ספר בראשית

Genesis ‎6,15 “You are to construct it ‎according to this blueprint.” (The author continues with an ‎approach bordering on the mystical, involving the difference ‎between the words ‎זה‎ and ‎כה‎ when they appear in the Torah. He ‎elaborates on this theme also in Parshat Vaeyrah, on Exodus ‎‎7,16) There are tzaddikim who allow themselves to be guided ‎by letters, i.e. the two letters in the word ‎זה‎ in our instance. ‎Other tzaddikim such as Moses, are far more articulate, and ‎the word ‎זה‎ is merely a prelude for them of the words that follow. ‎‎Sifri, on Mattot, 2, explains this with the following ‎words: although both Moses and other prophets introduced their ‎prophecies or prophetic announcement with the word ‎כה‎, i.e. ‎כה ‏אמר ה'‏‎, “thus said the Lord,” Moses is the only prophet whose ‎pronouncements were sometimes introduced with the word ‎זה‎, ‎i.e. ‎זה הדבר אשר צוה ה'‏‎, “this is the word that the Lord has ‎commanded.” (Numbers 30,2). Moses’ advantage over other ‎prophets, sometimes described as that he received a clearer vision ‎than the other prophets, also consisted in his formulating the ‎prophecy instead of merely repeating what he had seen or heard. ‎In the words of our author, he was ‎מנהיג את הדיבור‎ “formulating ‎the wording.” When G’d said to Noach: ‎זה אשר תעשה אותה‎, “this is ‎how you shall construct it (the ark),” Noach was granted the ‎same level of clear vision as was granted to Moses when we ‎understand the word ‎תיבה‎ as word, ‎דיבור‎ [his reincarnate 800 ‎years later. Ed.]‎‎