Idra Raba: Chapter 52

Elijah

Synopsis

Rabbi Shimon is wondering why Elijah was not present in the chamber when the holy matters were revealed. Elijah arrives with three drops of light, and Rabbi Shimon asks him why he was not available during the feast that they had prepared. Elijah explains that he had wanted to be there, but God had sent him on a mission to do miracles for Rabbi Hamnuna Saba (the elder) and his friends. When he returned he found the angels carrying the three friends. He and Rabbi Shimon talk about the crowns that are given to the righteous during the new moon, holidays and Shabbat. Elijah tells him that he will be decorated and sanctified more than all the others, and that Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai is the holy one of Hashem, who is called honorable in this world and in the World to Come.

Chambers Elijah Light Wine

359. Rabbi Shimon said: I wonder about the master of the gates girdled around his waist, THAT IS ELIJAH. Why was he not in our chamber during the time these holy matters were revealed? While he wondered, Elijah arrived with three drops of light, brightening his countenance. Rabbi Shimon said to him: What is the reason that my lord was not present during the wine feast that was being enacted AND PREPARED for his Master on this joyous day?

359. אר"ש, תַּוַּוהְנָא עַל הַהוּא חַגִיר חַרְצָן, מָארֵיהּ דְּשַׂעְרֵי, אֲמַאי לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח בְּבֵי אִדָּרָא דִּילָן, בְּזִמְנָא דְּאִתְגַּלְּיָין מִלִּין אִלֵּין קַדִּישִׁין. אַדְּהָכִי, אָתָא אֵלִיָּהוּ, וּתְלַת קַטְפוֹרֵי נְהִירִין בְּאַנְפּוֹי. אָ"ל ר"ש, מ"ט לָא שְׁכִיחַ מֹר בְּקַרְדוּטָא גְּלִיפָא דְּמָארֵיהּ, בְּיוֹמָא דְּהִלּוּלָא.

Bread Chambers Elijah Miracle Seven Temple, The Valley Walls Water

360. He, ELIJAH, said to him: On your life, Rabbi, seven days before you entered your chamber, all those that were to come in and be with you IN THE CHAMBER were being chosen in the presence of the Holy One, blessed be He. I was there and wanted to be in his presence IN THE CHAMBER. They had me yoked, and I was not able TO GO since, on that particular day, the Holy One, blessed be He, sent me on a mission to do miracles for Rav Hamnuna Saba (the elder) and his friends, who had been compromised by an informer to the king's palace. I caused a miracle to happen. For their sake, I collapsed the wall in the king's temple, so that 45 ministers got entangled in the debris of the wall, FELL WITH IT, and died. I removed Rav Hamnuna Saba and his friends and threw them to the valley of Ono, and they were saved. I prepared for them bread and water, because they hadn't eaten for three days. All that day, THAT YOU WERE IN THAT CHAMBER, I did not leave them.

360. אָ"ל, חַיֶּיךָ רִבִּי שֶׁבַע יוֹמִין אִתְבְּרִירוּ קַמֵּיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, כָּל אִינּוּן דְּיֵיתוּן וְיִשְׁתַּכְחֻן עִמֵּיהּ, עַל לָא עַיִילְתּוּן בְּבֵי אִדָּרָא דִּלְכוֹן וַאֲנָא הֲוָה זַמִּין תַּמָּן, וּבָעֵינָא קָמֵיהּ לְאִשְׁתַּכְּחָא, וּכְדֵין קָטִיר בְּכַתְפוֹי וְלָא יָכִילְנָא, דְּהַהוּא יוֹמָא שָׁדַרְנִי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, לְמֶעְבַּד נִסִּין לְרַב הַמְנוּנָא סָבָא וְחַבְרוֹי, דְּאִתְמְסָרוּ בְּאַרְמוֹנָא דְּמַלְכָּא, וְאַרְחִישְׁנָא לְהוּ בְּנִסָּא, דְּרָמֵינָא לְהוּ כּוֹתָלָא דְּהֵיכָלָא דְּמַלְכָּא, וְאִתְקְטָרוּ בְּקִטְרוֹי, דְּמִיתוּ אַרְבָּעִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה פַּרְדַּשְׁכֵּי. וַאֲפִּיקְנָא לְרַב הַמְנוּנָא וְחַבְרוֹי וְרָמֵינָא לוֹן לְבִקְעַת אוֹנוֹ, וְאִשְׁתְּזִיבוּ. וְזַמִינְנָא קַמַּיְיהוּ נָהֲמָא וּמַיָּיא, דְּלָא אַכְלוּ תְּלָתָא יוֹמִין. וְכָל הַהוּא יוֹמָא לָא בָּדִילְנָא מִנַּיְיהוּ.

Angels Curtain Grades Lights Pillar World to Come, The

361. When I returned, I found that three of the friends were on the curtain that these pillars(THAT IS, THE ANGELS) were carrying. I asked THE ANGELS and they told me that this was the portion of the Holy One, blessed be He from Rabbi Shimon's and his friends' festivity. Praised are you, Rabbi Shimon, and praised is your lot and the lot of the friends that reside with you. How many levels were prepared for you in the World to Come and how many bright lights are destined to illuminate for you.

361. וְכַד תַּבְנָא, אַשְׁכַּחְנָא פַּרְסָא דְּנָטְלוּ כָּל אִינּוּן סַמְכִין, וּתְלַת מִן חַבְרַיָּיא עֲלָהּ, וְשָׁאִילְנָא לוֹן. וְאָמְרוּ חוּלָקָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, מֵהִלּוּלָא דר"ש וְחַבְרוֹי. זַכָּאָה אַנְתְּ ר"ש, וְזַכָּאָה חוּלָקָךְ, וְחוּלָקָא דְּאִינּוּן חַבְרַיָּיא דְּיַתְבִין קַמָּךְ. כַּמָה דַּרְגִּין אִתְתָּקָנוּ לְכוֹן לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. כַּמָה בּוֹצִינִין דִּנְהוֹרִין זְמִינִין לְנַהֲרָא לְכוּ.

Astrology Balsam Balsam Tree Crowns Fifty Moon Mountains Righteous Rivers Shabbat Tree

362. Come and see, on this day, Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair, your father-in-law, was adorned with fifty crowns for your sake. I accompanied him in all these rivers of the mountains of pure balsam trees. He picked his place and got ready. RABBI SHIMON said to him: The righteous are connected to the source of the crowns during the new moon, holidays and Shabbat, more than during other days.

362. ות"ח, יוֹמָא דֵּין בְּגִינָךְ אִתְעַטָּרוּ חַמְשִׁין כִּתְרִין לְרִבִּי פִּנְחָס בֶּן יָאִיר חָמוּךְ. וַאֲנָא אֲזִילְנָא עִמֵּיהּ בְּכָל אִינּוּן נַהֲרֵי דְּטוּרֵי דְּאֲפַרְסְמוֹנָא דַּכְיָא, וְהוּא בָּרִיר דּוּכְתֵּיהּ, וְאִתְתָּקַּן. אָ"ל, קְטוּרִין צַדִּיקַיָּיא בְּקַרְטוּפָא דְּעִטְרִין, בְּרֵישׁ יַרְחֵי וּבִזְמַנֵּי וְשַׁבָּתֵי, יַתִּיר מִכָּל שְׁאַר יוֹמִין.

Astrology Chariot Elijah Flesh Moon Patriarchs Righteous Shabbat Zeir Anpin

363. ELIJAH told him: Also all those that are outside, THEY ASCEND AS WELL, as it is written: "And it shall come to pass, that every new moon, and every Shabbat, shall all flesh come..." (Yeshayah 66:23). THAT IS REFERRING TO THOSE ON THE OUTSIDE, WHO ARE NOT RIGHTEOUS. THEREFORE THE SCRIPTURE REFERS TO THEM AS ALL FLESH. If those come, then most certainly the righteous will come. Why "Every new moon?" Because it is then that the patriarchs, who are the holy Chariots, are decorated. THEN CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET OF ZEIR ANPIN, REFERRED TO AS PATRIARCHS, ARE ELEVATED AND BECOME CHOCHMAH, BINAH AND DA'AT. "And every Shabbat:" Then, the seventh of the six days is decorated, BECAUSE THEN MALCHUT ACQUIRES THE FIRST THREE SFIROT, as it is written: "And Elohim blessed the seventh day" (Beresheet 2:3).

363. אָ"ל, וְאַף כָּל אִינּוּן דִּלְבַר, דִּכְתִּיב וְהָיָה מִדֵּי חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשׁוֹ וּמִדֵּי שַׁבָּת בְּשַׁבַּתוֹ וְגוֹ.' אִי אִלֵּין אַתְיָין, כ"ש צַדִּיקַיָּיא. מִדֵּי חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשׁוֹ, לָמָּה. מִשּׁוּם דְּמִתְעַטְּרֵי אֲבָהָתָא רְתִיכָא קַדִּישָׁא. וּמִדֵּי שַׁבָּת בְּשַׁבַּתוֹ, דְּמִתְעַטָּר שְׁבִיעָאָה דְּכָל אִינּוּן שִׁיתָא יוֹמִין, דִּכְתִּיב וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹֹהִים אֶת יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וְגוֹ.'

Meals Righteous Shabbat World to Come, The

364. You are Rabbi Shimon, the seventh of the six, and you will be crowned and sanctified more than all the others. These righteous friends are will delight in three delights, THAT IS THE THREE MEALS, that are on the seventh, in the World to Come because of you. It is written: "And call the Shabbat a delight, the holy day of Hashem honorable" (Yeshayah 58:13). Who is the holy one of Hashem? That is Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, who is called honorable in this world and the World to Come. (The end of the Holy Idra Raba).

364. וְאַנְתְּ הוּא ר"ש, שְׁבִיעָאָה דְּשִׁיתָא, תְּהֵא מִתְעַטָּר וּמִתְקַּדָּשׁ יַתִּיר מִכֹּלָּא. וּתְלַת עִדּוּנִין דְּמִשְׁתַּכְחִין בִּשְׁבִיעָאָה, זְמִינִין חַבְרַיָיא אִלֵּין צַדִּיקַיָּיא לְאִתְעַדְּנָא בְּגִינָךְ לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. וּכְתִיב וְקָרָאתָ לְשַׁבָּת עֹנֶג לִקְדוֹשׁ יְיָ' מְכוּבָּד. מַאן הוּא קְדוֹשׁ יְיָ.' דָּא ר' שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחָאי, דְּאִקְרֵי מְכוּבָּד בְּעָלְמָא דֵּין, וּבְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. (עד כאן האדרא קדישא רבא)

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