544) Reuben was Jacob\u2019s firstborn. He was to receive everything\u2014kingship, birthright, and priesthood\u2014and everything was removed from him\u2014the kingship was given to Judah, the birthright to Joseph, and the priesthood to Levi. It is written, \u201cReckless as water, you shall not have preeminence,\u201d meaning you will not remain in them. And what Jacob said, \u201cReuben, you are my firstborn; my might and the beginning of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power,\u201d here he blessed him and mentioned him before the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
545) It is like the king\u2019s beloved one, whose son was passing through the market one day. He said to the king, \u201cThis is my beloved son.\u201d The king heard and realized that he was asking him to benefit his son. Similarly, Jacob said, \u201cReuben, you are my firstborn; my might and the beginning of my strength,\u201d reminding him to the King, so he will benefit him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
546) \u201cReckless as water, you shall not have preeminence.\u201d Here he said what was to happen to him: that he would not remain in the land but be abroad, on the east side of the Jordan. Correspondingly, one appointee from the side of the tabernacle, Nukva above\u2014appointed under the hand of Michael\u2014was rejected outside the tabernacle, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is so because there are twelve roots to the twelve tribes in the upper tabernacle, the Nukva. Since Reuben was rejected from the land of Israel to the other side of the Jordan, his root, too, was rejected outside the tabernacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some say that the rejected appointee from the tabernacle above was under the hand of Gabriel. And even though Reuben is Hesed and Michael is the head of the angels on the side of Hesed, while Gabriel is the head from the left side, Gevura, there is Gevura in Reuben nonetheless. He brings evidence from the verse, \u201cJudah is still down on God.\u201d This descent indicates that he is the side of Gevura and is called \u201ca courthouse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, Reuben is near his inheritance in the land, since the inheritance of Judah extended to the Jordan on the west, and the inheritance of Reuben extended to the Jordan on the east. This proximity indicates that there is Gevura in Reuben, as well. And although Malchut, the bottom Gevura, was taken from Reuben and belongs to Judah, he is still not completely clean of Gevura, since Reuben\u2019s inheritance was adjacent to his, which indicates that there is Gevura in him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
547) The sons of Reuben were to hold two wars in the land. It is written, \u201cMy might,\u201d about the exile in Egypt. \u201cThe beginning of my strength\u201d means that they were the first among their brothers to go to war. \u201cPreeminent in dignity\u201d refers to the exile in Assyria, where the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben were exiled first and suffered many hardships and torments, and have not returned from there thus far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
548) \u201cPreeminent in power\u201d means that when the Messiah King awakens in the world, they will go out and wage war in the world and will be triumphant, prevailing over the nations, and the peoples of the world will fear and dread them. The sons of Reuben will contemplate overcoming in kingship and will not remain in it, as it is written, \u201cReckless as water, you shall not have preeminence,\u201d meaning that they will not remain in kingship even on a single side in the world because it is written, \u201cFor you went up to your father’s bed,\u201d meaning that they will come and wage war inside the holy land. \u201cYour father\u2019s bed\u201d is Jerusalem, and they will want to take it from the Messiah King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
549) The sons of Reuben spread to the four directions of the world in exile, corresponding to the whole of Israel, who were exiled four times in exile, in the four directions of the world. It is written, \u201cMy might,\u201d which is one exile, \u201cThe beginning of my strength\u201d is the second, \u201cPreeminent in dignity\u201d is the third, and \u201cPreeminent in power\u201d is the fourth. Similarly, they are destined to wage war against the four directions of the world and by war, they will govern everyone. They will defeat many nations and will rule over them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
550) \u201cReckless as water, you shall not have preeminence\u201d implies to the first thought that Jacob had in the first drop\u2014that of Rachel. Had the thought of that drop been on Leah, instead, Reuben would have remained with everything, with the kingship, the priesthood, and the birthright. However, \u201cReckless as water, you shall not have preeminence, for you went up to your father’s bed,\u201d meaning you went up with a different thought, so you defiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
551) \u201cReckless as water, you shall not have preeminence\u201d because when the sons of Reuben wage war in the world and defeat many nations, the sons of Reuben will not remain in kingship. What is the reason? They are destined to make war in the holy land. This is so because it writes precisely, \u201cFor you went up to your father’s bed,\u201d which is Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But should it not have said, \u201cBed\u201d? \u201cYour father\u2019s\u201d is Ysrael Saba, ZA. This is why he says, \u201cYour father\u2019s bed\u201d and not \u201cBed,\u201d since Jerusalem was ruined twice, and in the third time, it will be built during the Messiah King. And here a blessing was revealed in the words, \u201cYou are my firstborn; my might and the beginning of my strength.\u201d And the blessing, the kingship, and the priesthood being taken away from him were as it is written, \u201cReckless as water, you shall not have preeminence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And when they come to the land of Israel, he will have no part in the land, but on the other side of the Jordan. And what will happen with Reuben at the time of the Messiah King is that he will wage wars on many nations and in Jerusalem, as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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