Tell The Truth

We will have to tell the truth. What will we say?

We will point to our leader, to Rosh HaMemshala, and say: A leader should be such. He does not elevate himself. He refers to G-d. We will point at the government institutions, and say: So should the government work. The rules are just, the poor are taken care of. We will point to the Justice system, and say: Such are true judges. Of course, we have to first make something to point at.

We will point at Nature. We will tell about evolution and HaShem, the G-d of Israel. They know about evolution, but not about evolution and the G-d of Israel. Of course, we will first have to tell ourselves.

And we will explain that the five books of Moses are a projection of our collective experience. They became "alive" as time went on. History has a different story, although "we" did come from Mitsrayim. Of course, first we have to believe it.

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Shmuel

David was not the only one who did not know Avraham and Yitzchak. In the whole book of Shmuel, Avraham and Yitzchak are not found: The author of Shmuel did not know them, just as David did not know them. Because, they were not invented yet, or they were in the province of others.

The new Torah that will come out of Zion, will be based on the truth. Nothing else will save us. The goyim will come to chase us, also in Israel, until we will say the truth. Not stories, like the religious are wont to do. Not nothing as the Chilonim tend to do. We have to tell the truth. Until that time, G-d will not hear us. The seal of G-d, the G-d of Israel, is Truth.

The Deeper Question

Yalkut Shimoni, Tehilim 247, has a question. Why does it say about Ya'akov that he wlll rejoice, and about Yisrael that he will be glad? Why are the other Avot, Avraham and Yitschak, not mentioned in Tehilim 14? The teruts given by Yalkut Shimoni is not important.

What is important is the question. The deeper question is why Avraham and Yitschak are not mentioned anywhere, doing anything, in the first book of Tehilim? And the answer seems obvious: David did not know them.

This would also answer the question of Yalkut Shimoni, but, well, it is not a very orthodox answer.

Tehilim 14

For the Leader. [A Psalm] of David.
The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God';
they have dealt corruptly, they have done abominably; there is none that doeth good.

The LORD looked forth from heaven upon the children of men,
to see if there were any man of understanding, that did seek after God.

They are all corrupt, they are together become impure; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Shall not all the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD?'

There are they in great fear; for God is with the righteous generation.

Ye would put to shame the counsel of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge.

Oh that the salvation of Israel
were come out of Zion! When the LORD turneth the captivity of His people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

The Bnei David

The emergence of the Bnei David, with their scientific worldview, will be great shock. Having established the existence of G-d, the question is how they will proceed. They will compete with the Sanhedrin of Ezra, with the Bnei Ezra, with the traditional wordview. They will accept one thing, and reject the other. They will reject what they earlier accepted, and accept what they earlier rejected. All according to the scientific worldview.

Until the Bnei Ezra, the sons of Yosef, will become sons of David. And the sons of David will become sons of Yosef. But know, the former is more true than the latter.

Yom HaAtzma'ut

Why did Ben Gurion merit to start the Medina? Why did the religious, the founders of the old Yishuv, not merit to start the Medina? Is it not the truth which is supposed to start the Jewish State? Yes, only the truth will lead to the Geula. What then does Ben Gurion have that the religious do not have?

The deep truth of Ben Gurion is the truth of the Haskala, which is science, in the wide sense of the word, the scientific worldview. The essential difference between David Ben (Gurion) and the frum, is the scientific worldview.

And the clash surely exists. The scientific worldview contradicts Tenach. The clash seems unbridgeable. And that is why David Ben Gurion is known as a Chiloni Jew. What is the alternative? Clearly, there is no alternative. Or is there?

There is a big secret. The teaching of David, his Torah, the Torah of HaShem, is apparently in almost total opposition to the teaching of Ezra HaSofer, and everything that comes from him. Yet, included in Tenach, given to us by "Ezra HaSofer," is Sefer Tehilim, really five different Sefarim. The first Sefer, Tehilim 1 thru 41, is the core of the teaching of David.

Forget all you know, and read it, and become a "Ben David." If you ever wondered how G-d can let so many Chiloni Jews exist, here is the answer: It is easy for the Chiloni hebrew speaking Jew to become a Ben David.

והיה לארבעה ראשים

The 24 hours, of Shabbat, can also be divided in logarithmically equal parts, as follows, in line with this. Read it for further details:

16! + 35750*29*2^14 = 35750^2*2^14
15!*2^2 + 35750*29*2^12 = 35750^2*2^12
15! + 35750*29*2^10 = 35750^2*2^10
15!/2^2 + 35750*29*2^8 = 35750^2*2^8

והיה לארבעה ראשים

15!/2^4+ 35750*29*2^6 = 35750^2*2^6
15!/2^6 + 35750*29*2^4 = 35750^2*2^4
15!/2^8 + 35750*29*2^2 = 35750^2*2^2
15!/2^10 + 35750*29 = 35750^2

והיה לארבעה ראשים

16!*2^16 + (16384*29)^2 = (16384*71471)^2
16!*2^14 + (8192*29)^2 = (8192*71471)^2
16!*2^12 + (4096*29)^2 = (4096*71471)^2
16!*2^10 + (2048*29)^2 = (2048*71471)^2
16!*2^8 + (1024*29)^2 = (1024*71471)^2
16!*2^6 + (512*29)^2 = (512*71471)^2
16!*2^4 + (256*29)^2 = (256*71471)^2
16!*2^2 + (128*29)^2 = (128*71471)^2

והיה לארבעה ראשים

16! + (64*29)^2 = (64*71471)^2
15!*2^2 + (32*29)^2 = (32*71471)^2
15! + (16*29)^2 = (16*71471)^2
15!/2^2 + (8*29)^2 = (8*71471)^2
15!/2^4 + (4*29)^2 = (4*71471)^2
15!/2^6 + (2*29)^2 = (2*71471)^2
15!/2^8 + (29)^2 = (71471)^2
15!/2^10 + (29/2)^2 = (71471/2)^2

והיה לארבעה ראשים

אודך כי עניתני ותהי־לי לישועה׃
אבן מאסו הבונים היתה לראש פנה׃
מאת יהוה היתה זאת היא נפלאת בעינינו׃
זה־היום עשה יהוה נגילה ונשמחה בו׃

HaShem, Thou G-d of Truth

For the Leader. A Psalm of David.

In thee, O LORD, have I taken refuge; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Thy righteousness.

Incline Thine ear unto me, deliver me speedily;
be Thou to me a rock of refuge, even a fortress of defence, to save me.

For Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for Thy name's sake lead me and guide me.

Bring me forth out of the net that they have hidden for me; for Thou art my stronghold.

Into Thy hand I commit my spirit; Thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, Thou God of truth.

I hate them that regard lying vanities; but I trust in the LORD.

I will be glad and rejoice in Thy lovingkindness;
for Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast taken cognizance of the troubles of my soul,

And Thou hast not given me over into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a broad place.

Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I am in distress;
mine eye wasteth away with vexation, yea, my soul and my body.

For my life is spent in sorrow, and my years in sighing;
my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a dread to mine acquaintance;
they that see me without flee from me.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a useless vessel.

For I have heard the whispering of many, terror on every side;
while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

But as for me, I have trusted in Thee, O LORD; I have said: 'Thou art my God.'

My times are in Thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; save me in Thy lovingkindness.

O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon Thee; let the wicked be ashamed, let them be put to silence in the nether-world.

Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

Oh how abundant is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee;
which Thou hast wrought for them that take their refuge in Thee, in the sight of the sons of men!

Thou hidest them in the covert of Thy presence from the plottings of man;
Thou concealest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Blessed be the LORD; for He hath shown me His wondrous lovingkindness in an entrenched city.

As for me, I said in my haste: 'I am cut off from before Thine eyes';
nevertheless Thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto Thee.

O love the LORD, all ye His godly ones;
the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully repayeth him that acteth haughtily.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that wait for the LORD.

(Tehilim 31)

Aleph Beth

Happy is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water,
that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.

Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?

The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD, and against His anointed:

'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.'

He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, the Lord hath them in derision.

Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure:

'Truly it is I that have established My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.'

I will tell of the decree: the LORD said unto me: 'Thou art My son, this day have I begotten thee.

Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'

Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth.

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled.
Happy are all they that take refuge in Him.

Vayevarech David

And David blessed Hashem in the presence of the entire congregation; David said, "Blessed are You, Hashem, the G-d of Israel our forefather from This World to the World to Come. Yours, Hashem, is the greatness, the strength, the splendor, the triumph, and the glory, even everything in heaven and earth; Yours, Hashem, is the kingdome, and the sovereignty over every leader. Wealth and honor come from You and You rule everything - in Your hand is power and strength and it is in Your hand to make anyone great or strong. So now, our G-d, we thank You and praise Your splendrous Name." It is You alone, Hashem, You have made the heaven, the most exalted heaven and all their legions, the earth and everything upon it, the seas and everything in them and You give them all life; the heavenly legions bow bow to You.

- A blessing by David, from Divrei Hayamim I: 29, 10-13. The last sentence is from Nechemia 9:6. In the Siddur, the prayer, Veyevarech David, goes on saying things David would never have said. So I leave it at this.

David's Song

For the Leader. [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD,
who spoke unto the LORD the words of this song
in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul;

And he said: I love thee, O LORD, my strength.

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
my God, my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.

Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies.

The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.

The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God;
out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came before Him unto His ears.

Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations also of the mountains did tremble;
they were shaken, because He was wroth.

Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour;
coals flamed forth from Him.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.

And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He did swoop down upon the wings of the wind.

He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him;
darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

At the brightness before Him, there passed through His thick clouds hailstones and coals of fire.

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire.

And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them; and He shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.

And the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare,
at Thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Thy nostrils.

He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.

He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all His ordinances were before me, and I put not away His statutes from me.

And I was single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;

With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.

For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.

For Thou dost light my lamp; the LORD my God doth lighten my darkness.

For by Thee I run upon a troop; and by my God do I scale a wall.

As for God, His way is perfect;
the word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.

For who is God, save the LORD? And who is a Rock, except our God?

The God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way straight;

Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;

Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation, and Thy right hand hath holden me up; and Thy condescension hath made me great.

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.

I have smitten them through, so that they are not able to rise; they are fallen under my feet.

For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, and I did cut off them that hate me.

They cried, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but He answered them not.

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known serve me.

As soon as they hear of me, they obey me; the sons of the stranger dwindle away before me.

The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places.

The LORD liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation;

Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and subdueth peoples under me.

He delivereth me from mine enemies; yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.

Great salvation giveth He to His king;
and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.

II Samuel 22; Psalm 18; Today's Haftara.