"And the report was heard in Pharaoh's house"

Synopsis

The Rabbis comment on the role of the voice in prayer. The hidden relationship between the voice and the Sfirot is explained by the fact that an inner voice can be heard, just as an outer one can - but the inner voice relates to the Sfirah of Zeir Anpin in a manner the heard voice does not. There are, we learn, many different voices, and those including the letter Vav ו, are heard differently from those without it. The rabbis conclude that when the Creator raises up the voice that is now without the Vav, the People shall come home from their long exile to worship Him at Jerusalem's holy mountain.

Relevance

Human speech is intimately tied to the Divine. The voice can summon forth both dark and Light forces. Different words and blessings resonate with the numerous supernal worlds that dwell on high, each realm bringing forth a particular ray of Divine Light to illuminate our existence. The ancient Kabbalists composed words and prayers that would radiate the brightest of Light in this world. This passage helps us stimulate the Light that shines in all supernal worlds. It inspires us to use our outer and inner voice to produce only positive energy.

Blessing Flesh Heart House Pharaoh, The Prayer Soul, The Voice

97. וְהַקֹּל נִשְׁמַע בֵּית פַּרְעֹה. רִבִּי אַבָּא פְּתַח וַאֲמַר נִכְסְפָה וְגַם כָּלְתָה נַפְשִׁי לְחַצְרוֹת ה' לִבִּי וּבְשָׂרִי יְרַנְּנוּ אֶל אֵל חָי. תָּא חֲזֵי, כָּל בַּר נָּשׁ דְּצַלֵּי צְלוֹתֵיהּ, קַמֵּי מָארֵיהּ, אִצְטְרִיךְ לֵיהּ, לְאַקְדָּמָא לֵיהּ בִּרְכָאן, בְּכָל יוֹמָא וְיוֹמָא, וּלְצַלֵּי צְלוֹתֵיהּ קַמֵּי מָארֵיהּ, בְּזִמְנָא דְאִצְטְרִיךְ.

Minchah Morning Prayer

98. בְּצַפְרָא, לְאַחֲדָא בִּימִינָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. בְּמִנְחָה, לְאַחֲדָא בִּשְׂמָאלָא. וּצְלוֹתָא וּבָעוּתָא, אִצְטְרִיךְ לֵיהּ לְבַר נָשׁ, בְּכָל יוֹמָא וְיוֹמָא, בְּגִין לְאִתְאַחֲדָא בֵּיהּ, וְאוֹקִימְנָא, מַאן דְּצַלֵּי צְלוֹתֵיהּ, קַמֵּי מָארֵיהּ, אִצְטְרִיךְ לֵיהּ, דְּלָא לְמִשְׁמַע קָלֵיהּ בִּצְלוֹתֵיהּ, וּמַאן דְּאַשְׁמַע קָלֵיהּ בִּצְלוֹתֵיהּ, צְלוֹתֵיהּ לָא אִשְׁתְּמַע.

Prayer Voice

99. מ"ט. בְּגִין דִּצְלוֹתָא, לָאו אִיהִי הַהִיא קָלָא דְּאִשְׁתְמַע, דְּהַהוּא קוֹל דְּאִשְׁתַּמַּע לָאו הִיא צְלוֹתָא. וּמַאן אִיהִי צְלוֹתָא. דָּא קָלָא אָחֳרָא, דְּתַלְיָא בְּקָלָא דְאִשְׁתְּמַע, וּמַאן הוּא קָלָא דְּאִשְׁתְּמַע. דָּא הַהוּא קוֹל דְּהוּא בְּוא"ו, קָלָא דְתַלְיָא בֵּיהּ, דָּא הַהוּא קֹל בְּלָא וא"ו.

Nukva Prayer Samuel Unity Voice Zeir Anpin

100. Thus, a man should never speak out loud when he prays, but pray in a whisper, in a voice unheard, WHICH IS AN ASPECT OF THE NUKVA, THE SECRET OF PRAYER. BY OUR PRAYERS WE UNITE THE STILL VOICE WITH ZEIR ANPIN, WHICH IS THE AUDIBLE VOICE. This prayer is always accepted, BECAUSE IT IS DESIROUS OF BEING UNITED WITH ZEIR ANPIN. This is learned from the words, "and the voice was heard," spelled without the letter Vav, in which the words "is heard" MEANS IT WAS ACCEPTED. This is a prayer said in a whisper, as is written of Hannah, "but her voice was not heard" (I Shmuel 1:13). This is the prayer that the Holy One, blessed be He, accepts - a prayer that is made willingly and intentionally, and is properly performed by a man concerned with the unity of his Master every day in the proper manner.

100. וּבְגִין כָּךְ, לָא אִצְטְרִיךְ לֵיהּ לְבַר נָשׁ, לְמִשְׁמַע קָלֵיהּ בִּצְלוֹתֵיהּ, אֶלָּא לְצַלָּאָה בְּלַחַשׁ, בְּהַהוּא קָלָא דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּמַע, וְדָא הִיא צְלוֹתָא דְּאִתְקַבָּלַת תָּדִיר, וְסִימָנֵיךְ וְהַקֹּל נִשְׁמַע, קֹל בְּלָא וא"ו, נִשְׁמַע. דָּא הִיא צְלוֹתָא דְּהִיא בַּחֲשַׁאי, דִּכְתִיב בְּחַנָּה, וְקוֹלָהּ לֹא יִשָּׁמַע, דָּא הִיא צְלוֹתָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא קַבֵּיל, כַּד אִתְעֲבֵיד גּוֹ רְעוּתָא, וְכַוָּונָה, וְתִקּוּנָא כִּדְקָא יָאוֹת, וּלְיַחֲדָא יִחוּדָא דְמָרֵיהּ כִּדְקָא יָאוֹת בְּכָל יוֹמָא.

Chassadim Nukva Prayer Voice Zeir Anpin

Beth-El Jeremiah Nukva Rama Temple, The Voice World to Come, The Zeir Anpin

102. Come and behold, "and the voice was heard." This is the voice without the letter Vav, NAMELY, THE NUKVA WHEN SEPARATED FROM ZEIR ANPIN - the voice that weeps for the first Temple and the second Temple. It is "heard" as it is written, "A voice was heard in Rama" (Yirmeyah 31:14). HE ASKS, What is "in Rama (lit. 'on high')?" HE REPLIED, It is the Supernal World, the World to Come, BINAH. This is derived from "between Rama and Bethel" (Shoftim 4:5), which means, "from everlasting to everlasting (lit. 'from world to world')." THAT IS, FROM BINAH CALLED 'RAMA,' THE SUPERNAL WORLD, TO THE NUKVA CALLED 'BETHEL,' THE LOWER WORLD. HERE TOO, "in Rama" refers to the Supernal World, BINAH, for when it was heard in Rama, then it is written, "And on that day did Hashem Elohim Tzva'ot call to weeping, and to mourning" (Yeshayah 22:12).

102. תָּא חֲזֵי, וְהַקֹּל נִשְׁמַע, דָּא הוא קֹל בְּלָא וא"ו, דָּא הִיא קָלָא, דְּבָכַאת עַל מִקְדָּשׁ רִאשׁוֹן, וְעַל מִקְדָּשׁ שֵׁנִי. נִשְׁמַע: כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע. בְּרָמָה, מַאי בְּרָמָה. דָּא הוּא עַלְמָא עִלָּאָה, עַלְמָא דְאָתֵי, וְסִימָנֵיךְ מִן הָרָמָה וְעַד בֵּית אֵל, מִן הָעוֹלָם וְעַד הָעוֹלָם, הָכָא בְּרָמָה, דָּא עַלְמָא עִלָּאָה, דְּהָא בְּהַהִיא שַׁעְתָּא, דִּי בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמַע, כְּדֵין מַה כְּתִיב, וַיִּקְרָא ה' אֱלֹקִים צְבָאוֹת בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לִבְכִי וּלְמִסְפֵּד וגו.'

Exile Jeremiah Light Lights Nukva Rachel Voice Zeir Anpin

103. " ...And the voice was heard high" above, AND THEN BOTH TEMPLES WERE DESTROYED. Why WERE THEY DESTROYED? Because the letter Vav was gone from THE NUKVA. THUS THEY WERE SEPARATED FROM END TO END. Then it is written, "Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted for her children because he is not" (Yirmeyah 31:14). ALL HER LIGHTS WERE STOPPED, AND BECAUSE SHE THEREFORE HAD NOTHING TO GIVE TO HER CHILDREN, THEY WENT INTO EXILE. HE ASKS, WHY DOES THE VERSE READ, "because he is not," instead of, 'they are not' - THAT IS, IN THE PLURAL. HE REPLIED, It is written, "he is not," as we explained, because her husband is not with her. If her husband, ZEIR ANPIN, had been with her, she would have been comforted for her children, HER LIGHT WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN STOPPED, and her children would not be in exile. But because "he is not" with her, she is not comforted for her children, and they were removed from her.

103. וְהַקֹּל נִשְׁמַע, לְעֵילָא לְעֵילָא. מ"ט. בְּגִין, דְּוא"ו אִתְרַחַק וְאִסְתַּלַּק מִנֵּיהּ, וּכְדֵין רָחֵל מְבַכָּה עַל בָּנֶיהָ מֵאֲנָה לְהִנָּחֵם עַל בָּנֶיהָ כִּי אֵינֶנוּ. כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ, כִּי אֵינָם מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ. אֶלָּא כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ, וְהָא אוֹקִימְנָא, כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ: דְּבַעֲלָהּ לָא אִשְׁתַּכַּח עִמָּהּ, דְּאִלְּמָלֵא בַּעֲלָהּ יִשְׁתַּכַּח עִמָּהּ, תִּתְנַחֵם עֲלַיְיהוּ, דְּהָא כְּדֵין בְּנָהָא, לָא יְהוֹן בְּגָלוּתָא, וּבְגִין דְּאֵינֶנּוּ, לָאו אִיהִי מִתְנַחֲמָא עַל בְּנָהָא, בְּגִין דִּבְנָהָא אִתְרַחֲקוּ מִנָּהּ, עַל דְּאֵינֶנּוּ עִמָּהּ.

Candles House Lights Nukva Pharaoh, The Voice

104. תָּא חֲזֵי בֵּית פַּרְעֹה, דָּא הוּא סִימָנֵיךְ לְעֵילָא, בֵּיתָא דְּאִתְפְּרָעוּ וְאִתְגַּלְּיָין מִנֵּיהּ כָּל נְהוֹרִין, וְכָל בּוּצִינִין, כָּל מַה דַּהֲוָה סָתִים, מִתַּמָּן אִתְגְּלֵי, וּבְג"כ, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַפֵּיק כָּל נְהוֹרִין, וְכָל בּוּצִינִין, בְּגִין לְאַנְהָרָא לְהַהוּא קוֹל, דְּאִקְרֵי קֹל בְּלָא וא"ו.

Assyrians Dust Egypt Exile Jerusalem Lights Mountains Nukva Shofar Voice Zeir Anpin

105. Come and behold, When the Holy One, blessed be He, raises this voice, THE NUKVA, from the dust, it will join the Vav, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN. Then all that was lost TO YISRAEL at the time of exile will be returned to them. They will feast upon the supernal lights added to them from the Supernal World, as it is written, "And it shall come to pass on that day, that a great Shofar shall be blown, and they who were lost in the land of Ashur, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, shall come and worship Hashem in the holy mountain at Jerusalem" (Yeshayah 27:13).

105. תָּא חֲזֵי כַּד יָקֵים קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְהַאי קֹל מֵעַפְרָא, וְיִתְחַבַּר בְּוא"ו, כְּדֵין כָּל מַה דְּאִתְאֲבֵיד מִנַּיְיהוּ בְּזִמְנָא דְגָלוּתָא, יִתְהֲדַר וְיִתְעַדְּנוּן בִּנְהוֹרִין עִלָּאִין, דְּאִתּוֹסְפָן מִגּוֹ עַלְמָא עִלָּאָה, כְּד"א וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִתָּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל וּבָאוּ הָאוֹבְדִים בְּאֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר וְהַנִּדָּחִים בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַה' בְּהַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ בִּירוּשָׁלָם.