosher Hip-Hop' thread}. One of the songs , which I could not remember till this evening when driving home, contains a bit of Jewish wisdom which I had never heard before. I guess this is a chance to learn something from everyone, including a Baal Teshuva hip-hop artist...
First I will present the lyrics {which I just transposed from listening to the song}:
--- Quote ---FLIP
Got a lot of problems in the world man
Gotta turn this thing around
Turn it over, you know
The sages say before Moshiach we'd be upside down
Thats why Im doing what I can to turn the world around and make it flip
Flip Flip Flip
In the last days the world is fairly getting colder
So we gotta make a change and turn this thing over and make it flip
Flip Flip Flip
Tell me you don't feel what I feel while I'm rockin this?
Tell me you don't feel that somebody should be stopping this? I'm dropping this...
Knowledge this is my hypothesis, things looking shady people screaming bout apocolypse
And common sense will tell you somethings bigs about to pop
Ancient prophecies coming true with no flop
You don't stop when your bumping this up in your car or your headphones
so long as you get the message home
We can make it happen, positive or negative
Destroy the sedative or we could sleep, your perogative
Provacative, I'm trying to be
New world that I'm trying to see
Not a globalist, redemptionist is what their calling me
If we could take a microscope, and look into the isotope
And try to clone what Moshe wrote, they still can't make what G-d spoke
Livin without him is looking real hard
Just the other day a Jew told me he didn't believe in G-d
The sages say before Moshiach we'd be upside down
Thats why Im doing what I can to turn the world around and make it flip
Flip Flip Flip
In the last days the world is fairly getting colder
So we gotta make a change and turn this thing over and make it flip
Flip Flip Flip
Push me in a corner try to label me a goner
Then I'm right back on ya with the Torah that I'm holding
Cause the King is round the corner, no I'm not a performer
I'm just another soldier in this army trying to show ya that
Time is getting shorter, things ain't what their supposed to be
How could you judge me when all you did was look at me
And throw the book at me like you were judge and you were jury
This is the kind of thing that made me write this song, see...
The world we're living in is UPSIDE DOWN
Right is wrong and wrong is right it's all going down
And left is right and right is left, will you please forget yourself?
We can pick it up and keep it up before theres nothing left
Myself is who I'm talking to, including you...
So whats the news, it ain't good man, we so confused
Six One Three Plus Seven Equals Six Twenty guidelines to make change yeah we got plans
The sages say before Moshiach we'd be upside down
Thats why Im doing what I can to turn the world around and make it flip
Flip Flip Flip
In the last days the world is fairly getting colder
So we gotta make a change and turn this thing over and make it flip
Flip Flip Flip
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So the idea which I learned is this.... The Aseret HaDibrot {Ten Utterances/Commandments} contain 620 letters {The ten commandments given on the first tablets which Moshe brought down} which happens to be the value of the # of Mitzvot given in the Torah to the Jews plus the Seven Noachide laws. Thus 620 is representative of all of humanity worshiping Hashem alone... The number 620 also is the gematria of Keter, which means crown, which in Kabbalah is representative of on of Hashems middot.
--- Quote ---Several rabbinic works group the mitzvos according to their association with the Ten Commandments highlighting them as t he ideological basis for the 613 mitzvos in the Torah. This is beautifully alluded in how the text of the Ten Commandments contains 620 letters (Bamidbar Rabbah 13:16) that correspond to the 613 mitzvos plus the 7 rabbinic precepts (or the 7 Noachide laws). Of parenthetic note, is how the number 613 itself reduces to (6+1+3=) 10.
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--- Quote ---G‑d’s Will
While the biblical commandments number 613, there are in fact an additional 7 rabbinical commandments. The Kabbalists explain that the Hebrew word for crown (keter—כתר) has the numeric value of 620, the sum of the biblical and rabbinical commandments.
In Kabbalistic teachings the concept of a crown, which sits atop the head, is used as a metaphor for willpower (crown) which is higher than intellect (brain). A person’s will is higher than his intellect. A person’s desire can be an expression of his innermost self and the very depths of his soul. That intrinsic desire can empower him to act contrary to logic. Sometimes it is one’s innermost desire that shapes his mode of logic, because desire is such a deep manifestation of the soul that it dominates all other facets of the soul. That is why it is called a “crown.”7
In reference to the spiritual spheres, the Kabbalists call this will the Supreme Crown. It is the supreme level of G‑dliness that transcends all spiritual worlds, the supreme will. Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Chabad Rebbe, explains that by fulfilling the physical commandments in our world, we bring this transcendent level of G‑dliness into our lives, our surroundings, and our world.8
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--- Quote ---By the way, 620 is the numeric value of the word KETER, the CROWN (of Torah). And by the way by the way, the numeric value of KETER TORAH is 620 + 611 = 1231. Which happens to be the G'matriya of ASERET HA'D'VARIM (the Ten Commandments) = 70+300+ 200+400 (970) + 5+4+2+200+10+40 (261) = 1231. The Aseret HaDibrot in Yitro, by the way, by the way, by the way, are made up of 620 letters.
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References:
http://wap.torah.org/learning/livinglaw/5768/yisro.html
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1556513/jewish/What-Is-the-Significance-of-the-Number-of-Gds-613-Commandments.htm
muman613:
I just transcribed the lyrics of another Prodezra song which I like, called "Between the Lines".
The concept of the song is that the Torah and the entire Tanakh are not just texts, or scriptures, but they are actually an insight for the entirety of creation. That everyone, every Jewish soul alive, has a special place in our Holy Torah. Through extensive reading, understanding the different levels of Torah study {calle PaRDeS}, through Kabbalah and Gematria we can learn from the Guide to Life which was given to us at Sinai...
--- Quote ---Between the Lines
Theres only one key to all the questions on your mind
Time to open up the book you hear me
So many years so many tears we try to sing
Then I started flipping through the pages I was bound win
Read between the lines man, read between the lines, Read between the lines and your story you will find
So many years so many tears we try to sing
Then I started flipping through the pages I was bound win
Read between the lines man, read between the lines, Read between the lines and your story you will find
Open up the book of secrets try my best to clear my mind
Man does it apply to me, or just a book that is trapped in time
Or divine meaning I could find myself in every line
Thinking that its ancient, just be patient, that could be a crime
I need a guide, commentary, thats my sanctuary
When you think you can make it on your own then its very scary
Like mixing meat and dairy
Living life contrary, to whats the truth you become your own adversary
He didn't put you on the earth with no guidelines you can make the dark shine
obstacles far behind
Then your a star in the sky, I'll call your prime time
But if you don't learn the light reflects and makes you blind
Everything thats written no doubt it applies to you
Just take a deeper look at everything you've been through
Then dissect the words and letters magnifying glass
Pretty sure you'll figure you aint just reading bout the past
So many years so many tears we try to sing
Then I started flipping through the pages I was bound win
Read between the lines man, read between the lines, Read between the lines and your story you will find
So many years so many tears we try to sing
Then I started flipping through the pages I was bound win
Read between the lines man, read between the lines, Read between the lines and your story you will find
Gematria and atbash open up the lock box
Secrets of the scripture but you question it like sasquatch
Imagine misjudging the time thats on your time clock
Sign train passes while your sitting on the sidewalk
This is real talk pictures painted perfectly
and I know your in it if your looking closely
get to know the artist well, that's intimately
and read his magnum opus, find out your identity
Because the enemy, with weapons, he can draw down
But that ain't nothing, to infinity, we draw down
By studying and mastering the words are profound
And I can see it in your eyes you want to slow down
Population 14 million Jews that were census rated
Thats 14 million soldiers clearly underestimated
Time is precious, don't you waste it on futility
Pride is a small price to pay for your humility
So many years so many tears we try to sing
Then I started flipping through the pages I was bound win
Read between the lines man, read between the lines, Read between the lines and your story you will find
So many years so many tears we try to sing
Then I started flipping through the pages I was bound win
Read between the lines man, read between the lines, Read between the lines and your story you will find
Amazing as you say the words they rise up with no delay
Piercing through the upper worlds, then off the heavens, riccochet
Light beams back down and takes the form of revelation
Blessings in your life, miracles for the whole nation
Im waiting for the day when you realize your mission
Cause that itself could bring the godly plan to fruition
So time to study, no more talking, cause I'm tired of wishin
After this song pick up Gutnik or the Stone Edition
So many years so many tears we try to sing
Then I started flipping through the pages I was bound win
Read between the lines man, read between the lines, and your story you will find
So many years so many tears we try to sing
Then I started flipping through the pages I was bound win
Read between the lines man, read between the lines, and your story you will find
--- End quote ---
Zelhar:
I say it's not very sensible. You see 7 and 613 are relatively prime (in fact both are prime numbers), so you can create any integer from them by addition and subtraction.
Tag-MehirTzedek:
Didnt read this long post, but 613 + 7 could be a reference to 613 Biblical Commandments and 7 Rabbinic (ex- Hannukah, Purim, Candles, etc.)
muman613:
--- Quote from: Tag-MahirTzedek on November 16, 2011, 11:03:21 AM ---Didnt read this long post, but 613 + 7 could be a reference to 613 Biblical Commandments and 7 Rabbinic (ex- Hannukah, Purim, Candles, etc.)
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If you read it you would learn that the 7 rabbinic laws are the noachide laws. and 620 is the # of letters in the 10 commandments and also the gematria of the word keter... The point of posting is to teach and to learn...
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