297. \u201cA Song of Ascents. I cried to the Lord in my plight, and He answered me.\u201d The Creator created craving psalms in the creation of heaven and earth, in order to glorify and praise Him, who is the maker of everything. The heaven recite psalms before Him, as it is written, \u201cThe heaves tell the glory of God.\u201d The earth, too, recites psalms, as it is written, \u201cSing to the Lord, all the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
298. The whole world is craving and rejoices in praising their maker when they see His wonders in heaven and in earth, and this is Beresheet. Examine the letters and you will see, Shir [Shin-Yod-Reish] Taev [Tav-Aleph-Bet], meaning Taev [craving] to say a psalm about His wonders in heaven and in earth. Are these the same ascents that King David would say? These are the psalms of the same ascents, which are the heaven, as it is written, \u201cWho builds His ascents in the heaven.\u201d David craved them and would say them, and this is a craving psalm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
299. It is written, \u201cWhen morning stars sing together and all of God\u2019s children cheer.\u201d God\u2019s children are the angels who say psalms before the Maker of Beresheet each night, corresponding to the three watches in the night. In each watch, each sect says psalms. In the last watch, when the morning comes, all the stars and signs, and the angels who are called \u201cGod\u2019s children,\u201d say psalms, as it is written, \u201cWhen the morning stars sing together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
300. Each one according to his merit, indicating that \u201chigh watches over high,\u201d since they have merits one above the other. This is why it was said \u201cA song of ascents,\u201d from the ascents of the angels who say psalms. This is Beresheet, Shir Taev [craving song], \u201cGod created the heaven and the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
301. Rabbi Hizkiya and Rabbi Yosi were walking on another road after midnight. As they were walking, Rabbi Yosi said to Rabbi Hizkiya, \u201cWhat should we do, since we learned \u201cOne should always leave in goodness, in the morning, while we are walking at night?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
302. Rabbi Hizkiya told him, \u201cYosi my son, come and hear the splendor of the pleasantness of the voice of the wheels of the animals that praise our God with singing.\u201d As he was lending his ear, he heard a voice of pleasant praising that they were saying, \u201cThe Lord will exist forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
303. Rabbi Hizkiya said, \u201cMy son, did you hear something?\u201d He said, \u201cI heard a pleasant voice, and from the pleasantness and the praise from that verse that I heard, I now know its meaning. It is written, \u2018The Lord will exist forever; He has established His throne for judgment,\u2019 since whenever the judges sentence, the Creator\u2019s Shechina [Divinity], which is the throne, is established there, as it is written, \u2018He has established His throne for judgment,\u2019 for the throne is established in a place where there is judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
304. \u201cDo you know which watch of the ministering angels say this verse?\u201d He said to him, \u201cNo.\u201d He said, \u201cIt is the watch of those angels who are called gods.\u201d There are ten watches of the ministering angels in the firmament, which are divided into the three watches of the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
305. When Israel complete their prayer at night, those angels called \u201cpeople\u201d take singing after them and say psalms. They say, \u201cWhat is man, that You should be mindful of him, and the son of man, that You should visit him? And You have made him a little lower than gods, and You have crowned him with glory and honor.\u201d And they conclude, \u201cThe Lord, our God, how great is Your name in all the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the second watch, angels that are Hashmalim and Erelim take singing and say, \u201cGive to the Lord sons of gods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
306. At midnight, until the second watch is over, when the Creator looks at Eden, at Hochma, which is called \u201cEden,\u201d which He concealed for the righteous in the days to come, the holy animals and Seraphim, and Ophanim, and Cherubim open and say, \u201cHow great is Your goodness, which You have concealed for those who fear You. Extol He who rides in the prairies; in the YAH is His name.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
307. In the beginning of the third watch, those who are called gods take singing and say, \u201cThe Lord will exist forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the morning comes, they open the heaven and say, \u201cThe heavens tell the glory of God.\u201d The morning stars say, \u201cHe counts the number of the stars; He gives them all names; great is our Master and mighty in strength.\u201d The angels, who are called \u201csons of gods,\u201d open and say \u201cGive to the Lord sons of gods; give to the Lord honor and strength.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
308. As they were walking, they saw that the dawn has grown dark, and then the day shone. Rabbi Hizkiya said to Rabbi Yosi, \u201cCome and I will show you that so is the redemption of Israel. When the sun of redemption shines for them, trouble after trouble will come to them, and darkness after darkness. And while the troubles are in it, the light of the Creator will shine on them, as it is written, \u2018As sure as the dawn is His emergence,\u2019 and as it is written, \u2018But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
309. At that time, wars will awaken in the world, nation against nation, city against city, many troubles will come upon the enemies of Israel until their faces grow dark like the rims of a pot. And afterwards, their redemption will be revealed upon them, out of the roar from their pressure and distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
310. This is as King David said, \u201cTo the conductor over doe of the dawn.\u201d But should he not have said \u201cthe doe of the morning\u201d? However, it is about the doe and the force of the blackness of Israel, since doe means strength, as it is written, \u201cThere is no man like a dear.\u201d At that time, the children of Israel will cry out from their plight and say, \u201cMy God, my God, why have You left me?\u201d And then it is written, \u201cYou have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,\u201d meaning redemption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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