Thursday, May 24, 2018

Gan Eden

I LOVE learning the tshuvos of Chacham Ovadiah. They are so clear and understandable and he quotes [in יביע אומר] a few hundred sfarim giving you the feeling that you really have a broad grasp of the issues. It is so sweet. How about this? עבדיה יוסף is gematria גן עדן בחיים. [He used to write עובדיה with a "ו" but had a dream where the Mekubal Rav Ovadiah Hadaya said "why do you write עבדיה with a "ו"? Without a "ו" the gematria of עבדיה is 91 - the שמות of הוי"ה and אדנות". From then on he wrote עבדיה without a "ו" - From Rav Meir Mazuz Shlita].