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Rabbi Shimon said: When mankind built the tower, HaKadosh Baruch Hu called to the seventy malachim who surround the Kisei HaKavod, and said to them: "Come, let us confound their language into seventy nations and seventy languages." As it is written "Let us go down" - it does not say "I will go down" but rather "Let us go down" [meaning, we will descend together]. They cast lots among themselves, as it is written "When the Most High gave nations their inheritance, when He separated mankind," and HaKadosh Baruch Hu's lot fell upon Avraham and his descendants, as it is written "For Hashem's portion is His people, Yaakov is the lot of His inheritance<ref>Yalkut Parshat Noach 62 and Yalkut Tehillim 667)</ref>.

When we contemplate Rabbi Shimon's words, we notice that the number of languages is not coincidental at all. Each one represents one of the seventy nations of the world, each with a malach surrounding the Kisei HaKavod. And so wrote the Ramban in Parshat Behaalotcha (Bamidbar Chapter 11, Verse 16) that the seventy nations of the world have representation in the firmament. Each one has a mazal and sar in shamayim~~, and he brought scriptural support for # The Spiritual Meaning of Stones and Letters~~

When we contemplate Rabbi Shimon's words, we notice that the number of languages is not coincidental at all. Each one represents one of the seventy nations of the world, each with a malach surrounding the Kisei HaKavod. And so wrote the Ramban in Parshat Behaalotcha (Bamidbar Chapter 11, Verse 16) that the seventy nations of the world have representation in the firmament. Each one has a mazal and sar in shamayim.

== The Seventy Languages in Chassidus ==

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Similarly, the shapes of the letters in Ksav Ashuri (Assyrian script) allude to wonderful concepts - as we see that Rabbi Akiva would expound upon every crown of the letters. None of this exists in other scripts and languages. Nevertheless, the pronunciation of the 22 letters exists equally in them as well.

It is known that the root of these 22 aspects of letters stems from an extremely high source, beyond intellect, though they were fixed in the mouth. Therefore, we see that even the 70 languages have a root for their letters in the supernal realms, which is why they can be elevated through mesiras nefesh (self-sacrifice) during the recitation of Krias Shema, as mentioned above.<ref>Likkutei Torah Parshas Mishpatim D"H Vayeru Page 77</ref>.

It is known that the root of these 22 aspects of letters stems from an extremely high source, beyond intellect, though they were fixed in the mouth. Therefore, we see that even the 70 languages have a root for their letters in the supernal realms, which is why they can be elevated through mesiras nefesh (self-sacrifice) during the recitation of [[The Mitzvah of Krias Shema|Krias Shema]], as mentioned above<ref>Likkutei Torah Parshas Mishpatim D"H Vayeru Page 77</ref>.

== Moshe Translating The Torah in Seventy Languages ==

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 Rabbi Shimon said: When mankind built the tower, HaKadosh Baruch Hu called to the seventy malachim who surround the Kisei HaKavod, and said to them: "Come, let us confound their language into seventy nations and seventy languages." As it is written "Let us go down" - it does not say "I will go down" but rather "Let us go down" [meaning, we will descend together]. They cast lots among themselves, as it is written "When the Most High gave nations their inheritance, when He separated mankind," and HaKadosh Baruch Hu's lot fell upon Avraham and his descendants, as it is written "For Hashem's portion is His people, Yaakov is the lot of His inheritance<ref>Yalkut Parshat Noach 62 and Yalkut Tehillim 667)</ref>.
-When we contemplate Rabbi Shimon's words, we notice that the number of languages is not coincidental at all. Each one represents one of the seventy nations of the world, each with a malach surrounding the Kisei HaKavod. And so wrote the Ramban in Parshat Behaalotcha (Bamidbar Chapter 11, Verse 16) that the seventy nations of the world have representation in the firmament. Each one has a mazal and sar in shamayim, and he brought scriptural support for  # The Spiritual Meaning of Stones and Letters
+When we contemplate Rabbi Shimon's words, we notice that the number of languages is not coincidental at all. Each one represents one of the seventy nations of the world, each with a malach surrounding the Kisei HaKavod. And so wrote the Ramban in Parshat Behaalotcha (Bamidbar Chapter 11, Verse 16) that the seventy nations of the world have representation in the firmament. Each one has a mazal and sar in shamayim.
 == The Seventy Languages in Chassidus ==
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 Similarly, the shapes of the letters in Ksav Ashuri (Assyrian script) allude to wonderful concepts - as we see that Rabbi Akiva would expound upon every crown of the letters. None of this exists in other scripts and languages. Nevertheless, the pronunciation of the 22 letters exists equally in them as well.
-It is known that the root of these 22 aspects of letters stems from an extremely high source, beyond intellect, though they were fixed in the mouth. Therefore, we see that even the 70 languages have a root for their letters in the supernal realms, which is why they can be elevated through mesiras nefesh (self-sacrifice) during the recitation of Krias Shema, as mentioned above.<ref>Likkutei Torah Parshas Mishpatim D"H Vayeru Page 77</ref>.
+It is known that the root of these 22 aspects of letters stems from an extremely high source, beyond intellect, though they were fixed in the mouth. Therefore, we see that even the 70 languages have a root for their letters in the supernal realms, which is why they can be elevated through mesiras nefesh (self-sacrifice) during the recitation of [[The Mitzvah of Krias Shema|Krias Shema]], as mentioned above<ref>Likkutei Torah Parshas Mishpatim D"H Vayeru Page 77</ref>.
 == Moshe Translating The Torah in Seventy Languages ==