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endure. The Arizal relates that there are twelve gateways in Heaven,
corresponding to the Twelve Tribes, from whom Moshe took his leave in
parashat Vezot Haberachah.
The initials of the words is numerically equivalent to eleven,
intimating the exclusion of Shevet Shimon. This was in order to ward off
the Middat Hadin. The last word in the Torah is and the first word
is . The initials of these two words spell , the Twelve Tribes,
in whose merit the world stands. Shevet Shimon is still a vital part of the
Twelve Tribes.
“He became King over Yeshurun when the
heads of the nation gathered”
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