"The Great Redemption" (56)
"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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56.
When the (sin of the) golden calf came about, the evil that had left them reattached itself. Thus it’s written, “The people of Israel were stripped of their ornaments at Mount Horeb” (Exodus 33:6). But understand what these “ornaments” were.
The things they’d taken from Esau and Ishmael became precious ornaments that surrounded them and actually served as garments for them. In fact, the same idea holds true as far as the order of the groupings is concerned, as those who are accustomed to the ways of truth know. But it was then looted from them, which then restored reign to the other nations who have ruled by means of them from then on.
Nonetheless, they (the Jewish Nation) still had the two crowns of “we’ll do and obey” (Exodus 24:7), and all of this touches upon the same mystery. For those crowns came from the mystery of Chessed and Gevurah which entail the mystery of Tipheret and Malchut, and parallels (the secret import of) Esau and Ishmael. And that’s what was looted from them.
Had they not sinned they’d have immediately gone to Israel where they’d have initiated a great rectification and would have then achieved the original rectification. But since they sinned, that didn’t happen to them -- to say nothing of the fact that they (were eventually) damaged even more so through the incident of the spies. So they weren’t able to go (straight) to Israel, and the capacity (to do that) was taken from them, which is why they remained in the desert for forty years. That (likewise) touches upon the mystery of the all-encompassing husk that came to rule over them.
(c) 2006 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
(Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org )
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Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon "The Path of the Just", and "The Duties of the Heart" (Jason Aronson Publishers). His new work on Maimonides' "The Eight Chapters" will soon be available.
Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled
"Spiritual Excellence" and "Ramchal"
-- A Discourse on The End of the Exile and the Beginning of the Great Redemption
Translated by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
_____________________________________________
56.
When the (sin of the) golden calf came about, the evil that had left them reattached itself. Thus it’s written, “The people of Israel were stripped of their ornaments at Mount Horeb” (Exodus 33:6). But understand what these “ornaments” were.
The things they’d taken from Esau and Ishmael became precious ornaments that surrounded them and actually served as garments for them. In fact, the same idea holds true as far as the order of the groupings is concerned, as those who are accustomed to the ways of truth know. But it was then looted from them, which then restored reign to the other nations who have ruled by means of them from then on.
Nonetheless, they (the Jewish Nation) still had the two crowns of “we’ll do and obey” (Exodus 24:7), and all of this touches upon the same mystery. For those crowns came from the mystery of Chessed and Gevurah which entail the mystery of Tipheret and Malchut, and parallels (the secret import of) Esau and Ishmael. And that’s what was looted from them.
Had they not sinned they’d have immediately gone to Israel where they’d have initiated a great rectification and would have then achieved the original rectification. But since they sinned, that didn’t happen to them -- to say nothing of the fact that they (were eventually) damaged even more so through the incident of the spies. So they weren’t able to go (straight) to Israel, and the capacity (to do that) was taken from them, which is why they remained in the desert for forty years. That (likewise) touches upon the mystery of the all-encompassing husk that came to rule over them.
(c) 2006 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
(Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org )
********************************
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 from here
Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon "The Path of the Just", and "The Duties of the Heart" (Jason Aronson Publishers). His new work on Maimonides' "The Eight Chapters" will soon be available.
Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled
"Spiritual Excellence" and "Ramchal"
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