Did You Know That

You probably know that there are five letters מ-נ-צ-פ-ך that have two ways of being written—one way in the middle or the beginning of the word and one way at the end of a word. But did you know that the Midrash Yalkut Shimoni (Lech Lecha), quoting Pirkei D’Rebbi Eliezer, teaches that these 5 “double letters” point to 5 redemptions - and for each geula the verse doubles the letter of that geula. Here are the 5 redemptions that the Midrash list, each one corresponding to its letter of מ-נ-צ-פ-ך:

• The geula of Avraham Avinu: “לך לך”.
• The geula of Yitzchik Avinu: “לך מעמנו כי עצמת ממנו מאד”.
• The geula of Yakov Avinu: “הצילני נא”.
• Yetzias Mitzrayim : “פקד פקדתי”.
• The Final Geula: “הנה איש צמח שמו ומתחתיו יצמח ובנה את היכל ה‘”