MNG: A Game going from Shattered Letters to National Unity.

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Click HERE to open the Link to See the ORIGINAL ARTICLE in Hebrew by Yosef Belo from the Holy City of Jerusalem, in the Holy Land of Israel.

Yosef is A True Friend of the Sanhedrin Initiative and we appreciate his insights and unique skills in looking into the Torah and extracting it's wisdom in unconventional ways.

This Article has been Translated to English and reformated by Sanhedrin Advisor Rabbi Yosef Edery.

Article summery:

This article embarks on a journey into the wisdom of the Holy Tongue (Hebrew), exploring how the very letters of Torah contain codes to understanding & healing humanity of the harms of conflict.

We will try and decode Gematria from the word "Geulah" (Redemption), reveal connections between baseless hatred (Sinas Chinam) and the contrasting strategic game of chess (Shachmat), and discover how the darkest struggles—as exemplified by the story of Joseph—conceal a potential for miraculous transformation (Pele).

By understanding the root causes of strife and its spiritual energies, we uncover the ability to lead others and ourselves on the path from division to personal and than communal unity (Piyus Leumi) and the ability of a collective, working as one heart under Hashem and his Torah Law.

In the beginning was the Word of Hashem.

In the Holy Tongue of Hebrew, words are far more than mere sounds;

they carry intricate vessels of divine energy, cosmic codes to be executed in the world deciphered into nature, the building blocks of the world, Hashem's Command.

The sages teach us that the Torah is the blueprint of creation, written in a language where every letter, every vowel, and every seemingly casual numerical value is a universe of meaning and actionable manifestation.

To study it is not merely to read history or law; it is to engage in the highest form of archaeology—excavating the soul of reality itself the "Dvar Hashem" which is the code manifesting creation itself in real time.

The grand adventure of "Sod HaLashon," the secret of the language is a journey based on what I call the "Gematria of Geulah (Redemption)."

As the great sage Rabi Yosef Chaim, the Ben Ish Chai of blessed memory reveals on the verse in Lamentations: to truly sweeten severe judgments, there must be unity. And he offers a stunning numerical proof: Ma (What?) = Adam (Man) = Lev Echad (One Heart) = Geulah (Redemption) = 45.

This immediately presents us with the central question of our generation:

How?

How do we, in our fractured state, achieve this elusive "one heart"? The answer, hidden within the letters themselves, is profound: Geulah (Redemption) can be read as L-[amad] Ga’avah—"one who has learned to rectify his arrogance with humility."

Only such a person, freed from the prison of the self, can truly love and achieve unity. To understand the problem is half the remedy. And to understand the deepest problems of the human spirit, we must look into the mirror of our holy language.

The Chessboard of Strife: Decoding "Sinas Chinam"

Let us turn to the most devastating force in Jewish history: Sinas Chinam, baseless hatred.

It is the force the sages identify as the root of our ancient exile. But what is it, at its core?

The language reveals a terrifying secret.

Take the phrase שנאת - חינם (Sinas Chinam).

Look first at the first letters: Shin (ש) and Chet (ח). Together, they form the root שח—which can mean conversation (Siach - שיח) or blackness/darkness (Shachor - שחור).

This is the first choice: will our interaction be one of speech or will it descend into the darkness of silence, alienation, and negativity?

Now, look at the final letters: Tav (ת) and Mem (מ). They form the word תם (Tam), meaning whole, complete, or innocent, but also מת (Met), meaning dead. This is the stark outcome: this energy can lead either to a state of wholesome completion or to a spiritual death, a withdrawal of light.

If we combine these outer letters—the catalysts and the outcomes—we arrive at a chilling word: שחמת (Shachmat).

The world knows this game as שחמט (Shachmat—Chess), spelled with a Tet, but the inner truth points to Tav, forming שח-מת (Shach-Met)—"black death" or "the king is dead."

This is no coincidence.

Chess is a metaphor for baseless hatred: a sophisticated, intellectual, yet utterly violent game of strategy where the entire goal is the domination and annihilation of the other king.

There is no dialogue, only moves. No connection, only calculation.

It is a universe of pure polarity: black versus white, us versus them, a cold war of egos where victory for one necessitates the utter defeat of the other.

This is the devastating result of Sinas Chinam.

It reduces the grand, divine tapestry of human relationship to a mere board game of control, coercion, and conquest.

It is a state where, as the letters hint, the Mashiach (מש[י]ח) is Met (מת)—hidden, concealed, his unifying light unable to manifest in a world addicted to conflict.

Interestingly, Iran - known for its strong connections to chess early in history. is currently in conflict with Israel in the dirty tactical ways just mentioned, power and coercion with expendable proxy wars all for a dark soulless goal, the eradication of the other.

While the people of Israel strive to connect with Hashem, and bring light, Justice, Truth, Unity and Love to the world, Iran has issue with this.

The Hidden Light: The "Pele" Within the Darkness

Yet, the Torah never shows us a problem without hiding the solution within it.

The inner letters of Sinas Chinam ( שנאת חינם) are:

In the first word נ (Nun) and than א (Alef) = 51

In the second word י (Yud) and נ (Nun) = 60

The gematria total = 111,

Now let's look at the word פלא (Pele)—wonder, which has the exact gematria of 111!

This is the secret:

even within the energy of baseless hatred, there is a hidden wonder, potential spark of Hashem's wonder waiting to be revealed.

יתרון האור הבא מן החושך

The advantage of the light which comes forth from the darkness.

How does this transformation occur?

The story of Yosef HaTzadik (Joseph the Righteous) is our guide.

Yosef began as an אלוף (Aluf)—a champion, a master.

He learned Torah directly from his father, Jacob, in an atmosphere of serene light.

The word Aluf (אלוף) itself is a lesson:

• א (Aleph) represents Hashem, the One.

• ל (Lamed) means to learn and to teach.

• פ (Peh) means mouth, representing speech, kingship, and presence ("Where am I? Po—Here"). Also Peh is the mouth, which is used for the full expression of the self via the spoken word.

Yosef was whole, dwelling in the "Peh" of "Aluf," connected to the Divine Head.

Then came the test.

He was thrown from the light into the אפל (Afel)—the darkness of the pit, slavery, and Egypt, a civilization built on denying the one God.

Notice the letters: the Aleph (God) is still there, but the Lamed (learning) and Peh (presence) have been thrown into disarray, creating darkness.

But Yosef did the miraculous.

He held onto his faith within that darkness.

He remembered his learning, he maintained his integrity, and he trusted in God even when God's face was completely hidden.

Because he held fast in the אפל (Darkness), he merited a promotion.

The letters rearranged themselves. The פ (Peh) and ל (Lamed) moved forward, and the א (Aleph) moved to the end, forming פלא (Pele)—a wonder!

This is the ultimate redemption. When a person—or a nation—maintains faith and humility not in spite of the darkness, but within it, they become God's greatest wonder.

As the verse says, "God does wonders alone."

He looks to His heavenly court and says, "See this person? See this nation? In the depth of the concealment, they clung to me. They are My Pele."

פלא"י

(Pelei) is thus an acronym for

Piyus Leumi Amiti Yisraeli

—True National Israeli Reconciliation.

This is the ultimate goal.

Reconciliation amongst the tribes of Israel itself, amongst our family, Islam and Edom which share a faith in Hashem, and amongst all the 70 nations of the world. Unity under Hashem and his Torah Law.

The Sanhedrin and the Path Forward

This deep, letter-based analysis is essential in seeing the unity in the torah, every letter and its numeric value, every millimeter of Hashem's bestowed energy, calculated in unity and humility, in a perfect dance of life which we can emulate and learn from in our conduct.

When we talk of perfection in Hashem's creation, it's a blend of Justice, Truth and Peace, and this, at root-level, is the work that a true Sanhedrin would be engaged in.

It is not about surface-level compromises, but about diagnosing the spiritual-energetic structures of our conflicts—the "chess games" we play with each other—and rearranging the letters back into a state of Pele, wonder and unity. Making everyone a "Aluf" for Hashem.

The solution begins with acknowledging the board. We are different. We have black squares and white squares on the board of our nation.

The choice is ours: will we see those differences as reasons for Shach-Met, a battle to the death?

Or will we learn the wisdom of the first and last letters—knowing when to speak (שיח) and when to be silent, and directing all our efforts toward a wholesome (תם) completion rather than a mutual spiritual death?

The path to Geulah, redemption, is the path of L-amod Ga'avah—working on our own arrogance and transforming it into humility.

It is about learning to see the divine Pele in our fellow Jew, or God fearing freinds even—and especially—when we see them as our opponent on the board.

May we all be blessed with a Shabbat of peace and introspection.

May we find the strength to seek truth, to love our fellows as ourselves, and to act with boldness in doing good and restraint from wrongdoing.

May our faith be strong, our hearts open, and may we merit to see the day when the hidden Pele within our nation shines forth, transforming all darkness into the brilliant light of true and lasting unity.

Shabbat Shalom.