Torah is expressed both at the Wisdom and Understanding
levels; that being Chochmah and Binah which are associated to the attributes of
“YHVH” and “Elohim”. This teaches us
that the Torah is more than mere words.
It also has a Wisdom behind it that cannot be expressed just by the
words on the parchment. We can say the
Torah has a soul and in fact Judaism teaches this as well as the Torah itself.
Israel is told that they would be viewed as a “wise and
understanding nation” In Deuteronomy 4:6-7.
This wisdom is not from blind adherence to a set of rules but rather by
way of fathoming the Torah to the deeper levels beyond the words in the attempt
to discover the soul behind the Torah, The Light of the Torah, the thought of
creation, and then the Creator’s Will.
The written Torah is derived from understanding, that being
Binah. Through the study and
contemplation of the text we can derive the Wisdom that it comes from.
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