November 1979<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd behold, the Lord stood over him and said, \u2018I am the Lord, God of your father Abraham\u2026 This land on which you lie, to you I will give it and to your descendants.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RASHI interpreted about the question, Why are the four cubits where he lies important? He brings the words of our sages, \u201cThe Creator folded all of the land of Israel underneath him, implying to him that it will be as easy for his sons to conquer as four cubits, which is man\u2019s place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We need to understand the words by intimation. Eretz<\/em> [land] is called Malchut<\/em>, which is the kingdom of heaven. The whole of the land of Israel, meaning the Creator folded the whole of the spiritual land under the kingdom of heaven, like the verse, \u201cWhat does the Lord God require of you? Only fear.\u201d That is, we need nothing more than to accept the burden of the kingdom of heaven. By this we can be rewarded with the whole of the spiritual land, called \u201cland of Israel,\u201d as our sages said, \u201cAnyone who has fear of heaven, his words are heard\u201d (Berachot<\/em> 6b).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other words, a person who has been rewarded with the kingdom of heaven can control all his thoughts and desires. This is regarded as his organs hearing the words. This is the meaning of the Creator folding all of the land of Israel underneath him, meaning beneath the land that is called \u201ckingdom of heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Zohar<\/em> interprets \u201cAnd Jacob departed from Beer Sheba,\u201d meaning departed from the land of Israel \u201cand went to Haran,\u201d meaning abroad. By this he comes to a state of \u201canger.\u201d In a person, there is the quality of \u201crising,\u201d when he stands upright, and there is the quality of \u201clying down,\u201d when he falls from his degree. The falling is called \u201clying down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why he was told, \u201cThe land on which you lie,\u201d which you feel as lying on the ground, meaning that he could not take upon himself the kingdom of heaven as it should be. Know that this is not merely a land, which is only the quality of Malchut<\/em>, which is a small degree. Rather, this land is a high degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence, one should make great efforts for it, since the whole of the merit of the land of Israel depends on this land. The Creator promised, \u201cTo you I will give it and to your descendants,\u201d and if you receive the land, everything will be in your hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They interpreted that this is why the Creator folded the whole of the land of Israel under the earth, to make it easy to conquer the land of Israel. As it is written (Midrash Rabbah<\/em>, and presented in the \u201cIntroduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot\u201d), \u201cThe Creator said to Israel, \u2018Be sure, the whole of the wisdom and the whole of the Torah are easy. Anyone who fears Me and does the words of Torah, the whole of the wisdom and the whole of Torah are in his heart.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of the Creator folding the whole of the land of Israel underneath him, meaning under this land called \u201cthe kingdom of heaven.\u201d If the four cubits, meaning a person\u2019s height, is filled with fear of heaven, called \u201ckingdom of heaven,\u201d it will be easy to conquer it. 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