266) All the grass of the land have strong ministers were appointed in heaven, since there is not a single blade of grass on earth that does not have a star and a sign in the firmament that strikes and tells it, \u201cGrow!\u201d Also, each has its own meaning, just as they have special appointees above, and one appointee does not interfere with the other, and one who seeds a mixture confuses their dominion over one another. It is written about that, \u201cDo you know the ordinances of the heavens or fix their rule over the earth?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is also written, \u201cHe calls them all by name.\u201d And just as all that is in the world has a meaning in and of itself, and the Creator did not wish to suspend it from its place and mix it with another, and He calls each one by name, it is all the more so with the sons of Jacob, who are holy tribes, the persistence of the world. This is why it is written, \u201cThese are the names of the children of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
267) Had it been written, \u201cThese are the names,\u201d it would mean that the words \u201cThese are the names of the children of Israel\u201d imply the importance of the tribes that sustain the world. Now that it is written, \u201cAnd these are the names\u201d with an extra Vav<\/em> [in Hebrew], it implies that he adds to the first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The name, \u201cIsrael,\u201d implies ascent and importance, and the name Jacob implies descent. And since it writes here, \u201cThe sons of Israel,\u201d it is said about the importance of the tribes. But because of the added Vav<\/em> when it is written, \u201cAnd these,\u201d it indicates that it is connected to the previous writings and stands after the death of Jacob and Joseph and the tribes, when they came to a descent in degree and were called \u201cthe sons of Jacob.\u201d And even though it is written, \u201cThe sons of Israel,\u201d it is not because of importance, since in terms of degree, they have already fallen to the degree of the sons of Jacob. Rather, it is for another reason: it is in Jacob\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 268) When the Creator said, \u201cI will go down with you to Egypt,\u201d can it be that the Shechina descended with him right at that moment, that as soon as they came to Egypt, the sons of Jacob were in the state of descent? Rather, when his sons had a descent, the Shechina descended, as it is written, \u201cI will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again,\u201d meaning as long as you will have an ascent, I will have an ascent, as well. And when you have a descent, I will go down with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And after Joseph and all his brothers died, meaning had a descent, the Shechina stood and went down with them. As the sons of Israel went down, the Shechina and her Merkavot<\/em> [assemblies] went down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 269) It is written, \u201cAnd Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old.\u201d When Joseph died and all the tribes had a descent, the sons of Israel descended into exile and the Shechina, and the high angels went down with them. It is written, \u201cAnd these are the names of the children of Israel,\u201d where the letter Vav<\/em> of \u201cAnd these\u201d is added to the first, after the death of Joseph and his brothers, descending to exile. This is why they are necessarily the sons of Jacob, meaning in descent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 270) If Jacob was dead, why is it written, \u201cWho come to Egypt with Jacob\u201d? Jacob should be removed from there, since he had already died, since the Vav<\/em> adds to the first. However, it is not written, \u201cWho came down to Egypt with Jacob\u201d because thus far, Jacob did not have a descent. Instead, it writes, \u201cWho came.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Shechina and the twelve tribes in her came to Egypt with Jacob. They went from there until they came down to the exile, after the death of Jacob and the tribes, and then they came down with them, meaning the Shechina and her twelve tribes. This is why it writes, \u201cAnd these are the names of the children of Israel,\u201d referring to their great merit and importance, since it concerns the days of ascent, not the days of descent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 271) Each and every day, the Shechina and the twelve tribes in her and go their way, as it is written, \u201cWho come to Egypt,\u201d in present tense, and not, \u201cWho came,\u201d in past tense. First it writes, \u201cWho come to Egypt with Jacob,\u201d relating to prior to the descent. Afterwards, when they had a descent, it writes, \u201cThey came each man with his household,\u201d which is past tense. 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