58) Once, the world needed rains. The friends came before Rabbi Shimon. When he saw them he said, \u201cA Song of Ascents for David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to also sit together.\u201d What is, \u201cFor brothers to also sit together\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
59) It is written, \u201cWith their faces one to another.\u201d Brothers means male and female. When ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em> look at each other in the face, it is written, \u201cBehold, how good and how pleasant.\u201d And when the male turns his face from the Nukva<\/em>, woe to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then it is written, \u201cThere is he who perishes without judgment.\u201d Without judgment means without ZA<\/em>, that he is not looking and giving to the Nukva<\/em>, who is called \u201cjustice.\u201d It is written, \u201cJustice and judgment are the foundation of Your throne,\u201d meaning that one does not go without the other. And when the judgment, ZA<\/em>, moves away from justice, Malchut<\/em>, woe to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 60) \u201cNow I see that you have come because the male is not in the female, for which there are no rains in the world.\u201d He said, \u201cIf you came to me for this reason, return, for on this day I have looked, so everything will return to being PBP<\/em>, and abundance of rains will no longer be missing in the world. And if you have come to me to learn Torah, sit with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n They said to him: \u201cWe have come to our master for everything, for rains as well as to learn Torah. Let one of us go and tell our brothers of the salvation of the rains, and we will sit before my lord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 61) He started and said, \u201cI am black and beautiful; the daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.\u201d The Assembly of Israel said to the Creator: \u201cI am black in exile, and I am beautiful in the Mitzvot<\/em> of the Torah.\u201d Although Israel are in exile, they are not leaving the Mitzvot<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs the tents of Kedar\u201d means that I am like those sons of Keturah, whose faces are always black. And yet, \u201cAs the curtains of Solomon,\u201d as the appearance of the heaven in purity, as it is written, \u201cwho stretches out the heavens like a curtain.\u201d And Solomon is the Creator, a king that peace is his.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 62) \u201cDo not see me that I am swarthy, for the sun has tanned me.\u201d Do not look at me because I am swarthy, for the sun has tanned me, because the sun did not look at me, meaning ZA<\/em>, to properly illuminate for me. And Israel say, \u201cMy mother\u2019s sons were angry with me; they made me caretaker of the vineyards, but I have not cared for my own vineyard.\u201d \u201cMy mother\u2019s sons are the appointed ministers who protect the rest of the nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 63) \u201cMy mother\u2019s sons were angry with me.\u201d The Shechina<\/em> said, \u201cActually my mother\u2019s sons,\u201d being the Sefirot de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, the sons of Bina<\/em>, who is the mother of the Shechina<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cHe has cast down the earth from heaven.\u201d When ZA<\/em> cast down the earth, who is the Shechina<\/em>, from heaven, \u201cthey made me caretaker of the vineyards,\u201d who are the nations of the world. She must bestow upon the nations of the world so that Israel will be nourished by them, because \u201cI have not cared for my own vineyard,\u201d meaning Israel, because they sinned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My mother\u2019s sons, the Sefirot de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, agreed to distance me by removing the earth, Malchut<\/em>, from heaven, ZA<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd his sister stood from afar,\u201d meaning that the Shechina<\/em>, the sister of ZA<\/em>, stood far because ZA<\/em> distanced her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 64) And here, opposite the verse, \u201cAnd his sister stood from afar,\u201d it is written, \u201cBehold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to also sit together,\u201d so that Malchut<\/em>, the sister of ZA<\/em>, will not be far, but together. In them, in ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>, the words, \u201calso [sit] together,\u201d are clarified, as it is written, \u201cAnd also this, too, when they are in the land of their enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlso\u201d is Malchut<\/em>, who is called \u201cthis.\u201d And \u201cAlso together\u201d is Malchut<\/em>, too. However, she is included in \u201cwhen brothers sit [also] together,\u201d so there was no need to write, \u201calso.\u201d Since it is written, \u201calso,\u201d it is to include all those above ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>, who are YESHSUT<\/em>, for the whole governance is in YESHSUT<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 65) \u201cBehold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to also sit together.\u201d These are the friends as they sit together, and are not separated from each other. At first, they seem like people at war, wishing to kill one another. Then they return to being in brotherly love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Creator says about them, \u201cBehold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to also sit together\u201d The word, \u201calso,\u201d comes to include the Shechina<\/em> with them. Moreover, the Creator listens to their words and He has contentment and delights with them, as it is written, \u201cThen those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 66) And you, the friends who are here, as you were in fondness and love before, henceforth you will also not part until the Creator rejoices with you and summons peace upon you. And by your merit there will be peace in the world, as it is written, \u201cFor the sake of my brothers and my friends let me say, \u2018Let peace be in you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 58) Once, the world needed rains. The friends came before Rabbi Shimon. 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