Responsa do Wyjścia 6:1

There are five books of the Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The Prophets consist of eight: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets. There are eleven Writings: Chronicles, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Daniel, Ezra, Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, and Esther. There are six orders of the Mishnah: Zeraim (Agricultural Laws), Moed (Festivals), Nashim (Women), Nezikin (Civil and Criminal Laws), Kodashim (Sacrifices), and Teharot (Ritual Purity). There are six orders of the Tosefta and nine topics of the Torah of the Kohanim, and there are four outer Midrashim, both large and small. The Sifra, Sifrei, Beraita of Rabbi Ishmael, and Mechilta are the four Midrashim, and they all include explanations of the Torah of the Kohanim. The outer Midrashim contain laws, aggadic exegesis, meticulous examination of the Torah, examination of the Scribes' rules, lenient and stringent interpretations, numerical values, major matters, and minor matters. From the letters tzadi, pei, kuf, tzadi, final mem, we learn: there are five doubled letters. Fifty gates of understanding correspond to the twenty-four books, as one is added to them: the eleven Prophets from the Twelve, the six orders of the Mishnah, and the nine topics of the Torah of the Kohanim. Thus, they total fifty-six. There are sixty Tractates of the Mishnah, and there are eighty concubines corresponding to the eighty study halls that were in Jerusalem, parallel to its gates. There is no count for the Maidens; this refers to the outer Midrash known as the Mechilta. There are seven punishments in the Torah: stoning, burning, the sword, strangulation, excision by divine agency, death, and lashes. There are eighteen cases of stoning, nine cases of burning, two cases of the sword, and eight cases of strangulation. There are twenty-three cases of excision, eleven cases of death, totaling seventy-one sins punishable by death. There are two hundred and forty prohibitions punishable by lashes, and there are two hundred and forty-eight positive commandments. There are sixty-five chapters of laws and judgments that were handed down to the public, totaling six hundred and thirteen explicit commandments received by Israel on Mount Sinai, corresponding to the number of times punishments and rewards are repeated, with the verses being purified and analyzed seven times. Beyond these, the Children of the Zohar have composed many books. The explanation of "seven times" should be understood as "seven times seven," which amounts to forty-nine, and the remaining one is the hymn, as it is said, "And they made Him stumble with their high places." The number seventy-nine is derived from the verse, "The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days." Forty-nine are for each day, and seventy-nine is the total for all the days of the world. This is translated as "one hundred and forty-three," which means one hundred and forty-three. The explanation is that the sun's light in the future will have a luminosity of one hundred and forty-three, as it has now.