Egyptian-Hebrew stream·Zohar·Volume II — Bereshith (Genesis II) → Shemoth opening

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Theme

Zohar Volume II: Kabbalistic doctrines of soul, incarnation, and spiritual garments

Soul-faculty

Consciousness Soul

Steiner

• GA 8, chapter 11Steiner cites Zohar II, 110b to support the doctrine that nothing of the soul's spiritual power is lost, grounding this in Jewish esoteric teaching.
• GA 41b/part_7Steiner draws on Zohar passages — including the soul pleading her freedom before God and receiving a shining garment above — to illuminate post-mortem states and the conditions of re-incarnating egos.
• GA 87, 1902-02-01Steiner asserts that without Jewish mysticism, no correct understanding of Christianity is possible, situating the Zohar within the esoteric preparation for the Mystery of Golgotha.

Cross-tradition

• Vedanta — subtle-body doctrineCross-tradition congruence exists between the Zohar's 'shining garment' received by the soul above and the Vedantic notion of the causal body (karana-sharira) as the soul's vehicle in higher states.
• Neoplatonism — descent and return of the soulCross-tradition congruence exists between the Zohar's account of the soul clothing herself in earthly and celestial garments and Plotinus's schema of the soul's descent through hypostases acquiring successive vehicles.

Volume II

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sccount would prove 1 man guy, the Haly One i 'Younty towards His creatures puts t his ereit all is 'eds, and the man i thus seed. Obsere that 'when Jonah was cnt forth imo the Sea, "the sea"—as we 'ead "stood all fom raping". Thin cane the pera {Sas whic aid stand wl" when tr wrath i antag For the heavenly tbunal atime when the world isunder i like 3 pregnant woman eho cooled ith the pangs of childbirth. which cease. however. a8 000 a8 shes delivered of the Culd. Smlaly the heavenly tebural in time of judgement is agitated and convused, but once udgenent fs eccued t becones paced and fesomes th isdn is wooted calm, a it writin, "And when the tricked peruh there joy" (Pow. a, 20} There indeed,

4pasage tothe cura, sping, "Have E any pleaure at

4thatthe wicke! should die?" (Exek. xvan, 23), 'This
[asage, however, speaks ofthe sinners whe have mt yet [Fe othe lime ofprovocaion, wheres he previous OEE Speaks of shone anners howe meanare wll" Aso THE Lire of Sanam was, ec. How atta she 'och of Sarah alms, smog st Soom meson im the ile» rocorded? Kiya mid lo that so? Do we act Sid it witen, "And Rachel ded, and was buried in the way te Eph" (Gen. nary, 19) and asin, "and Miriam ded flere, ae" (Nom mi th asa, "and Deborah (0239) Rebeiats une ded" (Gen. wav, Band finaly, "and 'Shoat daughter the wife of Jedah ded (ad ev 227" Sad R Joo "The problem why the ecard of Soab's {years geen with wo rch parcalaty, ach awe fad in 'Be caf no ater woman ? Why, sree, Sarah alone of all the women of Sciprure seas 2 woke secon of the 'Torah devoted ? Tee w= an exter Fenn. ramets, that Sirah roche that radeon wich depend allthe yeas and {he daw of son of man R Jose Gscouned of the verse: ad th aban ofthe earths a ark), an «ing to lebared fold (Eel, 9). The abundance ofthe cath Ihe nai "sexsi Ad (the Whole). a that the source Som stems ops aad. seth and foe which saae-saat) gare cama 5 bezeicence i vouchafed to the world. By "king" we have to understand the Holy One, blessed be He, the most high King, 'who, ifthe Seld be tilled and cultivated properly, ataches 'bimsetf to it, What is this field? Te isthe field mentioned in the words, "ax the smell of « Geld which the Lord hath 'Blewed" (Gen. wxvit, 27)' R. Elezar iad: "Hezein ae con tained various deep esoteric ideas. The term "king" bere is 'an allusion to the Shekinah, who does aot dwell in 2 house unless the maser of the house is mamied and s unsted t0 tis wife forthe purpose of bearing atopeing, the Shekinah 'thea brings forh souls to plant im that house. Hence the thao to the God-feating woman of whoo i is writen, "at a woman tht Search the Lard she shall be peed (Pree 2a, 30), while "eld alles to the strange woman, ech en Nha Sy my ben he oe os ge 'woman (hed. it, 5) For there are fields ad eld. There isthe field m whch abide all, ad saocttis, and (Of which it sid, "asthe smell of « eld which the Lord 'hah blewed" (Gen_ xv, 27); and there is nother kind of [ed which the abode of dovolston, impunity, war and sShugheer. And that king it sometimes craved to such 3 Silda it sys, "For thee tines the earth doth quake for 3 servant when he regocth[r2aB] -. and 2 handnaid that & best to her mastren" (Prov. 2x, 21-23) Such 2 bing = plunged in darkness until he purifies himself and 'regams the supernal spbere. It for that reason that 2 be [Bus effered up on New-Moon days, namely, because that {Sed has been exranges fom the Dine King, 20 that 00 'esings from that King could rest pon it; 30 when the other bing i enaaved tothe fel, we may apply the words, "or in the feld he found ber. et." (Deut at 27) Thus whee Eve came ito the word she attached eri to the Sergent, who ineced is purity into er so that she brought 'dest nro the world and ta ber busbar! Then cane Sarch, 'sho, though she went down, came up again, and never 'Srached bereft the ecpent, or ev tend, "And Abrams

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'went up out of Egypt, e, and bis wife, and all that be ad (Gen. 2, 1) OF Noah, ton itis written, "Aad be drank of the wine, and was drunken: and he was uncovered wathan bis 'ent (Gen. tx 21). And because Abratar and Sirah kept afar from the serpent, Surah obtained if steral for berself, ber hushand snd all her descendants afer ber, who were Silden m9 "lnk unt the mck whence ye were hewn, and te the hole ofthe pit whence ye were digeed"™ (lo th 1) Heace the Serprure sty, "aed the eof Sarah was, forma ot used in the case f Eve or any other woman. Fer Sarah Asp THE LIFE OF SAAN WAS A HUNDRED YEARS TWENTY YEARS AND SEVEN YEARS. Exchof thee pends seas marked by ts ows peculiar degree of wae R Same (Sit [ts3e) "Phere fan inner sgniScamce on the ac that "eth the other marabers the werd for "years" (shana ism Ghe singuler whesess with the sumber seven i = im the (pea (hea) The Hondred forms a wut boca she ly (One is uted with the highest nd most eymecioes by the saree of tae Beendeed emeetenepremeem cach dg Semly he aumber twenty symbole the uaay of the "Thought wath the Jue Hence the angular shonat (Jear). Wheres the seven yea' correspond tothe xyea bower reals hat mee epscly fom the mytenons superaal exence. fant whieh, though ty abo form im 4 seme, = unity, Geverge in respect ofthe catcguis of justice and mercy ioe vera sdesard paths This ct win he muperea epee Hence, there we' have "year". bat Bere we howe "yeas". (But thy areal called "le. Thus "vhe ie of Sah weas"™ 'meant "relly was", having been created and exablaed in the sypeemal regina" RU Hye mid Te he bec cotaobed that when Isae was bound on the abar be was thiny-seven eas old, and immediely after Sarah dict asi writen, "And Abeabam came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for ber" Waener ded be come * He came from Mount Mocah, after bis binding of loc. Thee thirty-seven yeas from Iee's birt to the tine of Bis Ieing bound mere thos the sapere) wave sama > 'real if of Sarah, a indicate in the xpeeasin "and the fe cof Sarah was (repstys)", the word FYHYY baving the 'pumeriil value of thy seen." TR Jow Sincoured on he vere: Paka, Osyth Land amr sg, fr he hc Sone marcel age: reat (Reed od ha Bly arm hath rong sleaton or ow 'ACH, 1) "According to the companion the Vee 'Gored by the covn, sf whom Sm sed, "and he Line ng (cepshera) om the way" (t Sac. 13). What they sng 'was as Pen, comenceing"O sing uate the Lars rw i. Sorke ah dome marino thonge Ir cl hee be (SSoerved that wie oer tat the Holy On Fa eee Sings segs and posses bore Him, both on high and Bese Sele, she chanting of thew cows oo ont of te Kind hat (ills within this mystica cacy, bat was dae tothe fct {Sat they were beng the cre ark for se soon the ark fee roevel fom then thy feo fy then bret 'rod began loving afer the anecr f other ine. Hence it Sem sasnrely cr bak oi te eck cn thor baciofeagph at. 'worked within thew and made them ster song. The difer- 'cece between "Prza of Dard" and Fo Dovid 2 pain" Ne tee capeunded cEewtare Here, howerer, we bee "Posie" scmply The semen that tha Pain w one destined to be sung by the Holy Spec af the Une when the 'Aimer wot rim Drel From the dant. Hence the epee "ee sate" since uch # song wll sever ave bem sce the creation of he world" Said Ria Tess src, here mthing sew under the sex (Es=t 9), wher "the cmngicnemart fe erecting new aed ve eng Bape seeder he sun. Hw con habe ? Toetroth i tat this he 'aon, sad & thus both "nee" aoc "under the san". Why swil there bea pew org ! Because "He bath dove mares (ing eight tard sa tony arm at erg sa 'Son for brn" For whom ?[caga} For tha grade hat icone 'he chant, for on that grade He supports Hirme as were, iby His riche han and by His ket band. When wil tat hal be chanted! When the ded wil come to Be and "ae from the dua; ther there wil be something sew thar tad 'never yet ees inthe worl" Said RL Joe: "When the Fly s 'Ye zoman 11 [sage-cagh 'One will avenge Israel on the nations chen will this Psalm be chanted. For afer the resurrection ofthe dead the werkd 'sll be perfecly renewed, and will nt be as before, when death prevailed in the world through the influence of the 'erpest, through wham the world was defled and dingraced. 'Observe this It writen. "And I will put enmaty between thee and the woman' (Gea. 1, 15). The tm ehh (cay) i akin to 2 smilar word in the verse, "they are pamted 9a

235the ships of eet" (Job 1,20), for onthe great ocean there
float numerous ships and boats of many kinds and those im ssbich the serpent sae are called "ships of eek (emits) The "woman" referred to bee is the Gad-fanng woman: "thy sed reers to the idobtrous nations: Ther seat" 19 Trak, "he shall bruise thy bead", wo wit, the Floly One, who will one day destroy him, anit is wricen: "He wil seallow up death for ever" (K. x, 8), and abo, "and Twill cause the uncean spit to pass out of the land™ (Zech xt, 2) ln the bead means int ibe Gme @ come when te dead wll came to life: for then the word will be the "head", since it will be ctablnbed by the "bead", that the 'Supe work "Ta che bee" nears sow in ths word, Sich i merely "bee!" and ext codowed with permanence, 'sod the serpent bites and mankind irin dingace. See, now,

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rade but wlan they drew tthe end of that term when 'they stach the Scriptural lit of chrcscure and tem (Px 20, there remain then oe grade ane more forest abide in and "Whee pride is bs teas an varity" (fad). and they ae ae sought. Net wo the days of the ighteoun (2243) "They lave 2 permancat abiding, Than we toad "An! the life of Sarah ta (eayabym, lit "aod they were" or "re 'mainel"); smiley, "And these are the days of the years of Abraham's Ife" (Gen. sv, 7) You muy object that 'Senay i the ce of Intra! itm iten, "And thes are the years of the fe af Tohmael" (Il. 17). Ishmael howe= ver, bad in ft repented of next waym anathe das of as life thas araned permanency Ase Sanus esto om Kew BR Atbe saabse) aye saan 9 : "OF Surah alone among all wornen do we find recorded somber of her days and years and the length of her life sand the place where she wa buted. All thi wae to show that 'the like of Sarah was not to be found among all the women 'of the world. You may object that we find a somewhat similar coed jm connection with Minam, whom © = weston, "And Miriam died ther, and was buried there" (Num x1). [But the object there mos to how the urworchinesr of lerael, or when water was made to flow forth wely throwgh the 'wimwe of Miram. Heace Miram's death wat not receded swith soch full deus a that of Sarah" "R. Jedah ducoursed on the verme= Happy at thaw, © Lend, schon thy hing is free mas (Excl. x, 17). "This vere' he the Fiely One, bleed be He, gave the Torah by the study 'of which all hidden paths should be made known to them 'snd ecbowe mysteries shoal be sevesied iw them The "land" here 2 "the land offi", and ici "happy" because 'ts King showers upon i all the blessings pronounced 'by the parrurche. Thos ia through the meyeeesaficnee of the Ves, whois alwas in readiness to pour on it Blessing, sod who i the "son of freedom and "son of Jubilee", who (Shenae Far slaves ther Fonedom: He ws en the mera 'world, andthe author of allie of al illumirations, snd all 'cuahed sates All this docs the first-born soa draw towards hat ln Hence, far thow, O land" On the other hand, the words "Wor to the, O land, when thy King 'a boy" (het refer "othe nether earth and the ether world 'ntich dene their sustenance only from the deminioa of the 'uncircumcised, and from that king called "boy"-« Woe tothe and tht has to draw is sesterance inthis manner! For this Sr le ee meng Betts wy ek Iblesings 28 he receives at cenain pods. Mat when these Dlessogs ae watheld from hum, when the mam i ampaired (aad darkreas pecvais, then woe to the weld that needs 80 'Geww soseasace ot that time !And how much the weed hae "a endare before it ofeains sustenance from bir! © Tne 200A 1 fesseaas of Adam, withthe exception of Moses, Aaron, nd Miriam, 'who died, a itis writen, "by the mouth of the Loed™ (a of Kiryath-arba (lt. city of four), 20 called became it =the 'me az Hebroa, where David joined the patarche Her each thus was brought akout by the hands of mo one sme 'instar "Observe that when the days of aman are emly established fn the aupernal grades, that man bas a permacent abiding ed in whom no pollutice has remained. In the centre of the heaves these i an Uiumined path, which i the celestial 'gare ford multsads af fete gan stich Leep veatch over the secret deeds of haan ! Geax, unclean", 2 the Striptore ss, "aod be all cry, 'Uncen, waciess" (Ley. st, 45} TR Iesac and R Jone were walking froen Tiberias to Lad 'Seid RL fame: 'T marvel atthe wicked Baluam, Row al his asia) yar sana, u 'ncons proceeded free the sie of impurity. We heve learn 'the mystial Ison that ll species of witchoraft are shed up 'with, and peoceed from, the przveval serpent who isthe foul and unclean sprit. Heser all saceries we called weston (ie serpents}. And sthocrer becomes acted them 'othtes himself may more, be has fst to hecome polled {onder to stirct to hsewelf the nde ofthe unclear open. 'For it a deeum of aur teachers that comespocsting (0 the 'mpubes of a man bere ae the infoences whach he ince ve Biemell from above. Shoald his impulbe be ureands i- 'nen, he attract to himself oliness from on high snd so be 'eons holy: but f hes tendency = tmards the side of mporty, he draws dwn towands bimaelf the uncles spirt Saline aod ylopeieertaiong 'oar bimself the unclean spit frre tha to wie! Ealeen seed bem gly by eal Jntercoune with hic ans and be would then proceed to bas Evmations snd mecrsee To begin with be wold be one of the fariiae serpents Ge it wp. break [ra] ts Bead, and ceutctis tongue: Then he would the era bea, and Tarn them 2: incense, Fle would then take the Beat of the serpent, spt tau four secnoas, and afer # up as tsecand 'firing. Finally, be traced « cic round him, mumbled seme weeds, and made some geaturea until Se became possessed of the unciean spirit, who fod him all at they Kaew from the side of the hesvenly dragon: and be ther 'comimoed hes mapaal practoss until be becuse powessed 'ofthe epi ofthe pemeral serpent. It thas the weunder- 'sand the pasage, "he weat not, as atthe other times, to 'meet with w'haskim™ (enchaatments, Ii serpents) (Nom. {Eur 1): Suid R. Joe: Why ist that many kinds of magic 'znd divination are oaly found in women ? B. fsaac mepbnd: "Thus I Rave icra. that when the serpeat had intercourse 'with Eve he imected deflemest into Ber bet oot into ber Ienbund' R Joo thee went up to R. Tosa and timed bien, saying, 'Many 2 tome have I ished this question, but not 'watt aow have I recived 2 real answer" R. Jose further 'ubed him: "Ta which place and fram whom did Balsam Get all hie egeal prsenions and mene? Kamae e rite soman fete replied "He Jearned. it fis'from his father, tut it was in the "mountains of the East", which are ia am eastern 'Guntry, that be obtsined s mastery of al the ars af magic '20d divination. For those mountains are the abude of the angels Ura and Ane! whom the Holy One cst dawn from feaven, and who were chained there ftom fexers. I is they sth inpar to the srs of en a Kanrwledge of magic. Hence the Senpture mys: "From Aram Bult bringets me, the King of Mash, ran the matin ofthe Eas" (Ser 'not written, dhe went seives therewith, and Balsam tried cvery device of mage [(268] to wproat Lonel, hat without suc" Sail Jom "You rightly said thae when the serpest had cama inter- cour with Eve he injected into her deferment. We have, however, been tzughé that when Israel stod at Mount Sina: 'at dehcment left them. Hut only Leae\ who hase recived 'the Torah were freed from it; wheres all the other nations, 'he idoaters, remained infected with it' R. Issac sid"What ow say is right. Bat observe thatthe Torah wan only given {o male, ais writen, "And this fa the nw whch Nowe 'st before the sans of Teac (Deut. tv, 44), 50 that womes '2z carmpt from the precepts of the 'Torah. Furthermore, 'ier they sinned they reverted to their former sate of i= 'ection, of which it ismoredifieult fr s woman to fi herself than for 2 man. Hence greater aumbers of women are found ' be aldiced to magic and lmciviousnese tha men, a8 they cen from the left side, and so ate undet the gis of the dine rigour, and this side desves to them more than to men. Here isa proof of what I have jst ssid, namely. that Talaam polluted hincelf frst in onder t draw onto hire the unclean spirit. During the period of «woman's menstru- ation 3 mas mast keep away from ber, 38 then seis im clone 'ouch with the unclean spit and therefore at such a period she wil he more succesful in the use of magical arts than at 26-1274) AYE Samat 3 any other time Whatevec thing she touches becomes un- dean, and all the more 20 any man coming too nearer. Happy are Tere, to whom the Holy One gave the Torah ccontuning the precept, "and thou shalt not apprasch unto '2 woman to uncover her nakedness, as lang as she is impure bby her uncleanpess" (Lev. itt, 19)" R. Joe asked: "Why {ove who attempes to ineeprer the chirping of birds called 'nahash (magician, abo "'serpent")? R. Tsae replied: De 'cause such 2 one certainly comes from the left sie, athe 'onclem spit hovers aver such «ind and imparts t [+276]

2Knowledge of furure events; and all uncean spins are
attached to the serpent (sabash) from shor none can 'cacape, since he is with everyone and will remain 20 until the tine when the Holy One vil remove hist from the world, as already sid, and as itis written, "He will swallow lp death for ever, and the Lori God will wipe away tears 'fom all faces, et" (I. 8)p and alo, "end the unclean spirit Iwill cause to pass out of the Lind" (Zech. ait, 2)"

1Judah aid: "Abraham resognied the cave of
by a certain quark, and he had lone set his mind and heart 'omit. For he had once entered that cave spd seen Adam and Eve buried there. He inew that they were Adam and Eve became he saw the form of a man, snd whilst he was pzzing

42nor opened into the Garden uf Eden, and he pertived
the same form standing near it. Now, whoever looks at the form of Adim cannot escape death. For when x man i= bout te pase aut of the world he catches wight of Adam and

2that moment he dies Abraham, however dd lok 2 him,
'and saw his form and yet survived. He sam, moreover, 3 Shining fight tat ilkimiced the cave, and 3 Limp burning 'Abraham thea enveted that cave for his bural place, and has 'mind and heart were set upon it. Observe now with what tact Abraham made his request for» burial place for Sarah, Hie did not aie at frat forthe cave, neither did he indicate any desire to separate himself from the people of the land, 'but simply aad: C1VE ME 4 POSSESSION OF A aURYING Pisce Witw 100, THAT I MAT BURY wr peAD OUT OF stGHT. Although he addressed himself to the sons of Heth, we cannot suppose that Ephron was not preset then, " ue rowan 11 [rape-tate since it says: Now Erunon was strzinc i THE ailbst oF THE CHILDREN oF HeTH. Abraham, bow- 'ever did ot a st say anything to hin, but spoke only t2 them, as says: AMD HE SOE TO THE cuDLDRES OF Herm, ere. Now it cannot be imagined the Abrakan 'wihed tobe buried among them, among the impute, of tht Ke dested wo mis with them Bar Abrabam acted etal, Evin a lena tothe [2274] world. Though bes whole deare 'was centred on that eve, he did not ash frit fot, at ase for semething cee of which be tad no seed. and be '2déresed hs request the others, pot to Epran hime Te was ony after they suid to hm inthe presence of Ephron: "ear ws, my lord; thow ata mighty prince among us, et" 'that he eaid, "heat me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, that he may give me the cave of Machpelh, 'which he hath 2" Abrabam as much s suid: Do not tisk that I wish to sepante from Jou as being saperoe to ya 1a, im the midst of you T dese to be buried, foe 26 Tam fond of you I do not wish to heep aloo! fren You" Elba said Abraham came to enter the cave i this way. He was running after thr call of whack we read, "and Abraham ran unto the herd. and fetched a cal" (Gen. x7, 'hand the calf can until centered scx, and then Abraham. fered afer it aed com what nt hare deibed. Further, "Rrcahaee wed to ofer up bis prayer duly, and in so doing ted wo proceed as fir an that Geld. whch emuted heavenly 'odours. Whit there he saw a ght ising fom the eave, 20 that be prayed on tat spot, and on that spot the Haly One 'cemmuned with him On that account Abraham sow siked fori, having always longed far it since then. Why did not eek foe w bfore that rae | Denar the people wom nt hve Estened to ies at he bad eo obvious Seed far it. Now that he needed he thought it wae time te demand it Observe that had Ephron seen insde the cave what Abrabam se be 'would newer have sold it to bio But he never srw there anything, coc sach things are never revealed except to thet 'ightfal omer. [twas than revealed tw Abraham and not to [Eplun: to Abvaham. who wat es Fightfal owner, but not 60 'Ephron, [oaNs] whe had ns part or portion in &, and who st Nay, be even oldies wore than be had mennoned nat cgnalreorst. For Abraham oly sd. "that he may Sve 'we the cae of 'stich he hath forthe fall prce let hin gine to me", whereas Ephron sid. "he field give Thee, and the cave that is therein, a= be fle 'serene the whole thing mot reabning what wee "Otnerve that when Abraham enteral the cave for the fst 'ime he saw there a bright fight, and st be advanced, the 'rund ified, revealing to him two genes. Adam then ase {Bhas true frm, nw Abeabarn and sred at ie (Abraboes thocby knew tha hehe was destined t be barind) Abe 'ham then sd w him "Could you tell me thee not a ee 'forme neta you " Adame replied: "The Hoty One bared 'me here and fon tht time wil pow Ihave Bee ing bid [Eke corm seed i the ground, unt chow camo fue the sw Dat fram sow there is eletion forme ao fa the 'Weld for thy sake" Hence it wrt, AND FuE FIELD IND THE cAve THAT 15 THEAEI™ anose, dst in the Sm Kenly ae arsing before he preeece of Sbesbam = pte that ne ethan there had been ble, bet now what 'adteen eden roe op and ths the whole sot as devoted to ie knefal purpose' R. Samece snd: "When Abrahams Vevught Sambi thre for Bail, Adam and Ese are ack 'faced w reer ber They mid "Tn aot cur shame ary rest enough before the Hiely One in the ether werld on 'eet of ear un. which brought death ito the world. that esl cane m shane ws furter with your gal deeds [Abeaham 'mde answer: "I am alealy desiecd 1 mke 'aunersent before the Mnighty fr thee that hou mast ewemore be shamed tefore Hea" Forthwuh"Abratars 'fc thas bred Sarah [1285 his wife, owt afer Abeba 'nnd then up hime this olaton. Adam then tetrad fo kis ply but not Ene ual Abrakurs cane and Ter bende Adam, who recived her for his sake Hence the tex aus, AnD AFTen Tus, Azmamast acRteD (#4) Sauaw nis WIFE: the augmenting parce ch indices (Set the bral secladed a 8 wee, Eve. Thus they were all sete) in eit proper ples Hence the Sccgeure 21%

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"The ae the generations of heaven ad cath when they sree cred (hho am" (Gen. 4), wach acorn 'sdron, meane "om srcunt of Abraham" (Pbrahom) Sow "the genertion of the eaves ad the eth" cm only ie Adam and Exe they having been the drt save o the Seren and ear sd mot of amas parent, 0 wa hey 'shobecomeceubnied trough Absham: before Abraham, [doe and Eve were ot ctblined in ther Slee the other word" A Blea ated his father, R. Simeon, fran explanation of the term Machpelt ft "twofld "bide. "How Si bess at fie writen "the Cae ef Macpe" iad absoquaty "the eve of the eld of Machpeab tm Ping thatthe eld and et the cave wan "Machpc™ (Goutie)? Re Simeon roped: "The term Machpush be- Toews propery mehr te the exten to the fl, bt to mating che with which toth wee enpected The cme Belongs to the ld, and he Seid meta ee. For the wf the Land of Isl aod of Jerenlen i folded up neh a sie oxi ee shave lea chee ope theres fasion bth iors oat lo, Eo at eons pe The Joma stove ben a ete euch ment, above and below; similarly the Jerumlem below is Fated to enw dew higher sed ler Hence oad i {eovand ha Feld parakc of the tne charac, seen that im therin siete. The sre reference centhned we the pase, the cl of eld which he Lov bth lems [ee cr, 29) twit, hha [tage] and ek eee 'is mame, "feld af folding", but not "folded feld". Further, {he eee pletion ef the term Mackpelak rater 33 'he Divine Nome, which the leer Hi deed hog, feeepei adapter cebaier ar ne sca wit cave yet he mame "cae ofthe ld of Macipelah has dierent motion, a aleady expe [Atehemonh par whe kre tet chance pean ieee cfc cle amply eof

2iftomply merely "doable ve which in wae
Scrgtore, however, describes i a8 "the eave of the fell of 'achpcah, ts beings tre description. For the Holy (One hen dined al hing os {he world shuld bea replin of somchig i the word above, and thet the tev should be united so that Hos glary ssbould be spread above snd belo. Happy the portion of the 'ighseows in shown the Holy One finds plcanire bod i this 'world and im the world to come I 'Axo Assauia WAS OLD, HEAD COME INTO DATS; AND THE Lon BLESSED ASRAMAM IN ALL THINGS. Judah dincoursed om the verse: Happy the max whom has choses and bringest near that he may devil in thy courts (Pear, sh "This vem he sid, ye expla ax 'isthe man whose ways are found right before (heel Onteadin chan Hc cd ples = cog 'him near to Himeelf. Observe how ADbraham stove to ome {race to grade unl here, wha he wat od tthe higher rales prope to him Hence we read that when Abratarn 'Sas old he "came into dye bes he enced into thone sperma dar the days familiar inthe doctrine of trv ath. Farther, "the Lord blesed Abraham in a thangs (bo the region cae fd (al) Being the source whence se al 'buns and blewngy. Happy are the penitent who nthe space fee day, one hau, may. one wezund can dw nae [1398] 'the Holy One, ae near areven the truly righteous nthe space Sf many yest Abraham did mot rach tha high grade ul te was al, already sid. So, bo, David, of whom it vwriten, "and King David was old, he cane into days" (¢ Kings 1, 1) But the penitent immediately finds entrance, Sdn rough cane tothe Holy One, lene be He" B Jone Sid: "We have Been taught tht the plac amigned tthe [peaseat ia the neat world is ons where cren the wholly 'glucose are not permed fo enter the former ae the fener of al tthe King, diy ae ae devoted and ive 'more intently to draw neat to the King. For thee are any 'bodes prepared by the Holy Ore, blewed be He, fr the 'gluco inthe next weed, each ene acardng to his grade. " we aon [eobesoe Is writen:""Happy isthe man whom thou chooses. and Ingest near, that he ay dll thy cours that those stor the Hy One bines near wna Him the sas wo {Bexnt fr below on igh soa to pose thera the tereage prepared for them: "thathemmay deel thy coer, to wit the oer balls oe grade refered to in the words, es I will pve thee fe arcess among he that tnd be (Zech in 7) be + gone snong the supesal Bly ange "The rho stain that grade are memengen ofthe Lod on equality wth the ange and are constardly bang wed i Giver oftheir Maser, bec in le ey abaye cee tovrmain holy set hep afar fern mpursy Centar, 'vhcever polis himself im this world draws t msi the [prt of eckanoes, and when bis oul lees bam the ne (SES sper ousted es naneaton sane tem Foe 'cerding to man's srivngs in this world ss bait inthe next wecld- hence sich man is pollsted bythe pen of sackanmes sed cot toto Uchinnam "Thos whoever (Secsts binetf wep ov by gard apt deflenent (Gin work! Sede bs habeas so the cent world amen the Sppeast boly [130] ope where they camry oat Gad paar A a enereprerietercfenstiecwoeny (Fhe Takers" (Ex nem, 9h Ba thew are othe who father, of whos Deval id. "we wil be sie 'Sih the gaatnes of thy house" (Pe sv, 5} (The me of the See noe te neal of be we should have capt, Sexpned ty te cee that mehe Temple ure oo wats [2s pried veto de ings of the Dave dynnsy ) Sell forser watua = 2 comparamene acre for the pou of & 'her grade relcred tin the wome, "and thon at were (6 pic tefere the erace caneand, tlie the to of 'mevting toned the sonrsing, were Monee and Aare and Se thom fae henna heme

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Wehr te se "As he works of the righeces ile i thin world 0 do (ack places nd thas der he eat words Prt 'es tees Ld dum tat exe in ts world when em ep { bght wether out eave them a St sow thew the aee33) ware sana » 'world, not every sae ade nies to Bebo the Bory of the Ancieat of Duyn, bt cach oo i propor tox man's 2 'eancy of asactmcat to Go and ts good dents The wal (bth man whos betel whe herve the by hep, meets with throngs of unclean spins of the infernal onéers: 'avering the ener, who te her up and to wham abe ings They discine to ber events about to come to pam 'Se wrld sccommenly thy dds wih or aniceacoe "Than hasbeen lrenly sated chewhee- Butte sol of the worthy man, when leaves him i erp, crass and clearer Ea way thrush the uncles pin which ory aed "Make 'way, make way ! Here is one not belonging to our ssdc 7 The 'ial then acends among the oly angen who commie {it sme tur informatie. Whea the spl ines decent gg ee. {© obtain fem it ha information > eachange fr wha hey Senpact to many other things. Buc the one hing it Ira Sram the by angle nt thwe [s3o8] ether tinge ae gn to chat Ths 2 rae pewiege for ooc whee Souls sll has world Sener rentures swat the mule when they shogetber Ieave the body to depact from this world. La their Seep tp war upwards they Reve 9 pom "brooch mr (pies at which bande of demons are sanonct. These scat Nhe sala hat are ther side and elves thera tothe bands 'of Dames in order that he may tke them int Gchsanorn "Trey then sca them agun ad nce, and uke proce" Sea concerning them, saying, "Thee ae ther whe tons (gemed the commands of thet Lenk." They then swcxp feouch the Gnivee and bring the sols back 9 Gehan 'Tham proceduce goes on foe the whole of the Sint twcive montht. After that they are amsgned cach to ms approprate 'lace. On the othe: anc the worthy sous saat opwards, reads copied. sed are evignnd the places errand (other ments Happy, dherore ar the ightcous for tom 'many hous ae ererved in the next word. Bat for sues [timoce ane tbade mcr than fr thowe who penetrite inte the Givine mystical docnines and enter cach day into owe ina with thar Divine Maser Of sch 2 sete, 'What no cpe Bath sexn, 0 God bese ther, that will be = rue zones tt [ord 'defor those who wait for him" (Is uxt, 3). The ward "wait" hace has parallel in the vere, "now Elihu hd waited to speak unto Job" (lb xx, 4), and refer to those whe are Imporunate for any word of coterie waddom, whe study it 'minutely ard patenty to discover it tre significance and soto gaia knowledge of ther Lard. These are those in wham Shor Master glorifies Himself each day. who enter the ena pany of the superna! holy angels, and pase through all the eestal gate without let or hadrance. Happy their portion this world and the next! 'In than may Abeabam pencusted into the Divine Windom and united laneelf wah his Divine Master after be had daly Prepared himself by life of pious deeds. He ths merited those superal days and recened blessungs from the region thence all lenge fw, a5 K is written, "And the Lord Dlssed Abrams ial" (inal thing). where the term hed Jathe designation ofthe river the watere ef which never fl" Heys and: 'Observe that Abraham abstzined from inter 'marrying with other nations and from ataching bimelf > 'dblatrous peoples. For the vomen of idolatour nation pollute ther husbands and those who come into lowe contact ick them Dut Abraham, having penetrated ino the mitic Gecirines of Wisdom, knew the source whence the unclean spirits emeige to traverse the universe, and it was for this 'reson that he adjured his servant aot to fake a wife for his on from other nations 'R. Insc dincouraed on the verse: dnd the dust returaett the earth a twat, and the sprit vetumeth wnt Gd who 'pee it (Ecc. xt, 2) He said: "When the Holy One, blessed Beiie, crated Adam, He took is dust from the ate of the 'Temple and built hie body out of the four corners of the world, all of which conebuted to his formation. After that He poured over him the epurt of life, a it saps, "and he breathed inc his nostrils the breath af life" (Gen. 1, 7} 'Alm then arose and realised that he was both of heaven and of earth, and so he united himself tothe Divine and was 'exdawed wah mystic Wisdom. Each son of maa is, after the Same model a composite of the heavenly sod the earthy: and all those who know how to sanctify themselves in the eight ayeb-asta) UATE sanan en 'manner inthis word, when they beget 2s cause the bly spirit w be drawn upon him from the repin whence all suncttes emerge Sach ate called the children of the Holy 'One; and ar ther bodies were formed in mmetiy, 20 srethey 'Bren 2 spirit frem the supernal holy reson. Obscrve that the day on which 2 man i about to depart from thas work! fsa day of reckoning when the body end the eal combina Son have to give an account of tet works. The soa! ftet= wards eaves him and the body rezurs tothe ert, both thus returning to ther orginal soutee, sbere they will remain 'uni the ime when the Hely One wil brine the dead ta ie [gun Then God will eause the dential ody andthe dental {oul to return to the world in thei former state, a8 it = 'written, "Thy dead shall ve, my dead bods ball are" (laa, 19) The same aul a carrie otred up by the Holy One, thus returning tts origial place, 2 iis writen, 'And the spirit eturm to God who gave i (Eexl x, 7)- And atthe time when the Holy Ove will rise the dead to Ife He wll ease dew to descend upon them fom His bad Dy means ofthat dew all will rise fom the dist, st sa, "foe thy dew is athe dew of fight" (Is xxv 19) these 'sing the superna fights ough mich the Abwigtty ature pour forth fe upon the world. For [x3tal the te of life exudes life unceasnely into the universe. Life in the present dispensation is cut short through the influence of Eee ertaerpens,xtose dominion ie smbeeed Dy the ere ened moon. Under the sane inlucnc: the celestial wate, 25 St were fil, and fe isnot dispensed inthe world in proper 'measure At tha ime, however. the el tempter. whos ae other than the ev serpent, ill be removed for the world by the Almighty and disappear, asi is written, "and I will, 'cause the unelean sprit to pass ut ofthe earth" (Zech. ant, S)- After be dinoppears the moon wil no mate be abacered, And the waters of the celestial river will ow on 'Then wil be ffi the prophecy, "Moreover the fight of the moon shall bea the Hight of the sn, and the light of the suo shall be sevenfold, atthe light of the seven days, 6." (ts ax, 26)" 'Sid R. Hiskiah 'fi be so that ll he dead bodes will

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'ae up from the dust wat will happen to 2 sumber of lois which shared ja. succession the same 'echiewe their purpne will be regarded 28 though they had 'ot been they were 2 withered tree thie week so ill they be regarded atthe tine of the esurrectann Only the last ut had been rm plated and took rot and proapered sul ame to Ke, set saps, "For be ahall hee ee planted Dy the waters. - but is foage stall be owas, ete" (er. svi, 8). Ths alludes ty the body tha struck deep rose, produced fut and prospered. But ofthe former bay whack Femained futie, oehich dl not take root which was ae 'and did wot achieve its end, it writen, "For be shall be ikea tamarik in the desert, aad shall ext ace whem good cometh, et." (id 6), ie. be weil nox he mchaded in the rourvection, and wil nut se the ight stored =p =the 'Creston forthe deectation af the ughtrous, regarding which 'tap "And God sam the light thar was poo (Geox 8 4) sod sho, "Be wnt you that fear my mame shall te sun of Sota ares ene" (Mal tt, 20} The Hn One all 'has the fanare ease the dead 20 lie apa, and the good 'place will prevail i the world and the Ex One wil 'ans from the word already san, end the previa boxics SEB a hace they meer Bad been Sand we= For Goch besics the Holy One will provide other spices, and if found worthy they wil obsin an abiding in the world, but

2pet, they wil be aes der the fot of the Fghacoes,
fe ween, nd may of theme thar seep in the ew of oe 'cath shall awake ce" (Dae i, 2} Al the will ne up and wl be ranged before the Holy One, who will enumerste (hem, ae were, © mre, "He that bongeth out thew Bost by number" (fa st, 26) Observe that hae been Id dome thatthe dead ofthe Land of Isracl wil be the fst tose. and of them # i written, "Thy dead shall Ke (lid. axe 1g). On the echer hand, the words "ey dead bodies shall ste" (hd) alle Yo the deal of ether lend sir ranted 'of "shall five says "shall nse" The ring spin fac, 'tall oly infuse the bodies nthe Land ef Tarael "Thy dead", then, "shall ive™ Bat the other dead bodies will ae witht sea pare saree 3 'the apart of ie, nd only aftr they stall have raed them 'ives undergrowad ant reached the Land of Iza! will her seorve seuls—only there bet pot i other realms—30 that they may be really msucrectd" K. Elezas and R Jone were 'ene night studring the Torah. Sad &. Bean: Obeere 'that at the time when the Holy One wil bring the dead back 1w fide al the souls mustered before Hi will bex exch = form identical with the one boce in this werkd. The Holy (Ore will ring them evn, and wil call bem by the caren 'zt aaye, He calles them all by nese" (led 1230). Evy 'sul wil then cater into ite own place, and the dca will be folly rmzreced, and the word wil thes reach consume smatce. OF du timc i is writen. "And the reproach of is 'people wil he take avay from of all the earth" (0d cer, 5, 'which iva reference tothe evil empter, who darkens the fics (Sf men and len them satan"

1Jose, interposing. ahd: How it that a man whit tbe
'pie of Kies in han w act sree of defement, whereas het bas nal Ieaves lim be becumes # snave of deflenent 1K Tease wpe Asureiy thn the low, and the expla 'Sem gives is the the coil temper in the at of taking amy 'he pert « man, dies i, and thas che body in eft eo ee Tg, Bere ec eh Sdooera aatone: For sce 'Rlemens dering le mre are Sed from he ede een wk is eSement is removed the body rensine wathowt any deferment statever For this reason [13:8] whoever forms, (ws aac with woman of any of the oats mien 'Gecomes defied, and the ofapring bon fom such an atach- 'meat reco 2 defied spr Ik may be aed =by, ce thatthe father isan arte the offpeing shoal recive 2 fled spi. The reason is that = soon the Sather stab? 'Rimuelft that woman, defeat entered ito bim. Now iF (he father became defied through the unclean woman, Bow ech ace mat the effing been of Ber be defied voi very opr. Such a man, aecenes, tmegeses She precept of the Torah, contained in the words, "For thou sat Sow 'down ts oo cher pad: fr the Lond who mame is Jesloas, Axp 1 WILL sage Thee site Gop or szavex axp Tue Goo or rasta, TaaT DAUGHTERS of THE CaNAANITES, ere. The won "dnughters of the Cansaises" ae pal wo the exgecmicn "dauphers of a rsnge god (Ml. 1,31) So, tn, the wend wich alow in a tere to the Des, ot the vere, "I (Asob) made the earth" The pape of ths [nyuncion wast ave Toa fen being Sed br tem. For 'thocver impair the petty of the hy covene! by coer? Tit reme oan kas mtn cs eet (Fs cra other pla, andre a te page, For eee {hing the ath doth uae, ce" (Pee mae) Ad tieugh Abraham adherol hy sean br he dr cmvenane, Slr fon atti re be bad made sppiceon 'Beha to he Hy One, Swed be He, memng" Tue Lose, we Goo oF umves nay wesexo 815 amott nerone Tamer. ere, to wt, "he weet of the CSoctant", a0 thas the covnt maght be preved mn 'ancy, and nthe defied among the atieas Henin Bewsne Twot rar raoe pane nOT MX s0m sAce "raft. Why Became Abrahars nw that some omg {hcrses bad trond ofthe trae Ged bi lt st Soe dened tht Insc abn cr sek ang thems bat Sheed cocaine dual sh hams tar he mete constant ice the wayy of the Holy One andar nether the right fer to the Teh" R Jone aids "OF 5 cerry the rere of 'Abcam sto hss servant in goad sad, fee ce the very 'day om which het oat be reached the fountain, Axe I caMr tuts OAY UxTO THE FOUNTAIN Be Bicsar Gacvened om the vee: Oper thee man 9s thet my bd endothe oo ty fw (PL em "Hw Send of acer her hone mee es asia] wave sana 5 'wo atete i ignorance ofthe Torah and pay no rand 29 'zx sady. Foeit isthe Torah hat spel fe ud Sree and {etsy this werd and in he world t come Ite We a 'this world, earning for its dewstres falnes of days, ss i says, 'Nie mt of thy dye wil ORI" (Ex au 3a) 2 wel a lengh of ayo i the world come; for the Torah is the {fe of ie efi wt ym ned cnmplce fon for wn amin apps Binet otk wety oft Teak al ie urbe ene ard 'canna jen agent Bim. Such so sn cbt dlves= ser from the ange of oath who hus bo poser oer bien (iow may obser, Wise cf the martyrs who suerd im mes "Torah, be would not have brought death upon bimaelf and 'upon the rest of the wardd. Hence, in connection wich the (pring of the Law ic is written, "Hlerath (fren) om the cabins" (Ex scum, 6), ar explnieed deewhere. At bed Teacl ant sone and faralen the ter of Be ty woald 'mot have Sroopht desth anew into the weld Hence Gad 'could say te them, i the words of the Panis, "Isa Ye a re (tat, 6), but ye have dane har to ourselves sd 30: 'very be Adam shall ye de. cto" (ed) Thox whoever apples Riese to the study of the Torth is sot subject se BE pow che cr merges the darker we 'RL Mesa pur the question: Tf that is 20, why did Mewes dc, be bering commited no sn? R. Blewar replied: "Moses assay ied but ot be the power ofthe end serpeot, and 'be mas net etd Dy fs Bake Besides, froma anocher sect be Ei not de, [2520] but was only drzwn ap by the SR aed deqarted to ciermal Ife, = has already bees 'explained & connecson with the passage, "And Bensiah the (Sere Jebemata. the som of a kving man, ote ~ [it Sem. KUT, (Soh Ths wbocres applics hinaelf to the study ofthe Torah 'sisies peciec freedom: freedom im this-morkd from the o * 'we 10uAR fe bondage of the idoltrous mations and freedom i the next work no sccasaton will be brought agaist him there For the Torah contains subline 2nd recoodine truths a ayn Tahe be mate precious than ries" (Prov me #8). "Fremurea innumerable 2e indeed concealed theres. so thst David, when be considered the Torah i the spine of winen, and realised how many wondrous truths unfold themselves 'hererom, wt mowed to etclaim, "Open thew mine cron that I may behold wwondmus things out of thy Law" (Ps cnn 15) Aus 4 cat vo past, THAT AEFORE GE nan Dawe SPEIEING, arROLD, REBEKAN WENT OCT. Instead of "went ont (yupeth) we sboald have expected "csc" (haa. "Theimplicaion that Gud brovphther away fm the pepe of the trem, sed mace ber an encepion ta hem ANE Sie Went vows To Tue OUNTArS. This fountain was oe 'ther than the well of Miriam: hence the word "to" heres 'expronee by the lees (Aa'aynah). According to another 'Seplestn, the term "went cut ke the snalae erm im he pesmge, "young maidens gong oat to drow wan" (¢ Sem tm 11) implies modes, hat is chat hey Lege a ore ana ely went out aa cevtsin bot to deve maser This sear the gm by which Abram sureant reoogme ber For (This be reached Haran and met Rebekah "ee the time of 'Crening" itm the Ome of the fiermoee peryer (methah). 'Pun the momcet when Insc began the altersoon prayer 'ccded with the somone when the torveet ewensered Rebekah So, to, it was 2 the very moment of his afternoon (penyer that Rebekah came to Ise hems Thus all eas ly 'Sopra shruugh the warting of the Drews Wendorm [owas ter, the mcr sgrafeanct of which pasuge. "Thou arta fountain of gardens « well of living 'Sster, sad Sowing strears fom Lrbanon" (SS. 8 35h. 'KS as ance wn his way fo Tokers fm company nich Ro Abba Said RC Sencom wo fom. "Let ws proceed, for Terese that « man will come op ton who. 'new tony. some new expastionsoftheTTorah Said R Aba? sperzi] ars sama = "Nesily L ksow that wherever you gv the Holy One sends you winged angels to enereain you." When they had gone 'slide further, R. Simon cased hin eyes and sew a mam 'aaning ag R. Simeon and Abbe then st down. When 'Be mum cane up to thom K Semcon amt bem, Whence at thou 7 He sid, 'Tam a Jutean and am coming from (Cappadocia nd Iam on my way tothe abode of the son of 'Yobsi. to stom the companions seat me in order to comieui- 'peste certun ceoes to which they Rave come" Simeon 'sid to hon, "Speak, my son" The man asked, 'Art thon the sen of Yohat" "Tam, was the reply. The man then sat "Ie 'ban ccablabed rule Aat a mun whalst pening should pot let 'Seything ieierpose beoneen bimeelf aad the wall, ait = fwnmen, "thea Hesehih mirned his face to the wall" (Ik \RuWvitt, 2}cand it is further forbidden to pass within four cobs of the man who tanda is prayer and they have nove Thad down that this meacs on any side ave directly ia front of 'hem. Further, that 2 man may sot pray sanding behsed his teacher, etc. These art the decsions of the companions" The 'nan then docoursed on the ven: Hear sy prayer.O Land. (oad ie ear vate my ory; herp mat Slee at my ears (Ps Eom, 13). Why', heasked, "the werd for "hear" in this pice weitcn sha' inctead ofthe wal Ama"? The truth 'thatthe form sma' slays addreced to the male aspect 'of the Deity, whereas the form shinai i addreaed to the Female spect Hence the term shina i use Bocuse i ssidresed 1 that grade which receives all the prayers of (menbied, nc seconding tn our triton, wraees ther ine 'erown which it put on the head of the Zed the be of the univers. referred to in the words, "Blessings upon the Ibead ofthe Just One" Prov. . 6}. Furthex, the words "Hear, 'which a man cries aluad om his angus, as we real, "and 'ie exy came up m» God" (Ex 0,23) (The erm sh'athame (eis ry) indicates the rassng of the wekce and tbe raising ofthe eyes toward herven: ts aksn tothe term she's (turn fang) i the passage "and turning (e'sh's) to the mount" (Gna, 5}) Sock » prayer [325] beaks through all ates " rie roman tt fond sand ascends to heaven. "Keep nit lence 2¢ my tears": Fay eay send efor the King so pte can wihsand ot Yam astranger with the, 2 sjourner. as all my fathers were (Ps os, 19) Fant "stranger" then "9 sojurner", and x "as all my fathers", who were the thas of the work, Ofeerve that there ate mo categorie of prayer, ane tobe said nding andthe ther ting though 'hey form bur tne ole. 'There ate alu tes paylaceri, 'onc forthe am and ose forthe bead, correxpunding to day ie ies be tothe arm phylactery, which prepares 'Ted owns ie ike « bee beore catering under bral (ops. So the prayer surrounded and escorted, ratcally speaking, bythe chariots and legions mentioned in the prayer. "Creator of ministering spirits. _ And the Ophanim sad bho Hayoth -. Thi prayer. therefore ironed sting, bet 'stem the pearer apprcaches the Supreme King and He te hoot te reccve iy then we ate to asind ap Before the most EGE Kany Sorchen the males urted withthe ferme Hence there unt be no interruption bermera the redeniptve bere ction at the end of the sitting prayer aed the beginning 'of the standing prayer Aloo since ne ts sting Sefare the Supreme Ring. be muni or cuncladig sey backwars Koar cubits, which tas Been explained to be 2 divine measure. 'Than, whatever part of the prarcr i symbolic of the male principle ha to be rested standing Sema the bends his Knee atthe ocrance of Baruhh (Blessed ey ek creis hme hs fl betght atthe utterance of the Divine [Nane, to symbolise the soperinty af the male over the feels herr. farther, thar wr have tind dwn that one sold mot bile pranng stand immedaacly behind es Teacher. The rene is this I is wntten: "Thou abak fear she (eth) Land thy Goa" (Deut ¥, 23). The parscl th here 'mnteas that the teacher & seit ich Guo a she objet 'ob ear. Hence during prayers an shoul ot be faced with 'at olgect of Fear. oy Unt he mar be Sled exclaseaby ith oy WATE sana e) 'the fear of the Holy One alooc without any afusct. Isaac 'instinwted afternoon prayer in the sme way 2s Abcaham 'imtinaed morning prayer. Each of them iastituted the [Prayer comesponding with the grade to which be wae atached Hence the time for the afternoon prayer begins with the sun's decline towands the west, inasmuch a the pecad preceding, thet time, from the dawn onward, i termed doy. 28 in the 'pasage, "the mery of God endureth the while doy" (Ps us, 3} Nor can it be ssid that "the whole day" lsets watil femrvos since iti writen, "Woe wate us, for the rhath departed, forthe shadows ofthe eveningare stretched. far Gere Tits shows ta thence" ed 'tm the time for receiving the morning prayer, of which it veritien, "the mercy af Ged endureth the whale day", for st Ghat Gime the sun sil the ext aide: As om a the 'wun declines in its pasage towards the west, the time of the aftermoan prayer ses in, 2s the day has already departed, and 'has given place to the shadows of the crening, when the (quality of ragout aserts itsell. "The dar has departed. that | the penod when the grace of mercy (Keeed) prevails, and "the shadows of the evening are stretched out", st wht time there rages the grade of rigour, that were hoor when the 'Sanctuary was destroyed and the Temple burnt down. For this reason tradison teaches us that a man should be cardial 'sot to mise the afternoon: prayer, 25 then is the time when oh st) te mepplemene keer (eb: ot Teh, 'nbich is nourished by the Vax, having no light of i own. For that reason the evening prayer = options inasmuch

4ie is 2 coatiaation of the Gay prayer, having for its am
'pilin the obscurity ofthe raght. That otmcurity prevails (etal midnight. at wiuch boar the Maly One Sports Him sa wih te ghee in he Garden of Een Bene 4 2 'ime for 4 man to busy tmself inthe study of orth sted planed cheehere. Observe that 'Devid im fis peal made alhason tthe the penods of Pe rar zouse xt Dsbesze "ahusion to three peseds, although Devid hime? observed a4 gave sana 3 AnD Issac snorcur men tro ree rex" (OF) Sazat Ste wormea. R Jose remarked: "The leer Ad at the 'end ofthe word hula (to the tet) teerace the 'Stchioah, Stach sow mturned to the tre: For dering the whole of Sara's ie the Shinada not cept fom nok {ight set ura there fom ope Saath ee tbe ote 'one ie allthe days of the week. After her death te ight weseatingusted. but when Rebesh came tie Socnah senrned andthe ight wes rvadicd: Thas the vere reads Keer: "And fe brought her into the tet Sarah his 'masher", the ln phew imple that Babess mano al Jher woeksa reps of Surah hs mother" R Jah sid Jost

1Teac wae the ery smug of Abeba, so that whore
Seabed st Tae aid "thes Abraham". and knew at once ag" Abrahate begat Tees" a wan Heth the vy sage (of Sah She was thus sot yin the phrax of ox wa, "Sart his mother"! RBar But obecee 2 desper mystery here. For, veniy, although {fortnich Sarah his mother made her appearance". No ene, however, sw ber sive lear, and thus we underscand the 'words, "and Tease was comforted after his other". that i, {her fos mother necame ttle snd was instal i the Rowse TR Semeoe ssid" Whhy does the Scripeae rl us with 20 snc deal that Insc Toor Resecit., AXD {ME BECAME WIFE, AND He LOVED HES? The last statement seems

1be uneccemary, for matraly If she became his wife he
lowed her, 25 isthe xy of all men to lose their wives. The es that dhe astraction of the male tthe fomae 1s desved from the left as we read, "Let his left hand be 'under my bead" (S. 5.11 6h the left being symbolic of sieht 'Abcatum loved Sarah, the of Tama (be being ofthe left) OF Jacob aso itis written that 'he "Foved Rachel" (Gea xsi 8); but here the explanation » 'we roman tt Iepeas is hat hin was do the side of le which was etn in him. Oberve that Abraham, on sexing Sarah nly em 'ace her and thing more, mherens Toc seed Reb sd puri em ander er bead wren, "Let i et 'ad be under ny heal, and hight hand bce (3°59) Jaa acrmads had nrc a a es ns beget twee ber ers, thar the peraeche fetwed the same coe, [1338] i tat ach one of them Peete peter icf abies pr 'Srikve tape troconcotmen siecs Sum Oe ae hot wnto the sme of the cmcaboes tar Abe o> (Genser. 6) lane had Sour spon hat Rebekah 'syetilyopeakng. combined fo bene the vrs a oe oon. The & dened 2 Sep te Rog tranrcr: "And be tk Reba alles one; and abe 'ete hn fe® fica acco "and he loved Bee" 'diate third; "and Lae ae coor fee be meter" stakes fr. Corcoponngy, Jub bed fur apna: and See myn porpi paced them at" fps sn abe in and Tan Hd each ene wile for a i of hotnnthe fone Saray the ter Reb ad ac hd ays ch Sa ae een ee {atl comes toe some thing. sce a wo are! by + (Sree dopcmatin wens andthe ane yal perpen" Axp AnZAHAM 700% ANOTHER WIFE, AND HEP XAME was Keronan, Keturah was nove other than Hagar. Foe wwe know by tradition thet though Hagar wher she left 'Abcaham went acray afr the ils of her snceston, yet 58 time she agzin stacked herself to life of viewe: Hence her aname Keturah (it. stacked). Abraham then sent for her tod took ber to wife From here we learn that a change of name acs 25 an senement for sa, since that was the rea 'sty ber same war changed The term cayeuph (bt. and Be ied) tere oaioee met that Abrakam sk ames 'fe bot that be took aga his foomer sponse whom he had doves cut on 2rcount cf Ismael, and who had ow abendoned her sel proctor, and fed made = symbolic of her change of life Observe that R. Elezsx, ot ware cane a fe comment a the pamage, "And Fac beg her ato the ee—Sanh bn ether aed thatthe form of Seah are rd ee crore bg te om Soh eked = her amer ery Sy Bez Abahn aoogh be mari agin. peer coc Sara's tnt oe allowed ther woman neers enineid wy mee Be cr to bar masren. No ocr woman, i fic. eerappeated io Sara's ene ave Rehcaks And akteogh Absiem toc tht Sark's image fresed Self thre be Bet he tnt 'stray to net bebldeach dey bs ther form Than 'Sindcned isthe venc, Amp Annawin cuvt At TBAT Ine nao emo Tease, where the xprenson "al hat he Slee the form of Sh that wus mead im cae Adectng Asosing t another evlanton thn rere ie 'secsthe Abeta tarmac to lac the caked doctine 'ict th tat be soul te atached thn heal gate Bor ewro we soxs oF Far concusisrs Teat Keesnaw wap Ansanan cave cirrs. Wht sot of sph nere they Thy comprtan the men ot tow gr fat way, the name of the pres ofthe wel pi tanto cmp the wine lato pai (In wae Fd 'hove the pe by the power of the trv Sth) "The toon of the cencubeos" re the som of Retr who tad Krerly teen emesbine and was row once mone & ome 'cubee" eHigs cnl thar he tem "cneutenes here shthe 'Flor ast be taken erally. Amp we sew Tear AT From [tac wis 208, a0 tat ty sold not be on fer sith lone Wore we per eivre, tht i wide "Richa wpe alr and ipwonm sat thy sold ne Complete ser on Satan te em Strengthen hima the ide frig oo ot peal over 'en all and make chem sil wens ty Aim EST an, {Se Ta ar coUntaY: rte en at oe {8 taunts of the sopore pracotoners of mage an w= 'aft bare tie ite ween "And Sake worn 'reled the windom of t'the chlren of the Ea" (0 Ke '0) Heenan shsion to the descendants of the ve 'hades of Abrams comesbines hess ales md Daberhe movatsine ofc Ene where cy rit te re 20mAR 1 [ssh 'of men i the arts of magic and divination. It as thi very led of the East from wich came Laban sed Beor and fax som Ualoar, ho were all magicians." 1K. Hiakish discnured on the verse: Who pace Fab [1348] for a spit, and Toreel ts the robbers? Did mat the Lond. he gat cho ie have sinned, in thant mays cy mem 'ot sealh? (Is. x1, 24) "Observe," be sid, iat since the detracion ofthe 'Temple, lessings have bern withdrawn from the word. if coe might soy 10, oth on Sigh and here below, 90 that all the lower rades are reinforced and exercise dominion aver Istacl on account of tt im Now the vem yustated pares clucdaton. For whie i bess by spedng 'of Faenb and Taral im he third pera, i goes off ss the fine, saying "he against whom se hive sinned". and then reverts tothe tnd person, saving "and they would nat male". 'The truth i that when the Sanctuary was dosoyed amd the 'Temple vox burnt and the people driven ito erik, the 'Séckinah ifs er home in etder to accompany them into copy. Bere leg, Innoever, she tock che hd a 'er Huse and the Holy of Hoes 2nd the placss where the 'poet and che Levins wed to perform ther warship. When Soo cenered the Sed of eile ake chaeceed ow the People 'soe oppresed and inden under fo ty the nano. and 'Be cacinimed, "Who eave Jab fora spol ec?" And the sxply of the people was: "he apnnst mhom we have sinaed"™ 'Then the Stckunah echoed back "Aad in whee ways they would sot walk" So im the deve to come, when the Holy 'Ore, Blessed be He, will member Has people, the oom ssrouty of leew the Stetunah wil erurn trem cue Gr sd procend to her House, the boty Temple will be bake 'fax The Holy One. blessed be He, will then say 20 the 'Commnunsty of Iaral: "Shake thyse! from the Gus a8 nd at down, O Jersmalem (Ie 2, 2) She will enquire, "Where tall Igy, snce my Hose ie estrone ey Temple fe theret with Sire P" The Maly Ove, Bead be He, il them scbulld the Temple Sng, restore the Healy of Holes, bud 'he city of Jerumler and then rise her from the daat Se Sergeure sys: "The Lord doch built up Jereslees" See 'sed thes, "He guheeth together the dpe of Incl", ae pave sanan as aod aherwari, "Wo baie the bres in hear, snd 'inde up their wounds (Ps cata, 2, 3)}—this being am he the emureton ofthe de Tac wl fied 'hat whach is writen, "Aad I will pat my spit within you, sdcaove you to walkin my states et (sek 0, #7). Bien bathe Lad ir ees foes 'TOL'DOTH Gea. ray, sgn, 9 R. Hiya once discourscd om the text: Who cow exprest the mighty ats of the Land, ar make all his praise o Be end? (Pe cv, 2). When Gat, he si, "tesed so create the 'world, He wel the Torah a the plan both ofthe whole and "Then 1 was by bam a tebe the werd 'amor (curling) may abo be vead "maw (Greet, deer) When Gad wa about eat man he "Tork emonatrated, string: "Should mun be cated ad thenaa snd br brought to tal ie Thee the ork Tay and will ei sin for e wil ot be aber endure Thy _Bedgement." Where God repli: "Thad seca Eno peer bes renin the wert" When Cad ced Se veead He adw oO wad weed! Tha a thy 'rde ce fee oaly open the Tor, and therefore Ihave 'created man thee tht be may apply homme tots ted, 'cuales each port to periorm is fuancto. For there s mot 2 (member ip the human body bur has a cunterpart the worlds 2 woke Fora mas bah camer member aod (pars of various ranks alacting and reacting upon each other 'So mtn form ane organo. so docs the worl a Large coca Of herrche of crated thags. whch when they pope (San seect upowe coch other gether Frm Eeealy ome 'zinc bray Tha the hole cs organised om the scheme of {he Torah. hich aso casas of sections and devouare which, into one arother snd, when properly aranged together, Soemene organ body. This efecine led Dave to exchim: "How manifold are thy works, O Lard | To winder ha thes made thes af: the exth o full of thy cremeres™ sseborsss) ror'bors a (Ps. car, 24). The Torah cammins all the decgest and most recandiue mpsteney all ble docimen bork decent 'unducoed, all caencrs bath of the higher and the loect (odes oth world and ofthe wold to come ret Be fone there, bat there io one [1556] to Fathom tackingn lence ts writen: Whe cz expres the mugiry 2m ofthe 'Lord, o mate the whole of is pease wo be heatd 7" (Px c=, 12) Sobirmn thougy t9penerate Hose anerst mearsngs ofthe Terab, bat baled hem and he excl sd. 1 'el get windor, butt was ffm me (Ecc. i, 23) Dad sd" "Open thon mae yee. that I may behold wondraan 'things oot of thy lew" (Ps cary, 18), We read of Solomon that be "upoke che thous provers. and ft songs ere

1thousand and fre" (1 Kings. 12) and tradition explains
(hs ty sean tad cach hin prove seme oa ound and five mterpreutions. Now if this could be seid of the swords of mere fest and blond like Salomon, must we Sct perfor believe tht cach ofthe ward of the Torah spoica Dy the Haly One, Slemod be He coamas proverbs. sc25>. dnd bys innumerable, wbime mysteren and tethe of Deeine Wador * Hence "Who can eeprom the mighty act ofthe Land =? "We derive atu aecher eos fram ths verse. Its writen And dhoc are the procratices of lnc" (Gen. rr 19h ad

2few wens before (Id. 12) he text ps, "Andee ae the
(frscediom of Libract", ang goes cr w emamerte toehe 'ees Sing th hd ely en wap nk respect limael wat supenor to firm Bat in rh fope eee tee ee aes le (ae expres the aghty cm ofthe Led 7 the tem "gh 'ees being an won to Isa. For Ina beest Jacob, wbo 'hia owe self exceed ther land who farcerbegservebe {ben thong bom all ck above and below were Eres (cesblnhed. Ine wan rece wth tbe sanctity ofthe aper™ 'al workd whereas ishasel was ofthe omer world Heme sya: "Who can expecse the mighty acts of the Lord. ce Tale the whole of hs praise to be heard?" the letter clause lading ts Jacob, 24 mach asto say: "When the sun jos the (moce enemeable sar arc thereby lumincd*

3we rowan 3 feaseass
'Ano rHest anf THE CENEMATIONS OF Isaac, Amma Ma's som. 'Why' ated Ro Jone 'held Haase be 'refered to jus here, ad here ony, a8 "Abraham's soa"? "The reason te that withthe death of Abraham Fasc serumed the image af his father sp chat anyone Inking at hie emai say "Thos is surely Abrabam' ind thoy woold be coneinced 'that "Abraham begat Ina TR. ease rose from fis Bed ane night [1356] 20 study the 'Torah Jada, who happened then tobe an Carcrea, id 'ohimeeif a the same time T will go and jon R Tac tothe suudy Wf the Toeah.' He sceaedingy scout along with his 'yoothfal soe Hakeah. As be was nearing R Imax threabold Ie overheard fam expound the rerse= "And it cme Past ahr the death of Abraham, that God Messed saa his son: land Inac dwelt by Becrlabat-ew" (Gen xxv, 11) "The con 'ectine between the two parts ofthis were", be sid ob seure. but mav be explaed allows [twas ecrasary that God sould blew lane, became Abrataes bed aot Blewed 'him, andthe rem why Abvatam had not hiesed him was to prevent that Nessme beng 'amaatted to Ease Hence the eek of Bemung fl ap wo opeah, to the Alzaphay. The ext thas coatinaes: "Ard Tea dec by Beer-sbai-as" (tthe tell ofthe living and senng ane that 2s the Amma pura pease has &, the well where appeared the Angel of the Covenant", to wit, the Sbekirak, to which lear became sucked, thee'y drewng upon himec! the blesing of the 'Almighty "Ariat poont B Jadsh knocked 2 las aoe, centered the mom and jined him. RL Kase ssid: "Now, the Shekinah bemelf i a sur presence' Said RL Judah: Your cexposton of the term Aer lakes at quite careet, bat there is more int than you haw" He then began 'coun thos "lta writen: A famtaie of gardens 2 wel of (Seang eaters, and flower from Laden (5. 5 1¥, 15) 'wrmes: "And lesa wet by th well f the imag sen. coe (ber-lahatra)" The "well" S tone other but the 'Shetindh; "the fe enc" ia an alhaon to the Righteous (Gee wo ives inthe Fo wari, that, who Ive abwne, SSenined when oe oe the pet Then epee cee tence Inealy cmc Sem "the Bring soc" whom "2 Se, and abe es at ins ed wich ving water (fae werd "ring" clyde wet 3) "And Bens the son of Jebds thes of» ving ma 'mien Furker,thesutemen that lus dct by Dec lbai~ fs aches the Same lewoa st the sanement "And Teac wae forty yeats od whos he tock Rebekah" (Gen. 28, 20) 20d abode with er 3nd az une noth er, symbaang sn thee fray the ce of dattncn wth mgt an = wemten: "Hes Iefthand ander ary head (S 5,6) Observe wow at aer Abeshace's death Insc remained in Kaha bow, then, ic ay be shed, can sy tot Be deel in Bee-hisiral? "The anewer to inde hat In atacbed hom and bell facto tae weiln onder io awaken the arr of mercy, Bares eines [R Tazac dncoured on the vere: The sum shinth forth end 'hem chs and hath lat where eet (Each 1.3) "Thesun shea fork" Frm the super pce Where hes esahished,ncedertocas bs str on the mone which 'ely reflects the lig of the nam; "end cometh [eam the moon. "He goeth ward the Sou" (Ind 1 ©, 'which ie oo she sight ud is which, therfore, fis arengeh Fepacs (oral te arength ofthe bays on the Fgh ie): id then tarocth about tothe Nori" (Uh). im order to imprt igh both tthe one side and othe other. Further. "The wind trmeth about conzually and inmost (Ud). [Aldough the tat bere speas of he wind and no fc am, Jett all oe, and hen the same inner meaning al thao 'ha the mom ay be illumined fm the sue and the two 'maybe ancued Onsere tat when Abraham appeared the word be embraced the nove and drew bet tea who nat come fe took st had of ber and canped ber ston cschy ase sep "Ts Eft had under ey bead (SS ° 're roma tt foo Thur when Jacob came the sus oid the mann nd she be- came illumined 3 that Jacob was found perfecto al aides, fd the aon wa egcirle i ight and sexed completion through the twelve bes 1K Judah discourses on the vers: Bede ye the Lad, il ye servant of the Lard ee (Ps Ua, 1} "Th vee tel 'e be cid, that cnly chose are truly worthy w blew the [Ainighty who are the servant ofthe Lord For abhougs teve tht very [138] lorclte i regarded as Sed to the Almighty, yet only the servants of the Lard are worthy 0 (tie tne bebe fr ac ined Mag the Upper andlower worl. And who, then, are howe serascs of the Lord ?*They that stand in the bouxe of the Lard in the sight seasons" (tid), to wi, those who rae at madeseht ind kexp ng ithe seody othe Torah toe "adm 'he house ofthe Lard inthe night seasons". sat tha time the Waly One. blseed be He, canes to sport Himself with the righteous in the Garden of Eden. See. then, we re Posen 'he mph i cxpounding the Torah, ct us sy something eat lac, when ne have je wextbred Tas then began bis dicmurse on the vers AND laanc was roett vesns oun wurmua Toor REREian sre. 'The umber "forty" her', be and. han a cote 'sgrifcance 10 wit that Lane when fe tot Rebekah come roed on hmocif the union of Nocth and South and fie and Gee Furner, see tanto exits tes oleirn 'thse, sed red so Rebekah was thee years od when faa" tok ber: and be beat offspring wes he was sany years old, 'hs beng + ripe ag for produce + ht Eke Jacob who 'Sead be endowed witha pend quate accordngtoGade deaga Toe pavouten or Berevri Tae ARAMERN, OF Papux-Anaue, THE s1sve8 oF Lani THE ARAMEAX. Whey alt owe detail, swing har & hn bendy fen ued "And Bethan beget Rebelah ce"? (Gon. wam. £3) Tes cope the fc th ahbeugh she was ought up among 'ful people beng the daughter of Bete and nate of FadensAram, ar the ter of abun fhe Armen, nd has caec frem 2 wknd viene, yt ae dd ot allow thar 'ays bor detinguuted heme in good and righeooar Send sha} 'rot'bore e 'Hevea itil arises. Uf we could ny thet Rehcksh wasthen 'weaty years old or more, ct even thirteen years old, then we 'could Indeed coramend Ber for tot aatating the oxic af Sher warsoundings; but since, a8 pervious sad be wa oly a chil of three wars, how can we ascribe to Ber aey ment c= thin acount Jadah asd reply= "Though abe wm but three years old, she had shown her character by what she Sd {or Abraham's ervant" R lnmoc repaned "Tn ope of al te she had done for him, one coud net set say positively thar ther characur wa rally good (2570) But we learn thas fmm 'another source. I i writen, "Ae 2 bly among thors, so ie 'my love among the daughters" {S. S.1, 2} 'The ily muy be 'taken a symbolic ofthe Commanity of Iscael. which in the 'midi of ss molntadee reembles 3 one among tome. Bat (there ka mere coterie explmation of the wene, 26 foams. Taae was derived from the side of Abraham, rho was the emteadimcnt of urpernal ee (Hose, and ated racimals 'wwandeal crestures. though he imeef represent the tr 'bane of seventy. Rebekah, on the other hand, enginsted frome the sideof sever, but broke aeay fom her kith and kin and (pioed lec; and in spite of her origin, she was of 2 wild rearures one, for cxample of s stern with one of 2 mild type, '0 thatthe world preserves its balance" 'R Jaa followed with »incourse on the text~ AN Fete exrancren Tat Loup tox ais wire. "The term "ex- rented" (eaye'te, he sad, "implies prayer companied "by oferings on an analogy with a kindred term the pee Bo tae Led was entresed forthe nd (ih Sam. ut 25) 'wbere alo the poner wat sccompunict by eferings Ie is 'wrisen here Sing, "And Inuscentrested™ and then "And the 'Lord let himself be entreated™. indicating that celestial ce descended to mect the Bre acening from belew. Acconting te azather cxplontion. the term exve'ter (and te em treated) i akin t> euyekter (and be dug), signifying that e 'rhe Zonas 11 Lege aac im his prayer dug 2 tunnel as t were, leading Fight up

0the supeemal department appoisted over fecundity. He
thaerae shove the planetary influences (mazcai) in the eae 'way a+ Hannah in het payer of whom its weroen: "Aad she prayed um (al In. upon) the Lord" (+ Sam. 5, 20). 'Similarly, the term cayrtther (and he ict Ramecif be ex treated) imap that the Lard Hiewelf cleared a way for Teac' prayer, with the result that "Hebe bis wife con ceived" Observe that Lae Hved ith hie wile far tnt Yorn without having chikren, the wason being thir Gol 'Selighes inthe peayer of the righteous, who thers aia Iigher snctity and puntiation. He thercfare withialds frm thems [1376] thir needs nti they offer ther sppbcations. [Now observe that Abraham did pot 'God ox ch Gren, notwithatnding that Sarah was barren (for whem he said "Hebd, 19 me thou hast given no seed" (Ge 2%, 3h Theme be eotaned the Lan for his fe ot for Rake 'The youthal ne of Ko Juda here aed bs faker" that jase why dd oe lc ve Jas a mech m Eso, towing he ther the former eld rae fone tribes? Ta Sipe qoccen, sds fer, an hc anes fallow, "Milcestures ofthe ame tind tne one seth sd are dears 'o owe anther. Now we are tad tat Eau "came fth addy" scaler eoblemai af acvry. There was thon sa ity bereess Ewe the rpeesentats of every ow ah, ed En, te embodenent of every bere Scr andthe {Sis ainity Lame lve tam above peok. Hence we red And Laat loved Enns, brane he Sd at off burton, wb he er sey (hasting) sugges the sae en a TE Slonlar tem inthe verse: "Like Newred = mghty banter (eiker sept) hehe the Laed™ (Gen 3.9) beeen Ie is wosten= AND THE CHOLOREN STAEG cise voceruen s7ruie any ane ane ato, Er fy ssh) yoUvorn e Be s0, waenerons bo L Live? AND su wEXE 70 Exquine oF Tur Loxo. Whither dd she go? To the 'Academy of Shem and Bbc. "And the children sereggiod Aopetber within ber", for thee sieady Esxe declared war sgpiet cab. The tc eaythrses (and they reggie) 'thn ts root meaning "wo break". and thas mops that 'they broke asunder and dried aeay from cach eer. Ob- serve thatthe one wascf these af him who ides the serps 'chile the other was of the side of Hien bo sider ow the (cred and perfect throne, of the de [13a] f the un that Slumines the moon. And abere further that because East spas drawn after that serpent, arab deat with han cookediy 'ike the serpent. whos cmwing aad ma cronkedly = we read="And the serpent was more cunning ete" (Gu 8, ¢)- Tncab then deat with him afc the mann ofthe serpent 'order w draw him farther erpentward, so that be should seperate farther fom hamoelf aed thas pct nic any share sre hams ether on thus work! ce i the world to omnes and 'our teachers have snd, "When 2 mam cares to bil yu kill ie fr" Tei written of Jab: "Ta the womb he tok bis brother by the hee!" (Fon 3044) that he dew Bm dow wards by the beet Sot sey ASD 113 asp Hap HOLD 'Om Estv's wnat, ic be pot bis hand on Ess bee 'eedes thereby to farce hiss down. According to anther €x- 'anaton, the seords "an is Pra Rad Bod" way that be Coad coe cocape nm eatrely, bot his id was caging te bis betes Decl Fastereally speaking the mon war okscared throat the hel ef Ean; Hence tems aera) 1D 'deal with hie Cuasing!y, 0 ato threat ira downwards and (ake Lim hereto the mgen asmgned > ham" Axo Hs eatiso eis waste Jacos. Ie was God who 'called him sa (So, t00, i = writen lover down, "Hiath he 'ou rihely called ts name Jacnb 7 (Gen. xvi 36) and not "is mame was caled"™) God saw thatthe primeval expent we fullof guile wdo mischef, and so when Jacob appeared Hie said: "Behold, bee's ome who can sand up to bien". and therefore He called him Ya'le, akin to the term veya' babes VAL eee te ike eae " me 20WAR IE hens (and be acted toward me with guile) (Gen, sem 55) Te has already heen possted out th the simple term eeyaina (and he 'alled), as when it says, "sod he ealled unto Mowe" pose Yo the lowest grade (of the Sephinath) A ne Se 8 Jams rece a name from 2 human being. So in another pana tte ind: "And the God of larsel called him £1 God)" (Cen. 'xxx, 30), sing that the God of Tsacl called Jac by the name af "EI" (God), a though to xy, "Tam the God of the wupernal word and be thou the God of the world below". 'Observe that Jacob knew that Riu was destined to ally him self wthat torts serpent, ad hence ial his dealings with 'zadet" Very Janos was cadowed with cunnag 1 czas 'Sip held Nsom wh tha hc bexpent ae = ma 'eect Far the none rem every New Mave » gaa bbe Berl ups a to draw the serpent his on place and se exp him sway frum the mee. The snc apptes to the Day (Renew shen agar oto be edered Altes carne 'Seoued im onde gen domsmvom over him, and mabe Sie serpent to de eiachick Se Scripere sys: "And the poet 'SED fea upon fem all her upon sem a ind witch (Set of" (Lev. xr, 22} where the goat (Ser) a Srey eipined, eymbohirs Fass Ip all deaings 2h im 'Senming ad cat are employed, in ncordance with the rds (he Senge: "And wih the cocked thew dot sw se ebee™ (Pm, 27)-and thee serpent rescue" Eat and coafiy, ving to mead the heme 2 wel oe earthy bees nel accpate him ad ouster em wae 'St ners and denees nt 10 perent font wetine Seat wil, jo m Jara, whe was edoned wih the oe {ah all hs acoms towards Esau ad oa But 2 pre otic xcpent rom doing the Sancta er en soph oi sod a acieving domsmson ner the woe Thee 1386-1300] ror'oors ever a cd ter far Abo ofr lame tose ac, 'ortoas ways, sein tat Ease, who wan ofthe ae of he 'expen al nox yet appeared ia the word. Bat Jar, being (Steer af th bool he cnmee the serps mt to gore him fo chance to tarmsh the Sweuary of Jacob. lence Jace had eed of such atts mae shan anv ocker penn Tenet. therefore was choses a6 the porta of the Shaped te ay One tld be Hewat einen Fee 'orton of the Lard is his oeople. Jao the We of as iahentance" (Dex ma, 9) Amp. THE Boys ourw. It was the side of Abrabees whic (mme them their witli, and his merit wat their support. He Sieed then m cern the fer mn we rend: "For Thurve known him, to the end that he may command his \ctildves ex (Gen 1m, 19). R. Elezrar sud: Exh ove of 'hem tok his own wey, [1396] one to the side of tree futh (sed the ether the ae of Salary: and they Sad ead ex 'bed the same traits whit in the wortb of their mother, 'where each one of them tnctned to fas ows fade. Ths, De (ere she we performing soe good action ce approaching 2 spenly spetin order to carry out come precept ofthe Torah, Jrcsb would giecfully tira benaelf heward 2 come forth 'Bat <i she happen t pass near an dolar shrme, Eams 'would Kick and snuggle to come forth. Tha, whe they were 'Rlly arsed and emerged nto the wor, ty separated cach repli is cen way and be dees the bse Amp Isaac Loven Esa tae wesTes's CON: [suse was ix mis woUTH. So.we trandave in accordance 'wich what har been said alte A Max OF THE FIELD: 'his mean that he was a highwayman who robbed and mar- dered peuple, stile all the ume pectending to his father that he wa ahrent performins hin penyers Agen. be wae 2 Bide 'man i that his porton was on cast im inhaled land but (wild and dedate places. It my be aed, how came Lasse to Be erearef Fanu's onl deeds sexing thatthe Sbckonah ws ek hey an proved the ra bs tee goent Slag " me roman tt [ss9e398 Jacob. 'The truth is thatthe Sheknah,shhough contneally 'vith Kim, id not reveal to him Eas evil exes in order tha Jacob should 'recive his blesng not by the will of Isc, but sey by the wll athe Holy One, blamed be He. Sit wa dotined ts be, nd when Jaco entered ito the froence of his fate the Sbainah acompanied Min and [sae thas fl that there was Before him one who was worthy of being Blewed; and blewel he was by the will of the Sick. 'Axo JAcoE SoD POTFAGE; AND EIAU CAME IN FROM 'Tue Fieep, ao me was putt Ro Elearar mid "en confing 0 the received explanation, the pottage of fentils was

2sign of mourning far the death of Abraham. But if 9, we
'Should have expected leae to have prepared it.The deeper 'explanation, therefure, is that Jacob cooked [1394] that pot- tage in virtue of his clear discernment of the side 10 which Essa adhered, Lentil form 3 ed pottage which = coaling thot blood. Hence Jacob porpsely chase such » dish a5 2 means of weakening the strength and power of Fam, and the 'effect was that Esau sd himeelf to Jacob asa slave and sold fhm ter birtinghe Atthat moment Jac dvines that for the sake of one he-guat that his descendants would bring 'Scifi to East's grade, the latter would consent 19 be a Give to them and dennt From stacking them." Judah aod: "Of ke manner were Jacob's dealings with Laban, who was

44magician, asi says: "I have observed the signs, and the
'Lord hath besa we for thy whe" (Gen. 28,37); not 'withstanding that Jacob is designated s "simple man", this 'means only that he was soi his dealings with anyone who nerves tobe tested gently: but where cunning and seventy trerenecenary, he eval use these abo, For he was of sto fold character, and tohim could be apphed the wards: "With themercifulthou dow show thyself merciful. And with thecrooked thou deetshow thyself suble" (Ps. svt, 36-27), jes a8 ropired" AND THERE WAS 4 FAMINE IN THE LAND, BESIDE THE rest FAMINE, £Te. R Judah discouned hereon the verse: 398-1408 rov'porn The Lond srieth the rightover: tit the wicked and him that loweth wblence his sol hatetit (Ps. xs, 3} "How good. he 'sid, "are the acts of the Holy One, biessod be He, al bxed spon justice and trith, a f says: "The Rock, his work is prefect; fr all is ways are justice: a God of fthfulness and Without inigity, jut and gh he" (Dest. xan, 4). For He did not punish Adam, the first man, until He had given him precepts to keep him inthe right path and save him rom deflement; and not until he was unevindful ard tranegresed the command of his Master was he punished. [1400] Even 'Adam presented of his allotted time to King David, who had soe of sown. Ile manne, the Nmishy do notte '0.4 man in strict accordance with the ev deeb ce sich bein sled, or chet wel coll wt 'endure. God is thus long-suffering with the righteous, and rea more 40 with the wicked. He ie forbearng with the 'wicked in order that they may change in thei ways incom 'lezsure, sith the Lord God, in the death of the wicked, and ot rather that be should return from his way and five (Gack rt, 25) ie thee hemay lve this worid andthe 'world to come. The {¢ abo forbearing with the 'wicked forthe sake of the pony seed which may spring rom them forthe bene ofthe worl a there esl fren Terah 'that goodly scion, Abraham, ho wat beating forthe world. 'But withthe rightmous God s strict, as He Enows that they 'sill urn aside neither to the right nor tothe left. and there- fore He puts thern wo the test: not for His own sake, since He knows the firmness of ther fh, but w as to ghrify them the 'mace It was for this purposethat God—as we read—"proved (eisah) Abraham" (Gen st, 1), oF, a2 we may also rant lite, "He raised his banner soft thraighout the word" [for the term mina (he proved) implies the Lfting of an eng a3 ie writen: "Taft wp an ensign (nes) over the peoples" (ls east, to}. The text continues: "The Laed srieth the e THE zomAR It te sightous™ (Px at, 5). For what reason? Sad R. Simeon: "Because when God finds delight in the rightomes. He Brings lupor them surfrings, seis written"Yett pleased the Lord toerah him by disease" (111, toh asexpleinad eeewhere. 'God finds delight in the soul bu nc in the bey, a8 the seal 'resembles the spernal soul, wheress the body isnot worthy 'bealled tothe supernal essences, although the image the body is par of the supersal symbolises. [1928] Observe that when God takes delight the soul of 2 man, He aficts the 'body in order thatthe soul may gainful freedom. For solong

2the soul is together with the ody it cannot exercise it full
fporwers, bur unly when the body is broken and crusbed. Again, "He treth the righteous", s0 2s to make them frm. like "a tied stone", the "cotly cornerstone" mentioned by the prophet (Ic xvi, 16). "But the wicked and him that lovetn solencchis soul hateth" So we would naturally ane late; but this i hardly admissible, and ie is more probable 'hat the vere allaes to tht grade whence all sale dere their 'cxsince, and tells that "that grade ateth the soul ofthe 'wicked man", sot wanting ita all, nether in this world noe {nthe world tocome. When God cieated Adkan He eve him

1precept for toe wel-hemg and endowed him with wom
throegh which fe rose 10 the higher grades of cone 'Bot when Adam turned his thoughts to the lower 'world, be let himself be enticed by the evil tempter and dung to him, so tht all that be had observed of the glory of hit 'Master vanished from his mind. Aker hins Nash at est was

2man righteous and devout; But afierwards he also went
owaweards, and secing the wine—wine 2 dey old, ot yet 'refined —"he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and be veas uncovered within his tent" (Gen. 2x. 2!) Then came Abraham, whe contemplated the wisdom and glory of his 'Master. In his time "there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojarn there" (Ibid x1, 19), but mbsequenily he "went up out of Egypt, he and hie wie and all that he had, and Lat with him, into the South' (ba. 'tn, 2}. Tati, be ascended again to his owa former grade, to that he came out unteathed a he went in. Then came Tan, uf whom it written: "And there wae famine in the web-s4tal ror'bors * land, ede the fr famine," He went ina Gera and asecyards ascended again foe theace unscathed. Ths God proves theihensin order afte inti and for ike Abratars 'ne carried out the injunction: "Say unto wisdom: Thow art 'my sister" (Prov. vil 4). They were further entitled to call eraser ia virus ofthe verse, "My sister, my love. my dove, 'my undefiled" (SS. 2), for ii for his thatthe righteous dene to God, AND IF CAME TO PASS, WHEN ME MAD BEES THERE A Lone rine... WIT REAKKAN Mts Wi9E. The par- Se (oii sw he Sis he ae th Rebetah. In any cnet notte "ake Seichaeriionc Sang neers ea barore ee 'Eytime, ie thin wauld be contrary to the dium' "Tarek i bly 2nd they sain from cohabitation in the daytime" Ths the trwth that Abimeech wae an stooge, od the 'wd rough which he ood wes eating bot the plnet= {ay ometation [The word "window" i simak cd fn the pemage: "Throegh the sindow she ked focth and ected the mother of Sucra™ ud. ¥, 38) Abincech by {his meses Gacovered tht, contrary t Isc tection, Hebei vas has wie So Anrnetécn cattre Taaac {2x s4t0, ETC. Rowe wads "Abimcech would have bee Soved toward lnc a he behaved teard Abram, were fe 'mr that Ged bad repoved him in the previous ues Note that when Abraham sid, "Surly the far of Gnd seat (his place" (Gen. 2,11) bi reason foe ining wo wo that {SS people ecked ah and hed they pomened fuck, he trould Rave had mo mod to acta be id" [tga] B.Elesear Tid: The Shchnah does ret side outside the Hly Land. (Sed that is what Abram mca by anying that "the fer of God Tew thin plac eomry tht tha went te los where

2rite oman 1 Kesee
the Shekinah could find abode. Isaac, however, held fast 19 the true faith under the inspiration af the Sheba, which be sw residing. as ie were, within bi wife" Amp ABIMELECH CHAAGED ALL TRE FIOFLE, SitING: He rua Toucuern THis way Om HIS WIFE suALt SURELY BE TCT To DEATH. Observe how long 4 rope God gave to this wicked people forthe sak ofthe Kindoewe sat Abimelerh showed to Taraels Brot anccstors Tt was os 'thin acemant thet Tarad could not towch there 32 irencrations had elapsed. Abimecch thus dud well 9 abow {indness to Abraham in saying to him: "Behold my Iand is before thee: dwell where it pleseth thee" (Gea. ==, 15). Judah sid: "Wa tothe wicked who when thes dea kind 'est never doit perfecly. Ephren, for instance, ft wid 22 Abraham: "Nay, my lord, hear me: the eld T give thee and the cave that is shereia, I give i thee, ee." (Ge 208, 3). at iter on be said: "A piece of land worth four hundred shelele, te" (liad 35), and then we read: "And Abraham 'weithed to Ephron the ver —— carveat maney with the 'merchant (Uti. £6). Seilarly here, at fat Absmetech id= "Hie tha touchech thos man, ec", But later on be sil "Go from us, for tow ar much than we" (Gen 01, 5) Released to R. Jodah: "Absmelech's Minders to 'hie consisedin bis not tabing anything from him and send ing tim away with all his porsemions ita, and then going setae to he 8 coven wah ban" Asp Isaac otocem Acai THE wats, Frc. R Flee 'ar aid: "In dering these welk Issac acted Grnely, for 'he seemed from his knowlege of the mutercs of Widen 'hat thes iy be cocid stach besel mare femly © bie 'ith Abraham Dkewir made a point of digging 2 well of seer, Jacob found the well already prepared fr him, and he 'sat down by f. Thus thes all looked for 2 well an strove Gaon fo proerve the fash pure and undimininbed. Aad memcaays Tere! Pod fut tthe wel throogh the wre Slim of the precepts of the Torah a6 when each day every racine performs the precept of the fringes i which he sates] rot'sors crrcps hie and oth pve wich fastened on Bisoems Alls been erp quem doe (Gas foundie he man wh crabs oh he yc {ers nd cone hel inthe ngs Hence, where docs not concp Nima in the erst cow cel che fra Cath yo gerne ie nf ee appears hugh ut docs net Swe win en wd ese hs Maser han departed ro be 30d ss popes a $3 should be Hone or ann sreagthened thomas {the roc fa in agsng he wel, pce tthe opera Swell wich the abe othe mmay prec feck" Avo me morte row ramnce, ano eicom an rane WEL. Rips Gaxouned on che wene: dad tr Lindel ee tee ctl a ayy al eight sear ond ake song ty bow (fe ts 10) "The oe Cater Be ld! Save domed strength om th vee \wher prombc'is made hom ofthe word 0 come, for he 'word "omtmeay" inches Seth thin wed sd the word qorcone. Agen, the term "coetnely" ich seems Spe 'Seow, lem te inal barmroseing wh fresnel er underneath the a of aie par pices reer raphe epiee-eer Seely wed by Dov im the sere" pec me 'ng pa iceenancn ef m3) Andy he "ear soe" frm te 'harmonise with het has pone before, which we Rave intes- [preted of the snus of the righseos merase on lugh. We [nterpet them, therefore, t alladet9 the esurvecon of the 'dead, when the Holy One. bled be He, will reconstitute the bones and restore the body tn ne former sate. The soul 'wil then denve stronger iuminaion from the "clear mit- 'Fors 29 llzmine the body to the full eat of which is 'capable. Hence: "And chow shalt be Bke « watered gases (leur, 7), dues, be the celestal garden whose sepermal eaters never fa, but Slow on far ever and ever; [x43] "and (ike aspen of water, whose waters fil mat" (ed). aading = 'THE rowan it Teas {othe river shatissues from Eien 20d flows on frail eter. (Observe thatthe "weil of living ates" symbol for guiding faith. There isthe wel 'ure of the waters, and there i the well Which i fed Dy that soure of water. There ae thas two grades, which ac, how 'ever, relly one with two aspects, male and female. in Brung 'unon. The well and the isue of waters are ne, designated bby the name of "well, i being at once the sapernal pever= 'ceasing fountain and the well that ile by And whaceer 'Zazesat that well gazes atthe true object of faith This the 'Sibel which the patriarchs tranetted in digesng the well, Im sich a way st indicate thatthe aparce std the wel are 'ndisoluble. Awp wr catten 17s waste Rruosorm (it. sees, broad places). By this he intimated that his desea 'dines would cbe day tend that well im the Seng smanner 'through the mystical potency of offerings and Furnt-offeings Uike Adar, when God "put him into the garden of Eden te dies it and exp it" (Gen. st. 15). 20 wit by offerings (ind bernt-acrings) that as apr should Bow forma om every side, as Seripeare sass= "Let thy springs be dis- [pessed ahrood wed courses of waterin the streets (robe) {Prov vy 26). Honor here the same of Rebabuth [ren rand places) 1B. Saneum hee discounen othe erat: WssDOM CRIETR. ALOvO 15 THESTREET. HX UTTERETH RER#OICE INTHE noun rLacts (Prov. 20). This vere', hei, 'coming

2deep mystical teaching. The ter hodhmoth (it wisdom)
seplas the supenor Wada and the lower Windeen wha 'echt in the saperine Wisdom and abides therein The perez Waar 2 an euencr mont recundite and concealed, stoknown aed unrevealed a Script says: "Man knowesh 'aot the price there, ee" (lb snus, 33); and when it ex- pants ceo 2 snurce of Ugh, ts iumriation & that of the 'tocld to come, and that word is creed bys: fo 30 we have 'earned, thatthe world to come son created by the Vad. and 'here Wisdom remaned inddea. the two bene one When 'God was crowned, it was through the mystery ofthe fur 'world, a already sad There aa joy thes amination, but all warn lence wothout around being beard sbrond, Wasdors 8) ror'eare s 'then willed it to expand farther, a0 thu froma tht space 'here issued fire and water and i, 2s already sid, from "which there sprang up a vance which imued forth abroad 'was beard, 28 already said. From that point omsands all is 'eceror (az, wheres in the ineric the voise ix alent 20d 'cot heard abroad. Once, however, the sere forer has becuae -zafthie. it ncalled "uithour™ (ler) Heace tin mcambent 'mun to be sealous in searching after wisdom "in the wide 'cocaine al the luminous star, and which constics the "inane ok perennial waters reicsved wo ia the vere "Atd 2 _pver went forth from Eden to water the pen" (Gen. 9). 'And there "she uttereth her vice". bath the superior snd the lower Windom, which ia truth are one. Solomen alluded t2 'thas tn saying "Prepare thy work without" (he-tez), and 'ake & ready for thre sm the Feld" (Pror. 33:8, 27), where 'the word "without" = used atin the vere "Waem crith (a Seng pete hee sence to inquire and investiga. 25 it is written: "For ask 'now of the days past and from one end of beaven unto 'mrther" (Dest. fr 32. The "Feld" apam isthe "eld which 'he Lord ath blessed" (Gen. suv, 27}, When a man bat (penctrated into the esery of Wisdom and perfected himself 'here, then Soloman sells bir to "held his house" (Pro. 'eo, 7). ic to culirate fi aul i is holy. so 25 attain pececpon Hence, wien lnc fegged and prepared the well Peace be called t Rehoboth (aide place) sad all exo done the right manaer. Happy the nighteout by whos works 'the Haly One sents the wocld, ant any: "Foe the wpeght 'all iohabe the land" (Prov. 1,22), where the term ashe (they wil abet) may he read yasthow (they shall cae 12 'be sobabated)* Amo rr came To pass, THAT WHEN Is4Ac WAS OLD, 'ASD is eves wane DIM. R Simncom wid="Te is written: ind Cad calnd the light dy. and the derhnens he cand might (Gen. 5} This vers has alseady been expounded, but there {yet mere to be learnt from i. For all the worts of the "Atmighty are masafestitions of truth nd conta Gerplemces. Ps 'THe Z0mA8 11 fener) snd all the words of the Torah ist fith and are deeply symbolicl Observe now that Lame was not so fortunate

3Abraham, whose eyes were not blinded nor dinemed.
'Herein isa profound loaon faith, as hae aiteady bees explained elsewhere. By "the light" here i meant Abraham, who isthe light ofthe day and whose light keeps fon expanding [r4za] and growing stronger like that of the day. Hence iis writen: "And Abraham w= ol, sdrancing jin days" (Gen. sary, ), that i, in illumination, and as be few older his ight coutinued to expand, 90 that be wat ning more abd move unts the prtecs day" (Prov. 28). (On the other hand, "the darkness" isa descipcon of isa, who represents darkness and night, and hence when be wat ld hi eyes were dim, 0 that he could not see He had to become enveloped in darkness in onder to become attached £0 bis own proper grade." R Elezzat hs son came and hissed is fhand. He suid: "So far understind. Abraham was bathed fa Bight feu the side of his grade: wheres Loaac became 'wrapt in darkness from the mde of ix grade. Bo why i 'writen of Jacob: "And the eyes of Isacd were heavy fot aee" (Gea. Xorit, 10)? Siena im anower ssid Tt ae 'Teieen bere "Mey were henry", hat not "they weve Sins ed further, ite mot wntien "for hr old age", bot "fo ald age". refering tothe old age of Tau. and implying that his (ees were heary 283 realt ofthe side of lac, But sil they 'Tere only so heavy ato prevent hin sering properly. bet aot cemtrely dim. Wheress To's eyes were together dimmed, otha darknca srtled upon ham and eight tk bold of him, Axo ne catuen Esau, mis expen sox, whe wan de- tivel from hisown side of severe jadgement, AND HE SAID > Benotp sow, ! ast orp, I KNOW NOT THE DAY sey peavH, R Elearar dsenursedion the vene: Happy i he smanschoe strength inter ete (Ps CERRY. 6) Happs the tea, he said, Who holds fatto the Holy One and places ite srength in Him. Like whom for instance ? Shall we as) ke Hlanuniah, Mishael and Ararah, wien they boldly said tthe asa} Teu'bers = King of Babylon: "Behold, oar Ged whom we serve i able '> deliver us from the burning fery furnace; and be wil liver ws out of thine hand" (Das. i, 17) ? Not so; for if. 'Good had it stood by them to deliver then. He mame would ot have been acclaimed oly a they decired it to be. But 'hey themalves resized thar mistake. and 3 they cocected themaches and said: "But if ot. be it nwa unto thee. O King, <tc" (lied 18), that is whether our Gad deler ws a at, beitkaown untother that we will noterve thy gods, tc. "Tradition lis ws that Exetel sid someching to them wich ceyceed thes eyes, namely, that God would pot stand Uy them 'they expected reeard. It mas then that they began al over agin, sareg: "But if not, be t known unto thee, O King, 'ee A cum, therefor, should noe Sm: "God 'will deliver me ot will do forme this or that": bt be boul 'ndeavour to fll the precepts ofthe Law and to walkin the pach of tra, and then put hi ull rus in Hien that He will Fetp him theretn. For asacediy whenever 2 man ss ot 09 pany bueelf he i helped therew fnom on bagh. A ma 'Should shas pur his tras ia God and aot anywhere ele. lence the expreiion "whose sength iin thee". The next 'words. "in whowe Tart arc paste indicate Ut 4 man should purge bis beat of all srnge thoughts, so 2010 make [ike a path that als straight to the desired dination. 'According to another interperation, the word "wrength" 'alades to the Torah of wich we read- "The Lard pes 'szength uno his people" (Px aumx, 11) Its then bere ind 'cated that 3 man should study the Torah in singicbeared (devotion tothe Aloeghty, and whoever labours in the Torah from worldly motives had berter not have been bors. The 'word seallith alo may be trntsted vet "highways" but "exollngs" (cf. the vere "El (ols) him that ride poo the ebser" (Pa Lava, §]} Kt thus allodes 9 the man who Ibbours in the Torah with the object of caolling Ged and 'making Hine the only nec of devote nthe wor. Observe 'hat Jacob performed ai his actions forthe sake of God. and 'herefore Gad was slvays with lem and de not ever remove is Presence from him We how this from the fax that abhough Jab war me present when Isa called Ease hin

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'som, the Sheknah told Rebekah, who in her tara tld Jacl." Te Jou said: (Obacre that had Emu Cod ford, been blessed there and then, Jaceb would never have been able to asert himself; but all was direced by Providence, and 'crerytuing fll int fs righ place" Axp Reareun Loven Jacon, and so she seat for him 'and wid to fim BEKOLD, L MAND THY FATHER SPEAE uso Esat Tuy suorure, savisc |. . Sow THEREFOR, MY SON, HEARKEN TO MY vores, exc. It was then the eve of Passover, atime when the evi tempter Dad to be removed, 50 as to restore to poser the moor. 10 'symbolise the tr object [14] of ith. Rebekah therefore 'prepared two dishes, R. Judah sad: "Herein were fort "Shadowed the te he goats which the children of Jasob were in the future wo offer one for the Lord and the ather foe 'Azazel on the Day of Atonement. We sre tha Rebekah of ing "two Ki of the pants", one forthe supermal ade and the cther woth the object af cabchong the grade of Eas, 20 to deprive ham of amy power over Jacab. Hence "ewe kids of the guts", buth of which Inne toned and ste of. Silly, wher nepe "And he bevugt him wine, and be drm" che 'word "Deought" intimates thatthe wine was fetched fresn a 'dunt regio, namely from the region of Fara. R.Elearar (SA There & am alsin bere to Sat wine fm which f al 'ind of exhilrnon. ace Lawe and his side mqured to be elated Amp RESEKAW TOOK THE CHOICEST GARMENTS OF sav, exe. These were the garments of which Ea bad depoled Nimd Thee were precious garments which, 'onginily belonging te Adam, in time came into the hands of Nimorod, who waed them as his hurting drat. fe wo Seri ture sys: "He was a mighty hunter before the Lord" (Gen. 1.9} Then Eau went out int the field and made war against Nimwed, sed shew fae nck Riel of ines ee 'cots 28 is hinted in the passage: "And Ea came im from the field, and he was fat" (Bud, 9), that i, from l= ing. a0 be the pamage, "for my seul fone before abe a8] roL'vore = saucderess" (Jey, 32). Now, Ean kept those garmencs it ahelsh's spurte, from whvost be ould Sach them 'wheocrer be went a-huntiog. On that day, however, be went 'out int the feld without them, and thas be syed shere ger then oasis Now whics Emus put on theme garmco Oo "aroma whatever was emited from them, fatwa Jacob pot 'them oa they were eared tthe: nghtfl place, nda sweet 'odour wae dios from them For Jaco imberted the beauty of Adan: hence thoee parments found in bie ther 'ightful onver and thes gave off their proper aroma. Said | Jose: "Can # really be, that Jacsb's henry equaled that of Adam, sexing that cording to tradition the exh part of Adam's beeloatshoee the of ofthe min ? Would you. tbe, 'ay the sume of Jorn " Said R. Bkeacar in reply- "Assured Adsavs beauty mae a tradition says, but only 2¢ fst before Ihe sinent when a creature coold endure to gue at ie Densty afer be sinned. Soever, has beauty wat Gninited and bes heght was reduced to 4 hundred cabs. Observe ferther that Adam's berry 2 sero! with hoch he trae faith & closely bound ep. This i hinecd a oy the passage: "And ke the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon as" (Pe ac, 27). well wn the expronion, "to behold the racinanes: of the Lond" (liek axe, 4) And Jacob 'seuredly partpated of that beauty. The whole. then, 'Seeply satel" AnD WE SMELLED THE MELE OF MIS EAISEEXT, AND [BLessep ist, Obserce thi is ot written "the raiment", but "it raiment". This is explained by the wear "Who cuveresthyse¥ with Behe 2s with a germect" (Pa crv, 2} 'The werd "his" muy abo fe undersood to indicate thar & sexs only when Jacob put them on thatthe garments erited these reectadour: ani ot wm only the exeet adm difused 'oy there that made Inu bie hie, far only then did he feel 'tht there war before bm ome dering of the blesses, nce thermic all ther divine aromas would sot hee secompaned fim. Hence the sequence of tir vere: AND

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Seeeior re rive watew re Loa mara atesseo. "The subject of the word "said" is, according to sane, the 'Shebinah, scconding to other, Insae himself. "The Beld 'which the Lord hath blessed" alludes to the "fei of apple {trees the fed wich the prneche cherish and calieae So Goo GIVE THEE OF THE DEW OF RAVES, AND OF THE FAT PLACES OF THE EARTH, AND FLENTY OF CORN Axb WINE. RL Abba said: 'We may bring into connection (rth thn pawage the verse: "A song of Ascents In any dis- {ress Tealled unto the Lord and he aeswered me" (Pex, 1). Many songs and hymns di Davad utter before the Almaty Sethe perp of perc it rae od mating Nec 2 'ayes "And: David got hime a name" 3). But this song. David rected when be con "cident of Jah.' RL Elearar sid: 'It was Jacab who uttered this psa a the moment whea his father said tohien: "Come near, | pray then, Ut Tay fee chee, tyson, whether thou be my very som Esau or not." That was [s430]2 moment of great distress for Jaca, ae he fared tht hi father would recognize hie. We read, however: "And be iecerned him mot, Becmaoe hie hands were hairs, ae be bora Esau' ands; so he Blessed him" ft was then that Jacob sid "Tn imy distress Lealed unto the Lord, and he anewered me. O Lcd, deliver my soul from Tying lips, fromm a 'deceit tongue" (Ps xx, 1-2). The "Ipng lips" te tefer- fence tothe grade of Baz, which 0 called becsane wen the serpent brought curses inta the world it was by means of 'cunning and cronkedpess Olverve that when [nase mid t0 [Exwu: "and go out int the id, and take me venison", be added, "I will Bes thee before the Lord" (Gea. sma, 7} 'Now. bad Isaac said simply, "that V may bless thee", there 'would tave been no harm. Bat when he uttered the words "hefore the Land", the Tha of Glory of the Almighty shook an trembled, saying: "Wil the serpent row Be re Jeased fen bin curses and Jaca become abject to them ?"> 'At thet moment the angel Michael, secomparied by the 'Shhh. appeared before Jaosh. Isaac fet all this and he 'ns new the Carden of Eden beste Jace, ond be bese 43a) rov'bors 2 ini the presnce ofthe ange. at when Ena entered ere setered with bir the Gehinnom, and thes we ead And Isaac trembled very exceedingly" as unm thet time he tad 'ot thought that Esau was of that de. "And I have blest Wiehe then id, heal lene Fc the 'equipped himself with wadom and cuaning, so thie the Wessings reverted to himself who was the sage of Adm, ind were snatched from that serpent of "the lng ips" wh 'xed and spoke decitflly in ender to lead astray the wud nd being cores on Hence Jacob came with raft and {ea is father withthe slyet af bnnging blemings upon the "Sorkd and w recover fom the acres wha tert he ad 'thheld frm the wold twas measure for case a = rowed in the verse: "Yes, he loved curse, and cane {tot him: and he dlghted not 'im (Px. 17}. Concerning 'thou fem among allele. and fr among al beasts af the 'el (Gem tt, 14) He remains i tat cate forevermore, nd Jacob came and tad aay from him the Hesings, een the very day of Adam jacob was desioed to seach from the serpent all those blowing. leaving hit stil immersd in the 'pens without the ponbiity of ermerpng fom them. Deri {Sho sad eanceening him: "What shall be given unto the, fn what dail be dine more oto thee, thou decitl tong ? (Pa. cxx, 3). That ito my, of wha bene wast the serpent that he hrght curses pon the world ? As the Iadage says: "The serpent bites and hls, and feels no ats fection". "A decitful tongue in that he deceived Adama tnd his wife and brought evil vpon them and upon the 'tori unl Jacob came and took sav from him all the essings "Sharp arrows of the mighty" (bd. 4) i 2 as 'son to Esau, who nursed hs hated toward Jacob on account ff these Blewings, a= we fead: "And Ean hated Jacob be~ 'une of the bleming, et." So Gov GIVE THEE OF THE Dew OF MEAYEN, AND OF THE FAT FLACES OF THE {ner that eto say, Henge frem aboce and from belw jn conjunction. AND TLENTY OF CORN AND WINE, in 'consonance withthe tea "yet have I not sea the rghtes forsaken, nor his seed Bezzine bal" (Pa azar, 25). Ths, © rie tomas tr feaesaak awe have aid down, was utered by the Prince ofthe world; tence "penty of corn anf wine. Ley reorus seave TTaee: allaing tothe time when King Solomen Jeruaiem, as ts writen: "And all he Kings of the earth cee... And they brought every man his persent" (ut Che. 1, 33-24) AND RATIONS gow DowN TO THEE, alludes lithe time when the Messiah will appear, cascerning whom sie written: "Yea, kings shall prostate themselves before hi" (Ps x 13). R Judah said: The whole applies to the vent ofthe Mewsah, of whom it sal wsnen all mations 'hall serve him" (Iisd)." Be (Aeeet) LonD OVER THY 'Suerte, The irvegular form hewoh (be), instead of heyeh 'F ikjeh, has 2 deep mystica sgnifeaton, beng composed, 'its, of the thre letters which are the bass of faith: Hd at the first, Vain the centre, then Hf folowing. Hence: "De (tecr) iand over thy Brethren", taney, 10 rule ver them 'aed subcue them at the time of King David. R. Jor and: "Thee blosings apply to theume ofthe advea' ofthe Messiah, ince on account of lrnel twansgresting the precept of the "Torah Psa was ale to take advantage ofthe blessing given 'whim, "thou shat shake hss yoke from off thy neck" (Gen. sect 48). Jose tid 'All these [1436] blewings wer Foe the side of Jacob's portion, so that Jacob only eeceived achat ras his own. Issac desied to transfer thera to Esau, bt God 'brought itt» pac that Jab came into his own. Observe the parallel. When the serpent brought curse the woekd 'God ssid to Adam: "Became thow hast hestkenes ato the voice of thy wife . - . cursed isthe ground for thy sie, et." (Gen. tu, 17), meaning that it should noe bring forth iret 'any vegeation in proper measure. Corvesponding 19 this 'curse we have here the blessing, "of the fat of the earth". 'Again, theres = written: "In to thou abalt eat" (bi. )= bnere comes the corective, "of the dew of heaven". There it saps "Thornsalsoand chines shallit bring forth ato thee" (Cc. 18)—here, "and plemy uf corn and wine". Thete we have "In the sweat of thy face thou shalt cat bread™ (id. tg) here, "Let peoples seve, and nations bow down to thee" ling the sah and cuivatng the eld. ate writen "And aliens shall be your plowmen snd your vine-dresert™ sai) xoL'eors on (ls, 5). Jacob thus turned each cure into lesting, and 'what he toak was his own. God bough allthis abou so that Jab should remain atached this own piace ahd portion, and 'that Eaau should remain attached to Jnr place nd poruon " R Hiskiah questioned this exposition, sayiog: Do we not fed that Kater Ene sevcived «similar blessing 2s eperde the fat places of the earth and the dew of heaven, a5 we read: "Behold ofthe fat places of the earth shall be thy dieing, lsedof the diw of beaver from shove" ? Said Simo st reply: "The wo blesings ae not ale, being from enurely fa places ofthe exrth shall be, et."; a8 regards Jacob it ts writen: "ofthe dev of heaven and of the fat places ofthe 'ean, but as repards Esau, "af the fat places" and thes "of the dew of heaven". The diference between the {wo goes 'very deep. For the "dew of heaven" promised to Jacab the living". Jace thus iahericed the frit of the superna earth 'and the superal heaven. Esau, on the other hand, was given "Andi abl come to pas when thou st beak Toone, that thoa shal shake his yoke from of thy neck" (Gen. 22x, 40), this was only to be here below. but regarding the lupper wotld its writen: "For the poruon of te Lord his 'People, Jacob the lot of his inheritance" (Deut xxx, 6)" 'Obecrve that = 2000 as Jarod and Easu commenced 10 {asa themselves of ther Blewings, the former peared hit {fof his portion on high, and the later of hs pation here below. R Jos the sont R Simeon, the son of Laqunia. once sid to RL Elearar- Have you ever heard from your father owt emnes about that the Bess gen by Kaas to Jacob

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have not been full, while those given to Esma have all 'bees folie i thei entirety 7. Elarar seped= AU the Which God blesed Jacob. For the time being. however. Jacob took hie porion above and Eau here bel. Bat aftrtime, when the Mesh will arse, Jacob wl take both Sbove and below and Este wri love sl, being left wich so portion of inhentance of remembrance whatewe. Se Scrip fre sys: "And the hase of Jacob shall be a fie, and the hhoase of Jseph 2 lame, and the howe of Eaxs for stubble, ete" (Ohad. 1, 18), s0 that Esa wil perish entizely, hl Jocob will mhent both worlds, thie world aad the world 'ome OF that time its fanher written: "And savas shall come up on Sloent Zion tojudge the mouse ef Exwa; and the Kingsom shall be the Lords" (i 1,21), that s0 say, the Kindness Ean a then this old sal erent 'God. For although God rules both above and below, ye fr the time heing He han ves toll the peoples each a portion (med an inheritance in thes world; but at that tre Fle wil take oy ewinien foo oR erm, te ol lb Ei col 'sversten. "And the Kingdom shall bethe Lard It willbe 'he Lord's alone, ais further vines, "And the Lerd shail be King over all he earth; in that day shall the Lord be One, a he ne One" lg) 'Orr, ere. R Som sid: "The double form nace pase (Gas petng out, went cut) lice tax [44ga] she Stckinah 'went cut with him. Fer had entered alc with Jacob, and had teen with tien when he recived bis Nesings and bad 'confined them And when Jacob went out the Siekisah 'Seat out with fim, a0 hence the Teofold expresaon yep pene, implying 2 simubneous guing out of tua." AND Esav gts axorsts CAME IN Faom MIs HUNTING, Te swazliterally "bas, devend of any blessing, and the Hay Spent (Gied out to tan' "Earthen tthe bread of hm thie at sven eye" (Prov. nuit, 6} Ax mE Ano ADE SAvOURT sa) rot'pors % the diference beveen Jan and Ean. Jacob spite oo bis 'ster ey nnd mde it ep: Re eee my vesison." Bat Exams sod: "Let my Gather arse", = 'hough he were aot addresing him personally. Als, hea 'Eaau exsered the Gehinnom accompanica him. so that Toa Ihe was born; and not cven when be ley bound on the alae woth the hae Aron Wore be eyes noe be oo 2ighoed a 'who he sow Esa exter and the Gcbnnomn enter with him He thea sad: Beross toe cawtst, ano 1 wave LeSSID MIM. TEA, ASD ME SHALL Bz stessz0, 'because hears thar the Shetinsh fac confined hs ewngs Accneding > ancther explanation, Inc sud: "And have 'essed ham', and a heavenly voice snowered: "Yes, and he sell be blessed Keave indeed. wasted to curse Jacob, but comne| the words "Cursed be every me that cureth thee. and blessed Ibecevery one that Slesseth ther." Observe tha all, bth abore znd hetew. confined these blessings end cree be whe was te portion ther fell to she eof Esau concent to chose Tl ott thee ga eacept tha Bess me (Genet, 27) Tae angel end "Let go" beeen Joc Seine bold of hin, You my wonder bo could a man of eb and Boal ne ld of an ange who = paren is wren: "Who mahest spins thy mewengen the ming fret msniters" (Px crv 4} But the rath othr wen she 'mreth, the messcegem of the Hols Ove, decal to arth, (Sap mabe teens cpanel, ane et on» ey cement The to the denipns of ths meek Foe © & Sing roe (evn fem the com of the place where coe Sapp fe, a hn aeadyBecn expel We Sed than wines of " rue zone tt [eeeenaes the Lord forty des and forty sighs be di meter et reas 'nor drink water" (Ex eet, 28 a eer ma to dev fromthe caso fhe place to whch be went Sens lary we red. a a example of the behvaro ae destending bee below. "And he sted by theo ender the tre, and they diet" (Gen so 8 So here, Jc rah Sry have wrote ith the angel fer the ter he med {Toahy vere after the manner ofs binge this world The Teanos, tn, why Joe Bato reste wit Bin th whe a 'for gh ua ecsse tone Seng pom soma oy 'the night, and so, correspondingty, Esau dormenatesomly during 'the cule, which is none other than night. During the mght, 'ere the angel eld fast to Jct and wrested wa 'with Ser. is only in the nigh.) The angel therefore, fling Ris sengeh cb ashe dy brake snd' "Let me ge forthe day breech" Jacob's annex. "T will not let thee po, except thou hase Bleed me. [r448] i pecan. since we stom Inave expected "except thou tll lem me". By ening the past 'tense, bowewer, Joma = much 25a: "except thow ack edge ane Hemengs with shoo ry later bicoeal me, nd 'wal a contend agasst me on account of thems" The angel, swe 2 told, thereupon ssid: "Thy name shall Be called eo) Tore Jacob, bat Lert; for thou Rast seven with God nd 'with men, and hat evaded" (Gen mex 2g) Dy the mame [erat be meant to imply: "We mont nerds be subuersiest > thee, see thou art crowned with thy might above ia xi- (Pertalgrade." "Tera tall he thy same": amrediy oo, for Fob te seven wah Blok". Dy thin mae be appre refered to himself, but he really ad a deeper meaning, iz "Thos hast sven to seocate theif with Gol in 2 dene 'exon. a5 symbolaed by the jancton of the ma and the smeoa" Hence be didnot ay "hou hast prevailed over God, et "eth Gal ie so ence comely with Co or) rote 45

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(plas the Lard, ie maketh exons earns 8 beat peace we 'hee (Prox. x01, 7} "How greatly, be sid" x incumbent on sty vc hn pth rar Hy One med ee Som to atuerve the precept Sording cour doctrne, two beaves!y mesenger ae sc8! 1 accompany sim hin path taragh ie one om the right and ne ow che eft: and they ae abso wotmenes to al es mea 'Thcy are 'Glled, the one, "good prompier". and the other, "end prompecr" Should s mat Se munded t punty himif and websere Stigmtly the precepts of the Torah, the good proasgter win meuceeed wit hum wl eyerereer the ed prompt. who wil then ma bs peace with Frm aod beoaeme 'be servart Comranan, shoaid 2 mas ser cut i dele im Sno the ood prompter will erpewet the pred prompter, 'aed so we are agreed. Thus when 2 man nen oat peify 'imself and is good prompter prevail thea Gad makes evea tas enemies use at peace with Sum, thst lst may, the ex (prompter submits humelf w the good prompter Of this 'Selomon said: "Bemer is be thar & Bgl cstcemed, sad fhath = servanc" (Prov. sit, 9 the servant being the cod = Hence inasmuch at Jacob put hs trost in the 'Aivighy, and al is seine were for Hie sale, God "made 'even hie emis to heat peace with him", 20 wit, Samael, 'who is the power and strength of Eau, and. be having made exe wits Jacob and comened to the tienen Fas als 'consented fo them. For until Jacob was at peace with the 'Gacfnin ef Ean, Esse vas aot peace with Jab. Forin 2B cece power Beh depends on the corrspontiag power Asp [sinc yaewslse vey mxcexpincty, sxo sain: Wuo Taex (pho) 1s ae. . .? The term phe (Ge bere) am athe to the Shea chat wes persem when fame bese Jacob. Lae thos 2: much ay said: "Who [a he thet aoed bere snd confiemes the Blesings I casferted 'ope him? YEA, AnD © SHALL ae aLessrD, scone that (God approved of hese essing," R. Judah sid "For taving cane Le Sather thes Os tremble, Jaca a peice by rs 'rue rowan tt frebonase beng thrown into a amir tremor when hie sonsshowed him Joseph's cat and said, "This have we found" (Gen 2300, 12) (Note that the word epio used by lame ber is alo wed {wherald the punishinent of Jaco through the law of Joep, who, when sent to seek hie brathren, sad "Where (ep) are they feeding the ack "" (hd. 16): ad this atbough God approved of the biemings) Ano Inaac raewmiso 4 GneaT taeMtacinc. The tem "great" i= echoed by the phase "and this grext ire" (Dew. svi 16), thos intimating. ot the Gehinnom entered along wth Ease Veav 2x (CEEDINGL ('ad mela): the erm med, on an analogy with the same team in the clause, "and behold it was very (me'sd) speed" (Ger. 1,31) slides tothe angel of death; hence the clamaton: Wnes Esau meaap THE WouDi OF mis FATuER, Ere. R. Hiya exclaimed: "How mmch has Tora! aufered on Sovvant of hone tears whch Eau abel before bs Either, t bis dese tm be blessed by hire ot of the great regard he had for bis father's words Has omF WOT RICHTLY CALLED ot Jacos? The farm uf the expression, inead of the 'ere natural "hay sot he mame been called", indicates the with which Fama uttered the words. Fox He bate surruanre ote Tess Feo TiMe The word "hese" (zt) implies that the supplaning was of the same charcter on both occasions, ance the word hebhorahs (ey bright) mts ofthe name ltrs Bekah ony Bie" sng) The word = bas 2 mila force inthe venteace tne had noe (= lc this) reared a send sme" (Gen. SBN, 10), where the lenters of the word sca (we had re fumed) can be transposed i form buuhs (we are put #0 shame), se mack ao sxy="if we day lomger, we shall bath reurn and be ashamed. Job made ue of 2 malar werd (ley tem he and: "Ae thee hokleot wae chime evemey™ (epeb) (Job sa, 24), 28 much 28 to 499. "Thou hast named bout fyub (lob) into ayed (eoems)" Simalarly ere, Esau set: "He Et took my bichright (bettors). and now he {armed the sue about ints my Messing (Sera), which he the abe Shen from me" ae] rovvorn « Bewoun, I mavens ise rWYLoaD «AND WHAT TwEN exatt I po rox thre, xv so%? By the word 'phot, it hee) he implied tha there eau ne there {ppeove of + blewng for ew. Ime thow Biosed ha wits trolly goods: be surveyed he grade zed ai, "And by thy sword sat thou Bre", as much ato my: Th jst what 'Sots you, to shed load an to male war." Te was fe this Fav a0 R. Elexar explig,that be Br sido br="And 'thatthe shall Id fr thee? seeing that I bebo in thee Neetnaen the snee and Biee ar iy brother the ay of posce Then be added "my son" aif sy, "my Son thous Sorely ar and Transmit thet llth Hence, 8 Ta Snorien, This bas not yet taco ull secing that Eas fst new nt ye served Jacb, snc Jama at diet te tine, and indeed, himself ma tne alle ie "ey tmaster". The Femon is that Jamb goed wo the chant foeure and therefere dered the flliment of the Maing to the cod of aye a alendy and. Ae R. Hie and Jue were once wang tothe. ey otced R. Jose the Elder oeing up behind theme So they {St down and waited fr hin ntl he cane wp to them. Ax toon 2 he ped them thes ad "Nine we shal ourner with (pada As they Hina suid: "ie istimc to do for the Lond (Pe cats, 16)."R. Jose thereupon begs to {scour on the cnc She openth her month ith om. (ea the ew of hander om her tongue (Prom suas 38) "The trond "wdom'" "he sid, Smiter the Beth of the word Sere = the asaeang ales explaned clarwhere. 'The Beth's lose ono side aed pen the ater. Ses in on one ide oe embolic of that wach writen: "And thou shh sce my bck" (Ex nam, 3) an open oo the eter sade a0 tn thomsne the hager werd (Ie = pen on oe sie onde to feceve foes the ight wots, hes hal which questa gther ) Fr that ren it paced

1the beginning of the Torah and was ler fled x
Iesn, "ae opeecth her mouth wth wine" fr 20 the word heath rendered vn the Chale version, bah 'Sithe (wth wind). "And the Ew of kinder (ed " sue zomas 1 [easenash thee tongue", iin her subsequent uterances, ait ia writen: "And God said: Letthere be light, and there was ight." The eouth" again is an allusion tothe Hé of the Divine Name. "which contias the Whole hich i buth unceveaied and ee= 'ale and compracs buth the higher and the beer emans- tions, being emblematic of both. "Ske openeth her math 'wah wadam, insimuch 35, though herself cen and sbs0- Jately unknowable, ast sys. "And i hi from the eyes of all ang, and kept close from the fowls of the ac" Job Zi). yet when she bepne to expand by means of the Which she is attached and in which she resides, she puts forth a Voice which isthe "lw of kindsess™ (kewl). (Or apui, the "rmouth" can be taken 2s alluding to the Sal 'He of the Divine Name, which is the Word that emanates from Wisdom, while the "law of kindness om her tongue" signifies the Voice which is above the Word, contralling& 'a guiding it, [448] nner npech cant be Ford without 'ace, as hss been agreed" R. Hiya then followed with a discourse on the verse: seu deel! ath pradene, ad fd cat nowiedee of eres (Prov. sim, 12). * "Wisdom" here', fe said 'alludes 19 the 'Community of lara: "prudence" sigies Jab, the peu dent man; and "knowledge of devices" alludes to Teaae, who 'sed deni for the parpor of bioaing Ean But since wisdom allied itself with Jacob, who was possesed of pr dence, it was he who was blessed by his father, so tha ll thse blessings rested om hin and are flied inhi ade fis descendants to all eernity. Some have bers flied im thi world, and the rest willbe fullled on the advent ofthe Masih, shen Tera wil be one ation om eerth and one people of the Haly One, blesed be He. So Serpeute sys: "And I willmake them one nation on earth" (Ex. 333731, 23). And they will exercise dominion both on high aed here below, as itis written: "Amd, behald. there cane with the 'loads of heaven ane ke wats 2 200 of man" (Da 31,23) Suding tothe Mesiab. concerning whom iti also writen "And im the days of those kings shall the Goad of heaven et 'op 2 Kingdom, et" (Dba, 42) Hence Jaca desied that ash) rov'oors 6 the bleings shold be esred for that futur time, and id 'it take them up mine 'R fear then fllomed eth 2 dncarsc om the cere: Bat oat et the, O Jacob my secant, nether be domayed, O "ade Jez 08, 27). "When Jot, be said. "oe 2 Teave his father, Be became aearetbit he ould nt beable 'wae humocl of te Bese ll fag te Aad ened, and be was gest damayed. vob then wet fort and feid- "But fear vot tho, O Jacob =» for Uae with hee" (Ohed 27-8), 12 Twill not orake thee i tha mow "Fee, Ja, I will save thee for af" (ld), bet the time for 'which thou hast reerved the Blesings "arty se rom the land oftheir captivity" (Ube) that to sy' "Although Esa hasalready tes posessin ofhs bong and sil cela thy chldeen, Iwill fre them fromm hat band, and then thy children willbe masters oer them" "And Jacob 'eit reura" (84d) Le be wil rerum in oan" 'hl be quiet and at cae" (Uh) fom the kingloms of Baby Ionia. Media, Grece, and Eom. which have enlved nt, "ind one sall ma im fb" (hi) eer and ver "The thew then proceeded on thet way, lem RJ se smarke: Traly allthat God docs i the work an erclem tf the dnize Windom ands dove with the objet of ani- {esting Wado tothe some o men tht they sl eara 'fom thos works the mysteries of Wistem ad ll ccm 'led according wo plan. Further, ll the works of God are {he way the Tort, forthe waye ofthe Torah re he mar {the Hy One, Newed be He, and a0 single word soe Mebetabel, the daaghter of Matred the daughter of Me Jahab" (Gea crv 99) —decsions which he rreaed aly lesz? This shows that cach incident recorded the 'Torah contains = multitude of deep weniiaton, and exch 'word i allan expremion of windem and the doctrine of {ruth The words the Tor, then, reall aed, revealing 'wndrous things, 8 we fea: "Open thou mine yes chat E e 'rue s0uAR 18 Leyshegte may behold wondrous things out of thy lw (Px ext, 18). Here is 4 proaf. When the serpent had subverted Adsen and his wife infected her with imparity, the work! fel thereby Jn astate of defilement, and was bd unde + curse, and death 'was brought nto. So the word had to be puabed theoogh 'en tl the tee of fife came ad made tomement for man sd prevented the serpent from cver again having dominion 'over the seed of facob. For exch time the Iscaclites fered up fh ge the serpent wen tne oe ld caption seabed Said Thos Joe brought is father tw ev goats (ie), fone to sabdoe Esau, who seas hairy (7) and the other to subaethe grade to which Fsau vas beholden and to wehach hhe adhered, at ae been sid already. And i threcgh this thatthe word wil be preserved until a woman wil appear "fier the pattern of Eve nd 3 man after the pattern of Aaa, 'who will crcamient and out-manauvre [14ba] thee er Pent and him who rides on him, 2s exphined elewhere."

1Jone further discoursed 2s follows: And Eau was 2cxe-
song irr ad Jara ar a prfct mae, diellng Les (Gen. xy, 27). "to whach way was he percct"? Ta that be '62s "weg i ent, that beheld fast to the two sides, 'that of Abbam and that of lew. Im dealing with Enea he advanced from te side of Fasc, a already send, and fo the Spe ef the passage: "Wah the meresul thea dan show thy 'imensiful . sndwiththe cronked tha dort chow thy Subtle" (Px mn, 26-27). But whem he came to ease the blowing, he care with help from on high, and with support from bath Abraham and Lac nd ths all was presenbed by 'rindom, a already ssid above. For Jacob congucred the ser- peor with prudesce and erat, bur coeiy by meats of the bbe-guat; and although the serpent and Samael are the same, yet he abo conquered Samael by another method, an de "cited in the pamage, saying. "and there wreaied aman with em unt® dhe bresing of the day. And wien he sw that he prevailed not aganst bum" (Gen x:8, 25-20) Observe Bow reat Jaco ment mat have been. For ar hie adversary wat "tent on destroing hem completly. and that night was the 'ight when the moon war crested, X was doubly propio {Sr Jacob, wh emsiged lchind al alone: Far we hive been,

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'tug that 2 man should not go out alone in the night time: 'how much fe then inthe night when the lights were created, nner laleamy aie inlet speciilly powerful. Samael thus came and attacked [seeped pene cqeer ey ery ey 'arong supporto all sides. the mde of Eaae and om the 'de af Abratam, both of whom constnuted the strength f Jacoh, When Sarracl attache Jacob's right he saw there 'Abraham equapped with the strengsh of day, being the we (Of the Right the same being Merey (Heed). When be attacked hit left, bese there fia with the strength of erm jndgement. When he atacked infront be found lamb stron 'on ether side by reason of those surrounding Aum. end thus 'we read: "And when he saw that he prevated not against tim, he touched the bolo of his thigh" (Gen. axa, 26), that i,» pat that outside of the trunk and one of te sup ports, Hence, "the hallow of Jacob's thigh was srmined" (ihid), When day appeared ind sight depart, Jacsd's 'Sent incrensed snd Samae!'s waned, that the iter sd "Let me go, for the toament of the retal uf the marrige Inyraa had arnved, and it was therefore necessary for him to depart He the confirmed Jacob's blowing ant added them ene hlesing wwe, 2: it says: "And be blessed him there" (Ud. 30). Many were the Blewinge which Jacob recessed at ferent simex Firs be obtanad blomngs from fas tater, through the exrcueof craft; then a Slewong from the Shekinah, atthe 'ime when he returned from Laban. ss we read, "And God (Elakin) blesed Jack: another Blessing he recived fram 'hat angel, the chiefamn of East; and thea ha faher blesed 7am when fe set out for Padan-Aram. saving. "And God Almighty bles thee..." (Gen. vit, 3). When Jacob ce Iirmelf eqapped with all the blessings, be defibessted 'within himoell, saying. "OF which of these blessings shall! 'Feil ays now ?" He decided to make use forthe rime being 'ofthe leas of them, which was the lst: for lthoogh in ite 'eas pomerful, yet Jacob though that it was aot so strong in promise of Gemnion ia thes world asthe uthers Jacob hance ea rie 20 Leehenage ssid: "Lt me tae this being to ue forthe time beng, and {be other Fw eerve aga the time when [and omy escendants afer me wil be in nce of them —the Se. that hen a he ater wel ancl to eee my of spring from the work" To Joo may be applied the words 'tthe Scripture: Al nations compass me about ery, i about lke bees, te" (Pa cava, times the sere "eonpane me about". coreepunding o the the remaining benedctions- bi father's fit blewing, then Gad blessing, and thirdly the blessing of the angel Jacob ssid: ~Thoee blessings will be needed st that time for use "apie all those kings and rations: I shall therefore reserve them for thst time, but now ts cope with Exau this Diese will suffice me." He was likes king who had at hs disposal 'numerous and powerful army with shiled leaders, ae aed ready © cogage ta warfare with the most powerial [1468] sévercry Berg once infarmice that a hghoeay robber wat infesting the emuntry. he merely si. "Let my gute-heepers Set out to deal with him." "OF al thy legis." he was aes, "hast thou no others to seed bet these gate-kerpers ?""Ta cope niththeradber thee willsuifie," he answered." where fl my lens and mitarybaders Ihave i keeps reserve forthe time when 1 will eed them to meet my powerful adversaries" Similarly Jacob aid: "For dealing wich Baza hee blessings wil mie me, but the bers Feil hewp it serve aguns the ne when my children wil ned them (> 'withstand allthose monarchs are rulers of the ext." Whea 'thar time will me allshase blosings will hecume operative, dnd the orl will be etablohed on 2 fm foundation. From the day comand that Linedom wil cum the mcemdancy oer allecher kingdom andit willeodure for eer, ast ite aba fies src and comme all howe Emetors. Dat it shall stand for eves" (Dan_t, 44) "This is "the sane chat was cut aut of the momntain without Fade, et" (Ube 45) "The mame sane i alle tn the words' "From thence, from the Shepherd, the stone af Tere!" (Gen sur 24) Phas stage the Commute of Tere alladed in the vere: 2458) ror'sorm = "And this stone, which Ihave setup for 2 pillar, tz" (Gen ee reper aren [Ble peop, and not Eau sone as dew rom te Lar, 'Showers upon the grass" (Micgh 6)" Yew sid Hts shall be the Land's" (Ob. 1, 21). Bleed be the Lard for Daag (Gen. zest, 1-24, Axp Jacon went out raost Bern-sttess ao WENT 'rowAKb Hasax. K. Hiya drew a paral Between this statement and the verse: The sum anseth, an! the owe pete 'den and ast to his place wert he with (Ecce |. 5). "The wan arming', he asi ia parallel to Joon when i Beer shetu; and "the 'san going down' to Jacob on fis way to Haran, when, 25 we read, "he tarred there all might because 'the sim was set"; ad asthe "sum aster to his place [igre] 'where he ariset so Jaca "lay down in tha place tm serp™ 'Observe that although the sun lunines all quarters of the world jet he tavels only in reo diteetions. au we mead: "He 'gocth toward the South, and rurneth about ants the North (Eccles. 1), cor being the right wad the other the left. Evesy ay, to, he emerge fromthe Eat tures to the South, then to (he North, ther toward the Wenere sie, an Sally = (there cate the West the aon emerges from the Eat so [Faob wot out from Bee-sicha, and asthe sea turns toward the West, se Jaca went toward Haran Kl Smeon ad that Fo went freh" ome the ambit the Land of Torack andl 'he Sweat ina" another sphere a impibed the ventznes, and he went toward Haran" (it. strange, ace). R Hiya ssid: "Wher the ax gon down tp the Wet, the West aed the par af the su and hi ene; the place in whic 'he abides, sea to mich be gather in all is radiance. Ths seers with the Kable dictum that God pues on pyc serie, that is, He takes up all the seperaal crowns, 29 tthe 'cries of the superna! Father aod the conblem of the = (pert Mother these being the phylactary wora on the bead), seat He tahes up the Right aed the Left thereby carrying (he whole" Eleazar asd "Te "Beauty of loraet"akes ap Ate hole, and shen the Commun of Iara = dram 'ward the worl! ox Bigh, a alo corres the whole, the male 'world of the Fly One a: well x the female world [175] of the Holy One; for pat 2 all the lights radiste from the one, eee = oe comes 'coe wed Being 'Ses oe oir Hone Serahce we sigriis the Jae year, be wei) rabolnga Sabana [Yezr; and the su eaves only from the Jails yer. Hence "Jacob went out fmm Beers and went unt» Hara, satis toward the Won, whch ndcaucd wath the Sana year! R Stee sid: "ee-abebs syrabuines the Sabbacal yaaa eraieeorry wren epam|

1Bethel which in il within the Boly sphere it's writen:
Aso mE UcHTED crox mar riace R. Hiya sid: This the pla mentioned ia the vers, "and he huscth to has plac" (Ect 1, 3} AMD TassleD Tamer ALL xicwr, he Rasseth to his place wher he shines AND of rue stoxes oF Tur Place Ths san alusion m the twelve precious and wondnas stones of the upper ever. of 'whichis ewemen, "Take you —-teeive nomen" (anh, 3h (bed vnderocath abich there are thse and rayroas of enn somes. Hence i says "of the tones", and not simply "the steers" Ano Por rues UNDER mIS MEAD (ht eda) The placa fuer abews that we abel seer the Bis ot wo Jaci but w the place, and understand the "beade™ to be the four cardial pasts of the world: he arringet the 'anes thrr tothe [ga] Nom, three >the Wes three to (he South, aod dyer to the Ese, aed that place oc pee we shove then sp that should be establish on them. There- Shier be LAY DOWN IN THAT FLACE 10 SLEEP, for now (ue the coech eas property ranged, be. sumely the sun ley 'doenan Thus Ue words "aad be Is Gown i tht place to 'decp" are parallel tothe text: "the sum arneth 2nd the sum (While: R Ina was ce day sitting atthe entrance of the cave of Apsbutha, a an pase by with his two sons Sad (ee of them to the other: "The sun in nt powerfal when it 'Sim the South snl were toot forthe wind which tempers the 'ese, the world could not exat* Suid the younger Brother= * yur zona 1 feast "Lf not for Jaco, the workd ald not subsist. Far when the 'unity of God ie prochimed by is sons with the vee, "Hear, (eae, the Lard oar God, the Lord is one™ (Deas ¥.4). which is an expression of perect and absolute aneness then Jaonb ther father joins ther, snd takes possesion of his 'will in them and listen to what they have to a. sccandingly went along with ther. The man thea cummenced te discourse on the vere: Avie. O Lond. ante By mating place, 'ha and the ark of thy strength (Ps cant, 8} "Dia be said, when be uttered these words, waslike a man saying 02 King, "Let your Hightess arse and proceed to hs abade of se" Mone ali sidremed God sielarty mex he =ed= "Ase. O Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered" (Nem 1,3). The dference between the two is thm. Slon spake IBS man Giving orders in he own baumchald and a, sree Aa ti Londo make war agnnetlisenerncs here Denil sisted Him to ete to Mi place of rest. and im srocdance wth the rules of coqucte cluded mp hae ser {Son beth the King and His Gonere Hence beside. © Lord, esto thy resting pace thew and the ark of thy srength", 028 not separate them From Davids condaet Sethe coumeee we len that aryore who imme 2 Bn Shoal sve w eaten fmm sme novel [48] chon, ft ated hoe operat plcmore I or Soot, tw the Sing went to he enterined byenary dons er, Se atd prone form spellers and cary ret taracrs Then, when David tuted the King aa Hs Conant, be repiced the cattery extern ofthe Kine with 3 igh order. So he sands "Let thy prot be ceed with 'igiecmamen, ane let iy sits sng songs" (PS COU Now the Levites wer the regular mancias ofthe King bat (Dev, having cna aa aise w Hi, devised foe the weal practne ad proved piss a ants to emer-

12Hm. God sid Ban: "David mt wc to burden
thee ovcrmoch Seid David in reply: "0 ray Master. whem Thea atin Ths pole. Th does aconing to Thy will bat on that {fave tvited Ther tm for me t tne mater, v8] waver id 'anit in my wil to bring before Ther these, sthough tia nce 'eit wal tak." From here we learn again that m he om bbowne 2 man may arrange things ashe pleas but when in- 'ted out he mont eat the coeweanof tes bow, and conform hs dese. For shea Devad subsiniand the paces fo the [Lesites, Go assented to his wish. David furier said: "Fae {hy servant Davat's sabe surm eot away te face of the 'anciene" (Tle. 12). 20 ech 30 tony Let atthe ara 'ments I ive made be annailed ™ Gad sad t ham: "Dawid, sven my senels I ill it mabe we of but will wie thine fnsend" Nar did Ga str from these uatil He bad besemeed 'spon Rim a multnade of pfs oi is writen: ~The Lond 'sore unto David in truth; he will not tara back frome: of the fru of thy bady will l set upos th throne" (ad 1)

1Iaasc went up tothe man and kaned him, saying Te was
'wocth my whale b come hither only to bese thon "Te cher sane the ma then dimoursed thos: nd Jars 'nent ont from Bler-shete, and eet wet Haren Jacob'. be 'sid, "aed in cumformsty withthe vere: "Therefore dalla 'oso lear efter and bichon shall lve wate 'wi (Gem, 24) Or aga, his acon may be regard 2 ymbubeal of Leer fame shen [erat left the Sanctuary and driven into cule meng the sations 8 described in the "And pone = from the daughter of Zoo al Ber spice dem" (Lam. 1, 6), as wel ss in the pomage. "Jodsh i gone (ato eal tecause of aicson™ (liad. 3)" Tae rounger son 'then Ragen to dicnae thon: dnd be lighted nfo he plore, (and tarred there all nigh, ot "Eyes 2 bang' be mad when be desires to visit his comsort, should cums her ana use words beedesment and not rea heras2 mere chutal: 2nd thous Ibe shoul have a gales couch with embroidered ewverings grand palace, snd she prepare fr im a hed on a for of 'sones with 4 str mattress incumbent on him ty eave (Se own cuuch and le down om ber, s0-ant0 ve eras faction, and so tht their hearts may he united. withoot a0y 'comaraiet We learn this leon from this tex, which tells oe {Sue when Jasut went ante er. he "took from the stones of the place - and lay down in thar place to deep showing thac be Faved eves the sees of that place" * rue oman 1 [ss85-t492 ac wep joy andi: Secig that ch pee are in your poremon, bn con rip fllowing you? The man sido hin You mut eve a we have go the town ioicktene Oe wedding of Airy oon. eae ews "Tun then ned ge my own wa" [eae] He then went snd repeated the exis heh heard R. Sine, who 'emarteds 'They nde spoke wll and al they sd Sout {Ged has teen afin by. Morcoet theme ome fom the mouths of the dscendats of R. Zadok the iobd. He wan ealed inal becnme he fomed fry soups! Ysa algralt spy pene art Hiccine He wed eo comer within cach word the Torah refund ewan, from which be dedooed the proper rales For the conduct of Mes Said R. amc: "Not my ape 'owed etre toga met that man, scompanin by hoe Sornger um sid totam "Wheres your Oberon He Sits" fad him maried, and he ia wih he wife" Then, fete ie, be and "1 ports gen that End fren inviting ou to the mariage of ry Son for thee rece: Bs caine Hid st now you, and scr the se af an imitation mune ccond withthe ako the rep fee wae et you ght npn tebe a ret a ad Thou ening sed your dems eon. thought Ser hating ary ieee rae setiene you; an thy Idiot wish put you shame Ie presence the company of gut a fie con th 'ur whoever sis aa wil the bee and bridepreom (Se them rece a pita" id ie "Ge peep 'rat for rr pod tenons" 1 Garter ashe io hie one, std he sad "Tad the Linke" Ow tht crm tern from Bim thine penn tens in the Torah, and from bis sm flere the. ere Soncering prophecy, one 'oreeming irc sed one concern the erence ee Tae poopie ond een ir tet pepe vel i tie wor, whereas dreams ae of the female word, sod from the onto he ake ra decent of sc rade, Propbecy {um bot the ight side andthe ef ak but eos ar Cry from the Ie se. Dream branches out ata ey frac n reaching hee teow beer dreams are univer 249-1998) waver n \litfwed thecughous the world exch man seeing the kind of dream that ansvers to his own grade. Prophecy, onthe other Rand, ts confined ta its own region [1498] Axo We oxe+«ED_Itmay be aked, how came Jsenb, the Iholy man. the perfection of the Patriarch, to have vision 'only ina dream, and that in such s hoy spee ? The reason tx 'hot Jacob at that ime was not yet marred, and that Iause 'wassill alive is true that we fd im subsequently saying Sand I sn ins dream" (Gen. wut 10) at time when be wasaltends married Mutthat wae due to theinfersony of the (place, aswell a: to the fact that Ione wes stl alive. So when 'he came into the Holy Land with all the tmbes, with "the foundation ofthe howsethe mother ofthe chidren reine", 'we read, "and God spake unto Israel in the visors of the night" (Gen. a, 2)~not "rea", but "vaso", which are of another and higher grade Dreams are transnitied 'thraugh the medium of Gabeiel, wbo isthe sixth in nk of inspiation; but a vision comes through the grade of the _Hayyah tha rules inthe night. 'Troe, it says im one place, "Gobeil, make this man to understand the vision" (Dan. 'ety 46). The renon shee that «dream a mone procs than

2vis, and may explain what i obscure in a vison, and
'therefore Gabriel was ses t expan to Daniel what was ob- 'scure in his Vision. A vision" (march vision, or micror) is (Scaled because iis ihe a mirar. to wach ail images are seflecied. (Thus we read:"And Lappeaced ..28 El Shaddai"™ (Ex. v4, 3) this grade being like 2 mirror which showed another form, since all sypernal forms are reflected init.) Axp seuoco 4 Lapote ser ur ox tHe anrn. This ladder signifies the grade on which the other grades Pst, 10 'wit, the "Foundation of the work". Ano we vor or tr HeAcHED TO HEAVEN, spas 0 he attached to i. For this rade is the cmchasion of the Baty stnding between the [Spperand the lrwer worl in the sme way the sige of the 'covenant i situated a the end of the trunk ofthe body. be- 'ween the thighs AXD BEHOLD, THE AxcrLs OF GoD ASCENDING AND DESCENDING 08 TT: thisallades to the * Seo abies Citra abo have charge ofall the ations and who end sed decent om that der When nacre inthe ee lowered and the Chiefs mend by ft but when Trae Se rightcon the ler removed anal the Cena Icbelrw dee doped ofthc amiaton Testetionene inthis doom the domination of sa and the ination a Cartier rates Acted oeeetectspieieertirmage {scendel ai deere onthe tp ede: for when the tsp wae deached he adder ws omer and te Chins mercedes ent wenerctnd ogee lakers ed Salty renal below res te hc ee tg Tsp ef Solar ha" I Gibco the Land appeal 40 tio i 2 ram by ight (1 Kings s)- [se] Here we fv "appesting™ and "dream combined to how that there war there = mingling of two grades higher and = lover, the reason Being thet Solomon had sot then yet feed he Tell deeopinent Bex when be ted perfec iene i writen of in, "And Gal gave Solomon wis- em (Ie, gh, an And Solomon's winder exceed, 20" Uh 10: fe the mu en reached felines and 'he Temple as bus thee Solomon sre wader ee fo 'ycand lad po need of drat. After be inoed however he 'Ses holden agen 2 dress bf Hence sys that Go appeared une fm fice" (Bu 3g) tice that 'ndrcame oe commmuriestonsthroagh wisdom e Radeery dy Sores the dreamed of Solomon excelled hat pf renin scbeoreapgemiiinwr=s irr toad of vino wich vin laa an age ower, ate 'or fll up ion am account of his sine, and the men sted becane fe oncrved Ft the bn everest and save 'irelf op tse women. The wos the cunion God 'ade with Dans, saying: "shy chen keep my covenant 'heir children fo eve sal sit upon the the (ah Gace 13). etre the epromion "or ever" Othe Some impt a he prse ste dye ofthe Beaven ahve the eorth" [Dest 24), And since Samer did wot bp {ic covenant propery the mem began te cone and ence nie was beholden op te dreamy, and Hkewac fab oe beholden to dream, a expand heer 2500) saree & two be knit into one whole And inasmuch as that ladder Sinuated between two sides, God sid to hem: Lane Tu oro, sus Goo or Anninan nv FaTAer, ax THE

100OF ISAAC, these two being respectively of the feo
sides one of the right andthe ather ofthe let According 19 'another explanation, the Lord was standing over dom. (0 ite 'over Jacob, so a8 to form the Divine Chariot, with the Com 'munity of Israel, embodied in Jacob, 25 the uniting link in the 'mda, berween the sight and the eft. That Jacob wasin the 'mda is proved bythe fact that the text here calls Atraham "thy father", but not Isane.thus showing that Jacob was next to Abrabam: and hence the text sxturlly cantinies: TRE LAND NUEREON THO LiEst, showing thar the whale formed ene sacred Chariot. Here Jacob saw that he vas 10 be the crown of the patriarchs. The words "the God of thy father Abestaen nd the God of Hane" show that Jaenb we smtached either side and holding fst to bah of thers But _zslong be was not married this fat isnot discloved in the text, mie to those who cas read benveen the lines. After he smaried nd begat children, however. it was qpenly sted, 28 iti writen: "And he erecied there an sta, sad the God of {rel called him EI (godike)". From here welearn that who- ever i iecumplete below remains incomplete on high. Jacob teas an exception, yet he to before marriage was net per fected openly or rather, he any foresaw ther be eventually 'woul be perfected. Ite true. God had already aid to him. "And, behold, Im with thee, and will keep thee whicher- soeret thou goest™ This, however, only imapics that God's (are and protectin were aleaya withhhim inthe hour of need, inthis world; but as regards the higher world, he wa not sure of ill be had perfected hime. Amp Jaco aWAKENED OUT oF mts s28EP, AnD Ux satpe Scasuy tHe Losp 16 ry Tus race, «xp 1 [ESEW 17 NOT. How, we may ask, could he have keown ? Be ne zowan th frsoeasob "The truth is, hncever that he meant much te sme 2¢ Sau when fe suid: "and I have not entreatal the Presence ofthe ord (Sam. xan, #3). What Jaco really ed wes: "And Amat (1) and of entering under the wings of the Shekinah (Se zsto attain perfection' -Srmulaly, Rebekah mee: "L ot be '0, shat boots me Araki (1) "(Gen x, 22) because she ssw every day the splendaur of the Shekinah. [1506] but whem "the (ch the yuins of approaching childbirth, "she seat 0 enquire ofthe Lord (Ii.). that, she procrded four the 'Shebinah grade to another grade, Wemtical sith the Lord (Uehovab). Hence Jacob said: "Haye I seen all this without mowing Amobii, because he was single, and had ox et 'come under the wings ofthe Shekinah. Seraghtway- Asp we WAS arearp, xp saro- How TULL oF ae ts rarsrtace. The word "place" here has 2 profold sig- 'ificance It rfere onthe fat matance to the place mentoae 'by Jacob in the preceding vere; but i ale efers to the mark of the nly cowenset, which chouid aot be ht imopersene (Thee two sigafication, bowever, re only two aspects of 'ene and the same idez) Jacob then said: Tris 16 SOX oxnix Tmax rue nocsr oF Gop, implying: "Ths fet wo remain le: is covenant % aot eat Ho eX 1 lation. It in sooth 2 ally abode, to be oved forthe pro ten of Seren a a ering eng fom a bei oreans. For indeed this ss 108 GATE OF (incase pte of the Rody, the gate smanedly 'through which pass the blesings downeards, 0 that tis _asached both ot high and below = on hagh, 2 being the gate Gl heareay and tclom, a Seing mone other than the bene of God Hence "he war sesd. and sd: How full of ave is this place Bur mankind (muy be added) per 00 regard to {rome wm thechy to home pet ot heh and "The father ofthe youth went up to him and Kise ion. (tase sad: When I heard bem spa ths, wept and sid 1508] saree 5 'Blewed be the Meriful One wha ths not allowed divine 'Wasdom t» perish tron the world | followed them oes we 'entered the next town, a dutance of thee parasanps Hardly 'had they arrived im the town when the man bad Br som sffnced. | sad to him "You scr upon your own words"

1alo repeated the remark of R.Semews, that all these verses

4allegoncal and have 2 profound sienifeance. Whe> 1
repeated allthis in the presence of R, Simeon, be remarted 10 'me that I should nor thank cha all ths exponaaon was merely Axp Jacos yours Se wiTH ME, ETE. Seidl R. Judah: receiving all 'these promises, how ceald Jasob atl ay, "ff Gad wall be (wth me, ce"? What Jacob meant, however, w2sthis: "Some dreams are tr and seme aot, =f the dream should come twee. and God will wally te wth me 26 Thave dreamt then "the Lard shall be tome for God that, [abl raw bless Ings From the well-spring ofthe unrveral stream tomards the ego called Elohim' For Isl being in the centre tke fest fie original well-speing. antafcr the tery teaches them {hey pase on toward that repon. Henoe me may render: "and the Lord shall be towaed me, Sest and afterwards the 'whole wilbe drawn toward Bihom"=ic in the same way = 'Else will fall foe me all Gene good peomaes,s0 wil 1 (epe tonard Him from my topo all the blomnge sea wil snake Hic the allcomprehensive eniting force. When wall "Bat he ?-When Icom hack to er father's hour pce" 'when [shall beset in my ow grade, i the grade of peace 'oa to me peri: my Ethers howe, hen "wl the Lord 'be toward me, toward Elohin (Ged) According to another 'explanation, Jacad meant: "I desire to come back to m= father's house in peace, because there isthe Holy Land, 2nd there Tl Beceem 30d the Lord shall be my Ged Im that place will da ise from th evade to anatber rade. and there I will engage mapa fa Hin wortap" Heys 'ibduced bere the verse= The tale of snipes & te hewey for reat tramsgreions, thon wilt pron theme (PSA, 4). "The tw halves ofthe vere', he said, 'do mot seem tft ane another. The truth is, however, that Dard fist prayed for inemell ad then for mankind im general, ae though to =r, ""Thnow my own sins, but there area reat umber of sinse=s i the world whose sins ate much more grevout than mine: the being a, both mine [13ta] and theirs all our tans sessions, thou wilt panon them." For when smers become numerous in the werld, they go up to the place where the records are kept, ast wriien, "there is 2 siting in jade 'ment and the books are open" (Dan. viz, 10). That took ssood, ast were, over the head of David, and hence he sid, "The tale of iniquities i too heary for me, and therefore" be went on, "var tansgressons thou wilt pardon them Jasob, 'being i similar condition, fle distrustful. not of God, bat fof himscf, and he feared lest his sins should prevent hiem 'rom returning im peace ané deprive him of God's pron dential care, THEN SHALL THE LoxD BE MY Goo- ie. should I retuc in peace, Hall nat care even ifthe attribute (divine mercy becomes jie towne mc, ines an T 'wil wocship Him continwally' RL Aba sid that Jacob's weds -zuunted w saying: 'Now I have no need of severity, but shen Hest return tm my father's Rowe, T = Gk yet (eat that tribute al" Seid RL Jose: "That is not 5a, but 'what Jacob pracncally aod wan Now I requ the abate of divme jastice to used we (apainst sey execs) unt T 'return in peace to my fathers house. but then Iwill combine meres with steed bind al attnbutes in 2 fer wit." Asp ru1ssroxe, watca RAVE SeT Ur FoR A PILLAR, SWALL HE Gon"s HOUSE seeing that all wil be then waited Jo ene, and thes stone wall be bleed from the right an from the kf, from on high and from helow, forthe reason 'chr I ill pve the tenth of everything. We sould have ex pecied bere instead of Bluhee, the name Jehueah, 2 inthe Seu "ws prepare chambers im the fine of the Lard (Je (ocah"(Mt Che. 101, 20), al: "et we go nto the ous of 'the Loed (Fekowa" (Ps cust, 2}. Bur in truth, the sume Elkin here pis the tual which cepremeta the t= ete of jusice on su two supermal wes, 0m the side ofthe see — ' Jaiee ye, know at Living Gat (Eas Hayy) sco the Se of Tame. expreued simpy by the com Gok (Bin) ene eT flee Nee sheep omc algeent yt alter pervaded with ey Sik aero enrat pundit rekon =e Sieetae kh, Siar ee ped coe a vo "is ce hand ander pend" (3 oe fer ok mo syn "Out of te North he cl hl beat op a 'heen ofthe nd" Jot 1). Wellton mn be Caled "he hou af God (Dakin. Smee ead Te 'eof God (loin) apie the seme a "eyo the 'peat ing" oi, $) Very she sepersl werd oe tots "Rig" but Gree King and a what mean 'ga and R. Hinkish wese once sting underneath 'wee in the fed of Ono. Riga ell into 3 sesnber ard be eld Eh Hes wn "The woe els thmined your presence Eijah sarwered: I wm eve tot you foes Cette id ae pecan ne town of the sages for the remun that Jenene w the exe Seca jetgomene ands proerved by folgeen. snd sow padgerent demande st destnecen, aed Samael fa Giecade been given power over and over is mag ces. {hove therefore come to adhue the mages thereof otha Ce snay (2 © obtain for Jeroen some pears of grace for > Jang 2 knonleige of the Torsh found therein i will be spared. the Torah bing the tre of Ke by which all ie. Bot 'Shen the scudy of the Toth crmes below, the tree of life from the world. Hence 5 kng ax the ses che to the Terah, Samael has fo power over them, as Scripture {Sse "The wence 5 the ves Of Jacob, but the hands ae the {tends of Essa (Gen. a). 23). The voice the Terab, 'stoch i termed the vice of Jacob, and so lng as tha vice four forth, the ncrance a0 doraimatcs and preveis (over the hands of Esau} Hence the study of the Torah should sever cea" R. Hiya [5518] then awake, and they wet and (0id the sages Said K Jose: "We al Bow tin, end 20 'weicen: "Except the Lord herp the cay, the watchman * vue roman t, frsebasae 'waketh in sin" (Px conv, 1), ss mach at say= "Iris those 'ho labour in the Torah who preserve the Holy City, and ot the warriors and men of might" AND E-LOOKED, AND BEROLD A WELL IX THE FIELD, fre, R Judah dscarsed om the vere: A pute (mize 'zing, hymen) of Dera shen he fled from Atsuko ha sow (Pain, 21 "The eampanions, be sid, "have beer pexpleved 2y the ble "song" giver to this pasim. Whes his own son rae up apsinat hers David should rather have uted = lumentstion, since 3 late bur from one's ton worse than 3 'reat hurt from a stranger. The truth, however, a that David 'as apprehensive ks the punishment for his sons might be 'emitted fo the pext world, and so when he found that was 'evn exacted from him inthis work! he rejoined. Purther, be 'eas cornforte by the fact tht many, supenor to femelt ad Modo Reealone, like Jacob, who "Bed inte the Bld of Arar" (oe 1,13). all le, and Moves, who fied foe the fae of Pharaub (Ex 1, 15), abo alone: whereas be was accom {anscd yall the auuity and the valiant mea ofthe land sod {he chiefs of Israck who sod ow bs eight hand and a his 'eft to guard him om all des. Secing hirwlf thus favoored, David beck out ino song" R Judah farther remarked: "The 'egies Pensions sioee i the course of ther wandering il came across thar well Why not Duvid also ?The reason 'at it wa a that time a comity with him, whereae it wel comet Janub and Monee and woe eer to appraach theen, 'Sed sous a ca there se avers rome to met chem, ie 3 svernan romang 1 erect er husband Why. ity be hed, 'eas not Eljah when he fed sla met bythe well? The reson

2that Elph w beneath the well and pot above it, a» Moses
sd Jacob were. and hence be se an ange! whe execwtes 'mesages. So when i says tht "Jace looked, and bebald, a 'wel the Ec, there ere a inner meaning, 20 wi, at te scermed the superul well which corresponds t0 the well tele This @ horse out bythe new word: THREE FLOCKS or Surer tvixe Tuese sy 1r_ Seer they were only 520] theee, why i ie venta, "And thither were all the 'Hocks gathered" Nin truth the there allode tothe South, sae] vanes a the Ean the North the South o oes the Noth on the ether, and she Ene eroeen thom, all shine sanding by Se behing nts ne Why ano cerortaar wart rmereareare ritriocat, 'Shs Bing the meme a Ue bets Fieger 'she Hayyth of be eld (Px cits}. Further, the words 'ne tmisnan vous ats ten fiovss carasnsn, om

1ieee from she pg: "Ale nc re the
"(Ee 4,3) Aww Tary soLite Tus svoxe reo Tu werit's woern-te ty doped fcr tthe ds hard geomet hich enagene mW ore ace Ses femrehech mcr chaet iw Fos hen thonssrrgatethe 'South wlach ion the right gathers strength ae pecvets Seieaienobagerateen beakegmeoas (pent vohame of wae, dos bene feed congealed Sense ees skaeed chpeet soe: Roce eee es eek oa re beth ce mrngeh ante weer thw sd a nen fo fow onward aed ge dh tothe chs a tty "they ster the Hayao he cd (Por, 14) Then a Pat Soe bak ope thc ls ch es es oe 'Se wold a nnd of a fale wo testo posh te pale 'ess tht Joo, wen De mt by he wel aso se er rig wp tvaed bs bnew that there be would et Screed wae ad wo tem Senpere ane: Wirt Saepe son sccinien rte caer Boeren oon 'Siem ame varam's sacar, Avo 1¥ came vo rate wuex Jacom saw Racnrt, ere. ie was the some wk ese wha en eset down by Ge wel a nos bee the peter rg tard am hc thse te wold mec Se deed lec wn tobe treed eo al "Ad te shepherds Gone and deve thew say, Coes te ee Scie en A feck [eh ews the wel char even aim to eth {Fhe Observe tat inthe tite ters el (or) ppencharpipolngeta yer magrepreset) tas wel wth Dorr Sicba" (the well of seven) he 'erate of Mow on the eter hand, the wel caine s rae oman 4 sat only once, wher it sans, "and heat down bythe well (Id. (3). "The ream stor Moses compete separated Birelf fm fs House here tere, wares Jaci dad et eparte Ihonaclf at all. Moses adhered to one, the one of which we read: "My dove, my undefiled, but one, she isthe ony one [OF her mother" (S'S M, 9). Manes ths as muster OF the boon ad mecended on high bee of im te writen "and be sat npon (al) she wel", whereas of Jacob i 3 mercy woten, "and be sw, and behold 4 well the Seid [The folowing is an shernative exposition ofthis secon. Axp Jicon West ocr Fuost BEEN-SHERL, AND WENT 'owas Hawise. R.Ahba discoursed un the wese= [apps a they that ep Justice, that perform acts of chante (Gedakah atoll times (Ps 1, 3) "Happy are Israel be sad, "Wo seham the Holy One, blessed be He, gave the Law of truth sothat they should exert themselves ints sted day and fight, ae whence exerts ell eo the stady of the Tash achieve complete frecdie, eves frum death, which can m9 'more prevail over him, m already explined eewhene. For 'sbocver caer Bimscif a the study of the Torah and lays Ibaid af igs Baldo the tee oflfe-and whoever rebzeabie Dodd ef the re af if, behald the tree af death overshadows Jhem an takes Raid of hen. So Serppeare sept: "IF thow re- Linect i the doy of advert, thy stremgt fe narrow ended" (Proc. ety, 10), afving that whoever relates the stad Of the Torah othe day of adversty has strength (Kaoh Kalt~ ibe svergth of Koti) i narrow indeed, v9 wit, the strength of Kl! thar extimzaly follows oe the right ofthe 'man that walls the ways of the Torah, and forms hs ex stant gard s0 thatthe evil power is prevented from ap [preaching hie snd powerkse to accuse ham. But of hrm 'Sess tum sine fromm the ways of the Torah and reues ba bold of i ts id= "mare eee isthe serength of Kall",

1the evil power, represented by the left, obesins dom
'wana over that man aed thrusts aide that Kaif, 30 that he has no room to move. According to anether inte pretation, the term "per" (nar) Tere "adher- 'Sey :foe wher mam halds fart the ways of the Tera he [Holy One, bleed be He, as we read "And the Lord loved 'ioe (ur Samm 2st 24): but whes san tema ide frm the was ofthe Torah then zar Aukekoh tht ix the strength of Koll becomes his ener, and makes the evil one obras 'world te come. For the el one, who isthe same athe crt tempter, domintes the world from many sides. and exercars rez! power there, be w indeed Ge very seme ghey serpent through whom Adam fll into sin and who exten sank to draw hum unto themaches until be drive cot their soul Now his power is ver the bod. and shen be saben that power over the foe. the wal departs bec the body has become deed. Ts obtain that damiaioe over the body, however, the eel one mist receive author=atan. Forhes, amr evil powers come farth from his side 2 dorninate the work. Accoeding t mur teacher, al the aire tthe world come under thar rule, as be kas subordinses tad manners whe iterire atthe aces of the world Hence be i called the "itt end". For, a already explaeed, theresa right end and sleft end; and the left cd denial 'withthe "end ofall Sei I ia called "the end of all leah", but so "the end of all spit". Each js an "end" in the matical sense. but one preside: over Seah, the other over sport, the ltr being the ner one, the firmer the cuter one oe being righ, the other left, one being holy, the other de- 'ed, as already capineed chewhere. Now observe a Geep 30d 'only mystery of fat, the symbian of the mule princple and the female principle of the universe. Tn the former ace Cormprecd all hineeses and abet of ira. ant all le all 'nestes—all these are generat from that side, vehich is called the South Contrariwie, from the side af the North there 'asve 2 variety of grade entering dewrowards the work below, This isthe segice of the dross of gal ich comes rue the side of impurity and loathsomencw and which forms, 'link beteres the uppe aed nether gues, and there athe line where the male and female pemaples jp, forming e © THE ZOHAR fesse 'gether the sider on the serpent, and symbslsed by Azzael [Now from thence there spread mary grades which domunate the world, al of them preseoting sides of deflemeat and acting 2 chictsine and prelocte he mond. Observe that su, when he emergedinto the world, was ed all ove ikea om, and was hairy after the patter of 2 goat (ati) and from such 3 being came forth chiftars and prefect, fly arbed. 'who dommnste the wurid Tine bax already been explained hewhere. Observe nw the verse previously Ged: "Happy arethey that keep justice", to wit, they who heep the faith of the Holy One. blesed be He. since God is justice. so that a 'man should be on his guard sot t tura aside butt keep to the way of justice, 2s Ga is justice andall His way' ae justice. "The verse proceeds: "that exerive charity (ordeal at all times. 'The wurde "at all times" cannot be faker quite Irteraly, but mer to those who endexvor fallow the wars 'of the Torah and dispense chanty a those who ae in seed of it. For when chanty i prem tothe poor, ts ec is fe both 'oo high end bere below For that carty sceads ue hgh and reaches 1» the region of Jacob, who i the supersal chariot, and causes Mlesngs to fow ward that region from the very satan of fontaine atl from that charity heen esi toflow wp abundance to all the lower beings and wo all chariots and bone Al these sr blewed and increase in amnation, 2b befitting. fur they all are comprehended within the tern "ime (rh) 'Thi, then, i the eeaning ofthe words "that do charity in the whole of time" Observe that as ng a Trach were the Holy Land they drew the blessings from 'on high to below, but ster they went fort from the Hoty Land they came under a strange power and blessings were 'withheld from the ved. Jacob was at int under sacred jurisiction, bat when he departed from the land he estered inte = rerange juridicnon. And before he come under a Strange jarsdiction the Holy One, hlessed be He, appear 'onm hur ipa dream, and he saw wonderfl thing, and holy angels accompanied him until best down by the wel and 'hen he at bythe well the eters thereof race toward ny,

25a portent tha he would there meet his wife. and the same
thing happened to Meees. The inward sigsficance of the 13153] vavere ot 'matter i that the wel only roe when i sae fit, to frees nce Axe Jacon went ow sus youanrr. ano came ro. {THE LAND OF THE CHILDNEN OF THE Fatt (Gon. XXIK 1). R Abbe ssid: Since Laban dwelt tohimiclf"Iwaah testerintocsmmuniun with the Shcknah, 'or i other words T desire to marry. Now, when the servant 'eas near © take 2 fe for miy father, be found ell of water 'Sheongh whic be mex my father's destined wile Bat, bel, {in this pce I have found nether spring, nar well, nor any eter at all" Straightway he proceeded further, nd came to "the land of the chldren of the East", where he found a well, a already said, and where De encountered his wife Suid [R. Eleazse- 'That place war asuredly Haran, bet the well 'sas in an outlying field, and tha is why it says that "Rachel ccm and tad her fther™ (Ibid. 12)". Fleas futher oe 'marked: 'Since Jaceb had to find his wife by the wel, why 'id he nor meet there Leah, who was to be the mather of x 'many tribes ? The answer i that it was nat the will of God ly, and in far be teauty of Rachels that he should exablesh bit principal abode with her. [1536] How did Jacob know thar she was Rachel ? We must suppose thatthe shepherds tld him, ast 'writen, "and, bed, Rachel bis daughter ume withthe shecp" (id. 0) Axp ue sa1D= {WILL senve Thee seven veaas Fon acuee ray vouxces ostomren, Why should Jacob have mentioned sco geary rather than ten motths of one seat? Forone thing Jaco didnot want people tomy that he e ae zona® sab Jasted after RacheTs beauty. Also he new thatthe wisdom of the moon require 2 septeanate; sed all the seven supernal years howrsed over Jans before he sated Rachel a that [Ge seseision wath her byuld accamplish ts true purpose For Jacob, before his marriag:. ft made bin own all those earn so that when at last he came to her he should be a 'were the heaven to her exch. Hence it sayo: Any THEE SEEMED UNTO MIM MET A FEW DAYS. The inner mean ing of the word shadin (few, lit. united) i that all howe seven {years resembled im his eyes thowe superior pears that are found topether a 28 to form a complete whale and an in- separable unity. The verse continaes: FON THE LOvE HE Bap row Hem, Uti, bis desire ty seprodace the supermal futtern.R. Abba sid "Jacob ausuredly served seven years 'eder to jen himeelf to the Sabbatical Year' R. Elearar id= "Observe that the Jubice Fear, wherever mented, sym bolises that which is undisclosed (to the human mind), heres the Sabbatical Year symbolises the dicined. So (Phen Jac had eerond the Sat erves pears sane went forth snd said: 0 Jacob, it writen "fee one word to the other world" (Ps. cr, 48). The one worid ithe upper world which 'availed. the cateeory ofthe Jubsle Vear. From thence the 'Sartng pout: for those which are wld snd undisclosed are fromm the category of the Jubilee Year." Hence they were hidden from Jacob, who thus misahesly thought that his 'omn sceen year were from the Sabtatical ptonnate Tht 'awardoess was hidden from him in onder that he should mate 2 beginning from the highest world, from the Jubilee 'Gye which ts undiclosed. And afer the years symDUQE of the Jobile cyte, which t undicloed, had passed, he served the years of the Sabbatical septennate which are dicloed, 'He wa thes crowoed with the two works and laid bold of both of them 'Observe that Leah bore six sons and one daughter. That swan the order of things, since sn world diestnne were Ssutoned ahove her, and so the as sons and one daugheer formed 2 syrabol of the grades. Rachel bate two righteous 'ones. and this wae alo i ere. since the Scbbatica! pen fate fe pond perpetually Fetweeen two Righicous Ces 8 ¢ 1538] avers 2 is writen: "The righteous ones shall inherit the and" (Px xsrvi, 29), one Righteous One on high zed one below. From the arn high there is Snring out of oppor water, 'and from the one blow there m 2 eiprocal weling ep af 'eater fom the fra principe toward the mae peopl n

2pefecteotary. Tare are thas a Righteous One ont se
finda Rightenzs One on that side snd the male principle 'hoe se etted boone two female pips 2 he fre [pascipie bel i atuated teteeen two. Rigtcous Onc. Hence Joneph and Renan represent the fro Righicoos 'Ones. Joneph merited to he the (smbel of the) Righteous 'Oncon hgh rte of his Rang kep uncer guard thes the holy covenant Berjane a the Righteoas One hem, 'that the Sebbatial septennste was crowned betvece Righter One 0 wt, Jeph the Figen nd Dejan 'geo. 'tay be asked, was Benji indeed « ghtous nan? 'Yes he wan that he never ioe ranmgrene im rear tthe ign o the ly covenant. Fis tae, bowever that he 'Sssncve eapeed ts tempat ie that of Jnepl Iso, 'why ws be called righteous? The reason i tha daring the (Sho ume of Joab': mourning forthe loss of Fseph be 'bsioed from conjugal ttenourse But may be at, 'when Josh was carred of, was not Benjamins mere cid ? 'Was, then, the pat of myn tht be abtased fam ca _jugaligterourse The ammer tat be abstained fom coe opal interonure cren aftr he veae married. ut again We 'may ak, how is this wy be squared with the waditen that eben he came downs Eeypt, hed bm whether be fad wife and chile, and be answered, "Yes and heya ll named in nemary af my brather, tow, Hel and Becher, dnd Aue, Gera ana Naaman, et (Gene xn, 21). Hom, then. cant besa that he abn frm conjugal eiatons > "The truth, however, is that Benjamin had wo cidren at that tine ut be had begsten them aveady eben the beetrem 'rem (nally) Egypt Benjani, hea, asuredly olnered Compal aainence all the tme his father soured for Fore ming: "ebay tether Joseph costitned the fy Sather, Ut sen being the ot 'He zoman tt bsshasee 'end ofthe holity trunk. Now that he tse ¥ have to guaed {54a he place of my brothce". One may sill object that at thetime wher Joseph nas font Besjamin hal not yet proved Iireself ightenus, and he di not fact, dso until the ime when be withstood temptation. Due the truth is that Jeeab new that Joseph would guard tht place, and the others ob 'ined that knowledge fom Jacob twas for that reason that the prolonged his stay with Laban until his body, as it were, 'wav made complete, the complet beng eamtituted y the sign ofthe holy covenant. Hence ts written: "And it came {to pas when Rachel had borne Joseph, et." Uli. x4, 25), Jaca having said to Laban in so many words, "Now tbat my body has been made ccmplete Im desirous of gong." Ih 'this way Benjumin knew that his brother was righteous, and he wod in his footsteps: And after Joseph had been found he teturned home, had conugal intercourse, and begat chikren. God thus declared him righteous here below and Joseph an Les as sone and auhter: andthe fist seven ear 'tere thus seid rom Jas a they represent she Jee pce he eceen evga ete sean whichaecf the daloned ei, acon reserved the Jaber cle which belongs othe undacesed rai 8 Serpnure say="And Jct served seven year for Rachel", (epee i Senta pln asap served for Rachel seven year of the sera de, snd he the lat bl of beth ware: From here we nr tat ny {trough the dacton an sm reach the unnclne 'sled, how can the fintsren year correspond tothe jblee pc sein that sn reg tothe late tien, "seven Sts sever ye (Lan nee Shand here tare reso rem Times the awe stat the seve Himes at represented theacren days of five with which Joc chro is 'mavage with Leah. The number wo thee ade complete, Sine eh diy nr of thy righteous ordinances" (Pe care, 164), and the seven years were thas to he multpted by the seven days. Dut it ssa) vaveee try be ait sould har ft ceed the Saban septennateand attached himsel tothe grade ofthe Sabbatical ear. The antwer i that ince ia intention he did verve them, Abba then came upto. Hezra and kissed him saying: 'Wessel be the Mercal One fr the exposition of verse. ing such 2 peisilege is writ: "The Lovd na leased forbs ihteousoes she, to make the Toh west fd glorious" (ds, 31)" Re Eleusar aud forthe" What as been sid about Leah having borne six sons and one Aaughter and Rachel having bore two tne is asuredly coe= fect= at bow do the some ofthe comestines Bt info the 'Shem # They consutue, i ere, the four joint the 50- Caled hiner pars alluded onthe statement "and all thie Kinder pars were iar (1 Kings vi, 25) Far the right st cont three fins. the middle ane of which i the Ierest and projects backwards, being at were outs the ody. "Theresa simular jot inthe lee am aswell inthe 'ght thigh and in the left thigh; and when the whole i rere al of them ok itd Fulenent of fhe Statement, all their hinder parts were iar Now all the other jante ac inthe line of the body, but these proud 'aside the arms and the thighs Correspondingly, be sons of {he handout they oe wth ie mu, Yr are 'ot afte sane rank the sonsof Rackeland Leah and thas fms oubide. According to another expaation, these four 'ee the oats by which all the others are move" Re Abba Fanarhc: So seul ity and than the whl is propesty onstrated" 'Axo rit Lomo saw vHar Lai was waren. R. Blea dae said "If 6 writen: "Who sets aright the foundation Cagereth, Ki barren wornan) ofthe house, 2 joyful mother of iildren. Hallelujah" (Px cum, 9). "The foundation of the Fone" is an allusion to Rachel, whereas by "a joyful mother of children! is meant Leah According to another explana thon, the "foundation of the howse" is an allusion to the 'Slbatical year, which constitutes the basi of thi werld: and "1 joyful mother of children" signifies the Jubilee year, on ~ ite zouaK ut Deseeaseh 'hich depend the joy and gladness ofall the worlds; and this terse comprehendsthem all n sacred syribofem, od hence the conceding word, "Hallelujah". We can new andecneand 'why it ays here thi "Leah ws hated!" Thieseesme wraie, in View ofthe Fact tht childgen of s hated woman ae af alow 'ype heron all Leah's children Were of hagh pe: at che truth i that the Jubilee is 2 veiled world nodang of wach {is4i] is disclosed a human intelligence: Beace Facob was 'holly unaware of. Now the lower word is etelighie sd & the string poiot for the ascending grades. Just at the Supernal Windoen isa starting point of the whole, soi the lower world also a manifesution of Wisdom, and 2 xaring point of the whole Ths weed, therore, = named "Paau" (ettak, being symbolic ofthe Sabbatical year, amd i ieeli= ible, whereas the upper woeld, eyiholic of the Jubilee famed He (h'—he, oe it) 28s wholly vee froe human, "Hence there ie an inner significance i the 'words "and he ay with ber that (ha) night. lence, to, it wrmen: "And the Levte shail ave he fim) (Sum avi, 3), s08 to dew Besings fr everyone fom trae from the upper world. shack remains for ever seve. Job, Aowever, bed ne mal wate Kiel to the wndiachoed, that only 19 the dchosed, harmony with the recondite meaning of the verse, "and he abull clave 10 his wife™ {Gan 35) Alun, foo the monde "And the Lord that Lesh wm bated" we may Karn that 3 man = not saerally tempted hy hie mother, and that henge he may remarn lone sth his other ae any place whatever without any scruple. 'Observe tht it was fer these of Jacob that the world be- 'ame firmly etablahed. (For thosgh we have and caewhere {Got two forthe sake of Abraham. the truth i that wa {ha the sale af Jacob that Abraham was firmly entablnbed, ae it written: "Thus sith the Lord, expceming the hevwe of 'fecob who redeemed Abraham" (Is xx, 22}) For at frst 'Gad bait up weeks and desivyed them, and only when 'Beab came dd the merle tte their fal form and wete mot [eain demolished ws heretofore. So Scripture xy. "Bat ene 'eo sith the Lord that creed thee, © Jeeeb, and Be that formed thee, O Iuael™ (I xtith, 1) Tere! i alo called ssab-a5se] vavere " 'son ws Gad. a itis written: "Trae i my so, my fst- 'born, aso, "Let my sm go that he may seve me" (Ex. 1%, 125-35). There Sabo the same allason i the verse= "WRAE it 'his mame, and what i his son's name, if thou knowest™ (Prov. xx. 4)" Amp se cattzp mis sawe Revsen (lt see. 4:06) 'She dt nec give hima me specie name, eestor be wat 2 fer group withthe other te, Snes and Lent The ame 'Lew. ing akin'o the tern leyth pining) Range Wi, 30), signs the perfect comnation of them into one scheme. . Judsh sad tht the same idea » implied oe the phrae= "The excelency of dignity, and the cxoclkncy of powes"™ (Gen. 310, 3) which in endcred inthe Chaldsc paraphrase: "Binkrght, poothoed, and kingdom", Lingo benno to these of power (Gebaral). Hence the rane Reuben, plying "sen" (hen), simply. R Abhe said thar the fh of that trad, as implied im the wane Reuben, was the goal 'towards wach Leah sire. indicted 19 Ser uterance- "Now tis ie will my heshand be jorned unto me. feces have borne fame three os (Gen xin, 3) that hve (flood together 1 ome. Observe tore that the Heavenly "Tarone consis cf our tree potrarcha to whom King Dad was subseqoenth juined, waking togethers tetrad semble Sf the Divine Tetrgratmmaton. Cormerpondingly we have Reuten, Smena.end Lev to wh later onthere wasjained Judah, who raberted the kingshp. Hence the sgniicance 'of the posse "This tne wil T pease the Lard. Therefore the called his mame Joush. And she bt of bessicg", the reson being that now all he four supports of the Heavenly 'Thscoe mere completed. (Why dishe sy "this time wil 'pra the Lord mn regard to this som and notin regard 29 fy of the thers? The trath is that we lear fom here that ples [ise = te Communal in ek he Diwtoe Name remains incompicte| Obecre tht wth the birth of three sors the Hearealy 'Throne was not yet made complete until Judah was born; hence only then Lesh ss, 'ts tame will I prac the Lord", and not m regard to any cf the other sone; sad hence again he term cathe" oma (and a" we z0uan 1 sseasst she eft oft. sto) implying thatthe Hesveaiy Troe Sod den fe om supports (his tere als indestesthat {into that pit there iy, ft how tha the word potable greirath mtn eigenb vadpereanin seth the ane charaeiic, these mee united wah the Uther comsitating tpeher 8 unity sme of the wi icone ofthe word 'Deere farther that ll the seve rb are the sega parts of the Commnty of lari this wold eve fall rngth tothe sera light, enveloped se Blxcknem and tesore the om prince ofthe Whole ts plage Ail the ects os bon cere recall ee ton the lower world was completed on the pattern of the 'ier wordy theft of lucha and Zebu here wae Fe ae pecsie mehesuraiab cad eames ae wold Then aan the fours a te anda Swe Assad wah them, they being st wre, the Foe ns 'har eere lie nth thm sea expinocs So Sonpare 'Sys them. "and thor der pore wee ward" (fangs Jas) mae they wee tenn of te handed Jetty belonged wer Re oki nd We hare ated Teche te haver nad pantucnr eigen egy sf scpraion, ant writen and fem hence t wan pasted" {Gon tt 13) Ifa wat about Jouph ad Bengaren* How So you sy tat they belonged to the same nord asthe Sense ty eid me in fr the upper wea ol srk the lower wer bongs fr forthe wer world od toto the upper wil ats, hey ae sepa From the other, since as hen ln down that whaeses the loner werd pnuces loge the exter of praion = Abbe came up and hie han and snd. "Thins eal ite, sne in trac that rhe upper word bees pe Seedy aes osirenbeh pepety tdeag ee = Bees Ie sled cotrially a» Elle AC ery moment he Righteous Orc bt ere and enter the lrg worl Hence he bulk wp th pce, whe fs ot iabowe. Tha he Says preset the Inne wor gg0] ie wrens And it tame to sa ber sl (aha) was parting fo she shed" (Gen tay, 18) Now the Kigcewn nei th ane assi] vaveye = 'out ofthis lower world. When he enters ithe docs 23. sym- 'bolted by Joveph the righteous; and when he leaves it be swul" aides tothe Righteous Ove tat was departing. 0 "Sit, Benjmin. She called him Beno (aon of mi sorr=r), 'thinking that what she bare belonged wo thc lower world the 'world ef separ, thas leaving only cleven ss belong 9 the upper work. His ister. however, calle! him Benjamin (@oncof the right han) (hd), pling that he scene on igh to the upper work: for wien Joep disappeared Ben [Jum toot hs place. Ths did the Righteous One bath enter the lower word and leave it. Hence Joep sod Benjamin andallite ocers comple the numberof neve, wt ormed 'Duriy ater the superaal patiere" 'Tis rime wite [ rxatse rar Loxo..R. Simeon ad- duced here the verse: "T will pease che Lard with my whole heat (dead). with the councl of the upright. and with the congregation" (Px. cat, 1). "The intensified form lebab (Gere) i used here, he sid, Yo show thet David desired to [Prat the Lond with his whole being inclading both his good. prompter(seter 2a) ad his ev prompter (setters), of, in 'ther ierms, the right side and the left side, the beat (ebad), being symbolic of South and Namth. Hy the phrase "with the 'courcl ofthe upright" David implied the ether directions, making up the wx directions ofthe world, after the supernal ppatiern= "the congregation" i« 2 reference 10 the realm of Judah, the term "ala (congregation) being akin to the term "edith (cestimomy) in the passage, "and my estimony (cx-'edethi) that shall teach them" (Ps. covut, 13), a8 weil

1to the vocable "a (yet) im the pasmge, "bur Judab yex
(ad) lech with God, tc." (Hox mi, 1)-On the other hand, 'the verse: "I al praise thee with ony whole Beart (li), 'uyeard Elohios will larg praise unto thee" (Uhed cassvit, 1), Dard addrened himself to one single realm, designased Elobim', singing praites tothe grade assocated with the ight Tae ete Maat Kine

109'ae zouan tt Lessb-aste
side: Observe that Judsh embraced all sides, having taken hld of the Seuth as wells of the East; himwelf sing from 'he left side, with his bepinning in the North he took Bold of 'the South, since his turuings Were tthe right, and attached 'himmelf to the body. Heace Leah's words: "This time Iwill (pra the Loré." The wards, "And she stood sill motto hear {sor more' imply that there was aow a frm standing, shat. 'wasnow in order, since the Heavenly Those was ow (with the birth of Judah) made complete" R. Simeon was once walking inthe country when be met Abba and K Hiya and R_Jase- When he ate thern he sid "We aught to have hete some new expositions of the Torah." 'Sothe three of them st down for atime. When he wae sboxt to, cach one them in turn discaursed on a Scripuual test. Abba took the verse: And the Lard sand wato Abram, afer that Lot had porated from him: Lift up moe thane eye, ele. (Gen. sant 1g) "Did Abraham then', he asked, "inherit only

20mach of and a waa within is ange of vinon and no more
rere ther, four or, at most, ive parang ? This would contzadict the nent verseauying® "or all the lind which thou 'eet to thee Twill give (TBu 13) Bat the tt i that in (eneying the four direcioas of the world he arw the whole land, 'ince the four ditections embrace the whole world. Furthermore, God mised him high above the Land of larael [sta] and made him see how it bound up with the four 'cardinal powet= Abram thus looked over the whole of the Tand.[nasiniar way, whoever sees R-Simena sees the whole 'world, sees the delight of the upper world and the lower 'moeld" R. Higa fallowed with the text" "The land whereon thou best, to thee will I pve if, anda thy weed" (Gen xxv, 13) Did God, then', he asked, 'promise him no more than, 'at spot, 4 mece four a five cubits? The trth, however, i= that God oc that mumene folie up the while ofthe hd of Israel within those four cubs, 46 that that spat comprise the whole lind Now, ifthe whole ind can beso conceatrated, how mich mere truly may it be wad that R. Simeon, who i= the Light of the weld, of eqail worth with the whole world" R. Jose then took the pasiage: "This time will T rae the Lord" Wasitnotheasked, 'equally incumbent on 5-568] wave 101 ter to prase God forthe birth of her eher sons? But the truth tat Judah in vireo being the fourth soa, was the 'ompletion ofthe Hewvenly 'Tirone:Jodahslne thas the fmnoeay of the Heavealy Throne nl te es uct sup por. For this very remon, moreover mae be called cs (uri nnd ch coin th Dne Na wih eter Dat (Fr), potting tothe our forts the Heavenly Throne. With hw much preter ore 'ats bead of Simeon, wholes the whole workt ike lio the Torah and wo bnathe eh o y AnD REvaRN WeeT IN THE DATS OF WHEAT HAR- VEST, ANo FOUND MANDEAEES IN Tar FIELD. R Las \kacouraed on the vese= Hee mene ety ork O Lend? Ted Aas thaw made them alls the earth fal of thy 'reature (Px cv, 24). "Who", he sai can count the works af the Almighty, inatmuch 2s there are bests upon hosts, and ego wen pions of ins cach dieing hehe,

1Fes just asthe oe hammer-blow
ceaeseplel we) os ees coos Goaeagrocs Sing stmaeanenaly manifold opecie and howt ech dill Jing from the athe, without number. The world was brought {ato being by» word and = beach together, asi i written: "By the word of the Lord were the heavens mad, and al the hor of them by the brea of fs moth (Pe at, 8) One is ionperative without the other, but fom thei com bined sctim there came into being hosts upon hast and Exione up gions. and al simutanceesly. Now when Goat 'wat about to create the world, He produced a scret spark feo which there se a radistel all the lights which are closed. Firs chee spread from i thowe fights which con- 'atu the upper works. Then # continued i rut. and the Artfcer made it into alight without teghtbes, ad ths le made the lower world. Andby resco ts being light, 'bot mithowr illumination. if els self attracted tomar: 508} the upper werkd. Now iti that light wathout ha rrinatica which through is atachment 9 the upper workd tought int being all thse legions and hosts of existences, tex 'THE 20mAK OF festbasze all the muititadinous species of which tis writen, "How 'manifold ar thy work, ete." And whatever is on earth his 'its counterpart on high, there being no object, hawever small tetthe world bur what is subordinate tim counterpart above which has charge over it and so whenever the thing below bestir tel, there is asimultancouy stimulation of as counter- pattabove the tworealms form one nereonnested whole. "Pais may be illustrated from the verse: GV ME, L PRAY THRE, OF TRY SON'S MANDRARES, It was not the man- tribes. For Rachel at frst held fast to Jauls and Sd noe Tet hhim go to Leah, as itis wenten: "Is it small matter that tho hast wakes away my husband But afterwards Rachel fed: "Therfoce he shall lie with thee to-night for shy mn" rmundrakes." Thus the mandrikes were responsible for the Bich of Issachar, through whom the frarance ofthe arab ascended to the presmce of the Akmigh®. im harmony with the words: "The mandrakes give forth fragrance" (S.S. v1, 'and thes itis further weiten: Avs WE LAY WITH ITER 'Tair (ia) xtoMr, where the term hn (he) pointe sectrelly tolls ofthe supernal world, which already explained hidden absolutely, Fer the Torah cate forth fromthe upper sword, which m everywhere porated t9 bythe worabic (He) Indicating areal undisciowes Now Uosachar took hold of the 'Torah, which is called the tee of life, meaning hfe of the 'upper woeld, which iscalled iu(he) and nat atta (hou). 1s 'ar that i was not the mandrakes that opened Rachel's 'womb, seing that it = writen "and Gol hearkened to het, and opened her woe" God, and no ather. For although the mandrates ae enfowed wih a certain power above, yet that pomer canoe ncn the Birth of cildcemioseonec az chidren depend on fate mazzal) and nothing ese, How 'er the mandrabes alo area belp to [157a] women who are 'Sow in culd-hearing but not harten, the later being under the snBience of mama" Anp Leas west ovr ro seer atta, ann sai: Toe 3578) VAYRRE 193 MUST COME 1% UNTO aE, ETC. This langage appears 90 the surface to be imme, but rally t= proof of Lea's modesty that she ssid mthing in the presence of her sister, I wen out sitet Jnl ed here Hg oe oe that, though fe propery belonged to Rachel, yet Taare SURELY HIRED Tater, and have obtained permasivn ror Ractel; and inorder that he mgt not tesrne conse the sgt of Rachel. she spoke to hime outhde and tet i the Ihouse:Morener, ane dor of Lesh tent fied on the rad, and she brougit hirn in by that door before he could enter itt he tent of Rachel that she een no ey ayn inthe presence of Kash which would hav bec tmemodent She further rece that should Jas ance enter Faces tent it would st be Fight for ber to wae hi lean it abe ereire iterepted im outa. Leah went to all is trouble hecaose the Holy Spit red within er, sad she Knew that all hone bly tribes would nue from hers and she thus haened the hour of unm ip er loving devetion 9 'God, and under the same inapistion she called them by pereaning to the Torah, God periorms for us miracs, and 'Dow hat we ave sling mad before in ews sccupy oerclees fn the Torah and so Gol will joan ux' Riya them opened ithe ere th fi mth oi orth ay of tt smunth a een, ye shall eat wnleacened bread (ES. 3 CStorned en nes aed expe "read 'of afftetion" (Deat- x13] an expression on which the can 'panions have examented 2: follows. When Tsrael were i [Egyptuhey were under analien power; and when God desired 'u beng them seat unio Himself, He asigned them the region of the bread uf "ow (alco), the ter 'oni aksting 'ales of the realine "wn (poor), and thas penning t» Ki 'David, sho sai of hinuelf: "for Lam poor (oxi) nd needy" (Px. cesn, 1) Now this bread of action is called marzo {unlemened bread). symbole of the female principle, which 'without the male principle i so t speak, in poverty, Ths {smal ere firstbroughe nea the pra symbolised by mazeah. ey rie'wousea Psre-ases ut afterwards Gad caused them to enter ether grades, wat 'he male prineiple joined the ferule principle and somazzah receive the ahition of the ter ows, aprotic of the male Principle, and became converted into mizeeh (command, 'Whilst they were going along they heard 2 voice saying: "Ye tent dwellers who take » crooked path. nurn tothe high round and do ot descend by the path leading downwards. Ri, Joue anid: "Thir prover that God i guarding oor way" TThey then took the mouetain yath and ascended a hill that sserituated hetween hugerocks, saving theses Since God desires us to take this oad, we are sureto see something af note, of experince sme miracle" They went of a6 sat down by a cleft a the soth, and were amazed to see man 'uddenly emerge from i. "Who 3 thou ssid. Jose. "T belong t the denizens of drgn' he anmwered. "Are there 'man Feng there > they ake. "Vex" be answered, 'and 'hey swan reap. Some of them areas strange appearance, Atlee frum my ars: au he reason Lacended a ou is 19 Iason ferme the tame tthe earth wherein ve dell" "The cath' WC Jose eeied, called ere, namely, the ez (Mand) Of if, of which itor eriten: "At fer the ear errs), oto 'ometh bread" Unb xxvii. 5). ingly that anlyoat of this 'arth cometh brea, but sot ovt of snp other, ora ie does 'come, it» ot bead of any of the seven kinds" The man thereupon cetsremd to be place, lensing therm aetniched. 'They sad: Aseurely, Ga miahesto recall something to oar inde through ths incident" K. Higa then sid "Acsuredly sec Now in mpardto the vere you have just ted, I remember that my grandisther posted ut mean everllen dea im 'nection withthe unleavened fiead, namely, that God Bist save Israel that bread from the lnd f life and afterwards He frre them bread from heaven: and 9a we have affirmed He forcher said that s [1578] man born into this world ows 'nothing until he tases bread, and only then is there an seakening in him of intethgence and pow of iseernment. Inthe same way, when Isac left Exype they were deverd of agghasa] vaveae 'Minow ul God mc thm tt bea of hat arth 'aledzrez. of which i says: "As forthe earth eres), bread 'cometh of i" "Then Tarsl began to brow and to recgrioe Gol God, however, desred that they should know abo of that place hich isthe fitting counterpart of this earth, but 'they were nut able to do so unt they tasted bred from that place, £0 wis, Heaven, as it sys: "Twill cause to rain bread from heaven for you" (Ex. x0, 4) It wax only then that they taped ts inowledge anda vision of that real" R Josecarne upto R. Higa and kased him, saying: "Anuredly this wat the refccton of which God desired to remind ws. We arm, then, that the prelisinary to Israel's knowledge was bread * "They then arose an proceeded on ther way. Whilst alg they noticed two Damascene plums, a male and a fenale, 'which led B. Jone to remark: "There is no apecica which is (ux divided into male and ferule. Further, whatever ing 'exists on dryland has ts counterpart in the wea R Jose dscoursedon the verte" AND JACOR CAME FROM due Ficum ix tHe svewine, axe Lean win? oUF To tert wist."According to tadition," he said, "she knew of this coming trough the heaving of ana and ence Serpeure says: "Teschar isan ns tarpeconed™ (Gen. tix. 14) where {he word germ (lagecboncd) can al be tod garam (he caused), sigoifying that the as was a cuse of his beth. Leah Sadia benef asuredly know that sould Jasob once eter Rachel's tem I shall ox be ale 0 get him ou again | wil therefore amit him bee a tht he muy enter my tent. FOR Lave sUnELY WIRED THEE WITH StY SON'S WAN- makes. Ste mentuned the mandrakes to Jacob, because she thought this would peedispose Kim in her favour, on -ecount of thr ficay for cildbireh Jaco, however, toew 'hat st id rot depend on the mandates but on heaven. By the words "for 1 have surely hired thee". Leah may have referred to the Tora, which Jacob embodiod. Or she my ave mcane erally his oe self, an toch aso my [4980] "T hhave hired thce so that T may bear thy very image" From there we learn that whoever sudies digest che Torah in- Aeris the world 1 come and the inheritance of Jacob. Fee she 'name Lasachir may be divided into the two wots yesh aber

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(there tsa reward), found inthe verse: "there 3 reward to thy work" (Jer au, 16), and again: "There ie (yest) an inheritance for thine that love me, and T wil fl their tea sures" (Proy. yt, 24} Because 1 wAVE wouNE wise six soms. RL Hitkish 'tid: "The six sons prefgured the upward and downward nd the four derctione of space, andthe purpore of prone ing the word ehad (in reiting the Shera) iso xceaicn Gol 29 King on high and below and in the four dzections of the 'orl, and so truly one." R Hekiah further said" ditine- tion is to be drawn between "mountains of separation" (8.8.1, 17) acd "mountains of spies" (Ih. et, 1g. The latter are typified by the sie sons of Leab, who included within 'themselves the other sin sens, thus constituting al the twelve, 'with Leah presiding, as ie were, over them. sn fullment af the pareage' "he mather of the children i jonfl. Praise ye the Lord™ (Px Cxll, g). I is therefore writen "thou shalt 'oot take the dam wich the young" (Deut. xt, 6), for the reason that she represents the undiloved war and hence "thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, bat the young thou ayes take unio thyself" (Uhid. 7), inasmach as she symbo- lines the world shat ss absolutely concealed, while "the young thou mayest tabe unt thyse™ jo harmony with the verse "Por ask now ofthe days pas, et, and from the one ead of heaven unto the other" (Ibid. wv. 23). Now, all these are 'alle! "mountans of spree" wheres all which underseath ie called "the mountaine off separation", io alton ty the : "and from thence it was parted and became four tea (Gen. 1, 10} R Jesse sid: The sans of the fund the four joints which were necessary for ibe peeling ofthe wide Wier aed we 'that reason that these jotns project outwards, despite the fact that they are allonganic juts ofthe body, which otherwise is perfectly straight; and thus all the tribes ascend ae a testi- Imoay of high: as Scrptere says: "Whither the tribes went up, ever the tribes ofthe Lord, as atestmaey unto Israel, to give thamks unto the name of the Lord" (Pa. exit, 4)" I. Bleazar further ited the verse: 1584] varere 'oy Josern, ere. "With the bie of Joseph, Jacob sae that the adversary af Esa had appeared, and hetherefore made ready eave, ait were, fit in whom the Hoy ends, fied so he mented in particelar to be called righteous. So 'when Jaco saw thatthe Bod was mide complete, his body conceived the deste to depart. the completion ofthe bod keing the sign of the covenant. Bt forall that was Benji 'who completed the number othe twelve tribes. Why, then, may be aiked, did Jaco, knowing tha the number of the 'wa not yet fall, not wat forthe rth of Benjamin 'compicte the numer? The easom is that Jacob was guided bya further consideration. "Iti cleat', he sid "hat of the of the trikes ill be completed here, then divine 'sil ea upon them in the apeupriste manner: {ht in this land i sx desirable that they should attain per- 'eetion, but oaly inthe Holy Land." 'The proof shat all the 'velve nbes teeter efcc the Fall ceaisation of the lower srevldin to be seem inthe fact that romedincly Benjamin at 'born Rachel died, and this lover world fll inro Re proper place, nd attained through chem perfect realisation. Hence Benjamin had tobe born in the Halt Tand and mtlsewhere 'So Seripture nays "And a foresee ennefern Paden, 'Rachel died nto mein the land of Canaan" (Gen scsi. 7) [Rachel thue died there, and her place was Sled y this lower 'world, which assumed its righful place ina complced House Dut as log a» Rachel wa alle the lower word eau ue be made perecied shraugh them. Hit is andes wb Leah did met <Geeattheseme tne, the answer i thatthe House was a the ower world, and from it all wre to be brought to full f= 'easton, but i vas nots the upper world. 'This was the reason that Leah dil not die at that time. Moreover al that Concerned Leah is kept under veil as se typed the uppet 'world whichis veied and undiscloned. and this is another 'eason why Lea's death is et divulged ike that of Rachet eis i accordance. ton, with this difference between the Lepper andthe lower words that Leah waa buricd away from: 'Saheim the cave of Machpelah; whereas Rachel wae buried

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'by the open road. Hence it is that all blessings are from ro 'worlds the dscloed and the undisclosed, though the whole 'originates from the upper world; [1585] and when we offer 'Nessings tw Gad see invariably aexciate Mm with the tae worlds in such words as: "Blessed be the Lard, the God of ara, from one world even unto the other workd™ (PS xt 448). Wis for this reason thar the upper worbl is named Ha 'Hep, whereas the lower world is ratned Ast (Flow) 'caus itisbleaed from the upper werldthroughthe Rogizcous 'One. Thus Scripture says: "Hlessed be the Lord out of Zaom, who dweleth in Jerusalem, ee." (Ps. cxxxs, 22)= asurediy its ot of Zio that He is Blessed. Observe that we salary find the divine Name repeated twice in: "The Lord, the Lord. meriul and gracious (Ex. xx1¥, 6) alluding tthe tea worlds the hidden and the revnlod sand ths explain the tonal pause between the two. Tt forall that, the ame word and the other form together an absslute wns" AND 17 CAME To TASS, WHEN RACHEL HAD posse Josers, exc. R Judah sid: "Jacob, a0 a sraiphtforward 'mun, did not wish fo have save bythe permianoa of Laban. jm the end. its trac. he did depart without aking Lab's 'permanton, but this was because he feared thet Laban would 'at ict him ga. and in consequence the lat of the twelve tribes would be ho in am shen land. Hence, when he swe thet the time Ha cone for Benj te borne fled, a is wnnen: So ME FLED wiTH ALL THAT HE MAD, For '2s soon as Renji was burn. the Shekinah atached henef 'the company of the tes and made her home with them. 'Aad Jacob through his knowiedge of the mystic syrabien, 'ezs-prare that = sana 3 the twelve rbes show be complete the Sickinah would make them her adornment and attach Ihersif to them, and thet Bache! would die and the Shelonah 'would take posenion of the Howe. Our tradition tells ws 'thatthe lower world was maigned 1 Jacob onthe mame way a8 it was later to Moves, but this ould noe be secomphshed lot there were the ful elve tribes the Howse to whom the Shehinah cauld attack herself I: wasthenthat Rachel was remand, and the Shekirah touk up her abode inthe Howse +58) varere 109 'wih ll the ies, and became the foundation of the lowe, 'Ammaediy, "He cts in ber pla the foundation of the Howse" (Ps cam, 9). Jacob thes sid: "The ime a now asved for 'he mnber af the tcl tbe te be empened, ve Ce 'upper world will be de to dexend into the House o bce 'stashed to them, and this poor woman (Racial) wall be 'thrust out to make rm for. Should she ic hee, T shall 'eer beable t ge sway. Moceover os trot the land 'Where Sting that the Heme should i made Hence Axo 17 Case To Pass, ere,' R Simeon, on eat- jing all thn expesitinn. sid: "Ausurediy all R Judi' expo 'Shows are excelente but this excels them all Jacob soght indeed have departed at once, but be delayed until Rache! swat pregunt woh "Then be Bed witht sting [ermine ant o ger thre any nore al that a 'Soon with ll the es maghtbe eced i the Sting place TR Abba said: "We teal of Moses tht "he went and seroma to Jethro hs father inlaw, ete" (Ex fy, 18). Now 'Mona, who was the shepherd of Jethro' ck and ved with i a Jacob with Laon, when he wise to go auay Set bulged hs permisaon, wh. then bd ot Jan. beng = epee amen, ce pecninees ome Laten bok hering iw? The rth ys tation teas un that Jaco fered lest Latan might employ all saree of denice to make hm remain with him longer, shea dove at Bt Moca how (rer Ed eohang of ic kind to fear frm Jethem. Laan wot {Papas andi alles dealin with Jasob wed mapa ara Ba jacob de rot win to remain there ans loge, nce God fad snd to him "Return unto the lf thy fathers. ee" (Gea, 3} Jao than Sac wah ay and eanagrest {he command of is Maer" 1K. Abbe farther dncouried on the recs: For the Leder: the me of Revah, srs meth ng (P= ak 3) "Ps vere he and" properly considera wil be found to coatain 3 deep mystical allusion. And, inde, all the segs and femme wir by the sons of Kerah were aeciet songs and hymins sung ancw: and all the songs and hymns tung by David and bs ances comin dep alesis of (rick. Now God has made the lower wold afte the paern

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of the upper world, and all the arrangements lad down bby David and Solomon and by all the true prophets were [sya] afer the superal pattern. Observe that in the same 'manner ae there are watches of the ight on earth soare there Inbraven relive of angela who sty praises o their Master and fntone hymns continually; they all stand ranged in rows, acing each ther, and preducine une harmony of song and "Thus the companions have interpreted the phrase "upon Alameth. A sone". 'The erm "Alemath™, secanding to ther, bas meaning similar to its homonym i the verse> There are theescore sheen, an fouracre conculines. nd maidens (alawoth) without numer" (S. 8. vi, 8) whist the hea "without number" finds its echo ia the passage: "Is there any number im his armes?" (Joo axe, 3) Hence Yauidens witht muuber" all mandiog ia news pea rows, facing ach other, to sing hymns and praises to ther Masser. "These are called "the maidens of song" because there are 'ther maidens who do not chant hysens ike these. There are three orders (of unger) arrayed oo each ose ofthe four sides sf the world, and cach ander again s subdivided into three subondess. The fst erder an the East cantzns thus three Cordes each with three sub-orders, amounting atepether 10 fine. exch of whch cumnpeacs thousands and tere of thou 'ands of angels. All these nine orders are guided by a signal of emgraved afters to which they loo wp. The Same procedure followed by the fox of the orders, all of 'whom ae similaly guided by engraved eters. Furthermore, they ate arrayed in series of ranks one abwve the othe, al them charting prates in unison. and whesthaae leer soar thigh in the ar the chit of them ges the command and a clades chanting a raed. Then one liter His up from, the lower word, rising and descending, until two lester fy own wo meets; they then join cogetber intra group of thre, corresponding tothe leters YH which are the thre letters 'within the "alumina mirror". The two supersal letters 'ehich rise abft are intertwined the woe within the other, 'expresing the union of mercy and severity. Hence they are 'hee, and are of the upper world, symbolising the pale peio- 'opi. On the other kasd, the ove that ascended from below ss9e1508] varest ws and pined then eymbolaes the ferle prinaple, and than 'embraced by the two. inthe sme way a5 the female i em braced by two arms, the Gght and the lft so that aunty fred which toch male und forse. For when the word 'eas created twat the superol ees that brug so Being "Bl the works of the lower world, Iaerally er thir own pater. Hence, whocrer har s inowiedge of them aed Shierrant of thom i beloved bith on high snd below: JR Seoeon aid-"Al thse lenece corto male and female rrereng topther ito ae union, symbokcal of the upper Sere snd the wer wees, wh ale form one enon Tie Bthetype of perfect unity. Heme whoever ha a boonledge cf them and s abuervan of them. happy ss bt porto a thie (roc apd ip te world come aria ented the {et pocipe el rae and perfect wry Now, the tree orders 'axa of nine, 2 mad above. As for the lesters, they are die- 'tibuled on all the sides 0 ms te become united iter, ina 'much 5 there are xcers of the fernale pesnople and lees of 'Uae male principle dhe two clases of which come gether form 2 unity symbolic of the mystery of the complete divine Name. The thd order on the Non also comprises three orders ech with three sub-orders, anesating to nine. "The total umber of orders we all thee sides thus arouses wenry-seven, [1538] to the teenty-aven Tester, inchsive ofthe fve final lene. These tentyaeven Jester dutribvied over the three ander Conner of mene letters 'ofthe female principle which jan and become united withthe ther eighteen lester, at has been explained all being carried out i proper onder. Observe that after the potters of the 'Sepernal eter there ar other leis here below, the upper letters being lage ones and the lower keters seal oes, but toth of she same pattern And they bath contin the eyetery of the male prince an the Femabe principe, which 'gether form = perfect unity" Ax Gop (Blbtie) scwewneneo Racust The mane na HE ZOHAK HL tes Flos used here because Rachel wis stil dependent wpon a "lucky star", and therefore also the term remembering (zabhur) is used here- OF Sara, however, itis written that "he Led visited (Aagad) her" (Gen. xx, 1}, because ae <i wt depend on a hacky stay and 30 in ber ease all Forces were combined. The reason why in her case the term "isit= ing" (peed) suse, is that "remembering" had already pee- 'ded, and the key ta Childbirth had already been handed 'over, as it were, 16 the fower-worid force, God having declared: 'hut my covenant wil establish with Iseac, whom Sah shall beat unto thee at this ime et" (Ub. xv, 2)- Since, then, Iemc had ben "remembered" in the sphere, he now was noticed within the apbere ofthe female prinaple under the proces of "visiting 40 a8 to effect tunity of both forces. R. Hiya here discoursed on the vers: "And eoreocer I hace beard the groaning ofthe chlren of Irae, 'whom the Epyptins herp im bondage: and hae remembered mi 'ocennat (Ex. vi, §). "The expression "remembering" is used haere' he sid, "Because it was proces taking place on high, above the starry course (muzzef), and in vine of the male [prncple, coming om top of the process of "visting", which 'operates in eile, here below, i virtue othe female principle In a similar seae it is written: "And God remembered [Ractel", which has a meaning similar to that ofthe passage: "and I remembered my covenant". Now, if we say that the tezm "visiting" is used only of the female principle (the 'Sheliah), we are met wih a difficuy in the text: have 'surely visit you"- Por how could the Shekinah speak thus, seeing that she was herself in exile, and, in fact, how could she appear to Moses at all? Bat in truth there iss dep aigni- 'cance thie passage: For asthe sun, although hie centre i heaven, yet spreads his poser and mighe thraghout the 'earth so thatthe whale each is fll of his glory, o, a8 lang as the Temple was in existence, the whole earth, Holy Land, was full of Go's ploy: but now tht arse xi ceil the Shekieah ison Bigh, but still her might surrounds Israel 30 as to shield them, even when they are in a strange land For the Shekinah is both here below and on high. 'The Shebinab on high asides inthe twelve holy chariots and the 59h 604) vavere ag 'seehe auperal ayoth: the lower Shekicah & among the tele holy tribes, and thos the upper Shekiaah and the lower Shetinah are inertnined, and both operate together and simultaneously. Now, whe Tare in eile the upper Shekinah aoc compete because the lower Stehinah i not comple and that whats meant bythe Sbekinah Beng in 'ile when Ira is in exle Its ike aking who his los 205 Sn who av 3 sen of his mourning tna wer he coach 3d Spreads Unies end thomson ts undeside and the lays self down oni Similarly when Isral went into eile and the "Temple was detroved, Ged wok thorn and thistle and put thewtunderesth Hn, at were, ae writen: "And the angel of the Lond appeared unto mina fame sf re out of the midst ofa thorn-bush (Ex. 2), the reason being that Tora) was iene. If was now "visting", as the "remem 'ering had taten place aren. ase sys: "Ard Ucemer 'ered my covenant." Fit then, ther war a "remembering" 'which was now flowed by a "visitng", [16] the "vst ing" completing the preious "remembering". Silly 'with Sorat ayn: And the Lard vated Sarah" Du hee inthe ease of Hachel, since she had not yet been "remem ered" before, does notsey "visited" but "remembered, {term concerned with lock o fate (nasal)

1dah abd 8. Hiziah were once ping fm Cappadoia
to Lydia, the former riding whale the Ince was on fost TR. Judah dismnted and sid: From now onward let ws ccupy ounelies with expositions ofthe Torah in armoy teth the rmjunctions "Aseibe ye greaines unio our Go" (Des sant, 3)" Said Re Hata: Tes pty we ze not three a then ce el have expounded whe the other two shurmed in R. Judah repined: "This oly applies to the feat of eneitions, one mentioicg the name ofthe Holy 'Ope, blewed be He. andthe other two responding, i» bar- 'mony with the vene: "When I proclaim the name of the Tord, seribe ye grestnem unto out God!" (Und): but in rear to the Torah even wo may sit togeter and rave che 'Almighty forthe grextbovn of the Tora." R. Hisksah then 'sted: Why arethre requred for theresa beneictons" His companion repli" have jut explained, buon truth aa Tue zousn tt [1600 there js a mystic virtue in the number three for pronouncing the praises of the Almighty, a inthis way the blessings are 'established through asuperaal symbolism' Whilst they were 'proceeding of their way, R. Jwlah said: We have learned 'that there ie a remembering for good and s remembering for evil, vsti for good and a vsiting for evil. Examples of 'emembering for goed are: "But {will forthe sakes remem ber the covenant of their ancestes" (Lev. xavi, 45); "And Ged remembered Noah" (Gen. si, 1); "And God remem ered hi covenant (Ex. 18 24). An example of remembering for evil is: "So he remembered that they were but flesh" (Ps. yexran, 39). Visiting for good we find in: "I have surely 'sited you (Ex. , 16); visiting for evil we find in, "Then 'wIlT vit ther tranagreation withthe rod, and thet iniquity with strokes" (Ps. katt, 33). In all these verses there are myst referees. All those remembrances and visitations for {ood refer ty grades ofthe tue objec uf fi embracing male Sind female, the one under remembrance, the other under 'siting, both being fr good. Cantraiviee the remembrance and vistation for evil refer ta the other sde (uta ara) with allusions to strange gods, and similarly embracing male and {ere in one union: the one (male) under remembrance, the 'other (female) under visitation, both unceasingly intent on 'en There are thas two paralel and opponmng aniuences. From the one there flows all the nspiration of true Faith and all aspernalsanctificatins; from the other hows whatever is ida of death and all sore and conditions of mache inthe world." Hikiah sad "Assured it 30. Happy is he whose portion i fil estabished on the goed sde, and whe does not incline himself tothe othe aide. buts delivered fromy them" Said R. Judah; "Assured itso, and happy is hhe who is able to escape that side, and happy ate those righteous who are able to wage war aginst that side" KC Hlickiah asked: "How 2. Judah, in reply, began to die- 'course on the verse: Bar hy ee utdance tow shall mae thy war, ee. (Prov. 331¥, 6). "Chis war', he sid, "alludes to the star againnt the evil side which man mune combut sad over 'come, so a8 to be delivered from it fe was im this way that Jaeab dealt with Esau, who was on the other side, so a5 to 1600-166) ns 'outwit him by craft at was necessary in order to keep the 'upper find of him fromm the beginning tothe end, asbefitted. 'Moreover; the beginning and the end fed into one another, the teginning being "my birthright" (teblorathi). while the 'end concerned "my blessing" (hrth'). 20 that the two victories were embodied in two vocables of similar xound. [apps thusishe who eicapes them and obtains mastery over 'them. Observe, again, that remembrance and visiution foe {good go together in the rue faith, and happy is he who strives fer true faith in accurdance with that which le written: "They shall walle after the Lord, who shall roar like 3 bom, 'can be for evil ax well as for {160b] good, and che evil forces are ren ta take the werd out of the mouth of the supplant, 'znd thas to make remanbrance ofthe sins of tat man and bring punishment on bim. Unless, inde. he be a perfectly righteous man so that when search is made for his site he will te unaffected Te wie xa with Nehemiah when he said: 'Remember me, © my God, for good" (Nebem. 1th, 25). "Again, when 2 man prays it is best that he should merge |himnelf in the general mass of the commmusity. We way take 'ceample from the Shuammiteas and her answer to Elisha. it happened wo be the day of the New-Year ue which the 'heavenly Cour sits in judgement over the world, nd God is allel King of Judgement, when Elisha spoke 19 her. and hence he askad her: "Wouldst thou be spoken for to the 'King ?" (1 Kinge 1, 13) But he answered® "I del among ise ow pepe" (Ibe), es emich as ue say: "T have no. desire to be masked out on high, but only to be counted 'among the multitude, and not to;eand out apart from them." vis thus reqeisite for 2 man to mingle lemaelf among the 'mass and nk to isolate hienself,s0 that no special tice may Deron ier tal het" R. Judah discourse on the verse: Hare the goles of death eon ced t thee? Or ast thon sem the gates of the shadow of death (Job-xxxvit, 17). "God, he suid, 'addresed these 'words to Job when He tw him perplexed by the problem of

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divine jostice. Job had said: "Though he olay me, yet wat E 'rust i him (0) (hid 10, 15)- The word lois writen with fan aleph, meaning "not" and is read a with a wax, meaning "in Hie, God said io reply to him "Am 1 the one that full the sons of men ? Have the gates of deat been reves

1thee ? And seest thou the gates of the shadows of death?
"There are ever so many gates open on that ade, over wich death ruleth, hidden away from the sons of men, who know 'them not There are here mentioned both "eath™ and "the shadow of death". "These ate a pur, the one being the angel of death, the other his rder,' who also i hie protecang shadow and strength, the two being linked together 20d forming but one being- All the grades that seve from them and are atached to them form ther "gates". Corresponding to the gates on high of which itis written: "Lift up your heads, O ye gates, 262" (Pe xxv, 7) and which are called rivers and brooks Hing through the ax dzetons af the (world, there are these gates of decth and the shadow of death 'emanating from the other side, forming cermin grades that rule over the world. The "gates of death" and the "gates of the shadow of death" are female and male combined into me Hence, in answer t Job's complaints: "As the cloud & can- 'sumed and vasisbeth away, so be that geeth down to the rave sll come up 90 more" (Job vi, 8), and 0 forth, God sid to him> "Are those gates revealed unto thee as being all In my power, and destined one dey to he destroyed fon off the world, a5 st written: "He shall swallow up death for sever? (Lo my, 8. Axe Gon (Ehkim) arursmece Racurt, ae Gos (Ekim) SEAREENED UNTO HER AD OPENED HEX wows. The name Elohim (God) is mentioned here twice, 'once to represent the male world and the other the female 'world, the two having heen neces, since the bith of ebl- dren depends on fate(mazal}. Now when Rachel was moved 'to name ber son Joseph, saying." The Lord add to me another son", Jacob linew that st was she that was destined 89 comm plete the nursber of the trikes, whilst she herself would not The ea he s6oh-stra] wavere ay srurvive, hence he dosted immediately to lene, but he ul 'not carryout his wash. When, bowerer, Desjamin was about tobe born, jacob fed and departed thence, = that the Hone 'should not be made complete and the world of holiness 'become bound up with tim =stringe ied. So Scripture se "And the Loed suid unto Jacob: Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I wil be with thee" (Gen. xxx, 3} God, in efcet, said two him: "Uatil now Rachel was 'with the, being the basis of the House; besceforward Twill 'be with thee and wil carry on the House with thee ts coer plement of the twelve tribes". The same idea is implied in the vene: "And as for me, when 1 came from Paddan, Rachel ded umtosme (ala, it spon me") (Gen. XL, 2}. By 'the word "ala (on me) Jacob meant to sy, "i was on account 'of me and through me that she war thrust oot and anther 'one cae and took over the house so as toni with me". AND ME sar: Arromxy (saysat) Mtr THE WacES, 'nwo Dwi ctve tr. Ro lease mid: "The term mogul (appoia, ain to mxgeah — emule) sigifis that the wicked 'Laban sid to himself, "I ee tht Jacob has an eye onl for Females (160) for the sake of whown be wil serve oe Hee therefore said in effect: "Behold, a female shall be the wage '25 before; tell me on what female thou hast cast thine eyes, 'and I will give her to thee im return for thy service" AND Jacon suse: Txou suatt sor clr me accnT 'Jaca practically ssi: "Far be i from me ! For in all ay acts 1am zealous for the glory of the Holy King, and hence thou 'shalt ac give me aught, as my mind isnot set on that, but if Show wit de this then for me, st" Asp uceemoven raat pavtuenr-costs. R Elescat 'quoted here the verse: Lard, wie shall sojourn sv thy tober- 'nace... He that salhethinperjection. and worketh rightewes- 'mens, wal speach irth in hos heer (Ps 29, $2), ° "He that walkcth in perfection"." he sai, 'refers to Abraham, who, ste hc Bel moe cle "pric 'worketh righteousness" refers w Inc; "and speakezh truth" refers to Jamab, who indeed attached himsell 10 the at rie soma 11 Inte trth. If hatin nowy then dhe a towards Laban in thi 'tay Theremon that Jacob wane Yosef he bo a fois for fim for tS permite fr 3 an to tex his [Peter crurnng to hs and tbe fs ferme fae shi, wells god: but if cet i not ir bore is ack isin ain. Is writen: So suaLe wv atcnreorsvess Mittntaw acatwr me nenearsin, Fie fo he Sol oe nce to obtain Fm Laban anythig for oth. bot be el throughout honenly aad oprighly, sd moreover, Be aed Lateef peau depart Hence Laken hime Sei mare ontereeo mestons, Axo TH Loxp wate furssen oe rom THY SAre. For Laban toted Jeb by St manne of diviatons, and fund tha he broogbe im itakythragh Jaca he obtained each months hundred sheep and a hundred lambs and a hundred he-gauts mare than bis Lomo ATM ALASSED THIE FOR MY Saxe. Fora bless sng from oa bach acre resulta les than 2 thousand of ech Kind, So that thece was a surplus of « thousand in Laian's 'ewe, mad the same im has lambs 2nd én fis goutn antl be sopuired yreat wealth, and all through Jaceb. But when [acu came for his seeumperse, he only obtained ten of each Kind, and even this he considered est rites What small part then did he take for hirwelf of allthat he oetibated for 'the benefit of Laan, and even that he had to ferce from him, 'asie were, br means of the mds which he placed agains the feck. Observe how Jacob in bis sinplicty id everything pessble to satsfy Laban, and while bringing hime all this 'wealth, he only asked forthe spotted and sperkled. But for

4that Laan consented to this, he would nots the ead At
him have tem, but be took ten ofeach kind and sent them to thm through bis wns, saying: "Take these, and whatever 'hey will bea af the wrt gow si hall be yours" Fei thes 'wntten: "And our father hath deceived mae" (Gen. 1,7), ad also, "and thou hast changed my wapes ten timex" (Ua. so1a-1608) wavere 440) the tere moni (tienes, akin to inion kinds) indicating 'en of cach kind. So whatever agreement Laban made Jacob, he went hack on his word and took from him every= 'ing, une God fad compussion on him, so that he wrested 'what was his own from hum by force, a it were" R. Elza 'remarked that al hese vercscomtaia deep kenons, ed on 'wha we lave learns from tradition, co wit that some bles 'ngs from abure are obtained by actisn, some by sperch, snd 'thers by devotion. So that whoever washes to draw down to Rimeelf Hewinge mnt exerci prayer, which cosas of speech and devotion: yet there are blessings thet canact be sbesined br prave: bat only by actin. 'Otserve that Jara, the simple maa, acted throughout with wisdom AND ME SET THE RODS—we read—wHICH RE TEES IN THE WaTeaING TRovGss. This was all done wh coucric windors so a0 to dram bends om the Ghief well-epring thet waters all the supernal grades whch 'were his lot and portion. The rode were symbolic of the grades embodring judgement. which he had "peeled". that

1the severity of which he had eolltied. "In the guters"
(rekaton) nds ts echo in the passage: "The hing s bound to the eure (rekatin)" (5. S. v5) [1618] indicating that 'he superna King's ied and bound to thane soperal aque ducts whence flow benedicions for all, "Rowing in the 'watering troughs"; to wit, in the rivers and brooks thar How fs wnt they reach their Saab seervic. Agpin, "bere the 'ocks came to drink" is paalel with the vere: "They give <deink to every animal ofthe fed, the wild awes quench their "thine" (Pu cry, 111 both alluding wo the reserve. the exther- ing place ofall the waters whereio all resort to drink. "And they werehested" (cayehamaal). When the north wind blows, she voters beeen een. her sep Bering me that ts ae 'omnes to crink of thc. Th the te whe feos ovr the worl andthe cold ofthe Neth eos the 'eaters Bat when the south wind arses, the waters become 'worms ad, these being malted, Sow om ther way snd all ome to denk of them; for the southern wacmth having 'cased the waters to tha, all come to deink with relish the i= the tomas tr [e6rb rice 'waters after they hive been fred from the icy grip of the North, 'This all that Jacob did contained » deep symbolic Axp Jacon 00x xoos oF rassutrortan. exe. R Flezvardscaured here onthe verse: Forthe Lond hth chaser Jc eta msl and rac for bron tazre (Pa. ABE) "From the actual words of the origina" he sid, 'we ould tell hater it ws the Lard who chase Jasib or wee- 'Sean That the former fe meant we knew fom she paral 'Yenc which saya: "Fer the portion of the Lord ais peopl, Jacab the kt of his inheritance" (Deut. cx, 9). Nevrthe= Ie, ako tre Ur Jacob os his par to, has shone Bs Tage an his porton, and, raing above all ermeate aden, has ake for hi To "ads of fresh pope" (ich 'te) symbolic ofthe white grade ofthe Right side and "of 'ional ofthe plane-tee pte ofthe el rade sf the Left side: "and peced with rea im them, sign 'ying that he removed severity from the Left, and linked the Taf with the Right whi be etered beeen snd sd old of oth of them togeher,s tht there rele ene united bled of ewe cnlors uta the same time "making the white appeat" Le predominate oer the red. Why all ths ? So. a9 Girw tothe grave whch was bs oun perion bles fom Sener wl sping sno eta rade, Wich the tied, in the gates im the watering tough" tern ready eaplsna Sow from these perions of Wi dam blesings fre to the Lower woeld, ad all worlds ate 'svered and beac. 2c Tn the morning be devour chthe prey" (Gen ssn. 27. and ater tht: "aed at even he 'indeh the spa" (lds hat the Beings pam [1500 all the lower words. Jacob, tn, took his portion of theme 'aang a feted ep hin thn world snanenach a Be 'Ste pertn and kt ofthe Hty One, bese be He" Jose the Younger war a Frequent vitor a the echoo of

1Simeon. Referring one dey to the verse: "Blesings are
spon the Bead ofthe igen" (Prov. 56), he aed Why 'Ses itsay "ps the head of the rghteus", and ot simply 'ypon the righteous". Simeon in ner sid: "Thi ie ae-1605) vareze a

0allison to he Holy Crown, st has boc explained eloe-
'thor. Or agtin, the "head of the rightewss" can be an 'Blssoa to Jace, who recved the Bleming and tasaed them to the Righteous One rom whom they were difiused 'wall sides, so that all works were lene. We have. however, 'Sirmed that "Rightzows" i the mame gives to the ple of fheuverant abenee there hous fantasia Jt the aperture afa wine ck through which the wize 8 draw {scaled the top of head of the cok 20 thi spor called "the fend of rightena". wen i ele forth int the fesle Fortermore whocier succeeds im kerprag unsulbed the 'spa of the hol covenant, acd observes the perp of the "Tovah s called ghteos, ands 9 called fom the con of his ead to the sole of hs foot; and when blessings fle ito 'the weed they rest up his eat, from whence they ae (Bele chrouhout the world, rough the medium of the tty ond worthy some wha he Beings wp ome Farther (Ste the verse. hr Hew oun nd now aol pete F sot se he righteous fora (Ps. vit, 23} "These word" be ad. "acrnng to oor techn. wert tered by the 'Chicsin of the world. who concetrted in them more 'wisdom than mest people would thnk" R Samecn sid to Bm: "My sen that is gute tue it dels with the subject of oby aon. Its « neato of hs uty, im whch ay 8 'ever found shout eight, for mght is cer Found in dey. [Now the Rightcous One holds fat the upper world and ho the lower world As for the words "nor his me eg 'pages, demesne thet when the ed Sows forward, 'be docs sot 'sour the Female, since she abides with him and se parts from fam and bence weve masta of racine for Bim. For the seed dres not Bow save when the Female is 'omen, [150] and thet mutual desires ar blended io one {molble eotasy. Hence be hes no nee ak for consent" RL Jese emacked: "Ts surely not the cae during the 'ume of ele" R Simeon reocned: As regards the sed it is, 'Soceit is writin "his seed" but co be himself has, he Serposriog of the Bless nly occur whem there clone 'eon of the Female wih the male: Fe may beaked then does the aueraee, "end T hire not seen Fighteous foraken"™ = rue ronan tt [tah apply tothe time of exile? The truth is that the Righteous always closely bound to the upper woe and so far i never abandoned, Thus at one time, that ix atthe time of 'ile, the Righteous One ist Forsaken from the side of the 'upper word, to which he hlde fast, whilst a another time the fs not forsaken from the 1wo sides, hain fast to bor, the upper and the lower words, 4 that in fact he we never foessken 'This Zaddih iv abo called "the firmament ofthe heaven" (Gent, #7) For there are tw siilaeBrmamerta. one a the beginning and one a the end of the serier of eght- The top 'one isthe eighth firmament, the one in which there are et all the lesser and the greater stars It is the undisclosed upper Sovarcot which upholds te ttle of things and om 'which all eustence fows. 'This isthe exghthfrmament count- jing fron below, andi thus the top ane and the starting-point (Ge whichall dings receve thet caltence- Commesporcigsy there an eighth femmament counting from above, in wich tho are stall stan and lights and lamps. This firmament 'support the whole snd form the end nf the whole. Thus the tap firmament and the end Srmament ore ofthe same pater, forming tomer the Tver that Rows on pereanvally 90 that the cad ms already enclosed io the beginning. Hence it ays> "And God set them in the firmament of heaven." For shat perpose ? "To give ght upoa the earth" Therr is, however, a dference betwees the two firmament, for whe the upper 'ee sata and nourishes the upper workin which # hack 'ed all those upper sides. the lower Srmament sustans and cverable. a suelf the upper world and is socalled 'rath is that while itself forms the wpper warld proper, alt the that qmanate from areal dengated by that men Is the same with those thar emanate from the lore warld, they also being designated by is name. Yet al of them form car ty: eae He ex ver nd cree betes Te 'nes ofthe Lard nace thew il the cedar of Lebowon sich he Ath planted; Whevin the bids mae ther net at or the séab-rh39) verze 5 stork sida), the trees are hr hoe (Px cr, 6-17). The lasion of Lebanon ha teen cxlased sbeaiy chowhere "The bts abo ae the two refer to fa many placs [63a]

25thos from which there emerge hows af ether bore Tey
theameves however are upetog. emanating from Laban 'on, whch in inthe superal eam. They ae bite tthe 'words "Laban bad two ugh". The "Berea ate the {Ex perl vom symbacof the a directs ofthe world, (S already explained dbenbore-Tathem "Ue stock he made fer howe" Way is it called hee by the feminine for 'ania (tk, I ied with mera) ? The wath hat ths Upper world i ral ofthe Female pci ut me ually [Bre its mucaline name (hd) iuamnch nt uafolding fee the source whence ll benctcencr aod all bgt come forth. And this 2st bade, these springs eon heed Gono eieset Gi sel sco is aor oc om er fz: "And it rspented the Lord - -- andst says: "Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? Apeoplc ved ry the Lor the dai ef hy bp ont that & the sword af thy exeeleney ete" (Deut. 2330.29). 'rene. ere. Said RL Elearar: "There are snsers who either neglect altogether the words of the Toeah. of they do ease 'ameye wa them, think them mere foolishness Butin ruth the

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foclshness is in thei own minds, since all the words of the "Teeah are sublime aad precoas, and of every word st it swniten: "She is mote precious than rubies: and allthe things 'he canst este are mot to be eoeapared with hee" (Prov tn, 15). Woe to all the footsh and senses people, when the Holy Ore, blessed be He, wll demand an accnunt from them forthe ingule dene tothe Torah and they wil be pun- tnhed for hang eebeled agua their Maser. So'Senprare says: "For ics no empty thing for you" (Deut. xxi, 47) implying tha fits anerapy thin, its empinese a from you yourselves, ering that all the things ne cn desire ae not 'becompared with her How canthey say that the Torah isa cept thing seing tht Solomon sid" thow at wise, thou Sr wie for thet" (Prov. 8,13), implying tht whoever 'eeomes wis in the Torah beefs hinvelf thereby? Tes the Torah tailed wi all riches and no one can ad thereto ven one leer "But if thou scenes, thaw alone shal beat it" (Ibed, since the worth of the 'Torah will be inno wise tliminished therchy. and the ssening wil only recall on the head of the smorner 20 38 fo cause him to peri i his worl and inthe world to come. Observe now. Wher the supernal Terms are joined together and attach themerlvestothet grade whch nthe st ofall the superul holy grades, and becomes filed from them and enriched with Blessings from the uppet word, this sme grades in eadines to "water all the Bocks" scrording to thet requirements, each one being watered Bon swith judgement and mer. New Jacob desired to msitute Cwenng prayer and so restore the fight ofthe moon and water her and carch her with blessings on all ides. Hence it is wwewten, "And he set the rods, etc" These rads signify seventy and force, whch sue fom the superna Gbura So Jacab, i his desire to pt himself right with that grade, "set the vids that in he removed all te idlyenees of severity tnd force symbolised by the ros, and "placed ther in the gutters", to wit those four gutters! that stand underneath he well which the princes giaged™ (Num. xX, 8). the well which wap fled from thove superna rivers end foun: tains: For when water comes ferh cut ofthat sacred well, 'he the four Hah Ea 2630-1635] vavege ns 'thes Four resive the whole of it they being called gutters (vehasim ~swit runner) for that reason, snd to tht source [1658] they all come to drink aking of those implements of ssreiiy nd for rl Sting foreach, Set eats over Suan the fhcs" Further it» wotten, "and Hey con 'ved (it grew bot) thats tosay, when they areinested with power t punish, they becose heated therey, and then 'hey set outta roam tad fro i the word and Cael tm spect the ways of men, whether fr good o for evil Further 'We rad: "And the fos became heated st th sigh f the exh. inasmich athe rds became hat nd ake charge of 'he lgemens to be sted out to the world, and the sone of spen receive their punishments through them. as we fad: 'The nemences by the decre ofthe angels and the decson by the word ofthe holy nes" (Dan. tv, 14)" Hive dcoured ot the verse: My oultlaveth tn thee; 'thy righ hand oleh me fst (P39) King Dei' be 'aid "could speak thus because his soul ever clive to God, snd he had care for worldly matters, nd therefore God Suppored hits and never let him go: and iti with every tman who eleaes to God, Or again, David may have meant [epid nena etree pererry Speen 'the superal ral for when tha rae clings to the superal srader to aceed afer them, chen the night hand of God lays Fold of, ruse and unites sw sls we read: "And thy night hand would hl me (Ps C2425, 10), ao: "And his ght hand should embrace me" (S. © vt 3), Hence David's words: "Thy ght had holdeth oe fast" OF hi 'who does held fast the Holy One. blessed be He. tis wet= ten: "Hi left had shouldbe under my head, and is ight Tad should embrace me (Tid) an expression incauve cof perfect atachment aed union 'When the water pours int those gutter they ae filled va all for ides, o that ll the flocs ean be watered each Foe 'ts proper side Now when Jacob exayed to perfect hs grade, be hone for himsel the ght side which belted hin, and lowed the iene which hd wot bef hint part fom bin, fast ariten: "nd he put his ove droves sper and put 'hem not wato Laban's flocks". "Apart, that i, by himself

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so that e shout not si hielo en iol ofthe ether Sides Happy the portion of lara of whom itis writen: "For thouart a hol people unto the Lord thy God and the Lord hath chosen thee, exe" (Deut 2, 2). Now Jxob was the row ofthe palarchs and thei epitome, samonng them all 'up wits oll and be therefore set about t estore the Tight of the moun, a wel ao intitine the eyeing prayer: andl this work was well becoming him, ax hereby he = fect ll shoe sides of hafinens which belonged to hi de, and separated is portion fom the porion of the other 'ies The fore are the soperal ides, sanctfed with the Supera! sancies, whit uh inter are tery fled and Unclean. So tht Jaco. a already eplained, "put bis own 'rows pare that iy lumself fer the adoption of lath which should Keep him apart ei writen "and the Lord hath ehowen thee the his on treasure ont of a peoples" (Deut suv, 2). "and put tems ot unto Laban's flock thas, be did no lace his pion and le with them Tacob th, being the perfection ofthe pire, tablished the tre faith, sed separied oe own prion and lt fe {hata ther pesplew To much an action could be applied the 'word But ye that did cesve unt the Lard yur God are alive everyone of you this ay" (hi 'dolwrous nations, in viewe of their grade being above 02 high, whereas the grade of the idobtroas people is down below, 'The former are of the sie of holiness, the litter ofthe side of unciewaneas; they are wt the right she where on the left But when the Temple was destoyed, then i could be ssid, "He hath drawn back his right hand (Lam. 'wherefore alo tis written: "Save me with thy right hand and anewer me" (Ps. Lx, 7): and the left side ts sce been gathering fore and unciemmnese, and will continae 20 do 19 'until God shal rebuild the Temple and estab the world (is right fourdation, andthe right order shal be restored, And the side of uncleannes shall pass out of the world, ast 'ays: and I wil cause the unclean aint to pass out of the land" (Zech. xi, 2), [16a] also= "THe will swallow up death for ever" (Ly. mx, 8}. God will hen remain alone, as it is 64a] veveee 1 wren: "And he dls ately onal, 38), Shoe od the Lord alone abl be excl x that day Serna mangetent nin ee? Des. coon sh Be cus stg God with bet (Dus. zo, va), the tnclan home tng then erated fom the wei a 'bathin the wper werd nd the lower wos ther wil be to othe fet ae od alone, with el the oly people, srerbipping Him. For Ira wil then be designed bly itis wtten: "And bal come topo, he tat ee Zion, sed he that remain Jeruaer, shall be ald aly cre, every onc that wren to eb Jerse" (ies 3) There that be one sndoaly one King on eh snd bow, andere and ony one pone to wocship hi itis writen: "And who's ety people are, nation one 'eearth "2" (Cho. x 2)" Be anceed es peeceesenettageee tereatbaoeet Said R fc: Bebo the Shcinah ter ux tu here> pogencias fii Tesh ine Heme tc Dis hee wih the Toh drawn Her nearer hima? La eee miomaston bee det agra) Iecth and bead be my Rechte be the God of my 'sleaon (Px sit, 47) Thin vere' emai "hora recone toeaning. We nn tat Gadi elle "the living one But ie er ladies tet te tee reba ne ai {lad "Sct ojo in era cqpaves og em on High, snd covopandingly« rightcons lvig one here on cath. On high its God who ele ving oe" and ere Dato phen' vho ling oe" is writen: "And Denis the son of Jeboiad, the 20 of « Tinga (Sam, 20). He woo ealled Bsn Ges ies peo ae riateat aon ncn Nig tne" The words "blewed by my Rock" have the seme 'ferace, sate the Living One and the Blend One ae ever ported, and when wited are called "wall of ving (rates te one flows in andthe tbr i ied thercth "And eae be the God ofmyslration": hinds the perl ward, witch is hgh od combed over al taarach "Aart be af 'HE z0mAR 11 fared

2from it everything springs, even all the outpouring by
'hich the well is fille, receiving therefrom Blesings 10 spread light among al the dweller of the lover world. And 'whem the whole fille! properly, shen "eaed wil be the Rock of salvation" R. Jewe then diucourned on the verse: He wthlravcth mat his 'es from the righiews: bat with hinge 'the throwe he settth them forever, amd they are ealind (Job xxv, 7). 'When, he said, 'the domination of the 'wicked ceases and they perish (fom the world, then the righteous obtin dominion, assays: "He preservth not the lke the wicked, ut giveth tothe pone ther right" (Ihe. 6) "The words, "He withdraweth no om the ighteous his eye" are parallel tthe text, "The eyes ofthe Lord are toward the 'ighteous" (Ps seat, 6). "But with kings upon the throne"; Uhese are the hings who are, asit were, unitedto their tones, and whom Heseteth forever so tha they renaia smmerably tstablished. "And they ae exalted", to wit to rule over the 'world 90 thatthe throne semaine firmly eaabished on ite 'supports. Or. again, it ay mean that they raise the throne and stot up on high a0 thats abould become united to itt [proper place and there shoold thus bea complete uit." 'Wialae they were proceeding oo thir wey they cought Sight of a man coming towards them, with 2 child riding on I shoulders Said Kt faae "Thos man is without doube 3 'Tedean, and be wants to give people a chance to do a guod 'etion." Sd RL Jeme: Let us be the fit to take advaneage 'of the opportunity." When he cameup to them, R Jesse siked hie: "Whereo isthe afron pot set oo the path 7 The man raped: 'So a t0 acrd people an opparmanty of dang « 'ios action; or T Rave two soa who were taken captve by

2begund who pased through my native own. and now Tam
'nthe roed in order to afford people the oppornanity of deine

2gond action The rwo thereupon availed themacives of the
'ecezion and gave hie food to ext. The Judean then began = Gecounse on the ree: My food which presated seta me for dan eferng male by fe, of = cmet scr nto me, hall ye 'deer to offer unto me inde seam (Num. xxv, 3}. "The offering brought nto the Holy One, blesed be He, every oye-s645} vavere oy dey. he id, 'ea for the purpoe of feodng the world sed 'pewiding sustenance both Fr the upper world and te owe! (worl rammuch the upper wld moves anasto he Tomes we withthe ren tha every cneis gpd eer ing to his dc. The word, "My foud which porsented to ime man oferng we pred bythe ene, "Have cate 'hooey: U have drunk ny wine wo IBy mit" (SS vs aod made by fic" by he wor "Eat, O fends, drink. yea, dink abuadantly, © beloved™ (Und). Now, if God asin fod above in order hat there {um fond may th Sapeperd below, wth how mach tore 'eae tas he wo ars foul for she precrran fm 'be rewarded, i tht God wil bles him and dict to him 'sounancr Frm on high, so thatthe weld wal rene bles {ngs for bis eae" R.Eaac remarked. "Assure th the Taner meaning of the vee" Rese snd- "Thi incident [msuredly bears out the admonition ofthe Sages tt o mat Should ever eat sichtinay another run for the sean hat ceemeeed usa double privcge" "Tae seanecr then continued his Gicoure on the above sen, but inthe name of [V5] Blew. "The accusative precle"eb bese be and 'les the Commety of sachs the Semaccing nk (eters high and tow): my food from on high im reponse tothe sting eve Below: "as 3 Se cena includes al tbe other bows whch rene cher necrsary suxtenmer each one im proper measre: "of 4 fen snour unto me" signs the unsing ofthe whale sa (Soe hand of unity aed god wil mt farm an elem of the uppee wold, "shall ye haere to fer unto me a due season" alldes tothe time when Abraham bested imme {odo the wil of God, regaring which ti writen: "And Abraham rose erly in the morning" (Gea. 0, 3) and also {othe time when lnc as bound oo theater, wach wa reside Suid R Joue "Tn that case, we should rather have expected the plural "sesons™' The Judean in ply and {AE the time of the scree fre and water are intermangled snd becone anc, and hence it says "senoa!" and pot "reas". The expresion "ye stall observe to ofer uate

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'me is used in connection with this offering only the reason Leases hephioay orga rage ey inurmingling of the Right ant the Left srmbelsed by Abraham and Tsaac Said R. Jose: If only to hear this it 'was worth our while coming here- Happy are oral im this 'world and in the word o come! In regard to this tip writen: "Thy people are ll rghteous, they shall her the lane for 'ever: the branch of my planting, the work of mp Bands, wherein flor" (Ix nx, 21)! Now Lamax was GONE To SHEAR sis snerr, Fre. IR. Jose ssid: "The teraphim were idols, called out af con 'tempt, the name being akin tothe word tarp (abscenste) "The proof that they were idols is found in Laban' yaestion= "Wherefore hast thou ten my gods?" as well sin Jacob's words: "With whomscever thou findest thy gods, ete" For ata ea a great nrcerer who pracines all ne of magical sans and i was by such means that he learnt all that be 'Sisted to know." R. Hiya suid that the powers of the idol 'were derived from wizardry: R. Jove. from divination. BE Junduh sad: "They were derived from a clone obuerranoe cof the times and momeats for striking and for balding off AE fcc moment the crfeman woul! uae hs and to heat io 'shape and zosther be would rei. Hence the tera evap, _akia mo beep rea) (1 Sam. sx, 16). For whem the crafts 'mms was making it, the man who knew the proper seconds ed hae stead over bien saying mow "wets", and mow "ay" Peres na other work which requires to betimed ia this way. Now, this magic idol was contioually uttering evil counsel and promptine to mesctse! Rachel thas feared lest

5should counsel her Ether to do mischief to Jab, and by
'ean of her contempt for the idol she plced it uniernesth ther, so that it was notable to speak: for whenever it wan coe 'sulted they wed to sweep and ean up before i 'The ters 'phim were 2 male and 2 female image. sad a number of 'ceremonies bad to be performed before them belore ther 'wend spesk Hence Tatan delayed three days before pur" sing, 28 he was unaware of Jaco's fie ssat saya: AND 15 was TouD Laman on THe THIRD DAY THAT JAcom WAS rep abse] waver vrutp." R Juda farther sb "Latan pepared imac {to waye: he eipped incl with alle aga and ase wh mary weapons im ender to dewren Joo, a8 'weinen: "An Arama was ging to dosrey ey father" (Deat xv3). So hen God se that be intended to desroy Jacob, He warned Bim, mping= Tare nero To THYSEL? Test rmovorsau wor voacon erraenovovon sae. "Thai borne out by ata' wendy se he Tmt Fowen oF yey Mano 70 £0 TOU WERT, © wit through he 'magical arts. Observe that Laban covered in ane day 2 di 'ce thar tok Jaco seven Gy aed lin der roy bbe unerr: nt coe he bad ed, and waned for the le of the txaphim. Now, a5 regards Rachel, ahough het free ase eee be her om sry, yr ee pantshed by not surviving to bring up Benjamin or even to Epewsth hima sings hour: snl onacovane ofthe psn she cucd ber fer, sorithoending her go ntti I anc eid "Al tho repront which Jac aceamncred to Late scrved to wale him shoevledge the Holy One, 'ieee be He, me proved frre Eatan's words See, Goo fe wireess arrwinr we aso Teer Butobecre that it is farther writen' Tar Goo oF Aanawant, x0 THE Goo or Nawox -.. Joner serwtir es. Tiss inde 'ier that, soner = he wom, Be tore Bi former 'Seisrowe worship, fr atr invoking the God of Abrahams, Jacon swont ay swe ean 'Why by "he fear of Tsase" and not by the God of Abraham ? [Because he did not wish to trouble, ait were, the ight-hand (Fre forthe cake of Laban: furthermare, tic mot ght For » 'mum to swear, cven 2 true cath, by the most high reais. R. Jowe said: "Truly. Joeab's oath as mest appropriate t0 the sceason. For he said to himself: "Behold. be has invoked the God of Abraham, bat left out the name of my fther= fet se therefore make up the decency." Hence he aware by the 'fer of bs father Lsac" Anather explaration i that Jacob dese to being the grade of severity on to his side to ast tira sient Laban"

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Axo Jacoa WENT ow 11S WAY, ANDTHE ANGELS OF Gow ser stm, R. Abba discoured on the verse: Male and female created he theme. (Ger ¥, 2) "How incumbent itis {upon os, he aid, to study intently the words of the Torah # 'Wee to thoue whote heart ia obdurate and whose eyes are blinded ! Behold, the Torah i calling unto them, saying: "-Whoso is thooghales, le him turnin hither: as far hie that Incleth understanding, she saith to him: Come. eat, of my beetd, and drink ofthe wine which F have mingled" (Prov. 14, $5) Bur there is no one t pay attention to her. Observe that thie wor containe sublime mysteries it haw an ner a 'an outer meaning. Thus, one meaning is that the sum and 'monn are cloely united, 2s is implied inthe passage "The 'sunand the moon stand stil in her habitation" (Hab, t2); 4nd another's that Adu and Eve were created a5 3 united pi; and aisce they were coupled together, God blessed them, For biasing docs fu reside save ina spat where there are male and female. Observe that when Jscob st at om hia {Journey to Haran he vs all by himself, not yet having macs 'hed. What does Scripture say of that oecasion ? "And he Tighted upon (oupilga'—entreaed) the place, te" (Gen. Xsyl, £2} an he was only promincd deliverance ina dream. 'Bot now that he was surrid and was coming with all the 'ites, heavenly lions entreted and suppicated bir, a were, for we read: "And the angels of Gal met (vayfge'w <enteates) bums" Whereas before teas he who eatreated the "place", now it was they who entreated him, for the reason thatit was forthe sake of Jacob and the tnbes that they were cratered fromthe great sex. Moreover whereas before he sw 'them only ins dream ofthe night, now be sw with open eyes and in fall daylight, a5 i is written: AwD Jacom Sato. Wace we saw tTueq: Tuts 1sGon's caste, exc. (1658) iow, ic may be asked, did Ne recognise vhem ? The answer it that they were the same angela whom he had seen im his dream. Here he called them Mahanaim (two camps). indicating the camp which had appeared to him on high and. the camp which appeared pow below. Why did they appear 'unto him to eazreat him ? Because the Shelinah accorpatied. him in order to bear along his household, and she was also 1635) waver 93 awaiting the birth of Benjamin so a to make her home with Jacob a8 pre-ordained. [ts in allsion to this that Seripeure 'says: "And Jaro shall agin he quiet and at esse, and none 'shallewake hi afraid (Jer. xxx, 10) Blessed be the Loed for evermore. Amen and Amen VAYISHLA, Gen sunt, 400401, 43, ANp Jacon saxr stessenoeRe (lit, angds). ere Jada discoursed onthe text: For he wil ie ha angels charge 'cer the, herp the i all thy ays (I 3Ct,22)- "According tw the companions. be said, the momenta childs born into the world, the evil prompts straightway attaches himself to him, and thenceforth brings accusations against him, 9 & says, "sn coucheth tthe door" (Gen. 1¥, 7) the term "sin" being # designation of the evl prompter, who was also called sen by King David in the vere: "and ray sin is ever before fae" (Ps. 1 5). Hes 0 called because he makes man every 'ay to sin before tis Master, never leaving aim from the day of his bir till he end of his life. But the good prompter fis comes to man only on the day that he begins 10 purify limaclf, to wit, whom he reaches the age of turteen years From that time the youth finds himself attended by two 'companions, ane on bis right and the other oa his left, the emer being the ond promgter, the later the ri promoter "These are two ventuble angels appointed to herp man tom- pny contaually. Now when 2 man tres to be virus the 'el prompter bows o him, the right puns domnion over the Jef, and the two together jin hands to guard he ran in all bs ways; hence is eriten: "For he will give his angels charge over thee, to cep thee i all thy ways [RU Elezar applied this vene to Jacob when God assigned {whim corpanies of angels 2¢ an excor because he came with the fall numberof tribes, forming withthem godly company. Henceit ays: "And Jaca went on his way ad the angel of God met him" (Gen. sxx, 2) as already exphined. Here. therefore, when he was delivered From the hands of Laban and dseocated himself from him, the Shekinah joined hirn, and sacred camps came to encitcle him, so that [166a} "Jacob vaid whe be saw ther, et." (Ubud 3) It was fom these angels that hese a iam to Emmy >t mye "AD Jacob sent anges" (maf ahhim)," RL sac sid: "Why, is 000 66a} vavtamban a3 place in the Pans docs i sy "The ang! of the Lard en~ 'und sbout them that fer him and detvereth them' (Pu seu, 8) inthe sngubr, and in another plac, "Foc he will give his eget charge over thee" (Pod. x, t1). in the plural? The reason is that the term "angel" teferense to angele proper, whereasin the vert: "The angel ofthe Lard encampeth", the reference is to the Shelinah, as inthe ve: "And the ap of he ard meal thin ina flame of ire cut of the midst of eon" (Ext 3) Thos 'the angel ofthe Lord excampeth round about those who fear bien" to deliver then: and when the Shekinah abides within 2 man, exer 20 many holy legions rly round him. 'David uered this verse when he cicaped from Ach the king of Gath, beause the Shekinsh encompasced him and detvcred im fom Achish and his people, and all howe who 'eouiled him. It 8 writen i the same connection: "And he feigned himself mad (cayithle) in their bands (1 Sam. 1m 14) The tem verithl here, in place of the more xual 'eyisages conains an allusion to the kindred term sed formerly by David when be said "For Iwas envious of the snacmen (hole) (Px. tant, 3)- God thus sad in eect 10 Devid: "As thos Brest, sec thw crest ander ou thyself wile yet Be driven to play the madean"; and so it 'ae to pass wea he was brought before Achah and sie sarin danger: he then "Pigned hinweif rad (eoyithll i their hand that a, he behived le one ef thowe madmen (Geletim) whow: he fad once caved; and oxy then did the Shekinah come ty hie reseue. How, it may be asked, could tha be, seeing tha the Sheknab abides ony in er own heri= tage, the Holy Land ? The answer ia that from there only she bestows blestings. but for purpases of proection she is to be found clewhere alin So here, wen Jacob departed from Laban, all the holy legions surrounded im, 4 that he was. 'at lef by hima" 'R Hiskih asked: "If that Wass, ow cane Jacob, a stated later, tobe "ft alone" (Gen. axa, 5) ? Said Judah ia Because be Allided hea he sid "Tam not worthy of all the mercies

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and ofall the teuth which thou hast shown unto thy secvant" (Uhid. #1)" R Isaac maid that the reason why ther deparsel sess to leave him alone with the chieftain of Esau, who came own to bine with divine permiasion; and they meal 'went off to chant the hymns for which the hour was then due tnd to sing the praises of the Holy One, blessed be He, and aferwards they retumed to Jacob. "Now T am become two "camps": to mit the camp of the Shekinah and his own howse- hal, so that he was complete on all sides, having his portion both with the white and withthe red, R' leasar mud "The sages have stated thet on that night and at chat hour the power of Esau was inthe ascendant, and therefore Jacab was Fefealone, o, fram another aspect, the sun was left alone, the lighe of the moon having been obscured. Nevertheless, the guardianship of Providence did not lave him ently. so that his antagonist prevailed not against hic, as it saps: "And when he saw that he prevailed ot against im..." He looked. to Jacob's right. and there his gaze met Abraham: he turned twhis eft, and there be saw Inui: he looked at Jacob's body, and he saw that it war fasion of the two sides, and so he tached the hollow of his thigh, which isa pillar adjoining 'the body butte outside the bod Ip this way. then, the angel cencompasted Jacob oa all sidesto delves hima and when the 'Stekinah came dows to abide with bir, there janed ima 'mulitudinoas hosts and lepiors; and it was of thase angels that be seat 2 party to Esau Amp Jacos sewer aNczts, Said R. Abba: 'What induced [Jasob to mabe advances towards Eau ? Would he not have 'done heer to leave hin alone? "The truth is that Jace sa 'ahirmelf: "I am well aware that Esau has great respect for his father and would never came hie any vesation, and #0 1 Jknpw thar Thave no ground to Fear him so long as ry father is alive. Let me, therefore, effect reconcifiation with hima 'wbilst my father is alive Scaightway, then, Jacob "sent Ainge before tu" KL Simece opened a ducourse on the verse: Bette is he that slightly extemed, and hath a sree, 'than he that playeth the mas of rank, and lacket bread (Prox. 3668) vavisunate 137

119). "This vere', he sid. speaks of the [1668] evil promp~
ter, who lays plows and unceasngly rings up accusations against a map. He puffsup 4 man's heart, excouraping hit t0 [Aropence snd conceit, and foduers him tm wor his air and 'Gry his head high, unl he obtains an ascendancy ov Kim 'and drags hie down to Gehinnom. Bere, therefore, one 'whos "Tightly esteemed" and who docs not follow the evil [rompter, butremaims humbie in heat andoperi and uber. Krimsif to the wil ofthe Haly One, bleed be He. The evil rompter is bred down before ach a one, and far is Be fre obtaining the mastery over the man that itis the man 'who obtains the matery over him, a6 i says "but thou mayest rule over him" (Gen. 1, 7} Such » man i better 'than be who "playeth the man of rank", who has 4 high 'opition of hinacl, tile his bear ip fll of eonect > bready mentioned above, but "acketh bread". to wit the 've fac, which s referred t9 "the bread of hin God" (le. 2) (Id. 8) Asin," who ie iy eseemed" in Jacob, who hurled helt before Es 90 thatthe ae should in tne Devoe ise, iment of the blesing: "Let people seve thee, and nates bow 'Sow wo then, ee (Gen. x00, 29)- For Jacobs time Rad fot yet arrive, a he deferred to the future and i the sedate present he "esteemed himself hghtiy"" But in the [proper time "he thet plyeth the man of rank wil kecome {he vervant to him "hat lckcth bread" tothe man Who was alloted "pleney of corn and wine" (Jbd. 28). Jacob knew that was forthe time being netesary fr bie to bumble himself before Esau. and so rade hirwelf 23 one who 'eeemed hinwelf lightly". And, moremer, he dplayed therein more craft and subtlety than in all is other dealings with Esao: and had Esau realised this, he would rather have {kes his own ile than corms to ach « pam Jacob tun acted 'hrooghout with wisdom, and to him can be applied the swords of Hanaah: "They tha strive withthe Lord shall be 'broken i pieces... and be wil give srenath unto his hing, ee" (1 Sem 10)" Ano Me commasneo THEM, savine: Tues suant ve say uxro My Lopp Esau: Tavs sarra tay a vast JAcOm: TAYE sojoURNKD WITa LABAN, AND raven esrie sow. He hegan by representing himaclf ae eau's servant, in order tha the laters thoughts might be "verted fn the bless which be had received fom his father, andthe enjoyment of which he was postponing for a Faure time, as alrcudy sid. Juda suid: "What was Jacob object in saying to Esa, "I fave sojourned with Laban ? What had this todo with his message to Ea ? The reason 'wae that Laban the Aramesn vos famous throughout the 'world as» master magician and sorcerer whose ape na maz {oul escape: He was, in fat the father of Beo, who was the fither of Balsam, ueatoned in Serpeure a5 "Halsam the som 'of Heoe, the soothsayer" (Josh. ait, 22) But forall Laban's Alill and pre-eminence in sorcery ind mage, he could sot 'prevail over Jacob, though he employe all hs arts wo destroy him, as @ ays: "An Arumean designed to deatoy toy father" (Deut. xevt, 5} R Abba said: 'All the world knee shat Laban was the grestet of words and sorcerer and. 'magicians, and that no one whom he washed to destroy could 'ccape from hum, sad thet was from hira that Balsam learnt sit hi skil—Ralzam, of whom its written: "for I know that be whom tho biesest is Biewed, and he whora thet cursest 'is cursed" (Sum. xen, 6). Thus Laban and his magic were 'universally feared. Hence Jacobs fr intimation 10 Esau 'was, "T have sojourned wich Laban", and lest Esau should 'think tharit was merely a month, or, 2t most, «year, headed: snd I stayed until now'"—a space of twenty years And st 'su shoeld think that be had achieved mething of cone- 'quence, he added: "And U have oxen and anes", these being the symbals of tio grads of severity that arenevercombened 'gether swe t9 beng suflering on the wodkd. (This is the derlying reason of the precept: "Tho shalt not plow with 'an or and an ass together" (Deut. xxtt, to). Further, "and. Bicks, and mew-servants sod maid-servans", these being symbolic af the lower crowns whom God sew in Egypt. it the form of "the first-born of eat, the frst bors of the 'captive (Ex 234, a9), andthe Srettorn 'of the maid Servant" (Ubi. 2, 5). Straigeay Esau wan seized with fear stob-r67e) avESRLAH 9 'aad went forth to meet him Indeed, he was ar much rah of Jacob as Jacob seas afraid cf him. Jacob wean hike a waveler 'who hears that robers ae Wing in watt for him on the road. 'Mexiog another man, he ks him whom he bichon, and hevepter:"I ama member af michand such s band of r= ber "Gee ther hee," exclaims the warfare, "for Ihave tout me snake who hills anyone that approaches me" The tran then returns tothe ch of the brigands and wars his, 'sring: "A man is coming along this way whe has sbeut him,

2make wach bites anyone who approaches tum (1p) and
Kills him" Hearing this he chic the bigands ays: "T fad eter go out to moet that man and make peace with fon." When she wayfarer see hiey coming eels: "Woe iste, he is oingtokillme." So he commences to bow acd. prosiate himself before hm, wherevpon the egtine binac-emerence, hing: "If he had with ham suc {tanger sake a be sd, be wold ot have bowed 9 'mach tome Hut sce he dees bow 0 mu Sere re, wll SAR bee in teen eget st mel Bor, Sing: "have sired with Laban apd stayed unt now", 'armuch to my: "have zayed with im twenty yesh and Thave brought with mes dl sake who slays people wath is bite." Esa an hearing this sis "Wo is me, who can stand up before him ?for be mas aad that Jacob weuld ill tim with bre mouth. He therefore went forth o mec him ad 'to make peace with him. But Jacob we real, soon as he {ave bim, "was grey aftad and distressed", and when he [igproted him he commmenced honing and tnecine belore fhm, asst says: ind bowed himself to the ground seven tines, wnt he cae near te his brother" Eas then maid to Imai: "Had he realy been 9 well equipped she sk he would not have bowed fore me", and be again began to ary hime haul, I is writen im regard to Balaum: "And God came unto 'alas at ight" (Som. 38M, 20} Sims i regaed [Laban ics written: "And God came to Latun the Armes ima dreamof the night, and sid unte him: Take heed hy if that show ape not to Jaca either good or bad" (Com, aut, 34) Instead of the words "that how speak mt", we 'we zoman it ee Auld have expected hee "that tho. dno lw Jaa {Wt the trth that Laban in his pursuit afer Jacob dit nce intend to eaten against him sith eed frees be was Srell aware tha acu an his sone were mone than = arch for im, bute designed toil hin withthe ewer of his south Hence: "that tho speak nat and tet "that tho do 'oe eis alo writen: "Te is in the power of my band om do 'rou bur" (Gen, x4, 29) Eaban he this From he warning {ven him, as be himoef continued: "But the God of your Father spoke tome, ete" (Ih) And this inthe wry test= tmony which God commanded the laces t pronouaoe. a= itis writen: "Aad thou sl testify and ay before the Lord thy God: An Aramean intended 9 dstry my father ex" (Dest 0, §)-OF Balan tis further writen: "and he went fot nat other ime, tomers enchantment" (Sam, ths cing bin wont, since he was an adept in vinaions Labaralo ai" have observed the sigs (Gen xx 27) 'hat isto ty, be tested Jacob's fortune by means of bs 'Svieatons, and when he set out t Setoy hm he ao i tended to accomplish hiseod by thesame power of magi and forex, bat God did aot perms hm. And i was in alton to te at alam hs pandson wi: "For thee ism em hamment wath Jab, nether s thee amy divination sth Sac" (Nom. xx, 23). as mocha tomy: "Who can pre- 'valgus thon sen that when sb eantiher sought 0 ouny thes ccs by tcane of enchantment and ne exrie, he did sot suceel as be was st permed to cane Khim Laban, indeed, employed agai Jaco all the tn 'nds of maps and disation of the Basing of the wder- sword crowns, but could do him no hurt anit written and Ie danged my wages tentimes. but God seed him rt to dha me"(Gea. ot 7) wheve the term men (time) sak

0the term me, pulsing "Lind" 'Thee tn hinds of
'stchrat are lloded vo im the vose saying: "There shall ttt ke found among you~ one that eth vimatin, ofan enchamer. of srcret of 4 charer, of te tat conmutcth apt of + fame spine. of 3 Reco. ssanerr" (Dest xvi, 10-11) Jove ad "Divination and cochimement ae feo Sireat ara of the meme poey. a eS 7 So setae sane SS eee cother fund, used enchantments against Jacob, but neither of Sacer See iris earner rae Sa Senet nee oes Soe eee Swiacara ae Tear meee pote eels pair 'superual sanctity, [1678] seeing that God did nce chowse ay 'rope or tonguc to make ane of Hi glory sive His boly epee o pire ranepeoee Sree eis 'leraed who sre fly, os it ix written: "For thou art 2 holy Sa Lead lcci ey 'into contact with impurity and become more impare, and of errr pera 'out the camp shall his dwelling be™ (Lev. xszt, 46); for im- poe eee Rordgsecaes pa tole erica aes Wen ecg fer ay me Rech to admit that he had contaminated hirmelf with Laban and 'he eachantments ? Was thir anything te be credit? Jone 'id to him: "Although RL Judah has given an explanation, 1 gree with you that we ahauld seek another, For we find = 'somewhat similar dificulty in Jacob's words: "Tan Eau thy fira-born'" (Gen. XIVi, 19), where abe we may ak- "Was it becoming for a righteous man bike Jaccb to assume the 'name of the impure Eau?" | will answer both these iti 'cules. There is 2 tonal pause after the word "Tam" (owt)

4'The oman ti beens
In tis panaye, so tat what Jacob celly seid wan: "TE ae (ho fam, but) Essa (i) ty Brt-bora", a already explain ccaewhere. Similarly here jacob meatt to say: "Do not pay {ny roar tothe blessing which my Gather gave, or maior 'hat has been fuliled imme. For he blessed ewe saving, De Tord over thy brethren', whereas of «truth 'ae thy servant Jacob to my lord Esau Again, he these me wth 'plenty 'fcom and wine' but Y have no stock of thes, but enen, aed isch an Hocks and am only a shepherd ithe Belt OF the blesing 'of the dew of heaven, and of the far places ofthe arth' nothing has been fulfilled in me, seeing that 'I have Sejourned with Laban', being merely Sojourner, without so troche Rowse that {can call my rn, et lone the stnse of the earth" The whole of Jacob's resage was thus calc lated divert Eas regard from tone bless. 2 chat be should not quarel with him over them." R- Abbe sid: tis 'written of Jacob that he yas "a perfect man, deine in tents" (Gen. x4, 27). The designation "perfect man" was 'Even ham Became he fei in he two speral Tabernaiee Bnd embeobied in homaelf both thin side and tat ide. and thus nae mace compte Hs language ant not be contrond joes an sine that he bad contaminated araelf witb the 'enchantment cf Laban, and, with ll due espectto R Judah,

1hens wan pee ad fall of thankies for the Mindi
'edhe truth that God hadshown hse Ths Jacob'e message to Esau amounted to saying: "Everyone knows what kind of (2 man Labun and that ne one can eape ham Yet Latoya 'ich kine twenty sear, and though he Custended with ie and sught to destroy me yet God delivered me from bis 'and Jocab's purpose in all he wotds was to prevent Esa from thinking that the Bleesngs had been fullied, and so "For the ways of the Lord are right, 2" (Hox 20,10), abo: "Thou shak he wholechearted with the Lard thy God (Deut sv, 13) Amp Taz axceis arreznep To Jacos, savine: We case To THY BROTHER ESAU, AND MOREOFER HE COMETH TO MEET THEE, AND JOUR MUNDAED MES spb 8a} 'vartsauast 3 setvm wise, The word "Eanu" afer "chy boes" sccm, to be nipertivos. since Jab had no other bathers. ea, however, 2 hint to Jacob net o think that Eas had retraced 'is steps and entered ou the path of recitude, bu hat be 'sul ue sone wacked Ens a0 of ok And moenver he 'comets to mect thee", and that not by hil, hut hosing "four hundred men with bi". Why all thee dzae? Bee 're Gedatens deh inthe payer oft tes an 'He cover Ht sf were, with thie suppocsnons So {ee afr that the ange in charge of the prayers af Isa, 'Sundaiphon by same, take up all tho prayers nd weaves 'ct ofthem s crown fr the Living One of the werk All the 'nore.then, mint we Befiee that the prayers the ghtcoun, in which God takes deighe, are mace ino 2 crown for Him. 'Seeing that Jacob had with him lepine of holy anges it may 'be asked why fe was afraid. The truth is thatthe righteous rely pet on ther morta hot on ther provers and sspplcstons to ther Master. R Simeon said: "The prayer of s omar 'gmade into. crown tobe paced oa the head ofthe Righteous 'One, the Living One ofthe warids; whereas the praver of an presents only ove uc, sd Leweahey bmaiary evogretion. . 'raved for bis prayer, aad hence it writen "Then Jac 'was premly afraid and was dstrened"™" R. Juh cted hee the vene: "Happy i the man thot fart aly; bt he ae Iheedencth hia Beart shall fll ino ent" (Prov. azran, 14h [18a] "Happy isthe people of Issel' he sid, in whows the Hoty One, lensed be He, Snds delphi, and to whom He has Bren the Teeah of truth tht dhreby they uy merit le (Geral. For wheao labour ia the Torth s rooted fram 'Reaves the best fe aod taken up ino the eof the world sy co tig ec: "orth thy Band gh 'ay dpe" (Devt. 8, throug geal prolong your days (led. a, 47), ping Ue this world and onthe world to come." R. Eleazar sd "Who- 'ever boars im the Torah for its om sake wil sox de

4ie ZoKAM tt [r6e
through the agency of the evil promprer (the same being the serpent and the angel of death), inasmuch ase belds fs to 'the tre of Ke and reaxeth not. Fortis easoa the boxes of the righteous who hare laboured in the Forsh remain oo deited after death, since the sprit of defiement does not 'hover ever them. How came it, then, that Jacob, who was the 'sce of Life ise, as it were, was ataid of Esau, who surely 'ould not prevail agaiet him? Had he not, to, the promune™ 'And, behold, I'am with thee" (Gen. xvi, 15)? And kad the nat further protection in the escact ofthe Rost of bol angels of whom it sas, "and the angel of God me him" (Utid scx, 2)? The reason, however, of his fear was that he Aid not wish to rely on a miracle, as he did nox enesier him self deserving that a miracle should be wrought on his behalf 'Te cause of hin sclfmiorruse was that head oc enaered 'ila service his father and mather a be should have daze, and that he had not devoted himself 9 the Torak. and, further, that he ad married twe sisters. But, in truth, 2 man should always goin fear and ofer up prayes tothe Almighty, 'seit cays: "Happy isthe man tha feareth alway", "Ye was the prayers odered up by the patriarchs that us. (mined the world and by them ae pel al who dwed there: in;and the merits of the patriarchs will never be forgotten, fnamnch 2 they form the support af the upper and the lower realm; and Jacob's support i firmer than that of a the others. Hence st that when the chidren of Jacob are 'oppresed, God looks atthe image of Jacob and i filled with [ity forthe wockd. This is hinted im the pssage: "Then wil [remember my covenant with Jacob" (Lev. x1, 42), where the name Jab is spet Arar, with een, which i ioe the image of Jab. 'To lock at Jacob wat ike looking at the "lear mirrie™- According to tadition, the beauty of Jacob ware tthe of Adan the St mae" Jone aed "Thneve Ibeard tasdthat he sho sees in hit dream Jacob rubed in his 'euntle enjoys length of ie' R Somene and: "We kave learnt that oo lifeporton vas orginally assigned to David, but 'Adam pave lim seventy years of fis own, and so David ved Seventy years whilbt Adam lived a thousand years let seventy; thos the fine thouund years included the Ives of 68-1688] vaviseuan 'eth Ado the Git ans King Di The Spur' be sid, 'sladesto this imthe vere. "He aked life of thee, thou eaves it im: even length of days for ever and eves" (Ps. [Eat 5) For hen God crested the Carden of Eden and placed init the soul of King David, Hesaw tha ¢ posed no Efe [porion ofits own, and cat thost for 2 remedy. Sowben He 'reed Adam the fist man. He sic "Here, indeal, isthe 'remedy; ands «was that fom Adam were derives the seventy years that David ved Furher. ech ofthe pararchs 'conceded him some years of bis own He. that & 10 sy, Abrahams and Jacob amt Joarph but nat Teac, hecose Kit Dard belonged tthe me ade ss hme Abratam alowed Ii Bee year ofthe hundred aed eaghty years which he wan [properly eared to lve, 50 that be lived only 2 hundred sad 'Siveny-Sve yea, Sve years lo than his duc Jas was ano doe to ve i this woe ax many years at Abraham, but he Tived (1688) only a hundred and forty-seven years. Thus, "Abvatam and Jarsb berween thm conceied to Dand ture 'thre years Then Joarph should have led hundred and fory-scven Years like [acob, his father, bat he fllshore of that number by thirty-seven years. These. with the other 'tia thren, completed the sevncy sear allrted fo Dawid, 'wsch were thus transcrred wo ham out of the Ives of the Fotnacche The reson why Fear did not ranefer ta him 2097 'Jers like the cers was that he was humacl¥ wrapein darkness, [Bea Dad come from the ade ef darkses, an he who i Gariness powenes no light whutever, sor any Hie: ti for 'that reaion tht David pomescd no ie a all of his own. But there others being pense of fphr. could ford bebe to {King David, who was tcholden to them for igh ad for Ee, since ofthe duck side be had no ife a al. Hence Las did ot 'come into the reckoning. Why, it may be med, wat Joueph's 'Suton greater than thane af he other to together? 'was because Joueph wa reckoned the equvalent of the other 'since he was called "the rightenss and he was better "able than the others tollamine the moce, and hence be con- 'cede to King David a preate sare of ifehan all he others. "To protec imeeif xin Bsns, Jacob resorted peaver and Sd not ey upon bis merit ince be desired tokexp this

146vue zouan tt [ees
in reserve for the Benefit of his deseodancs inthe Future, and 'ot to use it up now against Faau. Hence he now offered up his prayer to the Almighty, and did net rely upon his meni, nar atk fr deliverance for theit sake. Hence we tead= AND HE sap: Lr Esa cose 10 THE OSE CAMP, AND aMITE 1%, THEM THE CAMP WHICH 15 LEFT SHALL ESCAPE. Ik 'nas foe thi reason that he "divided the people that was with him nto two camps". Now the Stekinah never departed 'ror the tent of Leah nor frem the tent of Rachel Jacob knew, therefore, that they were under the protection of the Ale mighty, and oo e put the hdmaids and thee children fare- mort, raying to hiewelf: "If Esau sys them, well, he wil 'lay them, but as regards the others Ihave no fear, since the Sekinah is with them." Hence it says: TWEN THe CAMP 'enicH 3s LEFT SHALL sscare. Having taken this step, hhe nest resorted to prayer. as itis written: And Jacob sad, © Goo of wy raruex AmpAuan, axp Goo oF mr rarnen Taaac, O Loan, wno S4ipsy cwTO Me Revuax UNro THY COUKTRY, AND TO THY KINDRED, xb [WILL Do THEE GooD." R_ ose discoursed on the vee: A prayer of the poor, wen he faiteth(3a'atof) and oureth out hs complaint bere the Lord (Pa. cit, s). He suid: "Arha been laid down in many places, this psalm wan eom- owed by King David when he contemplate the plight of the oor man, and that was wher he led from his father-in-baw, It wasthen that be composed a" prayer ofthe poor", as much

40"Behold, this i the peayer a poor mn ofers up
the Almighty, and one which should aeend in advance of other prayers" The phrase, "sprayer ofthe poor", nds ite in the expression: "A prayer of Moses, the man of Got" (id. x, 1), the one alluding te the phplctery of the head, the other that of the arm, the two being inseparable and of equal importance. The reason why the prayer of the poor admitted frst into the presence of the Almighty ix 'dicated i the verse: "Fore hath not despised nar abhorred the lowliness of the pou, x (Zid. 24,25). According to another exposition, the tem "a prayer" is an alleion to 'Moses; "ofthe poor" to David; "when hefainteth" (ya atop = is covered) to the moon when it i hidden and the sua is 168b 169] varisanan ap 'wera fom it Oscrve hatthe prayer of thee peoples just prayer, but the prayer of «poor man Breas through ll borrers and storms sts war tothe pretence af the Almighty. 'So Sciptare srs: "And it hall come to pas, when he es 'untome, tha Twit bea; for Tam gracious" (E33, 20) alos "E wil surely hear thei ery" Ubd. 22) David cose 'Snues= "and paureth out his complint before the Lord", ke ane who protests aginst the ndgements of the Almighty RC Elezar su: "The prater ofthe rghteols is an objet of jos forthe Coen of Ire, [sa] who weave out of itacrowa by which adom themscles before the Holy One, blest be He. Hence Gol holds sem special affction= He Tongs as were, forthe prayer of the righteous, wien they rein tris, became they Inow Bow appease her Master" 'Nae the words of hicob's pryer- O Gop oF x¥ arnt Aamalant, anb Gav OF Mv FATHER TeAAc, © Toro, wio sainsy uxro Me= Rerexx. Various srands are here fly interwoven. "O God of my father 'Abeaham' symbolises the Rights "God of my father Ina" 'ymbofiacs the Left; while i the words "Who aidet urco te Jacob itermove himself berwcen the te Tas xor Worry of aut THE weactes. The conne= tom of those werde with whet precedes ie ax fullors. Jaca 'stdin effect: "Thou has promised xe to deal well with me, 'but Hknow that all chy promises are conditional. Now, behold, possess no merits, so that lam not worthy ofall the mercies land ofall dhe to which Tho hast shen unta Thy servant: 'and all that Thou hast done for me until this day 'Thou bast dane nt fc sake of my merits but for Thine own sake. For be~ hol, when first crossed the Jordan, desing from Eanu, Iwas allalone, Dut Thow hast shown unto me mercy and truth in thae Thave now crossed with two companies." Upto this point Jacob was reiting the prases ofthe Almighty; be then pr 'eed to pray for his requirements From Jacob all men cin take example, when offering prayer, st to recite the petscs of their Maser, and only then to present their petition. So Jacob, after prasing the Lond, continued: "Deliver me, T 'pray thee, from the band of my brother, from the hand of us ue 2oWAR 1 692-2698 Ess; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother With the children." Here, too, Tesson that in praying 3 'man should aate in precise terms what he requies. That Jouib commenced: "Deliver me, T pray thee," and since i 'might be sad that he had aleady been delivered from the hand of Laan, he added "rom the hand of my brothes", tad since, again, the term "brother" covers al relatives, he 'added "from the hand of Esau and yet agin, les it should the urged thut he had no need of such a delivery, he com tinued: "for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the smother with the children: all die sm order that there shld eno pasitilty of misunderstanding. Axp tuow sainst: I witt scrnt¥ po Tare Goon, 'ere. We tind Ring David cloang a prayer wath the words. "Let the words of my mouth and the meltation of ny heart be acceptable before thee" (Ps. fx, 15), the former ofthese clauses referring to what he had actually said explicitly, and 'the latter to his inner thoughts which he had only half ex- prosed. 'This divnioe of prayer into dearly expremed and hha-expresad desires corresponds to 4 distinction in the chivine grades the clearly eapresed praver being abdeesoed tothe lower grade, the meaitaton ofthe hear ta the higher and inner grade. Jacob divided his prayer similarly; frst he sisted what he desired distinctly, then heeft his thought only hha expressed, in the words allading to the promise made to 'ie, "and Lill make thy seedas the cand of the sea, which 'cannot be numbered fer multitude". There was here an under- Aying thought which war beat eft mexpremed. This vain wat necessary, 26 explained, 9 ae to make the wnification complete. Happy are the righteaus who know how to express fittingly the prises oftheir Master, as a preliminary to their 'payer. Of tem its writes And he said unto me: Thou am 'ny servant, Iseae, in whom I will be prt (a. xn 3) Axo Jacon was Ler aLoxE, eve. R. Hiya discoursed 'onthe verse: There shall no eel Befll the, nether shal ay 'lspue come igh thy tnt (Pe 3c, to). 'When God, he maid, 'exrated the world, He made on each day [1698] the work 1694} vayisuan 49 appropriate for that day. 'This has already been explained. 'Now an the fourth day the Kite were crete; bus the moon 'was created without ligh. since she diminished herself. This 'i implied in the phrase "Let there be lghte", wherein the term meoroth (lights) & writen defective (ss the eter 'at, anit were me rot (curses); fora a real ofthe moon's imioution, occasion was yranted to all spirits and demons {and hurncznes ae denis exerts myo a all ancien 'spirits ie up and travene the world seeking whom to seduce; they Faunt ruined places, thick foesta and deserts. "Tho areal fem the ale of the wocean spirit which. a has 'been sd, sates fom the crooked zerpent, who fy, indeed, the veritable unclean spirit, and whose erission isto seduce man after hime Hence iis thatthe evil prompter has way in the woth, following en abwut and espn ing all mane! 'sev and seductions torn them aside from the paths ofthe ialy One, bleed be He. And inthe same nay as heseduced 'Adam and theeby brought death into the world, so docs be fever seduce men and cause therm to defile themsehes: and 'whoever allows himself to be defied draws upon himscif the lunelean spirit and elings unto hie, and rurerous unclean Influences are ae hand to dele im so thet he remaine pol- {ued inthis world and inthe world to come. Contarvisc, should « man strce to purify himself, the unclean spirit foiled and can no longer damiate him. 'Thus i is writen: "Nocwil shal befall ther, nether shall any plague come nigh thy tent" R.Jose said" "Exil here alludes to Lilith (night- demon}, and "the plage 10 the other demons, as has been light Foe at that time the unclean spirit, which isthe same as the evil opine is at large. Now, the term "evil" here is an alluson tothe evil serpent, while "the plague" alludes to hia who rides on the serpent, so that evil and plague work to- ether. Ik is true, we have also been taught that the term plague" signifies "the plagues ofthe sons of man", which 'anu from Adam. For daring allthose years that Adam kept away from his wife, unclean spiris came and conceived from,

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hi, and bore offspring, which are eae "plagues of the off- spring of Adam' and it ha been armed thst when 2 msn isaleeping and sox in control of birself be sasaled by an ttnclean opti and sometimes by a umber of unclean female spirits who draw hr unto themselves, conceive from him ard fe hth pty and denon.' msec pan Taman beinga, seve that they here ait tee Peerage ser teres poppe rey og gains them and not to let himself e contaminated by thers, 'but to follow the paths ofthe Torah. For thereis no mas falls asleep on his bed in the night-time but he has a foretaste of death in that hi soul (neseama) departs from hirn/andsince [is bods is left without the holy soul,an uncle sprit exmes snd hovers upon itand it becomes desled. I has sleady Been 'aid elsewhere that a man should not pass his bunds ever his 'yes when he waker inthe morning on account ofthe unciean apis hovering overs bess Now) althonghs Jac ms eloved by the Almighty, yet when he was left alone atrange spirit immediately came and joined bute with him" RL 'Simenn sid: It seamitten of Balance, "and be went sf (to bore beigic)" (Nom. x, 3} The word shefisigniies "alone", nd i is also akin wo the tera shffo, inthe phrase "shefifon (a horned snake) inthe path' So Balas went sane, hea snake tht gues alone and lurks in by-pathe and nex swith the object of stracting to himee¥ the unciean spirit. For bbe who walks alone at certam periods and in certain paces, 'cen im ston, stiracs to bimelf the unclean spent. Hence 'one should ever go on 2 lonely road, even in ty but 'only where people are about, nor should a man go oat in the tight-time, when people arene longer about. Itis fora similar 'reason that it is writen: "hie body stall not remain all night 'pum the ree" (Det. xt 23). [1708] a0 as not to leave the ead body, mich w alone, without the spit, above ground {in the mht. The wicked Ralaam, however, for that very 'eaten went alone like the serpent, = already explained" Amp Tires WaEstLep (cayegeey) 4 sas wiTHE HIDE

1Joshua the son of Lexi sd: From the word hee' oxg (in
dus wrestling) oe farm that they rained x dust with ther feet rx) varsman ss which reached the Throne of Glory, as this word finds a Pel mh pre he di ato et (han eRe coste deme tuld sre eT

1Glory wbich is the seat of jadgement" Sean
"This dunt (she) was not ordinary dust, bu ashes, the resi <i fe. dies Een dan proper in that i strlen lunproductve, wheres dunt (afar) that fom which al fait {and wegeation sping and commento the ler and hgher 'estencen" K Jodsh remarked: "fs, how can we expan "He meth up the poor out of the dun" (Sam 10,8)? B Semcon rep: "The dot pomsees nothing of bese ste from the dus thatthe poor man bas to be 'Famed who porscnes nothag of lm own ether. At the same {ume the dust i the sour of all ftalnen and of 2 the were, upon that dust im order to contest Jacob's right" Unsie sme weeaning oF ve 9Ar; tho bing the mo 'ment when hb doninon pascd aray and vanities The fame wil happen inthe tne to come For the proses eile '= ike the might. and in that night the harren dost rules over Tare, who are prostrate tobe dun; and vo twill be until the light willanpea sed the day wil break: hen frac will oben power. ad tu then wil be gen the kingdom a they se the Gnu 'of the Mat High So Seaprure says: "Aad the 'gdm andthe dono, za the grates of the kings tnder the whole leeven. sal be pen to the people ofthe 'sis of he Mast ight kingdom san velasting ins 'orn, and all dominions stall serve and obey them" (Daa. Asp uesarD: [Witt wor LeT THEEGO,ExCEPT THOU 1s2 'THE 0HAR 1 [syoe-170b 'hLa88 Se, R Justa dscouned onthe verne= Wa she hat Dok forth asthe daft the mon, clea he ae, r= 'le as a army sth banners (8. 5. Vi 10). "Thin vere' be 'ad, Teer to Irae, at the tne when the Holy One bleed

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that tie he will ist open for them a oy aperture of i. then another somewbt larger and soot ust Ele wll ros open for them the supernal gues which face em ll the four (quarters of the world And. indeed, thit process Followed by Godin all the Hl dos for Tarel and the rightoos among them For we know that when aman hasbeen fo shut up Girksess 9 necoeary. on bringing hin ito the ight at to me for him an opening as sal asthe eye of «needle, Sind then ane alte ger, and so on padualy anal be can truce the fll ght. Tis the same with Ica, as we cea: By Hele and lle I will dave them out from beare thee, sunt thou he increased te." (Ex. ma 0). Sa, tm ack 'in who srecversng canna be givens full et ala ce, bot only gradual. But with Enna it was pot. His Bie 'came ats bound, ut wil radaaly be wither rom rn {eri Israel wil ce into their awn an destroy Bm cor "rom thin world and fromm the werd to come: Became fe plinged into the light alla once, therefore he will be 'sect and completely etemmawted. rat's gh, oe the 'ther hand, will come tle by ite, wet hey wal Become ng. God wil lemine them forever. All then wal sh "Wh i she that oes fr ke the dawn hs big ference to the fst ny steak af the ow, then "ia he 'none the light of the moon being srnger than tha of the 'Sewm and then "lear asthe sun tht = ill toe Tighe, and fell) "teible = am army with bonnes", ex preste ofthe ight in ts ful strength For, jax ax when the 'Sawn emerges fn the darkness st ght a rt sine, bat 'radaily brighten ll fall dels rached, so when God frill lecie Himaef to shine pow the Community of Teach He wir shedon them a rak fight ke that ofthe dy 'beak which is til lack, then inrease ito make i ira the maa, then "ero the ut ut it wil be "temene dour an army with banners" already plained" [172] rpebapie} vermin 13 "Nor in connection with Jacob it is not writen: "Yee day- teak has cme(he'", but "for daybreak Ras ge pala) For st the moment wher daybreak arrived. the Cefn cheb of the dawn passed the fight came on and Jarob's power in- 'reased: forbs time had then arrived to come ito the light, 'aes written: "And the sun mse spon him ashe passed over PenicL Un the nest words, AND We LIMTED UFOW m1 'THLcM, these is 2 hint that after Ieee in exe have endured many sufferings and pains, when daylight rcs upon them and they atin to rest and ease they will their memory go hough ayia ther pst fed allicioas and wall wonder how they could have endared them. So Jacob, after "the'sun had risen upas im", was "lemping upon his high", 'vexing himelf for what had befallen. But whes the Backrest Sf she marly dave pune be made « great flere and prasped bis opponest. whose strength at the same time pave out, his dominion being only ducing the night, wheres Jacob has ssendney in the dayne Hence be sd: Ler Me co, THE 1 RREARETH, whet, me might have added, thy power".

1Hpac Hed face' rege oot fed hin ot at
'get (the stew that sank) e would ave prevaled agatat the angel av cxmpletely that Enu's power would them have heen hres beth on high and below" R Sime remarked: "Enckiel the proper and: "As the appearance of the bow th si the ltd i the day of rin 30 was the ofthe bnghtness round about Tha war the appearance ofthe Tikenes of the plry ofthe Lord. And when I saw i 1 fll spon amy fee, ee." (Ex. 28). That vere iatates the Gtfrence between the ether proper sad Movs, of whom it 'written, "And there hath ast arsen a prophet ance i Lael Fike unto Mones" (Dew. nxn, 19), For Mose gure into toe clear mire of prophecy, whereas all the other prope: Jones into shay miro. [2744] Mones receved the divine smeszage standing and wth ll fas crocs wnmparred. and be Sempetended is ull. ae is writen: "even marten, and tot im dark speeches" (Num 2a) 8): whereas ache prophets yin rowan st bre state of ethaustion and didnot obiin a perfectly clear measoge. All those prophets thus failed to 'aloe filly what Cd had in store for Eni the Fare sith the exception of the prophet Obadiah, whe, being himelf 2 roselyte, originating frum the side of Eu, was able 1 rnceive a fll meseize with regard to Esau. The seman why all the prophets expe Moses were thus weak was that "he 'wuched the hollow of Jacob's thigh through the sinew of the thigh-vein"—the sinew that draws tothe thigh alts energy: erg ofthe thigh was thus broken, ae Jacob remained Timing upon his thigh", and hence the rest ofthe prophets, with the exception af Moses, could not retain there facaliex during a vision and grasp i fully. Now just a tbe prophets 'were thus weakened, so when scholrs are aot encouraged and no one gives them pecaniary suppor: the Torah is for~ fotten from one generation to another and is strength is 'Teaiened, those who toil init having ne support, and the Sinful ingdor increases in power with each da. Much evil therefore results: since, atthe upholds ofthe Torah become 'wether, strength cthersby gained by hem who ae no ge 'Zand open. For when God said to the serpent, "upon thy telly shah thou go" (Gen. it 14), the serpess ad his sup- om and legs cut ef so that he was eft with nething to sand 'a Bur when Israel negiect to supportthe Tora, they thereby Seonide hin wath supports and lees un which to stand frm and upright 'Many were the xratarems and cunning devices to which the serpent-ider resorted os that night against Jacob. For he well knew that "the voice inthe voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands af Fans" (Gen st, 22). 29 that whenever the 'oie of Job sunterrupted the hands of Esau are reaferced He therefire cant about om all des for means of intempo tis voice, but he found him strong om all ses, bis rms 'tong on both ses and firmly upbeid between them, and the Torah feral entrench therein. Secing, therefore that 'be could woe preval aganst hie, he "touched the hollow of is thigh": Fore koew that when the suppor of the Torah are brake, the Torah stelfis shaker; hence be though that fn this way he should reap the bene of wha dhs father had namely 'break lone, that thou shalt shake fie yoke from thy neck" Ubi. 2). His whale parpne in contending sith Jab was 'tw break the force of the Torah, and whes he saw that be 'could pot stke athe Torah tet he weakrned the power af Jes upholders fr without upbalders of ene Tera here will 'be no "voce of Jacob", and the hands of Ess will operate. Jacob, an seeing this, at naa a8 dap rake, sized bold of him 'ind dd po et bir £0, that be Bleed him and eonfiemed {0 hie those bleings, and suid to him: "Thy name call be led no more Jacob (Ya'uyeb=supplantcr). but sacl (Yin peincehood and strength), a0 that no one can pre 'val apinet thee" Now, from the serpent issue eemerous Ibo nhich daperethomlves on every ede to prom! shout the world It istscumbent, therefor, upon ws to proeevein complete state the snew of the thyb-vern, for athough the serpent-rider touched vetainedits vay, and we FEqare sts rength to etablich aurscves i the world and to mabe 'gad the words: "Foe thou hast sive with God and with (Remand Reet prevailed" When the adversry see chat Chat aris wt bruken o consemed, his own strth and courage Se broten [1718] and he cn no more do any harm tote (of Jacob. Its foe that reason that we are forbidden t0 give 'that par (of a0 animal) to anyone o eat and may nc benefit of it im any way. RJeue the dder comected the word "touche in ths clause with the same word i the verse: "fe Ua toucheth the dead, even any man's dead boty, ete" (Sum aim £2) Just as nthe later cae' be sid there i deflement,s0 bere deflement imped, that pat of the 'os being an oboe of deilement. sr that we may mee pit toany we whatecr" Biewcd be the Merciful Ove who pave the Torah to Israel, whereby to merit this world and the ASD NE MIMSELY rasseD OVER BEFORE THEM, AND '2OWED HIMSELF To THE GROUSD SEYEX ThatEs, UNTIL BE CAME NEAR To mis SRoTHER. Said R. Eleeze: Tris

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"writen, "For thou salt how dawn 10 no other god. forthe 'Vor, whose ames Jealous isa jealous God" (Ex 08,14) "Nov, Jicob was the consummation ofthe patriarchs, who was sclected a8 the cheicest portion of the Almighty, and was rough: specially near to Him and was persed above and below. How came it then, tat auch a man should bow dw tothe wicked Esau, who was ofthe side of aoetber gd, that bowingdowo to him was the sine as bowing down wo ancther sod? The proverb it is ruc sap, "When fox xin honour, bow dwn to him." This, owerer, could net apply to Ban, 'who ws like another god, Belonging to that ss and that portion to whom Jacob woul! in no way bow dows A 'Similar dificoly arses withthe yerse: "And thus ye shall 'y= Alla! (leas, bt. tothe ving ane) aed peace be both lunto thee, and pease he to thy house, and peace be wnte all 'that thou hast" (1 Sam. x3, 6, Now, inasmuch wx sccoeking {to our aching itis forbidden wo give the fest greng to wicked man, bow could Davad have sent sch 3 menage Natal? There, however, the explanation i that David in reality addrened is words to God, a 9 tmped im the ex 'preswon lehay (tothe Living One) although Nabebmsundes~ {Sood them as addrowed a amet Siar. when we rad: "And Ieact bowed himsef upon the bes head" (Ges. sym, 32). we are ot to nsppme that he bose dows im 'orshig tos sn, bat that his etance was ditected toeards the spot where the Skekinah rested. So inchs passage, the words: "and he himself pase over before them' refer a the evistial Sbekinah who west before Jab i order 10 'STurd ian the peumised proumtion (rom on high When Trcub became aware ofthis be thought t sumbent ce Bim tommaie obesance wards the Haly One, blesed be He, wha seas goeg, at were en froctof am and so "be bowed humaelf {he ground seven mcs unl he carne nea to Bs Pte". 'Mark tat ie noe ween, "aad he bowed down so Essa", but simply "he bowed down". implying thie be did 30 became he sew the Holy One, blemed be He. sping bore fim, oot that he made ocmuncr by way of worship to any se tle Everything wae thas ie order. Happy are the fe all of lho ations ate foe the zloy of theie Master, apbazse} 'vernmcast sr ad vith the cb ha they thelr boul arm ster 'to the right nor to the left." Axo Esau maw To MEET KIM, AND ESNRACED S818 'AND FELL OW BIS NECK AND EISSED WIM: amb Tey 'War. The word zeero (his sec) is sedheresatead of the sree urs zara; wile dt are place over the eters of the word raysshgeha (and he kined hin). Said R Tasc: "Many are the methods by whch the Senpture comers econtne allusion, yr with scommmon purport Iris writen: "hu the wicked ae Uke the woubled se: for cannet rst, sedis waters cst ip mire ad drt" (a rt, 39} This vee (nay be applied t Eas, all of whove actoes were wicked and 'infu Hes approuches to Jaceb this ecason were 'areas is shown bythe sigan mentioned sbore" The "nek" 'here's an allusion to Jerusalem, which is indeed the neck of the ener, snd the wnglar form savers wed instead of the regular dual form autora as a hin thi the seed of Essa sree dy ll pond ry on the nro Tomplon. 'Resin, the dots above the word eayehageha (and be Rased 'am indicate that he hse rm eelcransr 'The ver "bat 'the Rises ofan enemy are importnate™ (Prov. x30 6) has be applied by our teachers to Hsia, win. sthough he blemsed farsel dit gaiot hail: bu Exo provides other \tlmtsion RJourand "Ise writen: "Forte hastamiten Allen cneics up the check thou hast broken the eth of 'the wicked (Px nt, 8). and there i tration which ead Ihave shot (aes base logcheme)Stend of ohh: (thou hast brake), to indicate thar Esa'steth were wid <dealy lengthened to prevent tim from biting" We read forte: Axp Tury WEPT; both the coe and the other 'wth god cme, [724] the companion have expended. For Esa wat = erly disposed to Jacob that even at that very fume be was planning bow to afc hms 20d ng accanices gsi him a the dita future. Hence they wept: Jab for 'ea lest he might not escape from his brother's oeslanght, sand Ess. think that his father wea ill ave that be was tunable to do any harm to Jac" Abi aid "Awuredy

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Eau's wrath was albyed a the moment he bebeld Jacob, since his chieftain fad confirmed Jacob's claims, and there- ore it would have Been vain for Esau to vent his wrath, Fer all the affairs of this world depend on what is dane above, and whatever is agreed upon above i accepted below, and 9 power can be exercised helow until poner is granted abure. Twos one world depends always on the other" Ler sty Lonp, I rxay tute, rass oven siroas 115 sinvant; ann TWILL JOURNEY ON GENTLY, ETC 'R Eleazar id: 'This bears out what we sid before, namely, that Jacob did not wish as yet to avail himself of the fir 'blessings tht he received from his father, aot one of which Trad an far heen flied, since he reserve them for the end of days when his descendants should need them ia their struggle aginst the rations ofthe work Hence, when sad: "Let ws take our journey, and it us go", thar, "let ws sure together this world and rule if im partnersbip Jaca replied: "Let any Joed, 1 pray thee, pass over before his 'errant 8 much 280 say: "Have thou first thy darsinion 'ofthis world, and I wil journey om genty, and reserve myself {fos the world to come and for the later days that low en greatly... 'unt Home unto my lard ueto Seite 1 will endure subjection to thee unsl my time will come t9 rule 'ver the mount of Esau, 26 it whiten: 'And saviourx shal come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord's' (Obs. 1 2)" Axp Jacon jounstyen to Succor#, aso nutty Mia 4 HOUSE, AN MABE BOOTHE FOR 13 CATTLE. THEREFORE THE NAME OF THE FLACE ts CALLED StC~ corn. R. Hiya discursed on the vere: Except the Lond bid the hase, ee, rcept the Lond hep the cy, ee. (Ps car, 1). Hesid: 'When God resoled to create the word, He produced out ofthe primed lap of octilation © sucles tht hed forth from the mike of darkness and 'emined on high while the darkness went below. Te flashed 'oe throuh 2 hundred pots and wave some asrow and weer vavtentan es some broad, until the House ofthe wosd! was made Thi 'Mouse farm the cent of the universe, and thas many dors and vestibule on alli aides, sacred and exalted aces where 'he celestial ids bull Wet nests each scaring to hind. From the midst of rises a large tre, with mighty ranches and abundance of frie provising food forall, which reas Tay metapen bens inget oar cenenn ey 'it about and see many things. until the darkness by which house is caveloped fa aroused and sends forth Maine 'strikes with mighty hammers, causing the doors to be 'opened, and splitting the rocks; then the fame gues up and stand at the left side and mrad of myriads stand at the 'ight side. And the herald stands in his place and makes loud "Then innumerable are thie who chant hymns And make obeisince; and {wo doors open, one an the South and one on the North. The ouse then i lited up and i fastened betneen the two sides, whilst hymns are chanted and songs of prise ascend. 'Then some enter silently whilst the house is lit up on every side with six lights, belliant and 'and from thence How out atx rivers of balsam from which all the "animals ofthe Held" ave watered, as it says: "They sive drink to every animal ofthe el, the wild 'ues quenchtheirthing, ete." (Fs-ct¥, 11} They thascontinue "te hound he sul hr seman bmn bead ofan', sane Cte ang ae pom we ge

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'Singing praises until daybreak. At daybreak, the stars, the 'constelitions and their heats all commence ta chant sung of praise and hymns, as we read: "When the morning srs sang together, and all the sont of God shouted for joy" (Gob axevu, 7). Now observe the words: "Except the Lond build the house they labour in vain that build i." 'Thisie a 'reference w the Mast High King who constantly builds the Ihowre and perfects st, but only when acceptable wonhip sascends from below in due farm, Then again the words "Except the Lord beep the city, the watchman waketh but {in vain" refer tothe time when the darkness ofthe night sets in and armed companies roam to and fro in the word, and 'the doors are shut, and the city guarded on all ides na that the uncircumcised and the unclean may fot come near 'So it sys: "For henceforth thee shall no more come unto thee the uncircumcised and the unclean" ({6. 11, 3}, since God will one day remove them from the world. Who, then, i the uncreumcsed and who isthe unclean They are both 'one, the same that seduced Adam and his wife to follow him 'nd so bring death into the world. ig, too, will continue to defile this house uni such time asthe Holy One, blessed be He, will eatse him i vanish from the world: Hence: "Except the Locd keep the sity, et." "Observe that Fab "journeyed to Succwth", whereas Esau "returned that day on his way unto Set", each one taking the ron! woward his own side: Eau betook Nirmelf toward the sede of Se, than, tard the "range noma the ngs 'god, which are both designated bythe name Koos preyed weave Gacontah rae tae 'ative athe true uth. "And built him a house" en wit, the House of Jaco" Said R. Eleszar: Here ian indication that 'acob instituted evening prayer. We read farther: "and he 'made booths (zucoth) for his cathe"; these were other taber= Axp Jacon cast renrecr shalom): perfect in every respect; the same allusion is <imtained jn the words: "In 'Shalem (Lit in perfection} alac he act his tabernacle" (Ps. rabry3e) vastsmcan. aor 'xx, 3). Forfa became his constant companion when he attained perfection, whem he was owned in the =p" 39. friate to im; and then alo that Tabernacle wat cmvned 'long with him sho was the perfcton ofthe potrarcha being completed by hinsona Ie was this perfect om allan: perfect on high, perfect below, perfect in heaven and perfect fn earth. Perfect on high in that be was the consummation of. 'the patriarchs, the glory of Israel; perfect below, trough 'is ly sons; estes n hexven and peter on cath 0 that "in perfection sho he set hi tbernale™. Axp Dinait THE pAvcnYER oF Liaw WENT ob. "The companions have rerathed tha: there ext satiety of gales snd sides om high, each ane diferent from the ether, Jerpedts ofall sorts, one kind endeavouring to grin dominion 'ver the other and to devour prey, each according toi kind. From the sds of the wnalose spit ever so many grades 'ranch out, and all of them fe in wait w bring accusations gait exch other. Hence its written: "Thou shalt act plow 'with an ox and an ase together" (Deut xa, 10), ingsuth 36 'hen these ate jommed together they bring accustions aera 'unkind. Observe further that the great desire of the unclean grades isto find mate of change aginst the holy sides Thos since Jacob was 2 holy man, they al layin wait for him and 'contended with him. Fit she serpent bit him wien be Touche the hollow of hi tg, and now the at bt hits 'Theo it was Jaco himself who opposed the serpent, aow it 'was Simeon and Levi, who belonged tothe sie [1734] of stern judgement, who stood up againet thease and provalled 'ver him and completely subdied him as we read: "And they slew Hamar (it aes) and Shachem his sn with the eof the sword." Now Simeon, who was under the zodiacal sign of '9 (Taurus), set upon the ae so as to prevent the two From Jing, a= then the later would ave set upon him. All came to contend with Jacob, who, however, was delivered from 'them and afterwards obtained damivon aver them. Then 'eamethe one whois designated or, and made bimsel perfect "roms the anes, that in among those wo were of the ade 'oF the aia For Josh was dengnated ox. md ofthe Egyptian ie 'THe zoWae 1 iced the Scripture says! "whow flesh iy 25 the Mesh of aes" (Es, sx, 20} It was for this remon thatthe sans of Jacob Inter on fell among those asses, inasmuch asthe ox was jioed 'with them; and they bit them tothe bane weil Levi aroe a8 'onthe former vccasion, and scateted and sulbbued hem, aad 'tery broke thei force. He also removed the os fram them, _a it is written: "And Moses took the bones of Joseph with 'him' (Ex san, 19). Observe that when Simeon aszaled the se (amor) on the st occasion he rst made them see blond whe bloed of circumeisn—aad after that "hes slew all che smales God deal in the same may theough the hand ofthe Levit, Mase, with those other aes, the Egyptians He fest shurwedthem blond snd afterwrs "the Lordsiew all the fat= bor inthe land of Ezypt (hd xt, 29) Incomnecton with amor it is writen: "They took their flocks and their ends and their axes, e:"; im connection with thase other aes it is written: "jewels af alver and jewels of go, and raiment" (Usd. 35) also: "And 2 mised multitude went up also with 'oem: and cs and herds even very snuck etle™ (Tbe. 38). In the seme wag, tn, a6 Simeon withstood this one a, Lest 'wsthetood that company of anes They all conspired apace [Jacob the holy man and essayed we Bite his, but be eget with hes sons stood up against them and subdued them. But 'ow tht Esau i sting him and his cildrer, who will eand. 'up against him? Jacob znd Joseph, ove on sor ide and the ther os the wthcr ake. Se Serpeste saya: "And the Beno of Jacob shall bea fre, and the howe of Joncph a flame, and the howe of Eu for stubble, ta" (Oba #18). Axp THE JOURNEYED: AnD A Teanot oF Goo was rom THE CITIES THAT WERE ROEND ABOUT THEM, [AND THEY DID NOT PUASUE AFTER THE SONS OF JACOR. [Rone snd: "They all came together. but when they com smencnd to gied on their arm a terror scinel them and they lefe then alone Hence "they dd noe pursue after the sons of Jacob" Por Away THE STRANGE coos, src, These were the sslver and guid veels that they fad taken from Shechem, ase7s8] verona 6 sand on which were engraved images oftheir god. R. Juda 'Sid: Ther idols themeles were made of slver 2nd pod, {ed Joc hed them there moner that hs clemson 'make os ofthe side of idolatry. a2 man forbidden to have [ny bench whatever fom 2 "As R. Judah and BR. Hiakish were once wating tpether onthe road, che ner ands "to weten "And be tok the 'crown of Malem from off his ead: and he weigh thereat! (Sostaeat of gall and nis were preciees eemens and oe Som Dovi's ead" (tt Sam it, $0) Now, we bave been 'ugh: that "Mo the abomaiioa ofthe Armen" (Ringe sith mee ae thie Flom the, fren ths crown permed tw be ct ou Dev head And farther, why i i ealed "abomination" wheres the idol are reiered toa "gods ofthe peoples", "range pode" and the hike? R. Judah replied: "Imdeod, osher Sols ae so per yd concer ey yer tangearhem 'Shomiaable things and heir idols" (Dest. xa, 18). AS Zeger the sdenticaton of Malcare with Molcom, th Ccerainly corre neverthew David wat able to ine the 'Sown of Maicam because Ita the Gute, before he Became Sipeocinte broke, that i to say. he dsSgured the mage Sich was ci and so made ne permanble'andit wae {Seton David's head. The dof the Arvmositen was sacrpent roves deep on that crn, and for that anon it wm called Shominaton." RIsaac sad thatthe eeder "put sexy the "arange pode" refered tothe ecber women who brought wth hemen thet penons al their orraments Hence sts wnt Awe Tuer cave cuv0 Jaco ALL Tu Fomricn sons,

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that bo pele should not denve any bend whatever from the side of alaey- 'Observe the complete devtion of Jara to the Almich, as shoun by his word: Ano Ust Us Ante, AND GOCE Fo Bern-Ev, axe | with uate sucer ax attas esto Gov, wno ANSWERED SEF INTHE DAY OF SEY DISTRESS, dan WAS WITH MEIC THE WAT WatICHE I WERT. From

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'theselast words we lara shatitis incumbent on aman praise God and to give Him thanks for ny miracle or any indness that He has shown him. Observe that first Jacob sad: "let at tupon him ale, since it was he who had passed throug all tose tmhalations fromthe time when he fe from hs broer, 'whereas his sons were not burn until after. Hence be did aot mociate them with him, R. Ekazar said: "From bese we Teara that he wo whom a miracle is vouchaafed swat HmwelT coffer thanks; just 25 he who has esten 2 meal chould say grace, sod not one who has eaten nothing.' Asp NE RUILY THERE Aw ALTAR, ere. There is 'mention hereofibationor offering, The resin ie at Joost jmueaton wat only to camplete the evade which rapared 'complica 1 wit 10m the knees grade referred toy the word "alte" wo the upper, refered ts by the word "Lard. Hence he only built a altar and did not offer drink-ferings er burst-ffcings Anp catten Tur riace Ex-Berx Ek: tame malogous to the Mont High Naroe, inasmuch Saughier™, the two becoming ose. Bacarst THERE GoD was (lt. were) EEVEALED CETO s15t:the wocd Blake (God) here i an alluson to the seventy who are always betel the Lord stood bende him (Gen. xxv #3) An Goo west Ur Frost Hint IN Tite PLACE WHERE. ME SPORE WITH WD. Ko Simeon and: 'From bere we Tear that Jacob formed the Holy Chariot together with the cocker patriarchs: further, thet Jaca conatitetes the Hols Chariot which wil restore the fll ight ofthe mom. and 'that he forms 2 Charet by himself, as implied im the state- 'meat: "And Ged went ap from him". Its writen: "For 'shat great nition is there, that hath God so gh nts them, abel vavencane ies «athe Lord our God ia whemsoever we cll upce him (Deut, 7. 7) How dear, be cxclsimed, 'must Lact be the Almighty, sring thar there i no nation or language svong ll the =ppers that has gd to bearken unto them, whereas the Holy One, blewed be He. recive the prance and supplicatios of Ire i their (of nen, to hestten to the prayers forthe sake of thir grade! Asp Gop sain: Tuy xame si deowe Jaco, Bur TsmaKl suaLt 'ence refers to the higher gade The tame Isradl was gen 'him in virtue of his having achieved perfection, aed so by this 'name e was raised to a higher grade and was made perfectin hat aumoe As Be Eleanr and Jone were once walking oo the road, the latter said to R. Fleas: "Assrediy it ie ae you 'said tht Jacob was the cunsummation of the patriarchs asd 'ha he was =ttached to all the sides and so fis name wat called reel But how comes st that God aftereards agen alld heen many times by the name of Jacob, 2nd that heis 'commonly called Jarsb ust a before" R. Elewar replied: "That ez goad question. To Sed an anewrs, consider the vee: "The Lord wll go forth 2s 2 mighty one, he will sir sup jealousy lke 2 warsioe" (Is Mis, 12). Why say ar 2 egy oor ecg i: Bi nn spay seer eck ely oy (he 2 warrior, scong that Fle fs 2 warrio ? Bus dhe truth in that, a5 we have learned, the name Jehorah (Lord) i every- \uhere expressive ofthe atinbute of mercy. Now, assuredly, s74a] God ss named Jehovah (Lord) ita written: "Lam the Laed Fohocah (Id. 8). Yer we see that at times His 'name is cilled Elkin (God), which is everyhere expressive of judgement. The explanation is that wien the rghteous are fbumcioes among mankind, He i= clled by the name of Jebovak (Lord), the name which iopies mercy, bat when "Siowers abound, Fie is called by the name of Elskte (Goo). 'Scmiarly with Jab. When he s not among enemies, ori 2

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impel Pe ei i epee stig ee mies or in a strange land he is called Jacob.' R. Jose rejoined: "This docs mot ite solve the dificult, sci that 8 weiten:"thy name shal no re be clled Jaco and yet Wi Gen te desl he estar fr yoar te ae isoni ced Jac when song enemicr rin xatrange nd, 'And Jac del inthe land fit father sjnurnings inthe nd of Canaan" (en. Xe 1) which wan not a srange Ind ?K.Elenar epieds "ot 3 the names "Land" and "Gd ndeatedifirene degree so the ames Jaco and Iara! inde diferere deren: ad forse words thy name blo pore heeled Jaco that 'ie merely tat Jaco abyald othe his Raed name Sid Jone If tat ato, how si hat he etme of Abram iecame feed afer God had sis "Neither hall thy name any mir be alld Abram, but hy are stl be Aaa (lis, 5)" Blea rephed "ts caine there ie Seiten" hy name sal be (ehh) that iar Inhetess here ee wnten? "bu Trcl aha be (eh hy 'ame that i at lest on one asain, iF otener- When, However, his pstenty were crowed wth rests and Levit, od wets eid te igh degra, be war inven eh he tame of laren gerpecaty 'Whis they wer waking, Jone dw R. Elene: Te tas heen sai that with Race death the house va ane (ered lr whe feted ie binder ith tv ie Severin, why shuld Ractive ded mettle the bith of Benjamin " R Eara in ep uid It wan torer tat he Shenah shoul dly crowned and tale her 'ace inthe house at nfl mother of children. With Henjamin, the Shkinah ae eine wth the fll wee tne and with im the kingdom of heaven began tobe made 'anf om earth, Now the begining of ny anfeton e Troe about wih main an involves + doom of death tforeit can hexome esisbed Here, when the Sheinah sna abot to ame er rightful place and to take ovr the Rose, the doom fell up Rachel: Salary when the ing om was about to be made manifest on ean, it commenced 'oth ajudgemen, nd the nso we nos esha Ihe deserts; and nly then wes it extablied. eis 2 general tule that beginnings are rough, wheres the subsequent 'course is smooth. Thus, on New Year's day (Rovh-hashana) the year opens wh seventy, ss the whole world pases under Judgement, cach individual according to his deel, but 08 after comes relief and forgveres and atonement. The reason 'is that the begining is from the lft side, and 0 i brings Ihara judgement, unl dhe right side is wrovsed and ese follows. In time to come Gad wil frst weat the idlarous 'ations gently and indulgently, but afterwards with severty and ser judgenent So Srey The Lad il go Forth s nighty te, he wl te op jaloury willy, ya, he willahut aloud, be wil prove Biel mighty saint his enemic" (Je. xit, 13); which interpreted means that fst He will manifest Hinself a Jeheah (the Lee), in Hisannbnte of mercy.then ass mishtyne, but notin is Full might then as warrior. but worn His ful war panoply, and finally, His whole might will ecome maniest agains them in trder to extermirate them, so that "he wil ry, yeu, be will 'shout aloud, he will prove himself mighty ageinst hs ene- ties" Again t= writen: "Then shall she Lned go fort, sd fit ngainet those nations at when hefghteth nthe day 'of batle™ (Zech. X1¥, 3)- Abo: "Who is this that cometh fom Edom with crimson garments from Bosrah? ete" (is tan 1)? AND 11 CAME TO PASS, ASHER SOUL WAS IN DEPART {ING—VoR six DieD—THAT suE CALLED 1s NAME BEN- ONE: BUT MS FATHER CALLED Wipe Braga. R Josh discoursed on the verse: The Lord ic good, a strenghold in the dy of trouble; and he Kaereeth them that take refuge in 'him (Naburn 1,7. "Happy", he suid, "isthe man who finds hho stecngth in the Holy One, blessed be Te, since Hi strength is iavinsble. The Lord is indeed "good ro all" (Pe exty, 9), "3 stronghold", wherein salvation, as we read "He ins atrenghold of [74h] salvation" (Ji, xx, 8); in the day of ernie n wit. the day farses oppression atthehand of other nations. Now of him who relaxes hi hold

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'of the Holy Ove, blessed be He, i is wrinen: "IF thou art {bint m the day af adverany, thy stengh is strstened™ (Prov. xr, 10), and the only way of holding Sem to God is to hal rmiy tothe Torah forbosoever ts vay che "Torah olde firmly to the ties af ify and ne were ade strength to the community offre But he rlanes it ld 'of the Torah, then, ast wee, e preses hard the Shekinah, 'whichis the strength of the word. Again, when 2 man fe lases bs hil thr Tora and walks the wrong path, ewer somany enemies ae ready at hind tact ax hs sone the day of trouble, nay even his ov saul which his power and serena, turns spans him, and becomes his enemy. so that ix may be asd of him "thy strength becomes an enemy" (Gor=enems, oF sratened)" Seid H. Abba: "When = man Soll the guidance ofthe Tersh snd walk in the seit sath, many' ate the advocates that rise ep to wy 2 good 'word Jor him "Thas we read "If there befor hm aa ange,

3inereeswor, one among 4 thousand, to vouch for mas
Uprichinen then ne aracig unt hry, snd mth: Deer him fern the pt, have founds ransom (Jab x00, 3.24). 'These verse, cortnned K Abba, 'present a dieu. Ie oe evrything reves before Gov, tha He should reuire {Sn spel to pot oat to im the apo or bad that i fod

21man, 20 that only when a mate has defenders on his side 1
tecal hie merits before Him, and 0 accusers, then Ue St 'racine unte ir. and sith: "Deliver him from ewig down Soto the pi, Ihave found» onsom" ? Bur te language ofthe text. if property considered, corain the sneer. Fert cd ave iced tssy: "If there be fc him an snge!: who. then, Fe the "onercesr, oe among a Desuand" ? fs one of the angels appointed to fllow man ot hi eft side. There ae 2 thousand such, a it ays, "A thousand may fl at thy de and ten thousand a thy right Sand" (Pact, 7). Now "oe smnong thowand" ea designation ofthe el prompter, who 'the outstanding figure of the thousand ov the lft, since he is the one who ascends on high and obrains authorisation. 'Hence, if man walks in the way of truth andthe evil pomp ter becomes fis servant according tothe words, "Better is be aoebarse) VAYISHLAR 169 that lightly etecmed, aod hath 3 servant" (Prev, tt, 9). then be ascends on high and becomes the man's advocate, 'Pleading his merits before God, whereupon God says: "Delirer him from going down into the fit" Nevertheless, the evil prompter does pot return empeychamded, since anothe: man is delivered itu his power, one whose ne be 'has already set forth, and this one isa ransom forthe other sman. This is what ix meant by the words: "I (God) have found «comperation" (for ther, the accuser). According to another imerprettion, the ransom consica inthe mets of the man, through which he is freed from the pit and from death Iti therefore incumbent on 3 man walkin the pth 'ef ruth so that the aceane ald he turned into his defendee A similar procedsre i employed by Isrel on the Day of 'Atonement, when they tender a he-goat othe evil prompter 'and so engage his atenton ustl he ascends and ges teti- 'mony before the Almighty, ia ther foor. Thus Solomon 'Sys: If thine adversary be hungry, gree him bread 10 ext, and ifbe be thie, give him water to rik (Ibid. xxv, 22), Feferang to the evil prompter. 'The words= "The Lard i= 'good. a stronghold inthe day of trouble" apply to Jacob when 'Esau came forward to accuse him, 2nd the Words: "and be [Roowcth them that put their wust in hit" were exempbfed 'when the trouble of Dinah befell him, Observe thit the secuscr stacks 2 mun only in ime of danger: and soit was on cow of Jacob haying delayed so Galil hie vn which be Thad made to God that the acoaser came forward against hi, [7sa[sclecting the moment when Rachel'sle wasn danger" "Hlchold." he sid, "Jacob has made vows and has not peid theme as wealth and children ands shore of nothing et Ihc has not paid is vow that he made before The: and Tho hast noe punted hie." Then straightway "Rachel availed 'and she had hard labour, the term "hand" indicating that 2 'iver done seo inte 'on high 3t the inatigstion af the ange of death" ee Peas ope: Ne os ets ce tem, put the handmaids and heir children Somers wel Leah eed ber stds fcr ed Race ad

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Jeph indermest. Why did he put Rachel hindermost? [Because he feared that the wicked Eans mught cburve Ber tezuty and smal him on secount of her Its writen further "Tics the amas cane ear they and the hae, sod they breed down. Ar Leah abo ander children came 'ear, and bowed down". the female ior he maie= Bat fegard to Rachel it written "and air cme Joseph near ed Rach, that i Josep font of he moter. bo a8 rote er. And here Race! was punished a the hand of the fou promper, mo statled himself the memect of dager fd brie scousatene azn her-and Jocoh wes pons Foenor having pa he so. Jacob fet thi bow mare seats San all the eter suing that befell hia. Tt her death 'er due tohim we ler from his word: "Rache died upon tne (Gen, Sev 7). oa we may tale, "on accor of {Be Le. trough my not having aid my owes Jone a= 'ie ia writen "the cure that = caste shall come Bowe' (Pew. 2) Ti ies tt the ce os rho fan, even if prooomeed under 4 ceed cau op by the cl prompt tobe weed ata tmoment of dang. Xow Jacob snide Laban: "With whom caren indent thy pose best iting" (Con sean a). 2d although be war uname that was Racha wo bad Suen them. the Sean adver} who perpetually dows the fous ofthe snscf enced on tat were Hence wwe sre aught hat san should "never open ho moth for 'Se Sean", murach the beter sure to take hid of Bos Asteancr and we ito bring xcwations om high and Below {il the more ap fit the utterance of 3 rghteoss man 'age: The, then, were the toc canes of Rachels death" Amp 17 CAME TO FASS. A5 HER SOCL DEPAITED—FOR Sus piso. R. Abba sald. "What nced i chere w state that 'the died, ser it says that her soul Gepaned ? The object isto 'make i clear that her soul did mot sezurn again to her body,

1samctimes happens with some peapic. Thus we real:
"And bis spt turned ante han' parted" (Gea. sit, 28); oF: "My soul depaned" (S. 5, 'y 8): again: "uot here was mo soul left in f(t Kings ryse-n7s8) wavesiu an ne 'xm, 17) But when Roches soul passed vat, it Sido eeture, 'and wo the Sed! AND sur cALteD mis xaste Bex-o¥t (he son of my 'serrom). in reference tothe doom that wax promounced against i het Je tere es ree ed cid bm Soe 'ight (Rewyomée—the son ofthe sgh hun) the We (of 'which Begjamsn was symbolic) needed 20 be bound up th 'the right. Thus although he was Ben-oni (the som of sorrow), derived from the side of chasnsemenz, jet was he alo Bea Jamin (the nn of the Fight), as he monet was bound op ith _athough the matrarchs have a jent symbol, which hes been explaned cisewhere, "Au Jacow err ora rittan cron ura onave R Joe [Ss "He id this in oder that he Poril-placesbould never 'eforpetes unl thedsy whew Gs shal seth deat TDorse out by the Pe: "uno ths day", wich 'means unl that gre day." Judah and: Te eans, wml 'De day when the Shekinah wil retur wth the exes of Incl to that spot 2st writen: "And there is ope for thy fetwre,enith he Lack: and thy chlor shal rena tthe 'own border" (Jer, 7}. Thins the ath which God woe 'onto her: snd Isracl are desoned, when they return fro 'ele, to sap at Racks grave and weap there = abe wept (ver Tort ce He thes writen Tay shall come wth 'eeping, and with seplication wll I ead them' (ld 9); {how "for thy work shall be rewarded" (Dbd. 16). And at 'hat [1738] Sime Rachel wha his an the way wil once wth Isc! and withthe Skohimah The Companions have thes 'expounded al the" Awe ur came To rass, wate Ioeart oweLr ix Tar Lino, Twat Revrex went anp Ler wrra Bstuaw suie Favuea's concusine; axo Issaet neauD OF TT. Now Tue soxs or Jacos wene twetve. R. Bleazar i 'we zonax i fost 'sid: "The term deh (shoe) indicates that Leah and Rachel hha died by that time, and the house had been taken ever by the new mistress (the Shea). In spite of the words of the tect ware to seppne that Reber ely Soy with ia. "The wrath & that during the ives of Leal and Rachel the Shekinah hovered over them; and now that they had died the Shekinih never departed from the house, et took up there er abode. namely, sm the tent of Biba wor would huve been found there had not Jacob formed 2 new union of male and female. fut Reuben, in his displeasure at seeing 'Bithah filline his soather's place, come and Gusaraneed the 'couch; and hecnuse the Sbckinah rested omit writen, "And he lay with Bihah'' R, Jesse said that Reuben laid Inimzelf down to sleep on that couch, thus showing disrespect tothe Sbekinah. Luce Reuben was not excluded from the fst of the wibes: and so Scriptore relates that "the sons of Jacob were tele", commencing with Reuben, Jacob's fit- 'been, thus puting him atthe bes of the eibes. "K Jodah dimcoursed en the verse= Forthe may of the Lord ex right and the just do walk in them; ba traegreverssambie 'therein (How sv, 10). "All the ways of God', be said, 'sre right sed true but mankind keow mot and regard not what Se that keeps them abe: Hence "the jut do walk in them", 'because they know the ways of God, and they devote them selves 1a the Torah; for whoever demtes himelf to the "Torah knows those ways and flows them withoat mrniog 'ether to the right or the left. "But tranagresnare So stumble therein to wit, the sinners, since they Iabout not in the "Torah nor regard the ways ofthe Almighty, and know notin 'which way they are walling And since they are thoughtlow sd do not dy the Torah, they stumble their ways this 'worid znd in the world wo cozne. Now the soul of one who has [tured mth sty ofthe Torah wae tlonves thie wor, _ssceads by the ways and paths ofthe Torah—ways and paths {arias to them. They who know the mays and pothe of the "Torah in thi world fallow them in the ater word when they leave thas world. Hut those who da not study the Torah sn ths world aod know not its ways and paths, when they leave ths 'world know not how to follow thae ways nd paths, and hence ashore] vavienean et 'scumble therein. They thus follow other wars which are act the ways of the Torah, and are visited with many chaste 'ments Of ham who devates hirlf 9 the Torah, on the other 'hand, it is writen: "When thou fest down it aball watch over thee; and when chou awakest, it shall tlk with thee™ (Pro. 'M4 22). "When thou fest down", to wit im the grave, the "Torah shall watch coer thee agninat the judgement af the 'other world; "and when thou awahest", that is, when the 'Haly One, blessed be He, will awake the spints and souls so asco bring the dead to llc again, it aha talk with thee, the "Torah will speak sm efence ofthe body, so that these bodscx "which laboured to beep the Torah ss mguired will ise up. "These itt who will be the firs to rise wp, and of whom it ie 'wiinen: "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the 'earth all awake, some to everinting li, et." (Dan. 1, 2), forthe reasn thar they occupsed themacives with everlasting Tif, which is the Torah. Further, al the bodies of those who Ihave devoted themaclves 20 the Tah will be prorved, ned the Torah will protect them, inasmuch 26 at that time the 'Holy One, bested be He, wall ave up a wind frem all four of the worid, 2 wind specially prepared to bring to 'al thore who hare laboured in the Torah +0 that they should live for ever. It may be ashed hese, what of the dead 'eho were revived by the prophets invecaton, "Come from 'the four winds, O breath" (Ex xxvn, 9) 2nd who yet id 'orsarvive, but died second tine ? The answers that at that 'ime. although the wind as cempounded ofall four winds, it did not come down to give them permanent life, but only 'tw demonstrate the med In which God will ope day being the dead to life, namely, by 2 wind [760] formed in this fasion. 'So that although these who were then resurteced turned apn into bones, sane their resurrection was only meant 2 (pewol t the world that God wall une day rane the dead lie, we may sll believe that a the proper time the righoeous 'willbe resarreced for an everisting life For the Torah isl 'wil cand by each unc chose whe have scoped toemeclves 'study ofthe Torah, recounting his merits before the "Almighty." R Sameon atid: 'All the words ofthe Torah, and all the doctrine ofthe Torah to which 2 man devotes his mind a4 yue r08a2 1 fod inthis wkd, are ever before dhe Almighty, aed at that ene 'the Torah will recount hom the mar devoted himael wo the "Torah in this woeld, and thereat such men will lise for erlang life, a we said already" "Thus, "the wars of the dare ne, sete onto elt in them =a tamer do stomble thera." 'R Hiya cited in this connection "Now Eli was very old; sand he heard all hat his sons id unto al Lara, and bore that 'thatthe priests of the Lerd actually did such 2 thing ? And what, infact, were ther sins as recorded ey the Scrapture ? 'Merely thar they "dealt contemptuously withthe efering of the Lard" (ed 17), and that "te custem ef the priests wath the people was tat, when any man offered sacrifice... Yea, before the fat ws made to smoke, the priest's servant cme, and itt ewan at meen: Gi ek at 'Nay, but th abst pve we me now, ad if Bot, Teenie hy fce™ (ak. 6) I ft hey oy tok te portune that belonged to the pricts and twat only becaese they treted lightly the wirangs that they wexe punished 'Yer bere Serpe states that "hey ly with the women that Sed service af the door of the tent of mecting™ Assuredly they could mot have commited so grave asin. and tha in so sacred a plier, without the whule of Leaelaraiag and laying them The truth in chet wise they id war to pemees che women frum eaicring and ofering ther prayers wat he ccbersacrifices had bees offered, became thar oflernes We of a ind in which the priests had no portion. Its this action Of preventing them ftom cues the sactusry ahh a descrbes by the words: "they lay with the women, etc 'Sieuiirly, in the cam of Reuben, we should not dream of taking literally the words "and fe ay wit Billa", What Re de we to prevent ber from performing her conpapl duty to tis icber and this wae the object of his disarranging his 'fathe's couch: 2nd, moremer, he di it im the presence of the Stehinab; for the Shekinah is says present whenever smarial intercoune is performed a= 2 religous dure: and 'Sbeeier "tract wat 2 pertormance canes the Shetenah shear] vavismias as to depart from the woth. So Serpe ss: "Because thew swesens upto thy Esters be: then profanodet thou thet one 'that went upto my coach" (Gen. 841% 4) Hence tis writen 'hat Reuben went and ly with Elisa bis father's conc

1Elesar asked: Why do we Snd on thin verse Sew the
see Ta nd then the sae Joc? The reason may Be (Den a follows. Haven and t himaelf-"Miy ther wat Stended to time tacve thes ad mote yet mow be ie boar to beget mere chiren. Daz be then wa 'eeand replace on woh athens" Srarrvghren he irri (he couch and pervected the ended cewourse thereoy sbghting, it were. the hoaour ofthe Sheba hat henered 'over that couch. Hence it is writen et "sad lar beard, 'Soce it was by that same that he was ced smame the [Benne hidden oes which are the tee pore reese a ba sam, and then "and the sons of Jord were cweive"™. alluding {bth rache stcs by whom the Sbehinah ws adored ant 'webam the Torah agacs cnumeraved [1766] 2s before, implying. 'Sot they were a of thom holy al of them como Oy 'Shekinah worthy to behold the smctity of their Master; for bad Reuben really commined the act mentioned, he would tot have hee tached sx the member Fer all that, be eas (porhed by being deprived of the berth aed by ie 'anafesece ta Jou, s2 we read "And the sons of Res, 'he Sex bor of Iara —for he was the fimtcborm; bat for asemach a» he defiled his father's couch, bis bethright == (given ote the sons af Joneph" (+ Chan. 1). We see frees, (Gas bow al tt God does plamed with profound wom, 'and every act of 2-man fezves it imprint and is preserved before the Almighty. For on the sight when Jacob went in to Leet al be aeeghes wee conte open Mache, sad fms {har imermue, aed from the int germ, sod vtder that 'eecance Leah cancewed: and we beveaftraed ther tad ot Jac bem enamare ofthe decpton, Reabes would at have 'cetera sto the member. Its for at reaon ate ed pot recene a name of peal sgusicae. bot ws amply called

17'THE ronAN bs
Reuben (newer behold, + son). But for ail that, the in= tended etcet was produced, and the birthright reverted tothe 'est son of Rachel, as originally purposed. Ths everthing 'came right inthe ead, for al the works of the Almighty ae tose on truth and me" R. Hirkiah one day found R. Jowe cooking » dish from: 'hich tied once te ascend from the top of the ltr Bad em "unned 7 goup Itkethisamoke, wrath wuld not have descend 'ed em the world and Teral would nx have bea exiled frome ther land" RJowe then opened a discourse on the verse: 'Whoo ths that cometh ent ofthe wibdernss Be pallars of mob. erfoned wath myrih and frenkincest, with ali pork ofthe 'merchant (8.16). "When Israel he sai, "weze Journey 'ng in the wildernes, the Shekinah went in font of them, a8 '> written? "And the Lord went before tham by dey me pillar of cloud, to ad them the way; and by sight i apllar 'ff. to ive them Tight" (Ex, 22). They on their ide 'Gllowed ts guidance: wherefore ics written: "Than sth 'de Lord: 1 tomenher ther the affection of thy youth, the love of thine expauie: how thoa wentes after me io the 'wdeme, <tc" (Jet, 3) The Shenah was accompanied Dy allthe coud: ofpiery, and whes Ryourneved the Letees 'wok op their march a5 it says: "And whenever the Goud 'eos ans tp ftom over the tent, then after shat the chiro oF Neral joumeyed ate" (Nem m7} And when the 'Shetsnah mend, the oad aim ascended on high 9 that 'Aimen koked up and ached: "Who is this that cometh out sf the wilderness lite pillarsof smoke 7 For the cload of the 'Shekirah Looked ite senibe because the fee wach Abeahara 2d hin ecm laac kindled ching to and never left, and by 'ezton of thar fire it atcended both 2 oud and smoke: but (Deal at was perfumed", wc, 2 we maa aloo trata, "pound up with myrrh and feankincense", dat ig. with the 'dad of Abraham on the right and with the coud of lee on {Se fe The words "ith all powdernal dhe merchant" aude + Jesh, mr, according to smother explanation, 1 Joseph, whens bier accompanied the Israciees Im the wilderness, aed vartsntan nb tae Scat sll feeds or sheen) [Even har becuse be Brought er reper of fan bechves fe thew father; or, age, tecmune fut the elles of spa Akecp is bets and spices in buntien, s0 Josh tewogh oe 'coon kept the whe of the Torah, since al the precepts of 'the Torah are bound up with the preservation ofthe holy 'coverset in ts ategnty. The Shrkiash war thos apues with "Abratam, Isa sad Jab topeber with Jowph rammach '2 the eo lar are enc in exsenc, cach coe bog tbe image (of te cther, as interes in the words "These sr the of 'pring of Jacob Jonepti" (Gen. raxvit, 3) Now, when the xraces Guest ther lind and brought afenags they all drew thermecrs neste to Gods manner Sor tm uhen the (work of seca wes performed end the smoke ofthe a mccain s sraighe coburn, they Kew that it bad kindled [apr the lamp wick to iondle, and so all faces [bahar yes Seminar arian rs "Temple not a day panes but is ited with wrch and rage, '5: sys: "sd God hath indignation every day" (Fx £3), (a fo he ded fem om igh fom bciow, ad Teal Inve game into exile and are sbje= to other gods, and the swocis of Sengeare have been flbled, ngs "a there 'how siak aerecother gud" (Dea xxv 6). Why all ths? "Became thou Sst aot sve the Lord thy God wath jonful- 'nem, sd with Planes of heart, by reason ofthe abundance (hal Siege Therefore dal tho serve thine enemy, cc 'ane fall things™ (Utd. ae, ¢7-8)- Ad so 8 will be 'Grn God wil roe snd redeem thom from among the mations, {ewe read. "then the Lord thy God will turn thy capiety. Fed have compen wpe ther and will enum and ger 'Bice from al the peoples, whithcr the Lord thy God ach desnered thee IF any of thine hat are daperoed be in the 'rermot pats of heaven, from thence willthe Lord ths Ged pater thee, ene (UB x, 3-4)" (Now raese ane rar orwrsatioxs oF Estr—ree Stace 1s Epon, The Seiptre does not enumerate the sons (Fass cos afer thas recorded the death of lease whereas [Fiob's sos were emumersed lng before The Foon for s ts zoan 11 ie 'the distinction is this. Esau had acter portion nor iher= {ance eor lot in Tac. butonly Jaa and his sos Jaca and Issn ar therefore th porson af he Hay One, Biewed be He and they enter no the reckoning: but Ean, who xs not (he porn fhe side tre ith ae Up hn a8 ae itere afer the death of Tose, and his portion parted and took its cours to another region. Observe that after Fae died and Eu retired to his own ae, itis written: "Aad Esse took hie wives =. and went fats = ln sway from is brother Jaco, tats be relinquished to Jacobs bath the Jacob's portion was thus enhanced in every respect, i that Ease did mot sera with sim, ut fart froen hm and went 'aay to his own portion and lot, so that Jacob was left ia posession of the heritage of his father and of bis ancestors Hence: "and he went ito a land away from his brother Jaceb", the lat phrase indicating that he had no desire for Jacob's portion or inheritance or his meed of faith. Happy the portion of Jacob, of whom the "Tor the portion of the Lord is his people, Jacob the lot of his Saheritance" (Zhe. === 9) Amp THESE Ane THE KINOE THAT REIONED IN THE LAND OF Eos, EETORE THERE AEIGNED ANY KING. Ovex The intone oF Tanast. R.Jewe Gacoured on the vere: Rekld, J make te mall among the mations, tho at realy despised (Ot. 1,2}. When God', he sid, "made the 'work, He dived it into seven regees corresponding to the seventy Chita whom He placed n charge ove the Scveaty nations, asiging to each the mation approprite to hin, 23 sve read: "Hie st the borders of the peoples, scoring tothe 'number ofthe children of Ysraet" (Deut 23011, 8); and of all 'howe Chiftaas who were given charge over the other fates no one is so mich despised before Him as the (Chicinin of Eau. "The reson ofthis is that the side of Ema 1S the side of deflement: and the side of deflement i mena] vavisatan =" (Joc had in mind when be said "Let my lord, I pray thee, [pass over before his servant" (Gen. Mott, 14) since Esu's 'grades were the frst to gain an entrance. 'They thus reigsed Ibefore there war any Ling over eral for az ye the time tad 'pot arrived forthe kingdom of heaven to enter into power and to league self with the children of Israel. When it 6, it began withthe least of the tribes. which was Benjamin, 2» ie myee "Thee Deajunan, the penges, ruling ee, so 'rue 20maR tt fo cee" (Px .svit, 28), and with hie the kingdom began to 'svance. After thatthe hingdem came ino its own place sed 'as etabhed, never to be removed "T.Tlya dincovened om the verses: Yet moe Bear, © Jace my nerzant and ora, hom Ihave chon; ths saith the Lard 'hat made thee and formed thet from the em, who wall help 'thee: Fear sot, © Jasob my treet, sd thou Fecha, hom 'Thove ches (Is. xv, 12). Observe be sei "bow Ged fas prom [sac in many places to make them worthy of the world t come, He has not chosen for his portion any 'ther people or Language, bur only Tasel Tt war for tie Derpose Unt He gave them the Tocah of trth, by whose 'eta they may live viruously and lear the ways of the {aly One, blased be He, so that they may inherit the Holy Lind: for whoever 8 thought wordy ofthe Haly Land Pas 3 portion in the world wo come. So Senpeare says: "Thy people 'tho shall be all nghteous, they shall hen the land for 'ever (tid, 21) Now, in the verses above quoted three {gies are mentioned: fist Jacob, then Iaraeh, and finally JFotorun. Jacob and faael hve been Jehunn Senge the word tar (fo, se) and indicates that he hat [ap rank on this aide and on the other. The three nate, hough representing diferent grades, are really the some. Jocob i called "my servant" because sometimes he i ike & 'servant who tasorders from hismaster andi eager to execite tis will We read chewbere: "the Loed that ceated the, (0 Jocub, sad he tht formed thee, © Tnacl™ (Ud. at, 1), asd inthe above yene we read: "Tha anit the Lord that porn of Inraelia whom the Holy One, bowed be He, finde Gelight above all the nations who worst 1s, of 'which tan writen: "They are vanity a work of denon {he ime of thes isitation they shall perish" er. x5). Fit til come o pass onthe day whes Ged will deroy chen From the woe tht Te alone wil cemsin 3 tess "And the Land ase shall he exalted im that day" (0a 13) 1K Judah discouned on the vers: Fear st, thos om inbersal vavontan a Tach and ye men of rel: helt, ath the Lond and ty Sit Tha he Goes fete pled te giey ave becn placed ty the Alm tee ge cree ery Cc woe 'ed, and tat hey loom thir en ods ats ite: oral the peopcs walk exch one i hema ofa ged? (Oicahv.5)and they are diced to odshed and are. fo rabberyvinlencr, tnd form, pS) and ther kinds tf wickedne and wall heir power tne ad do ham "brad on th part hav no fate or prt overemetrs papi erntony-apgrepialgre renege erprrar exept tn mouth by wham 'Gaough eveything, Hence Tradl are called "worm, Or sei taectbceey tht preen cenre jars astral pres yop lpioe [ae ete samy breir errs pes toch i cones 10 Be ws before 20 leak dtbough chy SoS ior a iaalpenaagiantlans Weipa res ere. Se Siptre mys Bcold. a the layin the pies and, so areye my hand, O foun offre" Jr 3, 6} "itr fon (ay nin ty he maa in rien broken, cm be founded set made whe Soe: "Fextentsss enol bene ting tee i, fc snce the chleen ve engrafted thermacines onthe saocef ie ey wi ti ren thc dtd lb ced inthe workias one sured pole to wom the Hay One, 'hosed be He, in harmony ith the words: "That they jeep capes tba ee oft Eat po mre Berth ont pad nee TL Hcsarsnat Rec wee ae day twig othe rad apehar ie te ec he en cf be Shona ra Baar pom ant mcd be Shea ad ed epg. 'Afr e had finshed Re Inae and to Sm Tlne we ok Teen it els seem wars cn jurey be me ek Acar fom his Master and offer up hi pnyer >. Eka 'Sil iarpiy hen ae wes Seeger sb are fling of th Shes eGo sping pages Now ta the ot fenrea Ihave ey paver: Bot all che sve, before corm: tmencng ray jumcy Ii offer payer to Him andconmsed com ue roman tt bes Hien, it were, oweeer, did not sy this prayer become T Ihave heen occupied in studying the Tor since midaight, and from the ear den up to av it was et yer the te for poner, thatthe sun has rise itis the time for peaver as 4s women: ""They shall fear thee with the sunsiee™ (Px 'Coat, 5), which indicates the doe connection betwecs fear of God, or devotion, andthe ight of the sun, which makes 'neumbent oo man ext to part them, butte mwcciate them togetber The two thea procerded oa ther way, until they ariel at afield, where they sat down. Raising their eves they Save 3 mountain, en the top of which they discerned sange creatures moving about. R. Isaac began to wemble. Said R. Ekarar to him: 'Why are you afraid?' He "Became ths mountam ioaks so formidable and on @ are 'strange creatures, which [fear sill atack ux" R. Blesar then 'std ts him: "Wheever is afraid of is ins has cause t fer. Thou creatures ace hot of the dagera kind thot ent the spoumsina" He then began te docoure oe the were: AND THES ARE THE CHILDREX OF ZieON: ATA AND Awan—rnis 15 ANAM Wo FOUND THE TEM THE WILDESNesS. "fn regard to this vere.' Ie eid, 3 sagreed thet chase yor ate not the sme =the Emme men 'ned in the verse" "Phe Ean dnc there aforete bat the children of Easu soccecded them" (Deut at, 90-14). "Ther were an uneatural Lind of eng wich wae fir crated from the side of el arts and ghbns at the moment when 'he Sohtath war shout ta be smctifed, snd they remained 'unsubstantial and bodies, sioce meithec the sith day or the seventh day would own them. [1788] When, however, (Cain was denen from the face of the eamth and dwcl im the land of Ned, thes spread from hi side and became corporeal, but mat for any Kngth of time They are therefore called _yamon (days). spelt in the same way 25 yom here, without 2 "pad, in allusion the fax that they appear eccasinally 10 (eea 2 they bout the mountains and fer me moments the I "eaves 83 'day assume bodily shape, bur forthwith lowe it again. Arab fosed ther snd they taught him to bring bastards into the 'workd For Anah bimeetf was a bastard, the offspring of =x 'incestuous interooune betwer: Zibeun and hus own muaber: 'aad this came abut through the side of the uoclean SpE 'that atached ise¥ to im. Those and sumerous other mon- 'sous beings of many varieties are derived from that de and 'roam shout in the wilderness and can be een there, 22 the "oldernen ica deviate place and therefore is « stable hawt 'ar them For all hat, whoever walks in the ways ofthe Haly 'One, bese he Hie, and fears Hin, has no czas fear them." "The two thee went on and sxceaded the mountain. Send [Teams *Are they Sod in all eaert mountaine Hk tee 7 'Seid R. Eleszar: "That iso, bat ofall thene tho Isbowr ia 'the Tocah itis wrinen: "The Laed shall keep thee foe all 'en: be ahall keep thy soul. The Locd shull ard thy suing: the Lord). all gce thanks wate the Lod with my hole heart tm the crane of the upright. and i the congregation. (ia cays) hg Dat ea Say eed Mo the worship ofthe Almighty, and he would rise a midnight 'aod ing iymas and songs of praise and chenkagiing, 20 =

1esablih his place in the kingdom above. For as on 25
fc noreh wind began to Blow af micrapiz Be Kocw tha the soment had carne when Gee roe, at were. t dap Hr {af withthe rphteous ia the Garden of Eden soe arose at (hat moment and towed himself wih swags and ak fining» woud the morning. For, a2 we heve aGermed, when 'the Holy One, bleed be He. appear in the Garden of Ec, 'Me and all the rightous inthe Garden of Eden Ftc to the crer.a thread of grace woven round him during "a wrisen: "By day the Lond will cornu his enc Kindeean, and i the night ba song sal be with m= (Ps. samt 9} And forhermre allthe word f the Torah which (ee ete inthe might ascend and are woven ita 2 grld iy ue zonan 11 [etre 'before the Almighty: King David therefore denoted himeelt uring the night tothe service of his Mauer Observe the heading Halle (praiee ye the Lord), fr we have leaned that ofal the ites that Dovid aie wo his anes and ym, 'he mont excellent was Halleljah. embracing = ® docs in 'oe angle word the mane of God and the als pra, the 'tame being Yah, andthe prise coming frm the Commaaity tf ara, who contmsaly compas thankoprangs the Holy (One, Besse be He, a8 we rad: "O God there sence 'er ther; bold net thy peace, and be not sil, O God" (P= Laur, 2}, cau the Community of Tact continually ranges and ofervapits thanking to Ham Now wecead further: "T wil give thanks unto the Loed with my we ear (bby tha nas leady explained, wish the poe and the en prompucr, uho are always witha main the councl ff the Upright, nd in the congregation" an alknon 20 Israel, whe are adorned with lg pets and Leste, (So jos end che pres eis che sone congegeton of ohh See sad: "God sandeth in Ge congregation of God" (Pe tam, 3} Hence aman shuld comely fer poe to Gol, since He tales deghs im songs and by sod hen a nae news hew fic ris tn Gad bn he pope 'Ramee Te mecpe han poner end deve him an we ads "Lect him on th, becasc he hath Knows ry mare Wath bong He wil sey fam, te" (Ud nc 1g) Je Sc om the vee' Them ar my dag glare= then lk procree me from the adoernny: wah mgs of ak 'von thea el corp me Boat. Sak (Ui. Ze, 7). Te

3God be sid, 'who is + ing place and a abcd to the
'na that wale in the ways of the Torahs och a mn Severed bythe shad of Hi wings ao Gh mo one cam bm mischief Theo wit proxrve me from the adverse" that frum the averary on hgh and fre the adversary bere boo, hath of whom ate one sd the sme en prmeper, [tye] who the opponent stove athe opponent few td or fo the cl prompt, man woud have no adver= (hey inthe werid "With ngs of diverace thou wi com as te aboot" is an allonen to Chae songe tat poset Frnt precy mee, wi hich shears, "Thee it Sal vavIseLan 8s comps me aboot" to afford me deiverance whes on = (pates, (This vee i efficacious whether re forwards of 'backwards Observe tha al the songs and tyme that David 'ang contain derpalusines of wank, because be conpaned fem under the rapirsion uf the Holy Sart, wfech sone 'it wos thar prompeed him" FR Elessar decuoraed cn the vere: Thaw diet thet sre etm that [might fall bt the Lord helped me (Utada, 13). 'Wie dhoold bave expected', be aids "try id thre nore sn re" instead of "then dist etc" Bat in truth, this bes

4the "other ade" that 'throats at 2 man, and
'ries t seduce him and lead him astray free Gad: the same whe flours en sow. 'at me", seeing that he endeavoured by means of all srt of 'iceons to turn him ase from God David thas Thos didst thrust sore at me—to came me to fal iio Gchinnem—bet the Lord helped me—ao that 1 was not dered into thy hand." It hence, incumbent on a man 10 'be on bas guard against the eo prompter, 0 tht be shall not, obesia tne mastery over hime: soch 3 man God guard in all 'Ses ergs ts writen: "Tlie shalt thaw walk in thy way 'securtly, and thou shalt not dash thy fox" (Prov. 1, 23), 'ako: "When thow goes chy step shall not be ataitened and if thou rumnest hou shal pet stumble" (Ii av, 12}; and 'sho: "Bux the path ofthe righioous 2 a the ight of down, et ier at mee oe sept ay" (Rk aoe 'Said R. Jadah: 'Happy are Ince! whom the Holy Ove, Mlowed be He, pecerves in thin werd and in the wecld to (come, a it is written: "Thy people alo ull be al ighteous, 'they shall inert the land for ever™ (Is x, 22). Biewed be the Lard, for evermore. Amen and Amen" Le anal Gen, cow, Far, 25 Awa Jacon oweL7 18 THE LAND OF mis FarmeR's Sojovanincs, 16 THELAND OF Cawaan. RFliga d= Ccnuscd onthe vere" Mary ae thes ofthe hte, bathe lard deiereth hin ot of them ll (Ps 259. 20) "Many. inde" he sid, are the adveraris with whom » hora 'being as wo contend fren the day thet Gad breathe into ims soul i this world. For as soon a8 be encrnes nto the Fight of day, the evil prompter is at hand realness to jm tim, according to our imerpreaon of the vere: Sin concheth atthe door" (Gen. 18,7) In proof whereof rte a ae beets Sem the day thy ae br ae se ke 'rect themachen and avoid re andsimiar dangers whereas fas. on the ocr band, seme t fel at St 2 mated [propensity we thr Bins io the Bre, the ee being isthe en proper duel whi bem sa fon the bene ing hres han ints evil ways So Seiptare say Beter isa [poor and woe ld than ay id and ooh kang who net Det how to recive admonition any more" (Rect 13} The SME" hee Sean Se gee prepay whe ae esac bes sit were ayounssterby the ideof man, whem 'edocs not jr il be eat the age of hate pear, mre where affemed. Hein ber, then han "an eld and fokish pene coed Meg ad er ct the sons of men, and who i mmuredly old, since as 'Seedy sid scm a3 am i orm snd sm the Eight Gay be [178] sachs himself ham, and he fot, wot 'nomng tw io feceve atmonton ner salmon ye of fom abe, "the fookwalheth in dacs" (OSE, 14)- Tere, he cars fom the vers goary of darkres and ight is for cree a sranger to Rim" R. Semcon said. "Tt has boc Inn down that te "por cl" hee the gd pomp the rome as he who sd of mel: ~U have been young, and ow am oid" (Pe x50, 35} He called "pow chil are 'so pomsesion whatec of is ova. and ll "yu a vavesies cd {ex the reason tha be is constantly renewed in the sae wy 'athe moon; ako he mse ser winder dnc within ome Hess beter tha the "ld king" who isthe el prompt. 'shendy asd ince frome hin Set emergence Be ban meer imac af impury, and bev oth i ta alas ape 'se toward the er wayy apd be tr the sons of men rom 'he right path cploying all Lindsof pretest diver them {rem the ge wet the el And he Bases tom ne cn the very day be is born, jm order that man may come 0 beteve im hen, and shat when the god peepee ani 'ar he say te oh to believe itn ad thik am a arden Sestety ocr washers hove defined a oenning eed 'tobe ent who cones fink wo the jlee and pleads his coe before hie opponent ames; as Scnpeure aye: "He that leaded hi couse fst veemesh jt 2" (Pov. vit 17) 1, S}and we Be arcs St to take up hs abode with man, (20d mac hs cs plas to bir that ube his flow, 'Garin the oc promprer, ave be Sins met abso fous wy man. and is not able to case his head, as thoueh be 'wee bowed down with» hewy burden, becuse of that (Suningly wished one who has gut che star fm Hence 'the word f Solomon: "the poor man's wand x oped, fsa is words ae ct heard" (Eel 18 16) because the ether 'Re anscrpued bm. Hence fra judge to reve the eae ing of one Eigant i the absence ofthe others Eke acho Jedgang srange pode. Dor the way of the rights four to swat oll "hs neghbour cometh and sexcheth him eat" (Prov xv, 17) Semaaly the righteous munis he who docs 'at pat crate inthe ei promoter. but fi waits forthe Serva ofthe gpd prompeer. For acglecting to do tha the tro of man wil stumble the wort to corse. The righteous 'mam nthe ther had, endures in this workd many tras Ferns tetiving in and ntsc imac withthe el [pewmper, bur the Holy One. owed be He, dciners him ecm a il 20 sys: "Many ae the ils of the igh, 'sotthe Lord dliverth hn oot of them al" (Ps. v0) Fer Gol nd doch in sack 2 ma and delivers bi rae a ue zomanit [e7phaos It si this world and in the werd to come Happ Portion | See bow many il heel Jacob in hos elort two be drawn to the eilprompte, and to hecp hsm far from bis orion; and for thie be endured many aftions and lle 'without respite." R. Hips applied t Jacob the vere: war Sot at ene, ther wat Tg, mite Kad Trt: bt treble 'ome (Jb. 38) "How many ill and suenagy" be i, Sane afer ancther come upon the iebteous in this word thot they may ment the world Yo come. Jocsb wat ome of them, and could sty of himself, "I was mot a eae" inthe howe of Laban, fram whom I coald not escapes "nether se2 aie" on scent of Easu. through the pom ified sce me by his Chetan, and later on throug aro bal: either had I rest in the affair of Dinah snd Stechem: "bet trouble came" t0 wi, the trouble and canfuson ofthe tow of Joreph, which was the worst of all on amare of in love for Joueph* Axp JACOR DWELT IN THE LAXD OF MIS FATHER'S sojousnies, i THE ran oF Canaan. [Boa] [Jou Scored bere cn the vere" The righross prishith 'and no mae Leth ot to heart, and gully mew are take nay, 'mew conndrang thatthe phir 1 Sahen amy from the eal teem (Ua ot, 2} "When Goo fra survey the word 'znd finds it msbehaving and mect for chastsenent, He ist reroaves from it any righteous man that is present ini, so that chastisement shoold be visited om all the others and 'hex should te mone to shield them. For as lng es tere |i rghteaus mun ip the workd chashement camnct befall sz we lear from Moses of whom itis written: "Therefore Ihe id that he would destroy them, tad not Moses his chosen 'sed before hm in the breach, ex" (Ps cx, 3} God thas 'Gr removes the rightews from the world, and only then collects His account, ax it were. We thas trarlate the eon Clason of the verse: "the righteous is taken amay Seforr (expt) the cul to come", that is, before the enl is due 80 bbefll (According to anther interpretation, "from the evi ' come" an allusion t the evil prampter ) Observe now that althonagh the gafath ca already doe m che ife-tme of fea] vavesies 1B Taco, yer because he was 2 righteous man—the perfection 'of the patriarchs —the sentence was postponad: for whit he 'was alive punishment could not befall the world, and exes: the Genine of Egypt cones om hi arial Newer id the 'exie really commence during the lit-ime of Joseph since Be of his father, but soon as he ded the ap- \avity began in arvest, ait says: "And Joseph died. .come, Ig sake shields the world, and during his Ricime no 'chestisement falls on the world, and so we aie Axo JACOm DWELT IN THE Lixo OF Kis FaTuIR's 's0jouK<INGS. The team gare (mjourings) can be rea- "apprehensions", 'esng akin othe term ager ih Phase meager msn, "terror on ery side" (Jor, 25) {ind so ints that Jac pamed al is Klein fear and nety. 'Tuese ane Tus cexanations of Jacos: Joserm, re. 'When Jacob was brought to rest in Joseph, and so the sun from which generations are propagied inthe world. For the ssa. coen when he apponcher the monn. cant cau vege {aren without the help af that grade which joes under the seame of Raghsos (Zadeh twas then, Joucph eho wat the rate of Jacob t bea fat and bring forth ofsprag the Cork, Hence: "These ae Ge grorations (oC dhek, Be spring) of Jab: Joseph" Or, aguin, we may take the words

1signify tht whoever locked at Joneph thought be ws
Jonking st Jab. Hence this form of expresson i wsed only in conmecton with Josep and no with anyother of Incb's rei ot writen, or instance, "These a the oping 'of Jab Reuben", the emo being that Jonepb war the cst ne Fis father. we rae zoman tt [1850-1806 Dene stveNTaEs TEARS OLD. RL Abba sald: "This umber of svester 3 gniant comrespondie doe fo the seventeen yar of joy and hooour which Joeb lived '& Egyp, will isons round him and Jmeph at King and 'thich Gl youchsafed hum in return for the yan dang, 'wich he aourmed for Joseph 2d did ne sce hie" Miya dursed on the et: There hearhen uo me, _ye mon of aderataning: Far bt from Gol that he shal de Tekednct amd from the Tot he should cemeet 'uty. Far the ork [18d] of ran sale rete ant ham, fd cans ery mas fd erurdong os wey (Job NER. to-t1). 'God, be sid in creating the word, meant tbe 'eed' on fice, and all thet ie done in the world would be \wcghed inthe seas of jst, were i ot that, to save the 'world frum peruhing, God screned st with merc, which Iempers pu juice and prevents it fom devoting the 'word. The world i han governed in mercy and they i= {blero endure- But, you may ask, nota an often punished by God undeervedly! The ananer as hs been sme, Shot when asfering befalls igheous eum it on accent 'ofthe love which God bears ta hi. He enushes his bay fader to ge more power to hs soul, so that He way draw tem nearer lve: Fars need tha the body should Be sooth cal th soa eng, nt sam com ye do God the Companions have affirmed, thst the Haly One inf suffering on the righteous inthis world im onder that they may ment the werldt comet he who weak of su pleasure in him that He inficts no pain wpon him im this 'world, but permits hi Tife to low sennehly along with ease {ed comfce thot for any torr aot be may perform he {eives his reward ya this work. so chat po portion should be Jef hin in the next world. This isin accordance with Onke- Ja praia of het "And he pete tat te 'hen to their face" (Deut. vi, 10) which reads= " Spek Oba tae ac hin as masts ets 'man, chen, who i continually hmaken in body isthe beloved 'of the Hly One, blesed he He 'Now varias dificlties are raed by this statement In the ob] vavesnem 'frat place we hnow thatthe Shekinak docs not dwell arid '<0 surroundings, but onfy where there is cheerfulness. For this eon Elisha mid: "Dot now bring me 2 monte! ad sort eame to pe that when the minal plays the tan of the Lond came upon kim' (t Kings mt, #5), and we ler the sae lessen from Jacob, from wham the Sockinah de- 'pared during the years tht he was geving for Jon ut te tehom it returned as sna the a tidings 0 Jeph 'reached him, when, at say, "the spirit of Jacob ther father revived" (Gen. 11, 37) That being m, where, we may si, {the cheerful spn in the righteous man whois broken 'any, secng that he ts torment by Bis walerngs > And furthesdo we not know of many nghsenus men. beloved by 'the Almighty, who were never & prey t acute sufering o¢ [phoscal weakness ? Why tha diseorination ? Why should 'thee be physical wrecks and the others hale and Beary ? One 'explanation gen i that the inter were born af nzhteoss [pafenta, whereas the former, aough themselves rates, 'were tot culdren of rahisous pareets Hut the facty ae 'Hgsn this, since we ser many Fgtenss men abo a He 'Sr of natncous pater, and eho nevetlee are iced 'With bodily ils are Kiel sure. But there a deep snvstery svained hee, mscmich at 2B the ways of Gad ae IGmed on truth and righteosane= In connection wth Hs verse I have found in the books of the ance 2 mystical Gocrrine, nd next tot anther mystical doctrine, bets beng [in eurnce one ard the sme. It sroounte tothe tolonine "There a perind when the moon i deceive, judgement being waited upon her, and the sun bemg concealed fom 'her Now iti the moan that a all times and seasons eeleass 'wile renter the sone of en —ahe heving prenously = 'red thon forthe porpene. Of those souls then, which she 'lester during the period that she under semencr, eves 'ox will always bethe victim of degradation and poverty and. oher her chasimmenia, irrepective of mlhther he be 'aul oe rightcous (Prayer, owever, ca avert ay Sentence (& punishment) But those sols which the moon xed fork "hen se isin the grade of completeness and the perenaisly Sowing steam plays about her, swe deine! wo sey se oman ot [Shes thendanc of gd thing of chen chided sy feakth—and allo acount [18] ofthe allotment (mez!) that fwd forth and media tathat podem oder to be Sand blewed yi We se thus tha al things are {pendent on alloment (merzal) according to the drum: "Chskren, if, and lvetiood do not depend on 2 man's sents, but om mazzal" Hence al thou who re sore) 'ice in this word inspite f being truly nighicous er through te machance of thr sal: but in compensation he Taly 'One, bleed be He, han comemso othe in the world to come R leasr wid Allthe ace the Almighty fre in cordance with justice, and His prpae so purify tha woe fom the um that adheres hs world so a to bring ite the word to come. When the body i ernbed the souls pure, sd 2 Gad brings paisa sterags om the righteous man in this word inorder that he may in Ue cresting. Inthe ead iis weten "The Lard eth the rights, fe" (Ps, 5)"

1Simeon sid: It is writen: "Only he sal ne go in
ents th vei or come nigh unt the alta, becuse he hath

1emis tht he prfane no my Bly Places, bron Fam
the Lord who sacify them" (Lev. 13, 33) When the perenma sieam wesses human suis, and the Fema be- Gores pregnant, they all xgethemacies within the lice. Now all tne the go forth a the period when the on ie defective by reane of the evil serpent. although pure and tty, beome bevel and defecive im shuteet plc they 'rach and fave tounderg psn and sufi, And thee are the souls whom the Holy One finds delphi ute ofthese ting stead of pyfl erly seating they are 2 counterpart of emthing ove the body eg impaired and the sul being within after the superal pate, cach core~ 'ponding to each, and thew are the souls that equi be tRocwed wath the reeval ofthe moot and hence ts writen 'onceming them: "And it shal come to pata tht from one ee moot 19 antic, and fom one Sabhuthw another, shall

2enh some te won efre me (sta, 3) tbe mor
"atl signifying at thes sous wil be reocwed. wholly with the renewal of the ron. For they are parinery ai hi808) vavesues 293 "sere, with the defective moon, for which reason she dwell in them alway, without leaving them, in allusion to which 'the Scripture says: "I dwell --—eith im also that feof = 'contrite and humble spirit... . to revive the heart of the 'contrite onec™ (Is. twit 15}, alo: "The Lord is nigh unt them that are of = heiken hear (Pe xxv, 13). Thee in hee defect, and regarding whem it is fly said, "wo recive "Happy i thie pert inthis world and in he weed twenme when they will be privileged wo be partners with her, in allusion to which itis writen: "For my brethren and 'companions' sakes. te" (Bid. cox, 8) "H. Ssmeon Forther dimoursed ont the text: ald, my servant shall prsper, he shall be exalted and Kiel xp, and Stl cry a (3), Hap the pore of he znd Tiracioe had for their abject to weave bonds of unio "Sod t» cause lrminarcs to radise- But after the Temple was destroyed there was 2 darkening of the lights, the moon 'ceased t0 receive light fram the sun, the latter [1836] having 'withdrnen himeeif from her. 20 that not + day pass hu fall of grievous distress and afflictions. The ume, however, 'rll come for the moon to resume her primordial ight, =p jin allusion to this itis written: "Behold, my servant will 'prosper." 'Thats to aay, chere wil be x string in the upper 'realms 25 of one who caches a svect odour and stands alert "He shall be exited", from the side of the mot exltec 'rue zomAR 11 [esis fewicaric: "ed fed fromthe ideo Aca: shall be high", from the side of Issac; "very" from the se 'of Jao. At that ine, then, the Holy One wll use tiring fos high sith the cect af enshling the mona shine with ber fll splendiar, a we read: "Moreover the light ofthe 'oon shall bea the ligt of the sun, and the light of the win sul be sevenfold, ax the light of the seven days" (Pid. {22% 26), "There will shut he added to the moon am exaied 'pint whereby all the dead that are in the dast sill be awakened. Ths is the ecteric meming of "my servant", 'iz the ove that has in his hand the hey of is Master. 'Se too: the verse: "And Abraham said unso hiv servant, ete" (Gen. 1, 2}, the servant isan allusion tothe moon a8 already explained. Alay the sereant is. identical with Meatroa, whe isthe serrant and messenger of his Maser, sand who wan, 25 we read further, he elder of his hens, the same who is aluded to in the text: "I have been young. and 'now aon old (Ps. meet, 25). "That ruled overall that he had"; thie applies to the same Metatron by reas of bir displaying the three colors, green, white, and red. "Put 1 'prry thee thy and under my thigh"; this ix symbolic af the ounlation of the world, for this servant seas destined 10. baring to life asin the dwellers in the dust, and to be mide the messenger oy the spit from on high 19 restore the spate 'and souls to ther places to the bodies that were 'underneath the diss We read further: "and Twill make thee 'swear (cearhbe'ahha) by the Lard, the God af hezven, the term seashle' ata wnplvig thatthe servant wil be snvesind 'withthe mystery ofthe sven (shed) crlesial hts which constitute the mystery of sublime perfection. Further: "that 'how shalt not tke 3 wife fr ray aun ofthe Gaoghters of the Caraarites" The "wife" is an allsion to the body fying underground, and "to amy sum" isan allusion to the soul, 'ingamuch 26 all the souls that je from the eclestial exer- 'Bowing river athe children ofthe Maly One. Hessed be He. "The sereant is thus bidkden "not to take a wife for my $00 of the daughters of the Cansanites" of im other words, motto take for 2 soul any af the bodies of the tdolrous nations whom the Holy One wilin the futire shake tof the Hay 18-1824] varesites 195 'Land, 2s we read "and the wiche he shaken out afi" Job uit, 43), a one stakes dunt from his garment. The scrrant is further hidden: "Bot thou shal go unto my country and to rey ined" "Tn ry county hae aleedly 'been explained "to my kindred" ie an alsion to Israel (Observe now wt is weiten fertber: "And the servant ok encamel," The "servant" we he alrealy identified; "en 'cemete™ seprenent the sem grades ever buch the servant series dominion, and which are afer the perl aterm: "ol the camels of his master", to wi, an exact peter ofthe spetior degre, a8 already sid; "having all godly things 'thin enters Sn i hand, to wall the superna opie 'ha emerge frm the superna luinares; "aud he atone and 'wot wm Aram: Nohara" 0 wit, the spot inthe Holy Land 'where Rachel wept atthe time the Temple was destroyed. "And he made the camels f0 kned down wothour the cry Dy tv well of water", that is he forte the enerey of the suds before ther entering into the bodes for that revival: atthe time of evening", to wit, the ve of Sabbath, (Baa) \wivch ithe sth millensum, the sme periods that aed tim the tex: "and to his labour until the evening" (Px Cry, 23). alo the words: "forthe shadows ofthe evening face srciched out" Qe 4} We read further: "atthe ime tha women go out fo draw water" 10 wit, the GEE when rae who drew the waters of the Torah wil rise fre the ead before the rst of mankind, im irae af thie hariog 'taken hold ofthe tee of ie. Further: "and the dauehtes of the men of the ty came out to draw water", to wit the bodies will ome forth we tead: "and the earth wll row 'upthe shades" (Le xxv, 29), implying that the earth wal in fare ive wp all the baies ine therein." draw water". that i to receive the sol in a perioted tate. Farber: "So Tetit cone to pas, thatthe damaclto whom | shll soy, Lt down thy pitcher, that | may drink" Iti one of our se= 'raione that very to that occupied itself i thin world so the study of the deep mystencs af Donne Wisdom, wben ss to heaven is raised toa high grade, high above those who 'emained in sgnorance; and it they who wil rise fers the dead ft. 'The word, then, "Lex down thy pitcher te"

16THE zomAR 11 [ise
_sqnify the inguiry whch che serant will make of ach seal 'exarding her occupaton in this world We ead then, "wd ste wil sy, Drink, and I wl ve thy camels dink sto", 'but, doth drink Bit and aterwardh Twill ive deh tothe other grades, for although thoue grates drink fom he sine wouter they ulunately Jere their stance foe the ehzwous acaity of the nghteaw who knew how "9 serve thest Master propery. for iis the righteous who kxow ow tompply poper mnteancew each pre. "The mime be the woman", foe Furter, "chat thou has appotcecd forthe see of my aster; tat ame inthe bey dested Sor 'Oat superior soul Observe thr it hs bee as Bere hat {Be dene ofthe male towards the female forms 2 wa. ad the dese ofthe fede wards the male se opeards 0 'uit wit the woul and frm one being. The wom i the {he body which i downed forthe aneciatnn the sal that Ss derived fom the male The bodies hen, a destined 'tie fits we id already, and then al he che i the 'ster lands will be mad sn = 'eae znd wll be eocwed with the renenal wf che meaty andthe word wil he Focored tie prenessveate se alumon to hich een Les the Lard repsce in Bes weeks" (Px ce, 32}. Hence we read: "Behold, cy serene wil undereand™ that i be wll Koow tow w resove the sul ech one ws ple "He Sul be cuted sod Wied up and shall be very bag, fom the side of al the operon grades a sid above. The neat ene as: "According = many sere appalled at thee—a0 'arred wos fon vag unike har of arm (Ue ts 2g) 'According w cut expontion, when the Terple was Sostoyed sz the Shekzah went ito cule into sarge lands en "Teal, thei Eel! cy seth, the angle of pee 'ezely" (ed Smet, 7) for all wep and eure for the Steboa the was eed fom her pla and im the degree theta becenc term what sb was tothe sae degree ber Maser withdrew bs ligand became altered frm what ewan arts writen ~The un was darkened ia as ping fork" Ud a, 10). Hence: "marred wo hi inge™ 'Aecoeding to anathermerpreunn the woh, "wo marred Besta] vavesce a7 'was his vimge onthe that of = man" ave dtocrated by the Yene "T clothe the heavens with blackness and T make 'sckclach ther covering" (id. 1, 3). For aftr the Temple fom Secroyed the hewvens did nce renin thes former a Guestin Faotercall speaking, benediction dee tee she 'sere where male and female are togtber, and since at that 'tae [1825] the ale was oo wth er all the mule hat nue 'hen wore not these a tey hed teen whe the au mei 'onion with the toon, a already asc This union is opm 'olised by the elation of joucph to acs, a8 expresed in the wane, "These are the generations of Jacob: Jooeph" ppened {o the one happened to theater ala the two being paral (od having the ne ectene symbole" (Axp Joserm srovcHT frit sEroRT OF THEM UXTO. 'Turia ravara. This has bern interpre to eam tat be 'Smet them to hn Eer of ening sh ext frm 2 'Teal: he abo seemed the sons of Leah of hog 'Tick comenpe te sons ofthe hands How, 2 may be (Bled could they have doce ts, sng that Be sons of the (Rasdrande were reckoned the Scie ts °Or fw cenit {hey have eaten Ssh fom a living ma cng th at 'so Secncly frien tthe same of Noah inthe worth" "Oly de with he Ke here, which isthe Hood hare. shall ye not et" (Gen. )? The wath i however. that Sra iy Joga nde wo posted fr B Josh (Sid "The er report of them that Fone brought was tht they cot ter oon the euphers of te land whac was oe eg es oe hy eg Ea prceed fom the uncom ede Now Issact toven Jostrm wore ruay att ats 'Sid R Blears 'he ie writen: "Come, my people, emer 'thew into thy chamber, and shu thy doors aboot ther; ide {pc ors eke eee a abe niga be oneFE

98'rar romans [pisbatse
(1s x21, 20} God holds Isat in affection above the sola 'aus nations, and an that account He warms them and puts them on the quand in all their deeds. There are thee betiods in a day during which the world i Habe to chasse {hen, and at each ofthese period it bchves& man to Be 'specaly on his guard. These are wel ww and are spend Coowhere. Furthermore, at 2 time when judgement = = 'werk un the word and death rags in ity mann should fot walk by humelf nthe open sree, as alrady menoceed above, but he should shut himell i after the example of [Ncah, who shut himself wuhin the ark ao that be boul! oe 'hemes by the destroying angel. Hence= "Come, sy pee, 'eter ino thy chambers and shut thy doors shout zee" 8 '5 otto be capone to the destroying angel: "hide thot for» litle ronment", until che indignation be overpast 2s fer the moment of judgement» pened the Sutroring eel bist no more power to harm. And itis became God hae src! in acne ard ceaws them near w Himoelf that a the idoistras mations hate bral: for they se themselves eye a a domunce woe Hoes ate evap sea Scary i na by ream of the Joe that Jared stowed wezde Jonph above all bis other rs thi they conspired 1 slay hire though be was ther own brother. How mach greater. 'en, mnt be the camry of the nattows tious towards llsaci Omer the consequences tht followed the excesive love shows t Josep by hos futher: ews eked fom bis {ake ad his father june him in exe, and aoe with here (0532) he Shennan ane went sete cule. Ws Due that the "exte eas really the comeuence of 3 divine deren: yet the [prouinace case wat the cat of many colours whuch be made Feehan specu Axo Josera onrawen 4 pexaut, £7. Oa the mie of 'dreams, RL Figs discoured on the text: And he aid: Hoar 'moc my rds If theve bu prophet emerge yom, J the Lend de 'Sie ys dues mato ie bea canoe, de speak mth how << Goon (Num. ait, 6). Gol', he ssid, "has brought inna 'exstence 2 secs of grates one higher than the other. oat (Gemang Secczance fromthe other. same on the Fight. les espiation | 'of two certain grades which they beheld in 2 "dull micrr™, i neys. Td make esl Leow wate hin on vision") the word "vissen" denoting, a haa bees explained, 2 mediums recting 2 variety of colurs; and this isthe "dull mere". 'The dream, on the cher hand, ia scteth part af prophecy, edn forne the sath grade remove from pages, WES 4s the grade of Gabriel, the 'of dams Now a 'tormal dream procends frees that grade. ard hence there 'nots dream tht har ont a 'mater, 90 that tea mature of truth and falsehood: Hence ol dreams follow thew smenreisoen, t= enren And i came to pas, a he interpreted to us, so it ws" (Gea. m1, 13); for since the dream contains both flachood 'zed trath the word has power overt, and therefore its ad- ction af the mph, eee dep sleet fallch spon me, osha berngs ape the Bed: then he opencth the ear of mem, and by 'thee chantnemend maith fhe decree (Jb EE, 15-26} When '2 man eciest rest." he sid," bebrves him ft to schnow~ ledge the Kingdom of Heaven! sod thea to say 2 short (penver. For when a man goes to Ded and akepa bis soul ewes harm sed scare aloft God then reveals to the soul throagh that grade whic presides over the sul future event, 'or things hich correspond tm 2 man's oxn thoaghes, sat ' xve a1 an slooninon to ham For 20 revelthon comes

1man when bit body = in full vgcer, bor an angel com
'muricates things to the smal, and the soul tarts them 'he men; dreamt, chen, erginae on high when souls Inve the bodies, each one taking x own roune. There is 2 prada sxed eeies of the intmatnes by which deeper knowledge is 'conveyed to men, dreams forming onc grade. vision ancther (prada aed prophecy = hed grade, ons soang ome Axe Joserm paranto 4 perau, xp ux TOLD 1 'to wis angtunas. Awp THET aereD mrw THE son Fe nen he Stem = THE ronan th [rte s835 FoR 15 DREAMS. From this we learn thar 2 man should 'ot tell his dream save to 2 friend, otherwise the Iistener may pervert the significarce of the dream and cause dey in ts {iment joseph communicated hus dream to his brethren, and they causal its flflment © be delayed for twenty-two syars. Thus we find it writen= AND ME SAID UNTO THEM, Henn, Lear row, Tats pseast [1835] wasca I nave [DBE Aste. We see here how he begged his brethren to listen tw him, and insisted on telling them his dream, which, had they given i€ another meaning, would have been fuliled sccovdinghy, But they anid to hn! "Shalt chon indeed cig 'ver us? or shak thou have deminion over us 7" and with these word they sealed their own doom. 'R Hiya and K. Jose used to study with R. Simeon. R Hiya 'ence put tohim the fllowing question: We have Kern that dream uneterpreted is lke a letter undesiphered. Does this 'eean thatthe dream comes tree without the dreamer bene 'conscious of or that it remsine unfilled " R. Simeon answered: The dream comes tut, but without the dreamer being aware of it For nothing happens inthe world bat what ss made known in advance ether 9y means of dream or By (ear of a poxlamate, a9 tas Sar afiemcd tha before 'Say event Somes 9 pats in the world se annomced im Ietren, whence it @ broadcast nto the world. So Seripture 'aye: "For the Lord God wil do nothing. but be evesieth 'hs counsels unto his servants the prophets" (Amox mt 7). "This refers the me when there were prophets in the word shen propiets were po more their place was taken by the 'Seqes, twho,in = senen even eamiled the prophes; andisn the absence of Sages things to come are revealed én dreams, and 'for in drezems, through the medium af the birds of heaven and 0 we have laid down." Amo MIS SUETHREX WENT To FEED THEIR FATHER'S FLOce 1% Suxcutew. R Simeon ssid: "The dow on the tep of the pricle at in the semtence indicate that the 'Shetonah acompanied them by reason of their beg a band of ten. (They were only ten Because Joseph was not with themvand Beafimin remained at homer account of his tender a3) varesuee = lage) Hence, when thes sold Joacph they were inthe company of the Shekinsh, and, forthermore, they asociated the 'Shekinah with them in thei oath (aot to reveal the afar of Joseph), and ol the fine of Joseph became Known, the 'Shekinah did not rest on Jacob. The proof thatthe Shekizab 'accompanied the brethren isthe vene of the Faalms which speaks of "the mbes of the Lord, a mstimony unto Lead" (Ps cam, 4) a tile which shows that they wer all of them righteous and devout, consituting the support ofthe whale 'world, toth an high and below." R Since further discouno$ ae the wets J epee eh ty snd ent me Let ng ne the hee of the Lond (Tid. Xt, 1). "This vese has bess cexplina!', he said, "x follows David was minced to build the House of Gad, but he was commanded 1 leave the oak te te son, st we sad Now sora ithe heart of David my father to build s house for the name of the Loed never theless thou shal not build the hoase; but thy sn that hal ceome forth out of thy lous he shall build the beuse for my 'anme" (r Kings Wt, 18-19). The whole of Ise! inex of this and they used 10 say: "When is David going to de 0 'that Solomon his son may arse and build the House, and we shall be ale to any, "Our feer are standing within thy gates,

0Jeratsem' (Ps. Cua, 2) for we will then go up and ofr
sactiiees?" But although David knoe thet they were n- 'patiene for his death yet he rejoiced to bear them speak his (on account of his son, whe would tale has placr im carrying 'out the cormmand bald the House. Darnd thos comment 'sing ts praises and sad: "Jerumiem that art builded 3 Sey Se omg ea" Ua 3) Aner four teacher, Gal fashioned the lover jerualem on the made! f the henenly Jerualem, the ne exact facing the zee ue rowan [etsbamye and the two are became as one. We read further "Whuther the uibes went up", they being the suppurt of the -worid and the upholding ofthe lnwer world and even ofthe Upper word, 28 says: "even the tebes of the Lord. as 2 testimeny tno Ise", the term "Israel" having its ester sdgnifomnce: forthe. being the suport of dhe lower waeld, {ect ar tosimony to the upper wari, and al in order "to {give thinks upto the sume of the Lord" (Ps. cx, g} iz 'eknowledge the name of God in all directions" [38¢e] Ano Tinats satounro Jonern: Do xox rr anera- tex rirp tue ruock oF Suecnrst? Come, ax T wits sexo Ties Unto THEM. How came it that Jaen the perfect man, who loved Joxph above all his sons and Keen hat all os etre ated hi, cnt hi wo them ? The tnuth & that he Hetoured to suspicion of them Enowing them to be all righteous; but God brought all this about ttder full the decree pronawnced "Betwece the pies" (Gen 3, 17), We have found sued i ancient books that a at re ee ee ee Joseph before be went down ian Egypt, because they knew 'Bat he should go down thre fet before they ebtained 'Srinion over btm the Egyjtars woud stm domain ver lara! in perpetuity: but by sling Jeph a 3 ave {hey rane thenmetves a masters, and since be ater om Foe to power and the Egyptians became his slaves, Irel became sessten ofa Jone asthe apmbel ofthe heavenly ove- 'ant, snd long ase wat let covenant of the Skins email with Inne! in perfect harmony, but 2 wan a Joueph departed the covenant of the Sbekiah together with {eral was plage nto captivity, anita: "Now there ree a new bing over Exp, who knew not Jongh" (Ext 8h It wa all fittingly ordarned by Providence Axo A Centar sca FOUND wis: this was Gabriel of 'whom we read: "the man Gabriel, whom I had seca in the vision at the beginsing" (Dan. 11, 24}. AND, axMOLD, Br WAS WaNDrRINC" indeed be was wandering both lierally and metsphorcally: be trusted his brethren and 28) vavesnes 235 "eight thei aferion but could wat gain it ad he wat aching for them but culd sot Snd them Hence: AxD THE MAS ASKED nny, savisc: Wuar seruest ruou? Aso ne susp: I den av sxeruarx. .-. Axo THE Max sao: Tut axe obtanren Mexce, ere. R Jodsh Gecwursed on the teat: O that thou mer! at my Brater, that sched the breast of my mother ! When [sald find thee with et, I would fin ther: yea, end mime read despise me (S. S. 'a, 1}. "The Companions he anid, inept this verse 25 emg adurensed by the Cammursty af Irae] to the Ring #2 'whom peace belongs She sed to Him: "O that thou wert = amy brother" to wit, ax Jomegh wants his brethren, to whora Desi: "Now, therefore, fear ye not; Iwill sustain rou end 'your litle ones" (Gea. t, 21). and whom be provided with food ard fe i tine of fansne. According tp anotnr expan 'ation, the phrase "as my brther" refers to Joseph, who 25 jn the relation ofa brother towards the Shekinah, with whoes be was intimately associzted—"that sucked the brea of my smother, this express the perfect affection hetwers them: "wher F should find thee without", co wit, im enle, in 'stage land, "I sould hie thee", so that epirt should j 'yet when they fll into his hands e dict act towards thems a8 2 veritten: "And he comforted them, and be ASD THEY s1ip ONE To ANOTHES (it. one mas to bis lbretier}. These ste Simeen and Leni, who wee truly bbrhers in ll respects, both being descended from the side 'of Figirous jodgement; and hence it was that their ager mas he eager that runes deh in the world ae tenes "Cured bbe their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath for it was cron (had. 30%, >) For there ae tw specks of angez. ~~ 'rar tomas 11 [88s which in accursed on hgh and is elled "cured (am), and regarding this itis writen: "Cursed be thu frm among al cattle, and from amore all beasts of the id" (Ded 14) {Bnet as "Cuts be their ange for wes eroe" This the resondie agnificance of the two mounts Gerinm and 'hal setaside forthe blessing andthe curse(Dewt a, 2). the 'two mounts 1 these two grades; ard hence 'ove sealed cursed and the other blessed. Simeon and Levi both belonged tothe de of seventy, from whch mde im tt catreme manifesta, issues the anger which is under 2 'corms All anger iru fom the side f tgorwes jodgement, 'bat in to directions, [1848] one referred to as blewed, the 'others cuned. Silly, from the side of Fasc there isued two sora ote of whon was blened and the other caved om high and bom ; the two separsed, each pong off towards tis own side, the one making hisabode in te Holy Land. the 'other on Mount Ser, being as he was "a caning hamtcr, 2 'man ofthe Bel" (Gen. xa. 27). The later hod his home inthe desert, in regis of wae snd desolation, while the former "deck in tens" (Id). all beng fly eedeined Hence iis that theres two gras, "blewed!" and "cared". cach eanged nto on ebde From the one fame ll Mensing> inthe upper and the lower worl all beecBcence, al igh

2delinermce all redemptions vf the the te source
TR Simeon said: "Tes writen ef ash ry hand in rm ency; 20 wil I compass thine alter, Q Lord (Ps. xxv, 6). The Serer implostion of thie were hoe heen expained 2 follies [Every mun has a foreuste of death during the night, became the holy soa] then leaves him, and the unclean spirit reste 'on the body and makes it uncicin. When, however, the soul eure t the body, the pollution diseppears, sve from the 'man's hands, which reain it and thus remain unclean. Hence '2 man shoul not pact his hands over his eye before washing them When he har washed them, hermever. he becomes "snctfied ace calledholy. For dvs sanciteabon two vests az required one held ahove and the other placed beneath, 'S that he may be suncified by the water poured on hic 18a] vevesien esis tocnaed ire The ew veld 'este of uncieanness, receiving a it docs the water of con- 'umiration, while the uppet tenes a medium of set 'Seaton. The upper one so be reered to a» "bleed he lower 28 "cursed". Further, the water of contamination should aot be emptied in the howe, in order that 0 one 'ay come near itt for it forms 2 pathcring-place far the ements of the unciens tle, and 2 one may FONE ION from the unclean seater. Neither may 2 man pronounce # 'benedicon before the polation is removed frm fis hands "Tins, before he senctiics his hands of » woreing. wan called unclean, and after that he called can. For ths reason one shovld not alow water to be poured over bis 'ands nave by a man who hr alreat washed fur cw hada 'in harmens withthe precept: "And the Geae person shall 'upon the unclean" (Nam. att 19) We see thatthe 'one with his hands washed i the clean person, the other the 'cvclean. Senay withthe oe vencln the oppor and the lower, the one being the baly vewel the other the unkly. 'permited to pat the pollued water to any use, oF 'even & ket it sar overnight in the Bouse, but i sunt be 'Smptied im 2 sper where people do et pans yt lable 'Gaus harm theasgh the unclcan sprit tha clings tit. es 'however, tli Bow down a alope into the earth 1 ut note piven to witches. a by senna of they can do harm to people One should, then, zvoid thie seater, since it is water of curse, and the aly One dents 10 ara! ao that they may he holy, ast written "And

1wil prinkle dean mater upon you, and ye aall be clean:
rom ll your uncannenes, and fom all your idol, wll Teleanse you" (Ee 00.25)" AND THEY TOOK HIM AND CAST HIM INTO THE FIT. |R. Judah here discourse en the text: The law of the Loved petfect, restoring the soul (Ps 0x, 6). "The study of the "Torah, be ani, procures for = mu life i thn werkd and in the woth to come, so that be gains the two works: and exc 'he thar studies the Torah for waridly motives and nt purely or is own sake as he ought 1, gxins a good reward in this

2ris soman tt [sighstse
srl and nce piieent in the the. The Sree sips "Lzagh of ayes er right had in ber bet ad _are riches and hondur™ (Prov. 1, 16), There's, indeed, bength {Edayror hrm wh devotes hoi othe Torah for om 'hte Fursuchsonethere iene of ays inte oher word, Shere dvs are seed day. 8g] And farther" he left and we riches ad honsur", winch meats god fear thie werd. Mores, «man haw devoted msl tthe 'Torah for is own sake, nber he Separs this world the "Ter gos before him and pret Rn ert and hs 'him asin the emimaes of punaiment. When 2 man's Indy nd inthe grave, the Tora Rees guard ver 5 fein font of hs al whee soars upwards bresing {Bro al hare un the wal fects proper pace lind wil sand bythe man etme when be aed

3the erection of the dead, i order to dcend him
"esmstany scams. Thos Soptnefrter ayes" Wher SE foe owe, ie all wich rer Whecs and hom oe Seales call lt withthe" (le wu 2a}. The "hog 'Sen sana wo the time when man's bd i yg the ne aed we bng judged thee; the Torah wll ten prensa while thes tna eso" oe ie sae SE Wl cn from the ua," shal tlk with thw" hot Ss pla thy came Eeararitepreed the caw" hall 'Sit wh thee" mean that when they te fom the rave the Torsh will ot ne forte then. but they wil one moc ay Goshen ty tt werd For the Toh tnllbe reared fom that me, wil penette within hem od lta, st ners, withen hc ery wands and more ve, they wil be ore see than they were previous 'ior pants which formerly bated them ie ype of al het oat wil sow be uly cnpetandd ly thom, the Toa prplarcaghr ti fang steierw chreepar inp) sil ak with dice" Joh id Tn amar way, be er eves he to te ty of the Ter nts werd 'sl be peed to sud in the wold to come; and soe afhrm. On the other hand, the man whe fails to study the "Tora ths werk and so walla in darken when heaves i weld ale cok cos te Getaemny eee

854varesuen 27
place, where there will be sone to pity Sim, place called "Seemulows pt ery clay" (Psst, 3). Hence, of him who 'us soc devoted hire to the sel of the Tora th 'worl, but bas bexmirched fumelf with the ofscoorngs of {Bis world es wrinen> "And they took um and ee ha fee the pit" tat i into Gehinnom, 2 plce where ene 'who vet ihouredin the Torah ar hrcughe judeeent And the pit was empiy", se the ame way be was emp? ssh 00? Becwooe there wat no water" Torah) i Otecree, ton, how gret i the puniahest for neglect of the 'studs ofthe Tort, acing tat Israel were not eile from {he aly Land sve for being abandoned the Torah ws 'ween: "Who ithe wine mas that may undertone 'Wherefore is the Ind persed? And the Lord sith Because they hive foraten my law, ec" (ler. mk 11)" [Judah derived the same ison fom th verse: "Therefore 'my people are ene into captive. fr want of koomieder™ (Ey) sata Because they have nt apped themuces te te study of the Torah, shich is the foundation ofthe 'pyr and the lover walla a i soya: "Were not or may 'epvenan enduring dy and night [would net have appt 'he erdinancesellbenven and earth" (Jer. Xs, 23 "Axo TuEy CAST sa iwro THE Prr. There i + hint 'here tat they ext him wkimatcly among the Eayptans. 2 where there war 00 sgn of trve filth. R. ema mid: "Secing thar the pit comtained sezpents and scorpions, bow 'could Reaben have advised that Jon should be cat nto in im order that "he might deliver him oxt of their hand, ro 'ecure hig ths fuer"? Wad eo for ofthe mrp 'od sorpions attacking Joaph ? And if they ds, how eld Ibe drver bem out of ther hand, estore im his father? 'But the truth is that Reubex perccived the intense enmity el the brethren towards Jone and ow stent they were on [ing tam. and be therefore choughe that it was bener for 'im to fall anche pit of serpents and scarps thaa to be Selirced into the hands of cacmics who would hive 1 rmercy on him. Hence the saying: "Ratier should 2 ma 'Brow Rimes ora pe full serpents and oto x 're zomn tr bBsestsb than be delivered into the hands of his enemien™ (1858) The reason ie tht in place infested with serpents and soxepions, ifthe man be righteoux God may possibly peform a riracie forbim.or may tappen tha th Ment af as ances may 'stand him in good stead and he willbe delivered: it of hone who are delneredintothe hands of thet enemies, fex indeed 'deiver him out of thir hand", be delivered at any rae, out of 'inthe pit, then it cannot be helped." Observe the erat piety Of Rese. Me kee soll the rathltanens of Ses ad Levi when scting and planning in conjunction, = witnessed by their treatment of Shechem, where they not ea slew all the males but tok all their linke ones and their wives all {hear slver and gold all their catle and precious veel apd 'everyting ese they found in the city, and cven everything 'which was in the Geld, at we read: "and thar which was i (De city and that which was im the Sed they ond" (Gon. sxe, 28). Reuben thas and to himeeif- "Hf sach 2 reat cy _sthat could not exaye them, should ths youth fall into these tends they wil not Seve of him 2 single shred." Hence Be (ad. "He mt av all on be record fram them, ance they 'Sil leave no spa of fam for his ater to ee again; wheres here, if he isiled, isbody, at any rate will remain for met bring back to my father" Hence the worde: "to bring Bim (ack to Bis fates", that is even if e die there. Hence. Som, 'Rsshen's words:""The child is sot", tha is to say, nat eve

12dead chad did | find. Observe his tcefulncss i saying "Let
(eenot take bree." aed rot "Do it pe abe Be le Now Reuben was absent when Joscph was soi, ws the breshren. 'od cach im turn tp stead one day on thei father, and tha dy happened to be Reubea's tam. He was anaious lest on 'ur day Jowph should disappear, and therefore at ease ue aetexxeD exto Tue Fit. Ber senoLp Jost WAS NOT IN THE PIT—mer even dead —anp mE BEST misctormes. Ap ME EETCENeD ENTo ute SRETHEEN Asp sasp> Tae CHILD 18 NOT, Exc. For even Reuben Gil oot koow that Joseph had been sold. As aleeady said the 'brothers auucimed the Shekinah wh them im the cath of Schutte] wavecues real has Aaa ec ie fomgli 'Mime iowa t his brethren. Revbes's atempt to save 'Joseph's Iie war ll the mare Sintered, becasne be kone 'tha the tarhripis had bees taken away from hom and gen to Joseph, for we thus fod thar Mos intersded on bat 'behalf. praying: "Let Reuben live, and not dic" (Dest. 'xxi, 8) ie lec hie Sew in thos weed and aot ie sn the \wor'd t come: and this prayer eas prompted by thi ton of Heuhes sad ao by bs repentance for that sther set 'For whoreer repents af his ain God preserves this world 'and inthe works wo come. AND THEY TOOK JosEri's COAT, AND THEY KILLED 's me-cont, £7c_ the semen bongo has been bed down. 'thatthe blood of x he-goat resembles thar of» human being We ican from shes pemage ber particular God os with she pisses crea then they ac correcly For athough Jacob 'Sed Stngly om banging beget faery he wa fhe ste of sevens, yet became be thereby deceived bs father, be was punished through that other he-gost, the 'Band of which hn ses brugh forthe purpose of Seeing 'hes OF Jacab iris writers "And abe put the skims of te {Eke ef the pats pon bas hands, and wpe the mouth af his 'seek (Gen_rarn, ered of et son: 'we sends "And lac trembled very cceedinghy" (Tél 33), 'aed 2 poshment Jarab trembled when her som unzed 'fhe werdr= "know mou whecher His ry son's cou oF tat. te psn they had caused thes father, they were srchen oh remorse and can about 1 ranmoms Jneph at all cms, a0 be they could discover his whereabouts Bat when they found that they were enable ts do wo, ey termed cu Jeduh, whe pareennn ons

20THE ZOMAM EE iC
ithe ad bec bing ovr them, snd pone hm from Bi. Nigh cause Hence esemten: "And teams topos at time, that Joa went down fom is betes "= Jouih dineured here on the sexts The Lond abe thane the ren, ana the Mat High ace forth Be es hata ad nl of (Pm nt 39) When Go Fe sid, creed the world, He consruced or ie seven piles by witch it wo po be upheld. So Scxprore ses: Nim hath builded er howe. she ath ew ot fee seven piles" (Prov. £} 'Thee turn are weld by ont rae fren ateng thom called "the Riphsona One, the relating: foundation" Ud. x, 15) Further, when the Sfoeld won created, wa started from that apo whch the lesaston and perfcson of the wld, Wo crural pot Porepecaiegs Giyirribepr ee retaan "A punlm of Auaph Goch. God the Lord hath rekon and Caled the cath fom the reing ofthe sum wn the pam 'Sou there Oot of Toon, the peecion f bens, God iach shined Gch" (Pet 2} The i om wy. God waned 'Se carh fen Zam espe where fh cannes i fl pofecin. Zinn then Ge end ad ner pet Gf the Sivre, frm whoch Ses fo be fhe oad fiom whch the whe weld meer Thin sven sseserealysndicnd scx ts. Fer Zo an Joon iii cee eqrocs sve degre the one beng the Gur Sef the eter of mony Sat here nee Foe ae See coeed od mercy, sd serve te sees fone sa {he ther the veo jaernene he Eo fran the mre Iroes whch tbe patie of jedguees ted mer) Snot and 'Seer Hence the expres "And the Lard sn shone Se te beens" inane adres "the Ment High {ore forth ta voce" rele t0 mes, and "intone amd 'Sle of Se say wer and Sire at i tere amd dl ext ommend (tse ha when Jah was boi written: "and she feed Oe rh cf erage cd oat ite 'Thence hewn ewrinens Ans Jowae wow noes sucm wis BRETRaES, hat i foes hn potion a tt testa varesnes 2 'ing: Secee Jeep ad hous ten dy ime Earp at aehiet. Aso Jeoau saw rumar 4 pavcates or 4 crutarx Casannrrs. The ten Canaanite has becx explsicod by the pee Amn sur conctiven,aXpBOREAsoN; AND MECALLED fis Aste Ex. Jodah bad thee sons and the only one who ssorsived woes R Eleararand R jour and R. Hiss 'eace walhing together. Said RL Jose to R Elearac: "Whe is 'that of the frat som of Jocah iti erin: "and he called his fname Ee", whereas of the other two itis writen: "and she Sues she called faa same Stelah" >

1Blears veyed: Ther is a deep mpc altos im these
senicrees stock explains all Thus Joish goane down from 'he brahrea symbolizes the moon becenng abscared and Gexeosing from the peviected grade to another grade 10 Seer sn and be called hn mee seve of the eters ra (ea for be wa ei vine aed Ce ee ee Fe eee (a ie) nore lore Benne Ke [0 roe emergence of another grade, that of unpurity and detihement, Fron abich grade Ex wat horn. Nor was the fee made {food uns shereards, when Selb apposed Ttesfarther EXad Er, Jus Sotceen, wee On the apht Land wher the tem "l= Ee tec in the senience= "ee of man's Reset vl fon hs yok" (Gen vim) Erwan crm shat he shed bod, br sping SSE eek we here ch Lend a oe 'Ser hat in wren 'Axo Jopaw sai wxto Onas- Go 1 exro THY BaoTmen's wire, ETC.R Smece opeoed berea daceurse 'with the tex: I hace enand np one from the north and Be cme, frm Be ing of th man me at calc ap my moe: ae we zoman tt [865 land he shall come spo ralers as upon marta. amd asthe pier 'readth clay (Is. 111, 25) "ow foolish', be sid, 'are the sone of men who nether know nor care about the ways of the Amiahy, ti yes Being losed sin sep. God made ree aber te 'peters cack La 'Sroching in the chews of Windom. For whch she wile bade of man had been daly shaped with alits members God 'sociated Himself with him and puta helt sou into bm, $0 '2 to teach man 19 wall sn the ways of the Tarah and to 'serve His commandments i ordes that he might atain 19 Iie ful perfection Hence, while the hay sou! is all wichin 'man's body, it incumbent on him to muliply the image of the King in the world. There is herein an esoteric thought involved, namely, that just as the celestial steam flows on fr ever 'without ceasing, so must man se that hi own river and spring shall not ceas in this world. And so long zs am {is unsuccessful in his purpose in this worl, the Holy One, 'eed be He, uproots hum and replants him over and over 'again. Observe. then, the meaning of the words: "I have 'roused up ove from the north, and he is come", where the soul which descends from on high. whence Gad sends it 'and comes into this world to eater ino a man, aad above Prom the ssing of the sun" alludes to the place of thet cxlestal ever-Aowing river, whence the soul tmuce and i illumined: "and there cume rulers 2x mortar" signifies the heavenly forces which cause 2 rousing in the souls above corresponding ta the airing of the man ia hie ody. Fer it {is for this purpose that God creates souls i couples snd sende 'them down tothe word, so thit there may be companionship thoth on high and below, and the well-peing of all may be blessed, God made man that he shoul steadfatly walk io His ways, and ner cut off his fount and well-apring; for 'fa man cuts of his well-sprieg on earth and causes itto dry wp, i as though he causes the water af the celestial river tw fal, as descobed in the words: "The waters fi from the S22 aad the rivers drained dry" (Job tv £1). Fer tmaamock 1866-1879) wayesaes eee tes oes hcl veld tribe poset the upper world, he whose well-spring erases to produce 'through his not taking 2 wife Ss heyond remedy, and of hem 'cts sad: "That which is crooked cannot he made staight" (Eee £15). On the ather hand, be who har taken 2 wife but 'has not been bleed with offpring can te redeemed by his 'neat relative, tht i, by hie brother. He who dies without eaving cildven will not enter within the curtain of heaven 'sud will ave no ahare in the uther worl, and his cul wi 'bot be admitted to the place vhere all souls are gathered and 'his image will be cut off from there. Of such 2 one it i= 'writen: "And ths soul willbe Cut of fra before me" Such 'being the cave, God has provided for such a man 2 redeemer [1874] to redeem him out of the hands of the destructive 'angel to wit, his brother who i near to him. So Senpeure 'sys: "If brethren dwell together, ete." (Deut. xxv, tls: "Go in unt> thy brothers wife, and perform the duty 'of hesband's brother unto he, ete:" For the soul of such 2 'man does not eater before the presence of the Holy Ove, bleed be He, but remains without, since be has not suc- 'ceeded in radiating light i this world by meansof the body. He who has not succeeded i this place ust go t soother place where he may have beter fortune When wood smsoul- 'ders without any flame, if ts strack it fares up and throws 'out fight. Man i 22 wood, a8 it says: "for the tree cof the Seid is man" (lind. xx, 19). Now aman who ents and 'drinks and marres, but is not Blessed with children, i Hike the wood that burns without giving off any light, thats, soul has aot bees illumined in its preseet body but has re= 'mae im darkness Its writen: "He created i nota waste, boule up as before. Observe that of the body it & written= And the Lard 1o crush him hy disease: t see if 'hin wl ul wer ite in reteution, that he might sce he 'ed, sd prolong his days, and thatthe purpose ofthe Lord

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svight prosper by his band" (Is. tt, 10). That is to my, Ifthe soul desires to be rehabilitated thea he must sce seed, fet a hres rnd ht ed i ray et hed and chus "he will prolong his days, and the pepo afte Lard ame he Foray eal proper [is hand, For tough aman labours in the Torah day and right, yeti source rma Fruiens, he wil ind no place well of water, if to fd by Ws source and Spring, sno wel since the well nd the soe are one ao they ves pint symbinm ewriten= "Irvin fr you. {hey cg dy ae ye the bre of = 'ness; s0 he giveth unte his beloved sleep" (Px cxevtt, 2). Precious, inded, are the words of the Torah, each one on faning sublime and hay mysteries, at hae bcm aimed, et when God gers the tht ler, eg a shes {sth all ts sable and holy tresses The words: 'vain for you that ye rise carly" are addressed to those who are 'ere ot coho the proper wom of me with fem Ivan hey ne nif we tad: "Thee oe tat sone, ani be hath noes scond yet there mo end of 3 is Isboue" (Eel, I vin fo, they "it op te, 'otety eeinn thy petbors ot eateries coe ripe Tiny teed ye ta et the et 'fexdnce for the man wh has irene hs bread sod chor snd gindno of hear but to fim that harm 'Shen the bread he ts i ead of sade be eth Sue bs bebe sep" che bsnl biog swe wee sing i Semel, ad to whom the Holy One vouchafeth sep the other word, ae we reds "and thou aba Be down, and thy seep shall be seer" (Pow. 34), forbs hare the word fo come; te man wl those down apd 'be bowed with the wer to come "Phere one tht it shoe" (ec 1, §) mm allson to the mam who i me 'property aloe, without » wife; "and he hath noes secre one up hm, nom to eablh his eame ae 'cw bing im whe mee "ye there no end fa ib Hea he ses erg od ge eee 'his che staf with scbes" (bd) and be has wot the Beats) vavesues, as se rect: "for who then, do {labour and bereave my 'nou (1876) of pleasure?" (Ufid) You may any that he bas pleasure in that he eats aud drinks and feasts every day but 'i nt sy inaarch as fs al (eich) oes ter share i oe Denar 9 et amar Be beens hs wf pea, (of the blissful mination of the world co came: for Seed wate analogs ol cpp gro Porn (Sree for Hie warts, and on desires that = man should be uot and not perth from the world to come, 2s already Se Hla pot the flowing question: "What ithe positon "easing saa pare Say ares {he sy ofthe Torah dy aed ight and devotes hill 'wholly tothe service ofthe Atmighty, and yor mat blowed {ith cdr in hs word dept ll is eon or who Las 'Sknen and they die what ae potion i the word 'came FR Joe rep: His good denis and the Torah will 'Selden inthe world to come" Basse sd "OF such is 'eroen: "Foe thor suid the Lord concerning the cach 'athecp my Saath, ad chnne the hing hat plese a, (od bell fat my covenant even uta the will Bea wy 'wwe and within my was muoement and 2 merneral 'be than sons and daughters; 1 will give tem an ere {esting meroral that sal not be ext off (1S.U¥k ¢-$h that hose have a share in the world to come." Sid RL Jose: "All thesis petfecdly conect. But what of the following protlem ? Supp there na perfects righteous man who Ris all these alien and duly perfects hime, yex des 'without mus. Now, seeing that he wilinbert i places the 'Feel to come wil his wile requie 19 marry he brother ot 'otf she hes doo, thea the marrage wil be purpose, Seeing atthe other bar inherks bie own pce mB (her world Tee woth boweve. hat abe mest sll may the brother, becuse we cannot say definitely whether the Apart was aly perfor or net. And in ary ome her second (marrage ct purpnion, chee tea ere to redeem we 'ther ghteout man who ls ded wrtous chidren and bes 'had no ransomer. The passage quoted above continues: "Two are eter then one) became they haves good sewand for . we xonan nt [sth their labour" (Ecel. 1, 9). alluding to those who have per formed the duty of leaving children in this work, for whone sate they icherit « portion inthe world to come: So God has planted tres in this world: if they pronper, well and pood, and if pot, He wproots them and replants 'bem time after fiime, AE the ways of the Holy One are sha Sr the parpone 'of achienng the good and the perfection af the wor" Go IN UNTO THY BROTHER'S WIFE, AND FeEFORM and all the other tribes were already cognisant of this duty, 'ais up ocd to thy Brotha, av that sed needed forthe Purponeof puting hing ight by growing no amas abape ad form and thus preventing the sock fron being severed 'fom im soot. And when al he been put gh, tn those onccracd recive praca the oder wel, the Hidly One

2plead wath them. Hence saya: "Wherefore I pied
'he dent tha are sready eal mort the Bing tae are yet sive, bet Beer than they both i Be tht ah act yet 'Bem, who hath ror seen the evil work tht done unde the cma itt gh That a tty pred te ed che {re ately dead more than the Ting tha have eure fren the cher world) to he ays of ce th but beter Shan they ech Zhe tat han no yx ctoed tothe ope 'fhe youth, a he as no sec to recy and to efier for bs former se; for the Haly One (188s) bas aleady given itn a sone pce sn the other meld. Happy th portion of the just abe wa nthe way of truth. OF them ti wien: "The Fghteos shall ner the and" (PMH, 39) Axp THE TuIN WHICH ME DIp WAS EVIL IN THESICHT. OF THE Lon: AND ux stew sim ALso. R. Hips dis- 'course here on the text: [the marwing som thy aed. end i 'the coring stad mat thy had: Jor thom cnet met hich 'hall pcper, thir or that, ec. (Bec, 6). "Itbehoves x man, he sad, 'to be well an his guard agznst sn, and to be heel 4m his actors before the Holy One, blessed be He; for au- merous mesengers ancl chiefiaine roam about the world, vavesure a7 out the warks of the sons of man. 10 which they bear witness, and al of which are recorded i a book. Now of a 'the ste which defile a man, chat which defies hima the 'both jo this world and in the world to come, i the sin of piling ane's seed (semen). A man guy of this sin will not (Coter within Ge Heavenly Curtan, and wil not bebuold the rescace af the Ancient of Daya So we lar from the recur- coce of the word "evil" here andin the vene- "Fer thou art 'net a God thar hath plemare in wickedorss: el shall got sj with thee" (Bs ¥, 5). It eas on account of this in, to, tht the prophet sad to the people, "your hands are fll sf Sie? (1s 15). Happy the portion of hm whe ears bia 'Masterand stm hie guard agaist the cil abt, epg hims- self pure so ast persevere ithe fear of bis Master. Obmerve, (Gees tr dene snp: "Ea the mecsing eos thy ed" 'This ahudes tothe period when a man iin his prime and in the flower af youth, when he sets out to beng forh ffspring from the woman destined for im. Then =the proper time for resting chien, 26 says: "As arrows in the hand of 3 mighty man, m are the children of woe's youth" (Ps. CHEW, gh 28 the father can then teach thems the ways ofthe Holy (Gee and so gain reward inthe world to come, ait & written: "Fiappy isthe mar that hth bis quiver full of them: they shall not be puto shame, when they speak wth ther enemies inthe gte" (Usd. 5), ue ym the bet work when the accusers bring thew indectment agains bin. ance there is greater reward in the next word than that of the man who har 'rwned is children sa te lear of thet Maier and inthe =a of the Torah. Spit is writen of Abeahare "For Ubeve tno them, that he will command has cikrer and his bouschald aver bien tha chey say beep the way of the Lord, 29 do Fightewasocss and josie" (Gen. xu, x9); and it was that 'merit mich bestod hia agai all the accusers inthe other 'wold. Further. "and inthe evening withhold not thy hand", thar ist say, from begettng children even in old age. "Yor th owes nt which sal prone tat wach sal 'thy defence in the her nti: and im reperd 20 tan an womens "Ln, dlr wes eroge of oe aed (Pe comm, 3), where the phrase "heritage of the Lord" x a8 THE 2oNAR TT [esse ames an aluson 10 the "bundle of woul" in the world 20 come, 'and the passage indicates that itis childeen that make 2 mam 'worthy of enteng that ert of the Lord. Hence Bappy as 'the man who i Blessed with them and who trains them in the 'wayeof the Tork. AND SWE PUT OFF Fao HER THE OARMETS OF HER 'wroownooD. Tamar was the daughter of « priest. and it 'can hardly be imagined that she set out with the ietetion of 'committing incest wither father-in-law, since she was by nature chaste and modest. She watindeed viruous nd didnot prostitute herself, and it wasout of her deeper knowlege and 'wtidom that she spproached Judah, anda desire to act Endy and faithfully (towards the dead). And it was beemuse ber act 'was based ona deeper knowiedge that God akded her and abe strnghtway conceived. So that it was all ordained [1885] from on high. Ht isasked, why id not God cause those sons "be born from some other woman the answer is that Tama? m= necemary for this purpose, and aot any other woman. "There were two worn from whom the seed of Judah was to 'be bei up, from whom were to descend King David, Ring 'Solomon, and the Mesh. r- Tamar and fish These eo wornen had machin commen. Both lax their frst husbands, 'and both took sunilar seeps to replace then Tamar entend JJadsh because he was the vext-af-bin to her sons who had died, ed "abe ow that Shah wae crown upy ond she ee 'bot given unto him for wife". Rath similarly conced Baws,

2it ayy, "and she uncovered hs feet and ln er down"
(uth nt, 7), and afterwards she bore him Obed. Now we do 'not mk why Obed was not horn from another seman. for 'assuredly Rath was necewa for that porpose tothe exchasin 'of any other woman. From chese two women, then, the seed 'of Juish was bask up and brought to completion. and beth of them acted poously, and Sad for their aim to do kindoese 'toward the dead, for the proper establishment ofthe world srofurqucatly Aud the bean out our expostian of the rere "Wrerefore I pease the dead that ae already dead™ (Exch

221 for whilt ther frst husbands were alive there vas 20
smeritin them, but afterwards thes were pood for sncthing, 'RS 1B] vavesues 29 'and so these two woenen exered themsches to do kindness 'and truth with the dead; and God aided them in thst work, 'and all was done ficingly. Happy is he who exers himself 'in the seedy of the Torah day and night, sit says: "but tho Stak mediate choca day and night, dou Ui mayest 'chserve do according to all tat weater there: fer then 'thou shalt make thy ways prosperous, et." (Jon 1, 8) a 'brought down" indicates hat Ged approved of the act, 30 "a: to bring to fulliment the announcement made to Abram TRetween the pieces: "aby seed shall he 2 stranger. ce" (Gen, 23), Axe Potiruar sovewt mist, for sinful Pe Hicinh dicoure on the tet: [We commen the anon rth td wth the star Fo 7) God 'Ed, hase coven even te rmament and cath rma" 'cat einai mamcroan aig appeared to mars Haly One, bewed be He, ech angel having his own sere te pesfom before bis Maser All ated so the crit 19 'SES ty tee ben appa ad ech one bow tak Some of them sere mesenger, ving charge im thin 'world cf the works of men: ocr ae appomied to chant 19 Him scegs and hymen Bat aingh tr ther ows par 'Setar charge chee evo ben Renee on the sa a 'he comscliation bt charts pats to the Hely One, teed be He: ras son = mgt fale hee Boss of angie range 'Semches in three quarer of the wnvvere: and in cach gua Roe ee mpceds agen gro al of stem ewe fox thr sk (gato chan praca to the Holy One. Over these thee hoets there stand + sscred Haya 22 in, 'breakout into song and praise othe Holy One, ax we read: -Whea the morning stare sang together, mid ali he wo Get state fo jp/" Job arm. 7) mering sare ze rue zowan tt sige (Gea. ax, 27), shit the "sons of God" are these on the left de who merge themcler in the right When davight arrives Israel tle up the sng and offer pains tothe Holy 'One three tines 2 day, to the thre watches ofthe nigh. Thos throueh the angel and Isr toether the {Hlory of God v= proclamed day and right wh wx ace. "The sacred Yaya that isin charge ofthe chanting of the sito igh sms pres ver he anne of ae here beiow, and al is performed sree In regard Sake kman wits ieee ooceheabipe tight and gieth foud to he household, ad 2 porson ber tmaidens" (Prov. x24, 15), where the "bowschold™ alles to the heavenly host, whilst the word "maidens" sence Isr here below. The Hy One ts thus exiled bach oo high and here below." R. Simcon said: "The clase "Who ccmenandeth the sun, and it seth net" appics to Joseph 'wits the sequd, "and seaeth up the srs. apps to is Cecieen rogerting whom be aid, "And eleven mas bwed dows to me" Akernatvely, "Who cunmandcth the sun" is analhanem Jaca at the time bis sos sad to him: "Know tow wheter it thy so8's coat or not" "that t seme et SET sefetence tn the Sime nbn the Sbckinah departed frm ie we "seketh up the stars" impbce that rough Bis sto Jaceb's light was seal and cine cp the sam fr bis fees darkened sed the sary did mot shine al became Jones wm separated fren hs father Aad note tht fram the 'day om wich Joweph diappeaed Juxb sbsiined from marca iatereoure and cbacrved al the other rts of 'mowrang unt! the day the ocd tidings of Jeph reached Bim' Aso Tae Loxp was wirm Josern, axp uz was A wastes tae Ecyrrtan. R. Jose quoted here the vente: "For the Lond loveth juice. and Soraicth mot Ms sum, they are preserved far ever (PS. ex, 28). 'Observe be said, 'that wherever the ghtems walk Ged peotocts them and pever abandons them, 26 David sd: "Yes, hough T (wath theme the valley ofthe abalone of death Hw fear 20 ors] = vavesnee a or thoa art with me; thy rod and sf they confor: sme (bad. ut, 4): wherever the righteous walk the She 'nah accompanies them aed doesnot shandin them Joep 'walked through the raicy of the shadow of death. hive (Sree broughe Gown to Feype Dutthe Sbekiesh as with im, cas we rad "And the Lord was with Jeph", snd by asco (Of the pronce of the Shetinah all hat he &d prospered 'hes hand so mach 90 that if he bad something in fos ban (and hie moner wend somthing of = Effet Kind it hanged in is hand to the Kind fas master waned. Hence, lit says "wade to prosper is far hand the reason being that the Lord was with hen. Observe, ton hat iis oot worten Ihave. "An hin wont bare, bt "And Soe monere toe", signing tat he wow cvery day with bes es Be maces (God pestered by the hand of Joneph: hence "the Lord 'lesed the Eerpeac's house fo jospb's mie" God gus the rghtenss and for these sakes He maards ao the wicked. fo Gar he wicked recive Diemnngs throutt the meh 'So we findit writen: "The Lord bemed the house of Obes edoms -- because of the tof Gad (u Sam vt 13}. Others a sustaind for the sake of those righicrus, bat they are mak eto noses or sive themselves by they own ment 50 Joseph, although his master was blemed for ha sale, ould ot hinoe¥ cocape frum fem throug hes own merits and [Bin bos Frecdorn He was even thrown aftereatds ito the 'Songeon, swe read: "His fox they hart with ferere, 'persn wx id in iron" (Ps cx, 1). wil Gd Rerated brn (Sed made hm ruler ovr all he lind of Ezy, and ths 'wrinen: "and fe Farabcth oot his saints: [B98] they are forever" God abide he ophacore om thin word 'iad nthe world wo came. ast is witrn: "So ball ll hone tha ake refer in thee rejoice, they shall ever shout for joy. sd thos sak sheer them let them also tha love thy me (Salen thee" (liad, 23)" Ap ry caste zo ass arven Turse Tu1xes Tamar wis deasten's wire. ere, R Higa dicuned the text: Blas he Lard. ye angels of hs, ye machty 2 creme, that ffi es seord, hrathening sete the voice of hs word (Bad. ct, 20) quezomni* [0598 'Bee rey he sl ics es et 'sn and to pursue the straight path, so that the evil promyter. 'is daily amalant, should not lead him astray. And since be 'auails man perpetual, it behoves man to muster all is "owce sgainat him and to entrench himeelf in the place of 'crength; fer asthe evil prompler is mighty, it Schoves asm tw be mightier sill: and those sons of mea who do excel him in might ae called "mighty im strength", deaing with him in his own can, and they are "the angels of the Lard™ who, 'come from the side of Geturah (Might) 10 deal mightily with fim. Such 2 one was Joseph, who was called "righteous snd aed in rey the Sen of the hely comme wich 'upor him! Re Elesrar sid: The word "Shee ere alae the evil romper, bing the mame of [personal appearance. That gave the evil prompeer an opening 'to say: "Behald, his father observes mourning for him, and Ie decks hemseif out and cure his Bair © Ths the bear was Se me, att were, and Set ape Iaen* Ayo rr-cise ro iss arvex Tnese Taincs. When God surveys the world wich intent to judge it, and finds there 'icked peuple. thea in te words af the Scripture, He alts Up the beaven, ao that there shal he rain, and the ground Ball not yield her fait" (Deot a, 17): through the sis of 'the sone of men heaven and earth are shut up and do rot perform ther funcione Now those who do not eased ia ent the bniy cmesant caowe = Goma harmon lero and ther Father in beaven. So Scripture says: "und ye tara mide sand serve ether god and worship them. He sbut up the 'even, no tht these shall be nora" Ua. a, aber) for 1m be fale tw the hely covenant i equivalent fo bowing to another gai. Bat when the holy covenants properly guarded by mankind, God showers blesings from shove 0 to this world. awe read: "A bountenss tan did thou poar down,

0Ged thine rahertance nd the weary one, thou conSrmest
a (nam, 10) "A bounteous (eidaech, Ik Eevour) rain ig rain of fvour. at 2 time hex the Commmenity Amp IT CAME To PASS, AS SE SPORE To JosEra DAY 'ay pay. R Blesar discoursed on the verse: Te heap thie from the el oman, et. (Prov, 24) Happy'. be said, "ae {he rights who know the ways of he and flow 'em ance thy doves thencives tothe Toth day and ight fr abn devtes hme to te Torah dy ad eat inkerss two works the upper world and the word {rgo8] below. He inkert thas worl, vem if be does mc tay the "Torah farts own ake and Be iberits the other word be dors study the Torah for ows sake So writen! "Length of days & i Ber sight hand, her let hand are fiche and honour" (Ui 19): that =, wanes wal the rag of he Torah for him she lng of en the 'wocid to come, were be wil be iaveted with the glory of the Torah, stich isthe rues glory and the crown of crue; {ew he comm of the Tora im he thr wed tt "ener [ei andar ices and honour" to wit im thin words eves {er ban who does ot study ito is om ae. When RBs 'cane from Babylonia to the Land af lal he sued the Topeka is few ahewe She the my md whew the ssudeots of the Torah stood up before hie be would sy: "Thin axe stics the Tera fr owe sake, coe docs et sadly the Teeth for its owe sabe." Fer the formes be TOS per shar they ofeuks Se eae cae eae od

4rue rowan tt (1900
'dn merit the werd to carne: forthe later he prayed hat the beat should be changed so that they should study the 'Torah for its own ske and ment ie everasting. One day be sw 2 certsin diaple whave face was unnaturaly pale. He 'i tbs "This young man is undoubtetly assailed by Safa! imapinations "So e took fir in hand and raterested Iti i the words ofthe Torah weil he rerareed to a better 'frame of mind. From that day the disciple resalved not sve way any more to evil thoughts, hut to sty the Torah for itn own sake" R Jone sid? "When 4 man pereeses that 'evil thoughts are zealing him, be should study the Torah, Sd tht ill drive them way." B. Hla sad: 'When the cil side comes fo seduce 2 man, he should draw it towards the Torsh and then it will quit him. For so we have leat, that when the ev aide sands wp befure the Aleiglny 1 _2cse the world for its evil deeds, God in pity furnishes the (ons of men with » device whereby to exape the accuse, 9 that he may not have power over them or their actions This vie consists in the study of the Torah, which wil ave 'them from the evi power, ait written" For the command 'ment sa lamp, andthe teaching (Torah) ight, and reproo®. of instruction aee the way of fe." The pamage continues: "To keep thee fromthe evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue" (Aid. vy 23-24, tha rom the wie luncleanness, or the ther side, that is perpetually acusing the sone of men before the Almighty: and whist it seduces sen bere below from the night path, busy on high port ing ou the sins of ren and indicing them, so that they may ke given over into 1s power, in the Same way as it acted towards Job. Especially t those periods when God sts in jodgemcat on the world docs i re up to indict men and fnomeate thet sim God, however, had compassion om {eral and prowided them with » device for exapeng frome i, tw wit the (rampet (ther) which i to be blown on New 'Year's Day, and the scapegoat which they give it oa the Day 'of Atoncreent in order that it may leave them alone and 'cecupy itelf with its own portion. Of this tia written: "Her {eet go down tw death; her steps take bolt om the nether world" (Usd. 6,5}; bat of the tue futh t say: "Her ways 990-1908] vavesies as _are ways of pleasantnes, an aller paths are peace™ (ft 'th, 17). Thin refers tothe ways and path ofthe Torah, We Ihave here the two opposing ways the one of wellbeing the ther of death. Happy isthe portion of Israel who cleave faithfully tthe Holy Ore. who has afored them 4 meat of cccapefromall the othersides, becsuse they are aby people, isinheriance and porvon. Happy ar they i this world and in the word to come. When ths vi side comes down and 'earns throigh the world and ses the works of mankind and Jhow they all act pervency in the world, it ancads apd 'accuses them, and were itt that fe Almighty hes com {passon onthe works of His hands. pene would be feft in the 'orld on account ofthe sccuser. Thus we ead: "And itcame

10pam, ashe spoke to Joueph day by day", [1998] that isto
sy, the accuser ascends very day and bring exe 20 many "ful reports and calumnis im onder to destroy maniind; "bat Ihe beattered not unto her", because He has compassion om the world: "to be by her tht in,» permit the accuser t0 "prerone dominion over the worl, which he cannot do witht 'bsainingauthoration. The virousman so guar ie ways

25t0 keep afar from him the evil prompt, as its written:
"And i came to pas, ansbe spate to him day by dy, that be Ihearucned not unco het: for the unclean sprit, which 6 the 'sme asthe evil peumpee, ties day by day to seduce man %0 le by her, that, to draw him into Gehionor, to be with bee 'there; for observe that once 2 man yields to that side he is more and more drawn towards t and defies himself with i im thie wold and in the other world. Thie unclean ode 'uly and fithy, and by sis punished be who goes atray from 'he Torah nd all thon sers that have no faith in the Holy 'One, lest be He. It is further wotten: "And it came t0 'pass on a certain day", to wit, the day in which the ev Prompter & at lage m the word, and comes to lead mice {gray the day when the sons of men "come into the house to do their work, that is to repent of ther sins or sted the 'Torah and carry out the commandmesss of the Torah, since man's proper workin this word in thing ee han the 'Ervce ofthe Holy One Hence it betoves him to be strong

13ion on every side, wo thatthe other side shoald not get

26'rae zoman it frgeb-29ue
the mastery over him and should be powerless to seduce Imm. But when the evil prompter ae that theres no man 69 stand upagains himand wage war with him, then "She caught him by the garment, saying: Lae ith me, for when the ceil [Prompter gains an ascendancy overs man, be decks him eat 'with fine raiment ad curie his hair and says "Lie with me, 'hacia, attch yourself uno me. He thar righteous sands up ta him and offers him battle: s0 Scripture says: "And he Jeft hie garment her hand, and Bed and got him out"—dhe 'ighteous thus by n efor shakes him off and fees from him

12that he shoald not have command over him any mom."
T. lesse said: "The ightenur will one day are the el [prompter in the form of a huge roountain and they will 'marvel at themieves, saying, How were we ever able 1 over- 'throw that mighty mountain ? Contrarwise, to the wicked the 'vil prompter wil appear like « threads thin as « ait, and 'hey will ay in astonishment, How was it that we could aot 'maser so frail thread as this? The righteous will weep for joy and the wicked will weep fram anguish. And the Haly 'One wil swecy the evil coe off the earth, He will eughver thm before thew eyes, so that his power wil forever be gene from the world. The Fighteous il behold and rejoice, 2s it says. "Surely the righteous aball give thanks unto thy name, 'the upeigh shall dwell in ty presemee™ (Ps. cx. 14)" [19a Ann tr caste to Pass arrER THESE TuINGS, THAT Jus avrise oF THE Kine OF ES¥FT AND HIF RARER 'OrreNpeD, ETc. R. Judah opened his discourse with the teat: Wil fn roar i th forest sh he hath me prey? Wal «young fo ie forth his vice at of his den of he has them tothng? (Amor mi, 4) "It well boots «man, be said, "to be {Sosdavusin the worship of the Holy Ove, bleed be He, for 'then fear and dread isupon every creature. Fo when God created the word, He made each creature in its proper Wle= fnew: and frat He created man ithe superral mage and {e8e him deeninion over al through this image: For as og {es man is sve the other creatures look up t0 hin 2nd, pevorving the superna mage, shake sa remblebefare hen [we ead "And the fear of mand the dread of yw ab a1} vavesues trp vey bt fh nth nl pen eey Sl 'air eae" (Gen. 14, 2). But this only when they are sware of 'that jmage aad soul in hie (though R- Eleazar ssid thatthe jmage of the righteous dos not change even she thei wl '20 longer in them). But when 4 man doce ot 'al in the ways of the Torah tht divine image is altered, sd the beats of the field and the birde of the sky obtain [poncs over Him, becaue the divine image In itn, the very form which makes him + man, i changed. Observe how God altered the order of nature in order to exeete is purpose. For the form of Danie! was not altered crea when he was 'own into the tions" den, and thus he was saved." Said F lak: "Ifs0, why i tid, "My God hath ent his ange, 'zd hath shut the ons' mouths. and they hare not hurt me (Dan. 23)? Jud ei in pl: Thedvn image 'he righteoueman site the very ange that shuts the maths 'of the beasts and pots them in shackles so that they do not Inu him; Rence Daniel's words: "My Ged hath sent his sznge!", 10 wr, the one who bears the omprint of all the age at is oan als el acd oes oe 'thereby shutiog the ios' mouths and making them power les over me. Hence man has to look well this wavs and 'paths, sau sotto sin before is Master, and to preserve the Image of Adin, Ezekiel guarded is mouth aginst forbidden food, as it is writen: "Neither came there abborre leah nto my tout' (Ex. 1, 14 and for this he was dignified with the fale "hon of Adam" OF Donel sls rte "Bot 'Darel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself With the king' food, nor wath the wine wich ke drank" (Dan. 5, 8) im virtue of which be conserved the image of 'Adaen; for ll beings of the wor fear the image ef Adams, 'which is ruler and king over all' Said R. Jose: "For this Feaoo it behowes man to be on hs guard agunst win and t0 tum either to the right nor to the Heft; and however careful 'he may bey be shad sill search heme daily for any ai When man rics inthe morning tao witness jeia him ad {low him the whole dey. When he opens his eyes, they 387 {to him: "Lat thine eyes lok right on, and et thine eyelids ook srsighe before the (Prov. 2, 25); when he ge up af ue oman ir Lrgeeagsb sand enh ready to wall they say to him: "Make plain the 'athsof thy fet, (Ud 26). A ran, thence, should be 'Cn higuard spun his sim the whole day and every day, snd 'when might comes it Behoves him to Took bck aed examine {ll the actions he hus done that day, 20 th he may repent emer So David said "And my sin is ever before me (Pett 5) asan esoration to repentance Now, when lcal 'were ia the Holy Land sin never clang to them, because the 'ficrings which thoy offered up [1918] make atonement foe them. But now thi they are exiled from the Land and the 'flerings have cess inthe Torah and gre deeds that mae ateocment for them" R. las emathed "So whoweser devotes ham tthe sty of the Torah ato th pero ance of gerd deeds enables the Commun of Isc! wo rame head the eis af ene: Happy Se the pote of te tho stdy digest the Torah dey and igh" 'Obeerve now how God regulates events in ach 2 may a8 to raise aloft the hea of the rightens; fr im onder that 'Joep, who was faund cightmne before Him, ght be 'cuties Hie sured Sa mune to anger agers servant ewe ead: "The ter of the king of Egypt aed he ker (Hionded thc lord the kang of Eeype"—al shat Jomeph the Tighten ought bectaked And sonce that war through 3 'Seon tht Jouph was ought lw by Bia berhven, aad 'wo though s dream that he wan red over betes and cover the whole work AND TREY UXEAMED Dalam, ora or Tues, PACH MAN His DREAM, IN ONE NICHT, wis ress, etc) Seung that we tive bed down that 'dreams follow ther interpretation, may be acd what trade Jonph interpret the dre of one i 3 Sd seme sd of the sther in + bad sense. The explanation dat dee 'reams concerned Jncph om ae came he penetrated te the rot of the matter, he gre to cach dream the Sang. ices Set rng Se fl ee Axp Jostrm sa1D cxro Tarm: Do sor irearae- TaTloxs seLowe to Goo? TeLL 1 ME, I PRAY OC. jade y-cay lh sone nlay rm Se fpreings Uream i etn the ierperstin to the Holy Ome, ashy] vavesuen 2 Sees thor: om pho he caping of Seren and Hin {Be imerpreanion Observe tat the grade of dream ie low (pode, the sth foe that of prophesy. ad tha se epee {toe detrmanes fo cect, Pine elf mabeied yen sod tierce Tho wat « mene Wes gn oy

1Bobi, Now cncve the ve: "And th chef bath tld
Bs dears to Jeph, ce" R. Elarar pened 2 course 'cathe ent: dnd wane fo ps she hey Doe goa ovr, th Tapeh od we Beka: sk wt Pall for ee fre F em takes frm the. ind Eth sl I pry he, le dbl (portim of thy spit be upon mex "The ngage sacd by 'Bij hee, head, nt Se mrp, for sal i only Ged whe can grant whatever is asked of Him. And 'arte, Row coud Ena, wareag tom demand "Lact 3 'doable portion of thy aire be upc mc"? Ba, indeed, hs 'eas sarey not beyond the power of one who bad a anp of 'even and each nnd ofthe woke noel for ares God would perform the will of Elush. a: of all nghteous men. 2 'Fe reads "He wl ful the desire of them thet fxr i" (Pa cus, 49), and all the moe when t wana quence of [Bij Sequcating she foty spi he pomencd to Elaba, 'shows own sera and oncering whom God ad id hin: aed taka, cc non of Staph of Abcecbalah "Sha ho snot te props in thy rom" (0 Kings 2, 15) hence Esa wan at hear by ght Wer ak, Bowewes, how be could beg for 2 double porsian of bis spirit. which was mere than Ebjah pomemed. What Eltsha really asked how 'rer es not a dobie portion of the spirit but the power perf 2 dole achiteenest wih thet me ope. Ebsh Shereopon ssid: "Thow hast wed + bard thing: eeverthe- Ses thd ace sc when Ia taken from thee, shal be fen hee bt fot Sse ot Be 90 8 Kong 3) 'he wonda, "if tau se ee" he meee: I thou cans poe 'exe the tre womardnes ofthe spit hat I hequests thee hc moment Iam san fom the, ball be wo oto the Foc sach eomace of the pert 24 he should discern whe Jocking at Eph he would fly exp. ress] And 20, who- (ever cameeplaes thar which he fear ros bn er lt

0HE zona [epee
"a the same te seeing shat wieder refeted i is face am 'thereby obtsin an additional meed of srt. Se Fouph, 'whatever he wat about to do, used to contemplate im the 'pint of wisdom the image of his father. 2nd 0 be prospered ed on wagpeentstion sf opiet come' uprs Ries Sok a ghor 'Mluminaton. When that sinner said 10 bier: "bebold, a vine 'was before me". Joseph was alarmed, not kmrwing what import t might have: but when he continued, "and in the fine were thre branches". straghtway Josept's spit wae 'strand received an influx of energy 2nd amination, be- 'cawe atthe same time he gazed at the image of his father, 'and knew the mexning ofthe words he heard. We read then, (Awo te rus vine wene Tune Brancutes. Sed Joseph "This is assuredly tidings of wnallyed jor, since tht vine vxat symbolic of the Community of Imad, and the three tranches were the three higher grades mifring from that 'ine, 20 wit, Prises, Levites and Ioralies: and as 1T was Svppine {rs aLossoMts ROT FORTE. cat i, by rte ofthe thre orders the whale Communi of Israel scended dad received the blessing from the Most High King: axe a allies te the wine shee age ir sere fmt 'Soce the sx days of creation" Su fr the dream was of goed tidings fee Joueph: the rest ofthe dream caxcerned sclly the dreamer him; fr, indeed, sore dreare there se which part concerm the dreamer hime and on part 'other peopl. In thie connection we fire been taught: To face whete grapes in a dream is of good omen tothe drearer, 'bat pot black, the reason being that thee two are emblems 'of two cermin grades, ene of the side of ec the other of the consrary side. Grapes i peseral are 2a allusion to fath, and hence they diverge within ht estepory, one kind to the 'ste of goad andihe other vthe ie of ev, the one equine te be cxsrcsed by prayer the other betokening provident 'care Observe tht the wife af Adam proned for bce grapes and thereby brought death wo him, and ta the whale world. 'ercumepect sot writes of him "And he drank ofthe Pe the meng fe oe wad gse-1ga8] varesuea ar 'wine, and he was drunken; 20d be was uncovered within has sent" (Gen. sx, 21)- OF thse tame grapes the sons of Aaron drank, and they oflred up sacrifoes whit under the in uence of wine, = x reslt of which they died. Heece tis 'erinen: "est apes ae gupes of gal their chasers are immer" (Dest, coun, 32}, referring 10 thow grapes chat 'czoted al these is; but the chief of che butlers saw im dream the good grapesin the vineyard whence there sends fs ples and agresatle odour among the perfect grades i 'mancer due. Thes Joneph, whe penetrated wo the rect of the wbole mates interpreted the right; for inasmech a she dream contsined good tidings for tumacif be interpreted 'the whale afi ins fvmmrahle sense. and an it wae Flog 'The text atin: Ware tae cater sage saw rmar rar invearax- 'TATION WAS CoD. HE SAID ENFOJostrn: AtsoT saw AN MY DREAM, AND BEMOLD, THREE BASKETS OF WHITE 'BREAD WERE OX MY HEAD, Cursed be the wicked whose 'actions ane all fraught with eo intent. their wterances ith 'malice As soon 26 the chief haber opened his mouti with 'the word af ~ancer)Jonepb was atinateed, persone, abe (Gd, that ss words would be of evil semper and, indeed. im the words "and bebaid.thres baskets af whute bread upea say head" Joueph a once read the ei iings ofthe destruc 'Son of the Temple aed of che este of Iaac. For mocce the est ofthe dream, namely, "and the bids did eat them oot 'ofthe basket upen may head" this was 2 reference to the 'other maton who would sxemnble spam Leach, slsy them, 'devanste their Qnellings, snd scatter them into the four 'corner of the world. Joseph noted all this and ke tha that 'dream concerned Israel a the time whee they should sin Iiefore the King; be thas mnighrasy scape' io an 'enl seme, hoch uerpectaton was failed n the dreamer. 'Obsere, then, that the two dreams belonged 10 two diferent (grades: the one sn [1934] the upper grade ascending and the 'moon in its fallast of ght: the other ssw the moon in dack- 'bem and under the damnation of the el serpent. Joseph = ar souan tt bet rere abe ty et sec Earp soapeas Th Fath oped cose on Ue ae Onin a tien heat, © Go ond ce © dealer waka we Bee ee a eee the pages "Cavey serane erre ame Sin tere 6 Rings th ed ln es" he tae fee beat ath» tial at" (39,19, The Saul the clean bent whic Dol bed fa "Aod teocrs eaifctgc wats me" nic atic Sin te pommel trod or Evel he enti anya he Berm poe ott pice ie Neste eaee del wep "Aus ace spat wo pe wthin you" (Es. ta 25) ber aspicit of perverenese™ (Lx x2, x4}. David hun prayed and renew wit me a spirit of scadlastnes™. The term "renew" alo alludes to the renewal of the moon, 3 period 'which contains the asurance that David, King of lve, i lve and in being" 'H Eleerar and BR Jour were once walking on the mad. 'Ssid R Jone wR. Eleazar: "We read- "And there came forth the spirit, and sted before the Lord, and said: I wil entice him And tne Lend mid entahim: Wherenith ? And he aid [ill go forth and willbe 2 tsng spurt i the cath ofall the propbess And He sad: Thow shalt entce him and shalt prevail alo: go forth and do a0" (+ Kings xxl 33-22). According to tradition that was the spirit of Nabath the JJezrcite. Can, then, 2 soul which has once ascended to the "upper world eetura to thes woekd ? Further, the wards "T will se forth, and will bea lying spirit sm his mouth" are very 'acenishing And again, why wae Ahab punished on account 'of Naboth, seeing that Sate! had so li dows the lew to Iecad, when be sid to thean: "And be will take your elds, 'and your vineyards, and your eliveyards, even the best of hem" 1 Sam ft 44)? According to this, sf Abb took: 1933} vaxssuea a "Nabeth's vineyard, be was within hie cghes, and ll he move 0, seing that he offered his in Hother viseand ot jts equivalent in gold, which he refused" R. Eleaar aid im teply: "Ie is a proper question fou ask. Observe that the 'teadiional identficton of that spint seth the spint of [Naboth docs indeed ruse a dif Foe how coud the pint of Naboth stand up fore the Almighty to ak per 'missin to le? I Naboth was « righteoss man, how could 'heat permenioe o hen theother world, the word of tach, sexing thet even nthe world ethe porto righteoes a otep afar from fakebood ° How mauch ere then the 'apper world ! Oe the other hand, if Nabeth was oe right= 'ous man, how could he bine sood ie the presence of the 'Almighty ? But the truth is that Naboth was aot righteous 'enough fo stand in the presence of the Alzmghy. aed that 'pert was another one which has power ia the werd and hatewally secends and wards before Ciod, the sane that leads people astray by meats of fabchoa! Now be who = secustomnad to yn will always resort 40 ne. and hence he T wil go ferth and willbe a heng aire. ce", to whic the Holy One relied"... go forth, and do so", as much as 'way: "po hence and be of from here". This — 'with the Scriptural tex "He that speaketh falsehood shall (bot be esublabed before mine eyes" (P= ci, 7} And im regard to the other dificulty—if Ahab took Naboth's vine- 'yard, why did fe Kill him ? Ie was jast beeause be killed [Nabeth without cae. before expropeating bis vineyard, {nthe numberof those whom that lying pit leads astray by 'mean of faltehowd, Goosinating the worl! frum many sides 20d through many acuvines Hence King Deva suppicated 'uc ie might be guarded againet bien sod reaareed from deflement, saying: "Create me 2 clan bear, God; and tenes 2 steadfast spirit within me", 2 steadfast spirit being the opposite af that other spirt. In sum. chere are two grade, feoe cred and the other defied" "R Bieazar thea openol a discourse on the text: dnd the Lond uthreth is ence Before is army; for bas camp it cry @ 2s yur zoman 1 Teab-igse reat, fore i mighty thet excateth hit wend (Joel at 12) {He sis "The expresion" and the Lord" (V-YHV 7), = sve have bid down, everyuere indicates the Lord in con- jjncton with His Court of Justin; the "yoke exe he fame ab "The vice of words" (Deut 1, 42) heard by the Irate, where he tenn "words" agains identical with 'hesame term in the verse "Tam not ama of word (Exod. tw. 10}, the man of words being the maa of God (Dea 'eu, ):"before his amy wo wt, Tac, "or Bs cap bs tery grea", anit says "Ts here any number of bis armies ™ Usk sa, 3) [o4se]tasemich me the Holy One has eve oe frany chiefs and emimaries who are at hand to Seng seewations aps Fear, and therefore God pes before Iselin order tw guard them, and so that ther acer shold nee prevail agunat thom "for ee mighty ae 'rectcth his word", i wit the rights man, whe Seetes 'mec tthe wy of the ny Torah day and night Aer satel, the tem "mighty" bere in am epithet of Ue cer, 'sho appears frequentiy before the Almaghty, and whe ie Indeed mah, strong a5 ion, hard as Bit; and it tbe hat "exerueth hs word", a he fist obtans satharzation fem above and dhe takes aay t's wal hee bee We read further: "For grestis the day ofthe Lord aed very terri: snd who can side? (Joe, #2), emma as Hes rer ver al, not high nd most mighty al eng sbject to His {Eminion Happy ar the nghtcout i wham the Haly One 'enstartly finds det So ato voucsafe to them the wed 'o.come and to mak them parcipatac ia the joy with wich {heighten wil oe doy Cot in he Hay Gy, Band be He, as itm writen: "So aul al hme who tke refuge im thee ree. they stall caer shout fr joy, and thow shale 'Sekt them, and that thwe tat hve dy tame will ex in thee" (Pav, 1). sed be the Lond for evermore. Amen sed Ames 'MIQEZ, Commas tee #7 Aso rv cane ro rass ar rae exo, R Hirseapoundel 'he ord "end from the tat Fir rth an endfor dar (pale arch cnt 9 the farthest Sa, tan of ck dk 'a ad the shades of death jb Mav, 3). "The end bere 'menticned i he ands allan to the "end of the lef, (ahich, fier roaming w and fo ow te work. Belly aces {Eat presents ff before the Holy Ore, bened be He, wo 'ring sccustons agunst mankind. He "scarcheth out tthe 'Fert bound" (tathth destruction, masmuch aa ie 'wes are weve fot good, but always for dewrection and for 'ects anblsoon ofthe world Hele "a sone of stem 'sing" on which the wicked came to grief and whch found jes nd of chick trina, darker oe™ (BL Fox theres "Tand ofthe Bving" on igh. whichis the Land ot leat and 3 land below called "land of dactnes™ The {iene and the shadow of death bere mental are ideo 'al with he end tat meres fer the mde of dake 'thick abo che "Som of guid". As we have lsd down 'behoves the sont of men t take due thought of divine wer= 'ip and olan inthe Torah day and might. 325 to now 'bow to sve the ely Ove, biased be He The Torsh her "sommons man daly, sying: "Whow o thought, let hen Fermin hither "(Prov 44-6). And whoever burs {te Torah and cleaves wows het i pfeeged woe old of {Be tre of if, ane writen: "She fa tore of Ee to them {Bat ay fold upon fe" (Bid a8) And whose tes bold 'upon the ref life tit world wall aso koxp bold om ix 'He werd come, since the pradcs amined to ule the 'pet worl corerpond fo thee sate ce departing fen 'word. Now the tec of fe raat int various degrecs. all Liering fees one ether athough forming» wit, so the ape of branches lve, butt stock and ros A he {thf soe of Ieee lay hold upon the tee of ie mame 'sping the sock, some the branches, some the eaves, ad ax6 rue zousn 11 gseag34 thers again the rts. Dut those who exert themselios i the 'uy of the Torah [2936] grasp the very trunk ofthe tee, 'and we lay hold upon al; and so we fire" Ano 1 caste ro pass ay rau exp. What does the term "end" aguly ? Said K Simeon: It gases the region wherein there i ng remembering, which s dental withthe 'end of the left. Why did it emerge a that mement ? Because Joseph said: "But have mein thy remembrance when it shall 'he well with dhee" (Gen. x, 14). It wa hardly becoming for Joseph the righteous beg to he remembered by the chief 'bute: but he was led to dos by his dream, which he thoaght betdkened remembrance. In this howevee, he was mistaken, 'ince all depended on God, and therefore the region of forget= flees placed self before him. Hence the Seritare, after 'ying, "Yet did not the chief butler remember Josep" (lid. 23), adds the words "but forget him", alluding to the egies of Forgetlutnean, which on emtica withthe er of the 'Bde of darken" ATIHE Exo oF TWO FULL VEARS. The two years were 'mle of the two grade the grade of Torgfatnee ed the grode of remembrance to whuch gave place, THAT Pusmaow DarasteD. ANo, BEROLD, ME STOOD BY 'rus atvex. Ths dram was one tht concerned Jacp is Sail Since the idea of river emely onneced with Tone the nphteou: and according ta the lee of dreams 2 er seca ina dream i 3 prongs of prac. for so t = writen "tedold. I wll exend peace to ber fhe a vee" (Is tama? Hig openod dacoure om the text: The is by ustice 'acaiieth the land: bat be tha exacteh gifts certbroeeth (Pree. max. 4) "When God', he and, "created the upper sword, He wo eonsituted it to and ath cle adiatons Jn al direction sed He crested the upper heaven snd the Soper corn much a way that they should promde forthe saotennce of the lower demnens. The "king" bere i 38 allusion w the Haly One, blewed be He, while "justice" Seni Jat orm abe Lasso te wh ce he s93b-1944] oevarz a7 pant of the wld se usice, which catablites the earth with _allrequirementeand provides Bare eho ot nde God es fer Fil Js He coed ph tothe ruler over the lind" B. Jou aid: "The "Ling" sguiies Joseph, while the wards "by jute exablsheth the Ind" allude to Jacob. acing that before Jacob arrived in Exyye the 'Exstence ofthe peop was jeopardized by the famine ut 'soon 38 Jacob set foot in Eaypt the famine ceased tarvuch tus merits and the world was ae secure. Alterrtivel, the keg who by justice tublcheth the land w exemplified in King David, of wham itis writen: "and Dared executed justice and righteousness unto all his people" (ot Sam rm, 43); for David thereby upheld the worl, which was pre~ served aftr him for the sake of his ment "But he that 'exact gilts overdhnnweth if" this 6 exemplibed in Keo beam. For God for the sake of the righteous withholds {Punishment even when it hes been decreed against the word; Renee, dunne Danc' Lfeume the land wat spheld and after tis death it was preserve for tis sake, as we fea "and T sll defend the cy fr mune own sake, ad for my seman! 'Daria' sake" {u Kings 12, 6), Similarly, during the Weime of Jacob, 25 well a that of Joseph, no punishment wat en hardening his hear before God he brought ruin an the ld lof Egype whereas before the lind seat preserved through Joseph in conjunction with Phansoh's dren [+543] AND, BEHOLD, THEae CAME UP ovT oF THE siveR Seven AINE, WELL FAVOURED AND TATFLESHED: dno vwer #2 16 rue ween onass. The sve is men 'Soned because from it all the lower grades receive ther 'bewngn For the (superna) steam which fows 'estes and feeds the whale, and Joneph was himself the river by means of which te whole of Ege was bese By that (lpper) snes seven rads are emgared and bleed, hey af we zoman tt bose being "well favoured and faBcated, ano euey rep ne 'THF REFD CRASS ola}. The word abu (meadow. oc bruther- 'hood) spits shat there is no separation between them. The smomber seven has everyehere 4 similar symabiam, the Soren maidens and the sven chamberlaae mentioned it 'the Book of Esther (Esther 1,9; 1,10). RL Tsanc suid thatthe scven good kine symbole the ruperioe grades, znd the seven 'ean and ill-fsvoured bie other and lower grades: the former 'the side of holiness, and the latter of the side of deferment. 'Srvew fans oF coms. R Judsh said: The firs seven 'cars were goed, an they came frem the right ade, of which it fe written "that it was good" (Gen. 5, 4}, and the sound 'seven were il, a0 being lower than the others; the ft ones 'pmicended from the sde of purty, and the ethers from the ie of They all eymboined feo snes of grades 'corresponding with cack other: and Pharaoh sm them alin Ii dream K Jese remarked: 'Can it indeed be that the 'wicked Pharaoh was shown all these? R. Judah in reply sid: CHe only azw ther coumerparts nag ia comesponding seses: be saw this through the medium of the leer prades Fer, = we have learnt, what 2 man it shown in = deem 'correspands this own character, and his soul ascends just fw far as 0 obtain for him the iormation matable for bat (pride. Pharaoh thus saw as far as he ws permite we Fel no mere Aw pape wader thr beacon (Ecc, 1) "For every dng thet the Almgbty fas made inthe wer worl he ud, Te has appointed 2 fue term sad feat. He hat appointed a thee For igh ed for deinen Hem ned tr Br the light of the other eatinne who are aow the rulers of the veri and aterm forthe darkneof the exe of Fae eho tt ow sobed to thir rule. Aad a0 there is 2 term for every purpose w the bower word" According to another fcplnatin, the word "ah (Sime) isthe meme of am angelic emer charg t9 see that everthing takes place at its 'ppovete me. ALL THE MAGICIANS OF EGYPT, AND ALL THE Wite wex qwescor. The word satire (and ae 'eoubled, akin to the word pa°am, time) indicates that the 'pint kept on appearing to Pharoch and leering bir, not 'saying with him fong enough at aay one time 10 enlighten 'oi "The sane ea the cane at fat with Sammon, of wham is written "And the sprit ofthe Lord began to move ima fn time bests (pha'eme)" Yad ant, 35) In comnecton with [Nebochadnerar iis writen vatthp em (and eas soubled) (Dan, +), indicus that the coming and gene of the Tote wise 8% THEAROF, to wit the bink-viners They 'Mite to mate ovr the dear, bu baled them. Hae 'aid: "Although it has been aimed that no man is shown "rnphing in dream srve wha falls within fos own gre, t fs diferent with kings, who are petite to se more despy 'than other sen; for masmuch a kng'seradets higher tat that of other men, he it permitted to see that which falls 'wikia 2 hnghe grade than that of ether men. So Scuptsre Jaye wnat Gop 15 MOUT To DO HE HATH SHON "sto Puansol, whemas to other men God door not reveal whit He is about 10 do, xcept 20 the propa, 'ies, or sage of the generation. Now observe the words: Mr ne BisvoRED UNTO MISE OFFICE, AnD NIMC ME JEANGED. From thie we karm that 3 dream ie determined by tts interpectation, since the pronoun "he" cam refer onl 12 Jou. that twas Jone ho rere the om 9 ih oie. and hanaed the other. thou the mediem of is tepeeston, 'Turw Paxson sewraxp cattep Jostrs, Axo Taer novcnr wim QUICKLY (ceyripaly) ovr oF Tux ouN- 'beox. R Abbe dinnursed on the vere: The Lord toheth (pleaare rez) im thew thet oar hm, the Chat tat fr bs fmevsy (Pe Cut, 15} 'God indeed takes pleasure in the 'ehceous, hemi "booms they promote peace in the Per ae ue zonan nt bos "il and i the lower werld, and caunc the bride to jin Ber Inusband: and therefore God takes pleasure in thove that fear [Hien and do Hoa will. Thowe that wai for Tie mercy sre they 'who study the Torah in the night time and thereby becseme sccater of the Shekinah and thac when the morning Smee they wait for His mercy; for, 2s has been afirmed, whoso 'sui the Torah in the nighttime is looked upon gracously in the day time. So Scripture says: "By day the Lord will 'command His lovingkindaexs (or grace)"—for what remem ? Because "in the night his song is with me" (Pa. 2221. <)- Heace: "The Lord takes 'those that fear bien", or, a8 we might translate more accurtely, "appeanes thane that fear Him", he one fiend with another. Smiley. of Joupt ere it wnt, taper (and they brought bare hhasily), which admits ofthe rendering, "and they appeased him", when he was aad and woebegone, giving him words of good cheer that gladdenet his best and disipated the [poem of the Gangean. Ofeerve that jst = Be roaes mn 'eezced throvgh hs having bexo Unrow® into the pa. so "wos through the pt that be Sally war exsted" RL Semen 'sid: "Before that iocicat (of Potipbr's wife, Josep wat (bet cand aphtonu (rads # wat aly ater be tod the test of guarding the purity of the covenanc that he was called 'igizeous, and thet the rade of the holy covenant wat 'crowned through him, and having bees with him in the fest [pa rom with him ows and thon i fe wetten= "and they 'roaght him quickly out ofthe pit"—be was raed from the pit and crowned by the well of ving waters" Axe Puanson seer axo tbe) cate Josrrs: Insd (of "and called" we should have expeced "to cal pec sss hentoe Col ie the vee "had he 'alle to Moses" (Lev. 1,1), and this harmonies with the 'words of the Piles: "Until the time that hie word came Yo pas, the word of the Lord toed him" (Pe cr, 16) AND NE CHANCED mis mAIMENT, cut of respect for royalty, = exphined cewhere. R Boar quoted here the 'ext: Sorel alsa come ino Egypt; and Faro sjoered oe the ond of Yam (Dd. 23). God," he bad, while accomplishing sodb-s954] ad ae is decree, yet direc creme in such 2 manne 2 to foes 'heir werent. For we have armed that but arth love which (God bore to our ancstors, Jaco would have been broueht dren into Egypt in tom chains, but cut of Ts hve Sr the (pamarets He came ma san made rer ef Be 'Toei ent wal hehe went down ino Egypt He pple (S dsnincon, 20d Jab eotered = Eke 3 hing fo the vere "Tara abo came into Egypt: wad Jacob sjourmod in the Aad of Han", we ty tbe fone! tobe an nlnsen the aly One Sled be He. for twas fr the me of Jaco, who 'sjourned inthe land of Hare, sad his sons that the Shea ae ange oth arenes he (eee gh (Sul fine be temghe inte Expt ar theme seen near pena peery tape 'She Land tis mncction i writen ~The King sont '2 lone hw; the ruler of popes and em re" (Ube. 32). According to Semcon he werd "ruler" in this Setcce i he object of the verb "een" and lcs 'Ge ruler of people to wit the angcbeeiceme, who & 'the ruler ofthe eat beng, and whom God seat © at Joseph fee. Gop wits Give Pasaow ax ANSWER OF PEACE. This 'was a Sex grectmg and an overtre of peace. RL Abba wid "The wicked Pharach aid. "I know oot the Lend (Ex 2) 'poreamuciading tat be was the war ofall the marcus! he knew, however. the same "God (Ehaie), secng thet Ihe himself ad: "Can we find sock = man as this,» man im 'whom the spit of God (Elion) is?" Dut Moncs came 1 Wie, ot in the name of Ged (Bho), ti che eae of ae [Lord (Jehovah). a name ahogethcr beyond bs apgrehcoson." 1K. Abb govted in th conection: Whe is lide the Ler cor Gal, thetic enthroned sn kph, thet babe doen low xp sees and upon the arth (Pu casts 5-8). "Go be am "cothrened we high", that in, He raises Hire high above His Throoe of Glory and docs not reveal Himacif tthe lower world at those times when no righteous men ae to be Snand in the world. Contrariwine. He "ince Smee low 'when rghieous mee are found in the world, = thes He ae tHe zoe [epson 'dewends in His grade so as to meet the lower beings and 29 take the world under His provident care. But when there are no rightonss men in the world, He ascends aloft and Iihdes His face from men. and desers then, smasemach athe 'iphteous are the foundation and the msinaay ofthe world. Hence God did not reveal His Divine Name save to bach alone, who are His portion snd lot and herisage: and the rest 'ahentance" (Deut. 14th, 5-9)" the book of Ezclessntes, which I find exowedinglr obscere: for instance, the words All things told tear a mex ct to el- ses canned utero the eye ana sated wth sein mar the at filled with earing (Eccl. 1,8) Why mentionall these three 'organs? Harg snd the all things are more than auth ean ver, why ad that "eye conot see nor car bear Sty The renee T prmeens, Decne ogee and 'can fonction involuntary: wheres the mouth i under 3 'mus's control and so Kobelth aches us cher ll three oether cannot exhans the universe' Said R. Hiya: "That te Man's nth connet utcr, mor has eyes see ou hiv ear ex the entry of things: and yee "there 3 muthig sew under the san" (Uh 1, 9) And observe thar not even the eembodied sirts which the Holy One crested under the 'sun ae able to give wcrance wo all che tinge hat are the woekd, nor can their eve 1g] see nor thesr eat bear all Hesce Sclemen, who taew crerything. spate thon Now, 'tbe that al the daangs ofthe world are coozroied by rast 'pamters of pia, but the people ef the worl! know not and reper ot what tt that epholds then. Even Soliman, the 'weest of mex, coald sat appechend then" He further di 'coused om the vere: Fe hath mae rerythingbeewtifl i its tame; abo he hath set the world ix thar heart, yet 9 that mee 'comet fad oat he wor hat Cad hat ne, (Dd 18). "Flow happy', Ie sud, 'we chone who labour in the Terah and thes lean to ee with the eye of windom ? Whatever God 35] secez 3 tas formes inthe weed bs son contraing grade wick Sts either fr pacar for end There ae pades othe 'eit and grade ofthe et Hfa man oes to ight wate (ee athe perms then Eecores# deez pe on Sat (Sade which eps bie cewaed and procars Bim oer Felpe fo ie goes tothe let then whatever tbe ce see beccmes directing force on that Side. andbrings nds (Ress scat bem, wht lating tn ferher into Hat Se Tepe Shearer 2 maa perms 2 cand and pope the (Gacfss ofthe neh Rand fords fam elp, and Hw ce (Seed in the expeneion "ood int time" thats the ct and =o bee 'hewn wp tage sien "He eek sc he world i thar heat, tha nthe whale work (sada works depend ody on the will of em Happy 2 thee righseou whe by thet good deeds rw eves pom Some and ape the wens andre now bw Hezaches to th erode led "tine of pea" and whe 'rete of tho nghteowiens othe bower work! intucce he rake elled Kul (everyting) to sine ont ime (cl). Woe fo the meer whe know tet the Grecgrove of 32 = (ee oe cemnnges to foe thes Sans nc a wah wo fo tenet the world and witha cach dent of then sh 'onder he proper grade: Eencheg thas deyeneat on {ears fee al ao Woden: "yo tha a cor find ot 'Se woek tht God hath Jone frm the bepinning even tobe qa and inasmuch 25 ¢ depends on 2 man's wil whether Ss death are suched tthe proper rate oe tthe improper 'one the text comioues: "I know tat there i 80 geod i then bot to repuce, anc to pesfors good actions 30 bg = they Eee" (Bt 12) Ths isto wy, 2 man's acto re 'er cod. he fas to sepace at all their comeqpences end to [Breck for them tothe Holy One snd todo good aos 1S hing as he Eres; for sce Sn own act brxght cil up. Sim thcoaah the grade promding oer abe hs to rece the pishment aed to give hans or meine that be Ieougis ton hima, tke bard Sindy Eine eco he 'sue So Seepeare srr: "For man also kevmcth not his 'ime; oe the fen that ae taken in 2 ev ws, and the Sra dat areomghein she arn com eo ur the sansa mem a ye roman tt Lagsheghe 'aces \n an evil time, when i faith suddenly opom then" (ad. 1x, 12} The experssion "his ime" (et refers tn the swiniering ee! calcd "time", who presides over ca act {Iman performs, and is refered tin the satement "he bath 'made everything Beautiful in its time Heme they ae "2s the binds tht are croght in the sare", Happy. then ae thine who exert themscives i the sady of che Torah and are imimate with the ways and paths ofthe Terk of the Most "igh King 20 a8 follow the true way 'Observe that a man ought never to begin his speech with an lloesencd utterance. a be doc not know who wil he 'ad he may come to grief ver it. The aghtoar tha ys begin their dieauree with words of peace: So fone 'prefaced is address to Pharaoh with the merds: "Gad will ive Pharaoh an answer of peace" R. Judah said: "it bas 'been rauzht thatthe Holy One, biosed be He solictons: for the welfare of = hing, as we rad® "and be gave them 3 charge unto the children of Isc. and unto Pharaoh, King sf Egope" (Ex i 13)" [tote] R Hiya id= Pharaoh wished o.pot Jmeph to the tot and 20 changed the tesour of ax (dram But Joseph knowing, askedhd. the grades anu easly 'ath objec ofthe decam, and sid, "us and nes ds thoa See", pot by poi. Hence be writen: DISCEEET AD WISE AS THOL. As if to ary: "Vou seem 'to have been theee atthe tse I dreamt my deeame and te 'Reve sen the dreams tagecher with its interpretation." Said

1Hase: "I char be sa i would signify that Joseph ald
'Pharau beck his dream and is interpretation, at di Daniel te Nebchalaeesar" Sad Rina: "Nee Joep gathered fromm Pharaoh's stxtement that he war spesting of crsin (grades, and wes able w pot hin Fight om certain porate, Knowing the corect onder of the grades. Whenear Daniel 'gubeved oothing from Nebuchadnessar's satement ad fold 'ostnight both his dram and ss interpretnen. athe: 'wetten: "Thea was the secret revealed unto Daniel by 2 'ison ef che aight" (Dan, 59), to wit, by Gabel There cd seraer 4s sre vie coerespening 1 t Tsien" in Exck mum, 3} The 'ion of a higher vision, and ths agen of sll higher. the 'whale Semone s acres called "vieoen ofthe rie" tos (which al dreams ave muerpecied. Hence "he reves to (sect & Dane! ea vnum ofthe ight", that is aay, one of Game grado revealed to him the dream aed is interpre 'eon. Bae Jorgh dirned the Big penis ot ofthe ward of Prorach Hoe Poach enc himcemmanduver he abole [bed of Eaype ati this way God reeared tom what 'zeay from sinful touch, hence "Pharaoh took eff hs signet 'ing from hs and end pot it upon Joscph's hand: Jencph's 'nest ep sel far fer sinful embrace, s0 we ead "and De (puts gold chan shout is neck"; hn body Lept sey from 'Se, hence "and be arrayed him in vestures uf Enen"; the Soot Gif no ride in sn, 59 we ead, "and be made hie side

2tie second chanot wach Be bai"; and in wirmae of the
'hough stich Joseph hept pure he was called "dicrect and wise of Kear", So that al he recived was hi own due. Ie Bee ence: Asp Josera weet oct row Tar rarsexct oF PRiaaou, axD WENT THROUGHOCT ALL THE LAND OF Egrrt. R Hiss ard chat he went through the lsod of 'Expt to have bit rule procisimed, and also to colt the 'corn of the various distrins. R. lesz said that be enleced the corn to prevent it from resting R Serene ssi "Gat is 'eve! ennulding events 9 = to full is peur Whee God 'crated the world He Erm provided all nexenstes and hen Ibroaght man into the werhd so that he found hs fod ready "for tom. So, ton, withthe promise sade by Gad to Abratam Sn the weonda= "Know of 3 surety that thy wed aball be = 'prasger sn 2 and that mot thors. 20d aherwards shall thes come out with great sobseance" (Gen. xv, 13-14) Wien 'Joueph came into Egypt be did out Sea there rest beer, oe Gad crranges to Being = are em the woekd,with the a1 'THE ZomAR 1 'ar all people brought their silver and geld into so thatthe whole laad of Egypt was filed wath aver I: then, when great substance was amassed there, He irought aco tn gape: For tant way ofthe Almighty, to provide the cre before inficting the wound. Thus here 'stom thou locest al the deys of the fe of thy varity, ee. (Eee. 1g). Ths vers, be aid, "has been chasesotencally 'explained. "Enjoy life" it an allusion to the ie ofthe world

1come, for happy st the man wha is privileged to gan that
1ife im ite Fulnens; "with the wife whom thou lovest™ is = seference tothe Community of Irae of whom its weit: "Yea, Fhuve loved thee with an everlasting love" (ler 'oxi, 3} When so ? At the time when the Right side tkes 'bold of ter, a is implied in the concluding words: "Therefore where the fights of that (apper) sun do not ecach—those Tighe which have departed from the world since the day when the Temple war 'ei Binted in the vers "Te sun shall be darkened in his ping forth" (Ls xm, 10) "For that is thy portion in life: tis allades to the smo- Cation ofthe sun withthe moon, as it behoves ws to bring the 'moon, 25 it were, ito the sun and the sun ito the mace 50 tht tho should be no separation between them, this bing 'the portion of man by which he may enter the world wo cone. "Then the passage continues: "Whatever thy hand Sadeth todo, dow with thy seengeh: for ther emo work, nor device, nor knowledge. sor wacko, in the grave. whither thou foes" This verse strikes ce at firs saght ax surprising" is 'man indeed free tw do "whatsoever his hand fiadeth tw do > rol sore Tor we means ec he pe "yy strength", ie. through the instrumentality af the higher 'soul of mae (nechamah), which forma his strength, 20 2810 'gain through her this world and the world to come. Alter snaively, "by thy stcength" alludes to the wife mentioned _abere, she being source of strength both fr this world and the world tocome. Hr thas behaves man to pomesshrmaelf of that power inthis world so 2s t0 be fortSed by tin the next 'world; inasmuch as once 2 man departs this world he can do (bo mee, apa te wie for Bim to ay, "Henexfocware | 'am going to perform good acs". for assuredly, "there is 90 work, nor device, nor Lnowledge. not wader, a the Eve. 'whether thou goes" IF mun ba not angie merit in shot 'world he will nc acquire it any more in the other world, _zcording othe dictum, "He sho has not lad up provision foethe yourzes from th world wil hare nethng te ext the 'other world™ There are, moreover. certin good Geeds the 'rut of which a man enjoys n Us world whit the poncpal remains for his enjoyment in the world to come Observe hat Joweph gad thas word and the wordt core in rte 'of his determination to join himself to a God-fearing wife, 26 inhis words: "How can I do ths great wckecness, 'and sin against God 2" (Gen. roan.) For this he rose to be {Druler otha world and gethond money for laael, 28 we 'ead, "Joseph gathered all the money thit was found in the land of Egype" (Ud. ivi, 14) and this was in the order of things, since the cver'owing celstial ver gathers within ite ll things and isthe sepasizory ofall riches. Everything tus happened according to plan: assuredly Jeph was (predestined to cule ove the kingdom AND ME SADE WIM HIDE 18 THE s2coND CHARIOT. 'God hae mae a second chariot forthe Righteous One. by 'thom the worid is nourished. For God bas an upper charct and x petber chariot. The nether chariot tthe seoved chariot, "and Joseph, baving stsined to the name of "righteous", eas 'Gualiied to nde on the seaond chant, Ihe kos prototype tt the supemal world. AND THEY CHID BEFORE a3: [AaRrci, The term "abeech" signifies the sput where the ry ue z0nan tt [965-1970 'san is ined tothe moon, toward wlich all bow down. We read further: ANOME SeT HIM OVERALL, namely, ove all {he work scat athe pope acknowledged rae 47] 'Observe that Gel has made the earthly Kingdees afer perry of the bevel Baglom ood str eo 'arth hasbeen precded by its prototype in heaves: Now the dominion of the celestial Kingdom was not pecfect wath it 'anited ie tothe patriarchs, since the Holy One intended that the supernal kingdom should he humised from the grades symbolized by the patriarchs And so when Joseph Ses nent denen int Egy he drew after ir the Sbekinah se the Sbckaah only follows the Rightrous One. Joseph as 'thus frst drawn into Egypt, where he gthered up all the 'wealth ofthe world, and thes came the Shekinah sn company 'rith all the tres Ang i was in sinwe oF having Repe the purty of the covenant thet Josephs was privileged to be crowned in his right place and merited the upper kingsiom and the lower kingdom. Hesce, o preserve the purity of the 'Covenants ike observing the whole ofthe holy Torsh, since the covenant is on'a par with the whole Torah. Now Jacom sw tar these was coms si Eovrr. Hiya discoursed on the verse: The harden ofthe word of the Lord eomcerng Level. Ths saith the Lard who tetcheth forth 'the heavens, and laeth the fandatom f the cath, and frmeth the sport of mas eth hw (Cech 3,1). "Certn porns, be sai6, "are w be noted in this vere First, 26 0 the import of the term "burden". here and m other pamages. This erm, lshereveri introduces a judgement pronounced agains ther 'ators, basa favourable sport, jazosioch 2 the prosperity of the idolatrous mations & if one may say so, a Burden for the Holy One. Hence 2 judgement prooounced against the "dolaters removes st were fren Hin the buréen Contr Wise, wherever the term "burden" introduces a decree of judgement against Lerzel, it has an unfavourable impor, as it 'amples aburden put an the Holy One, blemed be He. Now. Taving sid "who sretcheth forth the heavens and layeth the foundation of the earth", what need iether for the ext to add "and formeth the sirit of man", 2 fet which we reres978) serorz lenow aleady ? But in truth this point to a cxrain grade 'which forms the resrwor of a spirit nd souls" R. Srneon 'sad; "The words "within him" seem superdoam But i trath this expresion has a twofold recondite reeaning. It 'bear allason to tha 'eles eres whanee al the souls emerge and fly forth For ths purpose it gates 'hem im ene ermal place or grade and shor grade "forenath the spirit of man within toc ke a woman who has coe 'ecved and form the shud within her womb from the moat 'of concept until itis fally developed: 3 the spn remains 'thin ths grade ul 2 mani created ia the wore to wham He assigns it. Alcrnaively, God "forme the sprit of man" 'within fm, to wit, i hin body, feral. Fer when 2 man 'ated and God signs him his sul. and he emeres into 'he light of day, the spt within i Fede no body bch

1expand, and remains cramped it re corner, 21 Wer
bbe the growsh and exparsion ofthe boc the spit sso igeey end caper, and in rogue ws groming mend 'Gentinues ts receie for on high, ever grees sbuncane, 'your and coeray. which in @ turn it nfuses no the body. Further, the statement thet the Holy One "formeth the 'spine of man within him" indicates that the sant penis 'sustenance inthe sme was 2 the body, and that tthe body (ros on developing, sis the spirit granted increased strength [Bed energy Observe, that when Jourph wae lnc, Jab oe deprived of Sat increase of spirit throwgh the departure of te Shekinah from nm But serwards "the spit of Jab their father revived" (Gen. ms, 27), [1] that ist egaioed ft former increase and growth 'R Jose and R. Hiskih were once trvlling from Cappe- daa to Lydds, end with then was 3 cenain Judean dene Ss se aden with clothes Said R Jose w R Hiskiah: Repeat (he of show excellent expositions of Senprure which 3ou ae woot to deliver duly before the Socred Lamp." R. iskish then began to hold forth on the vere: Her mae are ways of "ond alle pats ae pence (Prov, 37) "Thee 'toy, Be sid, are the ways and paths ofthe Torah, ae who- er walls in them is invested bythe Maly One, bese be He, with the grace of the Dine Presence 28 is constant *

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ecompaniment, and whoever follows her paths enjoys peace fn high and below, peace inthis world and in the world to 'come Said the Judean: 'A decper meming lies inthis vere, 'ike 3 com in the corer of s bom "How do you know ths 'hey asked him He said: I have beard the recundite explan- sion of this verse from my father." He then eontinoed to Hiscourse thes 'This verse containt 2 twofold idea, coe by the terms "ways" and "pleasznmnes", and the other by the terms "paths" and "peace". The "ways" sre those mestioned in the pastge, "who maheth 3 way in the sea? (Ie mast, 6). For the tarm "way eeeyehere i Scripture denoles an open road, accesible tall. So the swords "her seays ae ways of *allade wo theme 'rape which our patriarchs opened up and traversed on the reat ocean, and which ramify an all rections tall quartese of the world; and by "pleasantness" is meant that pleasint- em which imac from the ether worl, the source whence radiate all lamps ia all directions. That felicity. that Hght 'which our patracche abuorbed and inherited, i thus called "Spleasenteess". Orwe can say thatthe world t» come itll '2 called "pleatanmnes, becaove when itis awakened there (Sa eierng of al joy. all Sccxy, all Deniaton, am all fee= dor. Hesce tran tlis us that shen the Sabbath comes 'a, the simers in Gehatooea have a respite and ae granted 'ave and rest; and that a the rerminaton ofthe Sabbath we Ite to call wn the supermal joy upon us so that we may be |deivered fron the parashmeat that the ssaners undergo rom 'hat moment onwant: and this we do by reciting the vere= "Ad et the pleasant of the Lond eur Goa be upon 2c (Pac, 17) am alluscn tw the supermal plemantness 'which brings universal freedom Now, 25 for the "paths", 'hey denote the paths that praceed Fons cmt high and areal athered into the single covenant which i aaned "pea", 'meaning the peace of the howehold, and whuch carries thie paths sto the grest ocean when its aptated, and s0 eves peace Otserve that Joueph anbadied the covenant of peace, and in camequence became ruler ove the lad of Exypt_ Jacob, being deserad by the Sbebinah knew sothing ofthis, senha) snore = but peverticios he had hopes frm te purchase of core Eaypes al he ses Borers clenty pen exis? mo sere png dwn ino Ea. Axp JAcos sat To mis sons: Wey smoutn ve saxe 'yovaseLres consriccous? messing, ix clot "you should nat pretend whe cther than hungry and chor of fone" snd the world is in distcem, 2 man should sot show himself Tithe open road, in der hat be mney not beset oa aot 'thin sins; sod s0 Xi afirmed Alsermstively wemeny epi that [gS] for that very purpose God sent a famine into the 'world, namely that Jarob and his sons should go down into Exypt: and so Jacob saw the peuple bringing corm fr "Egypt, and thos knew that there was com there Or we may 'Whea Isc died, Jacub and Esou came to (Gedy) ld and al dat it involved. and Jab tok up he 'hol, inciting the pach Hence hem the laminy at 'frate him in Egypt, where he and tis sons would endare 'cle, and hence he suid to hessons:~Why a you show your selves off im presesce af the supernal judgement ? That is the way to being the scutes Gown ape you" Amp me zaro: Brot, | WAvE HEARD TaAT THERE 1s conn in Ecvrr. Ger voc bows (mda) THITRER. [i bas aleady Seen pointed ou thatthe numerical vale of 'Se teem meds (RDY 240) anos ta the momber of year Jarek wa ayy Axo Joserm was tue covesxox oves Tut 14x0, Ere. R Jose discoursed on the text: And owe shall my head (Ae fed ap chove mone enemies round alot mand Ill fer he sd meg wih ped Dor ©) an aE zoHAR 1 {8 "When God he sa, "takes pleasre in # man, he cates bigh shore alls fllow-men and makes him cht over the= all 40 that all his enemies are subdued before him. King David wat hated by hie brothers and rejected by them. bat Gol raised him high above all mea. He had t fice from his 'father-in-law, but God made him ruler over the ltter's whale kingdom and all knckt and prostated themecives to kim. Jouph, open, wa repcted by bie brothers, but atersaede 'they all knelt down and prostrated themsclves before him, 28 'we read: "And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed dow t0 'im with thei faces to the earth." Akernatives we may p- [pos thes yore to be apohen by the Commnity of lemel, whee bead will one day be rated above Esso and all his Tiewenants. Then fora! wil "offer in his tabemacte sacs 'ces with trumpet-sound" or rather, "secre of breaking" (era'a) wo wit the broken sprit shich ie mentioned in the jpasage: "The sacrifices of Goo area broken spi" (Bid

1ig), so 28 t cause severity tobe removed from che world;
"thea T will sng, yen. I will ing praises unto the Lord". without comng, for evermere: Accurtiry te ater faery {stim it is the good prompter whe says, "and now shall my head be lifted up above mine enerics round about me", 10 wit above the evd prompter that surcunds man on eyery de and is ho. enemy throughout: "and T wit ofr ss Cubernacle ssences with trumpet sound", aloding to the study of the Torah, which has bees given from the side of fire, 28 we read: "As bin right hand was a Sexy lew unto 'them (Devt. ait, 2); for its thoogh the Torah that his head is fed up and his enemies are Broke before him, ss jt mys: "Thou hast subdued unto me those that coe wp 'zesies me (Ps 2010, 40). According to another explanation its King David who cays "And now shall my bead belied up", namely, wo be ranked smong the patriarchs, 28 he had those oo the left side, the accusers who sought to injure em 'by hs overcoming them the sun formed 2 junctia with the 'moun, and a unity was elected. Observe now the passage: Axe Jocrrn war THF CONERXON OVER THE LASD, soe 1088] roe 2s 'which ints deeper measing impli thatthe un rules over 'he moon, gee her Hight ad sastans her. We read forther= Here was saat s0Ls to ALL reorcs or Fue tase. "The alladen tothe ever owing cies whence ll derive ie 'sourahment and whence the oul of all men Gnerge Hest all tom down toward that seg, 31 nothing happens sn the erat ae ot pet on meal cei caer, 1K Blcarr bere dncouraed onthe ate few dof ev ee py oy hens a eonpenth 'ee shot? (Pe xix 6). "There a, he aid, Var Games 'whe fear and lnow at what they far. we have ld doer Saewhert. One tnd se te mam who han commited se 'wethnetpeakzine that they were =n, and be therlore raid of "gs of ev tit, days that are under the _jurdicnn of the [1b] cil one, tht i, che el pemtee, 'te on cerns days © gen scthormation to kad assy al 'hee who pallte thea ways For whoever enter he pathof <efiement is carried farther along & Those days, then, 2re taled "days of er". bong assigned forthe punecment of Tite sins wich oan treads undet his bee! 5 were 'Whocrer, then is habsusted to those ane wich men tread 'underfoot, pit weve. ware of them and constants — 'examine hema to see that he was fre from such sens and he 'therfore was nt afrasd to got» wat Observe to the differ (coer in the bebavicor of four Linge in going to war Das (Sid: "Let me parse mine enemies, and overtake them; 'nether let me tur back ull they are consumed" (Ps. xv, 'Ric btm, Or that his sins might cause him to fall into their hank Asa wes an greater fear, for though be aly gunwtely 'cca heme forany Sin ett wa not with such care 2b [Darid Hiseequest therefore, was that he might merels parse Sete pees wich pris eg fe oven A ae Seo eee ee

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his enemies, not overake them himself, nd that Ga should 'lay them for him, And st came shout, ase read: "So the 'Lord smote the Eshiopins before Asa and before Jodah: and the Ettiopans fed. And Aaa and the people at were with bim, "(1 Ch. atv, 1-12). Whereas in mga 80 David i i writen: "And David smote them fre the oi- light cren unto the evening of the nent day (¢ Sam 4,37) Jebochaphat, api, in perrng fore, nid: "Tam notable 'to pure nor t9 say ther; but let te chant thy praises fed do thou sey them" 'This wat becmuee he id not 'Caamine himself even tothe same degree 1s Ass And God 'Sad what he requested, asi in writen: "And whea they began wo sing and praise, the Lord set einai anise the chikren of Ammon, Moab, and mount Ser, thar wee 'come against Jah; and they wer smite (ot Ch. xx, 23). Finals, Heeckiah fl hiself able nether to ing prises, nor to pour, oor wo engage in wat dhe remem being tha he feared the above-mentioned sis i is thas writen: "And # came te pes tht night tat the angel ofthe Lard went forth, {seem in the camp of the Acre 3 Banded fire (Bed Gvethormand and when mem roe cay inthe see, al dead corpecs" (tu Kings 30,35): That 'is house, and ly in his bed, wis God 'dow them. Now, if those righteous men were in 40 mach fear fo account of these sims Row uch preset should be the fear of her mca Hence it hehoncs a manto eon hs ward gains chose nas and te cxnmue hemes Chncly eparog, {hem se 2 pot wallow sc dap of" whoch are without mercy 10 oben domina over he" Asp Josten cxew ms axerunex. When they fell into his hands he had compassion on them, sce be was com- pletely viruout SUT TarY EXEw miu NOT: thee were Somece and Lest, who came from the ade of seven, and Ihence bad co pry on him, inasmuch as all those imbued with 'severity take mo pety on min when they fll nto ther hands. Hence David wid, "Wherefore bowld [fear 7 indicating that rutarally he ought to fear [1gpe] those "days of eri, AL sha be Name see el mere 355 sm yrsieny sated Did cones: Thingy of ry Sob Get campenesh ae shet™ The werd ec" here, ain poy et bend et ld on Be (Ge se a carathee cd pes ferming nee 'hc he othe dy) ha ae fer ste forthe 'See whch a cooly rsd eer he ec. Thewt te ue are He "cae of samy" (©) #8) an 'Secreta wich in ic bese tung 2s "ea pers aed te ce mio fone Se wed ad [puird themes agent ther cee and cannaaily erste 'their deeds 99 tht oo accuser may rise wp against chem citer jn thi world or in the world to come. the Torah being their 'guide and preguring the way before them Of these it 'writen: "Her ways are ways of graciousness, and all ber rs folie be mmed row. Do 1) Gol be "cresind man i order that be shoald mais himself worthy (Fis ory and always serve Him and be occupied in the "Torah day and sighs Fur God tes pleare in the Torah 'acd gave to Adam and taught ict Bim, s0 that he should Ihnow ae says. So it is wrmtcn: "Then ai he ser and ecase i; fe exabiished i, yea. and searches wut. And unto Adam be suid: Bebold, the fear of the Lord. that is wisdon; and wo depart from evil is understnding™ (Job Zev, 7-28) Adame, Rewever, howghs be ingen! into (Ged not herp i, and cranggresed the command of it Master fand wx pusiahed for has sin Samal, all those bo trans- ees coe precept of the Torah are Beld to account for 'King Solomon, the wises of mea, tanagressed ane presept cof the Torah, 20d for that be was dethroned and bis son's inherinnce was divided What, then, most be the cosse- (qoemor of the tanegremion of the whnke Tocah (New, ance Jeneph knew she Torah, having lara it from his father, hy 'hes his beehren fll into hs hands de he pt the=nthrogh

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ll hone cents Far be it fom a to think chat it ea oat of

12spirit of revenge that he heaped cn them accusations hi
'only purpose wat to make them bring with them his brother pin, for whom bis heart wae longing; and, moreover, the da ot Jet them come t0 grief, as we rad liter: "Then 'Joseph commanded therm 0 their vee with cora, er." Judah ssid: 'Afr God created the moon He bad her 'consantly before Hi eyes (Deut. 42). Im regard to this it fs abo written: "Then did he see it, and declare i (sayesa- 'ra; he established it, yea, and. searched i cat" (Job Jexvrt, 27) "He mw it™ means that through His prosdence 'the sun is reflected in it. The term wapesapra we mar trane- late, "he made it like sapphire" "He established i" wo that it should fall properly into twelve divisions? and be further Cad, tats» wadom: and to depart from cri = onder seanding™ (Iba rv, 38), nce winder is the mea to 'tain to the fear ofthe Holy One and nderstanding the fowr by wfoct to ecarse nd Leep seat the reise and 'hom scan tos newidg of and a insight inte the gry Fie Mow High King" Jone once rein the sight wo sty the Torah when there hoppeeed tbe s cera Judean wit wn the house:

1Jone ewan to expound the vene. Treances of exes!
prope nechog bet righ earth frm death (Pow. £2) "There mo pri, he sid Wo thor men who Jo ot cccupy themeeles with the ody of the Torah and follow 'oly worl afuis w onde amas treasure of wckntnan, Sf hich # be writen" "And those shes perch by el te me the Hats Ean sci the ce the. * Cammenga nso ngage among WA the nn ling de eee a THe bees ral a! cee evan ae pring wet Gears Lingo ie "i s9e-t998) scger 37 'advencare" (Bed. ¥5 3}. Bat "righeooesne deere from Genk" those who aocupy Gemmcties wh the sy of the "Tork and know its ways: fr the Torah is called the of lie and is abo called rghtmwonnest. a8 we read: "And i shall be rightenasness unto ex" (Dest. vi 26) The word 'dapeh (rphteouenese) here say alo haves eral memnng (oF "charity" [98] The twormcanings Tora and charg, are Ibowever in emence idenncal' The Judean remarked "Tebeare abo the meaning of peace' R. Jose eeplcd: as (a The Judean thes jincd him and Dagan to dincmarte ot 'he tet: He that tle he ground sal Le plenty of brad 'man to devote him to the tlkng ofthe ground and to pepe the be meine? Bot there en vand secne 'hewn' The Judean then cted the vere" "Amd he pot hi ne hs Corde of Een t dren aed hep" (Com m5) The seosence 2+ fas been explained be si. comms 2m alka tothe mcrifcen che obec af the ecb "wo dee" 'ing the higher King. and of "wo kerp"the lower King. he cone cubraning the upper word the eter the ower werk (he one eatery crcl om "Tereomber" toe ober i 'Toteerve™' Hesce the "ground" here a an allusion tothe 'saps: "snd I wll Bless chen? (Num. et, 27). Hence, "He that cllesh the ground ahall have plenty of bread" wo wit, Iemvenly food, bat "he tut followeth affer vain things", sameiy, be that Geaves to the other sade, shall have powers? 'enough, assuredly." R. fase remarked art thea tbe 'able w give such an pasion." The Jadezn then followed 'with 2 discoune an the see' A fastfel max chal eSomad So ie te pees,

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'sth easngs(Prov-xxvtn, 26). "This speaks of the man', he 'aid, 'who puts his trust im God, ke R- Jesse she elder, who, although he had food for the day, would not prepare hie 'meal Before he had prayed for hi wily Inead to the Holy 'Ring; and he used to say, "We shall not eat before we obtain 'ermiasion from the King." "But he that maketh haste tobe fich shall not be unpunished" (Ibid), because ke refuses to devote himself ta the Tora, which cotitutes the fife of this 'world and the life of the world to come. It being now the 'ume to occupy ourselves withthe study ofthe Torah, let us 'do noe aid, Hledhen begaa to cncouree onthe mubjest of reams, "We real', he said: 'ANO JOSEPH RINTENBFAED WHE DarAMs Wuicit HE DREAMED OF TatEM. That is 'when he saw them bowing 10 him, be called 10 mind his dream about their sheaves boning ths aheat Further, one cought to remember 2 good dream, because, although there is

10forgetfulness hefore the Haly One, yet ifthe mun forgets
the dieam he alsa will be forgotten. A dream that is wot rememivered might 2 well net have been dream, and there fore a dream forgotea and gene from mind is never full. Joteph therefore kept his dream fresh in his memory, never Toegetting it, o0 that ie shoul come tuey and he was en _santly veeting for ie Fulfilment. AND HE sarp To THEN: Ye: Ane seis. Although he remembered his drear, he di 'aot mention it to them, bac only said, "Ye are spies: Jone dicoutsed on the verse: For dra cometh through

4matitade of busines; and « foals oie through a multitude
of words (Eel. ¥, 2). "Tt has already been explained' he sid, tha dreams are under the change of 3 hierarchy of euto™ ian, stat some dreams are altogether teue and others are anixture of true and false. But vo the truly righttous no Flue rmesayes are ever communicaied, but all they are told is ve. Onmerve that of Daniel iis written: "Then to Danie, ina Vision of the night, [2cou) the seeret was revealed (Dut 11,19), also: "Daniel hada dream and visions of his head 'upon his hed: then he wrote the elrearn" (Ubi vt x) Had 'the dream contained falsehood it could not have heen written 'down in the Seriptues. When the soulsof the ru rightewus facend, nothing comes in contact with them save holy beings ) sears 339 'hat communicate te them words of truth, words that ean be relied upon never te prove fase. There i, it is tue, a tradi- tion that King David never sav happy dream, frm which wwe should conclude chat he was shown falue things in his dreams. 'The truth is, however, that David was all his fe eugaged in making wae, in shedding blood, nd hence all is reams were of minfartune of destruction and ruin, of blood and shedding of blond, and tot of peae. You ray posibly aiso wonder how itis that good man is often shown a bad 'dream. The explanation i tat what he sees in such dreams Jn the evil that isto cleave to those wi tranggrem the com 'nands of the Torsh and the punishnents which will be 'neted out to them inthe other world; ad the good man sees all these ig his dream in onder that the fear of ie Motor 'may constantly be upon him. So it ays: "and God hth 'made it, that man should fear before bir" (Exc. 10, 14) "which has ben exphiined to refer to bat dreams. This thea, 1S the reason why' the rightevus tat is ade ty see" bad 'dream. We have learned that when a man has had x dream, te should unburden hiteself of it before men who are his {SGiends 30 that they should express to him their zood wishes 'and give uterance to words of good omen. Desire, which is "Thought, athe beginning ofall things and Uterance isthe 'campletion; and 10 2 deep symbolism will this way have teen effeced, and all will have been made good. Thus 2 man fiends shoold afr the good interpretation, and so all vill, 'be well. We ee, then, chat God communicates to each man 'by means of dreams of the degree and shade of colour con- {ormable tthe degree and shade of eclour of the man him- self The Judean remarked: 'Assured! itis ely the geod 'man that i maid to see true dreams, When 2 wan is in bed -aleep, his sul leaves him au roam to and fro towards the Upper word and enters as far as ahe can, 'bands of pure spirit who are traversing the If she be worthy, she ascends on hugh and sees notable 'things, but f not, soe falls tito the hande ofthe other site, who communicate w her lying things, or things which are out to happen shortly. And when the man awakes, the sl 'communicates to im what she saw, The unjust man is thus

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shown a happy dream, but an untruthful one, so a8 to make thm gp further azray froes the path of truth. For since he 'turned aside fromthe right path they efile im the more, at 'whoever sets out to purify himself is purified from above, and 'whoever nets ot defile hrm Ye slay defied rom, above. This has already been expounded elsewhere." "Thus R. Jose and the Judean discoursed until the morning davened. KC Joe then remarked: 'Assuredly the easoa that Jouepi's name js not mentioned in comection with the 'standards of che tribes (. Num. min that he exalted himself 'over his brethren,' Said the Judean; "have hear it said that JJoieph derived from the world of the Male, wheres his 'brethren derived from the wld of the Female: and itis for this reawon that he was not included with them. It iv thus 'writen: WE ARE ALL ONE MAN'S SONS, where the word for "we" (onahns) is written defectively nahn, without the letter aleph: "The aleph isthe imaze ofthe male principle 2s agains the beth, which isthe image of the female principle; and since the brothers did not exhibit the symbolise ofthe covenant, the ale was removed from them and they were Sef it we ofthe fate spt in he company ofthe Shekinah. Afterward, however, they suid:""We are upright sen (Gen. xin, 51). using the fall form aman (we), con 'ining the aleph, and without knowing it they were right, since Joseph was present with them. "This view is furter 'Supported by the pang: "And they said. We thy servants are twelve brethren' (Uhid. 13) here clearly Joseph was in- 'cluded within the number twelve, end heace they silly made use of the full form for "we are", namely anahau, not the defective form ahi! H. Jone remarked: "AI these 'expositions we have just now given must be pleasing to God, since the Shekinah did not depart [2008] from here in accord- ance with the verse:""Thea they that fear the Lord spoke one 'with another: andthe Lond hearkonnd, and heard and soak of remembrance was writen before hin, for them that feared the Lord, and that shought upon his ame" (Malachi, 6)" DAYS. Said R. Elezar: "Those three days correspond to the 008] sree aor three days during which the men of Shechem were sick(Gen, xanty, 25). Observe that itis written here: Ax Josers: 1D UNTO THEM THE THIRD DAY: Tats (oth) DO AND Liv, by which he showed them that he was-not going to act towards them in the way they acted towards Shechem; for 'whereas they had frst made the people of Shechem take upon. them the sacred rte ofthe covenant, which is symbolized by the word 2oth (his) and then had slain them tothe fas man, Joseph, on his part, said: "This (zodH) do and live; why ? "For I fear God, and am guarding the sacredness of the 'coverant. All this was only forthe sake of Ben- jamin AND THEY SAID ONE TO ANOTIFER: Ws ARE "Oneto another (ita man to his brother) refers wo Simeon 'and Levi, the same reference being contained in the words: "And they said ene to another (it. a man to his brother) Beh, thie dreamerenmneth! (Ibid. exes, 19), Which in "man" and which is "brother"? "Man" 'must refer 10 'Simeon, a in the passage: "And, behold, a man of the <hildsen of Tsrael came" (Num. 22¥, 6). Simeon repented of his action and sept and felt remorse and ssid: "We are verily guilty"; ard it-wae through his repentance that his 'emblem became the ox, the same as that of Joseph, of whom. it is written: "His firstling bullock, majesty is his" (Devt. sean, 17)- And it was for that reason thar we read AxD HE TOOK SIMEON FROM AMONG THEM, for Joseph vished to separate him from the infuence of Levi, as when the ty were Angee they ight ind mae of charge pint Axp noun mnt sevons varia eves. It has 'been explained that only before their eyes did he have him 'bound but after they departed he repaid him with food and ati ust ot be supposed that Joseph acted inthe spit, ofthe verse, "If thine enemy be hungry. give him bread to at and if he be thirsty, pve him water to drink, fo thou wilt heap coals offre upon his head" (Prov. xxv, 21) Joseph was too righteous» men for thin Fa be i then from Jomph to have scted in that spirit. Indeed, he acted as x man to his abe 'rae oman it {eso Iruther in true brotherly lve without any other mative 'And ot enly towards Simeon, bu towards al his betes he acted so, eit is written: Ties JostrH ComstaxpeD 70 ROVISION FOR THE WAY; AND THs EF WAS DONE 'ONTO THES All this he did ina opee of bres" . Jose commenced « sours on the verse: If they be peaceful end ieee mas an they tl ihre shore thes he sal pet ay: ond Hugh hove acted thee [will fit 'hee a wore (Nahum |, 12). "This vere, he aid has been 'xpounded inthe flling manner: When perpe Eves pence, an harbour no quaresome penans i tei md, 'God this companion on then, and rigorous juice i mot invoked spins then, even though they worship das. This 'Sim haenony with the vere, "Ephram i pened acrang 'oly, et him alone" (Hox, 17)" Inthe expremsn "and 'mones poce. beth i the upper woe andi the lawer work "Thee who are shorn" meats those who allow themachves robe shom of tei submance, devcing we chant. Comes ng soch the verse rye "adhe (or) shall pase zway", not, 'Biwe should have capected "thy shall pase sway", but "2 Shall pas away" name, the wrathfljadpemnct of heaven. 'The word "pam is wed in similar omoecton the worse "unt indignation be overpan" (Le Ee, 39) The following Ge a aerate imerpretaton, "Thus sth the Lord: Shag be pont (tne taal te len he 'Goal favoured with the covezant which they were to guard 'constantly a0 arto he perfec om al side, dh on hgh and bere below: for otherwise aman is dcfective im every respect Sot wtien: "Walk belee me, and be thaw pesto" (Gen, 20, 1), implying that Abram, before the sgn af the 'covenant wat confirmed im him, war defective: Hence: "if 'Shey be yf they shall kenine be ny, at if Tra 'Shaurve this precept whereby they become perfect and do net "lh Epes ae wiping ie scr thy ae led seer pene nt Sey ey Some the Fu te seckaoe] score as 'remain. state of incompleteness they wil in commequense increase [2o1a] and multiply, inasmuch ss seals do not 'descend into the world save through the covenan:. The vene 'antinuc "and of they be circumcised hall ps way, 'the la par reering to the tt of the uncireumhed ste that atathed to them before. The fllosng is again, smother Sneerprestion ofthe verse "Tho eth the Lordi they be [perfect and kewise many"=ths is an allusion to the sons of 'heat, someruch stop long a they were im the presence af Joseph they were perfect in that they steed by him who kepr 'the pad of the covenant. But wea "ehty became ape "He wa wrathful, an then judgement was invoked on ther account. The term aber (it. pam) similarly indicates anger fhe verse: "For the Lord wl be fal of wrath (ee aor 'ill pos through) in siting the Ezypians" (Ex. x, 23) Observe that here is severe judgement snd mad judgemet, then pall jdgement mack a were, fran ewe [genom becomes tel harah sed formaidiie. When 'sine aps Ire, it mild judgement hat 'exercoed such hat not been hardened by sever 'tjdgemen co aha sree ee th wk fest "And the Lard will be full of wrath im Faypans (id) whore the er ar it and sll past) indicates that He beomes full of wrth and indig- 'atin and takes fold of chasiement (Note that whee tn 'peemble wether in Synagogue ae one of them snp ott (God is wrathfl wth him.) According to another interpo= 'ston, the second par ofthe vere says: "and lkewe they {hat the el dons of man. "wil be removed. and i ul 'pascover" What shall pa over? Simeon mid-"When the Soul leas this world it has to passthrough many trials 'efor teaches place. And, finaly, there isthe ever-fhe- {ng sve of re wh all sous ave to pan aes bate in, sed tho ise that can face and past through it without fear? But the sal of the righteous fuses witout fear xd stands ie Hes haly place; and the man who has performed sy we zeae iL [sore 'arity in ds world, buving given of his ubsance to chasit- best, of mich sone His Written, "and he shal ass that, he shall pus through that vei without fear: {med » herald will procaim befor that wal, "and though I fave acted the, Twi affict thee no more" (Nab, 12) Far, whoever is worthy to pas through that un sept fom any farther ordeal whatevet Tt ray be asked. wat nee wus thereto record all these incidents concerning Joseph and hs brethren ? Tae Tora, forwever, the embodiment of trath andl ways are way st hotines, there being no word in the Torah shat docs not contain sie and holy recone tuile and execs for 'man lay t ear and follow. R Jou began in thin cones ton discourse on the verse' Say not thou Tl repute el: 'ai for te Lord nd he lle lee (Prov. 2,22} Oder, {ead thatthe Tely One made man for the purpnethae

4should ly fst hold of te Tera and walkin tre way of
'Goth, rowan the right ide, and nt towards the sie ofthe ef. And race thes ought to got the righ, it behowes the sees of mes to abound in we for cach oer, apd banish 'Gants from thar met. no a at to weaken the el mde, 'lich isthe sper to wich Laracl cleave. Its forth reason {hat there cunt # food prompter and an eu prompic: sad it tehoves Ive tae the fel prompt mate ne! the 'cl prompt by mene of gond donde Bur when 4 man Say fb the let she ev prmpterthercky ets the mastery Ove (he good pommptr aot afer hang heen abled restored {Detreneth trough the man's ns for thas burden Becomes ferong oniythrouch mans waa. Hence behaves man 1 te {Sat the ed prompte docs not ecune renforced through ths sing mnarnuch ast ie the posd prompter to hom more power sald fe given and not the en prompecr. Hence 'Scopture aches ue! "Say not thou: T wil make complete the evil on (athalnal ra), wit forthe Lard, and be wil 'sve thee" According fo another saterprestin, the vere 'eaches us fin ott pay el fr fond. naan 3h '© rewasieth evil for good, evil shall not depart from hie fous" (Prov. arm, 13) and, marewer, mam must sain ren frm pang ni for ei ht most "asi For the Lard 201-2018] scare ats and he wall ave thee" This teaching was exemplified euphthe igho wo shied frm ying et is rhea they flo hn hands He ironed to heme 'af the words, "wait for the Lord, and he wil wave chee, for be {z218] feared the Holy One, Bicwed te He. He thus 'ad this bran: Tis DO, AXD LIVE. 'R. Abba beran 3 dicourse co the vere: Coun i the beet ofamns he dep aerate of enka eal \Sraw stout (hid. x, 3) The fire clone of thie vee be 'si tmay be applied 0 the Holy One, who with deep counset 'uid creas by the hand of Jceph so a to exeeue his 'Gecee, "bur a man of understanding will draw i owt" 'cermplied in Joseph who revealed thas dep things which 'he Haly One decrecd onthe world Again, "Couns! inthe hear of a man like dep water" exemplifed in Jus at 'Sean it out" was exmplied im Jom" R. Abs wes ne day fetng theft of ya when heme i come an seat 'imei on 2 ledge ovetangng the round. eng weary from trove he fel ep, R Abba se =p ghde op 'omards the man, But, before ached him, + branch fell 'romatree and lled The man ten woke oy. and ching Sight ofthe serpent in front af Him sting up tad no some ite done than the lege gave ay, and caved nt the flow beneath. Ab then approached him and "Tel me, wht have you dane that od shoal perform oo smiades for you? Tic mam repbed: "Neve id anyone de Si myer se at that | made pace with hom and forgave ire: Moreover fT ould pot make pea with im, di ot Peseapintt orale poner netorstiy ery aaa esd me ae was Iam tie concerned ato the ei the man did me; nay more, from thit day onward 1 exerted 'mpl to show Kindness to mich amon R. Abba then wept Sata Sta gmefs inks med es he of mph Jan showed frtearane twas hs own ethene 'what i woe natural for Him to eve companson: Put fit {a did ore, and it was thin iting ha the Holy One Sed worh os hetenc miracle open anther: Re Ato shem

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began s discourse en the yerse= He that waliath sprightly stulhethvecurely, bathe that perucreth hte sal be hn foade'a) (Obi x, 9). "Hie that wallet uprghtly" he 'tid, "Sgnifies the man that follows the ways of the Torah, 'and such 2 one "waiketh securely", the maliuant forces of the world being able to do him no harm; but "be that pex~ sys" and twrne ase Frm the wo of truth "ences jaar vote bis So an bbe forptten unl the time when they wil tte him to the ppoimed place of reibtion. But "hima wh walks in the troy ol tithe under His cover wo tt he should {ot heaome known to nor eecogized by the excatoners of judgement Happy ae those wha walk in the way of rath, and thes go about securely inthe world witheat Feat ether jn this wold or in the world to come' Ano THE SEN WERE AFRAID, BECAUSE THEY WeRE SOUCMT tro Josten's nocse. RJ sid: Woe t» the mea who know aut nar reflect onthe way the Torah Wor w them when God wil all them to account fr their 'ctonsand will ne the body andthe woul to py the poral Tor all ir deeds commited belre the sou! was parted {roca the body. That wll the Day of Judgenent, om which the books are open andthe prscctors standing by. At that tine the aerpent willbe on these to ite the man Quinering fn alls Eete leap upon hn. The esl wo ot bosons 'separated from the bey and will epart and be cared of {ork Kew not whee. Als for hat dy, a ay of wrath and sedigetion | Hence beboves an to contend daly with hn 'eu proper and w picture to Rise the day when he wil 'tend afore the King to hedged, when they ml wer ho into the ground to ot there, whibt the soul wll become sparse [sca] fom him. We fave beers aught that it b= hves man always o rouse the god prompter against the 'evil romper' the ater depart well and red, bt fn, 'he mat abl ead the Torah there Sa thing vo wet 'alulaed to cra the evil prompter asthe Torah if he departs, well and gund, but if not, let the man remind him of 02a] suigee al "the day of death so as thereby qo subdue him. This statement 'eres consideration. We know tha the el promter and 'the angel of death are one and the same. How & it possible, poigre beet peer pment hers of the day of death, seeing that he himself is the slayer of the of men. and this is his joy, and in fact his whole im lending men ascay ist emg them tothe? The tra, however iu that the purpose of Banging to mind the day of death is primarily to bomble a man's hear, for the coil 'prompter dwells only ina place where pride and intoxication {Te rampat, but where be nds broken spit he eaves the 'ram alone: Observe thatthe god prmgter requis the oy 'of the Torah and the evil prompter the joy of wine and lewd- 'near and sropance. Hence 3 man should constant bes feat of that great day, the Day of Judgement, the day of reckoning, 'eben thee wil be none to defend ten sare bis om good eeda wc be performed in this wid If Josep bothers 'sho were sllatant men, were afd when ind by one youth 'into Joseph's house. how much greater will be man's fear tnhen the Haty One, bed be He, il te him ta jdge- 'ment? Heace it behuves a man to srve his most sn hia Stora w fray hae the Almighy, and pu hs rust Him; for then, although be may hae sinned, if be repent swith ll inert, since hin stronaheld iin the Holy One, it (nile ss tough he had ot sane The brothers serena an scopunt of their in having stolen Jouep, or had they 'nx sinned they would zoe have hod ay eae to feat for 'Sonly man's sins that break he courage and epee him of strength, the reason being that the od prompter is atthe 'te tine unnerved, an left powers to contend with the 'cl promper. 'This s implied inthe words: "What man ix 'there that ts fearful and faint-hearted 7" (Deut. xx, 5), on account, that is, of sins which he may have comeitted, these 'eang the min of « out heart For many generations Gol exaccl payment for the sins of the tribes, since nothing is forgutien of Him, but He exacts: 'reqs for generation » generation, and the sestence Fe tmaroeinforc lt fly pan, Thos exempliiedn the cave of Tezeiah Hezekiah sine in exposing the str ofthe

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Hoty One, bleed be He, w the view af idelatrous mations * 'God therefore sent hin, through Tsuah, 2 message, saving: "Bebo, the days come, that all hat isin thy house, and that 'which thy fathers lsd 'up in store until this day shall be 'earriet to Babylon. ee (le. xxx, 6). Throuph hie sin in discosing that nhich should have remained hidden. oppor- funy we giver tothe other side! to obtain domino over it For, a» explained already, blessing rots on that which re 'males undisclosed, but a3 soon as it i disclosed the other on obtaine supe to exerciee dominion overt. Its written: "All that honoured her despise her, because they have seen Jere (lsat, 1) te nt a leter whch he Bet sree, "Pesce be unto sca King of Todah, ad peace 'be tmnto the prest God, and peace be unto Jervallem." But to sumer di he epic leave hs hand than be ethought esc chat be bad tw owe right Im ping the ring of the servant bee tht of his Maser So erst fo hs 'tron, advanoe thre pac, ol back hs ep and wrote Sorier one in place. headed thus: "Peace he uot the pany bens apssrreninis Serer Heackiah." Thus was Jerusalem honoured; [2026] but later, "a hee that toed er despised hr" the eso beng shat ""they have sera et cake shugh the acon of Henk Sine, however, Hewhih war very hte the ppchmeat wat pntponcl daring ar Hine, bat was "ated open tin demencoe fet hem. Sendry the gat fe unbes id noc bring puss we ate me, eens the judgement from om high eld not ean pws tverthem ntlim porte tine atned. Hence, over Reseed by sin cnoancly i ear a se: "ad to shal fear igh nd ay" (De vi 0) ssrsca sh Cbtan Se apace AN oe tare he lnk ot hie: ot a emacs of corr operon mena and dr mature fron aed sont} sore 2g Ano we tirve Ur mis eves, aNp saw Bexyastis urs SROTHNA, HIS MOTHER'S sow, ETC. R. Hips Dusan 2 ddscoure on the vene: ope deferred meth the eat ch; 'at dee ulfled i te of ie (Pro. i. 12}. "The sod 'beace out the traditional teaching tothe elect that = 'mam in praying to the Almighty should not obser to -oscly whether his prayer sanavered cena lest the rumercus Seswsers bo ae aut wll cme to craze his decd The Sterling meaning of theft part of te esis tat i 'man thnks too much about whether is prayer will be anowered, he provokes "sichnes of ear to witht spit 'hati, 2s tradition teaches us, whoever dese thatthe Holy 'One, blewed be He, should acept his prayer, shoul be d= zat in the study of the Torah, which os the tree of life, and thos dere im "fille!" of. more erally. ""comath" (Gaal). By "desire" is eant the grade that presides over all, [prayers and tes them up ino the presence of the Mow High 'King. The word "cometh" (Beds used here 2 nthe phrase. "nthe evening she cometh" (Esther 1, r), and meane that the desire omnes up before the Most Fligh Ring so a= t ful the man's wish. Akematively, "hope deferred makeh the heart sic" is an alusion 29 that other and wrong place ie 'which man's prayer may be delayed whilst it pases from and to hand and fais to reich its destination, beeaase 1 je passed frum chichain to cheftan and se brought down {again in this woeld. "But deare fle isa tree of Tie thwallodes to the hope that is not bandied sbout among those hem, aS ged 1 an by Ged meat [among those chieftains its expose the passin ir rme polemic cerchri [prevent from being granted. Not sist with the hope that nuce directly from the King'> Cov: this» granted t wn 'at once, irepective of hin merits Again, "hope deferred jamin, inasmuch as only 2 short time elapsed beeween Joseph's ap 'tur zonan 1 [eoab-2050 demand that te should be brought to him and his actual rival, of which tf writen, "And he ited up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son." The words "tie mother's son" in thes passage indicate that Beajaenin swan the very image of hin mother. SiR Jooe: inex i hae ready been written, "And Joseph se sith them", why docs the Serpture repeat "And he lifted vp his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother" ? The truths tha the second time he caw something new: he Fortaw through the fly spin that Benjamin would have a portion along with his brethren in the Holy Land, and, moreover, that t would be in the portions of Benjamin and Judah that the Shekinah 'would res, in thatthe Temple would be in thar porn." "Hence he saw that Benjamin would be more closely connected 'vith them than he hirsel.? Axo Joseru sape masts; row ts wrant veansr TowAxD wis aKoTHeN; AND ME SOUGHT WHERE To WEEP; AND NE ENTERED INTO IISCHAMBER AND WEFT THete. In connection with this, RHiskiah quoted the sere: The burden racer the elle of ean. What eleh 'ec won that tho art lly ome p10 the Howe top? (i Sa 1) "Thur verse, be ad, "ha been exposnded 3 alld 'to the day on which the Temple was destrye with fie toy the enemies, when all the minstenng press went up [oye] othe wal of Ue Temple heigl to heys thet 'nds and exclaimed "Una now we have been thy trea surery now take hack thie own "The Valley af Vion fan {sppellauon of the Tempe when the Shekinah dwelt in and 'rhc it rs the sours from which all drew thor prophet inspiron; for although the varus prophets procied ther messages in various regions they all drew their inspi- {ation from the Temple Hence the appellation "Valley of isn (Teer bia (ison) fa als ben interpreted to sgn "refection of all the selesial huey} The wards hat ales shee nie, at thou art wholly ote po the "CT, Tray Yong tn: "Ayo inde thf i end car espe amy oc an ecg paretcnes tn onen 2036] MORE toe tpe Fallen the Slo, whom the Sentai of the Temple revisited all he spots whee she had dele formerly and wept fer er hahston and for Israel who had 'Bene into exile and all those righteous ones and saints that Dried there. Gad thereupon ssid to bers "What seth thee, ht thoy ant wholly gone up w the bourcops the 'word "wholly" including opeter withthe Sekinah all he legions ad oat that wept ith her ver the destruc of 'the Temple. 'The Shin spied with ran: "Tho that 'ast Fall of uproar, tumultones cy, «joys town, thy stain are aot alin with the sword, nor dead in battle, «te "Therefor suid I: Lock away fom me, wll weep bisely" (sah gh ouch at ey, Seving thet my Catdeen eve {one inte exile and the Sanctuary is furmt what i thre left for me that T should Tnger here?" And the answer of the oly One, blewed be He, as explained already claevhere, 'woe. "Refs thy ice foe weeping. ete" Ger x. 18). 'Ghnerve hat rom the tne when the Temple was desoyed to day bas pamed without its cures. Fer ax long athe firing un burnt-cferings and ther offerings, whie the Shelinsh tthe Temple bovered over them ike 2 mother Tovering over her chikren, and soll faces were it up, and «Al found blessing both above and here below, and ro day passed without its Mesings and its joys. Then Israel dvelt Securely i thet lad and all the World wat provinoned 'through them, But now that the Temple is destoved aed the 'hickinah ei exile with Israel here ws not «day but brings ite curses and the world is under a cure. and joylesness 'ign onhigh and below. Neverthelcs the Holy One, bleed bbe He, wil n due ime raise Ise] from the das and suture the word with joy. So Seriprure says: "Even them will 1 Iiring to my holy tountsin. and make them joyful in my rouse of prayer, ee (le, bri, yj And jurt se they went inte cele with tears, a tin written, "she weepeth sore an the hight and her teare are am her checks" (Lar, 2), 0 ball, they rtum with tear, ast written, "they shall came with fwevping and with spplicstions will 1 lead ther" (Jer seat, 9)" m sue zoman tt epe-ses6 {As s008 #8 Tie MORNING WAS LIOHT, THE MEN WERE i AWAY, THY AND THER ABS. Said R Elsa: faving maid thatthe nen were seat sey, why xs Serp- ture add "they andthe ase? The reo i to show tha [rena there had been negro for heir aprebenson 'hen they ma, "and take we for bondmen, andr ass" (Gen, nity 1, "Thee ial a aston the vene- "And Atrabam rue ary the moreng, bd addled Miaun, ct" (iid sen) ea that moming of Arar that shone {oethe brethren to sport them by ts ners, otha, sone inthe mertof Abraham, they went away on psc nd ere need fom jugenen.Forat that mumen the rigour of jnigerent war mperding overthem sod would hare exacted Tunatmen fom then but forthe mento that morning of [beam R Jude derived he same leno from the ers "Ara a he fh ofthe moving, when he sun Pet he 'oring without clude: when trough clear shang oer tn, the render gran springet afte earth (1 Sa, 1}. "The "hg af the morsing esi, an oon 10 fe tat ofthe manning of Abahams; when tesa fies iranalloe tothe sun hat roe upon Jac (Gen. at 33); "he morning without clouds" mean tha tht mowing wa sot vey chy, but wae chen shining ater nt, tw, {irri cha ces ue desde of ty wich the ca 'ar esse the tender pram oping fem the ea Aer ratvely we may caplan that the Hight that shone on tha 'morning when Abratam ror wp 2038 so shoe when the son rnd upe Jac, wich wt ta corn then clos, 'led wish ight, a8 wthoot any dares fr sou a snoring dwn avery ha no more any power, bu I filed wh fhe From the nde of Abraham. The words "when 'rough cr shining air rain" ade w Jouph the i= 'our tne who Brougt rai upon the exch wm to cause es and all other vegctation to spring fork' Said "Smnean: "Observe thc As soon at nigh meena ite wines wert wel, mumerosangeko chastiemet and accor {cle lose over the word and take command of Bet at Son a daybreak they all dapear, each one retin 1 pate Sepharose Areoes eee oes 203H) arore eh ht in ie oft nig whe Aber rose cay the men were sent my" to Wit, the executioners of judgement, "and thei asses", wit, the legions that mana feom the sie of eprom Linge ow thee acres or no more have any power a soon st dawn appears For the speral grades ar divide to ght ad lla grades of merey and severe, constituting a hears, some SS the side of holiness and wher on dese of purty but 'wherever the morning of Abraham avakene i the world all the undean grads disappear, exercsng no maze power, be- 'cause they can hve no esstence op the right side ut are 'onfined vo the eft side. The Holy One, bleed be He, ts 'made night and day to disp f every ane a ue own pepe? 'Side! Re Hiya dimond on the yere= But ron sto Jou that fo may nase shall the sum of righteaness arse with "aligns wings (Malach st, 20) "God esa, "il at the proper time eae to eine on bac! dat sun which he "sored way atthe tine of the Cre, ov of ght rer, "tv alluied ton the words: "But from the wicked thei ight 4S witibolden"" Got sxavit, 15). 'Tis light when te det canerged, radiate from ooe end ofthe world to the other 'bu when God contemplated the generation of Enoch andthe senersion ofthe Flood andthe geacration ofthe division of {Egages and athe snes ofthe word, He sored aay, 'When Jacob appeared and wrested withthe chieftain of Eu, 'who struck apt the tlw of his high so that he bec Tome, the min rue pon im' (Gene 32-10 it that 'sme sun that wat stored away, in oder, with its inberent Iealing powers teal hin of is Lames. Ie sthus writen: "And jab cane eft alo" 0, 8) 9 pecestin Hedy intmmich = he waa made whole open. Lhe 'se the Toly One, bled he He, wil im the future un 'heath that un and cause ito shine upon Tar 25 ayt= "tuto you ta fear ny mare abl he sun of ghee nossa"; by ich i meant sue ua hat rose wp Jaco, who was ade whale y it, "with healing ts wings", inaemach a that sun will ing Haig to all. For tthe ime 'when Irae will se up from the dus many lame ard many 'ind wil be arnng tem, and so the Holy One wl exc > a4 'rue zomax tr ed shine upon them that sun with baling i its wings, which 'they will be healed. The sun, then, will again radiate from 'ne end of the world tothe other, bringing healing to Irae, 'but the idolatrous nations will be consumed ty i. Reganding Irae ts fuer yertten: "Then shall thy ight eeak forte asthe morning, and thy healing shall «pring forth speedily; 'andthy righteousness shllgo before thee, the gory ofthe Land 'shal be thy rearward" (s. 131.8), Letusretumtnostsabject, Axp oxro Josernt WeRE BORN TWo SONS BEFORE THE YEAR OF THE FAMINE CAME, RTC. R Tass opened a die- 'enue on the vers: Al the remnent of Taco shall be it the 'madt of many peopirs as dew from the Lond: shoes pom the grax, that are wot loked for fram mex, mor maited ot the 'hands ofthe sos of men (Micah 6) "Oldsere' be sid What tcvery day ae soon an das bevake certs bind aban 'wer inthe Garden of Eden and calls thre= tines succession, "whereupon the tig oa which ts stands ugreie, and them

2herald eries aloud, saring: "To vou the warning i given,
'Orralere of the ocd. There ae thone among fw thet ext without sextg, that sand without knowing what sappors 'them, and that regard oo the jlory of their Master." [2nga) "The Torah s standing in their presence, tut thes occupy et hemoclves with. Ie were better for them met tae bee 'born. How ca they cust sithiat uadersaning ? Woe to them when the days of ev will hestir themselves aguinat them and exteyute them from the workd ! What ar the "ay 'ferid"? Tey are not the days of old sex, iamemuc 2 for 'him who has children aed grandchildren those ae good days. "These days of ea are those:ndsted i the vere, "Remem- baer them thy creator in the days af thy youth, before the evil days come" (Eec. am, 1). 'The exten reference i as flows, 'When the Holy One, blosed be He, cated the world, He 'crazed it hy meana ofthe lars ofthe Torah ll the lters ofthe Alphabet having presented themselves before Him amt 'Gzally the leer Beth was chonen forthe starting pint. Mere 'over, the various Alphabets in thee wanety af permattion Le he in ae a he ipa, eed oa ne Show: me Gof sid i, ying: "O Teth, Tet, why, being 'Some up, atthow loch wake thy place Pt replied. "Seem. 'thet Thou tas placed me atthe bead of ob (god), how can 'ssocute ith the Rea the intial of ra" (eri) ?" Gad there= epen seid to: "Go to thy place, 2 thon Hae need of the [Hash For mas, whom Lam about t create, will be composed 'of yoa both, but tho wi be om bis ight wilt the eer will 'eon his le" The to then tol ther paces side by side. Gal, however, separatat them by ercaing for cach One special days nd year, one set forthe right and one for the Ak. Thase of the right are called "days of good", and thane 'of the left "days of evil". Hence Solomon's words: "before the evil days comme", t wit, those ys whach encompass a 'man on account of the ins he commits. These dayy areal alluded to by the terms "ays of famine" and "years of 'anine", and "aye of plesy" and "years ef plenty". The [som o be derived frm this hat the spring of the hay 'corenant sheuid not be allowed 19 Sow dunng the dave of amine andthe yeary of famine. Ficoce Jomepit the exemplar ofthe sacred of the covert. checked fs fountain head Inthe year famine. and did notallow i to being of pring {eso the world Thins incumbent om every wan during years of famine" Re Simeon ssid: "There it # deep idex contained here, 'namely, that if + man does not chse his fountain whes the [yer of famine has onay, then he causes spit from the 'lier ade to enter the ould then bore, and So enaes the (Sie of apuity to Serene at the expen of the we of Ibntnen. Hence, ofthe who do mt observe such abstinence touch 2 time iis writen: "They have dea treacherouly 'agian the Lard, for they have begotten strange chiles, Go* (io, 7), for naemech a mach cildeen ae called Surange chikiren", swuredly the parent have deat tach crwuy agaicet the Lord. Thus happy is the portion of baly = within he Age cll rm meal now Ie stone bee a= Ape La ok Ts Re

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larael who do not allow impurity to take the place of sacred 'ness. And Scripture thus tells that "unto Joseph were borm {wo sons before the year of famine came", inasmach 2 frome the time the famine overspread the land ic clove lis ure 0-28 not give children tothe unclean spirit and not to put "impurity in the place of holiness Tt behowes 2 wan t9 wait for the Master of honess to come and establish hissy. a= 'tis writen: "And T will wait forthe Lord, thar ide is face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for hima" (Is. 'ath, 1) Happy are those righteous that know the wars of the Holy One, blewed be He, and boep the precepts of the Trak sd follow therm. Of them itis written "For the ways of the [Lord are right, and the just do walkin ther, but tamsgressees do stumble therein" (Flos. x1, 10), also: "Bur ye thar did 'eave unto the Lord your Gad are alive every ene of you thee day" (Deu. 1, 4), [2048] God thus admonished Terael to sanctify themselves, in the words: "Ye shall be holy. for I 'the Lord your Gad am holy" (Lee x. 2). The texm Am (1) here signifies the Kingdom of beaven. Cenfronting ths isthe Biogdom of idolatry, which i termet "another" (eher), seganding which tis writen: "For thou shal box down to 'soother gl forthe Lord bone marae is Jealous, a Fal God" (Ex secre, 14) Ana (I)issoversign over ths world and: sf the word to come all being dependest on it, whereas the 'ther one (ele), che side of ampurar. the eter side, ban rule 'uly inthis world and none at alin the ocher world; and hence. 'shocver claves to that in (I)Sav a portoa i this world and fn the wodld to come; but he who cleaves to that aher (the 'ther one) perts from thie worhd ane he ne port the trorld to cime. He has, however, a portion in the world of impuricy, 22 that other kingdom, the kinasom of idolatry, possestes innumerable emissaries through whom it exec Ecenion over this world. Hence Elisha, tnown by the meme "of Aber (he other one, who went down and ching to thar [rade, oat thrast out of the future word, and wae not per~ 'sited to vepent= hence his ame Aber It theeefore bebowwe ig ke the nn of Aber he rag apelin Gree pierepeas peayeeenine rep eee wrereie sien Sopa et Tot Mergeh se av soars) snore mad '2 man t heep himself afar from the sce of impurity 3 230 {Bin thi world and the world to come: Thus there are 40, 'ies, the one of beatitade the other of eure. the one of (Plenty, the other of famine, cach the oppente of the the. Hience atthe time of famine man should sot bring 22 hildres into the world 2 that would be ging children © Sethe gdm avedy expnined Happs the man whe = 'heal to walk in the way of truth znd to cleste constancy tw bis Master, im harmony with that which is written: "and

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'ver they sow tat he was armed. Sul Hiya: "This wan Bie cmtngy pom or be nade ar Jone severed: Our sited teachers bare ee eee Tmughe that when + man sets out on 3 journey, e shoal prepare hamacl for the cnn: for mang 2reses ce 'and for prayer. Now that man is wening 2 ath, 'sbick shows that he i ey for pre, ad fe ss caeyng arms, so that he is prepared to fight ; about the thind thing we Sat ccna" aes tet ee ee apr ns oy 'rected him, bt he did wot respond. K His remarked: We 'cm that be lacks one ofthe things with whch he (205] 'hould bave been proms: he has rt prepared himself or proven under which head snchaded the reeang of pene" Jou repled Tt may be that he is absorbed Draper oc reposting bis tein 20 oot to forget then' 'Tir the al wae tagetier fr a tine witht the an ing 2 word to them. R Hiya and Re Joe at kogth {med ade foe him and began dicing pins of the "Toesh. Se aon athe an sotied tha he apprached them

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'you thi of me wen you gave me precting aad I Gil sot 'eapond 7 Said R Jone: "T thought that you were engaged in Draper, we perhaps maliating over your sien Me rept: A rue zoman tt [sose "May the Almighty judge you fevourabiy as you ve judged sme. I wllexpai wy Tacted a I did, One dy Iwas walking on the road wien I met aman to whom I gave geting. Me happened to be a highwayman, and te fell upon me and smolested me, and dad I aot souty raed T'would have 'me toto stall harm. From that dy coward T made 2 wore otto salite frst any man sive righteous man, unless one 'hors T new alta, for feat lest be might set 08 me and 'overcome me. Thatit i forbidden tonalite a ianer we know from the verse: "Tere i no peace sit the Lor, eoncemn- ing the wicked" (Ie xu, 3) Now, when I saw you, and you salted me, Tsuspectl you herase T did rot ice about sou any sige of reign, and besides, 1 war myself repeating studies But ow that Fee that you ar rightenus ren, I hive «plas roid bebre me He then bapa di Court onthe verse Pua of Ash Surely Cod god "enact, ee to rch bare prin ear (Pa xn, 1). "Ob- serve, he sid, thot the Holy One, Blase be He, made + Right and 2 Left for the rang of the word. The one called "geal, the other "cry and He made tanto be + 'combination of the twa. The ev, thes, which i sential 'ith the ef, embrices the ioltous rations, and has bees Placed on thet side seeing that they are uncreumcied of fear and uncieumsed uf fe, 29 Hat ibey bere dele by it Be of Israel tf writen: "Surely, God i goed to Teese" Not, indeed, wo all Tacites, but oot to thone whe Ihave not defied therseves wit that "ei", any such ae "pure of hear Surly "God i goed wate, so that they may cleave to Tim, and thereby larsl clsves tothe sublime nystery, tothe mgatery of Faith ao att be perfectly wnset wth God" R. Jose then sid "Happy are we that we {be not sespect you falsely, seeung that # was the Holy One 'lewed be He, thac sent you to us" R Jone further sid "Because es yor to Tara, Tract an a portion fn this 'word and inthe werld to come, andi destined to see exe fe {the wlorious vison, ast written: "For they shall se Se top, the Land returning to Zion"" Blewed be the {Ene forevermore. Amen and Amen | 050-2058] Gen, xu, rex, 27 'THex JupAN caste Near UNTO HIM, Exe. R. Elesear discourse on the verse: Por thou at aur Father; for Abrahi eet nt ed Tiel dt at echo sO 'Lard, cur Father, our Redeem frm everlasting it (tam, 16). 3 He sd foogt] The word "thou" here refers to the grate by which the worid was planned snd 'ested, and by hoch man was bro into ue world. "For 'Abraham Knoweth us not", inasmuch a though Fife and 'death were ia is hands, bedi not show so much care for ue as for Ishmael, on whose behalf he pleaded. "OR, that Ish 'ae might live before thee!" (Gen-x¥, 13). Further: seack doth not acknowledge us", seeing that he left tr the divine 'grade to confer oa his sons the blesings which he himielf 'ought to have pronounced. Again, "Thou, O Lond, art eur 'Father' an Thou art always standing by us to bless us nd to swatch aver us like a father over his sons, to provide all their reeds. "Our Redecrner from everlasting ix thy name'. God having been 20 called by Jacob when be ssid, "the angel who hath veieemed mee" (Ubi, uxt, 26)" 'One night when R. Teaxe and R. Judah were sitting up studying the Torah, the former suid "Tradition teaches us that when God crezted the work! He created the lower world after the pattern of the upper world, and made the ceo che 'counterparts of exch other, so that His glory ts both on high and below." Said R. Jodah: "Amuredly this is 30, and He 7% created man to be superior to all. Scripture th 'even I, have made the earth, and crested man upon LY, 12), that is © say, "I have made the earth for the sole 'Purpose of creating man upon it": since it depends upon Iman te complete dhe organic unity ofthe whole tie writen "Thus sith God the Lord, be that creates the heavens, and 'stretcheth them forth, he that spreads forth the earth, and that which cometh out of fe thar piveth breath unto she The pm tad repented st 9 3b 9 ato 'ar zone at nosh-2oe people wpam it, and spirit to them that walk therein bid. i, $). The frst part of the verse refers to the Holy One, blessed he He, in His operations aa high, as He "ereateth the 'Neavens" and coatinually and 2 all times renews them. The "earth heres an allusion to the boly land wich constitutes the "bundle of fife"; and it ig thi earth which "gives soul (reshamoh; lit. breath) unto the people upon it."* Sad Re Tae: "The whole vente speaks of the upper world, asi is 'rom thence thatthe sel of life emerges into that land; and that lund, in ts turn, is the reservoir from which issue souls {fr all. Observe that hen the Holy One, blessed be He, cveated Adem. He gathered his earthly matter from the four 'rmere ofthe world and fashioned him therein om the te 'ofthe Temple here bel and drew 10 him 2 soul of life out 'ofthe Temple on high. Now the sul isa compound of three rides, and hence [2ohe] it has three manner a wit suf {ital principle), rua (epi), ant meshamah (Soul proper) 'Nefechs the lowest ol the three, rah ea prade higher, whilst 'nshomah isthe highest of al and dominates the others, These three grades are harmoniwusly combined in those men who hve the good fortune to render service ta their Master. For atfirst man possesses mfesh, which isa boly preparative for a higher stage After he has achieved purty in the grate of smear becomes fc be crowned by the holy rade that 'sts upon it narmcly rua, When he fas thus attained to the indwelling o nefesk and ruah, and qualified himself for the "worship of is Master i th requisite manne, the nerhama, the holy supenor grade chat donates all the others, takes 'up its abode with him and crows him, so that he becomes 'complete and perfectel on all sides; he becomes worthy of the world to come und is belaved ofthe Haly One, blesed be He; of him Seripeure says: "To cause my beloved aves Inherit substance" (Prov. vit, 24, the "beloved ones" heing those who have attained to the holy meshumad." R. Judah 'remarked: "If that be so, how ean we understand the verse in the account of the Flood: "AP in whose nestrils was the 'soul of the suri (mshmath-rugh) of life - died" (Gen. vil, 229°" Ro Tease replied: "This bears oat what T sid. Among the generation af the Fined cin one sxe lef thal 'aoha-2068] wavioasi, air posiessed the holy neshanal, as, for instance, Enoch or Jered 'or any of the ether righteous who by their merits could ave saved the eanh from detruetion, end it inhabitants from 'ing termined: Sire hl the alin whe nosnis was the soul of the apiitof life, ofall those on dry land, died", that is to aay, they had. cd already and departed this world, 3 that none was ff to abil the world 'tthe ime. Observe thet meer, ry at mena ae a sscending sercs of grade. The lowest of them nefeh, bait 'source in the perennial celestial steam, but jt cannot exist 'permanently sive with the help of rash, which sides between fire and eter. Ro, in its Cun, 'that higher gre above it, which i thus the source of toh 'Twex JUDAM caste wean UNTO wim. This was an ap- there (Ps aur, 6-7) 5 they feared lest they sight bil be ill, ond allo seceunt of Benjamin" fd) RJutah 'Sid: "There flats ve a recone doctzge 0 fai vo at 'xme roman tt [200 'wi hat when Goo pleas with Israel and thir anion is Crowned, then tao worlds met together i unian, the ene 'opeing ite stor-hovse, and the other gathering in the con tens. Phos, "lk the kings assembled themselves" 0 wit, the two holy worlds, the upper world andthe lower world? Hiya nid: "The same effet is produced bythe ssice, for when a aacrfice ie offend up and cach section seeives its doe, then there is a bond of ion elected berwern all, and all faces ae illumined, As for the words "they sao. 'sraghtway they were amaoed", these cannot refer to the Kings they mux refer to the accurcrn,whowe whole jy bes im executing the sentence wheh has been cnwnitted to them. erce, when thekngs met tether in arity and union, they, the accusers, "were amaze, they wer affightel, they hated aways they were subdued and passed out of the word: they fad no dominion, and were kf without any source of sustenance R. Elearar suid: "The reaton why Jud apd no other came new wo Joseph was because be Went suurey, a8 i sae: "For thy servant became surety for the Ind." Esatencalir speaking, was in the order of things that 'Jutsh and Josep should thus meet, 8 Joseph was Zadok spd Judah wan't King, atd wo thei unin produced snany Ienefita forthe world: t was the came af peace to all the tribes and beeen all the tribes, it was the eause of Jacob's spirt boing fortfied, a8 it mye: "the spit of Jace their {ther revteed" (Gen. 34¥, 37). Hence ll bath shove and. 'elon conspired to bring them together R. Ablb cted here the vere: "Pain situatin, the oy ofthe whole earth; even 'Mount Zio, the uttermon pars ofthe eth. the ety of the sre King" (Psat 3) cgoanding teeny Fit liyson to Jneph the Rghteoos, ff ci hed" Jp us fol od fair look upon" (Gen. sat, 6). He i clled "the joy of the whole earth", ashe is thejoy and the gladness both of the upper and the wer world, He ss al "Mount Zi, the Uttermost part of the north", sewing that in his trtitory it was that the Tabernacle uf Shiloh stood. "The city of the treat King" is the psce prepared to met the Most High King, being together the Holy of Hotes, from whence 206-207) wavioast 28 here nse al igh al blessings and al py, to causal ert to shine—the centre frm which the Temple rceies Blom fing, which im form sends ot bleaings tal the werd" TR. Jadah and. Jou one met tage in K'far-hanaa, and what they were stung the an there entered certain 'man who had come with anton as. . Judah wat thon s37- ing 10K. Jone: Tradition tls us that King David ned to 'seep fully, like a hore. If so, bow did David sep el Imight, andr wae whi 4 tid of che sigh was (pased 7 R. Jor replied: When sight-ame arrived, David 'eed to esting withthe paces ahs houschol! dapening Jostce and dicuusing the Torth, and aftermarde he slept 'nul mudnight, when he would oe, and romain awake 'Bere in the service of ht Master, ging anes of pra andhymns" (e076) The stranger here itecpned, saying 'Is {youreapontion correc? Hardly The rat uth of he matter She. King David Tees for ever and cver_ All his day he 'aso his gustd so a5 not t have a forease of death, and therefore David, who place is 'only alept ty Ieathe a3 time For upto the By-ninth breath the seep i sll completly alive, but fom that point he has fore- 'ete of death and the spit of impunity ebtsins power aver Jum King Davst thrcore guard urel 0 Ut he sie of the unclean sin should not abain dominion ovet hire For he fs say breathing ln ope ar embolic of evens 'ae of sublime breathing om Iygh. on whuch Me proper pends; they represent the mystery of ie. Dut beyond that 'number they at aneciated with death, Hence King David 'measured out the night s0 as to remain i fe and to prevent ny foreaste of aeath coming over him. At midnight be was {es plce, a he was anu that a the sera of might, 'when the haly Crown is aiken, he should not be found steached wo another place, the place of death. For at mnight, 'von the nuperal holiness aakene the aan me mai alec in hs bed withoat regarding the glory of hin Master {atl under the opell of death and is atached to the other place. David thas tse up 19 contemplate continually the {Boe of hie Maier, who war Living One he mel snd {never slept long enough to hve » forte of death. He ay ue zoman it [bor only slept ike bone, sisty breathe at time" R. Judah and [Jose eame up o him and bissed him. They asked him his 'ame. He sid: Heackiah (it strengthened by Gad)' Tey Sid: "May you be strong ard may your knowledge of the 'Torah supment" 'When they sat down again, R. Judsh sid to the man: "Viaing made a sat tell us more ofthe sublime rsa dectrines you allied The stranger then begun tn ine 'ourse on the verse' The Lad by wide founded the earth: {by andersanding be estab the heen (Pro. 36) "When Ge' hemi, rated the world esa htt could 'ot exist nithout the Torah, se thie the nly sooree of al Inver above and bebwe, and'on i alone ave the upper and lower beingsestashed, ene, "the Lard by wisdom found cc the cath by understanding be established the heavens" Jnasonschae tin dough Wisk that ol dings ae enabled to eat inthe universe and from it al dings posed. An aernative esposidun i a flows, "The Lard by indore foonded the ert" that the upper world han been crested 'hgh the higher Windom and We Howe work through he lower Wasom, that all hangs came sto being out ofthe bigher Wado and the knw Wisdom. By understanding teestablhed the wens"; Herali, He estaba hewn) 'iy. Ths alluded to in the vere: "Yea, the heavens art 'ot clean n his igh" Job x, 15). Think not that hs verse Iemplies any cisparagement of the besten. On the contrary, { purpose isto inate thew importance andthe great love tnd afocson in which God bids them i that, nortan fag that He i= perftcing thom every doy, they are ot yet 'Semel in Is eyesto have reed the most perfetion of vehich they are capable. tn His great afetion fr them ti Ths delight to urate them cntnualy and witht ceasing the world to come mainte day by day bright sizeame of lieht im order wy mike the heavens resplendent: Henor the 'beaven, pare ao they ar, im God's sight are ot yet pre. [Acsin, the heavens hee symbole the patra. andthe patrorchs find ther centre fn Jaco, wh ences them al 's070-2078] varios as 'he being the choice of the patriarchs, and the one who causes Tight to radiate ito the world. And ster he was rise tothe 'next world there caved from fom 3 branch eauteoos i ap 'pesranee, from which radiate all lamination and all phen 'eoumess Thatbranch s joseph the Righteoun who gave the 'world abundance and by whom it was sustained. Thus what 'ever God does in the worid hus = deep bere present. What have you been discussing? They tod tien (a076) ail th find ponsed between them. He mid= "Asmurey, what esd was ight The frst iy reapraions 'are those of fe both shore and below, bot beyond those there are sity cher respations the are ofthe side of death and over which hove the grade af death. They ae called "Gormit™, and contsin 2 fortaste of death: King Davi, Iowere, stacked oma tothe sry respirations that are fife ater which he didnot seep any more. Thas he sid: wil noe giveslecp 19 mine cys, nor slumber w xy Bs" (Pe cana, ) Hee shat the srmger sad was correc, 8 [David is tng, belonging tothe ade of Ie and motto the 'Sie of death So they st together svg the Torah R.Elazar then iscorsel on the vere: O Land, God of my sletion, shat time ley on th might bjre thee (hid xs, 3) "King David be sid "se wo ise from his be at might aad ssodythe Tors, ard sng prams and hymn a0 2 0 cee {Joy tothe King and the Nauon. Ard ths prmoted the joy 'of Sth throught the exth. For st that ime umberise 'estal angels break javeusly forth to sone on teh ad 'Sormpondinsty prin should be sung here below ard 'shower anyore offers up inthe nthe pane on earth the "aly One, bowed be He, ds plate i hi, nd al ose 'oly angets that sng praca to the Holy One hearken tothe te shat singe pric ta Him fn the moght es eth, When David wrote!" Lord, Ged of my salvation. er" be si select: When it He my mivation ?On that dey when se 'op eatin the ight oof tharksvang to The: itithen 'Mat He ony sation inthe daytime "An cbserve fare

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that whoever offers praises bis Master in the nights frt- fied in the davtime by the Righ side, at 1 cord sauce from the Right sile which is drawn round him and By which he 'Meomes strengthened. Hence agsin David saul "The dead peice not the Lord (Ui cx, 17), inasmuch ast the de Othe living to praise the Living One, but not ofthe dead. ence "The dea praise not the Loed.. But we vill bess the Lond (hid. 17), wu who arealive and have ne let o part in the side of death, Hezekiah also said: "The living. the living, he stall prise thee, asf do this day" (le axa x9), a5 thelisinghas kinship wih he ving; King David iin. fd hence he has kinhip withthe life principle of the war 'rae. And he that has brought himself near t Hin alive, {itis writen: "But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive everyone of you this day" (Dest. , 4) Teas som of ehoiada the sow "The Judean then flloned with a discvue on the text: And thin shalt eat end beet, and Sen the Lad thy God (Deut. 10) Have we ot tobe God he ashore tte cat Indeed, we have to getup carly the maring and recite His praises in proper order, and bles His name before (teat lowed eo lune any lang person Scripture sh mys: "Ye stall pot eat with the Mond" (Lev 30 30), implying {Mot fradden to at befor pronounce = benediction tw one's Mase. Dut the truth that other benediction, 're tainly concerned withthe decaroon of the unaty of (God wheres the pcr after meal meat 19 sho that slong with im who sey tthe grade of fath = alu said, fb hence thas to herected im oer that hi rade may be {soe and bene and Sled of jo frum the celal, 'Sthatitmay provide is with sustenance For the pring 'of man's duly food fr the Holy One ese te He, tony 4 eam de coving of he id Sex em 'Sepende upon mamas! ac te not, at ot weve, der Hin [tition unt a benediction is pronounce to Hm Simi= Lely the avanging of manage = 3 avy tank to Him. For shen the holy mating takes pice, al [208] the souk me Acct the Kat 2084) verroasn ad froma that musa above which is dential with the ever. 'owing ver: and when there is deste in the lower forthe higher, the souk fly down in pis of male and female, ster 'which thie ruling grade separates them and sendy cach wo ts epted plce Bot ar ht ping grade inks "Compared tothe cleaving of the Bed Ses beeune his ao ddegets on operations on high, ways and pats being opened corespondencs withthe ways snd athe fn high 18 Werefore necesary to Oller Dessngs to the Power oo high snd to mpart to Him rinfercement frm 'eclow so that He may reve the heaven blowin and the Iheawely reinforcements ie due measure Hente st writen? "nd hoa shat lew the Lard". the roca eth (crate partce) hang 2 special agmficnce (as posting to that [eqin), And toward that rum it necraary t show one salt stiied and checrfl. Contrarwine, toward the eer She, then it caerses sway over the word, ene mut show Sorel hungry ad aren, nasmech a plrenramest t the work. This, then, is the explanation of the verse "And thou shak ext and tied and ble the ed thy God" Said. Ele: "This truly so, and that 4s how men ought to act! Judah ad' Hippy are those Fightenss whose coming together brings prac othe world, ersjemiaeradamenys ipeictarpery (Grew seat each thet thee wast peace. but a som as hey [Set eothey bough much peace ms the work. and ge 'noth shove sed below, tee = som a8 Judah came near v0 Soseph al the ees ped tne 'Tex Joseru covty sor arraatx mistur aeroue AL THEse THAT sToon BY 20M, RL Fla disevunsed on the test: Me hath secutive atvad, te hath grove to the sey; 'hs cherity enduweth for reer (Ps. Cx. 9). "Observe. he sid, "that God created the world and set mar to be king over all 'Neve fue the frat man there have Wrarched wut sitferent 'cee: of men, righteous and wicked, foul sec wie, rich cae rowan is [Reso sand poor; and among these each class can win credit for 'tselfvhrough the medium of the other, thats, the righteous 've pillar he name of which s Righteous, ants the Righe- 'ous One that uphols the worl ahd thatwaters ad posta A te eae: Seiptior aa Ak a cee eee ot Fae to ater the gaden; and tom thence it was parted and 'ezame four beads" (Gen, 30}. The term "twas parted" Sigs that the fond anid ink carried by th ver is Ieeeted ins eotey bythe purden, and thence ecatered into the four quartem of the word: ad many ae they that Sat to cece the de and food feom thence ! So is Tertven: "The eer of al wait for thee, and thou eve them 'Bar fond ip doc sanon™ (Pa cat, 15) "But the wicked shal see and be vexed" (i rarely, the ola 'roas Kingdom. Otecrve tha the Kingdom of Heaven isthe 'Sencnary dengned tn shcer all the meyer the shadow ofthe Shelia andthe Righmous One athe chary-collec- toe who dapenscstoal, as tsary: "He hrh catered abroad, te ah grea t the aces." Hence, thse who elect for Ghaty recive a great 4 renard as tone who give the Choral ogether_Thas the words: "Them Joneph could not refrain himself before all hem that son! by hn" refer to

3he th stand apd wait fo rete find nd de form
the Rightonas One. In the sentence" "And there sod no (2088) man with fim, we Joseph made himself Enon 'hin brethten" the tera "ith hina allusion 1 the CCommuny af Tra and "hes brethren" refers tthe ber chariot-rides ad legions refered to in the verse: "For may Iretheen and compunons' sake" (Iba. cxut, 8). Or aga And there ston no man with hen isa description of the ume when the Holy One lewd be He, will be mated with the Community of Isl. "While Joeph made bine inown fobs brethren this again alludes tothe time when it] arrose a the Holy One wil join Himself to Isael, ro the exchusion of 'he idlztroos nations" R Jone expounded the verse 2s ah ing to the time when the Holy One, Hewed be He, will ise Up the Community of Isnel from the dust and wl tke "And of the peoples there was 20 man wich mae" (Ie Lam, 3h which = amalageoe in phasing to the (Passage "and there stood io man with hism when Joseph 'made fimeelf known to his brethren", and further: "and he bare them and caried them all the days of olf" (Thi. 9). We Hath said: Te women in ene Pasi: "A song of asccots Unto thee T lift up mine eyes, O thou that art fcothroned ia the heavens" (P= cust, 1), and in anocher 'Poalm iti writes: "Twill up mine yes uno the moun sine" (Pid. cut, 2) The difference has been expounded as follows. The latcr speaks of heaven, whereas the former speaksof earth. Thas, "lil ift mine eyes unco the moun- 'ins 09 wits to the heavens abore in order t draw down 'blessing fom on high ta below, to den down blessings fron hone exalted mountains twward the Commusty of Israel: 'but then: "Unto thee I lit up mine eyes". in hoping and 'waiting for these blessings that descend for thence to Bere 'below "O thou that art enchroned in the hesvens": nas 'mach as al might and stength is ccatre in heaven. For (hen the Jubileespane thespringe allthe gates af heaven are 'eay, and when the heaven receives all the Highs that farue from the Jubilee, there flows down drink and food for the 'Comsmunity of Israel through the intermediary of ome 'One When ths me aves towards be, many are these who stand and Wait to be refreshed and to parvcipate 4m the blessings rom abore, ae Scripture ays: "The young, ions tar after their prev. and seck their fod from Gad" (Pecrr 3). But the Comaunty of ral ries in 2 recondste 'manner and receives daitis from ker spouse i ues Suc -Avtnall those that stand round, they remain apart, a ys: "Then there was no man with him", and a it ao says Inefore: "and he cried = Cause every man to go out from me. [Afverwards, however, when she has received daintes from ther spouse, all the others are given dan and food, 20 mye 2p 'TH zouan 11 {2086-2099 "They give deck to every beast of the eld the wii anes 'quench thei this" (Ube 12)" Jose opened discourse onthe subject of Elijah "There veer he aid "wo men who dared to expostulate with God: Moe end Bligh, Men and: "Whereore wt thew dealt il with these people? (Ex, a); and Elijah said "Hast thou sho brought evil upon the widow wth whom Lsjaura, by saying her son ?" (1 Kings, 20H, 20. Both used the erm eva" with the mame reconite meaning. Moses id in set: "Wherefore has thou given Tcence othe side of evil to take the soul of that people * Similarly Elsh sid ia feat: "Whoever preserves one soul inthe work merit life "die worthy to lay hold ofthe tee of ie: yet none he tree 'of death, the sid of evil, hasobtsne power aver the widow twhom 'Thou hast commanded to sustam me," Ke may be Asked, how could Moses and Elijah speck thus, secing that 'vile never done to man bythe Almighy Phe tuth that When a man walks on the night sie, the protection of the oly One, blend be He, sonstanty with him, m0 hat the other side has nv powee over him, and the force of evil are towed before him, nd cannot preval ovr him, Bit x soon a the protection of the Haly One ta witha from hin by 'ean [2oge) of is having stached hire to ev tat ev fei the masery and advances to destroy him, being given {uttoization to take his sou" 'hid Hiya "Sat aur vo prommonce = com wich the il eereinty that God would confirm it a, for eetance, thatthe heaven should not le fall rain or dew. How came iy then, that he fl ara of Jee ? How came it tata het then to tae hi life (¢ Kinga se, 2) he was filled with Fae 'ad Be foe hie fe ® Jone said cepiys Te hs bead 'Sowa that the righteous boul not pt ther Master totrouble by exposing thonseves to an abvious danger. We find 30 'example in Samocl, when he sid: "How can fo 21 Saul Irate wil ill me" (t Sam. vt, 2); sd Gov therefne told hen to take certain precautions (lb). So it was with Eph' Said RJone, furthers" have Berd special expo sition of this matter as follows, When Jescbel datened Eluah, iti moe wien that he "feared" (empire), But he 2094) vavigasn aot "saw" (eayar) (1 Kings x, 3), What wast that he saw? He saw thatthe ange of death had followed him fora numberof sean, and be had not been delivered into is hand. Then the 'ere continues: payeleh ef nafih (and be went for fe), winch tery aan, ad he neat (ar wa ht to may he resorted to the foundation of his soul, or, other 'words he procorded to attach himaelf tothe rc of ie. In 'connection with the phrase ef mafiho (to his soul), 1 have beard he continued, "he folowing recondite doctrine from BL'Smeon All he souls of mankind emerge frm the ever- 'owing celestial stream, from which they are recived into the "bundle of ie". New, when a female becomes Sea tal is sly te eal ofa een ad yoaproal Leste of les often of the predominating desire of the female, Bur when the deste ofthe male predoriaates, then the soul 'ofthe child thats born has vasa vitality, iaarmich 3 che 'whole of te being i the mul of the desire and yearsing for the tee of lie: Hence Ekja, to whove bith that dere had contributed in + special degree, was sifted with special 'italy, and didnot die like other men. For his whole being 'was detved ftom the tres of fe and not from the du. He, therefore, without suffering death, as isthe lot of other men, 'weat up om high, ax Scripture says; "and Elijah went up by

2whiswind int» heaven" (1 Kings 1, 18), Observe the
'words: "behold there appeared a chariot offre, and hore 'of fie, et." (Zhi), which sndieate that Elish's spit wan 'tripped of ts body, a that he departed no ie in the man 'nerd other men, but became a holy angel like other heavenly beings, carrying out divine metsages ir thi world; frit i ell stablished aang is that the miraces which Grd per {orm inthe worl! are eariedout by his agency. Now serve that tis writen further: "and he requested for himself (eth nafsho bis soul) to die" (t Kings x1x, 4} This imphes that he turned wo she tee wherein Gea Taka, and there God appeared unto him a8 Senpture say: "Go fort, and stand tupenthe mount before the Lord and after the earthquake the Lond war notin the Bre; and after the fre a {ll small voiog" sefering to the very innermost aint, 'whichis the source of al lluination "And tess, when

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Ej heaed it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, « 'And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said= What doest thou here, Elijah? And he said: T have been yery lous for the Lord (Ubi it, 13-13). God said wo him (ow long wilt chou continue to be jealous for me? Thou hast aleady close fast the gate wo as [20] to necure thyself from death, and the world will sox be able to endure thee." 'plied: "for the children have forsaken thy covenant, (Ud 14. The Holy One then sai to him: "As tho Tiers in whatever place the rite ofthe baly covenant ceusncision) wil be performed, dheu wilt be present" Tels Tor this reason thet st every 1 of that site 3 chair is set abide for Eijah, who it always there present. Observe 'what censeguences flowed Elijah's word fori is wrtten "Yet will eave seven thousand in ral, all he knees which 'ised hen' (Ubi. x, 18). Gd sad o im an effect: "Hence~ forth the world wil note able to tokrate thee along with ny sons." So He coramanded him, saying: "and Elisha the son 'of Shap of Abl-mcholah shal thou ancint tu he prophet room" (Jb 26), as uch a to aay "There shall be 'rope forty chikiven, and thu shalt go up why place." Observe that if a man is jealous forthe Holy One, blessed be He, the ange of death hase power ver hiroas he has over other men, and to him i given the covenant of 'said regarding Phisehas: "Wherefore say Bchold, 1 give unto him my covenant of peace" (Num. ay, 12)" AND NE FELL UrOw #15 BROTHER BENJAMIN'S NECK, AND WEFT; ano Hexpawin Warr crow afte wreR. IR. Isanesid-"We expound this to indicate that Joseph wept 'on account ofthe destruction of the first 'Temple and of the second Temple. R. Isaac proceeded to discourse on the verse: Thy neck alike the tcer of David bald wath trets, seherean there hang thousand shies all the armour of the imphty men (S. S. 1¥, 4). "The tover of David', he said, "signifies the heavenly Jerusalem, of which iis written: "The name of the Lond is a strong tower; the righteous rusneth, vartonen oy up on high (Prov. xvi, 10), the phase "pointing to the tower above. "Thy neck" signer 'the Temple below. which Frits beauty is compared to the 'eck in the human body: as the neck gives symmetry and 'beauty tothe body, 0 does the Temple tothe whole world. "Buide with tarts" (lapedh, ht. mound of mouth), shat oj a mound toward which all men turn ther gaze when they open theit mouths t offer prayer and praise." Whereon there hang 4 thousand shies", alluding to the thousand comic reconstructions that are 'performed ther. "AU the 'armour ofthe mighty men, lading tothe angel of punih= 'nent that proceed from the side of severity, As a woman's ornaments ae hung about her neck, s all the eenaments of the world are bung shout the 'Temple, Similarty, in the passage, "To our very neck we are pursued" (Lam. ¥,§) there ta allusion to the Temple "We labour a have no sot" (Tid), that we have eserted ourselves to build the 'Temple tvie, but the enemies have not permit us to setainit, and ihae sot been rebuilt. gin, the mbole body perishes when the nck s destroyed, soon asthe Temple 'yas destroyed and its light extinguished, the whole world 'tax plage into darkness, and there was 90 light of sun or 'tary, ither in heaven of on earth. Hence, Jouph wept on 'ccount ofthis. After he had wept forthe Temple, he wept ibe the sthen that were to ge into ee. For anso0n an Soe "Temple was destroyed, ll thetribes were exiled and scatter mong the nations. Scripture thus tells us: "And he hse all his brechren, and wept upon them", thats 10-85, for 'hem. He wept forall of them, forthe twofold destruction at the Temple and for his brethren the ten tribes that went into caile and were scutered among the nations. AND ArTEX fn Wirs its They, however, id not weep, because the Holy Spine did not Rash upon them 38:upon Joseph! novse, R. Abba opened a discourse un the verse: My 'ul yearmith, yea, rcen powth for the courts of the Lond; 'my heort nd me lasing for oy srt the ling God (Ps. ay Tite 20mAR UE [toghatee 'axa, 3),"Obsave' he said, "that before offering his prayer to his Master, « man should fit recite some thanksgiving. Te should as pray before hs Master inthe proper me: the morning to ante himeel! tothe sight side of the Holy 'One, eed be Me an inthe afternoon the et ie, Te Incumbent on man to ofer up prayer and supplication each 4ay soa 10 unite himself with Ged. Ie has been Id down that in praying before his Master aman should not make his 'ice heady ai he ore so hie prayer will othe avepted for he reason that [stos) prayer does ot coos in suible 'oie ori the oie prayer. Prayer consist in another voice the voice) was heard", where the term gy is writen defee- tively, without a eau, pointing to the inaudible voice, like that of Hannah's praver, of which itis writen: "but her 'oice sould note heard" (1Sam. 1, 13),"The prayer which the Holy One, Blessed be He, accepts is that which is per~ formed with camestness and devotion and proper concen- 'ration of the mind on the unity of God." RL Elearar ssid: "The silent voice se the superal voice feom whieh all other voices proceed. The statement "and the voice as heard", 'where the term gol (voice) is written without nan, is an alluson to the voice which wept on account of the firs "Temple and the second 'Temple. "The word. "as heard? suggests the verse: "A voice was heard in Ramah!" (Jer. {2181 15), there the word Btemah (in Ramah, lit- on high) alludes to the upper world, t the world to come; for of that 'ven it ia indeed writen: "And in that day Sid the Lond, the 'Gad of host, call to weeping, and to lamentation, et." (Is. xt, 12), 90 that the voice was heard in the height of brights. "Therefore, too, Rachel wept for her children; she "refused te he comforted for her chili, beeaice he te not" Ie ie fot writen "they arent (eam), but "he is non (efvenn, 'which isan allusion to her Spouse; fo if hee Spouse were present with ber, she would let herself be comfoned. for them, as they wotld not remain then in exile but her Spouse 'noticing with her she cannot be comnfoned. "The "bose of 04) vavroast 295 Par oh (Pharach) here is agin, an slsion to the Temple (0m igh, that isto the hose that was stripped (psr'ah— luncovering) and bared of allt light aad radiance and its Hiden treasures, When the Holy One, blessed be He, ail 'aise that stl Wie fom the dust and Jon he ee witht, then all that ws lost to them in the time of eile will be 'restored, and thy wil feast the auperal radinecs that 'wll trea with added brights from the superna woe 'Scxipure spo: "And i sllcoe to pam i hat da, sat areal hor sal be blown; ad they stall cme that wee Tost. {Ania nd they that wee dispersed inthe land of Egypt and they shall vorship the Lord in the holy mountain at Jorwler (id mee, 33) Now now aay comatanoen, Tw1s 90 ve: TAKE ve WACONS OUT OF THE LaxD OF EoYrT, ere. R. Hiya 'opened a discourse with the text: Ree ye with Feraalem. Cand be pla with her, all ye that love her rejoice or ry th 'her, ete. (Ibid, 1201, 10)-"When', he sai, the Temple was 'estyoyed and Israel on account of their sins were driven from, 'their land, God removed Himself, a it were, tothe height of Incghts and regarded not the desiruction of the Temple nor the exile of His people, and so the Shekinah wae exiled with them, When Got aguin descended, He observed His House shat was burnt down. He lovked at His people and behold, they were in eaile. He inquired concerning the Matron (Shekinah) and found that she had been driven out. Then, "in that day did the Lord, the God of hosts, ell t0 weeping and lamentation, and to balénes, and to girding with sack ont! (Ibid. xx, 12); and the Matron was ealed upon 10 "tament like a-vingin girded with sackcloth for the heband cof her youth" (Jol 1,8), because He had removed Himself from her and they were separated. The very heaven end the 'very cath lamerted, ap itis written: "clothe the heasen with blackness, and' I make sackeloth their covering" (Is.

13) The celestial angelsall raised their vices in lamentatian,
aa it says: "Uehold, the angels ery without; the angele of 'poser seep bitterly" (Ix xs3am, 7). "The sun and the mon 'moumed and ther fight was darkened, as we read: "The sun 2p rive zona [sor aned shall be darkened in his going forth, et=™ (Ii. xm, 10). [2108] For what reason ? Because the other side had obeained ay over the Holy Land." R. Hiya further diuursed onthe verse: And thea, sn ofman, ths saith the Lord Gad eomcering the land of Ierack: Arend | heen is com wpm hf cornet of the land (Eack, vi 1). "This vere he sid, 'contain 'rvondite der Ac har been sted, there = an end on the right and an end on the left. tis the eed on the right which 'alluded to in the exprasion "the land of Irae: an end I, Uhile the expression, "the end is come" refers to the end oc the le. "The night end is the end of the food prompter: the left end is the end ofthe evil prompter; and when Tara's sins multiplied and increased, it was through thos left end thatthe wicked Kingdom obtained power and destroyed the Houte and Sanctuary ofthe Lard. Scripture shssays: "Tus saith the Lond God: An evil, » singular evi, Behold, it 'cometh ([hid. 5). Hexven and earth thus lamested because dominion had been given to theleft end. Nom, sing that the hnny tsngdom, the kmgdom of heaven, has been OverTR0s and the wicked Kingdom has prevailed, it behuves man to 'mum with # and to abase himself with i, so hat when st Sill be raised nga and joy wil be restuce to the world, be 'may fejace vith it. Scriprure thas says: "Repace for joy 'with ber, al ye that mourn for er" (Is xe 1} Awe ur saw rmx wacoxs, ere Egypt is alles "a far heifer" Jer ati, 20) and hence the word "eplath (Kt wag fons. or heen) here may be a ausion to Fay. ndicting that 2 time will come when the Israelites, the bondamen of Egyrt, the far heifer, will obtain dominion over. R. Elezzar means of the heifers Joeph intended to zemind Jocob that when he sas separated from ham be had been swsthout it boing knoem who had alain him. The beifer was thrown, 25st were, tothe evil pints in order to ward them fff and prevent them from obtasning dominon over the 'earth Now allmen depart hfe trough the hands of the angel siob-ata] toss 27 sf death, excep he one whase life as been saken by another rman, before the angel of death hal recived perminion 'erie His fonction upon ume. The ange! of death as thu 'ate to complain agin the place ofthe murder, and there= fore it wn commanded that "he cders of that cty shall 'ing down the here" (Uh. 4), soak to emuve ay indicamest apsinst tht locality and to safeguard it azact the power of the accuser. When Joseph lft his father, be trent wtbout coor and without esting fmt: and when Jocob afterwards sid "Joseph is surely worn, he ade "Nay, but [sl go down tthe give tomy ae mourning" (Gen caret, 35), <= much as v0 aay: "Is was T who was the 'suse of ha dest and, moreover, I set hin of sknogh I 'Anew that his brethren hated him_" All this Joseph hinted to iy ming the Been Seid R. dah so B. Elmers "But did not Joseph send the heifers by the command of 'Pharaohs itaye: "And Jeph gate them fers, according {othe commandment of Pharaoh (Ud su 21)? Bloat seplied: herach ely gave the commend st Joseph's roqueet- deed, Jacob was not fully cocwinced ofthe dings Brought to him til he aw hem, as Seipare saya: "And whem he [Sethe Heer ht Joneph had sent fm, the sprit of Jacob {hee father revive!" ltd. 27)" Simeon remarked First Scripture axya: "and the spin of Jacob revived and im seedistely fer: "And Inset sad" (Wind 38). The Torah Ft calls hm Jacob because the Sheknah departed tm fom when the retires made ber a pany tothe oth of secrecy 'with regard to the sale of Joseph, but now thas the Spekinab «returned he rose to the higher degree symbolized by Israel" [ena] Asp az sarp: 1am Gop, rue Goo or tar ratuex EWILL Go pow witu THEE tro Eoyrr. This "am ideation shat the Shckinah sccompacied him ints cole; and wherever Ierarl were exiled the Stekinah followed them sho into exe. Observe that Joseph sent his fer six wapen an allan 80 which is Ene bn the "ex covered | eee Zar reves the erp ern al ae

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wagons presented by the princes to Miss (Sum. wt 3) the truth is that those which Joseph sent 'were of the ee which had a reomndite siguficance, bat the umber which Pharaoh sent had no sach romerical Ano Josuru atape neaby ais cnantor. Rese bee tps dncouree om the vers: And or the hae ofthe mg {teats heyeh) theres the ene of «fomament, he te (odour of the tril stretched forth ober thet hea abe (Gack. 1,23) "This vere', he ai, "has bn explained fellows. "Phere isa seis of lagath, one gon fer shan 'he other and thee sone above all which sal he others fn meion and causes them t transmit het Hight one 'othe: "Tes supreme HHayah as vanoas fates winch ate {wall he canal pun three one ide Thee is acs

2eres of frmaments one above the other, the highest one
'Sominatng all he her, wb all wrn ir gave toward fe'So Serptre ayn: "And under the rmament were thet 'rings conformabie the ote to th over, ie" (tad. 33) 38 {hey all rule over what fas beca comme to thei charge. "There being ine hay on each af the four sides of the snivere the total number is Gara. When they se al Upined togebc, they lt one press Feet Tae the Name nan abot unity. Aad when they are ll aged 'andthe teavenly thre, then is Yealsed the decrption fEven by the prophet: "Ned cbore the firmament tht was 'Scr thir heals was the Hheneas of throne 2s the appa "reef appre ste: ant up the likeness of the te seas ene a the appearance ofa man above it" (bid. 28). 'Now the Rgurs un that chart culminate i that of ma and 'ten the other ures are subordinated to ths one x0 a8 40 form 2 homogeacoue chariot, then it may be and: "And Jincph made ready tes charot", Joseph representing the Zoli; forer, "and wont pte ect Teal bi athe tppiing he sperm Adon, and Godin (Gi approaching the cnleacener of the two. The text cone tinges: "and he presened himoelf unto him", symbolizing the feflectin of the bgt of the aun on to dhe sion, ecb 'the moon & t up anc fords with slight allthe dwellers of the lower world. Correspondingly, as long as the superal "seciy rested on the her Temple, that Temple was Med 'wen an culgence of igh, and emus romaine nt Sompiet- fos, ut subsequently the supernal sanctity was witha Gnd he Temple was destoyed, sgsrding which st woten "tod he wept on his neck a long while"; "be wept", on _sccmunt af the Temple that was tobe destroyed, and a ong. 'While, on account ofthe last exe. When Jacob thus sew tht al elo was compl afer the espera pater be 'ex me die --- tha thos arty alive" that cen ets sy core ch] 'who is ealled the Living One ofall eerity."The sme is en- 'lid in Jaoh's previous utterance: "It te enoogh; Jouph ty som is ye alive Axp Jacon stessen PuaRaon. R. Jose Gted in conacs~ 'ion with this the verse: Aare compared ther, O my lier, #2 "that there are chariots of the left that long to the ather 'ide, and there are chariots of the right that are under the 2g of eupernal holiness the ltter are of grace the former 'of scverty. When the Healy One. blessed be Hie, execited Juice on the Exyprans, every form of ponichment which He inficted on them wat aftr the very pstier of thane chariots, and after the very pattern ofthat other side: as that Sede segs and takes men's souls 20 did the Holy One, Hlwed bbeHe, ait says: 'ond the Lord slew all the first-born in the Yad of Exypt" (Ex. xn, 15), and 20 with all the other toi, "I mate thee eqaal to the other side in the power ®9 'se. And what does Scripture say in regard tothe Futere? 'Who i this hat cometh from Edom, with crimeon garments 'rom Bosra ? et." (Is Laut, 1)"

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Ano Iskaee owsLr ts THe LAND oF Eover, 1 THE LAND OF GOSHEN; AND TREY GOT THEM POSSESSION EXCEEDINGLY, and they got them posesion, {0 wit, 38.2 'permanent pasession, inasmuch ast belonged to them: and 'they were fraitfal, and aosuredly 0, seang that they were relieved ofall veaation and they enjoyed all the luxuries of the world, Rested be the Lond for evermore 'Amen and Amen ! Gen mest, 28-4, 26

1Hig incon he et: Ad thy pope a al igh
'eh, they shell inherit the land for eo ee (HX, 22) "Tere he sid, "have been ferred above all the Gentiles in tring ended by God righieous tht they may obtain {th evrting inbertase ia the world tame, atin ere ten: "Then thou shale delight im the Lard" (uv, 4) Wherefore 20? Because they atach theres tothe Body the Kings fe aays Ve Ue eave aan th Lond yout God are alive every ene of you thin day" (Dest. 1, 4)" Baa aid: "This text of R Hiya contin 2 deep allusion forthe reaperinthe eld" * Fee R Sireon bas dS the coterie Agadsh ht the exited inbentance of that ott land sequined by none seve him wh incalled "righteous" For the Matron cleaves tothe Righteous One and finds de- lights him, and the Righteous One auureiy tents the 'Maton. So Gol in His love for lral ced them righteous nd they are therefore meet oimherit the Maton. The ese Bit they orecneumcneds seceding te he dictum: "Whee (ere vumriaed andepters ie the covenant aed observes 'tenes atached tothe Mody ofthe King. and enters nto the Kighteout One" td they ate therfore cll ghten Sd they sal forever inert the land to wit the "and 'ofthe eng' They ee ferther alle in the test "the Branch ff mi planting", t9 wit, one of those sheets which God "when He created the werd, feted inthe ver, "And the Locd Gad planted « purden in Eden" (Gen. 1 8) According to another explanation, the words "And thy people ae all sightnos™ refer to Jacob and his sony sche trent down to Egypt smong a si¥-nected pepe and all remained fighteous, wbereore "they sball for ever [2165] (catcommaonn oho emepiona ecsmare ena La nk a ma rin a THE 20K 1 fase inhesit the land", since from there they went up to inerit the holy land." Ano Jacom tive iv rite Lano of Eover. itis 'henge that tie section fn "toned, Leno space ein the aol of the Law between the begining ofthis ection 'the previous sect (veges). Why ust indicate that whem Jct died the eye of Tord Dearne, art were lowed, Beene then they relly entered on the paidh and the Egypeans enslaved them" R. Sime sid: Tes t0 show tha the words "and Jaco five" are wo be takes in lose conjunction with the preceding sentence: "And lrael duet inthe ln of Eaype {ithe lind of Gashen and they gat them pomessons there, and were Fruitf, and multiplied exceedingly" That i 'ay jst a they Bred in hanury and were sbort of ating so Joe sary tad every comfor and was shor of nothing ence i sdf hen now that "hele" Foe upto this time he had known nothing but trouble, but pow he saw one 'of ie sone rm real extate and the otherwirtous and 'ous all iving inthe lp of lasury whe he himself abode "mong them lke yond ine eating om tees so that sow in realty he "lived" SeveNTEEN YeAns. Why seventeen?

5Simeon snd: "Joob's fe was abaye oe of ardaip, but
wherever helene at Joep he thought he saw his mother 'an, beatse neh cel emembled Rachel and 3 uch

2ime he forgot al his sorrows. When, however Jeph was
fred fem him thas wav 3 worse Mow than all the previous 'onc, and he wept every day for the seventera years that Jongh had bern with hem ener Providence compen Ii with another sevearen years of JoncpQs company, dlrs which he Eve in ease and nur Tradition tlle thr all those sventcen years the Divine Presence rested 'spon ir, and hereare they ere called "ia So i nye that ehen his sans old hi hat Jeph was alive "Whe spit of Jc thew fer revived" (Gen. a4, 27), for up to then the pit had been dead within him and he bad ot ben in

4ute to receive anther in ts place. since the spt fren
{howe does not rest on an empey spot" R Jose aid: "The arbb-arza) rege bed Stein oe nt es oa plac whichis eine vb turbed, but oly in a place properly prepared, 2 place of Joyfuineas. Hence all the years that Joseph was awiy and 'Jacob wat in snes, the Shekina id at rex on hi" So tne have Karat tat R. Elcarar snd in the nae of Ra "Te writen, "Serve the Lard with gadneen, come before his presence with smping". show thatthe service ef Gad should be performed with joy.' This accords wath what [K. Bearar has chewhere sid, that when Ela deed the ret upon, he sidan now Being mea iste" (G2 Kings 13). Aba sid" has ben aid down in 2 certain pase stati wine deived ren siden nd hall res ofthe higher and lower beings are attache to thera: and fe bas been further sid that 9 one goes in another fore ott, and sone is reveled another is concealed, and cath one Tate tothe next and they ae the origi ofall" R Simeon sshd There ae three engine Hike the three patriarchs and 'fom them all the ret speed and ete the name to be crowed "R Joe ssid Fom the day that R. Senco left the cave, nothing was conceled from the Companions, and things 'became clear to them aif they had been reveaid that Jay om 'Mount Sinai But afer he died, then "the fountains of the ep and the wiedows of heaven [7a] were closed" and 'he Compare could no longer ae tothe betont of ines, {= shown by the following imtanee. One day B-Jush Siting the pate of Teri, and he saw two camels ales 'with bundle of coches. One of the bunds fll down and = 'ck of ere eto the pou Before thes ould reach thw ccvrsthey dapencd. Then numberof other binds came up, {ns perched onthe rock Themen threw ones and shouted [Ethom but they would not poavay. He heard voice svg: ne crown of wen i planged in dathnese and doce ne seston the head ofthe Mant" While he wos al siting, = {an pared by an sid: "You are not flling the example Sf Abram, who, when the bids of prey eae dene up the 'onceome drove them roy (Como, 1)= "ham Sag os {Sid IC Judah, "bur they wll not go" The man tarzed ie

34"THe roman it fee
Ihead aneay and wail: ""Thic min hha not yet phicked the hiss from the head of his Marie, nor shore the Matron" R. Judah followed him three esis asking him to explain, but the would not, so tha R. Judah war greatly perturbed. One day he fell asleep under 2 tree and dreamt that he saw four 'wings outstretched and HL Simeon ascending on them witha 'crf the Law, atd also with all manner of boks cantining 'hidden expositions and Agadahe. They allascanded to heaven and were Tost to his view. When he woke he aid: 'Verily, Since the death of R. Simeon sidom has departed from the earth. Alas for the generation tht ha lost this precious jewel 'which used roillurneitand on which higher and lower beings 'were supported.' He came and tid R- Abs, who clapped the wold ave asitwere "onc onexfl putin apt to bee" (Ex 30, 39) that epee place ae not expo. 'Who am oot revel mri eva know them ? R- Abba tehspred to fm *The man that you tow wan anoediy Eas he ws ot wing 0 reveal acre in onder ht 'yu may appre the worth af R. Stee, and that ht fevernn may weep fr him He aid to: "He ined Srcrverto be wep Woe ie me that aid mot depart shin ie 'rth hone threw ied in he cred charmer of Simeon, os no to bel generation that has hen ia Toe He hen id to im: Master, eles I tens "And they Sal ke they and the be and he purple and the seat Sd he fine nen (E SO, 5). Why sere bo renton here af silver acing that ster was ao brought for an ering fw Bx my 3)? He mpd: "Vou might ak he 'Sine question with rd 0 copper which ao fe mentioned 'none nace and ett the od A the Sacred Lamp foe 'even the answer, Lato may reveal i He then discourse ats Tt writen: "Mines the ser end mane the {od ith che Lon" (Hsgpii, 8) On many occas we fave pondered ovr the questa, what holies therein these pricy germent We hve however, hen RUE at 'heres bine every pace, an tht thes garments ae anye-ar78) vere? BS after the sopernal pater, as we have Jeaent: "There is 2 "High Pest sbove and 3 bigh pres below, ruiment of honor above and riment of honour below." As for the onission of 'silver and cxpper, these were 2esigned to another pace, 25 'is written, "All the pills af the court round abou sal be filleted with silver". and again, "and their sockets of bras" (Ex svn, 17). These were the instruments for the service 'of the Tabernacle: but ths riment of honour was enly tobe used by the High Priest and hy mo other." Axp Tae Tiste onew eax THAT Isnart Mcer OIE. 'aught in the trap" R. Judah suid: "The day when's man's eet are caught and his tie approaches wo di is aed "the day ofthe Lord", because then his spirit return to Him. We 'nave learn that a that tinea oly Cron to wit the seventh. 4s eotrusied with his spit, or, if be comes from the side of says, "yet is their pride ad labour 'where there is n0 foundation the 1K. Jadah said: "Happy are the

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's worthy, great isthe bine reserved For iin the other work, as iin written, "No eye ath sen save thine, O Lard, what 'thou wil do Forbin that tras i thee" Is txts 3) Re Jose ssid:'When aman' appointed time deass near, procimation 'ns made concerning bint fr thre days and even the birds of the heaven announce his doom; and i he fs virtunas, fe coming i announced for thirty days among the Fighteous in the Garden of Eden. We have leat that during those thirty days his sul depart from him every night and ascends tothe tether world and see ite place there, and during those thirty days che man ha not the sime conscianmen oF control of bis woul as prevoualy! . Judah sid: 'From the fr azival of those thirty days a man's shadow becomes faint and his form is not ourlned clearly a the grou." 1K Isaac Oe day st hel at K. Judah's Goorin reat sadsess. The laser coming eut sn fn ir inthis con iio said to Bi: "What the matter tay He epi "Thave come task you threethings. Ones that whenever You repeat any of my exposition of the Tomah you should give 'ther in my name. The second that you should tain ry son Josep in the Torah aod the third i that you should go "My soul ha lly heen eng mic athe might and mot enlightening me with dreams as it used w do. Furthermore, 'when T bow dawn in the course of my prayers, [notice that amy shadow does not appear on the wall and T imagine the reason to be thatthe herald has gone forh and made proela- maton regarding me." K. Judah replied: "I will cary out 'your requests Hut 1 will ck you aan [21%] to reservea place for me by your side in the ater world, as we Were together in this' R Isaac wept and said="I beg of you not to leave me for the rest of my days" 'They then went 10 R. Simean, whom they found studying the Torah Raising his eye, R. Simeon sss RL Imac and the Angel af Death running and dancing before him, so going tothe door he tok 8. Lac bythe hand 'and sid: "T ondain that he who i wont to enter shall enter and he who is mot wont shall ot enter.' Thereupon R. Isaac 3184) vavewt 307 and R. Judah entered and the Ange of Death was kept out- side. R. Simeon looked at R. zac and saw that iste had rot yet come, nd that he had respite til the eighth hour of the day, so he ude hie st down befare him and study the 'Torah. R. Sieneen then aid bi som R. Elesser-'Sit by the 'door and speak vith no une, and if anyone wants to come i, 'swear to him that he may aot' He then said to R. Tsai? "Have you seen to-day the image of your father ? For s0 we Ihave leant, that t the hour of 4 man's departure from the 'work, is father and his relives gather round irs, and be scesthem and recognizes them, and likewise al with whom the ausociated in this world, and they accompany his sou! to the place where sto abide' R. Isaac replied So far Thave ro seen" R. Sime then are and atid: 'Sovereign of the 'Universe 1. Tsac is well krown among us, and he fone of the seven eyes ofthe world ere. Now tha I old hin, give 'wim to me A wie then went forth and said: "The throne of his Masters near the wings of R. Simeon. Lo, he thine, Sod he shal accampany tice when tw soca nw abide on thy throne Eleaat now mathe Angel of Death coming 'up, and suid to him: "The doom of death cannot fall in the place where R Simeon i" R. Simeon then aid to fs son: "Come in here and take hold of R.Isac, since see that he i fran' R. Elza did wo, and Simeon turned round and 'began to study. R. Hane then fll sleep and sw his father in 4adream. He saidto him: 'My son, happy i thy porson both in ths world and in the world tw came Fat amoog the leaves ofthe tee of ile in she Garden of Eden theres placed prest 'ree, mighty in both words, which is R. Simeon, son of 'Yohs, and he shelters thee with his boughs." Said Rsaac tw him: "Father, what is my portion thee 7" He replied "Tice days ago they roofed in thy chamber and prepared for thee, placing windows on all four sides to let ight m upon thee,co that when Lsaw thy place I reiced and said app 'hy portion; sve that thy son has not yet learnt suicent 'Torah. And beheld now, twelve righteous Companions were 'eager init thee und when we were an the point of departing {Foice went forth through all works saying "Ye companions 'that stand here, be proud of Simeon, for he has made a

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'eques and it has been granted ty him."* Nor i this a, for there are here seventy crowned places belonging to him, and very place ba doors pening to seventy works an every worlds open to seventy channels and every channel is open to seventy supertalerow, and fom there paths are opened fut tothe Ancent and Inerutable One, togive 3 view af that Sper delight which Mumines and beats all asi says "wo see the plemantness af the Lord and to visit hs temple" Sid. Isaae; "Father, how Jong am I granted to be inthis world * He anwered: "Lam not permite wn, at te rmade known toa man, But in the great Feast of R. Simeon, thou shale prepare his able." RL lsaac then awoke, his face full of smiles. R- Simeon, observing bite, sand: "Vou have heard something, have you not? "Assured," be seplied; and he then told him his dream, and peestrated bimself before him. Tee related that from that doy [2188] R. Isaac 'Silagetly taught fs won the Torah and abvays had hie with 'him. When he went in t9 RL Simeon, he wed 0» leave hie som 'cutside and when he st before R Simeon he applied to hira- scl the vere: "O Lond, Fame oppresed, be thou my aacety"™ (a xcom, 14) 'We have leat chaton the dread day when 2 man's time como deran from the world, four quarter of the world 'dict ham, and punishments ric up from all four quarry 'ad four clement fall » quarreling and seck to depart each to ts oun side Then s herald gues forth and makes procls- 'mation, which s heand in two hundred and seventy works Ifthe man worthy, allthe worlds welcome har with or, but if pc. alas for shat man and his portion * We have learnt that Shon the heraif mater proclamation. 2 lame ance fot froee the North and passes through the "stream ef fre", and divides itself tothe four quarters of the world to burn the souls of anes. Tt shes goes frth and fies up and down silt aights between the wings of «black cack 'The cack thea Maps it 'wingsand criesout atthe Uneshold of the gate. The it time 'tenes: "Behold, the day cometh burning lke a furnace, et." (Mal m, 19). The second time ie cries: "For le, he that formeth the mountains and creatth the wind and declarech $e Sd 218-199] vaveur 'unto man wht is his theught" (Aros 'when man's deeds tesify against him and he acknowledges 'them. 'The third time & when they come to remove his soul 'rom him and the cock ence: "Who would net far thee, King 'of the mations ? For to thee doth ac" er. 7) Seid Jone "Why mest he ableck cock ? B Jud plod: "Whatever the Almighty does is a myst significance. We Inrve lear the chastsement dors tot fll ave upon 2 place (which is akin wo it. Now black isthe srmbel of the side of Jadgemest zed theneene whe the fame goes forth ark the wings of 2 black evck, a5 being the rast appropriate 'So when man's adgement hour = near, st commences to cal to him, etd no anc knows save the patient himself 22 we have 'cars, shat when s mani ill and his time is appreschong to 'depart from the world « new spirit enters into him from "above in vine af which he seer things which he could net 'ee Iefore, and then be departs from the world So its veriten; "For man shal not see me and lve": inthe ie- time they may not see. tat atthe hour of death they may. We have further iarat that at the eme of = man's death he allowed to ace his relates and companions from the other 'world. If he s virmous, they al rejoice before hen nd give bien resting, but if mot, then be = recognised only by the sinners who every day sre thrast down t» Gehinnwen. They 're all in great gloom aed begin and end their converse with 'Soe Raising bis eyes. he behalde them like fame shoot- 'ng up from the fire, nde also exclaims "woe 1". We have learnt that when 4 man's soul depares from him. all his el tives and companions in the other world join it and show it the pce of eight and Ue plac of tarute. If bes Virtus he beholds his place ate axcends and st there end enjoys the delights of the other world. But if he ie not vitoous, ie 'sel romaine in this weld etl hin body ie buried in she '2nd thea the exeeutioners take hold of him and drag tim down to Dumah atd to his appointed store in Gchin- body, 2194] sits written: "His flesh shall 'sofer pain for him, ant bis soul shall mourn for it" (Job

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"av, 22), adit grieves tobehold the tadness i the house. We 'have learnt that after seven days the body begins to decay, 'andthe soul goes in to ite place. It enters the eve of Mach pelah, where its allowed in up to x eereain paint scording {outs deserts Ir then reaches the place of the Garden of Ben and meets the Cherubi and the fishing swud which is io the lower Garden of Eden, and if ts worthy to enter, it centers. We have learnt that four gillars® are waiting there 'ith the form of bos im hie Hated, ane with thin lee fully clothes itself and then remainain its sppomted crcle i the Garden of Eden forte alloted time. 'Then sherald makes proclamation and x pillar of three colours browgbt forward, SShich te called "the habitation of Mourne Zion" (Retr. $) [By means of this lla itascends wo the gate of righteous, fn which are Zion and Jerusalem. If is worthy to ascend further, then happy is its portion and toe that s becomes astached tothe Body ofthe King If not sory to mend ferther, then "he tht i eft im Zson and be that remains in [Jerusalem shll he called bly" (Ibad 3). But fs pesieged oe pom plagecon valn ye the superral delght fram the place which = call esren lappy be thats yournafed the grace" Jone n= "There i¢2 superior grace and an inferior grace. The superior gace is above the heavens, 28 iis writtcs-""Far great aboce the heaven is thy kindness" (Ps. cots) Of the inferior grace 'tis writen: "For great extethe heaven thy kindness" (Ui. 1), and to this clas belong the "faithfl kindneses of David" (lao, 3)" . Isaae once questioned R. Simeon with regard to the 'female. The male he gave to Jacob, 2 itis writen: "Israelis sy son; my frntborn" (Ex. 10, 22) The female he gave to Arahat. 'The mather ss onthe young and gives them suck, sebence the precept. "Thou shult not take the mother with the young." Our teachers have said: "A man should beware 'of sinfolees below lest thereiy the rather saul he part 19-2108] vavew an {rom the children." Hat hen men repent and act vray then the mother rum snd shekere the Young, and she 'alled "repentance" (aba, In returning) "Ten, tit 'ean Be snd, the mother ofthe cldren i fal Hence 'ean showld not ceme fom propagating hs hind til be hs 2 (and daughter' R lame was now yet sated. "The Fightews, he sid, esire no more than ty "Deboll the Plesssomes of she Lend" (Pr exvit, 4)" Ro Simeon Ieowered: 1 all ve, sence this comes hom 'he Holy Ancient One to this eseen, ad the dee of the gh is xed on tha" R Semcon funher sad: ie 'wrimen: "He hath east down the earth from the heavens" {Lesmn)) For when the Almighty resolved v9 decoy the "Tenple std to banish irae among the natn, He rem 'rn befor Hime the upper earth and wher thc earth was [pot aay Fors Him, then te lowe? earth wa Ld wast Line wo boned among the mien; whereupon the 'Gonamoniy of fra id My mothers mca were toed again me" (SS. 6) ant dat war de cause of my Sons" H.Jowe nas once waking with R Hiss these of Rab ant

1they were ging song be tid to fim: "Dou see some
thing over there ? "Tce 2 man in the river he arowered, 'ed's toe on [stg] hin cad with «pee af Ss which it js ene and tcaneg with fs le 'The mun i crying ot 'srvethang bot I cantor exch what be sya Sad the oer" "Tetum go are: and laten" He sid: Tam afraid Why." 'a id, do you think ha this es man here? This i ome Sent of Wisdom which God is sending wn So they went seater and they hear hr sying" "Crown, wD, fo son fe kept ortide, and there wl be peace or rest et the 'rs thrown Gown in Casares" R Joe wept and aid: 'Nery the Galath is drew cut end therefre the bids of beaver sil no dep stl the dominion of the nol satis romeo fm the cath wich wil ot be he "he they he fam fie ahance bind. Said R Jase, "God only banished Israel when there

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'wat no longer fith among them, for then, if one may say 4, 'He was entirely forgotten' R- Hiya suid: "What s the mean~ ing of the vere: "He hath swallowed up death fer ever" (is xxv, 8)? He ssid: 'When God shall arvuse His right hand, then death shall be tunushed from the world. But He 'will not arouse is right hand tll Irac give the impetus, 10 'wit, by the Torah. At that time "the right hand of the Lord 'doch valiantly" (Px. cxvin, 16), and "T shall nor die but live" (Ibu 27}. We have Ieart that when Gost ie pleased with a righteous man and the herald makes proclamation 'concerning: him thirty days among the righteous in the Garden of Een, then all the righteous rejoice and go and e's infu hen the her pro- 'hams sneering him thirty dye ia Gein, anal the Sinoers ave md and excl: "Woe, tht «new punishment psfepeisbenntr peyeue heb peal sora) to mec him. Woc to the mked snd wor toh eghbour "Then they all exclaim: "Wor tothe wished sal be il ws him fr the erard of his Bands Salle pine oi (11) Beane said "The word (lenin pang Seles pecially to hi nko willl pls hs med ke Ee 'the son of Judah. Such 2 one is thrust down lower than all the ther in that word All odes havea hance to sod, bot note, Ie fen worse, may be ake than a murderer? Even 2, becate & murder ile anther man's elen, bute ils his on, and heaps ery och blond. Hence it ieeriten of sch se particularly: "And that which he did vias evil inthe sight of the Lord (Gen. azit, 20)" Re Jotah sid "Evey sn ait of repentance baring tin ad fxey ster may hope to ee the ae of he Shekiah baring this one Re ae aid: "Happy are the righteous in thin sword and n the wor one ft tt wit And 'hy people are all ites, hey shal forever inert the 'and' (Is ax, 24)."* [2306] £7 eatin af sh ed pe ne aie ssh nite dis ie Ba oF Ee Sh Sak Sr ron bo auibaze) vavewt an 'Aso THe OAYS DREW REAL FoR IsRArL TO DIE, R. Hiya said: "Why is thename Israel used here inconnection with his death, whereas above it sam, "And Jicob lived, ete"?

1Jose said in ply "Note here the wad "days, which ie
somewhat peculiar, ner aan only dieson one day infact, fn one instant. 'The reason, however. fy a3 we have learnt, that when God desires to take backs man's spirit, all the days tha he has lived in this workd aes in review before Him. Happy, then, i the man whose daye draw near before the King without reproach, not one of them being reece be cause asin was commuted thereon. Hence the term "draw ing near" is used ofthe righteous, beause their dae draw neartefore the King without reproach, But woe the wicked 'whove days cannot so draw near, because they all pamed 1m 'in, wherefore they are not recorded above, so that of them it Je watien: "The way of the wicked i Hr thick darknem, they know not wn what they semble" (Prov v.49) [essa] So here i says thatthe days of ral "drew neat chat i, 'without reproach and with unalloyed joy; and hence the 'name "Israel" is sed, because it pointe 0 «greater perfec- tion thao the name Jacob.' R. Jour said "There are some Fightsac whote days when exumersted ate put afr from the King, and others whose days are brought ear to the King. {tis they whose portion i biessed, and rach was one of them! Amp MECALLED #75 s0% Jostra. R. Abba said: Joseph {is called Jacob's ma par excellmce, because, 5 we have earat, shen Potiphars if tempted hin he ied up his yes and ay the image of his father (42 says, "and 'of the men of the house there within" (Gen. xxxtn, 12), 25 such ar to ay, "but there was someone else"), and he therespon resisted and withdrew. Hence it was that when {Jacob tame to blew his sons he said: "I Know, my son, 1 iknow" (Gen. xtvnt, 19), repeating the word, a8 much a» 09 _may, "I now of the time when you proved in your ow body 'that you sere my son, and T also know tht, 25 you sy, this fis Ue elder" Another explanation why" fe called isa "specially "my so'"is that they closely resembled one another, ey a4 sae zomaa [esaeaaab So that whoever saw Joseph could testify that he was the ton of Jacob" R. Jou said that another resson was that he 'apport im snd his family in his od age. "The reason why Jacob auked Joneph to bury him, and any other of his son, was that only Joseph had the power take hia oat of Egypt R. Jose sad "Since Jacob knew that hin descendants would be in bondage in Exypt, why did he tc have binaelf buried there in urer tne his merit might thild them, which would have show true parental slici- 'ude ? The truth is tht, as traiion tells us, when Jacobs was. shout to go down ta Egypt he wis afraid lst his descendants 'night be Tet among the peoples and lest God igh remove 'His Presence from him. Hence God said t him: "Fear not 'ogo dows to Egypt for Twill there make of thee great sation (Gen. aust, 3, and thes, "I will zo down with thee into Egypt" (Id. 4). Jacab was sil afraid lest be should be toured there and not with his fathers, s0 God sid to him "I will alo surely bring thee up again" (Thi), to wit, 0 be buried inthe grave of thy ancestors. Hence he had various reasons for desiring to be taken out of Egypt. One vas that the Egyptians should not make aged of him, since he foresaw that God would punish their gals, Another was becaase he new chat God would still kep his Presence among. his descendants in the yaluth- A dird reason was that his body 'might reat jm company with thore of his ancestors, to be 'numbered with them and sot withthe sinners of Egypt, since, fe we have karat, Jacoh reproduced the beauty of Adam, and tis form was sublime and holy the that of the holy throne. 'Exotencally speaking, there 1 no sepantion amosg the patriarchs, and hence he said: "when I sleep with my Either 'Another reason why Jacob called Joseph "my son" was 'cause he war frm the fist mare intent on hegeting him than any other of his sons, his whole thought having been devoted to Rachel. (2:36) Said R. Simeon: Man shel tae ood hed sot to sin or to transgress the wil of fis Master, 'because all his actions are recorded in book and are reviewed ty the boly King and revealed before Him: even his thoughts se proven before Gal and do 0ot scape Him, Now uo she sah} vaveve ws ht when Jacob went fn to Lesh and she gave him the 'olens which be had gten to Rackl, he realy thoupht abe 'eas Rachel, and God, to whomall res are revealed, alowed tha though wo Rave ll, and ao he ith uf Renn, 'was transferred Joep that having been Jacob's frst sed, sud so Macha came into her own inbentans. Thi, ton, 'wy Leah ced his name simply Reuben (—see a sn) and 'ot Reuben (sce my son). We Rave least: "God knew tha Jacob had no inten to ain before Him, and that he did 'ot slow bis house del om any othe woman that inant Tike the sinful, and therefore its writen: "Aad the sors of Jacob were weive" (Gen. 258, 22)" Far the ses of the singers who act in hs way are called by another name, 'which ic known smong the Compations. Hence "Jacob called to his son Joneph"—his veal som, his son atthe besaning andat the end Por, I Paay THEE, THY HAND CNOEE My THIGH.

1Jose sid: "Jacob made him snear by the sign of the
'conerant which was stamped on his flesh, since the patriarchs 'asigned more importance to this than to atything else, and {smc, the reason being that Ena isused from him. Again, we 'may Suppose Jacob's ides to have been: "Swear to me by that halyieprem which has brought holy and fehl seed into the world and mich has ever been preserved fom eflement that you will not bury me among those undean 'who have never guardedit,and of whom cis writen, "whose 'esh is the Hash of ase and their naghing the meighing of horses" (Ezek, uit, 20)" Why, it ray Be aed, was Jonsph, 'tho also guarded the exenant, buned among them ? The answer is that it was ta meet a special emergency, lke the appearance of Gad to Eckel outide the Holy Lard. God [Eon that if Joseph were removed from there, the Isractes 'would sink under the bondage; therefore He suid "Let his 'utial place be herein « spot hich will not be defiled (for 'Fouph's coffin was thrown into the ver) and othe laracices

3'rr soman 2 [sssbasye
'willbe able toendure the captivity" RL Jose sid: "acab saw 'that he was fited in every way toform arto the hay chariot like His fathers, but he thought thet ie body 'should be attached to his fathers if he was buried in Egypt 'Seeing that che patriarchs were privileged to be buried ix the cave of Machpelah with their wives [2236] why was Jacob buried with Leah and not with Rachel, who was the "fourdation of the house" ? The reason is thar Leah bore more children fom the holy stock, R. Jus sad: "Leah used {to poout every day to the highoeay and weep for Jab whes she lear that he was righteous, and prayed on his behalf, but Rachel never did wo. Hence Leah was privileged to be Insc with him. othe Rachelle grave ea set By the high way. The esoteric reaon, as we have affirmed, is thatthe one typifies the disclosed and the other the undisclowsd. Tradi- tion tells us thatthe virwous Leah prayed with many teary that she mught be the pertion af Jacob and not af the wicked 'Batu, Hence we have lexrt that whoever prays with tears before the Almighty cn procure the cancellation of any chastncmsent that har been decteed agus bir Fr so Leah. though she had been amaigned by divine decree to Esau, vet bby her prayer succeeded in procuring the preference for JTicob and saved herself from being given to Essa" 1, Inaac sad: "It ie wnitten: "And Solomon's wisdom 'excelled the wisdom of all the children of the Eas" (Kings '¥,9)- What tthe wisdom of the children ofthe Eas? Tradi- 'on tes tha was the wisdom which they anhented from Abratsm, For we read that Abraham "pave all that he had tanto Isaac" (Gen. x, 5) this refers to the higher wisdom, parry yayiteliaes py ikied ps yane wrtagly pce! 'of God. "Bu w the soes ofthe concubines which Abraham hhad Abraham gave gif to wit, cenain formation sbout the lover crowns, and be settled them ia "the eas country" (Ubi) and from that source the children ofthe Eastinhented wisdom." R. Simeon was once traveling from Cappadocia to Lydda 'accompanied by R-Abtu and KJudah. He was moumted and 'they were on foot. Tired with beeping pace with him, K. Able exchimed: 'Verily, "they shat go ater the Land sha ayes] vere a7 -ruar like a lion' (Hos, 1, 10)." R. Simeon then dismounted, 'saying: "Truly, wisdom 's not acquired by « man save when eat and tan mye of Hos te he "a on the 'mounuain forty days" (Deut. 1%, 9)." So they all sat down, Abe thea sted him: "What the dea betwee he trisdone Salonen end be viedenofecidrea theo Se peeranprjnatiansery popes 7 sep: "The wert of Somer wide wat nthe nae 'he moon when lewed fom ever side Ins dae he moon Sormgnlcdundachetie flee Athans oon Bre Spares merrier a 'howd nigh sve fowed chee he and be seoned Sees eee Tena rome ont ra ome me seventy directions, [2235] and her hands in twenty-four Showin, so hat nothing could expe Be Tande of Telstra eee eee

2oul sis wich fee ont end of te er fo ie
'cher with ay hb offi, od who in called "Enoch son et fered He wa led so of Jere (cet) 'eltete to thet stages by wach the Sesh ceded 'to the earth. Under him are statened many Hayyath, under_ thik ein ia ftcned a har of he en, wis ald Nic tan of tc cpr Her tads ned foro ad iinet tog bw loge po Hr eae oe wo CGN te wind the se af men sad nse them with all seat sal fosaen: Tac ccmeage ol ec oe 'Soc wh dove cave to the dy ofthe Ring sod ck from the de of unceinnes,vhen the moo begins 09 Geseah: et str Sen fd idee te we fence, be San Seared wo nore tint ere xe, te erin be engin sapere On Cirige ops St doeoe a rt es ie eee os eee se reper op egeraeias kewtry Sealed "the tandem behind he mllsnc", aod whch tsa inched in he wade cf Sloe SiR A= "Te hail sh {aed you Se guns, ice ieee Seeing meee? Smet fort. Wik red oSlmon's words "Wht poi hath 'aa!

8we 20man 1 [eshaaye
'an in all his labour" (Eee, 1, 3) these do not apply labour in the study of the Torah, since the statement is 'qualified by the worde, "wherein he Inboweth under the 'and the study ofthe Torah is above the sua." Said RL Hiya' Study of the 'Torah which it prosecuted for weedy sp ea acomted nde the wn at oes eo end R. Beazar st: "Though a man should lve 2 thousand years, eta the tme of hia departure fom the world it seem

1hut a5 if he Fad only lived a single day
Worx I seer wera six rararas, Happy & the ot of the patriarch that the Alm ghty haz made them = holy chariot above and has then delight in them to be crowned with them; hence tia written, "Only in thy fathers the Lord zook delight" (Deut. 15). R. Eleazarwxd: [2243] "Jacob knew tUhat he was to be crowned in his fathers and hs fathers wth him. Hence we have learn: regarding the graven iter that Jn the ler se there ae three stokes, one en one side and 'buco the uthes side and one wousbining then and this in che {lusion inthe verse: "And the middle tar in the midst of the 'boards shall past dhrough from end to end" (Ex. sv, 28). Hence Jacob said: "I shall e with my fathers" R. Judsh said: "How deaf sre men to the wamings of the Torah, and baw bind are they to their own condition that they are not aware tat om the day when 1 human being eames fort into 'the wold all the days that are asaigned 10 him come forward. and fy shout the world and descend and wars the man, each 'day in ts turn. And when a man has been so warned and yet tin apuinet hia Mascer, then the day on which he sammed. ascend: in shame and bears witness and stands by elf oat 'ide, and oo it remains until the man repents. If he becomes 'vinous it renurs to its place, but if not. then it goes down and joas the outside spuit and returns 10 is house, and _zesumes the exact shape of that man in ender to plague hima and dwells with him cootmually in his howe. If he is vir- 'uous t proves 1 good companion, and if not, an evil cor 'pamion, In either case, such days re missing from the fll 'number and are not counted with the others. Woe 10 the yea248] vere 7" 'an who hes diminished the umber of his days before she 'Aimighy. and has act et days for hiself wih which 'cow hime inthe other world, and appraach the Holy King. For fhe is worthy he ascends by means of howe da, ad they become grou vesture fo his soul those das io 'ice he aed "abd did no sm Woe to him tat 'imines dye above nce when he ces wo fe 'a be spat by bi sine a Peebee epi Sarma ate Poor 'these are many af them and be bas nothing a all wih wd tw clothe himself inthe other work. Then woe bimm and 'ue to his oul, ibe he punished in Gein for thove <ds, many days for each, beause when he depcted from 'tos wore ad an days with which t clothe Simmel and 'ne xarmentwberewith to coer himself Happy ae the nigh (asp bene days ae all sored up wish Ur Huy King, and form gloom vetura with which they may robe themes fm the sther world This i the coterie explanaion ofthe ere, "and they kane thar they were sabe" (Gent. 7) Matis ura, at te gloncur raiment made of those dete fd been impaired snd none of them wa et wo cathe them seve with: And so twas until Adem repented and God par- 'Sine hm nd made hm other pur not af hs dey, {siti writen: "And God mode Adam and his wie coats of Sins and dothed them" (Gen. su, 21). Obmerve that of 'Abrahaey i say tht "he ame fete des" (Gen 28%, Hy because when he departed thi world be literally came into of hs Former days and was invested ith them, Kir rube of tly being fll and comple Jab, om the other fd, said of imei: "Naked came Tout of wy tethers worl and saked shall I return thihes" (Jb. 3). because 'bomateral wa left wherewith a elathe imslf Ou teachers Ive anid: "Lappy the rights whose dare ee without reproach and remain for the world to come, so that aftr death they ate all jined together and formes isto [224] robes of gary through which ey ae ped enoy the 'eights ofthe fture mod and in which they ae destined {cine to ie again But we forthe sinners whose days 're defective, so tha there is aot eft fom them wherewst po come roman tt feng to cover themscives when they depart from the work" We have furor learnt that all the rites wo have acquired

1robe of glory through thie days are erowned in the Future
World with crowns lke those of the pauiarcha feo the stream that flows continually into the Garden of Eden, and Of them itis writen, "the Lord shall led thee comtnoslhy sand satisly thy soul in dry places" (Is. uu, rt). but the sricked wii have not acquired vuch a garment wil be "ae the hemth in the desert thi sal sce when good cometh, but Imbabits the parched places i the wilderres' (Jer. 1, 6° AR. Tsaac sid "OF all men Jacch had the fairest peespect. becaune he was entiled to 4 robe on accoust both of fis ow days and of those of his fathers; ence be sd: "I salle with my fathers" Judah and: "When Jacob went i to his father obtain a blessing, fe was wearing the garments af Esau; nevertheless the text sas that Tosi smelt fr eat= 'wear (Gen. ant, 27) indicate that he caught the odour ffs raiment tthe farare world, and i was therefore that he blewed him. Hence. to, he aid 'See the smell of my son iS as the smell of a cid which the Lord hath blesed", the 'reference teing tothe eld of oly apples in which every dey Srops deve rom the place called besten, hence he connnued "Gd ive thee ofthe dew of the heaven." tha heen taught that fren odors mend everyday from the Garden el Ede 1o perfume Uhoe precious garments i the other world"

1Judah asked how many garments thee are. R. Hearar
ssid: "The authorities diller onthe pine, but in trh there fre thece. One a for chthing the spurt (rai the teresa Garden of Eden. A second, the most precious ofa is for investing te sancr seul (neshamah) when among the bundle of the ring in the excl of the King. The third am tee furment which appears and disppears, and with wisch the 'ital soul (eft) ts cothed. Ie ts about the world and on Sabbath and New Mansi stachey tec t0 the spn im he terressial peradoe and etre from it certo things 'which it ges and mates knows inthis world. It has been. taught that on Sabbaths and New Moons the soul (rf) rakes reo rant. Fist jos th spit aang the pefames Of the Herwestral perndoe, and then m2 compeny wth the H Ly f bi pe f & Ay un fs 'he expression 'in bright places" (Is. txt, 11), the plural ster id come together to hear me, and I discourse to them they go and seal up mij teaching under an iro 'openly. 'one, and the world will be lft witheut 2 protector, and itso lence will be rampant both above and below above oo acceunt of the insolence of those beb, and thee sharoelese- 'new Mankind will ry and nave willtake heed; they will tara

1every side and find no remedy. But one remedy there will
'bea the world and mo more, to wit, in the place where there 'wil he men devoting themacives tothe study ofthe Torah, 'and where there will be 2 Scroll ofthe Law free from all 'err. When this will be taken out, the upper and lover je 'rns roman 17 [xase-2ash 'aught, woe to the generation the members of wach, high slow, donc rise when the Serall of the Law ix played. 'Who shall come to its ad when the weld isi dress and requires proteaion ? Then i 'more then ever to Atopy the Sco ofthe Law. For when the week Is 'dts, and men go tthe cemeteries to OB allthe dead tae note of the Seroll, see the soul goes and {forma the spirit thatthe Serol of the Lave Ss Speiity Atwugh the distros of the work, and the fring heve come to supplicte. Then the spsit informe the hogher soul (reshamal) and the higher soul inform the Alia, who then sakes ote and has pny on the world, all boone the Scroll of the Law han bean banished frvn ipl and the fivng have cone to suppleate by the graves of the dead. 'Ala foe the geactation that has need to remove the Serol of the Law from ene place to nother, even from one emagO Se to acther. because they have nothing dae to whch wo tur. [Net al men know thatthe Sheknah ote Irene di not withdraw to herven, but "the wilderness to 22 inn of 'veins (Jee 1 1). ad that since then i shear to Be ound inthe pce where [als parbiaary im der, and sho wherever the Serlljesemoved sd high and low re ep before ie" "We hove lar that the snl Finked withthe bay reine smonths in the grave, and they are judged together (chi ovever, cs ace apply the aad oe rightous, swe ave ld down, and ti present in the grave and mare ofthe suflerings of the body Isls knoe the suring of he Iving, but docs not mtervene on thar behalf Aer fete month tm clad in cern vere, aed goes od {fo im che world, earning certain things from the apt and interesting selon behalf ofthe living who are m diene But the only when there i among them 3 virtoae man sabe mers propery rengnced Ps tem For toe have 'amt, that when + virtuous man is left inthe word, be = know both among the living and the dead, and when the 'werd in grea dtrem and he cannot deliver i, be maken the trouble Een tothe dead. Ana if there ox 2358 uch 1cee, then they tobe out the Scroll of the Lamy aed gh and 'he remedy ito take out the Scroll of the Law, Thea the 'sul ell the spirit, and the apis tells the higher soul, and the higher soul tells God. God then fakes His seat on the 'throne of mere, and there imues from the Ancient Holy One -2 scream of dex of bellum, wich flows tothe bead of the 'King. so that che fathers are blessed. Then the dew fea to 'those Sleepers, and all are blessed together, and God has 'mercy on the workd. We have learnt thit God does not show 'mercy to the world til He has informed the patriarchs, and foe their shes the workd blessed." Said R. Jone "Aawared'y 'thes is so. And T Rave further found in the Book of King 'Sclomon, thar une which was caied the "counsel af ll 'wasdem" (and Rab Hamnuna alsy said that the seme thing hha heen revealed to him), thar Rachel achieves reore than allof them by sanding a the parting ofthe ways atall times 'wen the wesll be im eed. Than me eynbetined by Ve fact 'that the ark and the merey-seat and the Cherubien were in the territory of Benjamin, who was bora by the wayside, the Sekinal being overall" ANo Tear soweD UINSELF poWN UPON THE weD's HEAD, The "hel's head' isthe Shckinah. Suid R. Simeon: 'Not ata The bed stands forthe Shokina an the ver, "Hehold itis the iter of Soloman" (S.S-1n 7) The "head sf the Sed isthe Foundation af the Warld who i the bead 'ofthe sacred couch; and "that whch is upon the ead" is {he superna) fel who i establsted a he head of the bed Hence, lrsel bed down to his appeopete grade At tis time he was not yet il, we Se fom the next vere, Dut 'ease he knew that atthe time he would rac to 4 superna holy grde to homme a perfect thrne, therfore he bowed oven t that superna throne, the completion ofthe pre and 'mighty we, which was called by hs name, 9 "Him who is over the Head of che bed" R, Judah aids "We Rave dc~ 'tm that ia man dies in fregn sil and [2260] his boty = buried i the Hely Land, to him may be applied the vere, "And ye came and defiled my lané and my inheritance ye sade a sbomniaation" (Jr 1h 7). How, then, could Joes 2k tobe buried in the gra of hes thers sec that be was 'dying on alien sal" R. Judah sail: Jacob war deren, Ibeenter the Shetinah was owely attach him. Hence 'Seiten, "Lwilgo dowa wath hee Egypt" (Gen 207, 4) to wit, toabide with thee is captivey; "and Twill abo surely 'bring the up asin (hid). to atch chy sul to Me, and to bran fn forty boy onthe graves thy fathers and this even though he departed fife cn sm ain sil He wae further promised that Jesrph should put bis hand cn bis fn he ee bang ht de Ss et fom i tee, ac that be was most attached to Joseph" 'What war the dea of th promise of poring Bis hams ot Ais eves? Jone anidthatt nan as asin of boner to Jeo. and to inform hin that Jeneph wae ave and would be with i ts death Said RL Hikiahs have Kart emechng 'bout this which T hardy ike to dicloe, showing how wee om i embodied in + common prasice" K. Abb capped him on the shoulder. mying:"Spesk out snd do ant be staid inthe days of K. Seon there s o peed for secrecy" He th suds here ener onthe hepa of Joes she Elder 'ogurding custorm that fa man basa sm, when he dic the Son ough to por dust om his yen tthe time of ie ria and place. For the human eye represents the world with ito various colours The outer ring of white corresponds to the sea of Occanus which surzocnd the whole world. The aext colour represents the land which is surrounded by the sea. [A third colour ia the middle of the eye cxrespoods Jerusalem, which sin the exre ofthe woeld. Finally there inthe pupil ofthe eye, which reflects the beholder and 'mos precious part ofa Thss crrespoads to Zon, which the central point ofthe univene, in which the reflection ofthe whole weeld can be seen, and where ix the abode of the Shekinah, which ithe beauty and the cymomare ofthe wads. 'Thus the ee is the heritage f the worid, and sas the father leaves i the son inherits s' Said RL Abba: "You ase quite Fight. But there is sil 2 deeper significance in the practice, 'Hthough men do mt now & For when a man departs from 'the Work, his soul still encosed in hen, and before his eves are closed they see certain recondite things an we hive 'explained in connexion with the verse. "For a man shall aot ce me and live", indicating that they 2ee things in their 'death which they donot se in ther ife-time. Then it behowes 'hone whe are preent ta place ther hands on hes eyes and 'dose them, and, as we have karat in connective with cesteres tnd manner, if e has a on, it behoves the son fa the fest place to do so, as itis writen, "And Joseph shall put his Sand om thy eyes.""The reamn forthe cloning of the eyes is because same sight the reverse of aly ight peseat sel "and it we not mect that the eyes hich bare Jost Scheld holy 'inion should gow daell om # aight of» difenen character. 'A further reson i tha the seal ssl tached to him inthe Shouse and ifthe eye left open, with that unholy vision sll resting upon it, erecthing looks upaa ss cured: and his 'Smt respectful tothe eye. to allow ito gare upon ansthing 'meproper. The best sign of respect, therefore, isthat a man's 'eyes should be closed by the hand ofthe som whom he has lef behund ban" For seven days the soul goes to and fro betwecn the Bosse snd the grave, mourning for the body, and three times 2 day

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the sou and the body are chastised together, though no one perceives After tat the Body is thst out and the sol is Pied [2368] in Gehinnom, whence goes forth roaming {ou ne work aad wig ts grave nll acquires a vote rent. Afr tlre months the whole i» at rest: the body eps the dst and the soul i lain its Tuminoos vest- trent. The spirit epales tac in the Gute of Eden, andthe Higher oul (vthonah) ascends to the place whew all delights are concentrated; and alle come together again cern 'mes. Alas for men that they look pot to thet foundation, Sel melee the peveept af the 'Tort: For seme af thee 'recep Fashion a glriows gument above, and some a lonou garment below, and some a glows garment inthis 'work and man requires them al And they are made literally tt of hie days are ave explsined, Jada the Eder ne day sa ina dream his own image iisined and radiating brig in all esis. "What i hat" he id: and the anger came: 'Tis thy garment for thy babiaton hese' 'hereon fe wat in rest oy Re Jadsb ui "Every ay the 'spies af the righteous sit in rows inthe Garlen of stayed in thet res and prase God gloriouly a8 i ie riven: "Verily the vighteun stall pease ty hae, the 'right sal it tefore thee" TR Abia said: When Jacob "bowed down to Him thats over the bed, a5. we have explained, and tnew that he fad reached the highet grade, and that hs grade was om high 'with ths of his fers, nd that he was the eonsmmation of the whale hisheart nas streagthened and he ejacedin Gal's favour wards him, Hence aye "And Jaco strengthened bimelf"" 'R fash said: "We learn in the Mishnah that judgement 's pronounced on the world a four seasons: at Pasaver in Tespect of produce at Pentecost, espero teers on 'New Year hen "all dhe denizens of the world pase before Him tile a ock of sheep": and on Tabernscles, when the rainfall determined. 'This we have extercally explained "Sfollays Pasovers the time forthe decision with regard Cereals because ot Pate Iral beg wenter state aly portion of the Alsighty and to remove from themselves the sathas79) vavent a Jeaven which symbolizes the powers who are appointed over the idolwonhipping naions and who are called "sane pos". On Pentcuontjudaement i pamed ih respect af the frit of the we: thin the grest and mighty ee which rare itself aloft. On New Yea all pass ffore Hi ike flock of shee, hecause New Year (it head of the year) isthe head of {he King: On Tabernacles judgeaer in pronounced en eset 'of wae, because this festival ince beginning ofthe righthand ofthe King, and verefore the rejoicing of waters univenally 'ied [227] Ke Jone sid "IF we ook closely, we find hat in thee periods both the three patiarchs and David ean be foung, and in hese the word st juged But in th every day tooks are open and acts are reeutded, though no one otee orotic hear and the Torah testis opine ma 'every day and s voice eres aloud: "Who is simple, let hia 'urn in here but no onesies. We have fart that when a nan nes in the moraing witnesses stand by him and adr 'him, ou he pas no ned Fis Rigs sou djs stall timessnd setae If he heeds her, 8 well, bt fot, shen the books are open and the deeds recorded.' R. Hiya wd "Happy ase the righteous wha have wo fear of judgement, 'either in this woe nor the fate wor, a i writen "tutte rights is conident ikea lon" (Pov. sai, 1), and again, "ihe rightecus shal ibert the earth" (Ps 'Sew! Rika, ei the verse "And when teu teas going dowa, 4 deep sleep fll on Abra, ete" (Gen. 7, 13), sud: "This verse has been applied to the day of laren he a eve em thi we or we "Earn thatthe day when man departs ths woth the area ay of judgement when the un' lights witheld fom the moon, assis writes, "or evr the sun be darkered™ (Bec. ay 3). Thies the holy weshomeh which i wield feo man thiry days before fe departs fom the werd. Dring tha time he observes that he throws ro shadow. the caso being thi his meomah i wahheld fro hin. Far does vot wat unt he sorte point af dying, but even whe 'hel in his all vigour it pases out of hn, and does not filamine the spt, which in turn doesnot illumine the tl sew 30 that Mis shadow no lnger shows. From that day all sf rin nowas 42 od 'roca his coming at, csen the ids of de heaves. When the spt cee lumine the via soul te lter becomes Seeskand teetfood andl enjoynens R.Judahasid further: "Alto whenever man ison sick bed and isnt able to may his prayers his mahamah aves him, and the apitit lcs not ilumine the soul ai be judged. fhe jgement 'sTavasrable the the achamal euros ts place alae tines the wh. But when a ris held then the mesma feaves him thiry dave before his death and his shadow is seid We have one that wena ated abs, i 'eskameh is bronght to wlan she confesses all and estes toall tbe thoaghs ofan, but tts his deeds since they ae allrecrded ina book. Wl the tals eoine on the bod is in gresterpuin tana other mes If be judged favourably, 'nc obuins eae anda sweat breaks 2 oer ts body, and is sechamah rere os pace and amines the whole but 3 'man never race fram bis bed of scknen orl be i judged asve How ist then, stay be shed, that 30 many Sinners aud wansgrenorearealiveandacuve "The reson i that God lookestend ni he seathat «man, thosighsinful now, ay Socom vituussuvequenl, He jes hi fvouraiy, ot 'bear aon who wl be ugenentsncine to Denecence, 8 tis writen: "Have any pleaute inthe death of the wicked, Sah the Lord Gn, and not rather tat he should ret foo i wayand live" (Eack. xi, 23)- Sometimes, pi, t j= ecane the talady hin rum Ha cna, [217] or lees lave ed perio after which they depart. whether fr the 'ighteods or the wicked: and alle cone in jtice, ae have sid" Ano Tenact saw THE sons oF Josnest, AND ME sAtD Wno ane ruzse ? This verse seems to contradict the state- ment alittle lower down that "the eyes of lanl were dim for age, sothat he could not see". What thi vere really means, Ihowever, is that he saw through the Holy Spire those later <escendants of Josep, Jeon and. his fenernity. Jero- boar made two golden calves and aid: "These are thy gods,

0Israel (x Kings x, 28). Hence Israel now asid "Who are
a] varent 9 thes", that i who in he that wil ene day ay "these to 'dls. From this passage we learn that the righicous se into the distant futur end Gord row them with His oman ex 'That Goi ses the future weleara from the vere: "And God save all shat he had made, and behold, it wae ery good" (Gea. 52), which means that He foresw all hat was to happen sefore it wan commenced, In the same way all the scnerations of the world from one end to the other snd before Him before they coe into the word a mys, "He 'alleth the generations from the bevianing™ (1. x, 4) from the Creation; ll the sale chat are to descend into the world stand before God before they descend in the form 'which they are to anrume in thie world, and are called by 'ame. Inthe sabe way God showa the righteoss all genera tions before they come into the world. 38 He showed them to 'Adam, at is writen: "Tia i the book of th genersbiona 'of Adam" (Gen. x, 1), and aso to Moses, as t mys: "And he showed him all he land" (Deut. 2841, 1), which we n= 'erpret to mean thst God shewed hiya coming generations fd leaden and prophets, So here with Torac 'The words "who are these" have thus + double meaning (itera! snd 'metaphorical, and hence Jeweph answered: "They are my sone whom God Path piven me here." That Teac sw here 'hrough the Holy Sprit is proved by the words, "God Sath Jet me sce thy serd also", where the augmentative word "also" brings in his descendants, as we have explained. Sem inaccurate since on reading frier we id that he did 'ox blew Joep a al, but nly hin sem Joe salve the 'iiculy by tating that in blessing the sons Jacob blesed Joseph abo, since the Besing of a man's sons is his on 'essing Eeuza' said that the abject ofthe verb "blessed" isthe parle eth, wich alludes tothe spa of the covert. When Joseph ssid they are my sos, Jacob bese that lice whch symbolizes the Covenant that Joseph hep. Inthe ext wotde, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham fod Teac did wak", the word God alludes to the holy 'Covenant, and the elder patriarchs Abraham and Isaac were

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lierlly "before this, because that place derives nourish 'ment and sustenance from them. Jacob smGneed: THe Gon (Elokim) wuiieat natn FED ace Ie repeating the 'word Elohim, be blessed that plce witha reference to Eliot Hayvim (Living God), the source of life and of Blessing. On that account he mentioned himelf at this pint saying, "Whe Gaal who bens! me, because all blesings dat fw feo the murce of life are frst recived by Jacob, and therewpon this place is blessed, and alls made dependent on the male. From here we Jean that wherever blewings are to be be- 'stowed, God should be blessed frst; othersnse the blessings 'willot be f228a failed. The blessing which Tau bestowed 'on Jacob sno exception to this rule, Becanse he sd fist, "behold the smell of my aoa is like the smell af = fed which the Lord hath blessed, where the field i a allusion to that field which isthe source of blessings. Note that in the morn ing ataan should ret bles» God and only then give hie greet ing i hus fllow-men. 'When Jacob was about to hess Joseph's sons, he saw by 'the Holy Spurt that Jeroboam the son of Nebar would ime from Ephraim, and he exclaimed, "Who are these, the sword "these" (eel) being an allusion to idol. 'The rexon is tht besides the evil serpent there is ene that rides omit, sd when they are joined together they are called "thee", snd they vit the world witha ther bess. The Holy Spat, onthe other hand, is called "this, and ix eymbolized by the 'covenant of the bly imprint which» ever on 2 man's bay. ence we find writen, "These also shall forget" (Is-502%, 15) and again, "For these 1 am weeping" (Uti 16), that sin being the cause to tur of endless weeping; or alternatively, because this place was allowed to gain dominion over Israel sand to demos the 'word "I" (em) thin oe 'efersing to the Holy Sport. may be asked, on this hypo thesis, what are weto make ofthe words""These are the words 'of the covenant" ? The answer is that the ward "these" i here ako appropriste, because the words ofthe covenant are 'cuablished by "these", sce they are the abode uf al cares, 'hick swat all who tranagress the covenant Similar 2 ie written, "These are the preceptswhich the Lord commanded". sold, which was is own affinity, since he was eadowed with 'he strength of fre, and fie and gold are all one, but the lunciean spirit which haunts the wilderness found 2t that time = place on which to fasten, and 29 Israel after beng freed at Mount Sinai from the primeval deflement which 'brought death into the worl, afterwards incurred it aga and 'question may be asked, why docs say of Hezekiah in par- 'Weular that he turned his face tothe wall, and of no one else 'sho offered prayer, though with no less devotion, 25, for Tnatance, Mosca of whom i is wintien that he "payed to the Lord" (hid. i, 4), sod he "cred tothe Lord" (Ex. xv. 25)? [e285] The reason is 2s follows. Hezshiah, 28 tradtion tll us, 'ese at hat time not mared and had o children. Isaiah therefore came to him and said "Thou shalt dic and not live", ue. an tradition explains, "thou shalt dhe 1 this woeld and aot Ine in the next world". For whoever has wot labored {to beget chldren sn ths world ws nat eatablched in the future 'wor, and his soul is banished thence apd can sawhere find 'rest; ead this is che punishment referred to inthe Law br the 'words, "They shall die cildlew" Lev. 2x, 20). Further, the 'Shekinah does net zest upon him atall. Hence Henckiah "set his face wo the wall" that is to say, he made » solution to a2 ite zowaN tL fats bby awall, might rest upoe bi "and he prayed unto the Lord" From bese we learn that anyone who is conacious of asin for which he soeane to ack forgiveness should frst form a resolution to cure hime of that in and then offer bss prayer, as it ss written: "Let wx searchand uy aur ways" est ad then, "tar agi wets the Lord (Lamm ut, 40). So Heackiah,recognizng his ful, set his mind to put hist sight withthe Shetinah, the place 'aginst which he sinned. For ll females are inthe shelter of 'he Shekinah, and it abides with one who has wife, but not 'with one who has none, and therefore Hezekish fst resolved 'tomarry. and then offered his prayer, tn seged to the actual 'of his prayer, the words "Nememter now, O Lord, Teserch thee, hove Uhave walked before the" allude the fact of his having kept the holy covenant without defiling it: the words "in uth and with » perfect heart" denote that he 'lung taal the procipes of fah which are eamprsed under the word "truth", and the words "and have dane that which i good in thy sight" indicate tht in praying he always 'concentrated int mund upon declanag the unity f God with {full coaviccon. Finally, Hezekiah "wept sore", because there so doce which remains cloned to tex." 'Tue axcet wno arperarp sr rxow ALL evi. This is the angel who takes pat en every deliverance, R. Bazar ssid: "After Jaci fad mentally caried the blenings fromm the lower tothe upper sphere, he then drew them from the "upper tothe lower. Thus he firs suid: "The God which fat fe me", and then, having st the Blessings in that place, ssid "the angel sho redeemed me". Elear further. "Ie is writen: "For the Cherubim spread forth their wings cover the place of the at" (¢ Kings i, 7). The Cherabim 'were kept in thie place miraculous, and thrce timer day 'hey used to spread out thir wings and cover the ark. They were 2 representation of the uppet Chenabien and had the form of children, and they stood beneath thet place on the 'ight and the left They were the fit recipsents of the Dless- ings wtich flowed from shove, and transmitted them further, ren 3 mening ofthe words, "the angel who Mesed {ee tha3,the ange! fist recived Blewings fom he bons 'ove. sod with seme "lene the Ini", to wie the Char 'hi and from them blesengs were transmited from the 'upper tothe lower creature. (2298) "TR: Hija discaumes on the vere: Howe and wealth ae am Inheritance fom parts, bat from the Lordi pent fe (Prov. x04 14). When Gol gives a house and money to 4 'man hei, "somctimes be bequest the wine to bison, {bd therdore thee things stbough they ae tunately foe God, sey be called "inbersance of parents" But the possson ofa gon wife comes to aa enly from God. For Se ae ee eee worthy be obtains wife according ois deserts. Sometimes "hat ser she lot has teen cat that man pares 'eave end thes his mate is ramafred to anther unl be recties hs na) or tle wrth te comet and then the 'thers removed to uke wv fr ir and he comes nt is 'own; ad the ss grevou in the sgh of God, to remove oe tanto bake way for another. Nor it only a pradent wie 'those fm God. Forf God tar parpose to bestow beats fons roa, bute pes astray to the "othe side, then fom Shot aches de to which he eaves thre hall eto fe whe shall bring upon him all acusations aod all ill. 'Hence a the wife who = act proden Solomon sd: "And 1 find that woman more biter than death" (Eee. i, 36), 'becae tb the man's sim which ave draws her en Sie ence, when Gods planed with aman, be provides fot hi

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'ener Jacob aid "ihe angel who ha redeemed eur all ssrong", meaning that 3 woe had pt been amici' to hom from she "other de", and that there was no defect i his seed all of shem being righrous and perfect." SHALL ness THE CHILDREN. They were deserving of Dlessing because Joseph had kept the sig of the aly ove sant. When Joseph nad, "they are my sons whom Gad has 'given mehere™. he showed his father the sign ofthe covenant "stock head kept, and therfore they were moc for blesog, rue z0maR 11 Lasgo sab lai ws eng eg ne Jacob gave to the others only ane blessing, but to Joseph 'many blessings, as it sayn, "the blessings of thy father —— shall be upan the head of Joseph (Gen. susx. 6). "Judah discoursed on the verse: Unto thee do ft =p mine eye, O tho tha sittest inthe heavens (Ps. xin, 1} He ssid: 'Prayer offered with tre devotion is direted om high tthe sipernal rerss, from whence i all freedom, to support the universe. It 'he mysery ofthe supreme Wisdom, and iis atached below to im who sits onthe throne ofthe patriarchs whichis called Iheaven, Hence it ie eritten here: "Who site in the heavens" 'When the Blessings sue from the superna reces, they 2 all received by this place elle heaven, and frm thence they How down tll they come ta the place called the "Rightenss. (One the foundatien of the word", from whence ae blend all the (Reavenls} heats and carpe after their kind. All these 'heavenly legions ae crowned by sveny-two lights, of which 'seventy! form a cirle about the worl, while the midst of the circle i cerain point from which the whole of the 'circumference is fad. The house of the hay of haies isthe place [2294 for that spirit of all spints, where lies hid the smgstery of all mystenes, and when this removes all move Slee 'As R. Hikishand R. Jone snd R. Judah were once journey ing together, R. Jone sid: 'Let each one of us give some 'exposition ofthe Torah" R- Judah thereupon began with the sense, "Remember aot agitst ws the mguities af our fore fathers let thy tender mercies speeily: prevent wt" (Pe 'unare, §}. He ssid: 'God in His great love for Irae allows 'no one t sit in jadgerent on them save Himacl, and when He toes them, Hei filled with compassion for them likes father fee his chidlen, and when He finds they have dae wrong. He removes thet offences ane by one wail there are 'one lef to place them inthe power ofthe other sie. Hence ie saya, "et thy meres prevent ut", because otherwie Tsrel wuld not be able to exis, in faceof al the scousere and all the adversanes who are lying in wait for them shore. aeneed arent as "Hence it cnsinues "for we are very por", tht i, pone in _god deeds in the sight of God. For were fst ich i god 'eds before God, Holstous natins woul not be ale to 'tin the woe. Tis cl when enable ober nase told 'their head high, because but for their sins the nations would Ie subducd belo them. And, a5 we have abeady si, fad 'ot Israel by thee sine rough the other side into the Holy 'Lind the Kavos ans would or have une pom (of and Ianel would ne ave been exiled fen tei land Hence. because "we are brought very low", therefore "let thy ender mender speniy prevent ox" "K Joe Gscained on the vere: "Serve the Lord wah 'come befare a presence with singing" (Pc 3) He aid: The vervce of prayer offered by tan to the Holy 'One, Besed be He shouldbe eared out with padnes and With singing. cht he may amociste with him the Com 'ray of laral; and then be sould proclaim he wniy ithe 'ing manner ait says: "Rao yetha the Lond i's Go" (Uti. 5). Then two scien of Haden and wong core 'spond tothe two prayers f memingand sermon, end the fo ely rife pladaee in the morning and singing the afernoon. The evening payer on the other hand, is 'pina Decks 3 that time the (he Shek) sx seb tustenance to all ee Fests, and cis et the time for 'ltsing Inthe datine de ia to be Heed fora these tw 'Side ming nd afernon, ov of plates nd singing and 'x gh ime abe divides he Mssings among lin the ing tamer" TR. Hiakiah tok for hintext the verse: "Let my pres be 'established Tike incense before thee, the lifting of my hands Se te evening obleon (Du cath a): Ha eds" ey be 'se. why dd David mention here the cblaton ofthe ves lng rather shan [oe] of the morning ? The sewer may be {Beene follows The offering of icrmsebctoens joy 8s fen, ol and incense rece he eae (oer. a 9) 'Hence the high priest, when he lit the candlestick, used to fier incense morning and evening (Ex. 28%. 7,8), the 'morning baie hat the rata season of joy and nthe Srcniag to moe ce left side. ae beta. We ae then, that x6 We 20a fee incense always betokened joy. Further, the incense Finks and 'unites upper and lower, and o removes death and wrath and ame ei al pre hem ring 'ver it; wat through the incense that Aaroa stayed the plague. Hence the incense symbolizes wnivenal joy and 'universal union. Now David offered the peayer we hare 'quoted a the time of the afternoon ablation. when the world Is under the mpis of justice, and he meant it to ascend and remove the sath that was prevalent at that hour like the incense which removes wrath nd accusation; hence he men~ 'toed the "ablation of eventide", the me when punishment descends on the world. Observe thatthe Temple was burst at the time ofthe evening oblation, as its writen: "Woe to 'us hecatse the day hath decined and the shadows of evening stretch wut" Jer. v1, 3). The "shadows of evening" are the sccusersand the punishments which are abroad a that hour. Hence we have learat that 4 man should say the afternoon [prayer with epecil devotion, ven mare than ather prayers Hence, wo, it was that Ise instituted the afternoon prayer,

35we have already explained"
cathe ered they cane a mountain Sid Joe: "This mountain s very formidable, lt ue Reep cleat of f° Said RL Judah: "IFT were alone should think the same, since we have learat that he who trsvele alone makes his ie forfeit. But this doesnot apply to thr, al the more sering that each one of us i= worthy to be accompanied by the Shekinah" Said RL Joue: "But we have learnt that 2 man should not rely on a miracle, since even Samuel ssid: "How 'ean I go? Lf Saul has iy he will ill me (¢ Sarno, =) ad 'he was more wort than we are' He replied 'Even so, be 'was by himeeif anf the danger was obvious, whereas we 3 three and there is no danger actly insight. Far if it is ex spirte you are afraid af, we have lent that they do not show themselves ty three of harm them, and if robbers, there are none here, because this mountain is far from any Imhabited spot and people never pate here. The only thing 'we have to be afraid of is wild beasts. Scripture apeaks of "the angel who redeemed me from all evil. This ange is the Shekinas, who continually accompanics + man and leaves 300-2304] vareue 337 'him ots longa he Lees the peeps ofthe Lave. Hence san shoold be careful nt to 0 on the rood alone, hei 'sy, he shoul diligently beep the precepts of the Lae i 'der that he way not be dewey the Selah, ands be {orcad to go shoe without the erompaniment of the Sbe- ina. Hence, before staring 4 pure a ar should St 'ddr his payer to God tn ord ate may dea the 'Shchnsh to henself, to he proteced by i nthe road and ever from alt harm So Jacob on setting out, said: "IF 'God stall he with me", ie if Ua Shekinah will axmapany te, and Keep mein this way" (Gen. evi, 20), to diver se fem all harm. Now Jacob was alone [250] at that me, 'bur the Shekiaah went with him: ll the more so then will 'company the Companone who dacoure on the Torah" 'Sed Jore-"What are we todo? me remain here wesball, 'be overtaken by night fw comnence to ated, the mx 'in s very high, and thei danger fromm wd Beas Said TR Judah. Tam surpcaed a you, R Jone" Tle repli: We Ihveleara tha a man should not ely ons ral, for God doesnot peefoom mira a all tines" He anwered: "That sppls only when aa aby himvelf. But we ae thre and 'Words of Torah pam between us ad the Shelia swith ws: therfore we hve no need to far" "As they wen on, they perceived on the mountain # ck in 'winch wan eve: Said Re Fuse: "Let wn yo up te ponder Fock, as Tse there a care" So they went up there. Sud Re 'Jose: Peshaps there ae wild beats in tha cave hich wll dua us? Suid R Judah to R. Hekah: Why & R Jose 50 Seal He i aot w ser that he should fer, and we ead that "the righcous & bold ke « fon" (Prov. vin, 1) Jone sid In beere near wlflly exposing ourselves tw danger" He replied that were wo, you would be igh, 'Dut here sno danger apparent here and once we eter the 'ave no dangee will follow tn" So they wert into the cave. R. Jadah then sid: "Let us divide the sight ino three wetches, and teach one of ws sand this post mone of 'hem, ad lt wt all keep awake" "R Judah then commenced with the text: "Masi to Ethan the Eerahite" (Px xx, 1). He ond: "This pln was at ue zouan tt [nyobasee 'uttered by our fther Abraham when he devated himself to the serie of his Master 2nd conferred on mankind the boon of teaching them to acknowledge God as ruler of the world; 'and he was called Ethan (lit. strong) becuse he clung strongly 1 God. "I will sing of the mercies ofthe Lord for fever." Song corre fram the side of the Left, not of Hlesed (Mercy); so by this exordium the side of the Left wea em 'braced in the Right. It was fr this purpose (to combine Left 'with Right) that God tried Abraham, in order that he might De found to unite justice with mercy, and so be perfect. Heo: be cold my: "Til sing of the mers ofthe Lord forever" Hecootinued: "With my mouth wi Tmake known 'thy fatfulnese to all generations." 'This refers tothe faith fulness of God in making Abraham known isthe world and causing his mame to be fo the mouth of all sestures. God 'made known w Abrahass the true principle of faith, aad he thereupon relied that he yeas the foundation and support 'of the universe. Tor when God created the urverse, He ave that it could not endure unless He stretched forth His right hhend we it. For this world vas created under the sis of Justice, snd it wns not exablshed save by the right Rand, Hence Abraham continued:""I sat, che world is bailt ap om mercy (hein), the Grat step in the building up of the world having been the light of the first day. Then on the second day the Left came nt play and with it was esabished the heaves, ae it saya: "Thou establishest the heavens, thy {thfuloes is in them." (This may alo be explained 10 mean that the heavens were esuiblished by those mercies of the first day, and that the mystery of faith wou enabled 'ther, the heavens being the bulwark of faith) 'The text coa- 'inaes> "I have made a covenant with my choven." Thie covenants the secret of faith. Or we may interpret the "chonen 'one of [231] the Zeddik from when isue blessings to all, the lower creation, all the holy Hayyath being blessed from, the stream which flows forth t9 the lower world, "I have scorn oto Davi ey servant to wit, that he will aay be 'stubs in this Zaddih, the foundation of the workd save in the te of palsth, when the Bow of blessing ie cut off and. faith is defective, and all jy ie banished. Dung this period, "m4 rial 2»

23nigh, joy no longer eter befor the King. Ye thug
'jing drm eater sage and tse ard hast hyn, _and at midnight when the impulse from below arrives on high, {Gad rae the him the heen or amet sd snes he manent, cng upper and lover were to 'sks nr hse any pte se en he bl em tren testy te Fors Tara Godel ore wth 'listen with joy to that voice, and relief is felt. For on the day ton ehichthe Sanchar below ws desroyed, Godwore hat He woul et ste the clesi Jere ut al sl tier theenthyJessem: Now all tone ners san side and chant hymns in the three watches af the night and Stone pase, and al the ht fhe Rene sng Popeye bev em npiiowy ani} Tiered by Il Delon and only the do athe hoof heaven ssnctify the holy name together. Hence, Israel are ely and are snc by upper and terse se he te by ae cen ty vas sod Shove and cl tgeter R. Jowe discoured on the verse: Whereupon were the foundations thereef fastened ? Job Kxxvti!, 0). He said: "When oder te worlds He ences pln iat 'pon what hee tae ro ne may Ro, ice ie Pelion sree eee Tie wr el ek co fens bang tl God eae ts re, heh eid he found stone, and co int he bye 0 dat hl fae hee, and fom i the world wo planed. This the ceil pine of the eniverny and om thin oft sande the fry of oles. 'The i the hone reed fo the ven "Ae lal the comer stone eo" Utd 6 "the ome of ttn the pesos corer-tone (Isr 10) and" 'Sane tat tie der dpine care the head of the Sener cl 23) Ts soe w compound oe srmcr a aie snd esta on th aby. Someta Bora from isa file he dep, Tie ston i ct as sgn i the tte ofthe worst mfr tthe dy Ad Sc tot tne ad ar pila" (en, 45) Not {at hetnk thine, whictsnan creed or eben fut he exabshed above and Plow, by maine the = we 'rue zouan tt apte-ayeh "house of God, This ston has nit seven eyes a its wit ten, "On oe stone seven eyes" (Zech, amd 6 called "foundation stone", for one thing beease the workd as planted from, andior another teenie God set tas source 'of bing to the world. Now a unset, the Cherie which 'Stood in that place used 1© strike ther wings together and 'prea them out and when the ound of the Besa oftheit Wings was heard abe, those angels who chanted hymns in the might began co ang, in order tat the glory of God might ascend from below on high. The ecking of the Cherub' 'wing its intoed the pul, "ehold, Meas ye tbe Lard, all ye servants of the Lord. up your hands to the Saocesary, te." (Pe commit) Thin was the sigaal for the breavenly angels to commence. At the second watch [2318] the Cherubimapzia beat thet wings, giving the signal tothe angels ofthat watch. The psalm ef the Cherub this me 'wat "They that tut in the Lord ag ke Mount Zinn, et" (caw). At the third watch the Cherubim beat het wines to the words "Hallljah pave, O servants of the Lord, prise the name ofthe Lord" (Ps. ct) and then the angels {ofthe hid watch emamenced to sing, and alu ll he stars fd constellations ofthe heaven, ase writen "When the 'morning tare nina together snd al the sone of God shouted for joy (Job sexe), and ao, "Praise him al ye sas of fight (Ps ext, 3) thse being he radian a which are appointed wo sing a dawn. After them Israel ake up the chant teow and so the gly af God acon both fra below and from above, from Israel below in the day, and from the 'cesta anges show nthe night, nd 9 the mane of God it fully rained on all sides. Ax for this stone tht we have 'mentined, al the angels above and Tere below take hold fon i and' ascende to be crowned in the midst of the patrtche by day. At ght che Holy One, blewed be He, anes yr inl wih he ious nthe Garden 'cf Eden. Bleed ae those who stand s thie pow 3 She Teh eg, bee Geen ol te gees a 'Garden of iden hten to the voice of tone so of men WHO studs the Tara "That sone we have mentioned i godly stoe, and itis aytbasze] ear mn hined atm the wert "Aad thot halt sein ts ating of stone, four rows of stone" (Ex, xxviii, 17), because there is 'nother sone of which iis writen "And Isall remove the heart of stone. ete" (Ezek. xxxv1, 26). The two tablets of 'oe wer alo heen from this tne: and this was alo ealled "the stone of Trac" (Gen, xu 2), as has bern explained [Tinka quoted the verse. "Aud the sone sal be accord- ing © the names ofthe children of Isat, weve" (EX sir 21) He ond: "These are the precious wperal stoner ectsAt nlcorteis tee oaat repre hooe es 'Ther were "according to the rarer of the lr. of [sre because jit there ae tev nes below 50 there are teche tniber soe, mhich ae telne presioos ones: And therefore its writen. "Whither the tr up. even {he tribes ofthe Lord, for = tasmony nn Ire (Pe 'exe, 4) the reference Beng nthe sperma ae. Further, Jot there are cive hours the day no there are twee hous in the night in the day above and in the night below. cach corresponding to each 'These weve hour of the might tre vided into thre stn to cachof which belong hierarchies 'tangle. which rate their porn Best. Hence, t eidnipht two ranks stand on one side and two on the other, and a sles opr ors forth Ketween thr ad then al the tee fn the garden break fork ito sng and God eaters the orden, eit say: Then doll th es ofthe wood sng for [By lore the Land. for he cometh to judee the earth {Chron xv, 33), Becnoe jdgement enters among them nd the Garden of Eden fled therewith, Then the north 'wndepring up, brag oy mits tun, and hws throash {he ape tree and wats their perme, rd the ites pot tn thie crowne an feast theme the brighnes the "pellucd muroe"—bappy are bey to be vouched that 'teria igh Theliht ofthis err shines onal sides, and 'ach one of the rgheoes take is appropriate porbon, cach 'Scconding to hie works i this weld and sme of them are sheced because of the sence ght chained by thet 'eighboure [2yaq] When might commences, numbers of officers of judgement arise and roam about the world, and the Soorsareclosed, we have aftrmed. Ths at revs the

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Side of the north comes down and tabes pomensioa of the 'ight until two-thirds oft have passed. Thee the se of the 'seuth awakes until morning, and then bath south and north take hold of i (Ihe Shekinabl, Then come frac! here below, and wath their prayers and supplcations case it up unl 'cends and hides itseif among ther, and receees eines from the fouain-head." While they were sitting midnight arrived, and R. Judah suid to Jove:"Now the noch wind awakes and the mght is divided, and now isthe time when the Holy One. blesed be He, longs forthe voice of the righteous sm this world, the 'vite of those who study the Torah. Now God is liseneng 10 'uri this place: therefore lt us not cease from dscoerang 'onthe Torah.' He then commenenced: 'Tue axoet wno petiveeD ME raow ate erie. This 'athe ame atthe one mentioned in the rene= "Behold lend an angel before thee, ete" (Ex. xsitt, 20), who, a8 we hve Ind down, is the delverer of the work!, the protector of 'unkind, and the ope who procures blesangs for al the 'world, be himself receving them first. This ange i some 'ines male, sometimes female. When he procures blewines forthe world, be & male, resembling the male who provides 'Mestings forthe female Rut wha he coment bring chante 'meat on the world he called feral, being, a5 were. preg- cast with the 'Stila, in the words, "the fame cf the sword which turned every way" (Gen It, 24), there ix female and soncumes mule. sometimes messengets of judge sent and somcimes of mercy. In the same way, this angel 'em take all caburs ke the rimbow, and treats the world cocresponding'y. [2538] TR Jone disceursed on the verse: The king's strength abo leceth jadgemri, thou duct eablsh equity, ete. (PR XE, 4) "The King, he sid, "is Gad, who loves jodgement and takes fast hold of because by judgement the earth is established. [By jodgement, on the Community of Irae confirmed and 'esubliched, because from there i is sustained, and receives agab-2354) vareor us all ce Bening. Hence al is desire snd all is longing for Judgement The words "Thou dest establish equry (esha 'rim, lt straigheneass)" refer 19 che ewo cherubim below 'who render the workd safe and habitable" 'R. Histish discourse on the verse: Praice ye the Lend pel) prise, O ye sercants ofthe Lord, pra the ame 'af the Lond. "The repetition of the word "pram" im thin 'vere', be sid, 'scems semnewbur pointless, but there is 2 'eon fort. We have been taught that 2 eulogy should not 'be extravagant, and that to ascribe t another omits which 'be does not possess is really to reproach him; and, therefore, 'in recounting the praise ofa decensel penn, we should 333 'nly what be deserves and no more cthermse through tring 'to praise we shall relly blame him. Now the word fValelapah (Ge. peste ye Yah) contains the haghest ofall che praises of 'the Lord, mentioning. ait does, the place to whichno eye can penetrate, beng most recandite and ascrutzble. Tass Yi, 'the mame which is supreme above all. Hence this pram comm 'eneoces sith "Hollelnah" > word in which pra and mame 'ae combaed. Further, the subject of the word "prase" 'pot specifi, but just 35 the name Yat is undackeed, so 'those who praise tare undisclosed, and so its Sting that all shoul be unduecleaed ma the rei cf the supreme mystery 'But the puimist then costinues: "Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the same of the Lonf™, because this i 3 place which is not undisckaned, » place which is called "Name". The fits undisclosed, the scewnd ball 'undicloed. half sched. and therefore the pais spec 'ed those who praised that place, and sad that they are the 'servants ofthe Lord", who are meet praise this place. The 'ext continues "Blessed be (Yeks) she mame of toe Lord." 'The word yeki consis ofthe name Yat and the letter yad, sd indicates the omtinaty between tat superial and 'erutable place which s Yak and the grade of the ayesant 'which is he lower yod. For this reason the word sei (et there be) in the acevunt of the Creation, is used nly of the 'upper prodactians, eg. "lec there te light", "let there be 2 firmament", "let there be lights", but ts bot wed in com _necion wath the [23a] loner productions So by ths wardthe [eye Tly Nome bls in al The text comics: "Prom te 'sing ofthe wun unto the ping dawn theresé™ The "rising" is the supernal place from which the sun derives light to shine orer all, the place of the supernal and hidden fountsin~ 'head. The "setting" isthe place to which faith i attached, {rom which blessings ise fo all, and from which the wosld i sustained, as hes been affirmed. 'The whale depends upon the impulse from helow which is given by the sevice of the Lord when they bless the Holy Narme, 2s we have sad." 'By ths time the morning hed davined, and so they came 'out ofthe cave, nat having slept the whole night. They went fon ther way, and when they got beyond the hill they st down and said their prayers. They then came te «village, 'where they stayetthe whole day, At night they shepe til mid night, when they roe to study the Torah Judah began: 'Axo we uassee ran ox av ouy sare: Iv Tues SHALL Toeaee sess, save. "The expresioa "tat dy" bas an erotic meaning, and sii the rade which ia charge of honing abort, the "lay" fromm the mapa place which i called "Tha (0), Hence we tanaate "by the day of That", indicating that there is co separation between "dey" and "That. The two sgn an upper grade ad's ber grate in conjencion. Thus Jacob Diced the 'Se of Joseph wth the won af upper and lower in orice 'thatthe blestnes might be unalterable. He then completed 'he conjunction by saying," thee shall Iral Sen" The 'name Deael hee refers to the pararch Sse This fare receves Benings trom shove and then Biome all rough {Sis ower grade. Hence be id "God make the a Ephraim sed Manasch", paring Ephraim fist became Ephrem tree called Inracl st ween: "So of man, thee bones

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'eference according to train tothe members of the tise 'Sf Ephraim who mere bled when they toed to Break out of the capivty of Ezy befor the ime' For dat reas, ty the ine of Epzam inthe wilderas armeyedn the wom [Nate tat Iara] Heed the soa of Jnph before he Blew OA a etl ea ee Sh "The Lord hush remembered as, be wil les, he will bles 'the ane of Firacl The fret "he wil lear refers the men, and the "house of Iarac!" to the women, because the 'women derive Sleasings only from the blessings of the men. Aleraatvet, this lesson may be Geived fom the vene:""He Sthll make stosement for himself and for his Rouse (Ler. 1x7, 6) —for himself first and fr his house afterwards. Is this (Coe we may mterpret the words "He shall bles the Bouse of {srac" to mean that God gives extra Blesings to x man who 'ss marred, m order that hs ee may be biewed throug hrm, [2338] and so be receives two partons, ene for himself and 'one for i wife" 'R Hiskiah dcoursed on the verse: "Thine exes did ce 'mine imperfee: substance, and io thy book they wer all writen, ccc" (Po. cxxxte, 16). "This vere', he ssid "has tera frequently expounded All the souls which came into 'exstence when the world wa crated stand before God before coming down in that same fem in which they after~ 'ward appear m the world, since hut bodily appearance of 'man which be had in chit world i leo found shove When 'the toal i about to descend into the world. t sands before (Godin the form which i to assure in the world, and God _sjure to keep the precepts af the la and a to tramagrent 'them Hence itsaye: "Thine eyes saw mine imperfect frm" tefuee it append in the world. "and in thy took they were all writen', shat i to sy, all the souls in thet forme are secorded in the book. The text proceeds: "The dayt are achioned and there is mot ene amcg then", tha is, there feet ee hy of tier th reed whch oom ed che "Masur ae & stood. For when 3 man is vimums in 'world his days are blessed above, from that place which is 'he measure of his dave teenie ia the ven, "Shor me. © Lard, mine end, and what is the meme of =ay Saye" (Px seask, 5} The "cod" here is the "end of the right" 'which was umtet with David, and the "meacare of my days 'ea the power in charge of his daya" RL Judah said: "I have (Rese from Seon thar tas verse refers to the devs which

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'were assigned to him out of the lfe of Adam, namely sevensy years, since it hasbeen affirmed that David had no life of bis 'own, but Adam gave him seventy years of his life. David 'therefore prayed to know why it was tht he had no ie of tis fon, and continued, "Let me know how fleting I am, that {sto say, why, like the moon, Tam without fighs of my own, unlike all those celestial lights which all have their own lil 'This is what David sought 10 know. bat permission was not given to him. Observe that all celesual blesings were delivered to this grade to transmit to all creatures, and although it has no light of as own, all blessings and all joy 'ad all yoodneas sre contsined in it and sae Fos it, and therefore is it called "the cep of blesing". or even simply "blessing", ait is written, "The blessing ofthe Lord maketh sich" (Prov. x, 22) 'Therefor it has residue from all ands Stl from ali rceives [24a] of the superna blessings 0» transenit them further" Said R. Isaac: 'We know this from 'the fact that Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph from the place 'rom whch all lewings had been delivered into hes hand 19 np Jacon CALLED To mts sons ao saro: Garuex 'xouRsSLVEs TOCETHER, FTC. R. Abba diacouned on the rnc: He tered the prayer ofthe Ilya ddd mes fe significant. 'The prayer of an individu man only enter before the Holy Kung with great dificulty, because before 'can be crnaned init place Gua exartnest closelyand weigh the ment and defects af that ndividual He doesnot so ita the prayer of a congregation; for congregational prayers are 'offered by many who are not virtuous, and yet they all come before God and He does nat ead their sins. Therefore & says, "God turns to the' prayer of the solitary one" and weighs and considers it, and examines in athat spit it 'lfered and who isthe man that offer it, and what is his con 'duct Hence 3 man should pray with the congregation becaase "God dors not despise theie prayer", even though they ds not all pry with devotion, According fo another explanation, ayez) vavent {he woe nliry" hereon nin th ued 'rich numbers twit, Jao, who was nied with wo sides, 'ind tho called bi on and paved for them that they might Te aceeptable shove and not be destroyed inthe expiviy, 'When Jacob cil his sons, Abram and tae were there sand the Shekinah with them, recng in Jaco, and inthe 'prospect of joing the patnarche [244] and farming with 'hema chariot When Jal sid of many "Twill tyre 'what wil befal you inthe ater end of days,» kind of nd 'est cme over hime and the Shekinah departed His sons, 'however, raised thes vores and sid, "Hear, O Loach, and Jamo aneweted, "Bisse te the natn of his gion glom for eer and evr and on this proclamation of the 'nity the Sheknah retuned wo is place 'Ann JACOB CALLED. The word "called" signifies that he 'established them in ther place above and bdow. Sieulariy, 'Moses "called Hosea son of Non, Joshua" (Num. et, 16) 'tm establish him in his proper place. There 4 similar sig tificance in the exprensona "And he called bis name Jac" (Ger, xxv, 26) and "the God of Israel called him EI" (Gen. sexunt, 20). So, t0, "Ticlled from my sorrow unto the 'Lon Gonah, 1, 7), sanifying that one who praises bis Maser and adidreses sepphications to Him establishes his "Maser more fray, by showing th all depends upon Hizn 'and at upoa any other power. Ax we skin. It has been Id down thar "saying" means "thinking". as in the ex- 'peestion "And thou ahalt say in thy heart" (Deut, it, 17) "AssrMMLe YounseLv#s; that is, in complete harmony. 'Amu Tswats TELL YOU. The word "tell" (epidal) con tain an allucion to the moteric wisdom. He wight 9 rveal to them thei dal destiny. ft may be asked, seeing that he di ot reveal what he sought to reveal, why are his words, which were afterwards belied, recorded in the Scripture ? The euch ie thrall shat was eel tobe revealed i com pletely stated, and there is «hidden meaning within, and 30 'nothing i the Scripture is belied. In fact, everything in- 'chided inthe Scrpeure, and there is no ward otter shart in {Jaca sad all that war needful for bien so-ay, ut eo ll

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rand sot 2 letter was short of what was required. R.Judahand R Jose were one day sitting st the gate of Lydda. 'Sid the later: 'We are toll that Jacob blessed his sons, but what are the blessings ? R, Judah answered: "He did indeed ae taled pagename 'Dan shall judge his people", "Out of Asher hie Fired sal fs ands oth ut hat e sah reveal to them he did not reveal, namely, the end. We have laid don that thee isan end tothe right and an end re the left, 'a he sought to reveal to them the end (ofthe left) in order that they might Keep themscives [235] pore from uncleaa- ras. What he revealed to them referred only to the time when they were inthe Holy Land: Inter things were not Ssuted openly, but are only hinted at in this section and i these blessings RIUBEN, THOU ART MY FIRSTAORN, MY aNGHT AND The RECINSING OF MY STRENGTI. Why iS Jacob Dezin with Rexben and not rather with Judah, whe was the leader of the camps and abe king # Further we se that he did 'nt bles him, ray, that he removed biesings from him till Musee came snd prayed for him, av ie ip written: "Let Reaben live and not die" (Deut. xc. 6). The facts, how fever, that he did blese him, but kept the blessing for its proper place. He was fke man who hada 900, and when he teat shout tn die wae vnited hy the king. whereupon he aaid= "Tet all my money remain in the king's hands on behalf of sy son, and when the king ses that my son is worthy he will, give it to him." So Jacob said: "Reuben, thou art my first— 'bam. the beloved of my soal: but thy blessings shal remain inthe band of the Holy King until He shall see that thou art 'worthy of them, beeause 'thas dust go ter the sight af thine yey ate" (according w Chaldaie paraphrase of this pasige) TK Hlearar here discourse on the verie: nd he sid to me Prophesy unto the wand, ee (ack soci, 9). "Therein df= 'uly here. he uid, "because the text continues: "Prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind", which seems 2 petition. 'The truth te, however, tha there fs here an esotere less. and ging to anather, in the sume way as the ea thes and aves and therefore "is nor full" (Eccl. 1,7)"

2Eleazar pat the following question to R.Simeon. "Since
it isknown to God that men wil di, why does He send souls down into the world ? He answered: 'This question has been discussed many times by the teachers, 3d they have 'answered it thus. God sends souls down to this world 10 declare His glry and tales them back afterwards. This _myptery can beexplained from the vere: "Drink water from, thy cistern and flowing streams from the mids of thy weil" (Prov. ¥, 15} As we have lsd down, the term "cistern" the place from which the waters do not ratually 'ow, But they do flow when the soul is perfect in this world and ascends to the place to which itis attached, for then it is complete on all sen, above and below. When the soul ascends, the desire ofthe female i stirred towards the Imuie, and then water flows from below upwards, and the Gate becomes 4 well of flowing waters, and then there is 'union and foundation and desire and friendship and harmon, 'since through the soul of the righteous that place has been 'Sompleted, and the supersal love and aHecton tar boon Stired to form 2 union." 'Observe that Reuben and all the ret of the twelve tribes 'were linked with the Shekinah, and when Jacob saw the 'Shekinah by him. he called to hit twelvesons to joint. From thebepinning ofthe world thee was neser so perfect a Couch

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{hat of Jacob when he was about (235] to depart rom the 'world. Abraham was on his igh, nua hie ad he as Iying between thr with the Shekinah in frrf ira. When Jaco sw tis, be called his sons and placed the round te Shckimh and aranged them in perect orde, so that the sthering was complete and many'supernal chariots encom assed them. They then exclaimed: "Thine, O Lord isthe restos and dhe power and the glory. te" (1 Chron 08, 11), whereupon the wun joined the moon and the eat drew heart the West andthe toon was imine and aired Feline and so tradion sll uy "Jocob ove father id not die" When Scab saw sich perfeton as had never been 'vouched tan other tn, he rejeced ad prased God tnd bleed each of his sors with the spproprateblesieg. 1, Jee and Jewse were once walingtopete when te Iar sid: "We Bae learnt that all the sons of Jacob were strange! in prope order ant were Bete each one wth the Sopropriae bleweng What then ae we to make of the erie "Out of Ather bis bread sal be fat"? He snswered= "To net know, because have not leat this frm the Haly Lamp. But et us bth goto the Holy Lamp. So they went, sd wn they came 1. Simen they put their question him, He sai them. Assured there iran esoteric meanine here. is writen. "Asher wilt he haven ofthe sea, and atode by his reels" Jud 17). He wha dwels bythe sea- Shots his accem 1 all enue, and Aaber bere wigs he superna gate of Zndek (rnghieoness) when it rceves Ble 'ngs to rans them tthe world. This gates always com 'rane to and blewcinge nthe mol, Si i clled Ach, 'andi sone ofthe pillars upon which the world stands, and it epairsthat place which scaled "beead of ficion" Tin, then, ithe meaning of the words "Out of Ashe is bread far hat i to sy, tat which was Bread of poverty becomes food of laxury and hence the vere eentinis, asd he sal Yield royal dantes": the pver here isthe Community of Israel. by whom the king with alexi. l legs all oy, and all ponies" They said: If we had been born 'nly to hear thi, would Have been worth whe TR. Hye said: "Reuben was entitied to al the rights of « a5sb-a360) vaenue at 'esthern, but thy were all taken from him and the kingship 'was ven 80 Judah, the bright to Joseph and the prest- hood to Levi Hence i is wntten: "Unstable a water, thou shalt not excel" (thar, li be left over); that, thow salt 'ot rein them. In calling hrs "my might and the begnsing Of my strength, Jacob bles. him and entrusted him 9 God. tle was like hing' friend who desired thatthe bing should treat his son well so one day he went ot with hisson and sid to the king: "This is my 200, the beloved of my Soul whereuper the Ling undersood that he was ashing fhm we treat hit son wel. So Jacob said of Reuben, "thou art 'my thorn, ete, ths commending him to the King. "Unsranin as waren, tHow suAUt Nor Mave THE [EXCELLENCY. Here be indicated hi subsequent fate in not being lft inthe land, but ast outside return, there was a angel appointed over fis border from the side of the the kingship belonged to Judah. R. Simeon sid: "The sons of Reaten ace deined to wage two wars. [tis writen bere "ray strength. alluding vo the captivity of Eaypt, and "he heginaing af my strength", allading t thee etry into the land of Canaan at the head of thei brethren (Num. xa) "The words "the excellney of digiy" (its temoving) fer to the captivity of Asoyria, which bee the sons of Gad and the soas of Reuben first ofall; and they have rtfered ray 'evils without repenting up now. The words "the exellency 'of power" refer to the tine when the Messiah will appear. and they will go forth and make war ind conquer al peoples, "and anki wil tremble before them: [2y6a] nd they will Codearou waite the Kinship, but wil pot retin it ok i "any quarter of the world the reson being, a the text ys, "because thow wentest up to thy father's bed, this being 2 reference 19 Jertsalem. The vons of Reuben have been a tered in captivity wo all four quarters of the World, having been taken captive four times, one referred tom the wards "my might, the scennd inthe words "the bering of oy ase 'TWe zoman x6 strength", the third in the words "excellency of dignity", 4nd te fourthin the words "excellency of trength" Corre "ponlingly, they are denned tombe wer ithe four quarters Of che word and to carry all before them, and to conquer 'many peoples and rule over them Here was reveded his Ueaing, and what happened at tha time and what ws to happen when lsrvel catered the lend, and what will happen at the time of the Messiah, as faras concerns Reaben., Siaioy AND Lev! ang omeTiwEN. R. Tene said "He [joined them tothe Jef side of the Shekimah, snes he aw leeds of vengeance which the world could not endure."

1Jone said: 'Where is their bleming ? RL Isaac sxowered:
"Simeon was not meet fora blesing, since Jacob saw that he Imad wrought much evil; nor was Leva, Decause he ers from the side of stem justice, and blessing did not attach to im. Even Moses did not biesr him directly, bat left to the Almighty. 26 is writen: "Bes. Lord, is substance and accept the work of his hands" (Deut scam 13) Its wetien: ""Yander isthe sea, great and wide, wberein are things creep ing irmumersbe, both small and great beats" (Pe ctv, 35) 'The "sea refers the Shekial, which stood aver Jacob when he wes about to depart frm the world. Hei called "prea and wide" because all the world was compresed into jt. There were "creeping things innumerable", because rmumters of cceatial holy anges are found there; while the "mall and gret beasts" refer ta the twelve snes, the sons of Jacob, of stom one was called 2 hind, one a wall, one a rogue palermnysjestiarey aphmip aap ary thea 4 wolf, then 2 id, and so for so that there should be 'eat and small beast" R. Judah suid 'Simeon wat an ex and came before Judah, who as alin, andthe Companions 'ave ind down that they faced one another, one on the Bight and coe on the left. It was as fa ran had a vicious ox and 'sid: Let us pur the figure of hn in his sll so that he shall seit and be afraid of i Sirena wae nit mec for Heaing, 'but Moses jomed him to Judah, esying: "Hear, © Lerd, the voice of Judah"; the word "hear" alluding 1 Simeon, at 'whose birth his mother sid "For the Lord hath beard that aye ays] arent 3 ara hated." * Said Ju: The besing of Simeon and [Lan wat et by thir ater to Mase Lt us bo leave tit 'gvetion tothe Haly Las" So they went end asked R. Simeon. He sid: How plod Iam you have mked me: He then clapped his hands and wept, tying: Who shal ope thine eye, thoaboly maser of fh! Thow hast eneled (hy Ultine all he ut of men, thos hast enced them in thy death, when thy lene ie eed. The keys of hy Master have ever been deivered ato thy hinds Observe 'now, Jacob had four wives and bepe sont frm all of them. {a308] When he was about to die the Shekitah stood over Tim. He sought lens thes to, bt be wa ot ae ng 'sfrid ofthe Sbelingh- He said: "Wha sll 1 do, seine 'hot both of them ae fem the ide of ter dgement ? And $f Ley wo force the Shins, I shall nt be ale, for Ihave had four wives, which ares comple portion. 1 will ave them othe mane ofthe house and be will do she pleas" Heated: "Thave taken ny sare ves and chen ia 'is word and lave had my il low, then, ll 1 pres the matron mare ? will therefore leave the mater othe master (oF the matron and he wel do wha he pleases wthout fa" Hage it writen: "Now thie the blesing wherewith 'Moecs the man of God blewed (Dest xn 1). The erm aman" here designates Moses a= he master of the Rowe sd the ouster ofthe mann. Hones Moms Slemed born 'a pleased without feat 8 we have armed © oer sovt, cous Nor THOU Into THEM covxerL. 1K. Ablbediacoursed om the vere: The anret ofthe Lord x for them that foor im. °°"The secret of the Lord", he sai, the recurdite doctrine ofthe Torah which God only ives to thous wo fear sin and it the sign of the holy coveract 'Simeon and Levi isted tha the men af Shechem should circumcise themcves and accept thi secret, and the Serip- tute tells ws that st was "with guile". Later, Zim, the son Sf Saha, who was ofthe tribe of Simeon, mulied this secret. Hence Jacob said: "Let not my soul enter into their secet"™ —that sou! whichenteredinto the supernalcoverantaboveand 'was called "the bundle of lie". Unto THetn AsseataLy,

34ae onan esha
MY ctony we Nor THO UNITED, 'This has beet exe Pine to refer tothe ssembly of Kora (Nom. 3, #9) Eny honur" bere refers tw the honour of the people af Inve groeral ndtherefre he fhe Sd net les them. tr ft temo Mone' Twit bivion ria Jacon, A Hiya som ths verse we lar tha thwe fe tribe vere never pu ried and 901 was met, and there Pees er ietesions nip innate es the world, and gent athe numberof bogs among them" TODAN, THEE SHALL THY AMETHEN PRAISE, THU HAND auace erow rite eck oF tury exeatise. R. Joc die 'coursed here on the verse: He made the mom for seasons (Ps. 'tv, 19) 'God', he asd, 'made the moon for us to sanctify bby st new moons and new years. Now the moon never shines cep from a sti F to Sel he a aS aloft the moon docs not appeat, but only when the aun & [ptthered in docs the mocn rule the heavens, and the moun ix 'of no account save when the sun is gathered in. God made to-wit, new moons, "and for years", to sit, New Year days, so that the Gentiles should reckon by the san and Leach by he monn, This aceon with K Eeazars exponton of the verve: "Thou hast atiplied the nation, thou hast increased. its joy" (I. 1%, 2), where he refers "nation" to Tsrel and "uta the moon, which guined session of ight for the ake of Israel. Which are superior, Israel or the Gentiles Assurediy, the moon [2373] highest, and the sun of the Gentiles i under this moun, and this sun derives fight from this moon. See, then, the diflernce between Israel and the nations Israel cling to the mun and ate Kaked with the 'upernal nun, and are atached tn the place which ges ight to the supernal sun, as iti written: "But ye who cleave 10 the Lord, ae alive every one of you this day" (Deut 1. 4)" Jopau, Tee suaut Tuy unermaex rmAtse, R Sim- 'con said "The ingship was assigned w Judah; and hence Leah, as we hive explnined, said a the time of hin a} arent ass Irth: "his time fsa praise the Lord", because he was 'he fourth, the fourth eg ifthe throne Te lees yo, fev of bis mame are the pre ofthe superna mae, and hey wer apne bys cs hich voprmente thereeed the sere mame, tht thar mame fon 'in Judah's name. Hence "Thy brethren shall praise thee", [ey epee iagay ieee er ae raty Fost wate th God snd ful wich ely 'oeat eran apc pea rng Seer acinowledge him ad al nfl. 'Theeore be Seereacytng tigre x Soeecmest tm the vere' "Thc alloca daughter ofthe ing within" (Ps. xix, 14) "The "all-honoured one" is the Com- munity of Israel, who is called the daughter of the king, the Sopreme King, who within, enone Se another Ring 'sho ct sr win. The "dering" of tae honoured {aught ofthe King "smrought with ol, pewun the = 'nd inherited the Kingdom of the earth" 'RJudah and R. Issac were coce 'revelling together Said R. Taae: Les un discourse an the Torsh ase go slong." He 'began with the text: And he drone out the man, and he laced at the ear of the garden of Eden, etc. "The word vayrgaresh (and he drowe out)'. he sad. may. the Companions have explained, be translated "and he divorced". The accusative 'particle ethhere hasan eroterc meaning. Adam was punished for his sin. and brought death ujoe himself end all the work, 'ond cused that tees regard te whch he sinned to bedeven, 'vat along with him sad his descendants for ever. says further thae God "placed the cherubim en the east of the arden of Eden"; these were the lower cherubim, for a8 there are cherubimn above, 20 there ate cherubion belo, and 'he spread this tree over them. The "flame ofa sword" refers 'othe dams of fire which tsue from thet Sashing sword. It Ss id no "nara every way" because it sucks from nwo sides, 'nd turns from one side to another. Another explanstion is

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'that the flames turn about, being sometimes men and some- times women' Said R. Judah: hiss cersinly correct that 'Adam cxtued that tee though which he sinned tbe driven 'our; and 0, sho, do ether met, ait is writen: "Through {our transgressions your mothe: i sent away" (5.1, =} Stll {you are right that the word eth refers to the pefacion of 'man, and trom that dey the rooon wan ings ntl Now 'came and ensered the ark. Then came stoners and it war Jmpired again until Abrahams came, and st was ceablshed perkctlythrauph Jaco and his sons, and Jndch come nod fookhold on and seed the kingship and tock pemseswon of iat an everlating inheritance for himself and his sons after him. Jona, Tuee suaLe THY anetunes rxatse. When Tac] were atthe Red Sea, they all praise him and entered 'afer him into the sca Tuy Mao SHALL aL Om EME NECK OF THY ENEMIES, 28 i says, "Judah stall go up first" (Judg- 1, 2). Tus soxs oF THY rATMIR SHALL sow now's ro THEE> thie tchidew all the other tribes, 'even though from other mother. And even when Loree at split iato two kingdoms, when the people went up to Jerve 'lem they used to bow down ts the king there, because the Kingship im Jerusalem [2376] was derived from the haly king dom Sait sow pow' perone Titer. They only, bat 'pot ether peoples, who will only bow down at the ime of the Memiat Bus bere the expremien only indicates Dac all of 'whom would bow down to the Exlarch im Babylon, but not other peoples Jopaw 15 4 LioN's wHELe= fire he will bea whelp, and then « lon, caresponding to the transition from "ad" "man", ae it written: "The Lord is 2 man of war" (Ex. 2s, 3). FROM THE FAEY, MY SON, THOU ANT GONE "The word "prey" incindes the angel af death, who preye 'upon mankind. From that prey the Stekinah shook itself fee Te "nocped down" in the captivity of Eabylon, "couched" in the captivity of Edom. "a Kon" which i= ie Messen 'roe, been thoogh the Gentle entice aed ope them So eet ee el Trane So, fo, the Shckinah, which stiough allen remns strong ike ion snd » oneae For jut = thee 'oech only ering wp ther pey which they wel fom fs te Shekinh ely creer take ogee oe Hdotucrs and to pring upon them Who snare mover trra ve. Hevrl mot no tr any petty vengeance. The trond who" (Mf) hee indice the sopenal we, whch {ba dorumson over li = nary weed he ese "From 'the womb of whom (Mi) came the ice" (Job wexvttt, 29), a4 'Tae scerrar suatt sor nerast row Juan, exc. 'The word Shih, here, spelt with both 2 yod and 2 Ae, 10 inde tothe holy superna came, Yak by which the Shekioah 'shal rise: and this sake the allsion of Mi, as we have sai. 'R Hiya dicoursed on the verse: The Lord shall herp tive from all ci, he shall Beep thy soal. "Tae words "He shall lng thee" be sid, "fer to thie workd, and "he shall eep 'thy soul" to the next world. By "heeping ia this world" i mest thet. m nen &prected fr many evi acrunese whe 'ecko bring charges against him and to cling fast to hi. By [presrcation in the next world in meant, 5 we have 'hatwhen a min departs from this work if hei virtuous his 'soul sends and ta crowned in ts place, nd if nc, numbers 'ef demons are at hand to drag him to Gehinnom and 10 Geliver him iano the hands of Duma, wha has been made 'scl of demon, andl who has ewelve thoussad syria 'stendants al charged to purih the souls of inners There ate in Gehinsom seven crcuits and seven gates, each with (Several gate-teepers inder their own chief 'The ule of 'Somers are delivered by Duma to those gate-beeperm. who then close the gstes of flaming Se. There are gare behind 'ees, the outer ones remaining open while the inner ones are 'closed. On Sabbath, however, they are all open, and the sn 'nersgo fort, 28 far asthe outer gates, where they mect other souk which tarry there. When Sabbath goes out, 2 herald proclaims at each gate: Now God protects the sauls of the righteous from beng delivered into the hands of Duma, and that i the meaning 'of the words "be ahall keep thy soul" * [298] BINDING HIS FOAL UNTO THE VINE. 'The vine ie the Comunity of Frac, so called also nthe vere: "Tho dist remove avine frm Egypt" (Px. txts, 9) thy hie fol" ie 'meant the Messi, who is destined tru weal he haste the peoples, that 0 ty, the heavenly eat eho we harge of the Conte ad from wham they derive the Seren. The Memah wil prevail ever them. became this 'ine dominates all those lower crowne through which the Gentes have dominion, This will be the wctory above. Israel, who ares choice vine", wil conquer and destroy 'other hows helow; and the Messiah wil previ overall anceit is wnten of him tha he wile "peor and ding on an au and on 3 young ae colt" Zech. te 9). "Cale" sed "as are two comma by setoe of which the Gentes hive omni, and they ar from the left de the side of unckeane 'ess. is strange tat the Mew should be ele "pene". FR. Simcom espn th it coun hes wate of is (own, and he i cempared to the has mon above. mbich has

10ight save from the sun 'This Mem wil ave domieion
and will be established in his place. Below be is "powe". bream he is ofthe se ef the mone, and abore he = ee, 'emg 4 "mirror which docs aoe odatc", he bread of povern". Yet wital he "rides upon an ast and open a at to overthrow the stent of the Censinsand Cod 'ill keep him rw. He ware wasup wis cannery 1s wine With this 'may be compared the verse-"Who it th that cometh frac Edom, with dyed garments from Borah >" (Is Lath, 1); and also: "I have trodden the wineprese alone, ex" (Ibed_3)- "Wine" here alledes tthe side of Geburah, of stern janice which will be wsited on the idolayous nations AND 215 YESTURE 18 THE BLOOD OF CHAE. This is the lower world tee, the jdgement court stich ve called "grape" career =, {in both to crash beneath him all the idolatroas peoples and Te Jose discourse on the verse- "And on the vine were thre branches, and it wat as though it budded and its Hp Ths the words "binding his foal unto the vine" indicate 'that all the forces of the Gentiles are to be subdued beneath: Mi aes 6 ie Acceing 1 the Rati, ocean nce Sarg the porn of Se Seman Tema ve ed raven sve de Sor pnt pice of rsa oe ed Peearenws

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that vine, a8 we have ssid, ther power being bourd up and babdued R. Simeon aud: "There ate two kinds of vin. he holy elestial vine, and there ithe vine whichis 'alled "his vine". And wher Israel sinned and abandosed "this vine" then i was said of them= "For from the vine of Sodom is their vine" (Deut xx, 32)" 'As R. Judah and Rfeeac were once ewveling tprther, the former sid "Let us tem int this fed, a itis more level" 'They did 20, and as they went along R. Judah ssid: 'tie written: "*She is not afraid ofthe snow fer her household, for {ither hovachold are clothed in searlet." The veror has Boon 'expounded by our cofleague, R. Ulakih, who said that 'unners ae punished in Gehirnom twelve months, bal with Fire ad half with stow. When they zo ina the ite, they say "Tif relly Gehinnom. When they gp oto the sao, they say: "This the real winter of the Almighty." 'They begin by exchiming "Als", and then they excaim "Woe" The phen Hisar errata' 'ntlom i i wen: "She is nov afraid wf the snow for her household", because "all her househokd are clothed with scarlet". The word shar (seule) here may be read shnaim (0), referring to puis of precepts such ae cieumosion and lunooverng, fingesand phylaceren mecuzaht and ahah lights, ct. The word "scarlet" may alo be taken te indicrte the robe of judgement, which s assumed forthe punishment of idolatr, For one day God wll put ona red robe snd take

8red sword to take vengeance on the ruddy one This we
Jearn from the vere: "Whois this that cometh from Edom with dyed garments ete"" R. Tnaae sid: "We may also 'ake che word sharin to mean "sears", and to refer tothe 'whole of past time, since the Community of Teil i the consummation of the ages and draws mustenance from all files" 'Au they were going alm, they met a leading a9 aso which avoid man was riding, Said the ed man to the bow "My son, repeat me a pamage of Scripture" He answered: "'Thave more than one pasoye. Bur ene down or Tet me Fide anth-az09) vaveer ie infeon of you, and {will repeat ome to yo.' He sid: 'tam 'dd and you are young, and I dona want te pot myself on a level with you.' Said the Boy: Ifo, why isit you askme to recite fy verses He wid "To make the journey more yrs able' Seid che boy: "Thi old man can go and hang himself. Tgnoramus ashe is, he must needs re and will not descend to my level, forscoth ? So he lef the old man and went his 'way. When K. Judah and K. tsnac came up, he joined them, "They asked who he was and he told them what had happenes 'Said R. Judah vo him "You did quite righty. Come with wr and we will st down over there and you vill tell us some- "thing." He sid to them: 1 am very weary, [3394] beaut 1 'have not eaten to-day. Se they took out some food and gave Tim, and a miracle happened and they found a emall «ream of water under a tree from vehich he drank. and they also dean and sat dosen, 'The boy then quoted the text! "To David, Fret not thyself because of evil doer neither be thou fxvious against ther that work snrighteousnese" (Ps. 'exxvi, 1) He aid: "This ie neither «sone nora penser, but 'the Superscription "To David" show's that t was spoken by the Holy Spint, which thus admonished David: "Do not challenge the wicked, because thou hnowest noe if thou hast 'srength to prevail agaist hin: perhaps he ise tee which has 'ever been and thou wilt be repulsed by him, Also, donot look tthe works of those whe do unrighteousness, 20 'hat thou stouldst not nee ta be indignanc with thes; for 'whoever seis their weeks and iv not sealous for God trane- 'esses three negative preaepts, namely: "Tou shalt have so strange gods before me"; "Thou shalt not make to thee 'ny graven image" and "Thou shalt not bow down to them for serve thera" Therefore « man should keep aay form them, 'That is why Thave left the old an and taken a different path. Now tha Ihave found you Lill expound the 'Seriprure in your presence" 'He then dscoursed on the tex: And he called sao Mores, te, (Lev. 1,1), He said: "The alegh of the word eayikes (2nd Jae called) is written smal in the scroll, to show that this ae perhaps woul he fit tne oe atl hie the esd ue r0maR 11 calling was not 4 perfect one, becaune it sas only in the "Tabernacle and ina strange lind, perfection being only found: inthe Holy Land. Further, inthe 'Tabernacle there was only the Shetinah, but the ld there was the complete union 'of Maleand Female. When «king sitson his throne wearing the eoyalerown, he is ealled Great King, but when he comes down from his throne and visite hie servant, he is called 'ite King. So God 6 longas He ison high overall, is called Supreme King, but when He brings His abode below, He is simply Ring, not Supreme as before. The word "called", a6 fee have lent, mean that he summoned him to is sane- {uary. The "tent of esting" (no'ed also appsinted time) 'means the tent on which depends the reckoning af seasons, Sestivala, and sablaths, this being none other than the moon. "The were "saying" (lemor, to say) indicates the disclosing 'of what hitherto was concealed: and soi all places where feccurs (et. "And God spoke unto Moses, saying"), it means thot permission is given to dilose. Iti writen just before: "And they broughe the tabemacte to Moses (EX X88, 3). 'The reason why the Tsracltes brought the Tabernacle to 'Moses when they ad finished it was because Gos had shown 'hen the whole plan of con Mownt Sinai; 0 now they brought itt him in order that be might see whether it corresponded to the plan which he had seen. It was if aking had given 'order fot a palace tobe bull for his queen, and had charged. the builders to male one room here and one there, here a bee 'chamber and there a sttng-room, and so when the builders finished they showed it all to the king. So the Isracites 'brought the Tabernacle 19 Mewes. who wat the "mater af the Ihouse", the "man of God'. When the sanctuary waa finished, 'the queen invited the king tit, and invited also ber husband, that is 1 say, Moses the master of the house, Hence Moses was able ake the tent an pitch it outside (EX, XIE, 7, [2308] 2 thing which no one else could possibly have dove, "The test continues: "And the Lord spoke to him", "the 'Lord! being another sill higher grade Tie further discoursed follows. "The text continues: When any mas of ou shall ofer (Le, 2). Ve word "man" (Adam) bere indicates the union of the sun and the moce, 230i] vavews 363 "When be shall offer fram you" this is «hint that he who desires to make hia service of serice truly axeptable sould 'not be unmarried. "An offering to the Lord: this means that he shoul offer the whole for the purpose of uniting 'upper and lover. "From the cattle": to show man and beast '4 one, "From the over and from the sheep" these are the 'chariots which are clean, "Ye shall afer your offering: the "offering ta the Lord mentioned above was man, but "your "offering" i from the cate, From the herds and the floks,t0 <iaplay the union of upper with lower and of lower with 'opper: Is king rotting on atone on avery high da, then 'one who brings x present to the king has to mount from step

10sep tantil he reaches the top, the place where the king ie
sitting above all, and then iti known that that present is 'meant for the king, But when the present eames down from the top, then all know that the king is sending it from above

19is Friend who is below. So at first a man rises sep by
step From below upward; this is "che offering of the Lard "Then he comes down step by sep and this "your offering" Tonge and R. Judah went up whim and kissed bis fore- 'wend. They ssid "Blepied be God who ha favoured ts with, this, bleed # God that these words have aut been wasted 'on thar old man" 'They then rose and went on. As they proseeded, they 4a vine ma ganden. The hoy then quate the verse="Tunding his foal to the vine and hin as' clt to the choice vine" He Suid: "The word er (binding) ie written here with a super- uous yod, and the wor 'iro (his ol) with A instead of ra, "Thuis the Holy Name Ya ented here, Sniarly wi the words bi (colt) and sora (choice vine). NI this sto show 'that just a there is a Holy Name to subdve the "fal", 30 there is a Holy Name to subdue another power, which is called "ass; for if the Holy Name were aot hinted here, ther would devastate the world. The "vine", as we have 'ad, i the Community f Israel. Is called vine Because just,

4the vine will receive na graft from anoiber tee; ao the
'Community of Terael accepts ao msster but God, and there- fore all other powers are subdued before her, and. cannot 'obisin dominion over er. "He hath washed his garments in

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'ene even fm the ime the Creation te efesence ong tothe omingof the Messth on arth. "Wine" indicates the Jet side, and "the blood of grapes" the left side belo. The "Messiah's destined [2406]t0 nile above overall the forces of 'dolatroe nions and to heel hae pomer above nd 'bow, We may als expan thats wine brings joys and 'et types jgement, so the Messiah wll bring ladnes 12 Hac ut aden? wo he Genes: Tae "pet of Gad sebich hnwened over the fae of the waters" (Ge 13) (pov ibe Mente sad tists ote Gone "eased his garment in clei wine" "His eye shall be tel with wine" thi isthe intaicating celestial wine from 'which the masters of the Torah drink. "And ister white weak mi, because the Torah is both wane apd mal the (rl snd the Wratten Lay Ite writen of wine that fe "rejoice the hear of man" (civ), Wine fest brings _ladness, being he place frm which al lanes imaen, but [Bierwands tres purasiment, because edo the place sviere in gathered sll punishment. Hence the sese con 'Seocs: "And ol to make the face shine, 0 wit, from the place from wich all gladness suck. 1 them aye: "And [cad thar strengshcneth as ear rea ang the ap pert of mankind Tt as, beeen, the ony expo, become there ne naght without day, and Use must note separated. so, may be sake, why i David sy that "read sp pore the heart of man"? The amewer thet thin why Be 'Tided the word "and" before "bread", show hat he oes ase incloded. Observe that grace aftr meals should aot be 'Sul over an empty table, but there shouldbe breadon capella vg, in order tain the Left hand wo the Right, and i order that the bread should be Bled by them and linked with them, sothat the whe shoul! be bed toetierto bese the Holy Nene fuaely. For the bread being pmed with the eine, sod the wine with the might hand, Measings rex om the 'ord and the table ir duly perfec Said R.Toac: "Mad 'ee come on this journey en to bear these words i would hve ben worth our whale" K.Jodah said: "This ld tw mo fight to know so much, snd Yam afraid wil ot ive fog, 20-2408) vara 35 "Way? sud. Lsaae "Becase', he ssancred, "eis able to 'sex into a place which man has ro right to look upon, and 1 'sn afraid that before be reacts matey he wil actually look and be panished frit? The lad heard them and aid: "Thave no fear of panshment, because when my fther died Iie blewed me and preted for me, and I hnow thatthe ment 'af my father will protect ne" They sid to rn: "Whoy she, i gow father?" FR Tada the ton of Ra Hama te "They then took hie up and carried in on 'he sd he ey spying tn ene" 'ofthe eater came forth mest, and ou ofthe ong came Sorts 'sweetness Jodg. X14). The hoy sid to them: 'Since vou Ne qucted the ers capound 2" Sa thy to hin "Sce 'Gor as led ws int the path af ie, do you tell ws He thea began: We fd a certain nytical alaon sa tia verse The cer isthe Zaddh, as itis written: "The Zach ents bis S5t™ (Powe: 2, 25}. By "hes Sil" in meant cht he gree sufficiency othe place which called the Soul of David. "From the ester comes forth fod", fr but for that Zaussk food would never come foth and the world could not ext "Out of the ong came frth wetness i Lae ho 'lose Jacob withthe dev of heaven andthe fatnom ofthe 'cath We may aio expla that were # not forthe nigour of [potice there would come Foch no honey, t0 wit, the Oral Law, (aga wioch comes fr fom the Wzen Law, which is called "song", a i i writen: "The Lord sll give 'srength tos people" (Pax, 14)" They nent os together for thee day il they reced the cour where hs ether Feved. When she saw ther she made preparations for thera fan they stayed with her two days. They then said farewell 'whim, and departed, and came aod related eventing 12 Simon, He si: "Ty, easier the Torah, and 'fon fr the merit offs fathers he wold he punted Fro above. But for those who fillow the Torah God tis made seiahentace other and thei descendanrs forever. ait is twrmen: "But m for me, this my covenant with them, 'Sith the Lard, ny spirit which = pon the, ec (I x 21h! set ae ronan fagob-otse Zeaviow suALt WELL AT THE MATEN OF THE SA, 7c, R. Abba discoured on the verse: Gnd thy send wjon 'ty thigh O mighty Ones thy playa hy may. He id= "Tashi pony and majesty, to gid on weapons and to pracine the se of them ? To study the Torah and to fight battles in the Torah and o art oneself with it—this & praseworthy, thisis glory and majesty. The truth ofthe mater, however, is this. God has piven men the sign of » holy covenant, and 'primed it upon then for them to preerve nd not impeir many way, He who impairs ts confruwed with che sword which avenges the insult wo the covenant. Now Se win desres to preserve this place should brace hinself up to meet the cil prompter, and when the later aus im abould st befare hin eyes this sword, which i ped on the thigh ro ppunah those who impair this place. Hence st ays: "Gird ord upon thy ih, O mighty One" Sch ne ele agp ted hence ths "py and weiner 'Aovther explanation is that before setng out ona journey rman should prepare himaclf wth prayer and arm herself 'vid righiconocan, which & the Sopernal sword, as it 'wren: "Righteousnea shall go before him, and (then) he shal st his stepson the way" (BM ta, 14): Now Zebulon tesee always fo go out on the rads and highwave and make Wear, and used ist to afm hiself with thes celestial sword Of prayer and supplication, and 20 be fought with peoples ed overcame them. You may say that thin was the function 'of Judah, 20 why ts amigos haze 10 Zeblcn * 'Observe this. 'The twee thes are the adornment of the Matron. When Jacob was abut to depart from the word, andere Gute we fon every side, with Abraarn '2 hn might, ase at his left, himself othe cemze, and the Shetinah in feom of him, te called his sons round him im frder that beth the beer aed the apper might be fly 'omed. [asta] The twehe tribe correspond to the ache onc which were under the tea of brome made by Solera (2 Kings vi, 259) three fot each of the cardial poles 'Thee ofthe represented the ght Army, thre De Jefe Arm, three the reht Thigh, and three the left Thigh. "There were thee thes for each, became in each of thee seie-agib] vavest od 'imb there are three jotta And although ths "sdormment™ "emonly complete wih the eumber of wx hundred thonand, yet already at the time of Jocob's death there were the Seventy souls whe had came dewn with hum to Egypt andthe Prema! lve ine beer eeasenay 'erenteen years orion 'of Jacob wha was pedecied above and below 24:8], [R Jodah said: Zebulon and Isachar mace an agreement that one shoald set and study the Torah while the other went 'out and made money and supported him, So Zebulon toed

10traverse the som with merctandie, and his teitory was
'muitble foe this, being on the seacoast. Hence it writien= "ngoice, Zebulon, i thy going out, and Inachar i thy fens" (Deut wun, 18) He sHAut OWELL AT THE AVES OF THE SEA: that i to say, among thse who =a) the wea with merthandie, "AI the haven af the sex" the ploni "ses" i weed, becaue although only ooe cont belonged co him, yet he det hy wa, Re Jose sd it is te- place where all ships come to do trade Aw ats aomors SMALL ae UPON Z1DON. R. Hizkiah said: "is tersitocy sriched to the boundary of Zid, and all merchants came {that placer trade" RL Aha said: Tes writen: "Neither shal thou eller the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy mesboffering. with allthine ablations thou "oer sakt" Salt wae fo be sued becouse it softens beter 'ness, and so mankind cannot do wichout i. Salts the cone~ 'aan! upon which the world is established: hence i called She covenant of thy God" K. Hiya sad: "Its writen: Rar Ged ia righteous, he loves rightesasness" (Ps. x, 7) 'This isthe sot in the sea, and be who separates them beings death upon henself, Hence ito written: "Thaw shalt moe 'ple salt toe lacking "" RAs aid "The sexi all ne, tbat i i called "seas" because in some places the water is 'lear (and in some turbid), in sme sweet, and in some bitter: hence we speak of "sexs" TR. Abba was siting one sight and studying the Torah, shea R. Jose came and knocked at hie door. He sid: "When

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the prince ste with the chief, then trie judgement is given" So they sat dowa and studied the Torah. Meanwhile the son 'af ther host got up and sat before thera. He said to them: "What isthe meaning of the verse: "Ve will ave alive my father and my mother, et.", and just before, "And give mes 'rye ken (Jo. 1, 13-12) Wha did Rahab as ofthe spies R. Abba ssid: 'That is 4 good question; if you know an sanower, tll me; my son' He aad A Further question asses from the fact that they give her something which she did 'nota for, since they sad to her: "Thow shal tnd this ine 'of scare thread in the window, ete" The explanation I have: Tears this, She asked fora siga of if, et wauen, "And 'ye wil save alive my father, et." She said=""A'sign of Kile fs 'nly contained inthe sig of truth, which a the leter Vou" Th fact, ae 1 have learnt, she asked for the sign of Moses. "They, however, ave her aline of seaiet thread. because they said: "Mases is dead, and the sun i athered in and the time 'has come forthe moon to rule Thereare we bud better give you the sign ofthe moon, which is this Tine of scarlet thread, "Thus she sega of Jouhua shall be with you, because the moan is nom in the ascendant." RL Ala and R, Jone tome [2425] aad kased him, saying: "Assuredly, you will one day be a Ihead of a culege of a geest man in Tata"; and, in fat, he became it Bun ie then asked a further question, saying: "Seeing that the twelve tes were arranged below in the sume order a5 above, why is Zebulon everywhere placed before Fascha in the diemings, although Isachar devoted hmself to the 'Tarah, which should always come fest? "The reason is that Zebulon took oat of his own mouth and gave to Isachar. From this we learn that he who suppor a student af the "Torah is blessed from above and belne, and net any s0, but thes privileged wy eat of two tables. « privilege granted to 00, other man. He is granied wealth im this world, and he i= [Eranted a portion in the nest world. Hence itsaysof Zebulem, 'hat "he shal dell atthe haven ofthe ea", that ix to ay, in this world, "and shall befor a haven of ships", in the fone woe, ie here quoted the vere: "I adjure you, O datghtcs of aed waveat 3 Jerusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the fields, if you 'ind my beloved, what will you tll him ?" (6.5. 8}. Why, 'nmsybeashed should ity of Israel speak thus see~ 'ng dat she i next 20 the king, keno ocher ? The "duphters of Jerusalem", however, ate the souls ofthe righteous, which 'ae constantly near the King, and inform humevery day ofthe -requizements of the Matron. For 4 we bave karnt that when. the wul comes down into the worl, the Communsty of Iie! 'makes it swear that i¢ will tell the King her love for him fa 'order to appease him. This 18 brough about 'when man unifies the Haly Name with his mouth, bis beart 'and his sou, to lnk all together ie lame with fie. Accond- ing to another explanation, the "daughter of Jerualem" 'are the twee tribes, at we have learn that Jerusalem is 'cstulished on twelve rocks, three on each side wherloce it ' called Heyeh (living one)), and these are called "the daughters of Jerusalem", and they testify tthe King oon cerning the Communiy of Ist, or it is written: "The 'thes of the Land ae atextimons unto Tara, to give thanks tunte the name of the Loed™ (Px. cent, 4)" Said R Judah: "Happy are Israel who kaow the ways of God und of whos it 'e-aniten: "For thou arta holy people unto the Lord thy (Goi, and thee di the Lord choos," (Deut tv, 2)" Issicman 15a stnoNe ass coucnina Dows BETWEEN 'THE suEEPFOLDS. R- Eleasar sad: 'Why should Teechar, 'becuase e studied the Torah, be called an in rather than 3 'hone, of # lien, or leopard ? The answer given & thatthe 'ass bears a burden patently and doce not kick like other 'animals, and i not fatdious and ill he down anywhere. So 'Geuchar bear the burdcn of the eral and does net kick 'the Almighty. aed i not fiatidious and cares nt for 'own honour but for the honour of his Master. He there~ {fore "couches between the sheepfoldc", 2 we say of the 'student of the Torah that he is "willag to sleep on the round" He alo, in of this verse, quoted the teat: "To David. The Lord is my light and my salvation, 'whom shall I fear? 'The Lord in she strength of my life, of "Bas he Foie Vi, a0 THE ZOKAR 11 Doquaayab "who aha Ube afraid 2 (Pas anv, 1). "Those whe sty the Torah', he sai, 'are beloved belore God, so that they hve no fear af evil hap, being protected above 2nd below. [Nay more, [2426] such 4 ene subdues all exl hape and caste them down ioto the great abyss. At rightall the doors are <hsed, and dogs und asees commence to roam about the 'world with permission 1 dh damage. Men sleep on their beds and the souls of the righteous astend tothe bliss above. When the north wind awakes at midnight, then there isa holy sti fing in the world, ae has been explained im maty places, Happy is he sho rises a that hout and studies the Torah. Yor as soon ashe begins, all those evil beings ae cast by hima ito the great abyws and he binds the ass and throws him down into the dung-heap. Therefore Isachar, who was 2 student ofthe Torah, Dolnd the as¢ and broaght im owe, 'frm the ladder which he had mounted to do injery to the 'world, and made him abide between the sheepfol, that is, inthe dung-heap," AND ME SAW REST THAT IT WAR GOOD, ANDTHE LAND "Rest" here Spnifies the Written Law; "the land" signifies 'the Oral Law; "he bowed his shoulder to bear", namely the yoke of the Law, and to deave to it day and nighe: and he "became 2 serant under tsk work". 19 be = worshipper of the Holy One, blessed be He, and to cleave to Him. R. Simeon sand R. Jose and R. Hiya were once travelling from Upper Galilee to Tiberias. Said R. Simeon: "Let us dacuse the "Torah as we go, for whoever is able to discuss the Torah and es not do so renders his fe forfeit, and is further subjected tothe burden sf worldly exes and the domination of others. "This we learn rom the vere which a9 of fmachat that "he 'urmed aside his shoulder from bearing, that i ay, from bearing the yoke of the Law, and straightway "he became 3 servant under tsk work". Happy arethase that study the Law, for they obtainfavour above and below and every day win the Umberitance of the futare world, x st @ written: "To cate 'them tha love me to itherix substance (ysh)" (Prov. vi, 21) aehone) vavene om 'which means the foture world. For hs waters nese fi and Iie receives 2 god reward above such = seamed by no other 'man. This i hinted inthe name of Fmachar, which we ray Sivide to yak sschar (yok the reward), as uch ato 'ak (wsteance) the few of thee who sty the Tels written: "Y beheld til thrones were placed and one that war ancient of days dist ete" (Dan. v, 9} When the 'Terple was destroyed, two thrones fell. tha i, two above sd two telow Two alone, Decne the ower was removed {rom the upper the throne of Jacob from the trove of Davi, 'nd the throne of David fell. The two thrones below are 'eraalem and the studens of the Torah, the later oere= Scndine to the throne of Iacob and the former tothe tone

1David. Hence itv tht "throoes" were eat down, 20d
'ot merely one throne, and all on acount ofthe neglect of the 'Torah. Observe tht when the truly pious study the "Toesh il the mighty onc of ether proples sd other forces soe humbled ood their power broken, and they heve me 'Seminion in he word, ad Tare! ae rasedaboce all But if fot thease cuss rl go into captivity and ofl imo the hands of the peoples and ta be ruled by them. Why is {8is? Because "he ae eet that it was good", and that he foul aban from many comforts and eujytnets and he {erverted fs path soa nt to bear the ye of the Torah, and therefore he "became 2 servant under task woe" (2430) Cnty through him was ch owledge ofthe Tora ept alive Je tench ait ages "And ofthe eon of esachor were those 'tho had Knowledge ofthe times, te." (1 Chron, 32), and it was they who "caused all delighs to be at our doors", seit the doors of synagogves and hows of study, "hath nem Jind old", became many okt and few leon of the Torah stere brought to ight by them to being Israc! near to thet Fatherin heaven "Ay beloved. U have kept hidden or the": 'rm this we learn that when one stuces the Torch itiagty and knows how to draw the prope lstons from it his worde 'Seend to the throne of the King and the Community of eral apes the tex before ther aed teasurs them. td 'when God enters the Garicn of Eden todspert Himself with we 'rue ronan a fee the righteous, She brings them out before Him and God contemplates them and rejoices; and then God it crowned 'with noble crows and rejoices in the Matron, aad from that 'ime the words are written in the book. Up to this point 'extends the sway of Judah, the arm that contained the strength ofall sides, she thre joint ofthe arm which enable ict prevail over al. Davsuat.sunct ms korue soneor rar TRiRESOr Tense, Hiyesai: We sult hareenpened bere "Dat ata jodge the tribes of Tar", of "Den shal judge the tribes f Tove ar one" Whats the rang of "Dan eal ude hie people" # We ay explain felon Dan an the "rareard othe camp (Nom. 25) eran he wo the eft thigh and went last. For after Judah and Reuben hed set fort, the Leites andthe Ark made an terval 8 nes {hdl fer them di the sandard of Epes forth 08 'he west, beang the gh thigh. We might hove though at 'Zanes ave nach Set ines ci rinen of i: ed hed sw iden Bua the rth that Jaa 'compiling the lower ting, forthe wppet ngdon conpracsl oe desthe lower ington bods aly tnd hh, being thereby exceedingly rong. The at ope comprscd ju, the Kigdom which dere fro te Sasot Might (Gebwral), combined withthe righthand, te toy and the thigh. The coed corps ax that of Reuben, tia varcn thr erodes wich inet he igh anda ee rower ofthe ght was taken by Judah, because Reale It 'chap aod sun dah a einorad wit the seg (of Rouen Te third corps worth of Epes he ote Sih high, which abvays Ror fore theif Thr Don wae srmthe eft thigh, marched lx We read that "Selbmon ade Tipest thn of fray" (0 Kings 5 i). 'The rene a

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Zi therefore ti writen: "And Solomons on the tose OF the Lord askin (sho. xt, 33). ale Solomon cs ie eee of Dell bs Ste td Mago ws aaets) varie 33 "Dar shall judge his people' at fist and then "the tribes of rach as one, that iS. a6 the one Being of the Word. {egy} Ths wae realzed in Samson, whe singleshanded \wtoaght judgement an the word, ad both judged and pot tw deach without requiring « helper. R. Isaac sd: 'Danis <commpared 102 serpent ying in wit in the way. But there is also s reference 9 another serpent above, Tying i wait 'ways and paths, from whom issue those who fie in wait for 'the sons of men og account ofthe sine wlich they cast behind thei backs" Re Hiya said: "The primeval serpent above, 'ofa he is appeased with gladdening win, is "azerpent the way", As there ita way" above, so there is = "way belo; and th sn in dvided ino varioum path on every sie, "There is one path which has abundance of water and breeds many kinds of evl fishes, jam a the waters below breed good and bad fishes. When they escape from the path of the sea {hey appear lke riders.on horseback, and were iro thatthe serpent who ithe rearward ofl the tenses in wait tthe 'end af the pa and deves them beck, they would destroy the 'worl Iss fom the ide ofthese that sorecrers come forth 'Dani called "a serpent by the way", becauve he that goes aftr the serpent repoites the celestial household which is 'the mupornal path thet ineues rom above. To gp after the serpents ie going tw repudiate that clestal way, beemse rom it the higher worl ae soxaed. If zeked why Dan Ss inthis grade, the answer i given inthe words, "That bites A the horse's heels 1 to protect al the camps R, Elearr {hid tha he was one ofthe support of the Throne, becaine fon the Urone of Soloman thee wan # serpent atched t he Seepie above the Hors. Te says of Samson thatthe "spit 'f God began to move hin ithe camp of Dan Judg. xt, 35), Sammon was + Nast, anda aan of huge stength td ewan a serpent io thie word in face of the Sdolatrone nations, beeae he inherited theblesing of his ancestor Dan" RL Hiya said: "We know what a serpent is, but what ian adder (shepliphon) Tie answered: "This word allodes tothe practices of sorceress, since it = written of Balam that be 'rent shephi (lone). fis sad hat this was pot proper the rade of Dan, that is tre, but he was appeinted over ths es rite xostnn st enh age 'ride tobe the lat side (ofthe Laake host and this was Ne hononr, since some offers of the king are appointed to 'ne pean scene anor, and all ar howourabeyand the King's shoe i supported by al. Various paths and grades spread out beneath the ute for goed aed some far evil edit hlp to supp the throne, Therefore Dan Sto th orth side In the boll of the reat abs, which on the forth sid, thee are many demins endowed with privet to Ain miselic in the word. Therefece Jacob prayed. saying. uave warren row THY sausariox, O Lom. He 'mentioned God's salvation here because he saw bere the tight ofthe serpent setting in motion chasisement Jose and Ke liakish were onc ping see Simeon in Cappadocia Said R Haku We hae ud down that 4 man before praying should iat pronounce God's praises, Ht shat ofthe man who an grat Gsrem and in haste te pout out his prayer ands pa able to prosounce te bles ngs of hi» Master Sting" He replied "That sno reason 'hy the praise of his Alone shouldbe omitted. He should Pronouns ever [244] without proper devotion and then Sy be payer. Thun t te writen: "A peayer at David. Hear, Land rigeinons an to sag" (ae 8 1) Be {ese and then ver Of im who i able prooownce the Frise of his Master and doesnot do 0, te writen: "Vea, Shen ye mate many proper all at ba" (Ue 15)" Tei wit "The one lamb Uc abate i the mom ing, and the second tomb alt thou oer at even" (Num "rvs 4) Prayer have been ordaied wo correspond to the {sly een. Prough the impale from below thee i 3 Sizing above. and through the spe fr above ere suring fgher up stl, unl the impulse waches the place 'here the lamp sto be itand itp Phos by the impulse Uf che smoke (othe sacri] fem below, the lamp kindled 'hove, and when thisiskiniledall he other mp are kindled dnd al the world are Biased fom Thu the impulse of the acrife isthe mainstay of the world andthe blesing of allworiis When the smoke commences to me, the hl forms fv charge of the world denve mtsaction, and are diponed thereby t str the grades above them; and ao the impulse aH) vaveu! 375 ses wre the King desires to asociate with the Matron "Through the yearning of the lower world the lower water, flow forth to meet the uppes waters, for the upper waters do at fw save from the empueof the desire from bebe. Tht 'mutual desire is Lindled and the lower waters flow tommeet the 'upper waters, and worlds are blest, and alltamps ae kindled, and upper and lower are endowed with Blessings, Observe 'that the function of the priests and Levies is to unite the "Left with the Right Said R. Miaka: "Phat iu, but U have been told that one rouses the Left and the other the Right, 'because the union af male and fenale is aly brought about bby Left and Right, an i aye: "O that hie left hand were tunder my head, and his right lund shosld embrace me" {S. 8.1, 6). Then male and female ae united, and there it 'rutual desire aed words are blamed and upper =nd lower 'ejice. Hence we sce thatthe sicifce is the support and the 'mainstay ofthe world, and the joy of upper and lower" Said IR. Jose: You are cerinly right, and I had heard this before 'but had forgotten i. This, too, Ihave leamt, that aowaday> prayer takes the place of sirifice,and 2 mun should ftingly pronounce the praise of his Master and if not, his prayer fo prayer. The mont perfect form af praising God io unify the Hlly Name nthe Siting manser, for through this upper and lower are stn motion, and blessings owe toa works K. Hizhiah snd: "God placed Israel an cule amang the 'nations in order shat they might be blested fr their sake, for 'they do bring blesings fom heaven to earth every day." 'As they were going alg, they sw 2 sake wriggling os the path, 20 they turned aside. Another man then exme Up and the snake killed him. They looked back, and saw him ead, and anid: 'Assure, that anake Ine performed the 'mission of is master. Blessed be God who has delivered us Jour thereupon quoted the vere: "Dan shull hea serpent fn the way." "Thie, he sid, "wae in the days of Jeroboar, 'wha, we are told, placed one of his golden calves in Dax (© Rings x11, 39). He plsced it "on the way io order te prevent the people from poing wp to Jerusalem: and thor 'Dan wart them "s spent by the way", and abso "an alder in the path", preventing lersel frm going up to Jerusalem: oa 'THE ZOHAR 1 ercered 'celebrate thee festivals and to bring series and worship there [2444] When Mous came to bles the tbe, be a 'hat Dan was linked tos serpent, pd he change ito 3 fon, ari say: "And to Dan he aud: Dan i 2 tans when 'hat expe or frown Basan (Deut aaa 22) ha weet fing t concer the begeing and end ofthe four standards 'ith Judah, who was compared to 2 a's whelp"

1wate vox THY saLvaTion, © Lomo. RL His sad
tines" (Jud, xm, 6)". Aha aid: "How could Jacob say "E "wait" seeing that by that time he had been ead many sears? 'The truth i, however, thatthe Word "Israel" in the above 'patage has a esoteric meaning. Said R. Hiya: 'Assuredly 'that isso. Happy are the righteous who know how to study the Torah in such = way asta eam by it celestial ie" Gap 4 Ts00F SHALL Pass UPON ist, BUT ME SHALL Paiss UPON TREIE EFL. R Jemescid: "The conjunction ofthe two leucrs gimel and dalith mcates the suing forth 'troupe and hosts gome! giving and daleth recening* That fiver loch perennially Sows from Eden supplies the needy, tnd therefore many hosts and. manp camp are sustained from here; and this is the significance ofthe name Gad, ane producing and giving. and the other collecting and taking. ' lexe ssid" Gad soc been one of the sme cf the hand 'maid, he wauld have risen to greater heights than all the zest For the hour of his birth was propitious, but the Soi 'ver departed at that moment, snd therefare be had no share inthe Fly Land and was removed from it" R. Judah asi "Reaben was in the sume case, 25 its writen of him, "un stable water, thou shalt mot excel", which indicates that at 'bs birth the waters stopped and did ne fow. Neither Reuben toe Gad obtained 4 share inthe Holy Land, but they pre- vided troops and forces to conquer the land for Israel The Nd pate Del it prey Te me rs subagsal saree a7 \efcierey of Gad wax made good i Asher, ats writes: "ut af Asher is bread sal be f=" 1K. Elcazar and RU ABbs once turned aside into a cave 3t 'Lyd co ecape the hes ofthe sun. Suid R Abba "Let us 'bow encompass this eave woh words ofthe Torah R.Blearat UGareapen commenced withthe vec: "Plate me lhe sal 'op thy ean, hike a seal ep tive em = itsenals ae ls of r,s very Same of the Lard" (SS. veo "Tass 'ene, he sui has been much docased. One night I as 'Srending on my Sth, and 1 beard hn ay that the tue 'evoton and yearning of the Comenuniy of Trac or Gee 'cls brought about by the sous ofthe righteous, who cause 'he Bow of the bower were tarde the Upper. ond hen there perfect Fendt and dente for matal embrace to Ing forth frit. When they leave to one another, in the folines of he aoction abe ssprs"Set me at sal apo 'Dine heart" Far athe impee aa al remains even tet 'he seal remedy sys the Coramanty of ere [chal dere t thee, ven though Lam removed fom thee and go [cise] imo epeivty. Hexoe. "Set mu as 2 sel pom hy Tear" in ander that my enone may rain wip the He {Ge impress of 3 seal "Fer love song as dea" ti 'rang ike the parting of the spin from the body, as we have legen that when rman aout to dep from he vari 20d ss srange things hs spre courses through al isis and {fos ap and down hike x featman without cars who = med 'Spand down on the sea and macs no progress. I then asks lene of cach Em and so srparanon only feed with (peat ioknce. Such i the lence of the Comunity of [Bese hve for Go. "Jesouy incr a the grove" Lane 'without jeabouy po toc lye Hence we Fen tha wa 'wld be jel of fo wife in onder that hs love for her may hae perfec. for then he wil not lok at any other woman (esoany 2 compared t2 Stal (the uraireorid, Deca Ft 'the wicked ae fighueaed of going down ¥9 Shak >is Jeslory raha inthe eyo of ne wholoves and emnct bea? {oe pared from bis tclored. Or we may aio explain that [pases wt sinners are taken doves to She they arco he 'Sm for which they ate punished, so he wbo i alous in

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demanding restitution reckons up al his gevances. and 5 is love becomes more firmly knt. "The faces thereof are flashes offre, the very fame of the Lord." This is the fame which is bindled and issues from the Sbofir. It is the left Inara sis writen: "Hie left han shoud be wes my head" ($.8. vt, 3) It's this which kindle the flame of love inthe Community of lerael to the Holy One, blend be He "Therefore "many waters cannot quench love", becante when the right hand comen athough it a symbolind by water t fans the fire of lowe and docs not quench the ame ofthe ft Anand, at writen "And his ight hapd should embrace 'As they were sitting they heaed R Simcoe coaving up the 'oad, with R- Judah and K lsaae. When be approached the 'ave, R. Eeavar and R. Abba came out. B. Simeon sil 'an ace fren the walls ofthe cave that the Stekinah s tere." 'So they all nat doven. Said. Simeon: What have you en Gecussing? R. Abba replied: "The love of the Community fof Israel fer God, and R. Elescar applied to tthe verse="Set sme a5 2 seal upon thine hear, exc""* Said KR. Simeon: 'Blearar, you bave been scrutinising the superna love and 'flection. He then fella silence for 2 we. At isthe id 'Silence is ood everywhere except in connection with the "Torah Vhaves cere gem which I do nat desire wo withhold 'from you. [t isa profound though which Ihave found inthe 'ook of Fab Hammam the Eider. ts thin. Crenywhers the 'male runs after the female and scchs to ince ber love, but Ihere we fied the female courting the male and running ser Jie, which tis ne usually recknned proper fo the female 2 do. But thee ie here adeep myutery, much primed among the 'weasures ofthe king. There are tee souls belonging to the 'clexial grades. The three are reilly four, because one ix the supernal soul, which aoe clearly dicersed, even bythe Xeanurer ofthe upper treasury. much less the lower. This = the soul ofall sols, irecrutable and unknowable Everything is dependent upon it, nd it is weld ina covering of exced- ing tirightees. It rope pearks wich are lined together ke the joints of the box, and itentere into them and displays 'hzough them is energy. ltand they are ooe, and there = no Tied gi ic body cndthrngh is tody sesh hat 'Cae, like the eu nthe harman Body. Those hows ae the 'counterpart ofthe hidden points above. There another sul, 'wit the souls of the righteous below. These come foe 'thon superior sal, the soothe Fema andthe sal of the 'le, ind therefore the souls af the gh arenperoe to 'Bini heavenly tots and camps You aay ah Ey ate = 'ranteende from both nden why do they come dws thas 'world to be aherwards removed from it "Imagine «bing who {had ason whom he sent to rilage tobe brought wp watil 'esau learn the ways of tic kings pace. When Oe hing 'ard that fie son wae grown up, out af i love for hin he seatthe Matron hs moter ft hin, ad brought hint the [alece, where he ees wat him everyday. So te boar eerie ncerpperers Sneed 'clad aly nal He sent tt village, wt tote word, rough up ai and lew the waysof th king's place 'Wea the king found tat Bison ad gpa wp, and hat 'wos toe wo brine him so he pace ot of his lowe fr hin 'Re scerthe Matron fr hm zd brought ham tothe por "The sal docs not depart from ths world il the Matron has come for her ane brought her into the king's place, where she remains forever. And forall that, the snhabitaes of the 'llge weep for the parting of the king' eon frm them. 'There was one wise man among them who sid: "Why are 'you weeping? Was he not the ing' son, and is aot i proper place in his ate' palace and not amore you 7" Se Moves, 'tho was a wise man, sw the villagers weeping. and said to them: "Ye are soes of the Lard your God, ye shall not cat syoursies" (Det Iv, 3). Now, if the righteous all knew 'Bie, they would mice when their time srives te depart froma this word. Font ota reat bono foe ce tht the 'Matron cies for ther sake: w bring them to the King's palace. tht the King may rice in them everyday ? For od Sth no delight save in the sul of the righiowe. New the love of the Community of Iarel for Gis ected only ato THE ZONAR 1 aysh-ayta by the souls of the righteous here on earth, because they come from the side of the king, the side of the male. This 'racitement reaches the female and stirs het love; ad in this 'way the male awakens the love and affection af the feral, {nd the female is nited ie love withthe male In the same teay, the desire of the fore to pout forth lover waters 19 eet the upper waters is oly aroused through the souls of the vighteous. Happy. therefore, are the righteous in thie 'world and inthe world to come, since on them ae established 'upper and lower beings. Hence itis written "The righteous

1foundition ofthe world" (Prox: x 33). Exaterially
speaking, the Zadiih inthe foundation of the upper world and the foundation of the lower world, and the Community of eral contains the Zaddit from above and from below. The righteeus one from this side and the righteous one from that bide seit her, a se writen "The righteous shall abet the earth (Ps. uxt, 29) "The Righteous One inherits thie earth, and pours wpon it blessings every day, and furnishes it with Iuwuries and dehcacies in Bie How. All this ie hinted tm the words= OT OF ASHER MUS BREAD SHALL RE FAT, AND HE SHALL TIELUROVAL DATSTHES. Its from the futuve world that the stram reaches this Righteous One which exables hie to provide luresand delicacies tothis arth, chastransformang it from "the beead af poverty" into "the beead of uxusy™- [a4fe) 'The name "Asher" (it. happy) signtes the place which all dectare happy, to wit, che furure world. In the 'Ceprenion "hir bread" the reference af the word "hie" s not specified; but we may divide the word lafmo (his bread) into lekem eau, thai, "the bread of eau" (which signifies the heavens): hence tf writen: "leh, Til ran brea rom heaven for you" (Ex. a¥1, 4. Iti from thence thatthe tre of life is nourished and crowned, and when it receives 'his 'nourishment, then it "yields the daisies ofthe king". This ing ithe Camenunity of Tere rho fd therefor by the 'hand of the Righteous One, the scred grade ofthe sign ofthe covenant. In the bovk of Hab Harenuns the Eider it sys 'thatthe fread mentioned here is the Sabbath bread, which ss double in quanter, ar st written in conneaion with the aabeaye8) vaveur a 'manta: "They gathered double bread" (Bx. wvt, 22); that i {0 say, bread from hewven and bread from earth, the one 'being "bread of luxury", the other "bread of poverty". For fon Subbuththelower bread was unesd with the upper bread, anid one was blewed for the sake ofthe other. He further sid 'that the Sabbath receives from the celestial Sabbath which flows forth and illumines all, and is this way bread is joined 'with bread and becomes double. Sarura1i 154 wixp ter Loose, wno otveTw cocoLy \Wonos. Tt hasbeen affimed thatthe upper world ise the tmale principle, aed therfore whatever the Commun of Israel causes 0 ascend on high must be male We know this from the mame of the ofleng ('la li. going up), so sled Ibecaese it rises above the fone. Hence it fm to he a "male without lem" (Lev. 43). By the words "without 'Blemish i meant that it mst note exsroted Te my be 'objeed that we find the words "without blemish" applied 'enw the female. Thi mtr: neverthelen # does not ater 'the fct thatthe burat-ofering rises from the female tothe male and from this point upwards lls mae, while fot the emai [244] downwards alls female. It muy be sad that thereics femal penciple shove ako. "The truth in, however, thatthe whole body take it description fromthe end ofthe body. which is male although the beginning of the body is femaie Here, however, both the beginning and end are (cma Otscrve the recone allsim sn hia mater We see that Jacob bleed Joseph along wit hs brotiers. but when God arranged the tribes under four standards Tie omutted Joxeph and put Ephraim m his place This cannot have been {or any sin Of Josep, bat the reason is his. Joseph was the impress of the male, and since all the adorsments of the 'Shekinah are female, joseph was removed from the standards "and Ephraim wat appoined in his place On this acoust he 'vas stationed on the west the side ahere the female absdes, Jd the impres which sale was removed fom her adorn 'ents We thas sce that all the twelve tribes are the aca 'mento the Shetinah after the 'pater, save for the irae ofthe Zaddih, who makes all the lunbs male 38s que 20uAR 11 Leyob-2are Wuo civera coopiy wontis. 'The Voice speaks to the Utterance, there being no voice without uterance. This Voice is sent fom a deep recess shove in order to guide the Uiser~ ance, the two being reluted us general and particular. 'The 'Voice isues from the south and speaks te the west, inheriting two sides, and therefore Moves said to Naphell: "Possess 'thou the west and the south (Deut. oat, 33). Observe that 'Though f the beginning of al. This Thought is recondite 'and inscrutable, but when itexpands it reaches the pice where 'spirit abides and i thea called Understanding (bina, wich

18not so recondite as the preceding, This spirit expands and
[produces a Voice cimposed of Bre, water. and air, which 'correspends to nor, south, and act. This Voice emibraces in el foes and peas to Unter, and his shapes the ward Ven you examine the grades closely, {you find that Thogh, Understanding, Votes Uterance are fll one and the same, and there i» no separation between them, and this is what is meas by the words: "The Lord is 'one and His Name ie One." Josten ts 4 ravirrvL wovGM, 4 rREYTFEL woven ny A rountarn The words rfl gh" ae repeated to show that he i ich both above and below: Observe that the bly Kingdom docs no cain a perfection se oly king 'dom unl ts joined with the patrachs Theme aticure tseomplted fram the upper word [24] which the word ofthe mule, The urper worl sealed "even yee" Bosine llth "even yet" ren the nero of th and he built seven yar (r Ring, 38) By means of th the lower worl wat uit, nich alo te aloe to 8 "aver posh regantean trop taps ampere ates Asp, foerten aye" Kings it, 66, he fist sven bing 'nal andthe second female fe writen Many daughters have done virtuous (Pro. 1, 9) These are the tee tree who' dit waka. Hence ie xrten here! The nughter advanced upon the wall"; that ms to my, the eves tn pr ithe aint he Sheth ot -sare-247ll vavene a Ber mts now asone 1x staeNori. This means that the bow which was his mate clathed fun with steneth and ep him frm, knowing tht he would not go astray right OF Jefe i rgaed uy hin own proper glade uf the ign uf the 'covenant. AND Tite ARMS OF HIs HANDS WERE MADE 'st20No-the word nayaphazu (were made strong) akin t0 the word pa (fine gold), and indicates that his ars were adorned wth precious jewel BY THE HANDS oF THE aNIGHTY ONE OF JACOB: these are the two sides Ue which Jacob held fast. Fhont THENCE WE FED THE STONE OF Tsxaet: by him was soppord that precious sone, as %e have sad. Or agai, «may mean tat that precious ste Was sestaned by these two sides which ae north and south, ad bberween which it was placed bythe hands of the Righteous One. 'Observe that Joseph received an extra blessing, 26 it i writin: EVEN From THE Goo OF THY FATHER, ME SHALL MILP TiteK. Jacob gave Joseph an inheritance above and below. The inheritance above was given in these words: "from the God of the father", the place called "heaven". He added: "And he shall help thee", to show that this place 'would not be exchanged for any ather place, and his soppart 'would be from this place and from no other. Axsn WITH Tue Acwigury: this signifies another and lower grade, indicated by the word eth (with), from which isue biessings tw the world. [2478] Up to ths pomt the beings were given in genera: they were now particulanzed with the words: BLESSINGS OF NEAVEN ABOVE, ETC, THE BLessINos OF THY FATHER SENFTORS. Thin wan 20 becauoe Jasob inherited the exeam, 'ofall more than the ether patrchs, he being perfect in all, and he gare all to joseph. This was fing, because the Righteous One rakes alland inherit all, and all blesings are 'Sepusived with itn He rst dapenses blessings above, ad allthe limbs of the body are disposed 0 as roreceive them, and thas is beuaght into being the "river which goes fort from den". Why Eden (lt. delight)? Because whenever all the Jems are Aut together ta harmuny and «mutual delight, et THE ZOMAK feb {rom top tn bottom, then they pour Mleings upon it, and it lnscnmes a river which flows forth, erally, from "delight. (Gr again, the wont "Eden" may tefer tothe supreme Wis- 'dom, from which the whole lows forth like 2 mer until it reaches this grade, where all is turned to blessing. The two, Interpretations are proctaly the same Usro we vrMosr souNp oF gHE evenacTINE HILLS. Or beter, "unto the desire (taaath) of, ec" These rerintting hls are tea females, ne ahawve and wee below. 'ich of whom i called "ola (a world). 'The desire ofall the Imbe of the Body is for those two Mothers, frm below 29 'sick feom the higher Mather, and from above 10 be linked 'with the lower Mother, both desires being in emence the 'aime. Therelote, THEY SHALL ALL BE ON THE EAD OF Jose, so thatthe grade ofthe Righteous One should be essed and acceive all befits. Happy ate they who are called righteous, for only he is called who observes this 'rade, this stn ofthe boly covenant. Happy are they in this 'Sorld and in the world te come. "They now nent out ofthe cave. Said R. Simeon: Let each 'ne of us give come exposition as we go along." R. Elearar 'exnmenced wh the nex vere: Bexjaaax ts 4 woUr TWAT RAVIETH. "Benjamin ie called a wolf because he was imprinted im this form on the 'Throne, all asimals great and small beng delinested there. 'The throne which Solomon made contained smilie designe. He's als called a wolf because the slat was in his teritry, sand the altar scaled "wo because consumed flesh every 'Gey. Agu, we may translate: "lenjarnn shall feed the wolf" tu wit, the adversaries who are punted above to accuse, and who are all appeased by the anor. Ie Tire MomnrSCo Ne SHALL OFvOUR THE FNEY. "This meane that in the 'morning, when Abraham str inthe world snd itis the time ef grace, the sacrifice brings appeasement and rises t0 the place ealed "Ad (perpetuity). We may also tranehte "In the 'norming "Ad shall ext" this being the superna thrane whch is frever and ever ('ade 'ad) Thesmoke ascends and lave is 247b-248] vyaveur as awakened above, [2486] and a lamp is kindled and shines 4forch throagh thi impalie from below. 'The pries is busy 'Left withthe Right. The bread, whichis the "ine Bout" wed for toralty, and which gave the impulse, is received by the 'Left and the Right and jomed wo the Body. Then the 'll flows forth and i taken up by the hand of the Zaddie (tence the impulse must be given by means of fine owt and 'il commingled, so that all should be lnkes together). So a 'complete unity s formed, with its ceulting delight and the szscnion which bps wp by al the eran, These 'indeed "an ofering fur the Lord", and for no other. Hence, 'nthe morning "Ad shall eat and no other until he has been 'sted end linked to his place. For Sire the Holy Name must {be blessed apd hen othe, and thetefve its forbidden to a -mantoblesshsneighboura the moming until be bas blessed God AND Ar EVEN HE-SHALL DIVIDE THE ¢POIL. "The even= ing sacrifice as wholly to God, and the stirring 'ascended thither. And taving receied His blasing, He 'inked up al the other celestial powers and smizned to each 4s Bing blewings, s0 that worlds were gratified and upper {2ed lower wore bleesed. This honed sn the verses" have 'exten: my honeycomb with my honey" frst of all; and after- 'wards He shares out among all and says: "Eat, O friends, dink. yea, drink abunudanly, O beloved" (8.3. ¥.4). Think 'por thatthe fering ts brought to themar to 20y other power, bat al i to the Lord, and Hie dispenses blessings to all the 'worlds' Seid R. Simeon: "My son, you have said well. The Inhole object ofthe sacrifice isto set blessings in moun. First 'tie "an offering to the Lord" and no other, and then "you 'lal bing your affering™ (Ce. cary away your aif) in that

4worlds will be Naked together and upper and lower wil
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1Abluathea commenced with ihe nest serse= ALL TIKES
ARE THE TWELVE Tames oF Ignace. The word "all" 'ipnifen that they were all stached jremonahly to the place from which all blesangs issue. 'The "twehe" refer 10 the 'twele links of the aderaments of the Matron, she being joined with them. Ano THs 171s THAT Tatsin FATHER SPAKEUNTO THEM AND BLFSSED THEM. The word spake" indicates that in this place speech has scope Further, we have here the union of upper with lower and of lower with upper. Below there is = usta dough the twelve 'nes to which Zoth (this) was janed, The words "hat he poke" indicate the unica of male and female. Thus there is

2Ulin on tae sides, tel aed alae: Filly, eed
'hen in the plice above, male apd female together, a itis in the verse, "The Lord bless thee out of Zin, and se thou the good of Jerusalem a the davsof thy fe" (Ps C23¥1, $). 'Zion 2s mentioned becauie from tssue blesings 10 water the 'garden, and then Jerusilem is mentioned to show thar all lesson ante from male and female together. Silay it riven: "The Lord bess thee and keep thee" (Num. vi, 24) bles" fromthe male, and "keep" from the female [2485] TR Jodah opened with the vere: AND witex JAcom Toncerming the eave (of Machpelah, which isear the Garden of Eden, and where Adam was buried. That place was called Kirath, 'Atha ie city f four) beonue four couples were buried there ~Adum and Eve, Abeabam and Sarah, [nae and Rebecsa, Jacoband Leah A diffcaley arses here. We have learnt that the petnarchs are the "boy chariot", and a chari consists tf at lew thn four. We have further lear that Go youned 'King David with them soa to frat a complete chariat. Ifo, then David ought to hace been joined with them in the cave. "The reas, however, why he was oot buried with them was became 2 fining place was preyared for him elsewhere, 'namely Zion. As for Adun, the patriarchs were buried with 2yhb-ayy2) vaveir cod 'him because be was the fist king, though the kingship was 'taken from him and given t» David, who derived his seventy yeas fem the years of Adar. As the patriarchs could nxt go 'on living till David appeared, he was assed a fting place 'ehewhere and wae nat bured with them He GATHENED UP wis FEET USTO THE BED. Since he 'as abiding in the place ofthe living, when he was about 09 depart from the world he gathered his fet into che bed. This is lusrated by the vers: "My soul yearns and longs forthe 'courts of the Lord" (Px Lieu, 2), The Companions have 'explained this a follows. There are wer abodes and higher 'Shodes. In the higher there are no dwellers, shey besng the inner team, but the outer rooms are called "courts of the Lord, because they are filed with love snd desire for the Semale! When the soul departs, it turns wally tothe ema, 'being united withitin whole-hearted desire. Its not sid that Jacob died, but only that he "yielded up the ghost and was 'gathered unto hie people". The wards "he gathered up bis {feet into the bed" indicate thatthe san was gathered in unto 'he moon, The sun does not die, but is gathered in from the 'world and goes to join the moon. When Jacob was gathered In, the moon was lumined, aad the deve of the supeial 'sun was awakened for her, because whea the sun departs, another sun aries and attaches itself to the first, and the 'moon ie ened" Said R. Simeon: "Vou are quite right thas, however, been afirmed that above, the world of the sale is joined with a lower one, which isthe world of the female, and thatthe lower world is jonned with the upper, and svone isthe counterpartofthe ober It hav aso been afiemed 'that there are two worlds, aed although there ae two ferales, 'one is supported by the male and ene by the female. Ic is 'writen: "The woids of King Lemus, the wacle which his _mother ugh him" (Prov.nxx, 1). The secret meaning ofthis 'vers is not known. We may, however, render "the words 'hich were spolen for the sike of El (Ged) [24o2] who is king". Observe that Jacob was gathered into the moon and 'duoagh it produced fruit! in the world, and there i» no oer

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scneritian without the fru of Jaco, beause he gave 2 Iimpoke above. Happy isthe portion of Jac. since he wa 'made perfect abore and below, at iti writen: "Fear not 'hoy © Jacob my servant, nah the Lard. for Tamm wth thee (Jers atv, ai); i doce not say "for thou art with 'me but "for Tam with thee", 2 has been poated oot 'k! Fase opened with the vere: AND THEY CAME TO rns rinnesiine 100m oF Aap. He ands "What dow 'concer that they came to the threshing Boe of Ata. Gnd shy should there have bern 2 great mourning there t the Exyptans? It fs, howerer, been sited that Be = Jacob win Egypt he land wat lowed fr ho ake ad te Nile wed to rise and water tad in fas, he famine ease 'his coming. Hence the Egyptians mourned for kam" Tease bere quuted the verse: "Who cat utter the severities (geburoth ofthe Lard or show forth al as pease = (Ps (Gu, 2) "We have here' he sd, "the oma word {wer} setead of the moce wheal sedater (apeat) Sach 'aration the Senpeare arc never witha egcance So ere the word penal se akin Yo the word must (est= {ings} and applic the scvotesf the Lard became they Jem nomersum For every sentence of pasibiner asies from there. and why & there who can annel one decree of 'hone forse str wc' God performs Or gan, we ma take "une" 2 bene synonymous with "speak, and the 'caning that no mam can rete the seven f the Lard, Secs they are ionumcrable and there i» 60 end tothe sticers of judgement. They em only be known Oy 4 sect 'shack ota alances of Wisdom, bet tot by srmght- forward specch. "Or show forth ll ee pre": for may are the grades which jin m pee, how and compe without 'noes, a wert "Can Bi hens be counted 7" See 'ove, the Egyptians were all lever, aad came from the ide of Gebarok. They knee conto fonts and cape se grades 'spon pra llthey come the lone grades Phu she <frrinations they were sare tha along Jacob wasalve no people cold gxin dominion over Bis seta They ako inex {hat they would ema Ira many timex When Jacob ocd Sey speed, ber eking faoker ch they ferme Oe seal wares os mahmeats which would out from Aad so whe ther 'ame to this place "they lamest there with a very reat 'sd eoreLenenation" Ad they ight called the "moar ing of the Faypecans™ becouse it was truly a meuring for them and for wo others"

1Sime made » thought depart when be si Tce
{GlL! Se they renamed to the cave and sat down. R. Siena then Goose on the verse: Rais thy eave. O danger of Gallo, ete. (Lex. 90). [2go8] "This vere'. be sad. 'wae addressed tothe Communaty of Israel, which ins God wich the voice of praise. We learn from here that anyone bo desires to prate God with singing shoold have an agsecable heating hin; if wot, be should set come foreard to sng: The Levies were commanded ta retire from sence at the age of fey (Num vit, 25}, because at thar age a man's woice begins 1m fad and no longer so agroable: The word Gall (Se. 'alld "the Seid of Anathoth (prvery)". Hence, pase fom 'Scope from poverty ad entered ini fics. BY means of (his Fices Solomon ruled overall the Lings ofthe earth, ead therefore "aver wat not accounted for anything = the days sf Solowsee™ (1 Kimg> 3, 21). lu everything was of pold (nd of that time it m writen: "And he Bad dust of gla" (Job xm, 6). For the sun shining on the dust of the 'Bountain tops turned i into gold. From the rays of the sa cw he a op kt ee Tere san he ood cee Senn Se mame meal pal - rus zoman 1 amend beating on the mountains the dust (2504] of the carck among 'the mountains hecame gold. And but forthe wil bests that 'roared there, men would no have heen par When Solomon 'Observed this he called aloud: "Al was from the dust" (Eccl 1, 33) Hence Solomon had no need to sing like David save 'one song whichis beloved of wealth, and is the jewel and {fevourite of all chants a! price since etain the pra recited by the Maton shen she us on the throne oppost the King. Everything was gold, nd dust was jined with the left hand, on te side ofove, and thesum cago it and did 'ot far fom. Solomen wae hereby le tn error. He ae thatthe moon kad apptoached thesun and the right hand > 'embracing and the left hand under the head Seeing thie he 'sid: "What need is there of the right hued here scone that they have drawn near fo ane another *" Ged then suidto him "swear to thee that 2¥ thou hast rejected the right hand, thos shalt one day sequre the Lindnens(Aned) of men and shale not obuain i" Staightway the sum parte fram the 'moce, and the moon began to darken. and Soloman went "eis women: "The oli om pernhes without prey. and the young of the lness are scattered" (lob 1, 11), When the ames gives fod, al the (heaven) ins carne together 28d dow snterance But when she x without rey om scemant 'of the Galuth, then they are scattered to Gicreat siden. Hence, when the ssenoes were otered they were all sp (ported and drew near together ss me have sid Bot re that (here are no sarfcrs then indeed The Foun of the honest are sattered™- Hence. there tno dar without pasakment, because upper nd lower do not reene the proper impube, 'swe have said. Now fis prayer which pwes the proper impulse above and below, and through the blessings ich which we bles God upper and loner are blemed. Hence 'work are blened through the prayer of lac. Hewho lems (Goats bleed and be wo doce ror eas God i et ewes [Rab Hammons the Fider would net alle anyone Ue take the cap of lesing, but be himself tock ti his two bands tic ees Sn Bae a5n-25el] vere ae sad sad the blewing. We be aime tha the cup shad Ihe ten in the gh and, and ot in the ef Te cle "up cf mations" (Pe cay 13) Decne through 5 Bem lings sre drawn fom the mpernsl sivations and ins Colleced the superal wine Als, the table on which the 'Nesing snd should not be detid of bath Bread aa wine "The Community of laa! called "exp of Hesuing™ an 'therefore the cup should fe rane both by the mgs hand and 'the left hand. oo arte be at between. [2504 It ahoold be 'ted with wine. beatae of che wine of the Torah wich {amore from the fature worl There ts 3 mystic akan im 'ths cup of biening to the bly chviot. The ght and ft Inunds ceespond tothe noth snd wath, berveen whch "Whe couch of Soke" He who ns the Besa should 'Sx hes eye upon the cop to blest wi four biemngs Thus the cup canta the embien of Fath north sath, est, 'wes. and so the Baly chart Ther thuld be bread onthe (SEIC in rder that the lower heead may be bien, 2nd the "eeu of poverty" may become the "beead of axary" In this way the Corsaurity of nrc wil be Blew inal our 'Eectioen, shore end below above by she Kren of theming nd she cop of basng thragh which King David ned fe the punarchs and below, thar reat sbould sever be Jacking from the bacite's ble" "They al ose and Lewes ends sing: "Gad be 'blessed who has brought us nto the word to hea ll his." "Thy then left he cave and went on thar way. When they seach che tour, they ow a fuera pncrason fr some me Tho Sed targa oe fang on thers ar om 'tere indoded some inforners 2» R. Simeon had sid.

1Seem qusted the text" And they came othe theahng-
'Boor of Ata, saying "Ths ie 2 htt of the pasting of the demain ofthe Egyptians to ve place t the dommmoa of Tarek; aed eve t wan tat they "lamented vith 3 very estan se entation" So bere tho thee peopl a bot muri for the Jew athough ther are sere Jews aro 'He dead, and even these, bad they been realy Jews, would tex ve ben Libel, and stor they ave Ged Goa pardons Scone" we cre goman 1 [embasee Simeon said; "Although Jacob died in Exypt, yet ix soul dd noe depart im 2 foreign land, since when he died his foul wa strightway jined to is place ss we have stated. 'When Jacob entered the cave, allthe perfumes of Eden filled 'and a light went up from it and a lump was kindled there. 'When she parnarchs went to Jacob in Egypt, to be with him, the light of the ean departed, but whem Jacob ented the 'eave it returned. With his adimiion the cave obeaines i full complement, and it never agtin received another oceu- 'pant, not wilt ever receive one The sous that arr worthy 'pata before the patriarchs in the cave in order that they may 'vale and bebo the sed which they have left in the world, snd rejoice before the Almighty. TR. Abhs seked; What wa the embalming of Jacsh 7 He said to him: 'Go and ask a physician, It says: "and Joseph 'commanded bes servants the physicians toembalm his fither, snd the phyucians embalmed lee!" Apparentiy 'embalming was tke thai of any cher pers. Te cannot have bees on account of the journey to Canaan, because Josephe also was embalmed and yet he as not taken ont of the 'country. The real reason eas that it was the custom 19 em= balm kings im order to preserve their bodies, They were em Dalrsed with very specal oil mined with epics. 'This 38 rubbed on them day after day for forty dara. After that, the hhody could ln fr wory log tie. For thea of the land af (Canain and of the land of Egypt corrupts the body [2513] 'more rapidly than that of any other county. Hence they do this © presence the body. embalming it within and without. "Ther place the oil om the navel, and it enter it the body and draws out the inside, and thas preserves it imide and. 'outside. It was fiting that Jacob's body should be so pre served. since he was the body of the putrarchs. Similaely Joseph, who teas an emblem af the body, was preserved both in body and soul—in body. as itsays "and they embalimed him', im soul assis written, "asd he was putin a caf in Egypt". The word eaytiem (and he was put} is spelt with two, _yati, one of them to indiate an ark ahave wich scaled "the {ark othe emenast", which Joseph inherited because be Rep 'he covenant. There i aio another hint inthis expression, £9 asta) waves wa 'wit, char although he died oa foreign si, his soal was uated with the Shekinah, the reasin eing that he was righteous, and every righteous one iit the celesual buy land, ait 'is written: "And thy people are all righteous, they shall for- 'ever icherit the land, the branch of my planting, the work of iy hand, that I may be gleified" (Is Ls, 21)" University of Tule McFarlin Litre tetera Arrexons 'THE COSMIC SCHEME OF Inthe terminology of the Zohar» prominent part pleved bby three pas of coneatve terms which ten from the Areuape of ordenary Ie, ave frequcatly wed by we wth a sensors siguteance Those pis are (2) male and female: (@)right and left: and () upper and lower. These tems are 'worthy of spel consideration, tecause they embody, more 'thm any others, the onmology ofthe Zchar, snd soe atthe irct oft platephy and ethics. and what a more, apreyer Understanding of them will be found to aford = cue to 'sone of the mest pucring sybatse ofthe Zohar. (G) Male aad Fomaie These terme are applied by the Zakaria tate sree to ceria generative fui oe 'member imparung and the other recening the union of 'whch is hals The fst of sack pits are the reo prisms) rates ofthe Godhead indicted inthe fst vere of Gencus bythe wor Restch and Slam. and common deserated 'by the Zohar Father and Mother, and by the Cabbala Wdom ({otmak) and Undersanding (Bina). The Father 'to the Mother the pln or deag of creation 4nd the peodict & the creative mstrament, the Vener The 'oie, ai, cicsted, according tothe Zatar, by the word "heavens in the fewt vere of Genesis, combines with the 'mchone materal called "corth', ax male with fermi, 10 [pradace the su days of Creation. Title lowers the sala {Rake and female parr is const by the "upper watew' snd 'Tower waters, which produce the vegetative power of the 'arth The cai of holiness completed inthe anion af the 'fet human par. "The terms male and female ae further applied to the "upper and "ewer woes in aserse which wil be consdered fever

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(B) Right wal Left The terms "ight" and SE" are sed ny the Zaha, Bret of the twin qualites of the Godbeat, 'Rimanens and Rigour, and then of the istrumes by means if which these qualities are exeresed. This dissection aroumes in the Zobar many ramifications which wil he best Uinderatnd if we trace to ite hese nthe Buea xt. a5 follows "The second verse of Genesis, according to the Zohar, Adescrbes what might be called the first approaches to one 'znotter of eaven and earth, which produced ot actual "Tein, but x kind of "heing-about-to-be'. The earth im this stage 6 sid have been of two qualitis= (a) "formless" (tot, ad 8) icluat" (ohn). Carrenpocingy thc heave 'was af two qualities: (4) "darkness on the face of the deep (thst, identied by the Zohar wit toa). and (8) the spit 9f Gd moving aver the face of the waters (identified oy the Zoey wath bak) "Th the material of creation as of teo qualities, and 'carrepondingy the product was of ro quaiies. From the "cpere of God hovering ever the water toeued ght, charac 'ered 2s "goed and forming the content of the frst day 'under the 2p of the divine attribute of Hoted (kindness, a mers). From the "daekaess on the face ofthe deep' sued the fmament, aot characerized as good, and forming the 'content of the seed day under the E> ofthe dite ar Inate of Grhera (force or rigour). Though laminows in itself the Rmament > dark by the side of the primordial Tet Ad the fact thatthe formula 'Gad saw tha it was good is 'ented from the acaet ofthe sod day may be taken 26 {ign that the work of thot Gay wan not devond of en 'The whole of this eypmition isnot found im the Zakar 25 we have hutit Sts in withthe general scheme ofthe Zaher, sand itdoes a leet expe why, im the Zaher ela dace {re = often anocated with the rade of the second daw, aed 'why thar grade s always supposed wo he latent fest ope confi withthe grade ofthe fst day. Cenain i that we have 2 constant contrast herween ffesd, light. good, on the 'onesie. ard Grbarah, darkness. enlon theother Why these ray silo are called respective right and left isnot epletly Arerxone 9 left hand were woder my bead and bis 'ight hand were embracing me' (5. Si 6, which in warns 'is the Zaher is =ppied to the relations of the grades Hesed sad Gebarah to the Shah, the tinction drawn inthe firs chapter af Genesis between the seventh day and the preceding si. The exence of this 'iscincton, according to the Zohar, that the sx grades ace 'ctine creative oF controlling force, whereas the sevensh is bby corapansom passive, rccely reiting the work of the others. Ir what might be called the self-conscious Jntrespestice faculty of the Godbend. It thus sande to the 'chery the relation of the moon to the sun, and is therefore Frmguentls designated "woo without more nto. Te i alee segarded a» emake' in evision to the other grades, wtoch thes become 'mal' 'The woeld refected i this 'mex which is alse the Shckinah, 'loner' inrelationtothe actual Peal weld af the wches sis grades. But iti of this reflected 'world thatthe sou! (meubawas) af man forms apart oF aan 'ate an emanation; and hence the evraondinars importance 'Which is attached vo it im the Zabar. The "apper orld. 'though complete im elf 1s regarded as lacking 1 inal con summative without the wer (2 hint of this is found By the Zohar inthe letter beth with which Comesse commences). 204 Ihence the relation betwern the two worlds ss eften pretest lay the Zohar i language of eroticse hased on the Seng of 2s Ms IN VOL, 1 'Apunt. The Sef. or divine grades, epecseated 2s 1 mn, '¢g Hered the right arm, Had the lef thigh, et Acioans. Homilies and disoorses of the Rabbis. RGA. One of the seven levels of the earth. Anus. The divine grades Hesed (Right Arm) and Gebarak (Left Arm (©. Adar). Beacry oF Ismisx. The Sef Tifereth (CHIEFTAINS. "The celestial chief and guardians attached 19 te various nations of the earth (Covexaxr. Thesign of cccumcsion (¢. Genesis 01). Ceomne. Clases Dascotrme Same ax Female (¢). DisctoseD. The divine grades following the frst three. Daoss oF Gouv. The Mifoth, outer shells or wer-grade — 'Doo 'The spirit in charge of Gebinnom, Ec Smapoal. Gad Almighty. Fernie. The second of the divine grades (». Appendix, Volt). Fewate. The lat af the divine grades, synonymous with the Shekinah (w Appendix). Fieco oF APpLt-rasts. The Ganden of Eien. Fear. The emblen of the grade Geturah. Pathe Sut a de atin era nd penn Vel ra eunssany Founoation of Woain, A synimym for the Zadih Gx) Gencaam (lit force sight) "The presidine erode of the Teft ide, the source of rgour and chastemsent(e. APPR dis). Guumsow Hell [GRAve. Any degree in the sale of being: afien =ansel. we eran, Mascewant, The Feat of Dedication avait (animal). The highest grade of angel Husmaxn. 'The divine grade called Holoeak (Widen start. A name given t the highest of the divine grates Junie. The superal word; Moses an isapuste om fresh. Kise. The highs of the divine gies, Lap. A synonym for Meutron (7) Laxp oF Lire. The Future Woe. Lyaaox (Tres o Cedars of) The Sis Days of Creation 'th their amc grade Ler. The side of Geburah(e-Appendia) MALE The upper worn it elation to the Shek ( Append) Masten oF rie Hotstnot. Mees Mars0m. One of the names ofthe Shebinah Mazza (i. conselation, hack) The alle poston of = man beng Metarwos. The chief ofthe Chicane (7: the poser charged with the erance of tunhind Mezeasut (lie dooepost) sri eating tlcl verses attached 10 a deopent- Deut 9h Munson. The source of the prophese faculty in one or ther af the Semaments,lumnous for Mewes, it for tbe MoOs- One ofthe names of the Shekinah (x. Appendix) 'cLossasy 'Mormen. The third of the divine grades (e. Appendis. VoD |NVESH. 'The tal prissple, the lowest of the three grades 'ofthe soul. [NEWAMAM, The monl conscivesness the highest of the thoes grades af the soul Nowra. Theside of Geburat Oscetos, The reputed trambtor of the Chaldaie version Of the Peststmach. Ontan (lit. foreskin). The condtion of being unseceptive of the Sheknah. Pararances: The three highew ofthe divine erates, Pauxce of me Wosto. Mararoe (gr) Rep, The symbolic colour ofthe divine anribute of jadge- 'ent or severity. -Ruomr. The side of Hered (©. Appendix). Rigreoes Owe (e. Zed). Reva (le episic). The intllectoal ful, he mile of the three grades of the soa 'Sammaricat Year, The seten secondary Sivine grades: 3 'ume spplied wm Jacob whea compared with Mose Sacaro Lawr-R. Simeon b. Yobai 'Smexrwam (lt neighbourhood, abiding), The Divine Prnence (= Append). 'Suenea (Gt hear} The proclamation of the unity of God 'commencing with Hear, © Israel' (¢. Dest. v1, 4} 'Smvot. The under world. 'Sour. The side ofthe divine anribute of mercy 'Sex. The upper world in relation to the Shetinak (r Aependin) 'Tatsr. A garment with fringes (e- Num. xv, 38) 'Turous. The divine grades Neoab (Viewry), and Hod iajesty) (= Adam) Toxan. The Law of Moses, epesalh Usatsctossn. The three highest of the divine grade Va. The sith letter of the Hebre WLL. 'The sepemal source of being Witte. The symbolic! colour af the divine atmbate of 'mercy of Kindness (Cie) Wire. The divine grade called Blok of Binak (vades nding)

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