An Odd Day

President Obama unveiled more than 100 cuts within his proposed new budget this morning, their sum total–$17 billion; also, Thursday, 5/7/09, features three consecutive odd numbers. It is one of only six such dates this century that will feature three consecutive odd numbers.

Today is definitely an odd day, but the number 17 is the gematria of Tov/Good; the 5-7-9 equals 21 which is the gematria of Ehiya–God’s Futuristic Name Aleph-Hey-Yud-Hay. The Conclusion is: odd is not bad only odd

It is odd that even numbers are equal to odd numbers, but still they have the negative connotation of being odd. All perfect numbers are even. How did this basic imbalance occur?

The Zohar-Book of Secret speaks of hidden worlds that do not reveal light and worlds of illumination where light is free to travel. When God said as revealed in the Torah/Teaching that the light was good, then creation knew that God preferred the light to the darkness, as recorded in the Midrash-Book of Metaphor.

Three Pillars

President Obama’s new 3.6 trillion dollar budget focuses on three major areas: education, energy and health.

The first time the Oral Tradition was written down 2000 years is in short little statements called Mishna/Teacher the basis for the Talmud-Book of Law. In the Mishna is stated, the world stands on three pillars: Torah/Teaching, Avoda/Service and Gimal Chasidim/Giving Kindness. Service is on the left and is the element of fire burning away the exterior bringing out the essence; Kindness is on the right, the element of water perpetuating growth; Teaching is in the center, the element of air and speech.

Education, energy and health are valid reflections of these three pillars upon which the world stands. The Cabala points out that one is a point, two is a line and three is a triangle—that’s when things begin to come together. Also, the number 36 is twice Chai/18/Life.