The Lord Called unto Moses
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When the Morning Stars Sang Together379) “When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.” When the Creator comes to entertain with the righteous in the Garden of Eden, all things, meaning degrees in the lower world, Malchut, and all the upper ones and lower ones awaken toward Him. And all the trees, meaning degrees, in the Garden of Eden begin to praise before Him, as it is written, “Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy before the Lord, for He has come.” And even the birds in the land all utter praise before Him. At that time, a flame comes out and strikes the wings of the rooster, who calls and praises the holy King. He calls upon people to exert in Torah, in praising their Master, and in His work. Happy are those who rise from their bed to engage in Torah. 380) When the morning comes, the doors on the south, meaning Hesed, open and the gates of healing come out to the world. And Eastern wind, ZA, awakens and Rachamim are present. And all those stars and signs, meaning degrees, which are appointed under the governance of that morning, which is Yesod that shines Hassadim, they all begin to praise and to sing for the High King. It is written about that, “When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.” But what do the sons of God, who are Din, want here, summoning a shout on this morning, which is the time of Hesed? After all, all the Dinim are removed when the Hesed awakens in the world. However, “And all the sons of God shouted for joy” means that the authority of the harsh Dinim has been broken, their strength has been shattered, since “Shout” means that they broke, as it is written, “The earth is broken, broken down.” 381) And the harsh Dinim have so dwindled because this morning awakened in the world, meaning Yesod, and Abraham, who is Hesed, awakened and came to plant a Tamarisk in Beer Sheba. The Tamarisk is ZA and Beer Sheba is Malchut. Through Abraham, meaning Hesed, ZA and Malchut united. This, I heard in Beer Sheba, which is Malchut. And it is written, “And called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God,” which is the unification of ZA and Malchut, since HaVaYaH is ZA and “Everlasting God” is Malchut.
The Morning Was Light382) “As the morning was light, the men were sent away.” Morning is the time when the Dinim pass away and Hesed wishes to awaken. All who come from the side of Hesed visit their place, meaning Hesed, to produce blessings to the world. This is the meaning of “The morning was light,” when Rachamim settle in the world and the Hesed stands in its place. Then, it is a morning of light. It is written, “And God saw the light, that it was good.” The light is Hesed, and “Good” is Yesod, which is called “good” and called “morning.” Thus, the Hesed was awakened by the morning, Yesod, and this is, “The morning was light.” 383) Everything is in specific degrees. Night is Malchut, and “The morning was light” is the upper degree, Yesod, which is always in Malchut when she shines, and it is in Malchut when the sun shines. The sun is the upper degree that perfumes everything and shines for everything, meaning Tifferet, as it is written, “For the Lord God is a sun and a shield.” This “Morning was light,” meaning Yesod, shines from the sun, Tifferet, and this Yesod shines for the night, which is Malchut. This is why everything is interdependent. When this “Morning was light” was awakened, all the people in the world, all the degrees of Malchut, which is called “world,” unite in unity in joy, and they are present in the world. And now, the day has shone and it is a time of good will, to walk along the way. As Long as Moses Exists385) “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers.’” As long as Moses was alive in the world, he protested against Israel so they would not be in sin before the Creator. And because Moses was among them, there will not be a generation such as that until the arrival of the generation of the Messiah King, when they see the glory of the Creator as they did. This is so because they had attained what other generations did not attain. 386) A maidservant saw on the sea what the eye of Prophet Ezekiel did not see. If the maidservants attained so much, it is even more so with the women of Israel, and even more so with their sons, even more so with their men, more so with the Sanhedrin, more so with the leaders, and especially so with Moses, the high and faithful prophet, who is above all of them. And now, if the merchants in the desert where speaking such wisdom, it is all the more so with the sages of the generation. And it is even more so with those who are before Rabbi Shimon, who study from him every day, and doubly so with Rabbi Shimon himself, who is superior to all of them. 387) After Moses died, it is written, “And this people will rise up, and go astray.” Woe unto the world when Rabbi Shimon departs it, when the fountains of wisdom are blocked in the world and a man seeks a word of wisdom, but none shall be found to speak. And the whole world will be erring in the Torah and there will be no one to evoke in the wisdom. It is written about that time, “And if the whole congregation of Israel shall err,” meaning if they err in the Torah and do not know her ways and what they are because “and the matter is hidden from the eyes of the assembly,” meaning that there is none who knows how to reveal the depth of the Torah and her ways, woe unto those generations that will be in the world at that time. 388) At the time of the Messiah, the Creator will reveal profound secrets in the Torah, “For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” It is written, “And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord’; for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them.”
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