While in the Brit Bein HaBetarim (Beraishit 15:13-6) we hear about God’s Master Plan with respect to the Jewish people going into exile and then being redeemed, one Midrashic source suggests that there was a secret tradition regarding the code words that would identify the individual who would serve as God’s Representative when the time for redemption arrived:
Pirkei D’Rabbi Eliezer, Chapt. 47.
R. Eliezer says: The five letters (of the Hebrew alphabet) that are doubled (i.e., there are two forms of the letter), all of them represent redemption—
כ, ך Our father, Avraham was redeemed from Uhr Kasdim, as it is said (Beraishit 12:1) “Lech Lecha MeiArtzecha…”
מ, ם Our father Yitzchak was redeemed by them from the hands of the Philistines, as it is said (Ibid. 26:16) “Leich MeiImanu…”
נ, ן Our father Yaakov was redeemed by them, as it is said (Ibid. 32:12) “HaTzileini Na MiYad Achi…”
פ, ף Our fathers were redeemed by them from Egypt, as it is said (Shemot 3:16) “Pakod Pakadeti Etchem…”
צ,ץ By these in the future, the Holy One, Blessed Be He, will Redeem Yisrael from the servitude of the four kingdoms, saying to them “Tzemach Tzamachti Lachem”, as it is said, (Zecharya 6:12) “VeAmarta Eilav Koh Amar HaShem Tzvakot Leimor Henei Ish Tzemach Shemo U’MiTachtav Yitzmach…”
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