67. \u201cSolomon had a vineyard in Baal-Hamon; he gave the vineyard to keepers; each one will bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.\u201d \u201cSolomon had a vineyard,\u201d the king that peace is his. \u201cIn Baal-Hamon\u201d are those angels of peace. \u201cHe gave the vineyard to keepers,\u201d the guardians of the land. \u201cEach one will bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver,\u201d a thousand joys that the soul covets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
68. \u201cSolomon had a vineyard\u201d is the Torah. \u201cIn Baal-Hamon,\u201d which is from heaven. \u201cHe gave the vineyard to keepers,\u201d namely Israel, the guardians of the Torah. \u201cEach one will bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver,\u201d of its reward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
69. Rabbi Yosi and Rabbi Hiya were walking along the way. Rabbi Hiya said, \u201cSay some of the good things, the pleasures of the soul, that your father used to say.\u201d He said to him, \u201cLet us get out of here, for people here are deficient of good deeds.\u201d He said to him, \u201cSo it is good for us to engage in Torah, and we will be saved from them, since the Torah saves from harm-doers.\u201d He said to him, \u201cIn a place of danger, sages said not to trust engagement in the Torah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
70. After they went out and walked along the way, Rabbi Yosi said, \u201cI will tell you something that his hidden among the treasures of my father in his treasures. It is written, \u201cSolomon had a vineyard.\u201d A vineyard is the holy soul that was planted above under His throne. Solomon is the king that peace is his. \u201cIn Baal-Hamon\u201d is the throne, the Shechina [Divinity], which governs all the armies of heaven and earth, and is the owner of all the hordes and armies, and he gave this soul to keepers who keep His commandments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
71. \u201cThe Creator has many words above, over all the hosts of heaven, and 1,200 other worlds into which He enters to entertain Himself with the righteous in the Garden of Eden. \u201cEach one will bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver,\u201d a thousand worlds that the Creator desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
72. Afterwards, it is written, \u201cMy own vineyard is before me. The one thousand is for you, Solomon, and two hundred to those who guard its fruit.\u201d In other words, the throne, Malchut, declares and says, \u201cLord of the world, that soul was taken away from him, and here she is before me. \u201cMy own vineyard,\u201d the soul,\u201d is before me. \u201cThe one thousand is for you, Solomon,\u201d meaning that those one thousand worlds are yours, and they are not intended for another. \u201cAnd two hundred to those who guard its fruit\u201d is Eden, in which there are two hundred worlds, delights and desirables for the souls of the righteous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
73. Each night, the Creator enters into all those worlds. At midnight, He enters the two hundred worlds of the Garden of Eden to entertain with the righteous, as it is written, \u201cnew, as well as old, my beloved, I have treasured for you.\u201d And King David came out when he saw the virtues of the righteous. He said, \u201cLord of the world, happy is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
74. One should be very careful, since the breath of God is in his nostrils, to be purified from his iniquities and examine his actions. He should sin before his possessor, so his virtue will be with the rest of the righteous and no one will protest against him when he ascends to see the face of the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
75. We learn from the ark that it is written, \u201cAnd they came to Noah to the ark,\u201d without authority. All those birds and animals and beasts that did not sin come, the ark absorbs them, and those that sinned, the ark ejects outside. If the ark, which is dry wood, is so, then the doors of heaven and their guards, and the guardians of the watches, and the throne, who have authority in them, are much more so, absorbing those who did not sin and rejecting those who sinned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
76. Noah was among those with little faith. He did not believe that the flood would come, and he did not enter the ark until the water pushed him, as it is written, \u201cAnd Noah went in \u2026 because of the waters of the flood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
77. When the Creator brought down water, He first brought them down with mercy, to show the world that if they repent, He will accept them. This means that at first, it is written, \u201cAnd there was the rain,\u201d and then it is written, \u201cand there was the flood,\u201d so if they would repent, they would be blessed rains. They did not repent; there was the flood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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