Link To Messianic Peace
ויהוה נתן חכמה לשלמה
Sefer HaBahir, verse 3 excerpt
Traditional interpretation: "And G-ddess gave Wisdom to Shlomah."
There exists within Judaism the idea that wisdom (chochmah) is generally preferred over prophecy (nevuah). Moreover, the kabbalah [1] teaches:
The only individual for whom wisdom and prophecy merged into a single stream of enlightenment was Moses, who was able to receive prophecy while still in possession of his routine faculties.
Thus, for Moses, wisdom and prophecy were equivalent chameleons, in a manner of speaking, co-existing together in a single stream of awareness.
How does this relate to the phrase above from the Bahir? Let's examine the phrase.
First, the word chochmah has a gematria of 73. Interestingly, the word הנביאה - "the prophetess" - from Shemot 15:20, also has a gematria of 73. Here then, in the awareness of "the prophetess", is where wisdom and prophecy merge into a single stream of consciousness. Here then, dwells the link to the messianic consciousness of Moses.
Second, a dynamic of this phrase can be observed in the numbers:
32 paths of wisdom (ויהוה)
500, upper hey of binah (נתן)
73, the single stream (חכמה and הנביאה) containing both wisdom and prophecy, where 73 has a digit sum of 10 and a final digit sum of 1 (malchut-keter connection permeating this messianic consciousness throughout all the sefirot)
405 (לשלמה) with a digit sum of 9 (ט), the value of the sefirah-vessel of peace
Taken together, the phrase impregnated with the single stream of messianic enlightenment begins with the Divine and ends contained in a vessel of Peace.
Footnote:
[1] The Advantage of Wisdom Over Prophecy, R' Yitzchak Ginsburgh
Labels: chochmah, gematria, messianic consciousness, moshe, nevuah