Mishpatim: Chapter 5

Returning that which was lost

Synopsis

Rabbi Shimon says that the thing that was lost was Malchut, that Moses lost when the tablets broke. Malchut can rise only with the aid of her husband, Moses, and this is the lost thing returned. He tells Moses that the Torah was revealed to him because it is like the waters of a well; the well is said to be Malchut, which recognizes its master. All the waters of the universe are gathered within her, as it is endless, and "broader than the sea." Drawing water from this well brings all the world's wisdom. Rabbi Shimon says that in the future God will set aside cities of refuge for Moses, as in every generation there is the incarnation and expression of Moses.

Bride Hands Matron Moses Precepts Tablets

372. The following precept is regarding returning lost articles, and to return that which was stolen. The Holy Luminary, MEANING RABBI SHIMON, SAID TO MOSES, The Holy One, blessed be He, will in the future return the article you lost because of the mixed multitudes. This is your bride, DENOTING MALCHUT, AS MOSES IS CONSIDERED THE HUSBAND OF THE MATRON. When the mixed multitudes made the calf, your bride fell, as the verse states, "he threw the tablets out of his hands" (Shemot 32:19), ALLUDING TO MALCHUT.

372. פִּקּוּדָא בָּתַר דָּא, לְהָשִׁיב אֲבֵדָה. וַאֲבַתְרֵיהּ לְהָשִׁיב הַגֶּזֶל. אָמַר בּוּצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָתִיד לְאָהַדְרָא לָךְ, אֲבֵדָה דְּאָבְדַתּ בְּגִין עֵרֶב רַב, וְדָא כַּלָּה דִּילָךְ, דִּבְזִמְנָא דְּעָבְדוּ עֵרֶב רַב יַת עֶגְלָא, נַפְקַת כַּלָּה דִּילָךְ, הה"ד וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ מִיָּדָו אֶת הַלֻּחֹת.

Bride Daughter Exile Job Moses

373. It is mentioned with you, "Go, get you down" (Ibid. 7). That verse alludes to your demotion into the fourth exile. "Go" - ITS EXPLANATION IS similar to "Get you out of your country" (Beresheet 12:1), MEANING ENTERING INTO EXILE. HERE, IN THE NAME OF MOSES, there is a Shin, CONSISTING OF THREE LINES, IN THE SECRET OF "Lo, El does all these things twice or three times with a man" (Iyov 33:29). Here, IN THE THREE LINES OF THE SHIN, it is indicated to you, Yisrael, to go three times in exile, WHILE WITH the fourth EXILE, "get you down" on behalf of YOUR only daughter, MEANING MALCHUT, who is really your bride that fell, as it says, "...Is fallen; she shall no more rise" (Amos 5:2) but as soon as you descend on her behalf, she will rise with you. SHE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RISE ON HER OWN, BUT ONLY WITH THE AID OF HER HUSBAND, NAMELY MOSES. This is your lost thing returned.

373. וְאִתְּמַר בָּךְ לֵךְ רֵד, הָתָם קָא רָמִיז נְחִיתוּ דִּילָךְ, בְּגָלוּתָא רְבִיעָאָה, לֵךְ: כְּגוֹן לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וְגוֹ.' הָכָא ש, הֵן כָּל אֵלֶּה יִפְעַל אֵל פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלֹשׁ עִם גָּבֶר. הָכָא קָא רָמִיז לֶךְ, לְךָ ג' זִמְנִין בְּגָלוּתָא. רְבִיעָאָה רֵד, בְּגִין בַּת יְחִידָה, כַּלָּה דִּילָךְ, דְּנַפְלַה. הה"ד, נָפְלָה לֹא תוֹסִיף קוּם. וּמִיַּד דְּאַנְתְּ נָחִית בְּגִינֵיהּ, תָּקוּם עֲלָךְ וְהַאי אִיהוּ הֲשָׁבַת אֲבֵדָה דִּילָךְ.

Torah Universe Water Waters Well

374. It was not for naught that the Torah was revealed to you more than all Yisrael, and it went to meet you as the waters of the well that rose towards you, but not to the fathers or any other person. The well, WHICH IS MALCHUT, recognizes its master, and about this Torah it is said, "And from thence they went to Beer (lit. 'well') that is the well" (Bemidbar 21:16). The well is full, its waters do not spill out; it is the well of water of Torah, AS TORAH IS REFERRED TO AS 'WATER,' that produced all waters, MEANING THE ENTIRE TORAH. And all waters in the universe enter within it and its waters do not spill out, BUT RATHER THEY ARE GATHERED WITHIN HER.

374. דְּלָאו לְמַגָּנָא אִתְגַּלְיָא לָךְ אוֹרַיְיתָא, יַתִּיר מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאִסְתַּלָּקַת לְגַבָּךְ, כְּמַיָּא דִּבְאֵר דְּאִסְתַּלָּקוּ לְגַבָּךְ, וְלָא לַאֲבָהָן, וְלָא לְבַר נָשׁ, דְּהָא בְּאֵר מַכֶּרֶת אֲדוֹנֶיהָ. וְאוֹרַיְיתָא דָּא, אִתְּמַר עָלָהּ, וּמִשָּׁם בְּאֵרָה הִיא הַבְּאֵר וְגוֹ.' הַבְּאֵר הִיא מַלְיָא, וְלָא נָפְקִין מֵימוֹי לְבַר. וְאִיהוּ בְּאֵר מַיָּא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּאַפִּיק כָּל מַיִין, וְכָל מַיִין דְּעָלְמָא עָאלִין בֵּיהּ, וְלָא נָפְקִין מֵימוֹי לְבַר.

Cloud Job Seas Torah Water Well Wisdom

375. Even if all mankind were to draw the water of this well, and even if all the clouds did, it would not miss even a hairsbreadth of it. This well is endless, deeper than the Torah, as it is written, "and broader than the sea" (Iyov 11:9). One who draws water with the pitcher (Heb. kad, Caf Dalet) OF THE WELL, MEANING OF THE TWENTY-FOUR (CAF DALET) HOLY SCRIPTURES, absorbs all the world's wisdom and surely the well itself.

375. וְאִיהוּ בְּאֵר דַּאֲפִילּוּ כָּל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא שָׁאֲבִין מִנֵּיהּ מַיָּא, וַאֲפִילּוּ כָּל עֲנָנֵי עָלְמָא, לָא חֲסֵרִין מִנֵּיהּ, אֲפִילּוּ כְּחוּט הַשַּׂעֲרָה. בְּגִין דִּבְאֵר דָּא, לֵית לֵיהּ סוֹף, יַתִּיר עָמוֹק הוּא מִדְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ וּרְחָבָה מִנִּי יָם. וּבְכַד דִּילֵיהּ, מַאן דְּשָׁאֲבֵי מִנֵּיהּ מַיָּא, אִיהוּ בָּלַע כָּל חָכְמָתִין דְּעָלְמָא, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן בְּאֵר עַצְמוֹ.

Egyptians Exile Hands Moses Samuel Spears Staff

376. And so in the future, the Holy One, blessed be He, will return that which was stolen from you, namely the staff, as it is written, "and plucked the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian" (II Shmuel 23:21) for it was you who was referred to as an Egyptian man. In your exile and your incarnation, AS IN EVERY GENERATION THERE IS THE EXPRESSION OF MOSES, He will set aside for you cities of refuge to save yourself from your endless pursuers.

376. וְכֵן עָתִיד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְאָהַדְרָא לָךְ גֶּזֶל דִּילָךְ, דְּאִיהוּ מַטֶּה, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ וַיִּגְזוֹל אֶת הַחֲנִית מִיַּד הַמִּצְרִי, דְּעָלָךְ אִתְּמַר אִישׁ מִצְרִי. וּבְגָלוּתָא דִּילָךְ וּבְגִלְגּוּלָא דִּילָךְ, יַפְרִישׁ לָךְ עָרֵי מִקְלָט, לְשֵׁזָבָא, מִכַּמָּה דְּרַדְפִין אֲבַתְרָךְ, דְּלֵית לְהוֹן סוֹף.

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