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106. "Now, you are commanded, do this, take wagons out of the land of Egypt" (Beresheet 45:19). Rabbi Chiya opened the discussion with the verse, "Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you that love her, rejoice for joy with her" (Yeshayah 66:10). Come and behold, When the Temple was destroyed and Yisrael were exiled from their land because of their sins, the Holy One, blessed be He, had ascended on high and did not notice the destruction of the Temple or His exiled people. The Shechinah then went into exile with them.

106. וְאַתָּה צֻוֵּיתָה זֹאת עֲשׂוּ קְחוּ לָכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וגו.' רִבִּי חִיָּיא פְּתַח, שִׂמְחוּ אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם וְגִילוּ בָהּ כָּל אוֹהֲבֶיהָ שִׂישׂוּ אִתָּהּ מָשׂוֹשׂ וגו.' תָּא חֲזֵי, כַּד אִתְחָרַב בֵּי מַקְדְּשָׁא, וְגָרְמוּ חוֹבִין, וְאִתְגָּלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאַרְעָא, אִסְתַּלַּק קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְעֵילָא לְעֵילָא, וְלָא אַשְׁגַּח עַל חָרוּב בֵּי מַקְדְּשָׁא, וְעַל עַמֵּיהּ דְּאִתְגָּלוּ, וּכְדֵין שְׁכִינְתָּא אִתְגַּלְּיָיא עִמְּהוֹן.

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107. When He descended, He saw that his House was burnt. He looked for His people and behold, they were in exile. He asked for the Lady, NAMELY, THE SHECHINAH, and learned that She was exiled. Then, it is written, "And on that day did Hashem Elohim Tzva'ot call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth" (Yeshayah 22:12). And OF THE SHECHINAH, it is written, "Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth" (Yoel 1:8), because "he is gone," MEANING, HER HUSBAND. For He went away from Her, and they are apart.

107. כַּד נָחַת, אַשְׁגַּח עַל בֵּיתֵיהּ דְּאִתּוֹקַד, אִסְתַּכַּל עַל עַמֵּיהּ, וְהָא אִתְגְּלֵי, שָׁאַל עַל מַטְרוֹנִיתָא, וְאִתְתָּרְכַת, כְּדֵין וַיִּקְרָא ה' אֱלֹקִים צְבָאוֹת בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לִבְכִי וּלְמִסְפֵּד וּלְקָרְחָה וְלַחֲגֹר שָׂק, וְהִיא גַּם הִיא מַה כְּתִיב בָּהּ, אֱלִי כִּבְתוּלָה חֲגֻרַת שַׂק עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ, כְּד"א כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ, בְּגִין דְּאִסְתַּלַּק מִינָהּ, וְאִשְׁתַּכַּח פֵּרוּדָא.

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108. Even heaven and earth themselves mourned, as it is written, "I clothe the heavens with blackness and I make sackcloth their covering" (Yeshayah 50:3). All the high angels mourned for Her, as it is written, "Behold, the mighty ones shall cry outside; the angels of peace weep bitterly" (Yeshayah. 33:7). The sun and moon were in mourning, their lights darkened, as it is written, "the sun shall be darkened in his going forth" (Yeshayah 13:10). Everyone high and low wept for Her and mourned, because the Other Side reigned over Her, on the Holy Land.

108. וַאֲפִילּוּ שְׁמַיָא וְאַרְעָא, כֻּלְּהוּ אִתְאַבָּלוּ, דִּכְתִיב אַלְבִּישׁ שָׁמַיִם קַדְרוּת וְשַׂק אָשִׂים כְּסוּתָם. מַלְאֲכֵי עִלָּאֵי, כֻּלְּהוּ אִתְאַבָּלוּ עֲלֵיהּ, דִּכְתִיב הֵן אֶרְאֶלָּם צָעֲקוּ חֻצָּה מַלְאכֵי שָׁלוֹם מַר יִבְכָּיוּן. שִׁמְשָׁא וְסִיהֲרָא אִתְאַבָּלוּ, וְחָשְׁכוּ נְהוֹרֵיהוֹן, דִּכְתִיב חָשַׁךְ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בְּצֵאתוֹ וגו,' וְכֹלָּא עִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי, בָּכוּ עֲלָהּ וְאִתְאַבָּלוּ. מ"ט, בְּגִין דְּשָׁלְטָא עֲלָהּ סִטְרָא אָחֳרָא, דְּשָׁלְטָא עַל אַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא.

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109. He opened the discussion with the verse, "You son of man, thus says Hashem Elohim to the land of Yisrael: An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land" (Yechezkel 7:2). This verse contains a deep mystery. What does "to the land of Yisrael: An end" mean? Does it mean an end to the land of Yisrael? HE ANSWERS, Surely this is true, as we have learned. There is an end on the right and an end on the left. HE EXPLAINED, An end on the right, as it is written, "at the end of days (lit. 'right')" (Daniel 12:13), and an end on the left, as it is written, "He puts an end to darkness, and searches out all perfection" (Iyov 28:3). This is the end of all flesh, as we have learned.

109. פְּתַח וַאֲמַר, וְאַתָּה בֶּן אָדָם כֹּה אָמַר ה' אֱלֹקִים לְאַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל קֵץ בָּא הַקֵּץ עַל אַרְבַּע כַּנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ, הַאי קְרָא רָזָא עִלָּאָה אִיהוּ, לְאַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל קֵץ מַאי אִיהוּ, וְכִי אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל קֵץ הִיא. אֶלָּא הָכֵי הוּא וַדַּאי וְאִתְּמָר, קֵץ אִיהוּ לִימִינָא, קֵץ אִיהוּ לִשְׂמָאלָא. קֵץ לִימִינָא: דִּכְתִיב לְקֵץ הַיָּמִין. קֵץ לִשְׂמָאלָא: דִּכְתִיב, קֵץ שָׂם לַחשֶׁךְ וּלְכָל תַּכְלִית הוּא חוֹקֵר, וְדָא הוּא, קֵץ כָּל בָּשָׂר, כְּמָה דְאִתְּמָר.

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110. The end on the right is written of in the verse, "to the land of Yisrael: an end." " ...The end is come UPON THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE LAND" refers to the end on the left. The end on the right is the end through the Good Inclination, and the end on the left is the end through the Evil Inclination, which happened when, through the increase in sins, it was decreed that the evil kingdom would be given permission to rule and destroy His house and Temple, as it is written, "Thus says Hashem Elohim! An evil, a singular evil, behold, is come" (Yechezkel 7:5).

110. קֵץ דִּימִינָא, הַיְינוּ דִכְתִיב לְאַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל קֵץ. בָּא הַקֵּץ, דָּא קֵץ דִּשְׂמָאלָא. קֵץ דִּימִינָא: דָּא קֵץ דְּיֵצֶר הַטּוֹב. קֵץ דִּשְׂמָאלָא: דָּא קֵץ דְּיֵצֶר הָרָע, וְדָא אִיהוּ, דְּכַד חוֹבִין גָּרְמוּ וְאִתְגַּבְּרוּ, אִתְגְּזַר וְאִתְיְיהֵיב שָׁלְטָנָא לְמַלְכוּת הָרְשָׁעָה לְשַׁלְטָאָה, וּלְחָרָבָא בֵּיתֵיהּ וּמִקְדְּשֵׁיהּ, וְדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, כֹּה אָמַר ה' אֱלֹקִים רָעָה אַחַר רָעָה הִנֵּה בָאָה, וְכֹלָּא חַד.

Evil Heaven Holiness (Kedushah) Kedushah (Holiness) Kingdom

111. וּבְג"כ, אִתְאַבָּלוּ עִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי, עַל דְּאִתְיְיהֵיב שָׁלְטָנוֹ לְהַאי קֵץ דִּשְׂמָאלָא, וּבְגִין כָּךְ, כֵּיוָן דְּמַלְכוּ קַדִּישָׁא, מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם אִתְכַּפְיָא, וּמַלְכוּת חַיָּיבָא אִתְגַּבַּר, אִית לֵיהּ לְכָל בַּר נָשׁ, לְאִתְאַבָּלָא עִמָּהּ, וּלְאִתְכַּפְיָא עִמָּהּ, וּבְגִין דְּכַד אִיהִי יִזְדַּקְּפָא, וְעַלְמָא יִתְחַדֵּי, יִתְחַדֵּי אִיהוּ בַּהֲדָהּ, דִּכְתִיב שִׂישׂוּ אִתָּהּ מָשׂוֹשׂ כָּל הַמִּתְאַבְּלִים עָלֶיהָ.

Egypt Heifer Jeremiah Wagons Year

112. תָּא חֲזֵי, כְּתִיב בְּהוֹ בְּמִצְרַיִם, עֶגְלָה יְפִיפִיָה מִצְרַיִם, וְרָזָא דְּעֶגְלָה דָא, הֲווֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּחוֹת שָׁלְטָנֵיהּ, כַּמָּה זִמְנִין, וְכַמָּה שְׁנִין, וּבְגִין דִּזְמִינִין יִשְׂרָאֵל לְשַׁלְּטָאָה לְבָתַר עֲלָהּ, אִתְרְמִיז לוֹן הַשְׁתָּא עֲגָלוֹת.

Evil Heifer Jacob Joseph

113. רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אֲמַר, רֶמֶז רָמַז לֵיהּ יוֹסֵף לְיַעֲקֹב, עַל עֶגְלָה עֲרוּפָה, דְּהָא בְּהַהוּא פִּרְקָא אִתְפְּרַשׁ מִנֵּיהּ. וְאוֹקְמוּהָ, עֶגְלָה עֲרוּפָה, דְּאִיהִי אַתְיָא עַל דְּאִשְׁתַּכַּח קָטוֹלָא, וְלָא אִתְיְידַע מַאן קָטֵיל לֵיהּ, וּבְגִין דְּלָא יִשְׁלְטוּן עַל אַרְעָא רוּחִין בִּישִׁין דְּלָא אִצְטְרִיכוּ, יַהֲבִין הַאי עֶגְלָה לְתִקּוּנָא, בְּגִין דְּלָא יִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעוּן לְגַבֵּיהּ, וְלָא יִשְׁלְטוּ עֲלַיְיהוּ.

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115. וּבְג"כ, אִית לֵיהּ דִּינָא לְשַׁלְּטָאָה, עַל הַהוּא אֲתַר, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, לֹא נוֹדַע מִי הִכָּהוּ, ה"נ אִית לֵיהּ דִּינָא דְּלָא אִתְיְידַע, בְּגִין לְקַטְרְגָא עַל הַהוּא אֲתַר, וְע"ד וְלָקְחוּ זִקְנֵי הָעִיר הַהִיא עֶגְלַת בָּקָר וגו.' בְּגִין לְאַעֲבָרָא דִינֵיהּ דְּהַהוּא אֲתַר, וּלְאִתְתַּקָּנָא דְּלָא יִשְׁלוֹט בֵּיהּ מְקַטְרְגָא, וּלְאִשְׁתֵּזָבָא מִנֵּיהּ.

Blood Food Hands Hatred Heifer Jacob Joseph Wagons

116. Come and behold, When Joseph parted from his father, he was sent without escort or without food, and whatever happened then happened. When Jacob said, "Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces" (Beresheet 37:33), he added, "For I will go down to my son mourning into Sheol" (Ibid. 35), for I caused him TO BE KILLED, HAVING SENT HIM WITHOUT ESCORT. I CANNOT SAY, "OUR HANDS HAVE NOT SHED THIS BLOOD" (DEVARIM 21:7) CONCERNING THE BREAKING OF THE HEIFER'S NECK, WHICH MEANS, "WE HAVE NOT SENT HIM UNESCORTED." I also knew his brothers hated him, yet I sent him TO THEM. JOSEPH reminded him OF THIS BY SENDING THE WAGONS (BOTH 'WAGONS' AND 'HEIFERS' ARE WRITTEN 'AGALOT' IN HEBREW).

116. תָּא חֲזֵי, יוֹסֵף כַּד אִתְפְּרַשׁ מֵאֲבוֹי, בְּלָא לְוָיָה, וּבְלָא אֲכִילָה אִשְׁתַּדַּר, וַהֲוָה מַה דַּהֲוָה, וְכַד אֲמַר יַעֲקֹב, טָרוֹף טוֹרַף יוֹסֵף, אֲמַר כִּי אֵרֵד אֶל בְּנִי אָבֵל שְׁאוֹלָה, דַּאֲנָא גָרֵימְנָא לֵיהּ. וְתוּ, דַּהֲוֵינָא יָדַע דַּאֲחוֹי סַנְיָין לֵיהּ, וְשַׁדַּרְנָא לֵיהּ, וְרֶמֶז קָא רָמִיז לֵיהּ.

Heifer Jacob Joseph Pharaoh, The Wagons

117. Rabbi Yehuda responded that the wagons were sent by the command of Pharaoh, as it is written, "and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh" (Beresheet 45:21). HOW CAN YOU THEN SAY THAT JOSEPH GAVE THEM A HINT BY SENDING THE WAGONS? RABBI ELAZAR replied, It is derived from the exact meaning of the verse, "Now you are commanded, do this," WHICH IS REDUNDANT, AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN, "AND PHARAOH SAID TO JOSEPH, SAY TO YOUR BRETHREN..." YET "Now you are commanded" has a specific meaning and is therefore spelled with the letter Hei AT THE END. THIS TEACHES US THAT ITS EXACT MEANING IS that Joseph asked him TO GIVE HIM WAGONS. Thus, "and Joseph gave them wagons (also: 'heifers'), according to the commandment of Pharaoh," FOR IT WAS JOSEPH WHO GAVE, WHO ASKED OF PHARAOH. WHY DID HE DEMAND WAGONS OF PHARAOH? BECAUSE HE WISHED TO REMIND HIS FATHER OF THE PASSAGE OF THE BREAKING OF THE HEIFER'S NECK. Jacob therefore did not believe it until he saw the wagons AND TOOK THE HINT, as it is written, "And when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived."

117. א"ל רִבִּי יְהוּדָה, אִינוּן עֲגָלוֹת ע"פ פַּרְעֹה שַׁדַּר לוֹן, דִּכְתִיב וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם יוֹסֵף עֲגָלוֹת עַל פִּי פַּרְעֹה. א"ל, דִּיּוּקָא דְמִלָּה, דִּכְתִיב וְאַתָּה צֻוֵּיתָה זֹאת עֲשׂוּ. וְאַתָּה צֻוֵּיתָה דַּיְיקָא, וּבְג"כ כְּתִיב בְּה"א, מַשְׁמַע דְּיוֹסֵף תָּבַע לוֹן, וּבְג"כ וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם יוֹסֵף עֲגָלוֹת עַל פִּי פַּרְעֹה. וְיַעֲקֹב לָא אִתְקַיַּים בְּמִלָּה, עַד דְּחָמָא לוֹן, דִּכְתִיב וַיַּרְא אֶת הָעֲגָלוֹת אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח יוֹסֵף לָשֵׂאת אוֹתוֹ וַתְּחִי רוּחַ יַעֲקֹב אֲבִיהֶם.

Grades Israel Jacob Joseph Shechinah Torah Tribes Vow

118. Rabbi Shimon said, First it is written, "and the spirit of Jacob their father revived," and then it is written, "and Yisrael said, It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive." WHY DOES THE VERSE START WITH JACOB AND FINISH WITH YISRAEL? HE REPLIED, First the Torah calls him Jacob because the Shechinah took part in the vow THAT THE TRIBES TOOK NOT TO REVEAL THAT Joseph was sold. THE SHECHINAH WAS THEREFORE GONE FROM JACOB ALL THAT TIME. Now that the Shechinah has come back to him, it is written, "and the spirit of Jacob their father revived," which is the secret of the Shechinah, CALLED 'THE SPIRIT OF JACOB.' After THE SHECHINAH was established in him, the high grade went from the grade of Jacob to the grade Yisrael. From this we learn that the high grade is not awakened above until there is an awakening below. For here it is written, "and the spirit of Jacob their father revived first," WHICH REFERS TO THE AWAKENING BELOW, and then it is written, "and Yisrael said," WHICH IS THE AWAKENING ABOVE.

118. אר"ש, בְּקַדְמֵיתָא וַתְּחִי רוּחַ יַעֲקֹב, וּלְבָתַר וַיֹּאמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל רַב עוֹד יוֹסֵף בְּנִי חָי. אֶלָּא בְּקַדְמֵיתָא קָרֵי לֵיהּ אוֹרַיְיתָא יַעֲקֹב, בְּגִין שׁוּתָּפוּתָא, דְּאִשְׁתַּתְּפוּ שְׁכִינְתָּא בְּהַהוּא חֵרֶם, כַּד אִזְדַּבַּן יוֹסֵף, וְהַשְׁתָּא דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא סָלְקָא, כְּדֵין אִיהוּ, וַתְּחִי רוּחַ יַעֲקֹב אֲבִיהֶם, וְדָא הוּא רָזָא דִשְׁכִינְתָּא, וּבָתַר דְּאִיהִי קָיְימָא בְּקִיּוּמָא, כְּדֵין דַּרְגָּא דִלְעֵילָא, אִתְעֲבַר לְגַבָּהּ, דַּרְגָּא דְּאִיהוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל. מִכָּאן, דְּדַרְגָּא דִלְעֵילָא, לָא אִתְעַר לְעֵילָא, עַד דְּאִתְעַר בְּקַדְמֵיתָא לְתַתָּא, דְּהָא הָכָא וַתְּחִי רוּחַ יַעֲקֹב בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, וּלְבָתַר וַיֹּאמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל.

Grades Isaac Israel Love Nukva Sacrifice Vision

119. "And Elohim spoke to Yisrael in the visions (Heb. mar'ot) of the night" (Beresheet 46:2): The word mar'ot is spelled without the letter Vav, WHICH MAKES IT SINGULAR, THUS ALLUDING TO THE GRADE OF THE NUKVA CALLED 'VISION,' AND ALSO 'NIGHT.' Come and behold, the verse, "And offered sacrifices to the Elohim of his father Isaac" (Beresheet 46:1), is written first to awaken the left CALLED 'ISAAC' in the secret of love TO THE NUKVA, NUPTIAL LOVE THAT IS DRAWN FROM THE LEFT. Then "Elohim spoke to Yisrael in the visions of the night," WHICH MEANS THAT HE WAS REVEALED TO HIM, by the grade we mentioned, THE NUKVA, called "visions of the night."

119. וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹקִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמַרְאֹת הַלַּיְלָה, בְּמַרְאַת כְּתִיב. תָּא חֲזֵי, וַיִּזְבַּח זְבָחִים לֵאלֹהֵי אָבִיו יִצְחָק בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, בְּגִין לְאִתְעָרָא שְׂמָאלָא, בְּרָזָא דִרְחִימוּ, וּכְדֵין וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹקִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמַרְאוֹת הַלַּיְלָה, בְּהַאי דַרְגָּא דְּקָאֲמָרָן, דְּאִיהִי מַרְאוֹת הַלַּיְלָה.

Egypt Exile Holiness (Kedushah) Kedushah (Holiness) Shechinah

120. "And he said, I am the El, the Elohim of your father." HE ASKS, Why DID HE MENTION HIS NAME? HE ANSWERS, Because the holy side above is wont to do so. But the side of defilement does not mention the name of the Holy One, blessed be He. Yet every side of holiness is mentioned by name. "I will go down with you into Egypt" (Beresheet 46:4). From here we understand that the Shechinah accompanied him into exile, and wherever Yisrael went into exile, the Shechinah went with them, as has already been explained.

120. וַיֹּאמֶר אָנֹכִי הָאֵל אֱלֹקֵי אָבִיךָ, מַאי טַעְמָא. בְּגִין דְּסִטְרָא דִקְדֻּוּשָּׁה דִלְעֵילָא, הָכֵי הוּא, דְּהָא סִטְרָא דִמְסָאֲבָא, לָא אַדְכַּר שְׁמָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְכָל סְטַר דִּקְדּוּשָּׁה אִדְכַּר בִּשְׁמֵיהּ. אָנֹכִי אֵרֵד עִמְּךָ מִצְרַיְמָה וגו,' מִכָּאן, דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא נָחֲתַת עִמֵּיהּ בְּגָלוּתָא, וּבְכָל אֲתַר דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אִתְגָּלוּ, שְׁכִינְתָּא אִתְגַּלְּיָא עִמְּהוֹן, וְהָא אוֹקְמוּהָ.

Joseph Pharaoh, The Ten Wagons

121. Come and behold. HE ASKS, How many wagons were there? HE REPLIED, There were six, like the "six covered wagons" (Bemidbar 7:3). According to another explanation there were 60. All is one secret, FOR SIX ALLUDE TO THE SIX SFIROT - CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD AND YESOD - AND SIXTY ALSO ALLUDES TO THE SIX SFIROT, EACH OF WHICH INCLUDED TEN, WHICH TOTALS SIXTY. HE COMMENTED, First it is written, "the wagons which Joseph had sent" (Beresheet 45:27) and then, "the wagons which Pharaoh had sent" (Beresheet 46:5). HE ANSWERS, All the wagons that Joseph sent were in proper number, and those Pharaoh sent were supernumerary, not part of the secret or part of the reckoning.

121. תָּא חֲזֵי, כַּמָּה עֲגָלוֹת הֲווֹ. שִׁית. כְּד"א שֵׁשׁ עֶגְלוֹת צָב. ד"א, שִׁיתִּין הֲווֹ, וְכֹלָּא רָזָא חָדָא. בְּקַדְמֵיתָא כְּתִיב בָּעֲגָלוֹת אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח יוֹסֵף, וּלְבַסּוֹף אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח פַּרְעֹה. אֶלָּא, כֻּלְּהוּ דְּשַׁדַּר יוֹסֵף, הֲווֹ בְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא כִּדְקָא חָזֵי, וְאִינוּן דְּשַׁדַּר פַּרְעֹה יַתִּיר מִנַּיְיהוּ, לָא הֲווֹ בְּרָזָא דָא, וְלָא הֲווֹ בְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא.

Exile Joseph Offering Pharaoh, The Wagons

"Take wagons...for your little ones"