Like two lovers who make peace (Vayikra)

After Moses spoke to God, his face radiated light, which people could not look at directly. The power of this light was 1,000. How do we know that? In Hebrew, the word "thousand" is "elef." The word close to it is "alef," the first letter of the alphabet. The Hebrew spelling of "one" and "thousand" is the same: אלף.

The "falling out" of God and Moses was repaired through Moses' prayers and the building of the Temple. When the Temple was finished, God called Moses for a conversation.

In Hebrew, "he called" is Vayikra, וַיִּקְרָא.

The Alef, which used to signify 1,000 and measured the light of Moses' face, became small. It was reduced 1,000 times. That was the effect of the Golden Calf. The Torah, spelling the letter alef small, reminds of the previous problematic act.

Moses (Moshe) represents two spiritual entities who give birth to the souls of the righteous. The summary of the calculations shows that the name Moses is the sum of these two spiritual entities:

אחור יסוד אבא

פנים יסוד אמא

קפד = 184

קסא = 161

345 = םשה (Moshe)

Using these and other connections, Kabbalists give meaning to the words of their prayers and make them more powerful.

Art: Galatea of the Spheres by Dali

He will die two times (Mishpatim)

"One who hits a man so that he dies will be killed two times" is the death penalty in the Torah. Literally, it says, "he will be killed, killed," and that is usually translated as "he will surely be put to death." Why is it two times, and what more is the Torah conveying?

Moses was the reincarnation of Abel. In the Torah, Moses is called "man." The Jews called him that when they said, "This man Moses, we do not know what happened to him." So when the Torah says "one who hits a man," it means Abel and his reincarnation, Moses.

The first murder in the Torah is Cain killing Abel. Since Abel was later reincarnated as Moses, and Cain was reincarnated as that Egyptian whom Moses killed, then this was the first time. The second time happened when Cain was reincarnated as Korach. Moses killed him again by making the ground swallow him.

One can notice how precisely the judgment is meted out. Cain hid Abel in the ground. Corresponding to that. Moses covered the Egyptionan with sand. With Korach, Moses made the earth swallow him to make the message very clear.

Art: Cain and Abel by Titian

Take the Torah, Or Else... (Jethro)

Jews did not have much choice when offered the Torah. God told them that if they did not accept it, He would destroy the world and turn it back to void. 

To make the offer actionable, God formulated it as such: "And it was on the third day" (בהית הבקר ויהי). The first letters of these three words spell bohu (בהו) - which implies destruction.

(Incidentally, other nations were also offered the Torah but refused it as not fitting their nature.)

Art: Moses with the Tablets by Guido Reni

Travel to Israel for burial (Beshalach)

Moses took Joseph's remains with him from Egypt to Israel. That was not easy. Egyptians buried Joseph in a metal coffin in the river Nile. However, Moses came to this place and said, "Ox, come up!" And Joseph's coffin floated up. 

Earlier, when Joseph told Egyptians to get circumcised, he also converted them. Moses cared for them and took them out of Egypt. These were the "mixed multitude" who went together with the Jews out of Egypt. Since Joseph started their conversion process, he now merited to see the mitzvah to the end.

Even though the mixed multiple caused multiple troubles to the Jewish people, they nevertheless represent the purpose for which the Jews ended up in the dispersion - to collect these souls and bring them back.

Art: The Water of the Nile by Frederick Goodall

Finger of God (Vayera)

When Moses turned the dust into lice, the Egyptian magicians could not repeat this feat. Until now, they could duplicate the plagues, what with the snakes and blood, but lice were out of their reach. They said in explanation, "This is the finger of God."

It is well known that magicians were operating through demons. Since demons cannot control objects smaller than a barleycorn, they could not reproduce this feat. However, what led them to believe that God was involved and not, say, Moses's magic?

The answer lies in the name of God, אלהים. The possible permutations of the letters of God's name number 120. Like this:

אלהים

אלהמי

אלמיה

אלמהי

...

Since the first letter can be one of 5, the following letter one of 4, and so on, you end up with 5*4*3*2*1=120 permutations. The Gematria (numerical value) of "lice" (כנים) is 120. That is how the magicians knew.

Pharaoh's death also came through this. Even evil people are sustained by God, albeit unwillingly. Pharaoh's sustenance came from the last two letters of God's name. Pharaoh was drowned in the Red Sea (ים סופ). The Red Sea combined the last two letters of God's name (ים) with the word (סוף), meaning "end."

Art: Pharaoh and His Army Drowning in the Red Sea by David Colijns