Probablemente todos conozcan los famosos códigos de la biblia. La idea básica es la de analizar el texto de la Torá como una serie de letras, ordenarlo como una matriz de diferentes maneras y extraer «mensajes secretos» encerrados en el Divino texto. Hasta hay libros escritos con estos «mensajes» y nombres como Kennedy, Clinton, etc.
Sinceramente no creo en esto. No porque la Torá no contenga en sí todo lo que hubo, hay y habrá (ya que es el plano de la Creación toda) sino porque hay un pequeño problema: ¿qué pasaría si, combinando las letras de tal o cual manera, encontrase un mensaje que me dijese que debo transgredir un precepto de la Torá misma? …
From a deeper perspective, there is Gematria, which states that each letter of the Hebrew alphabet corresponds to a number. Thus, each word (formed by letters) has a number (the sum of its letters). Two words (or phrases) with the same sum of letters have a relationship to each other.
All these systems are like windows to wonder. It's like peeking through a keyhole and waking up to what's happening on the other side. There is incredible perfection in God's Creation.
However, this week's Torah portion presents something much simpler, without resorting to any of the methods described. Regarding land animals suitable for kosher consumption, the signs are: chewing the cud and cloven-hoofed. The Torah then describes four animals that possess only one of these signs: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit (they chew the cud but do not have cloven hooves), and the pig (it has cloven hooves but does not chew the cud). What a marvel! To this day, no other animals on earth, besides those mentioned, have been found to possess only one of the signs of kosher land animals.
Como dice el Salmista (119:18): «Abre mis ojos y veré maravillas de Tu Torá»