209) \u201cHope deferred makes the heart sick, and a desire that comes, it is a tree of life.\u201d When one prays to the Creator, he should not look whether his salvation came or not, for when he looks, several litigants come to look at his actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
210) That looking, when he looks during the prayer, causes him a heart disease. A heart disease is Satan, one who is always standing over man to slander him above and below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
211) \u201cA desire that comes is a tree of life.\u201d One who wishes for the Creator to grant his prayer should engage in Torah, which is the tree of life. And then desire comes. What is desire? It is a degree that all the prayers in the world are in its hands\u2014the Nukva\u2014and it brings them before the upper king, ZA. \u201cDesire that comes,\u201d since it comes before the upper king for coupling, to complement the wish of the invocator, to grant him his wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
212) \u201cHope deferred makes the heart sick.\u201d This is a place where that prayer is given in another place, where it is not needed, and that place is called \u201ca heart disease.\u201d And it is extended from the heart until it is given from hand to hand. And sometimes, salvation does not come at all because it is extended and stretches from hand to hand in all those appointees, so they will bring it down to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
213) \u201cDesire that comes is a tree of life.\u201d This is the hope that is not extended among those appointees and the chariots from hand to hand. Rather, the Creator gives immediately because when it is extended among those appointees and chariots, several litigants are given permission to observe and to look at his sentence before they give him his salvation. But what comes out of the King\u2019s house and is given to man, whether he is worthy or unworthy, is given to him immediately. This is, \u201cDesire that comes is a tree of life,\u201d which means that it is given to him immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
214) \u201cHope deferred\u201d is Jacob, whose hope for Joseph was extended for a long time. And \u201cDesire that comes is a tree of life\u201d is Benjamin, since it was only a short time, meaning it was not a long time from the moment Joseph sought him until the time he came to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is written, \u201cAnd he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin\u2026 his mother’s son.\u201d Why does it write, \u201cHis mother\u2019s son\u201d? It is because he had his mother\u2019s form in him, meaning his form was similar to Rachel\u2019s form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
215) It is written, \u201cAnd Joseph saw Benjamin with them,\u201d and it is written, \u201cAnd he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother.\u201d What is the seeing here? Indeed, he saw Benjamin in the spirit of holiness. Part of it was with them on earth, and in the part of Benjamin and Judah there is the Shechina, since he saw that in the part of Judah and Benjamin was the Temple. And this is, \u201cAnd Joseph saw Benjamin with them,\u201d meaning he saw him with them. And Joseph, who was his brother, did not see himself with them in that part where there was the Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
216) Here, too, \u201cHe lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother’s son,\u201d he saw the building of the Temple that is in his part. Afterwards, it is written, \u201cAnd Joseph hurried because of his pity for his brother and he wished to cry; and he went into the room and wept there,\u201d for he saw the ruin of the Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
217) When the Temple was ruined and was being burned down, all the priests rose to the roofs of the Temple and all the keys of the Temple were in their hands. They said, \u201cThus far we have been Your treasurers; henceforth, take what is Yours.\u201d It is as it is written, \u201cThe burden against the Valley of Vision; what then troubles you, that you have all gone up to the housetops?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
218) The Valley of Vision is the Shechina, who was at the Temple and all the people in the world were nursed by her with nursing of prophecy. And although all the prophets were prophesying from another place, from Netzah and Hod of ZA, they were still sucking their prophecy from within her, from the Nukva. This is so because Netzah and Hod of ZA were bestowing in the Shechina, and the Shechina was giving illumination of Netzah and Hod to the prophets. Hence, it is called, \u201cValley of Vision\u201d after the prophecy. And it is a vision since it shows all the upper colors, since the four colors of ZA, which are HB TM, are seen only in her. This is why she is called \u201ca vision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
219) \u201cWhat then troubles you, that you have all gone up to the housetops.\u201d When the Temple was ruined, the Shechina came and rose in all the places where it dwelled before, and she wept for her dwelling place, for Israel who went into exile, and for all the righteous and pious who were there and were lost. It is written, \u201cThus says the Lord, \u2018A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children.\u2019\u201d Rachel is the name of the Shechina, and the Creator asked the Shechina, \u201cWhat then troubles you, that you have all gone up to the housetops\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
220) What is \u201cyou have all\u201d? It is to include with her all the other armies and chariots, who all wept with her for the ruin of the Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
221) He asked her, \u201cWhat then troubles you?\u201d She said before Him, \u201cMy sons are in exile, the Temple is burnt, and You do not know. And I, what have I here?\u201d She opened and said, \u201cYou who were full of cheer\u2026 Let me weep bitterly; do not rush to comfort me because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.\u201d And the Creator told her, \u201cThus says the Lord, \u2018Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work shall be rewarded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
222) Since the day the Temple was ruined, there has not been a day without curses. This is because when the Temple was standing, Israel were worshipping and sacrificing offerings and sacrifices, and the Shechina was on them at the Temple like a mother crouches over her sons. And everyone\u2019s face were bright until there were blessings above and below. There was not a day without blessings and joy, and Israel dwelt safely in their land and the whole world was nourished because of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
223) Now that the Temple is ruined and the Shechina has gone into exile with them, there is not a day without curses, the world is cursed and there are no joys above and below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
224) The Creator will raise the assembly of Israel, the Shechina, from the dust, and to make the world happy in everything,\u201d as it is written, \u201cEven them will I bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer.\u201d And it is written, \u201cThey shall come with weeping, and with invocations will I lead them.\u201d As it is written in the beginning, \u201cShe weeps bitterly in the night and her tears are on her cheeks,\u201d so afterwards they will return from exile weeping, as it is written, \u201cThey shall come with weeping.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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