230) \u201cFor this is as the waters of Noah unto Me, for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over.\u201d It is written, \u201cThe waters of the flood were upon the earth.\u201d It is also written, \u201cNeither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood.\u201d But there it writes, \u201cThe waters of the flood,\u201d and not, \u201cThe waters of Noah,\u201d and here it writes, \u201cThe waters of Noah.\u201d And it also writes, \u201cFor this is … unto Me.\u201d Should it not have said, \u201cFor they are … unto Me\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
231) When there are many righteous in the world, the Creator is glad and is praised by them. When there is a righteous in the world and he is in it, it is as though he casts peace in the world (which is Malchut<\/em>), and the whole world is blessed through him. And he casts peace in the company above. It is written, \u201cOr else let him take hold of My strength, make peace unto Me, peace let him make unto Me.\u201d Two peaces are written here, \u201cMake peace unto Me,\u201d instilling male and female, ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>, and \u201cPeace let him make unto Me,\u201d when the patriarchs, HGT<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, are blessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 232) What is the difference between \u201cMake peace unto Me,\u201d and \u201cPeace let him make unto Me\u201d? When the patriarchs are blessed, meaning HGT<\/em>, it is said, \u201cPeace let him make unto Me.\u201d This is so because he puts peace before everything, since it is the most important. This is why it writes \u201cpeace\u201d first, \u201cPeace let him make unto Me.\u201d \u201cMake peace unto Me\u201d does not put \u201cpeace\u201d first here, since first the serpent that is with the Nukva<\/em> [female]\u2014which is Malchut<\/em>\u2014must be removed, and then ZA<\/em> will come to be in his place with the Malchut<\/em>. This is why he puts \u201cMake\u201d first, making the correction of removing the serpent, and then the peace between ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 233) When there is a righteous in the world, Dinim<\/em> do not awaken and do not govern the world, since a righteous man is a sign in the world, meaning Yesod<\/em>, which is called \u201ca sign,\u201d and the Creator wishes to honor him. Hence, the world exists because of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 234) When people are guilty before the Creator and that righteous one is in the world, the Creator speaks with him so he will ask for mercy for the world, and He will be appeased toward them. What does the Creator do? He speaks to him of those wicked ones in the world, and tells him that He will do good only to him and will destroy all of them. What is the way of that righteous man? He leaves his own and takes himself to plead for the whole world, so the Creator will be appeased toward them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 235) How do we know this? From Moses. The Creator told him, \u201cIsrael have sinned. They have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it.\u201d He also said to him, \u201cLet Me alone, that I may destroy them.\u201d At that time, Moses said, \u201cIf because of my honor, Israel will be obliterated from the world, I would rather die, and let it not be said that I left the whole world for my own honor.\u201d Promptly, \u201cAnd Moses besought the Lord his God\u201d and gave himself to death in several places for Israel. It is written, \u201cBut now, if You will, forgive their sin\u2014and if not, please blot me out from Your book.\u201d Moses did not move from there until the Creator forgave Israel, as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord repented of the evil which He said He would do unto His people.\u201d It is also written, \u201cAnd the Lord said, \u2018I have pardoned according to your word.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 236) Concerning Noah, it is written, \u201cAnd God said unto Noah, \u2018The end of all flesh is come before Me.\u2019\u201d Noah told him, \u201cAnd what will You do to me?\u201d He told him, \u201cBut I will establish My covenant with you.\u201d \u201cMake for yourself an ark of gopher wood.\u201d He did not beseech mercy for the world, and the water came down and destroyed the people of the world. This is why it writes, \u201cThe waters of Noah,\u201d for they were dependent upon him, since he did not beseech mercy for the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 237) Hence, the words, \u201cAnd Noah, man of the earth, began.\u201d \u201cBegan\u201d means \u201cHe shall not break his word,\u201d for it became secular [in Hebrew: \u201cbegan\u201d and \u201cbreak\u201d are the same word here]. He is a man of the earth because all the people were destroyed because of him, for he did not beseech mercy for them. Another interpretation: \u201cMan of the earth\u201d means that the earth existed thanks to him, after the former ones corrupted it, as it is written, \u201cI will never again curse the ground on account of man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 238) \u201cThe waters of Noah\u201d are called so because he caused them to be called after his name by not having prayed for them. But what does \u201cThis is … unto Me\u201d mean? The Creator said, \u201cThe waters of Noah caused Me to reveal This, meaning Malchut<\/em>, in the world, appearing as the rainbow, to protect the world.\u201d It is written, \u201cAs for Me, this is My covenant with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is also written, \u201cThis is the token of the covenant … I have set My bow in the cloud,\u201d to protect the world. In other words, the rainbow indicates that there is no one to watch over the world and pray for it, but I do for the honor of My name, which is implied in \u201cThis.\u201d And who caused this to Me? The waters of Noah, who did not pray and did not protect the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 239) This is why the sign of a pious righteous is that the rainbow does not appear in his days, since in his days the world has no need for this token because he protects the world with his prayer. And who is he? 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