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

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