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Grades Peace Strength Tabernacle Testimony Tree Tree of Life Yishai

26. "These are the accounts of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Testimony." Rabbi Aba opened the discussion with the verse: "And in that day it shall be, that the root of Yishai..." (Yeshayah 11:10). "In that day" refers to the time when the Holy One, blessed be He will increase peace in the world, and then the root of the Tree of Life will prevail, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE CENTRAL COLUMN, THAT RECONCILES AND MAKES PEACE BETWEEN RIGHT AND LEFT. From this root all other roots will prevail below, NAMELY, THE GRADES IN MALCHUT AND IN BRIYAH, YETZIRAH AND ASIYAH, for they all are rooted and draw their strength from it.

26. אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדוּת וְגוֹ'. רִבִּי אַבָּא פָּתַח, וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא שֹׁרֶשׁ יִשַׁי וְגוֹ'. וְהָיָה בַּיוֹם הַהוּא, בְּזִמְנָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יַסְגֵּי שְׁלָמָא בְּעָלְמָא, יִתְקַיֵּים שָׁרְשָׁא דְּאִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי, וְהַהוּא שָׁרְשָׁא, מִנֵּיהּ יִתְקָיָימוּ שְׁאַר שָׁרָשִׁין לְתַתָּא, דְּכֻלְּהוּ אִשְׁתָּרְשָׁן וְאִתְקַיְימָן מִנֵּיהּ.

Astrology Banners Holy Name Light Mochin Moon Mountains Sun Temple, The Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

27. The verse continues, "...that stands for a banner of the peoples" (Yeshayah 11:10), for it is a banner and an ensign to the mystery of the Holy Name, YUD HEI VAV HEI. "To it shall the nations seek" (Ibid.) because there is found the secret of existence, THAT IS, MOCHIN, of the Holy Name. Therefore the nations shall seek it, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CHOCHMAH AND DA'AT FROM THERE, "and many people shall go and say, 'Come and let us go up to the Mountain of Hashem'" (Yeshayah 2:3). Therefore, "to it shall the nations seek." "And his resting place shall be glorious" (Yeshayah 11:10), "His resting place" is the Temple, WHICH IS MALCHUT, as it is written, "This is My resting place forever" (Tehilim 132:14); it will be "glorious" because it is thus called 'the Glory of Hashem,' when "the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun" (Yeshayah 30:26), THE LIGHT OF MALCHUT SHALL BE AS THE LIGHT OF ZEIR ANPIN, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold" (Ibid.), AND THE LIGHT OF ZEIR ANPIN WILL BE SEVENFOLD WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.

27. אֲשֶׁר עוֹמֵד לְנֵס עַמִּים, דְּהַאי אִיהוּ קַיְּימָא לְנִסָא וּלְאָת לְרָזָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא. אֵלָיו גּוֹיִם יִדְרֹשׁוּ, דְּתַמָּן רָזָא דְּקִיּוּמָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא, וּבְגִין כַּךְ אֵלָיו גּוֹיִם יִדְרֹשׁוּ. כד"א, וְהָלְכוּ עַמִּים רַבִּים וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַעֲלֶה אֶל הַר יְיָ' וְגוֹ', וְעַל דָּא, אֵלָיו גּוֹיִם יִדְרֹשׁוּ. וְהָיְתָה מְנוּחָתוֹ כָּבוֹד, מְנוּחָתוֹ, דָּא בֵּי מַקְדְּשָׁא. דִּכְתִּיב זֹאת מְנוּחָתִי עֲדֵי עַד. כָּבוֹד, דְּהָכִי אִקְרֵי כְּבוֹד יְיָ' בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא, דִּכְתִּיב וְהָיָה אוֹר הַלְּבָנָה כְּאוֹר הַחַמָּה וְאוֹר הַחַמָּה יִהְיֶה שִׁבְעָתַיִם.

Blessing Tabernacle Yishai

28. And the resting place of the root of Yishai, WHICH IS MALCHUT, called 'the glory of Hashem' must never be counted or numbered. What is the reason? Because no blessing dwells wholly upon something counted. Blessings prevail only where there is no reckoning. And this is the first time MALCHUT was counted, as it is said, "These are the accounts of the Tabernacle."

28. וּמְנוּחָתוֹ דְּהַהוּא שֹׁרֶשׁ יִשַׁי, דְּאִתְקְרֵי כְּבוֹד יְיָ', לָא יִתְמְנֵי, וְלָא יְקוּם בְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא לְעָלְמָא. מַאי טַעֲמָא. בְּגִין דְּכָל מַה דְּקַיְּימָא בְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא, לָא שַׁרְיָין תַּמָּן בִּרְכָאן בִּשְׁלִימוּ. וּבִרְכָּאן שַׁרְיָין בְּמַּה דְּלָא קַיְּימָא בְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא. בְּזִמְנָא קַדְמָאָה קַיְּימָא בְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא, דִּכְתִּיב אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן.

Blessing Hands Moses Prayer Tabernacle Testimony

29. Come and see: The Tabernacle is now subject to an inventory, FOR MALCHUT THAT IS CALLED 'TABERNACLE' CORRESPONDS TO THE LEFT COLUMN, WHENCE COUNTING COMES. Therefore it needed the prayer of Moses, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE CENTRAL COLUMN JOINING RIGHT AND LEFT AND POURING BLESSING UPON THEM AS MENTIONED ABOVE, as it is written, "And Moses blessed them" (Shemot 39:43). What is the blessing he gave them? 'May blessing be upon the work of your hands.' There were no blessings upon that counting until Moses bound it to the upper Tabernacle, BINAH, as it is written, "These are the accounts of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were counted according to the commandment of Moses." AND THE TABERNACLE OF THE TESTIMONY IS BINAH, and were it not for Moses who did the counting, they would not have been able to count as it is written, "according to the commandment of Moses."

29. תָּא חֲזֵי, מַשְׁכְּנָא דָּא קַיְּימָא בְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא, וּבְגִין כַּךְ אִצְטְרִיךְ לִצְלוֹתָא דְּמֹשֶׁה, דְּיִשְׁרֵי עָלֵיהּ בִּרְכָאן, דִּכְתִּיב וַיְבָרֶךְ אוֹתָם מֹשֶׁה, וּמַה בְּרָכָה בָּרִיךְ לוֹן, יְהֵא רַעֲוָה דְּתִשְׁרֵי בְּרָכָה עַל עוֹבָדֵי יְדֵיכוֹן. וּבִרְכָּאן לָא שָׁרָאן עַל הַאי חוּשְׁבָּנָא עַד דְּאִקְשָׁר לֵיהּ מֹשֶׁה בְּמַשְׁכְּנָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, דִּכְתִּיב אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדוּת אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל פִּי מֹשֶׁה. דְּאִי לָאו דְּאִתְעֲבָד חוּשְׁבָּנָא עַל יְדָא דְּמֹשֶׁה, לָא יַכְלִין אִינּוּן לְמֶעְבַּד חוּשְׁבָּנָא, דִּכְתִּיב אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל פִּי מֹשֶׁה.

Elijah Food Women

30. He opened the discussion and said: "And the word of Hashem came to him (Elijah), saying, 'Arise, go to Zarephath...behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain you'" (I Melachim 17:8-9). HE ASKS: Where did the Holy One, blessed be He, command her? AND HE REPLIES: Before entering the world, the Holy One, blessed be He decreed above that the crows should bring food to Elijah, and that woman should give food to Elijah.

30. פָּתַח וְאָמַר, וַיְהִי דְּבַר יְיָ' אֵלִיָהוּ לֵאמֹר קוּם לֵךְ צָרְפָתָה וְגוֹ' הִנֵּה צִוִּיתִי שָׁם אִשָׁה אַלְמָנָה לְכַלְכְּלֶךָ. וְכִי אָן פָּקִיד לָהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. אֶלָּא עַד לָא יֵיתֵי לְעָלְמָא, פָּקִיד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בִּגְזֵירָה דִּילֵיהּ לְעֵילָּא עַל הָעוֹרְבִים, לְמֵיתֵי מְזוֹנָא לְאֵלִיָּהוּ, וּלְהַהִיא אִתְּתָא לְמֵיהַב לֵיהּ מְזוֹנָא.

Blessing Earth Meals Oil Rain

31. It is written: "And she said, 'As Hashem your Elohim lives, I have nothing baked, but a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in the cruse...'" (Ibid. 12). The meal was counted, for the jar contained a handful of meal, and that was its quantity. Being measured, it was not worthy for a blessing to dwell in it. But it is written, "For thus says Hashem, the Elohim of Yisrael, 'The jar of meal shall not be spent, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that Hashem sends (Heb. tet) rain upon the earth'" (Ibid. 14), AND BECAUSE OF THAT BLESSING, THERE WERE BLESSINGS UPON IT THOUGH IT WAS MEASURED.

31. מַה כְּתִיב, וַתֹּאמֶר חַי יְיָ' אֱלֹהֶיךָ אִם יֵשׁ לִי מָעוֹג כִּי אִם מְלֹא כַף קֶמַח בַּכַּד וּמְעַט שֶׁמֶן בַּצַּפָּחַת וְגוֹ'. וְהָא הָכָא מְדִידוּ הֲוָה בְּהַהוּא קִמְחָא, דְּהָא הֲוָה בֵּיהּ מְלֹא כַּף קֶמַח בַּכַּד, כַּף הוּא מְדִידוּ דִּילֵיהּ, וְאִתְחַזֵּי דְּלָא שַׁרְיָין בֵּיהּ בִּרְכָן, הוֹאִיל וְקָאֵים בְּמִּדָּה. מַה כְּתִיב, כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְיָ' אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּד הַקֶּמַח לֹא תִכְלָה וְצַפַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶן לֹא תֶחְסָר עַד יוֹם תֵּת יְיָ' גֶּשֶׁם.

Merit Rain Women

32. HE ASKS: It is pronounced 'tet' BUT IS WRITTEN 'TITEN' (ENG. 'GIVE'), why is this so? HE ANSWERS in all that generation there was no person who was meritorious like that woman. Therefore it was written: 'titen' (lit. 'she will give'), to say, you will give rain upon the world due to your great merit.

32. תֵּת, תִּתֵּן כְּתִיב, מַאי טַעֲמָא. בְּגִין דִּבְכָל דָּרָא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח מַאן דְּיִזְכֵּי לִזְכוּ כְּהַאי אִתְּתָא, וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב תִּתֵּן, אַנְתְּ תִּתֵּן מִטְרָא עַל עָלְמָא, בְּגִין דִּזְכוּתָךְ סַגִּי.

Blessing Elijah Meals Moses Oil Tabernacle Testimony

33. It is written: "And the jar of meal was not consumed, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of Hashem which He spoke through Elijah" (Ibid. 16). And though the meal was measured, for it was a handful, NEVERTHELESS no blessings were stopped from it, because of what Elijah had said, that "the jar of meal shall not be spent." And it is written, "the jar of meal was not spent." Even though the Tabernacle of the Testimony was accounted, since this was decreed by Moses, blessings dwell in it all the more. Therefore it is written, "These are the accounts of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Testimony that were counted according to the commandment of Moses."

33. וּכְתִיב כַּד הַקֶּמַח לֹא כָלָתָה וְצַפַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶן לֹא חָסֵר כִּדְבַר יְיָ' אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיַד אֵלִיָּהוּ. וְכִי אִם הַהוּא קִמְחָא דְּקַיְּימָא בִּמְדִּידוּ, דַּהֲוָה מְלֹא כַף קֶמַח, לָא פַּסְקוּ מִנֵּיהּ בִּרְכָאן בְּגִין מִלָּה דְּאֵלִיָּהוּ, דִּכְתִּיב כַּד הַקֶּמַח לֹא תִכְלָה, וּכְתִיב כַּד הַקֶּמַח לֹא כָלָתָה. מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדוּת אע"ג דְּקַיְּימָא בְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא, הוֹאִיל וְאִתְפְּקַד עַל יְדָא דְּמֹשֶׁה, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן דְּשַׁרְיָין בֵּיהּ בִּרְכָאן. וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב, אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדוּת אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל פִּי מֹשֶׁה.

Ground Moses Shechinah Tabernacle Unity

34. "These are the accounts of the Tabernacle." Rabbi Chizkiyah opened the discussion and said: "Do not come near, take off your shoes from your feet..." (Shemot 3:5). This verse was thus explained, that the Holy One, blessed be He separated Moses from his wife so he may cleave to the Shechinah, as it is written, "for the place on which you stand is holy ground" (Ibid.). The holy ground is the Shechinah, NAMELY, holy unity with the high world Moses held onto at that time.

34. אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן. ר' חִזְקִיָּה פָּתַח וְאָמַר, אַל תִּקְרַב הֲלוֹם שַׁל נְעָלֶיךָ מֵעַל רַגְלֶיךָ וְגוֹ'. הַאי קְרָא אוּקְמוּהָ, דְּפָרִישׁ לֵיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מְאִתְּתֵיהּ, בְּגִין לְאִתְדַּבְּקָא בִּשְׁכִינְתָּא, דִּכְתִּיב כִּי הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עוֹמֵד עָלָיו אַדְמַת קֹדֶשׁ הוּא. אַדְמַת קֹדֶשׁ, דָּא שְׁכִינְתָּא, אִתְדַּבְּקוּתָא קַדִּישָׁא אִתְדַּבָּק מֹשֶׁה בְּהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא לְעֵילָּא.

Chariot Earth Exile Ground Holiness (Kedushah) Kedushah (Holiness) Moses Sanctuary Tabernacle Zeir Anpin

35. For then the Holy One, blessed be He connected him with the fondness of above, and he was appointed supernal chieftain in charge of the house, MALCHUT, MEANING THAT HE BECAME A CHARIOT OF ZEIR ANPIN, WHICH IS SUPERIOR TO MALCHUT. He decrees, and the Holy One, blessed be He performs, as it is written, "And the earth opens her mouth, and swallows them up..." (Bemidbar 16:30), and "as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split" (Ibid.). It is also written, "Rise up, Hashem...Return, Hashem" (Ibid. 10:35-36). That is why it is written, "As they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses," for according to Moses the Tabernacle was accomplished, and everything counted. The counting of the Tabernacle, MALCHUT, was done by Moses, as it is written, "I have indeed taken count of you" (Shemot 3:16). Moses was a voice, NAMELY ZEIR ANPIN that utters the speech, MALCHUT, and he took count of it so it may come out of exile. And now you are commanded to draw holiness from above downward, as it is written, "And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them" (Shemot 25:8).

35. דִּכְדֵין קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא קָשִׁיר לֵיהּ בַּחֲבִיבוּתָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וְאִתְפְּקַד רַב מְמָנָא עַל בֵּיתָא, וְאִיהוּ גָּזִיר, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָבֵיד, דִּכְתִּיב וּפָצְתָה הָאֲדָמָה אֶת פִּיהָ וְגוֹ', וּכְתִיב וַיְהִי כְּכַלּוֹתוֹ לְדַבֵּר וְגוֹ', וַתִּבָּקַע הָאֲדָמָה. וּכְתִיב, קוּמָה יְיָ'. שׁוּבָה יְיָ'. הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל פִּי מֹשֶׁה. עַל פִּי מֹשֶׁה אִתְתָּקַּן, וְאִתְפְּקַד בְּכֹלָּא. פְּקִידָא דְּמִשְׁכָּן הֲוָה עַל יְדָא דְּמֹשֶׁה, דִּכְתִּיב פָּקֹד פָּקַדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם, דְּאִיהוּ הֲוָה קוֹל, דְּאַפִּיק לְהַהוּא דִּבּוּר, וְעָבֵד לֵיהּ פְּקִידָה לְנָפְקָא מִן גָּלוּתָא. וְהַשְׁתָּא אִתְפָּקְדָא לְאַמְשָׁכָא קְדוּשָּׁה מֵעֵילָּא לְתַתָּא, כמד"א וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם.