Kabbalah Library

I heard on Mishpatim 3, February 2, 1943, Tel-Aviv

The written Torah is considered an awakening from above, and the oral Torah is considered an awakening from below. Together, they are considered, “Six years he shall work, and in the seventh he shall go out free.” The matter of work pertains precisely where there is resistance, and it is called Alma [Aramaic: world] from the word He’elem [Hebrew: concealment]. Then, during the concealment, there is resistance, and then there is room for work. This is the meaning of the words of our sages: “6,000 years the world exists, and one destroyed,” meaning that the concealment will be destroyed, and then there will be no more work. Instead, the Creator makes wings for him, which are covers so we would have work.