"The Great Redemption" (20)
"The Great Redemption" by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
-- A Discourse on The End of the Exile and the Beginning of the Great Redemption
Translated by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
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I’ll now explicate another mysterious matter that will come about during the P’kidah which is incorporated in the verse “The voice of my Beloved! Behold, it comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills” (Song of Songs 2:8). This is indeed a very great and mighty mystery (which entails the following).
It’s important to know that the P’kidah will emanate from Yesod while the Z'chirah will emanate from Tipheret. First Tipheret will be roused when the time for the P’kidah arrives, and then Yesod will lower down to the Shechina which will be sitting in absolute darkness. But when the Shechina sees Yesod, it will know that Tipheret had (also) been roused, even though only Yesod would have lowered down.
That’s why the verse says “The voice of my Beloved!”, referring to Tipheret. That is (as if to say that the Shechina will remark), “I hear the voice of my Beloved! But in truth I hear it from afar and not nearby!”, for she'll have only heard Yesod. And so it’s said, “Behold, it comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills”.
(c) 2005 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
(Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org )
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-- A Discourse on The End of the Exile and the Beginning of the Great Redemption
Translated by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
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20.
I’ll now explicate another mysterious matter that will come about during the P’kidah which is incorporated in the verse “The voice of my Beloved! Behold, it comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills” (Song of Songs 2:8). This is indeed a very great and mighty mystery (which entails the following).
It’s important to know that the P’kidah will emanate from Yesod while the Z'chirah will emanate from Tipheret. First Tipheret will be roused when the time for the P’kidah arrives, and then Yesod will lower down to the Shechina which will be sitting in absolute darkness. But when the Shechina sees Yesod, it will know that Tipheret had (also) been roused, even though only Yesod would have lowered down.
That’s why the verse says “The voice of my Beloved!”, referring to Tipheret. That is (as if to say that the Shechina will remark), “I hear the voice of my Beloved! But in truth I hear it from afar and not nearby!”, for she'll have only heard Yesod. And so it’s said, “Behold, it comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills”.
(c) 2005 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
(Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org )
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AT LONG LAST! Rabbi Feldman's translation of "The Gates of Repentance" has been reissued at *at a discount*! You can order it right now by logging onto www.tinyurl.com/49s8t (or by going to www.rowman.com and searching for it). Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has translated and commented upon "The Gates of Repentance", "The Path of the Just", and "The Duties of the Heart" (Jason Aronson Publishers). And his new work on Maimonides' "The Eight Chapters" will soon be available from Judaica Press.
His works are available in bookstores and in various locations on the Web.
Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled "Spiritual Excellence" and "Ramchal".
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