"I will serve you seven years"

Synopsis

This mysterious passage interprets the seven years Jacob served Laban to win Rachel's hand as symbolizing the seven Sfirot. The secret in the matter is in the phrase, "and they seemed to him but a few days" - since they were served in the hidden or unrevealed world.

Relevance

A man cannot win the hand of his soul mate until he merits her through his own spiritual growth and transformation. Jacob's seven years of service corresponds to the years, or lifetimes, that we must endure before the reunification of two halves can take place. When this spiritual truth is ingrained in our consciousness, and if we are proactive in the removal of our negative traits, we can hasten the arrival of our true soul mate.

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128. Come and behold. It is written, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter" (Beresheet 29:18). HE ASKS, Why did Jacob say "seven years" instead of ten months or one year? HE ANSWERS, Jacob acted wisely so that people would not say that he lusted after Rachel's beauty, but WOULD KNOW that he acted wisely. For the moon, THE NUKVA OF ZEIR ANPIN, is seven years old, MEANING IT NEEDS TO BE BUILT BY THE SEVEN SFIROT - CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD, YESOD AND MALCHUT. And all the seven upper years - CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD YESOD AND MALCHUT OF BINAH - rested on Jacob before he married Rachel so that they would suit her properly, THAT IS, GIVE OF THE SEVEN SFIROT OF BINAH TO HER SEVEN SFIROT. For at first Jacob took everything FROM BINAH and then he came to her, so that he should be CONSIDERED AS ZEIR ANPIN, the heaven, and she should be CONSIDERED THE NUKVA OF ZEIR ANPIN, the earth.

128. תָּא חֲזֵי מַה כְּתִיב, וַיֹּאמֶר אֶעֱבָדְךָ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים בְּרָחֵל בִּתְּךָ הַקְּטַנָּה, וְכִי מַה דַּעְתֵּיהּ דְּיַעֲקֹב, דְּלָא קָאֲמַר עֶשֶׂר יַרְחִין, אוֹ שַׁתָּא חָדָא, אֶלָּא שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים אַמַּאי. אֶלָּא יַעֲקֹב בְּחָכְמָתָא עֲבַד, בְּגִין דְּלָא יֵימְרוּן, דִּבְגִין תֵּיאוּבְתָּא דְּשַׁפִּירוּ דְרָחֵל עֲבַד, אֶלָּא בְּגִין חָכְמְתָא, דְּסִיהֲרָא בַּת שֶׁבַע שְׁנִין, הִיא, וְכֻלְּהוּ שֶׁבַע שְׁנִין עִלָּאִין, שָׁרוּ עֲלֵיהּ דְּיַעֲקֹב, עַד לָא נְסֵיב לָהּ לְרָחֵל לְמֵיתַב גַּבָּהּ כִּדְקָא יָאוֹת, דְּהָא יַעֲקֹב נָטַל כֻּלְּהוּ בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, וּלְבָתַר אֲתָא לְגַבָּהּ, בְּגִין לְאִשְׁתַּכָּחָא אִיהוּ שָׁמַיִם, וְאִיהִי אָרֶץ.

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129. וְרָזָא דְמִלָּה, וַיִּהְיוּ בְּעֵינָיו כְּיָמִים אֲחָדִים, מַאי כְּיָמִים אֲחָדִים, אֶלָּא, כֻּלְּהוּ שֶׁבַע שְׁנִין, שָׁקִיל לוֹן בְּעֵינוֹי, כְּאִינוּן עִלָּאִין, דְּאִינוּן אֲחָדִין דְּלָא מִתְפָּרְשָׁאן, וְכֻלְּהוּ חַד, דְּמִתְקַשְּׁרָן דָּא בְּדָא. בְּאַהֲבָתוֹ אוֹתָהּ, לְאִשְׁתַּכָּחָא כְּגַוְונָא עִלָּאָה.

Jubilee Laban Nukva Rachel Sabbatical Year Seven Year

130. Come and behold, even Laban hinted at these seven SFIROT - although he did not know what he was saying, for he opened the discussion with the words, "It is better (lit. 'good') that I give her to you..." Rabbi Aba said, Surely this is so. He worked seven years, WHICH ARE THE SEVEN SFIROT, to be united with the Sabbatical year, NAMELY, TO PASS THE SEVEN SFIROT TO THE NUKVA, RACHEL CALLED 'SABBATICAL YEAR.' Rabbi Elazar said, Come and behold. Everywhere the Jubilee is undisclosed, while the Sabbatical year is disclosed.

130. תָּא חֲזֵי, דַּאֲפִילּוּ לָבָן רָמַז לֵיהּ בְּאִינוּן שֶׁבַע, וְלָא יָדַע מַאי קָאֲמַר, דִּפְתַח וַאֲמַר טוֹב, דִּכְתִיב טוֹב תִּתִּי וגו.' אֲמַר רִבִּי אַבָּא, הָכֵי הוּא וַדַּאי, פְּלַח שֶׁבַע שְׁנִין לְאִזְדַּוְּוגָא בִּשְׁמִטָּה. אֲמַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, תָּא חֲזֵי, בְּכָל אֲתַר יוֹבְלָא סְתִים, דְּלָא אִתְגַּלְּיָא, וּשְׁמִטָּה אִתְגַּלְּיָא.

Grades Jacob Jubilee Leah Point Rachel Sabbatical Year Seven Stars Thought Voice Year

131. Come and behold, when Jacob served the first seven years, a voice resounded, saying, "From the world to the world" (Tehilim 106:48). THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS A DRAWING FROM THE HIDDEN WORLD, LEAH, TO THE DISCLOSED WORLD, RACHEL. The undisclosed world above, which is jubilee, NAMELY LEAH, is the starting point, AND NOT THE REVEALED WORLD, WHICH IS RACHEL. And these GRADES, which are undisclosed and not revealed to us, are from the Jubilee and were therefore hidden from Jacob, who did not even know THAT THEY WERE FOR LEAH, THE JUBILEE. He thought they were for the Sabbatical year, THAT IS, FOR RACHEL. ANOTHER REASON WAS to make him start from the supernal world, LEAH, and so (?) it was hidden from him THAT THEY BELONGED TO LEAH, because the Jubilee is undisclosed. BEING CLOSED AND COVERED BY CHOCHMAH, HE DID NOT WANT TO START AND DRAW FROM IT, UNLESS HE THOUGHT THEY BELONGED TO THE DISCLOSED WORLD. Later, when the seven undisclosed years of the Jubilee were over, Jacob served the seven disclosed Sabbatical year FOR RACHEL, and JACOB was adorned in both worlds, THE UNDISCLOSED AND THE DISCLOSED WORLD, and was united with them.

131. תָּא חֲזֵי, בְּשַׁעְתָּא דְּיַעֲקֹב פְּלַח שֶׁבַע שְׁנִין קַדְמָאִין, נָפְקָא קָלָא וַאֲמַר, יַעֲקֹב, מִן הָעוֹלָם וְעַד הָעוֹלָם כְּתִיב, עוֹלָם סְתִים דִּלְעֵילָא יוֹבְלָא מִתַּמָּן שֵׁירוּתָא. דְּאִלֵּין דְּאִינוּן סְתִימִין, דְּלָא אִתְגַּלְּיָא לוֹן מִן יוֹבְלָא אִינוּן, בְּגִין כָּךְ אִסְתִּימוּ, מִיַּעֲקֹב, דְּלָא יְדַע, דְּחָשַׁב דְּהָא מִן שְׁמִטָּה אִינוּן, וּבְגִין דְּיַעֲבֵד שֵׁירוּתָא מֵעוֹלָם דִּלְעֵילָא, אִתְכַּסְיָין מִנֵּיהּ, בְּגִין דְּיוֹבְלָא אִיהוּ סְתִים, וּלְבָתַר דַּעֲבָרוּ שְׁנֵי יוֹבְלָא דְּאִתְכַּסְיָיא, עֲבַד שְׁנֵי שְׁמִטָּה דְאִתְגַּלְיָין, וְאִתְעַטַּר בִּתְרֵין עָלְמִין וְאָחִיד לוֹן.