“And God uprooted them from upon their land, with fury, anger and great wrath, and He cast them to another land, as it is this day” (Deuteronomy 29:27). In the Hebrew the word for “and He cast them” ( וישלכם ), the letter lamed is written large. The letter lamed is the tallest of all the letters and thus hints to God dispersing Israel into exile to the farthest reaches of the world and every place in between. Additionally, the enlarged lamed extends itself to reach for what is above and beyond this world. Indicating to us that we must actively seek to sustain our vertical connection to the Heavens in order to survive the long and dark exile of wandering in this world.