Sunday, September 19, 2021

The Meaning of "Agudah"

 


An insight that came to me on Yom Kippur.

אגדה
(it is spelled חסר)

What letter is missing in the sequence?

ב

Because two represents divisiveness, and separation, while three represents re-unification and integration.

See Maharal
Chiddushi Aggados
vol. 1 p. 20 , 44; vol. 2 p. 108; vol. 3 pp. 100, 210
Avos p. 119
Gevuros Hashem pp. 58, 98
(and many other places)

 Hence, the word has no ב.

Furthermore, 
spelled this way its gimatriya is 13 - אחד

Of course, לולב צריך אגד:

The 1 - esrog - א
And the 3- lulav, hadasim, aravos -ג
Equal the daled minim - ד