1. Rabbi Shimon fled to the desert of Lod and hid in a cave, he and his son Rabbi Elazar. A miracle happened to them, and a carob [tree] emerged, and a fountain of water. They ate from that carob and drank from that water, and Elijah would come to them twice daily and teach them, and no one knew of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. One day, the friends at the seminary were asking. They said, \u201cThe curses in Leviticus correspond to the First Temple. The curses in Deuteronomy correspond to the Second Temple and the last exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the curses in Leviticus, there are promises and the love of the Creator for Israel, as it is written, \u201cAnd I will remember My covenant with Jacob,\u201d and it is written, \u201cYet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away,\u201d while the there are no promises in curses in Deuteronomy, and no comfort whatsoever, as in the first curses, and they did not know how to reconcile this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Rabbi Yehuda arose and said, \u201cWoe for the absence of Rabbi Shimon, who is missing from among us and there is no one who knows of him. And if they did know, there is no permission to disclose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Rabbi Yosi son of Yehuda arose one day in the morning, saw all those birds flying, and a dove was walking behind them. He arose to his feet and said, \u201cFaithful dove, from the days of the flood, the shape of the holy nation, for Israel are called \u2018dove,\u2019 to you it is good, to you it is becoming, go and do a mission for me to Rabbi Shimon in the place where he is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. The dove turned and arose before him. He wrote a letter and said what he said. The dove arose and took the letter in her mouth, went to Rabbi Shimon, and put the letter in her mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rabbi Shimon looked at that letter and he and Rabbi Elazar his son wept. He said, \u201cI am weeping because I have been separated from the friends, and I am weeping for those things that are not revealed to them. What will the last generations do if they look at this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. In the meantime, Elijah came and saw him crying. He said, \u201cI was ready for a different mission, but the Creator sent me to soothe your tears. Aha Rabbi, these things should not have been revealed now to the righteous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. But this is what the Creator said, \u201cThere are thirty-two verses in the first curses, and all of them correspond to the paths of Torah, the thirty-two paths of wisdom. There are fifty-three curses in the last curses corresponding to the fifty-three portions and ways in the Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. \u201cIn the first exile, of the First Temple, Israel transgressed against those hidden paths that are in concealment, and their iniquity was not so great. For this reason, their iniquity was revealed, and their end was revealed, as well as their consolation and their promise. In the last exile, of the Second Temple, Israel transgressed against fifty-three portions, which are the revealed ways, and their iniquity is great. This is why He blocked their iniquity and blocked their end, and no promises or comforts are written in them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. In the meantime, one wind passed by and separated between them, and Elijah went up in a wheel of fire. Rabbi Shimon stayed, wept, and slept at the opening of the cave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the meantime, Elijah came and said, \u201cRise up, Rabbi Shimon, wake up from your sleep. Happy are you, for the Creator wants your glory. All the promises and comforts of Israel are written in these curses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. \u201cGo out and see, a king who loved his son, although he cursed and hit him, he loved him deeply. When he shows fierce anger, at that time, his mercy is upon him. So is the Creator: Although He cursed, His words are with love. They appear as curses, but they are great gifts, since those curses were with love, which was not so in the first curses, which were all in harsh judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11. \u201cIn these curses in Deuteronomy, there is judgment and love, like a father who loves his son and holds the leash in his hand to whip, and he roars a great roar and great curses, and the whips are incorporated in mercy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12. \u201cAnd the harshest of all those curses is as it is written, \u2018Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in this Book of the Law [Torah], the Lord will bring upon you until you are destroyed.\u2019 Here, the promises of the father to his son are with great love. It is not written \u2018mount\u2019 but rather \u2018disappear\u2019 [only in Hebrew], meaning that He will conquer them and cover them in a hole in their place so they do not go outside, and they will be conquered and covered in their hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13. \u201c\u2018Until you are destroyed.\u2019 This will not be forever and ever, since the Creator swore that He will not obliterate Israel forever and ever, and their memory will stand forever, as it is written, \u2018So shall your descendants and your name remain,\u2019 and it is written, \u2018Thus said the Lord, \u2018If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the descendants of Israel.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
14. \u201cAnd since it is in an oath that Israel will not be consumed, therefore, the blows and all the illnesses are destined to be concealed and covered, that they will not come out to harm them until the time when they are obliterated from the world, which cannot be forever and ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
15. \u201cThe end of all the curses and their conclusion is as it is written, \u2018And the Lord will take you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you, \u2018You shall never see it again.\u2019 And there you shall be offered for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey saw promises and comforts that the Creator was destined to do for Israel in the latter days, as it is written, \u2018And the Lord will take you back to Egypt in ships,\u2019 which is a promise to do miracles and signs again, which the Creator had done in Egypt in the early days, as it is written, \u2018As in the days when you went out from Egypt, I will show him wonders.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16. \u201c\u2018And the Lord will take you back to Egypt in ships.\u2019 \u2018In ships\u2019 means in poverty, since the [letter] Aleph is swapped for an Ayin, meaning that there will not be a penny in the pocket. But all the people in the world are destined to come up against Israel through the ships of the sea. They will plot to obliterate Israel from the world, and everyone will drown in the sea, as He had done in the early days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17. \u201cThere will be great joy there, for here, it is written \u2018in ships,\u2019 and there it is written \u2018in the ships of their singing.\u2019 As it is singing there, so it is signing in the ships here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18. \u201cSince the day when the world was created, the Creator did not reveal His might, to make it seen in the world, or a time of good will, except on the way to Egypt, as it is written, \u2018For as you saw Egypt,\u2019 in the same way and in the same manner, it will be done to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
19. \u201cAfter all the other sides from the nations of the world assemble against Israel, Israel will think that at that time, they will be destroyed. They will be sold to their enemies, as it is written, \u2018And there you shall be offered for sale.\u2019 It is not written \u2018you shall be sold,\u2019 but rather \u2018offered for sale,\u2019 meaning that you will think that you have been sold, but it will not be so, for it is written, \u2018but no one will buy you,\u2019 meaning that there is no one who can control you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
20. \u201cAll this will be in the latter days, and everything depends on repentance, and everything is concealed, as it is written, \u2018so you may succeed in all that you do.\u2019 One who has a heart, will look and know how to return to his master.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
21. Rabbi Shimon said to him, \u201cIn which place was Israel\u2019s redemption revealed in these curses?\u201d Elijah told him, \u201cLook and see in the worst place of all the curses, there is the revelation of the time of redemption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
22. He looked and observed and found that it is written, \u201cYour life shall hang in doubt before you; you shall fear day and night, and you will have no assurance of life.\u201d This means that although the friends know the time of the end, this life, meaning redemption, is hanging there. Nevertheless, he is in doubt, as it is written, \u201cand you will have no assurance of life.\u201d But what the friends know is the most important, and the words are true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
23. In the evening, he wrote a letter and put it in the dove\u2019s mouth, and she went to Rabbi Yosi, who was still in his place with his eyes waiting. When he saw her, he said, \u201cDove, how loyal you are, more than all the birds of the sky.\u201d He called her, and the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
24. He took the letter from the dove and came to the friends and showed them. He told them the story. They were bewildered. Rabbi Yehuda cried and said, \u201cWoe, although we do not know him, a place where the tree falls, there he is.\u201d That is, the place where Rabbi Shimon is there, the friends are with him, they are awakened by him, and learn from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25. Happy is the soul of Rabbi Shimon, for whom the Creator worked miracles, and he sentences and the Creator does. He is destined to be the head of the righteous who dwell in the Garden of Eden, and he will welcome the face of the Shechina [Divinity] and see the Creator, and delight with the righteous, and tell them, \u201cLet us bow and kneel; let us bless before the Lord, our Maker.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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