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so too, is the mitzvah to immerse in a mikveh a chok. Still, we can try to
be seaworthy, gaining clarity in this matter.
Rabbi Yishmael Kohen Gadol merited Hashem’s request for a blessing.
This was due to his mother’s mesirut nefesh in the mitzvah of mikveh.
At the time of Creation, Hashem separated between the Upper and the
Lower waters. As compensation for the Lower waters, He granted them
the mitzvah of nisuch hamayim and mikveh.The word (water) is
numerically equivalent to ninety. This is the sum of forty-five plus
forty-five. Hashem’s Name , with each letter spelled out, has the
gematria of forty-five. It is also the gematria of the word (man). By
purifying and sanctifying man, the waters have the ability to connect him
with his Creator. The letters of the word numerically equal forty,
ten, and forty. Two times forty allude to the forty days and forty nights
which Moshe spent in Shamayim in order to receive the Torah. The
number ten alludes to the Ten Commandments. Waters, therefore, connect
a person with Torah, affecting him with kedushah and taharah.

Our Sages (Bava Kama 17a) state, “Water is Torah.” Water flows
ceaselessly. Standing waters become putrid. A person is constantly
obligated to study Torah. Words of Torah should pour forth from him. If
he remains stagnant, he will turn sour, and may become involved in illicit