Thursday, March 5, 2015

A Minhag Kadum

We propose to kind of reestablish a Minhag Kadum, in the separate blog, by having a background reading of the Torah Kedumah, which is the Torah of Yetsira, being as much from the left as from the right, starting at the beginning of Nissan, until the end of Adar (Beth) three years later, i.e., a triennial cycle. The reading of the Torah Kedumah takes maximally 38 months, which is 160 weeks, and then the cycle starts anew.

As noted before, the Torah Kedumah, the Torah of the world of Yetsira, has 25600 real words, which is 100*2^8, which is 160*160 (noting that 160=5*2^5).

Therefore, the natural division of the Torah Kedumah is in units of 160 words, and there are 160 readings of this kind!

There are two instances of long three years of 38 months, in 57 years. The other three years are all normal, 37 months. In a normal cycle, we read the final batch of readings the last Shabbat of Adar (Beth). In a long cycle, of 38 months, there is no such need.

We will post the weekly readings, every week, with a translation into English. The format of a post that contains a reading is Kedumah N (X) Y, where N is the index and goes from 1 to 160, and X is the number of words until now, that is, by approximation X = 160*N. The value of Y is the exact number of words in the reading, being around 160. A reference to a reading has the form Kedumah n: y, which shall mean word number y of Kedumah n.

Finally, the closed paragraph sign is represented by a new line. and open paragragh sign by a new line plus a carriage return, that is, by an open, blank, line.