A Blemish
The numerical value of chometz (חמץ) is 138. This is the same as the numerical value for pegimah (פגימה), the word for blemish. Whoever eats chometz on Pesach thus blemishes his neshoma.
(Rabbi Yaakov Culi)
אַשְׂכִּילָה בְּדֶרֶךְ תָּמִים
The numerical value of chometz (חמץ) is 138. This is the same as the numerical value for pegimah (פגימה), the word for blemish. Whoever eats chometz on Pesach thus blemishes his neshoma.
posted by A Simple Jew @ 4:38 AM
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