Kabbalah Library
Assorted Notes
928. Behold, a People Has Come Out of Egypt
“Behold, a people has come out of Egypt; behold, they covered the face of the earth.”
We should say that the Sitra Achra [other side] says, “Behold the people of Israel, when they come out of Egypt, out of the governance of the Egyptians, they covered the face of the earth, meaning seeing the good in worldliness, in the will to receive.”
Hence, the Sitra Achra is afraid that by the Creator helping the people of Israel, they might revoke all of our being, as our sages said, “If he performs one Mitzva [commandment], happy is he for he has sentenced himself and the whole world to the side of merit.” Thus, they can certainly cancel all the Klipot [shells/peels].
