"My voice shall You hear in the morning, Hashem"

Synopsis

Rabbi Elazar talks about the title verse, saying that 'morning' is the morning of Abraham that is Chesed, when people should pray because it is a time of goodwill for everyone. All those who have sinned should pray for forgiveness. We hear about Raphael who carries all remedies and healing in his hand, and about how God looks for merit in people at the time of morning prayer. Rabbi Shimon tells his son that there are two mornings, one of Abraham and one of Joseph: both are of Chesed but the latter is revealed through the illumination of Chochmah. We hear that when God first made light it was too bright for the worlds to bear it, so He made successive levels of light to be clothed in it in order for it to be brought down to a level that the worlds could withstand. Joseph receives all the higher light, so his brightness radiates from one end of the world above to the other.

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350. Rabbi Elazar was journeying to see his father-in-law, Rabbi Yosi. Rabbi Aba and the friends went with him. Rabbi Elazar opened the discussion with the verse: "My voice shall You hear in the morning, Hashem" (Tehilim 5:4). What is the meaning of "morning?" HE RESPONDS: It refers to the morning of Abraham, WHO IS CHESED, that was roused in the world, as it is written: "And up Abraham rose early in the morning" (Beresheet 22:3). When that morning arrived, that morning, THAT IS CHESED, awakens in the world, which is a time of goodwill for all, and a time to do kindness throughout the world, to the righteous and the wicked. Then it is a proper time period for prayer, to pray before the Holy King.

350. ר"א הֲוָה אָזִיל לְמֵחֱמֵי לְר' יוֹסֵי חָמוּי, ר' אַבָּא וְחַבְרוֹי אַזְלוּ עִמֵּיהּ. פָּתַח ר' אֶלְעָזָר וְאָמַר, יְיָ' בֹּקֶר תִּשְׁמַע קוֹלִי וְגוֹ.' יְיָ' בֹּקֶר מַאי בֹּקֶר. אֶלָּא דָּא בֹּקֶר דְּאַבְרָהָם, דְּאִתְּעַר בְּעָלְמָא. דִּכְתִּיב, וַיַּשְׁכֵּם אַבְרָהָם בַּבֹּקֶר. דְּהָא כַּד אָתֵי צַפְרָא, הַהוּא בֹּקֶר אִתְּעַר בְּעָלְמָא, וְהוּא עִידָּן רַעֲוָא לְכֹלָּא, וּלְמֶעְבַּד טִיבוּ לְכָל עָלְמָא, לְזַכָּאִין וּלְחַיָיבִין. וּכְדֵין עִידָּן צְלוֹתָא הוּא, לִמְצְלֵי קַמֵּי מַלְכָּא קַדִּישָׁא.

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351. Therefore, during that time when that morning arrives, all the King's captives, MEANING THOSE WHO SIN AND ARE BOUND IN THE CHAINS OF SIN, find rest. It is a time for them to say prayers, and most certainly for those who repent and ask their request in the presence of the Holy King. In that time, a chieftain comes out to the south side, THAT IS CHESED, and his name is Raphael. there are all kinds of remedies in his hand. From the south side, THAT IS CHESED, a spirit leaves and reaches the chieftain appointed over healing, THAT IS RAPHAEL. When the prayer reaches the Holy One, blessed be He, He instructs the members of His court not to begin the trial, because life is in the hands of the Holy One, blessed be He, and not in their hands.

351. וְעַ"ד, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאָתֵי צַפְרָא, כָּל אִינּוּן אֲסִירֵי מַלְכָּא, אַשְׁכָּחוּ נַיְיחָא, עִידָּן צְלוֹתָא אִיהוּ עָלַיְיהוּ. וכ"ש אִינּוּן דְּתַיְיבִין בְּתִיּוּבְתָּא, וּבָעָאן בָּעוּתְהוֹן לְקַמֵּי מַלְכָּא קַדִּישָׁא. בְּגִין, דְּהַאִי שַׁעֲתָא, חַד מְמָנָא נָפִיק לִסְטַר דָּרוֹם, וּרְפָאֵל שְׁמֵיהּ, וְכָל זִינֵי אֲסְוְותָּא בִּידוֹי. וּמִסְטַר דָּרוֹם, נָפַק חַד רוּחָא, וּמַטִי לְגַבֵּי הֲהוּא מְמָנָא, דִּמְמָנָא עַל אַסְוָותָא. וְכַד מָטֵי צְלוֹתָא לְקַמֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, פָּקִיד לְבֵי דִּינָא דִּילֵיהּ, דְּלָא יִפְתְּחוּן בְּדִינָא, בְּגִין דְּחַיִּים בִּידָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְלָא בִּידֵיהוֹן.

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352. Because it is a time of favor, the Holy One, blessed be He, looks to find merit for that person. If he is at prayer or he is repenting, He has compassion on him. At that time, the voice of nesting birds is heard, as it is written: "Where the birds make their nests" (Tehilim 104:17), because these birds thank and praise the Holy One, blessed be He. The morning gazelle woke up in the world said, "O how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear You..." (Tehilim 31:20). Then the appointee OVER HEALING goes forth and does all that he is instructed to do.

352. וּמִגּוֹ דְּאִיהוּ עִידָּן רַעֲוָא, בָּעָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא זְכוּתָא דְּהַהוּא ב"נ, אִי יִשְׁתְּכַּח בִּצְלוֹתָא, אוֹ דְּאִיהוּ מָארֵיהּ דְּתִיוּבְתָּא, חָס עָלֵיהּ. בְּהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא קַל צִפָּרִין דִּמְקַנְנָן אִשְׁתְּמָעוּ, דִּכְתִּיב אֲשֶׁר שָׁם צִפֳּרִים יְקַנֵּנוּ. וְאִינּוּן צִפֳּרִין אוֹדָאן וּמְשַׁבְּחָן לקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וְהַהוּא אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר אִתְּעַר בְּעָלְמָא וְאָמַר, מָה רַב טוּבְךָ אֲשֶׁר צָפַנְתָּ לִּירֵאֶיךָ וְגוֹ.' כְּדֵין הַהוּא מְמָנָא נָפִיק, וְעָבֵיד כָּל מַה דְּאִתְפְּקַד.

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353. If you think that the types of healing are in the power OF THE APPOINTEE as we mentioned, it is not so, because remedy is only in the hands of the Holy King. However, at the moment when the Holy One, blessed be He, instructs a remedy for that person, the appointee goes out and all the prosecutors that are appointed for awful diseases fear him. Then the spirit that travels from the south side, THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF CHESED, extends THAT CHESED to that person and behold, there is healing. HOWEVER, all is in the hand of the Holy One, blessed be He.

353. וְאִי תֵּימָא דְּזִינֵי אַסְוָותָא בִּידוֹי כְּמָה דְּאַמָרָן. לָאו הָכִי. דְּהָא אַסְוָותָא לָא הֲוֵי, אֶלָּא בִּידוֹי דְּמַלְכָּא קַדִּישָׁא. אֲבָל בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּפָקִיד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַסְוָותָא לְהַהוּא בַּר נָשׁ, אִיהוּ נָפִיק, וְכָל אִינּוּן מְקַטְרְגִין דִּמְמָנָן עַל מַרְעִין בִּישִׁין, דַּחֲלִין מִנֵּיהּ. כְּדֵין הַהוּא רוּחָא דְּקָא נָסַע מִסִּטְרָא דְּדָרוֹם, אוֹשִׁיט לֵיהּ לְהַהוּא ב"נ, וְהָא אַסְוָותָא אִשְׁתְּכַח, וְכֹלָּא בִּידוֹי דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא.

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354. Therefore, it is written: "My voice shall You hear (in) the morning, Hashem" instead of simply saying, 'My voice shall You hear, Hashem,' because he spoke to that morning of Abraham. "(In) the morning I will direct my prayer to You; and will wait expectantly" (Tehilim 5:4). HE ASKS: Why is morning said twice? HE RESPONDS: It is because one morning is the one of Abraham, THAT IS CHESED, and one morning is of Joseph, as it is written: "As soon as the morning was light" (Beresheet 44:3). The Targum translates it as: "the morning shines," for it definitely gives light. AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE MORNING OF ABRAHAM IS CHESED, WHICH IS CONCEALED FROM CHOCHMAH, AND THE MORNING OF JOSEPH IS OF CHESED THAT IS REVEALED THROUGH THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH. "I will direct my prayer to You; and will wait expectantly:" What is the meaning OF, "I WILL DIRECT MY PRAYER TO YOU?" It is, I will prepare Your candle to light up with, as it says, "I have set up a lamp for My anointed" (Tehilim 132:17). That refers to that morning of Joseph, because this preparation of the candle is his.

354. וְעַ"ד כְּתִיב, יְיָ' בֹּקֶר תִּשְׁמַע קוֹלִי. וְלָא כְּתִיב יְיָ' תִּשְׁמַע קוֹלִי. אֶלָּא לְגַבֵּי בֹּקֶר דְּאַבְרָהָם קָאָמַר. בֹּקֶר אֶעֱרָךְ לְךָ וַאֲצַפֶּה. תְּרֵי בֹּקֶר אֲמַאי. אֶלָּא חַד בֹּקֶר דְּאַבְרָהָם. וְחַד בֹּקֶר דְּיוֹסֵף. דִּכְתִּיב הַבֹּקֶר אוֹר, וּמְתַּרְגְמִינָן צַפְרָא נָהִיר, נָהִיר וַדַּאי. אֶעֱרָךְ לְךָ וַאֲצַפֶּה, אֶעֱרָךְ לְךָ מַהוּ. אֶלָּא אֲסַדֵּר לְךָ בּוּצִינָא דִּילָךְ לְאַדְלָקָא. כד"א עָרַכְתִּי נֵר לִמְשִׁיחִי. וּלְגַבֵּי בֹּקֶר דְּיוֹסֵף קָאָמַר, דְּהַהוּא סִדּוּרָא דְּבוּצִינָא דִּילֵיהּ הוּא.

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355. IT SAYS, "and will wait expectantly." HE ASKS: What is the meaning of: "and will wait expectantly?" Aren't all the inhabitants of the world hoping and waiting for the kindness of the Holy One, blessed be He, even the beasts? In what is that praise of David better than everyone's in the world? HE REPLIES: I have inquired about this matter and this was the reply, which is a matter of truth that comes from a distance. THAT IS THE SECRET OF CHOCHMAH, AS IT SAYS, "I SAID LET ME BECOME WISE, BUT IT WAS FAR FROM ME" (KOHELET 7:23). The first light that the Holy One, blessed be He, created was so bright that the worlds could not stand it. What did the Holy One, blessed be He, do? He made light to His light, so that they could be attired with one another, and similarly with all the rest of the lights. THAT IS, EACH HIGHER LIGHT IS CLOTHED WITH A LEVEL THAT IS LOWER THAN IT, until all the worlds are maintained and can withstand it.

355. וַאֲצַפֶּה, מַהוּ וַאֲצַפֶּה. הָא כָּל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא מְצַפָּאן וּמְחַכָּאן לְטִיבוּ דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְאֲפִילוּ בְּעִירֵי דְּחַקְלָא, וּמָה שְׁבַחָא דְּדָוִד יַתִּיר מִכֹּל בְּנֵי עַלְמָא, אֶלָא, מִלָּה דָּא שָׁאִילְנָא, וְהָכִי אָמְרוּ לִי, וְאִיהִי מִלָּה קְשׁוֹט דְּאָתֵי מֵרָחִיק. נְהוֹרָא קַדְמָאָה דְּבָרָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, הֲוָה נָהִיר עַד דְּלָא הֲווֹ יַכְלִין עָלְמִין לְמִסְבְּלֵיהּ. מָה עֲבַד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, עָבֵד נְהוֹרָא לִנְהוֹרֵיהּ, לְאִתְלַבְּשָׁא דָּא בְּדָא. וְכֵן כָּל שְׁאַר נְהוֹרִין, עַד דְּעָלְמִין כֻּלְּהוּ אִתְקָיָּימוּ בְּקִיּוּמַיְיהוּ, וְיַכְלִין לְמִסְבַּל.

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356. That is why all the levels were spread out and all the lights were clothed. These GARMENTS, WHEREIN THE LOWER DRESSES UP THE HIGHER, are called 'supernal wings' until they reach that morning of Joseph. And he receives all the higher lights, BECAUSE YESOD IS COMPRISED AND COMPOSED OF ALL THE LIGHTS HIGHER THAN IT. Due to the fact that all the higher lights depend on it, its brightness radiates from one end of the world to the other end of the world above, until the worlds below IT cannot withstand it. David came and prepared the candle, which is a cover for the morning of Joseph, to cover it to allow the maintenance of the worlds that are lower by the setting of that candle. That is why it is written, "In the morning I will direct my prayer to You; and will wait (Heb. atzapeh) expectantly," as it says, "And he overlaid it (Heb. yetzapehu) with pure gold" (Shemot 37:2). That candle is of David, THE CHARIOT OF MALCHUT, upon which he is dependent, and he said it should be the cover over this morning OF JOSEPH. Rabbi Aba approached and kissed him. He said, Had I gone out on my journey only to hear this one thing, it would have been sufficient reason for me.

356. ובג"כ אִתְפְּשָּׁטוּ דַּרְגִּין, וְאִתְלַבָּשׁוּ נְהוֹרִין, וְאִינּוּן אִקְרוּן כְּנָפַיִם עִלָּאִין, עַד דְּמָטוּ לְהַאי בֹּקֶר דְּיוֹסֵף, וְאִיהוּ נָטִיל כָּל נְהוֹרִין עִלָּאִין, וּמִגּוֹ דְּכָל נְהוֹרִין עִלָּאִין בֵּיהּ תַּלְיָין, זִיוֵיהּ סָלִיק מִסַּיְיפֵי עָלְמָא עַד סַיְיפֵי עָלְמָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, עַד דְּעָלְמִין דִּלְתַּתָּא לָא יַכְלִין לְמִסְבַּל. אָתָא דָּוִד וְאַתְקַן הַאי בּוּצִינָא, חוּפָּאָה לְהַאי בֹּקֶר דְּיוֹסֵף, לְאִתְחַפָּאָה בֵּיהּ, וּלְקַיְּימָא עָלְמִין דִּלְתַּתָּא, בְּסִדּוּרָא דְּבוּצִינָא דָּא וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב, בֹּקֶר אֱעֶרָךְ לְךָ וַאֲצַפֶּה. כד"א, וַיְצַפֵּהוּ זָהָב טָהוֹר. וּבְגִין דְּהַהוּא בּוּצִינָא דְּדָוִד אִיהִי, וּבָהּ תַּלְיָיא, אָמַר דְּאִיהוּ לִיהֱוֵי חוּפָּאָה לְהַאי בֹּקֶר. אָתָא רִבִּי אַבָּא וּנְשָׁקֵיהּ, אָמַר אִלְמָלֵא לָא נָפַקְנָא בְּאָרְחָא, אֶלָּא לְמִשְׁמַע מִלָּה דָּא דַּיִי.