The scripture in the Torah
in Exodus 28:36 gives
an amazing revelation about
the Crown of Holiness.
“And you shall make a ‘ Plate’ Tsits (pronounced tseets)
ציץ
of pure gold and engrave (open) פתחת
upon it like the engravings (openings) פתוחי
of a signet (seal) חותם ,
Holiness to HASHEM. ” קדוש ליהוה
ועשית ציץ זהב טהור
ופתחת עליו פתוחי
חותם
קודש ליהוה
This ‘Plate’ Tsits ציץ
is placed upon Aaron’s mitre
which is placed upon his forehead.
In other words, it affects his mind.
Exodus 28:37-38.
“And you shall put on
a blue lace
that it may be upon the mitre;
upon the forefront
of the the mitre it shall be.
And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead.”
ושמת אתו על
פתיל תכלת
והיה על המצנפת
אל מול פני המצנפת יהיה:
והיה על מצח אהרן:
The revelation is here
that the holiness קודש
opens פתח up the mind,
and takes away all boundaries,
and gives limitless possibilities
to the mind (intellect) to roam freely
in G-d’s thoughts.
Holiness allows the person
to clearly perceive
and master ideas, languages,
knowledge, concepts, abstractions, and codes
with EASE.
These were previously thought
to be too difficult, but they suddenly
become easy to master
in the environment and atmosphere
of the essence of the Holiness of HASHEM,
and the incomparable beauty of His Holiness.
The mind of the person
blossoms יציץ.
This is the essence of ‘Genius’.
It leads to the worship of HASHEM,
the true worship in
the beauty of his holiness.
Psalm 96:9 and Psalm 29:2.
“Worship HASHEM
in the beauty of Holiness.”
השתחוו ליהוה
בהדרת קודש:
In the Holiness of HASHEM
this ‘genius’ opens up
as a flower opens up its petals
of tender beauty and glory.
This is revealed by the Torah
because the Hebrew word used
in the scripture for ‘Plate’ is
the word ‘Tsits’ ציץ.
This word is used in other
places in scripture for the
opening of flowers.
Isaiah 40:6.
“The voice said, Cry.
and he said, What shall I cry?
All flesh is grass,
and all the goodliness thereof
is as the flower (tsits) of the field.“
קול אמר קרא
ואמר מה אקרא
כל הבשר חציר
וכל חסדו כציץ השדה :
Also Psalm 103:15.
“As for man,
his days are as grass:
As a flower (tsits) of the field,
so he blooms (yatsits). “
אנוש כחציר ימיו
כציץ השדה כן יציץ :
As the flower blooms
and opens up in its beauty,
so the mind of man opens up
in the beauty of the Holiness of HASHEM.
The man understands all things,
and all things become easy
to comprehend and master.
The things the person learns
and comprehends become
fixed and secure in his understanding.
They belong to him.
He does not forget them,
or lose his ability and understanding,
neither do they fade away with time.
This is why the Hebrew uses the word
for engrave chotem חותם as
a signet or as seal engraved in stone:
and this is placed on the forehead.
The Scripture describes this comprehension,
in one of the great petitions
of the servant of HASHEM.
“For this cause I bow my knees
to the Father of our King and Lord,
the Messiah Yeshua המשיח ישוע,
of whom the whole family
in heaven and earth is named,
that He would grant you,
according to the riches of His glory,
to be strengthened with might
by His Spirit in the inner man;
that the Messiah המשיח may dwell
in your hearts by faith;
that you, being rooted and grounded
in love of HASHEM אהבת יהוה,
may be able to comprehend
with all His holy ones,
what is the breadth, and length,
and depth, and height;
and to know the love of the Messiah
אהבת המשיח
which passes knowledge,
that you might be filled with
all the fullness of HASHEM.“
משום כך כורע אני
על ברכי לפני האב
אשר קרא שם לכל משפחה
בשמים ובארץ:
שיתן לכם כוח
כפי עשר כבודו
להתחזק על ידי רוחו
באדם הפנימי שלכם
כדי שישכון המשיח בלבבכם
על ידי האמונה
ותהיו משרשים ומיסדים
באהבת יהוה:
כך תוכלו להבין
יחד עם כל הקדושים
מה הרוחב
והאורך
והגובה
והעומק
ולדעת את אהבת המשיח
הנשגבה מדעת
למען תמלאו
בכל מלוא האלהים:
The breadth, the length,
the depth, and the height,
mentioned here describe
the totality of knowledge.
And this is what the mind is
opened up to comprehend.
But the love אהבה
of the Messiah המשיח
surpasses even this.
This brings us to the next point
of the revelation, which is the crown.
The Holy Crown.
In Exodus 29:7 the golden plate
ציץ הזהב (tsits hazahav)
is called a holy crown נזר הקודש .
or a crown of holiness and
it is placed upon the mitre מצנפת (mitznephet).
“And you (Moses) shall put the mitre
upon Aaron’s head,
and put the holy crown upon the mitre. “
ושמת המצנפת על ראשו
ונתת את נזר הקודש על המצנפת:
The Hebrew word used here for crown
is the word nezer נזר .
This is the same word which is used
for Nazarite נזיר but it is put
in the causative Hebrew tense.
The Torah indicates that when
a person in Israel takes upon himself
the vow of the Nazarite,
that he is actually putting
the crown of holiness upon his head
as Moses put the crown
upon the head of Aaron.
As a result all limitations are erased,
and the person is filled
with the power of HASHEM.
This happens when a person
puts on the mind
of the Messiah Yeshua המשיח ישוע;
the person becomes filled with
all the fullness of HASHEM.
Samson indicated this was
the source of his ability and power
when he revealed his secret to Delilah.
Judges 16:17.
“That he told her all his heart,
and said to her,
There has not come a razor
upon my head,
for I have been
a Nazarite unto Elokim
from my mother’s womb:
if I be shaven, then my strength
will go from me,
and I will be weak (or common)
and be like any other man.”
ויגד לה את כל לבו
ויאמר לה
מורה לא עלה על ראשי
כי נזיר אלהים אני
מבטן אמי
אם גלחתי
וסר ממני כוחי
וחליתי
והייתי ככל האדם:
The nezer נזר was a crown
upon Samson’s head,
and he had power כוח
and strength without limit.
But when the crown was removed,
he became weak or chall חל,
a Hebrew word taken from the root
meaning common or ordinary.
This word is often used to distinguish
ordinary days from sabbath days.
This is further distinguished in the Torah
in Numbers 6:1-2,7-8.
“And HASHEM spoke to Moses, saying,
Speak to the children of Israel,
and say to them,
When either man or woman
shall separate themselves,
to vow a vow of a Nazarite,
to separate themselves to HASHEM:”
וידבר יהוה אל משה לאמר:
דבר אל בני ישראל
ואמרת אלהם
איש או אשה
כי יפלא לנדר נדר נזיר
להזיר ליהוה:
“Because the crown (nezer)
of his G-d is upon his head.
All the days of his separation
he is holy to HASHEM.”
כי נזר אלהיו על ראשו:
כל ימי נזרו
קדש הוא ליהוה:
The Torah connects the Nazarite crown to the
crown of Aaron
with a blue thread,
and all things become possible
to the one who believes HASHEM.
The crown of Aaron and the Anointing
In the Torah in Exodus 29:7
the Anointing oil is poured upon
the head of Aaron after
the crown is in place.
It soaks mitre (mitznephet) מצנפת
and imbues it because the mitre
is made out of cloth.
“And you shall put the mitre
upon his head,
and put the holy crown נזר הקודש
upon the mitre.
then you shall take the
Anointing oil,
and pour it upon his head,
and anoint him.”
ושמת המצנפת על ראשו
ונתת את נזר הקודש
על המצנפת:
ולקחת את שמן המשחה
ויצקת על ראשו
ומשחת אותו:
This happens when we receive
the Messiah Yeshua המשיח ישוע:
we become acceptable to HASHEM;
we receive the crown of holiness,
which the mind of the Messiah;
we become anointed to HASHEM
when He pours out the Holy Spirit
upon our heads.
This anointing of the Holy Spirit
soaks into our minds
and our very being becomes changed
into the image of HASHEM.
All things become possible to us.
This is the glorious door or gate שער
into the salvation of HASHEM,
which He crafted by Himself
in the Messiah Yeshua המשיח ישוע.
Thus we who believe are given
an abundant entrance to
the kingdom of HASHEM מלכות יהוה.
We become kings and priests to HASHEM.
We are cleansed by the blood
of the Messiah המשיח.
We become partakers
of the holiness of HASHEM.
We are clothed in
garments made of linen,
which is the Righteousness of HASHEM.
We are able to comprehend
the length, and the height,
and the breadth, and the depth,
and to know the love אהבה
of the Messiah המשיח
which surpasses all knowledge.
Our capabilities in HASHEM have no bounds,
and are infinite,
and we are filled with
all the fullness of HASHEM.
Inside the Holiness of HASHEM
there is a freshness of newness.
This is the dew of youth,
or the dew of the Resurrection.
The rod of Aaron and
the crown of Holiness
When rebellion rose up
in the children of Israel בני ישראל
in the rebellion of Korah,
HASHEM told Moses to take
twelve rods of the
twelve tribes, for each
tribe a rod.
The rod of Aaron was
the only rod that budded and bloomed,
and produced a crop of almonds.
The Hebrew words for ‘bloom’
Yatsets Tsits יצץ ציץ
connect the rod of Aaron
to the crown Tsits ציץ of Aaron.
Numbers 17:8.
“And Moses spoke to the children of Israel,
and every one of their princes gave him
a rod apiece,
for each prince one,
according to their fathers’ houses,
even twelve rods;
and the rod of Aaron
was among the rods.
And Moses laid up the rods
before HASHEM
in the tabernacle of witness.
And it came to pass,
that on the morrow Moses
went into the tabernacle of witness;
and behold, the rod of Aaron
for the house of Levi was budded,
and brought forth buds,
and blossomed blossoms ויצץ ציץ ,
and yielded almonds ויגמול שקדים. “
וידבר משה אל בני ישראל
ויתנו אליו כל נשיאיהם
מטה לנשיא
אחד מטה לנשיא
אחד לבית אבתם
שנים עשר מטות
ומטה אהרן בתוך מטותם:
וינח משה את המטות
לפני יהוה באהל העדת:
ויהי ממחרת
ויבא משה אל אהל העדות
והנה פרח מטה אהרן לבית לוי
ויצא פרח
ויצץ ציץ
ויגמל שקדים:
Now each rod which
is the same Hebrew word
for scepter, represents
the authority of each tribe.
The rod of Aaron could have been
the same rod Aaron used
to perform the miracles [the ten plagues]
in Egypt.
For the Torah says
“And the rod of Aaron
was AMONG their rods.”
We see that the authority of Aaron
was connected to the crown of Holiness.
The Torah says this blossoming
of the rod yielded almonds.
The Hebrew word for ‘yield’
which the Torah uses here
is the word yeegmol יגמול.
The Torah uses this word
and not another word here
for a specific reason.
This is the same word that
David the king uses to describe
himself in Psalm 131:2.
“Surely I have behaved
and quieted myself,
as a child that is weaned
gamool גמול
of his mother,
my soul is even
as a weaned child
gamool גמול .”
אם לא שויתי ודוממתי
נפשי כגמול עלי
אמו
כגמול עלי נפשי:
This phrase in Hebrew is
composed of seven words,
and has a beautiful mathematical
symmetry, with the word
‘mother’ in the middle.
נפשי כגמול עלי אמו כגמול עלי נפשי
1 2 2 1
Thus using the word gamool גמול
the Torah links
the authority of the house of Aaron
to do miracles to
the Messiah המשיח
and the house of David.
This is why Yeshua ישוע came
performing miracles:
cleansing the lepers,
healing the sick,
making the lame to walk,
straightening up those bowed over,
raising the dead,
and casting out devils.
The Messiah המשיח IS THE ROCK הצור
that Moses smote and water flowed out;
the rock that is full of satisfying honey
as the Psalmist said.
Psalm 81:17.
“HASHEM will feed them
with the finest of wheat,
and with honey out of the rock
I will satisfy them (make them full).”
ויאכילהו מחלב חטה
ומצור דבש אשביעך:
As David fed upon the sincere milk
of the Word of HASHEM
which is without guile,
so every believer in the
Messiah Yeshua משיח ישוע
feeds on the milk
of the Word of HASHEM.
The mind of the Messiah
blossoms in the mind of every
believer;
nothing is impossible;
there are no limitations.
The authority of the Messiah
rests in the hand of
every believer in him.
Every believer has the
authority in him
to perform miracles.
This is a sign אות to Israel.
Numbers 17:10.
The Hebrew word for sign
is composed of the first and the last
letters of the Hebrew alphabet,
with the letter vav ו in the middle.
The first and the last
indicates the Messiah המשיח
and the VAV ו indicates
deity and the power to perform miracles.
Every one who is part of
the Messiah Yeshua המשיח ישוע
has this power.