Surrounding the verses 35 and 36 of Numbers chapter 10 in the Hebrew text there are two inverted Nuns. This is the form of the Hebrew letter, Nun: נ. An inverted Nun takes the form of a bracket.
The sages explain that these inverted Nuns bracket these two verses to set them off as a little book, a sefer of the Torah itself. As a result the book of Numbers is divided into three books, the chapters and verses that come before this little book, then this little book, then the chapters that come after this little book. As a result, the Torah is made to be composed of seven books instead of five books.
Now the content of this "little book" found inside the book of Numbers is of great importance. Just how important it is is recognized every time the Torah Scroll is taken out of the ark in every synagogue. For then this little book of two verses is read:
'And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said: "Rise up, O HASHEM, and let Your enemies be scattered; and let them that hate You flee before You."
And when it rested, he said: "Return, O HASHEM, unto the ten thousands of the families of Israel."'
The content of this "little book"of two verses includes the whole essence of the story of all the Torah and the Good News of the Mashiach of Israel, from beginning to end, just as the ark itself contains the Torah. For the Torah read together with the Good News is the story of the redemption of Israel, both of the heart and of the body of the whole family, and this is the blessing that reveals the Creator becoming the Redeemer of the world.
As Hashem rises up in judgment upon all that is anti-Israel, all that is anti-Torah, all that is anti-Mashiach, against all anti-Semitism, He demonstrates that all of this hatred is hatred only of Him. And as He overcomes it all through the power and force of His Voice of seven thunders, His holiness and love in the redemption of Israel His people and Zion His home in the earth, He brings salvation and blessing to all creation.
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