Likutay Moharan - Volume 2 - Torah-teaching 71

Likutay Moharan II, Torah 71

Know that there are mochin [intellects] of the Land of Israel, and there are mochin of outside the Land. And also the mochin of outside the Land receive and suckle also from the mochin of the Land of Israel. For the primary intellect and wisdom is in the Land of Israel, as our Rabbis, of blessed memory, said in the Midrash (Bereishis Rabbah, Parashah 16): There is no wisdom like the wisdom of the Land of Israel, etc. And every one from Israel has a portion in the Land of Israel. And every one according to his portion that he has in the Land of Israel, so he receives and suckles from the mochin of the Land of Israel. Thus, all the mochin are the aspect of mochin of the Land of Israel, for all of them receive from there. For there in the Land of Israel is the primary intellect and wisdom, as mentioned above. But nevertheless, there are mochin of outside the Land. And this is made through the blemish of the glory, Heaven forbid. For one who blemishes, Heaven forbid, in the glory of Hashem, blessed is He, then through the blemish of the glory of Hashem, blessed is He, they cannot receive and suckle from the mochin of the Land of Israel. And according to the blemish that he blemishes in the glory of Hashem, blessed is He, so he cannot receive and suckle from the mochin of the Land of Israel. And then the mochin remain in the aspect of mochin of outside the Land literally. And when the mochin are the aspect of mochin of outside the Land, then they cannot equalize their mind together. And this is the aspect of the controversy that there is in the world. For mochin of outside the Land cannot equalize themselves together. But it would have been proper that there be no controversy except outside the Land. And in truth we see that also in the Land of Israel there is controversy. But know, that these mochin of outside the Land that are made through the blemish of the glory, as mentioned above, they seek for themselves repair. And the repair of these mochin of outside the Land is at the time when the supernal pleasantness flows. Through this the revelation of the glory is made. Then it is the time of their repair, of these mochin of outside the Land. For glory is the repair of the world. For the whole world was created for the glory, as it is written: "לִכְבוֹדִי בְּרָאתִיו – For My glory I created it" [Isaiah 43:7], etc. (Yoma 38a). That is, for the glory of Hashem, blessed is He. For there is a particular glory for every utterance and utterance of the ten utterances with which the world was created. For which that glory was that utterance through which a particular part of creation was created. Thus, every utterance and utterance has a special glory for which that glory was that utterance. For that utterance, with which a particular part of creation was created, was for that glory, in order that that glory reach Hashem, blessed is He. And likewise another utterance, with which another part of creation was created, was for another glory, that that glory reach Hashem, blessed is He. And likewise all the utterances, all of them were only for the glory of Hashem, blessed is He, for which the world was created, as mentioned above.

Therefore, when one from Israel merits to see in himself some revelation of the glory, that is, when he has some glory, then he must know from which utterance this glory was formed. For which that glory was that utterance through which a part of creation was created, as mentioned above. And certainly not every man merits this, to feel in himself the revelation of the glory of Hashem, blessed is He. But those who are in the palace of the King, when they have some glory, then they do not take for themselves at all from the glory. But they elevate all the glory to Hashem, blessed is He, in order to magnify and exalt His glory, blessed is He, in order that through this be the repair of the world, as mentioned above. And they understand in the glory from which utterance this glory was formed, for which that glory was that utterance through which a part of creation was created, as mentioned above. "וּבְהֵיכָלוֹ כֻּלּוֹ אוֹמֵר כָּבוֹד – And in His temple all say glory" [Psalms 29:9]. That is, with those who are in the palace of the King, the glory is all saying, that is, all utterance. For the glory that they have is all only for the utterance that was formed for this glory through which a part of creation was created, as mentioned above. And this is the aspect of: "וַאֲשֶׁר כֹּחַ בָּהֶם לַעֲמֹד בְּהֵיכַל הַמֶּלֶךְ – And those who have strength in them to stand in the palace of the king" [Daniel 1:4]. Koach [strength] is the aspect of the 28 letters of the act of creation (Tikkunei Zohar, Tikkun 18), the aspect of the ten utterances with which the world was created. That is, those who are in the palace of the King reveal and illuminate the 28 letters mentioned above through the glory, as mentioned above. This is: "va'asher koach bahem la'amod – And those who have strength in them to stand," etc. According to the plain meaning of the verse, that is, strength literally. For certainly they need strength and might to stand in this, that they merit to be in the palace of the King, where the glory is all saying, the aspect of the 28 letters of the act of creation, as mentioned above.

And the primary glory of Hashem, blessed is He, is revealed only through man. For man is the purpose of all the created beings. For the primary creation was for man (Berachos 6b). For the primary revelation of His glory, blessed is He, is through man. Therefore, through procreation, when people are born and multiply more, through this His glory, blessed is He, is revealed more. For the primary revelation of the glory is through people, as mentioned above. And know, that the mochin of the Land of Israel are the aspect of no'am [pleasantness], and the mochin of outside the Land are the aspect of chovlim [wounding]. As it is written: "לְאַחַד קָרָאתִי נֹעַם וּלְאַחַד קָרָאתִי חֹבְלִים – For one I called pleasantness, and for one I called wounding" [Zechariah 11:7]. And our Rabbis, of blessed memory, said (Sanhedrin 24a): Pleasantness, these are the Torah scholars in the Land of Israel, who make pleasant one to another in halachah. Wounding, these are the Torah scholars outside the Land, who wound one another in halachah. And the primary procreation is through the aspect of supernal no'am. For from supernal no'am the flames of love are aroused (see Tikkun 16), through which procreation comes, in the aspect of: "נָעַמְתָּ לִּי מְאֹד, נִפְלְאַתָה אַהֲבָתְךָ לִי מֵאַהֲבַת נָשִׁים – You have been very pleasant to me, your love to me was wonderful, more than the love of women" [2 Samuel 1:26]. Through supernal no'am love is aroused, the aspect of flames of love through which procreation.

And supernal no'am flows always. But one needs a vessel to receive through it the flow of supernal no'am. And know, that through tzedakah [charity/righteousness] the vessel is made to receive through it from supernal no'am the flames of love. For tzedakah is generosity of heart, as it is written: "מֵאֵת כָּל אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִדְּבֶנּוּ לִבּוֹ תִּקְחוּ אֶת תְּרוּמָתִי – From every man whose heart prompts him, you shall take My contribution" [Exodus 25:2]. And generosity of heart, that is, that the heart is opened and prompted. And through this the pathways of the heart are opened, and vessels are made to receive the flames of love that are drawn from supernal no'am, as mentioned above. And there is tzedakah of the Land of Israel, and there is tzedakah of outside the Land. And the primary is the tzedakah of the Land of Israel, through which the vessel is made to receive from supernal no'am through which procreation, as mentioned above. "זִרְעוּ לָכֶם לִצְדָקָה – Sow for yourselves righteousness" [Hosea 10:12], for the primary procreation is through tzedakah, as mentioned above. And this is the aspect of: "אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדוֹת יַעֲקֹב יוֹסֵף – These are the generations of Jacob, Joseph" [Genesis 37:2]. That is, that the primary procreation is through Jacob and Joseph. For Jacob is the aspect of tzedakah, as it is written: "מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה בְּיַעֲקֹב אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ – Judgment and righteousness in Jacob You have done" [Psalms 99:4]. And the primary procreation is through tzedakah, as mentioned above [which is the vessel to receive the flow of supernal no'am, as mentioned above. And Joseph is the aspect of no'am, as will be explained below]. And through procreation, that is, that people are born and multiply, through this His glory, blessed is He, is revealed more, as mentioned above. "כָּל זֶרַע יַעֲקֹב כַּבְּדוּהוּ – All the seed of Jacob, glorify Him" [Psalms 22:24]. For through procreation that is made through the aspect of Jacob, who is the aspect of tzedakah, as mentioned above, through this glorify Him, for through this His glory, blessed is He, is multiplied, as mentioned above.

And then when supernal no'am flows through the vessel made through tzedakah for procreation, as mentioned above, and also the aspect of supernal no'am which is the mochin, receives and is flowed still from above more, as is known, then these mochin of outside the Land which are the aspect of chovlim fall also into these mochin of the Land of Israel which are the aspect of no'am, in order to be repaired through this. For then is the time of their repair, of these mochin of outside the Land. For the primary blemish and spoilage of the mochin of outside the Land is through the blemish of the glory. Through this they cannot suckle from the mochin of the Land of Israel. And then they remain in the aspect of mochin of outside the Land literally. And this is their spoilage, as mentioned above. This is the aspect of: "בָּז לְדָבָר יֵחָבֶל לוֹ – He who despises a matter will be wounded by it" [Proverbs 13:13]. "Baz l'davar – Despises a matter," that is, contempts, the opposite of glory. Through this: "yechavel lo – will be wounded by it," that is, mochin of outside the Land which are the aspect of chovlim. For through the blemish of the glory the mochin remain in the aspect of chovlim, which are mochin of outside the Land, as mentioned above. Thus, the primary spoilage of the mochin of outside the Land is through the blemish of the glory. Therefore, at the time when supernal no'am flows through the vessel of tzedakah for procreation, through which the revelation of the glory is made, as mentioned above, then is the time of their repair, of the mochin of outside the Land. For since the aspect of the revelation of the glory is aroused, through this they can be repaired. For the primary spoilage of them was through the blemish of the glory, as mentioned above.

Therefore, at the time when supernal no'am flows for procreation, as mentioned above, then the mochin of outside the Land which are the aspect of chovlim come and fall into the mochin of the Land of Israel which are the aspect of no'am, in order to be repaired through this, as mentioned above. "חֲבָלִים נָפְלוּ לִי בַּנְּעִימִים – The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places" [Psalms 16:6]. "Chavalim – Lines," that is, the mochin of outside the Land which are the aspect of chovlim, they fall "ban'imim – in pleasant places," that is, into the mochin of the Land of Israel which are the aspect of no'am, as mentioned above, in order to be repaired through this, as mentioned above. And this is "אַף נַחֲלָת שָׁפְרָה עָלָי – Indeed, a beautiful heritage is mine." "Nachalas – Heritage" is the aspect of Jacob, the aspect of: "יַעֲקֹב חֶבֶל נַחֲלָתוֹ – Jacob is the lot of His inheritance" [Deuteronomy 32:9], the aspect of tzedakah. "Shafrah – Beautiful" is the aspect of Joseph, the aspect of: "וַיְהִי יוֹסֵף יְפֵה תֹאַר – And Joseph was beautiful of form" [Genesis 39:6], etc. And "yefeh to'ar – beautiful of form" is the aspect of "yefeh to'ar – beautiful of form," said of David. And our Rabbis, of blessed memory, expounded (Sanhedrin 93b): A man of form, who shows face in halachah. That is, the aspect of mochin, the aspect of no'am, who make pleasant in halachah, as mentioned above. And through these two aspects, Jacob and Joseph, which are the aspect of "nachalas shafrah – a beautiful heritage," through this procreation is made, that then the chovlim fall in the pleasant, as mentioned above. And this is "Ya'akov chevel nachalaso – Jacob is the lot of His inheritance." "Chevel – Lot" is the aspect of chovlim mentioned above, which are repaired through the aspect of Jacob, the aspect of tzedakah through which procreation, through which the chovlim, which are the mochin of outside the Land, are repaired, as mentioned above. And this is the aspect of birth pangs, the aspect of chovlim mentioned above, which are repaired through birth, as mentioned above. Also this is the aspect of shafrah mentioned above, the aspect of shafir veshilya [placenta and afterbirth], the aspect of procreation, as mentioned above.

And because the mochin of outside the Land which are the aspect of chovlim who wound one another in halachah, for they cannot equalize their mind together, as mentioned above, they fall into the mochin of the Land of Israel which are the aspect of no'am, in order to be repaired, as mentioned above. Therefore, sometimes when they blemish a lot, Heaven forbid, then they cannot be repaired. On the contrary, they cause blemish also to the mochin of the Land of Israel. And then also the mochin of the Land of Israel cannot equalize themselves, for they were blemished, Heaven forbid, through the blemished mochin of outside the Land that fell into them, as mentioned above. And this is the aspect of the controversy that there is in the Land of Israel also. And the general of the matters is that all the created beings and all the procreations, all of them are only for the revelation of His glory, blessed is He. And the primary procreation is through tzedakah through which the vessel is made to receive from supernal no'am through which procreation is made. And through this His glory, blessed is He, is revealed and magnified, as mentioned above. And this is the letters of terumah [contribution] are the end letters of: "לַחֲזוֹת בְּנֹעַם ה וּלְבַקֵּר בְּהֵיכָלוֹ – To behold the pleasantness of Hashem and to visit His temple" [Psalms 27:4]. For terumah, that is, tzedakah which is generosity of heart, the aspect of: "מֵאֵת כָּל אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִדְּבֶנּוּ לִבּוֹ תִּקְחוּ אֶת תְּרוּמָתִי – From every man whose heart prompts him, you shall take My contribution." Through it the vessel is made to receive from the pleasantness of Hashem through which the flow of His glory, blessed is He, is drawn, which is the aspect of: "וּבְהֵיכָלוֹ כֻּלּוֹ אוֹמֵר כָּבוֹד – And in His temple all say glory." And this is "lachazos b'no'am Hashem ul'vaker b'heichalo – To behold the pleasantness of Hashem and to visit His temple," end letters: תְרוּמָה, as mentioned above.

And this is the aspect of song, the aspect of: "נְעִים זְמִרוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל – The pleasant singer of Israel" [2 Samuel 23:1] (and he did not reveal more). Happy is one who merits to feel the pleasantness of the Torah, for there is pleasantness in the Torah. And this is the primary, to merit to feel the pleasantness that is in the Torah ["דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי נֹעַם וְכָל נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלוֹם – Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace" [Proverbs 3:17], it seems to me].