The Holy Name of eleven letters

Synopsis

Rabbi Shimon tells us about the eleven letters in the Hebrew sentence, "Heal her now, El, I pray You," and says that Moses prayed such a short prayer so as not to burden God too much with his own family concerns. God wished for the glory of Moses because He always prefers the honor of the Just to His own honor. We are reminded that in the World to Come God will avenge the humiliation that was inflicted on the children of Yisrael, and he will make Yisrael happy with the gladness of Zion.

Hebrew Letters Holy Name Idolatry Moses Prayer Righteous World to Come, The Zion

150. "And Moses cried to Hashem, saying, 'Heal her now, El, I pray You'" (Bemidbar 12:13). This has already been explained. This is the secret meaning of the Holy Name of eleven letters, MEANING THE ELEVEN LETTERS THAT ARE IN THE WORDS "HEAL HER NOW, EL, I PRAY YOU." Moses did not wish to pray further because he did not wish to encumber the King too much with his own family. That is why the Holy One, blessed be He, delighted in the glory of Moses. The Holy One, blessed be He, always prefers the honor of the righteous to His own. In the World to Come, the Holy One, blessed be He, will avenge the humiliation that the idolatrous nations inflicted on Yisrael, and He will make Yisrael happy with the gladness of Zion, as it is written: "therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion..." (Yirmeyah 31:11). Then, "to Zion a Redeemer shall come..." (Yeshayah 59:20).

150. וְיִצְעַק מֹשֶׁה אֶל יְיָ' לֵאמֹר אֵל נָא רְפָא נָא לָהּ. הָא אוּקְמוּהָ, וְהוּא רָזָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא, מֵחַד סְרֵי אַתְוָון, וְלָא בָּעָא מֹשֶׁה לְצַלָּאָה יַתִּיר, בְּגִין דְּעַל דִּידֵיהּ לְמַלְכָּא לָא בָּעֵי לְאַטְרְחָא יַתִּיר. בג"כ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בָּעָא עַל יְקָרָא דְּמֹשֶׁה. וּבְכָל אֲתָר קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בָּעָא עַל יְקָרֵיהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָּיא, יַתִּיר עַל דִּילֵיהּ. וּלְזִמְנָא דְּאָתֵי, עָתִיד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְמִתְבַּע עֶלְבּוֹנָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעַמִּין עכו"ם, וּלְמֵחֱדֵי לוֹן בְּחֶדְוָותָא דְּצִיּוֹן. דִּכְתִּיב וּבָאוּ וְרִנְּנוּ בִמְרוֹם צִיּוֹן וְגוֹ.' וּכְדֵין וּבָא לְצִיּוֹן גּוֹאֵל וְגוֹ.'