"The fifteenth day of this seventh month"

Synopsis

Rabbi Shimon explains the mystery of the fifteenth day of the month, talking about the fullness of the moon and saying that Joshua is full of the spirit of wisdom because of his designation 'son of Nun'. We learn that a spirit, Ruach, issued from the expansion of the higher firmament, and it formed a temple below, Malchut in its fullness. Joshua is "full of the spirit of wisdom" because "Moses laid his hands upon him." Moses is considered to be the face of the sun and Joshua the face of the moon. Rabbi Shimon tells the rabbis that each of them is also filled with the spirit of wisdom because God has laid his hands upon them.

398. MALCHUT IS NAMED YUD HEI VAV HEI ON the fifteenth day, as is written: "The fifteenth day of this seventh month" (Vayikra 23:34), and: "on the tenth of this seventh month" (Ibid. 27). All has the same meaning: when the World to Come, BINAH, composed of the secret of the ten utterances, ITS TEN SFIROT, rests upon this month, MALCHUT, it is called 'the tenth'. And when the moon is impressed between THE TEN SFIROT OF BINAH, for one wholeness, MALCHUT is called 'the fifteenth', since Hei (= 5), WHICH IS MALCHUT, was joined and engraved among THE TEN SFIROT OF BINAH.

398. וְהַיְינוּ בַּחֲמֵיסָר יוֹמִין, דִּכְתִּיב בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּה. וּכְתִיב אַךְ בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי. וְכֹלָּא רָזָא חֲדָא, כַּד קַיְּימָא עָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי בְּרָזָא דְּכָל עֶשֶׂר אֲמִירָן, עַל הַאי חֹדֶשׁ, אִקְרֵי בֶּעָשׂוֹר. וְכַד אִתְרְשִׁימַת סִיהֲרָא בְּאַשְׁלְמוּתָא חֲדָא בֵּינַיְיהוּ, אִקְרֵי בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר, דְּהָא ה' אִתְחַבְּרַת וְאִתְחַקְקַת בֵּינַיְיהוּ.

399. This is the secret reason, why MALCHUT IS CALLED Yud Hei Vav Hei. When it is called by that name, YUD HEI VAV HEI, it is connected to the LAST Hei OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, and added to BECOME A PART OF the secret of the last Hei OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, as before. THEN IT IS PART OF THE SECRET OF THE WHOLE NAME YUD HEI VAV HEI AND IS ITS LAST HEI, so it is a) engraved and united with the secret of above. IN THIS SENSE MALCHUT TAKES ALL THE NAME YUD HEI VAV HEI. b) to give sustenance below. IN THIS SENSE IT IS UNITED WITH THE LAST HEI OF YUD HEI VAV HEI. Then the moon is whole on all sides, above and below in the secret of the name YUD HEI VAV HEI so everything becomes one secret and one wholeness.

399. וְרָזָא דָּא י"ה ו"ה וְכַד קַיְּימָא בִּשְׁמָא דָּא, כְּדֵין אִתְחַבָּר בְּה', וְאִיהִי אִתוֹסְפָא אִיהִי, בְּרָזָא דְּאָת ה' כְּמִלְּקַדְמִין. חֲדָא, לְאִתְחַקְּקָא וּלְאִתְחַבְּרָא בְּרָזָא דִּלְעֵילָּא. וַחֲדָא לְמֵיהַב מְזוֹנָא לְתַתָּא. וּכְדֵין קַיְּימָא סִיהֲרָא בְּאַשְׁלְמוּתָא לְכָל סִטְרִין, עֵילָּא וְתַתָּא, בְּרָזָא דִּשְׁמָא דָּא, לְמֶהֱוֵי כֹּלָּא רָזָא חֲדָא, וּשְׁלִימוּ חַד.

401. When the upper point, Yud OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, NAMELY CHOCHMAH, expanded, it issued a spirit, TO WIT, THE SIX ENDS OF CHOCHMAH. This spirit formed a chamber, BINAH, from which it spread and became six ends, THAT IS, ZEIR ANPIN. The spirit was spread through all these, THAT IS, AS THE SIX ENDS OF CHOCHMAH AND BINAH and filled and formed a lower chamber, MALCHUT IN ITS FULLNESS. So everything was filled and became, WITHIN MALCHUT, the secret of the Holy Name YUD HEI VAV HEI, as one whole.

401. בְּגִין דִּנְקוּדָה עִלָּאָה דְּאִיהִי י', אִתְפָּשַׁט וְאַפִּיק רוּחַ, וְהַהוּא רוּחַ עָבִיד הֵיכָלָא. וְהַהוּא רוּחַ אִתְפָּשַׁט, וְאִתְעָבֵיד שִׁית סִטְרִין. הַהוּא רוּחַ אִתְפָּשַׁט, בְּרָזָא דְּכָל אִלֵּין. וְאַמְלֵי וְעָבֵיד הֵיכָלָא לְתַתָּא, וְאִתְמְלֵּי כֹּלָּא, וְאִתְעָבֵיד רָזָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא, בְּאַשְׁלְמוּתָא חֲדָא.

402. For this reason Joshua is "full of the spirit of wisdom," because "Moses laid his hands upon him" (Ibid.). For Moses, CONSIDERED TO BE THE FACE OF THE SUN, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, poured out his blessings upon him, and the well was filled from it, MALCHUT, THAT IS, JOSHUA, WHO IS THE FACE OF THE MOON, WAS FILLED BY ZEIR ANPIN, AS SAID. And you, exalted saints, each one of you is filled with the spirit of wisdom, and is full of the mysteries of wisdom, since the Holy One, blessed be He, takes pleasure in you and has laid His hands upon you. Happy is my portion that my eyes beheld it, and beheld the spirit of wisdom in its wholeness.

402. וּבג"ד יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מָלֵא רוּחַ חָכְמָה, בְּגִין כִּי סָמַךְ מֹשֶׁה אֶת יָדָיו עָלָיו, דְּאִיהוּ אָרִיק בִּרְכָאן עָלֵיהּ, וְאִתְמְלֵי בֵּירָא מִנֵּיהּ. וְאַתּוּן קַדִּישֵׁי עֶלְיוֹנִין, כָּל חַד מִנַּיְיכוּ אִתְמְלֵי רוּחַ חָכְמָה, וְקַיְּימָא בְּאַשְׁלְמוּתָא, בְּרָזִין דְּחָכְמְתָא. בְּגִין דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא הוּא אִתְרְעֵי בְּכוּ, וְאַסְמִיךְ יְדוֹי עָלַיְיכוּ. זַכָּאָה חוּלָקִי דְּעֵינַי חָמוּ דָּא, וְחָמוּ שְׁלִימוּ דְּרוּחַ חָכְמְתָא בְּכוּ.