… Then the teaching (Drash).
4. Then the mystery (Sod).
We will explore these four levels in detail in the next chapter.
You cannot inter…
…e comparative, homiletical, teaching
meaning
S – Sod (דוֹס): The secret, hidden, mystical meaning
But do not picture these as four layers…
…in a spiral—like the growth rings of a
tree. The Sod does not replace the Peshat—it encircles it.
Each layer builds upon the last, without co…