250402.Pekudei ver26

Pekudei: Verse 26

"These are the accounts of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Testimony." Rabbi Aba opened the discussion with the verse: "And in that day it shall be, that the root of Yishai..." (Yeshayah 11:10). "In that day" refers to the time when the Holy One, blessed be He will increase peace in the world, and then the root of the Tree of Life will prevail, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE CENTRAL COLUMN, THAT RECONCILES AND MAKES PEACE BETWEEN RIGHT AND LEFT. From this root all other roots will prevail below, NAMELY, THE GRADES IN MALCHUT AND IN BRIYAH, YETZIRAH AND ASIYAH, for they all are rooted and draw their strength from it.

Pekudei: Verse 27

The verse continues, "...that stands for a banner of the peoples" (Yeshayah 11:10), for it is a banner and an ensign to the mystery of the Holy Name, YUD HEI VAV HEI. "To it shall the nations seek" (Ibid.) because there is found the secret of existence, THAT IS, MOCHIN, of the Holy Name. Therefore the nations shall seek it, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CHOCHMAH AND DA'AT FROM THERE, "and many people shall go and say, 'Come and let us go up to the Mountain of Hashem'" (Yeshayah 2:3). Therefore, "to it shall the nations seek." "And his resting place shall be glorious" (Yeshayah 11:10), "His resting place" is the Temple, WHICH IS MALCHUT, as it is written, "This is My resting place forever" (Tehilim 132:14); it will be "glorious" because it is thus called 'the Glory of Hashem,' when "the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun" (Yeshayah 30:26), THE LIGHT OF MALCHUT SHALL BE AS THE LIGHT OF ZEIR ANPIN, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold" (Ibid.), AND THE LIGHT OF ZEIR ANPIN WILL BE SEVENFOLD WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.

Pekudei: Verse 28

And the resting place of the root of Yishai, WHICH IS MALCHUT, called 'the glory of Hashem' must never be counted or numbered. What is the reason? Because no blessing dwells wholly upon something counted. Blessings prevail only where there is no reckoning. And this is the first time MALCHUT was counted, as it is said, "These are the accounts of the Tabernacle."

Pekudei: Verse 29

Come and see: The Tabernacle is now subject to an inventory, FOR MALCHUT THAT IS CALLED 'TABERNACLE' CORRESPONDS TO THE LEFT COLUMN, WHENCE COUNTING COMES. Therefore it needed the prayer of Moses, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE CENTRAL COLUMN JOINING RIGHT AND LEFT AND POURING BLESSING UPON THEM AS MENTIONED ABOVE, as it is written, "And Moses blessed them" (Shemot 39:43). What is the blessing he gave them? 'May blessing be upon the work of your hands.' There were no blessings upon that counting until Moses bound it to the upper Tabernacle, BINAH, as it is written, "These are the accounts of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were counted according to the commandment of Moses." AND THE TABERNACLE OF THE TESTIMONY IS BINAH, and were it not for Moses who did the counting, they would not have been able to count as it is written, "according to the commandment of Moses."

Pekudei: Verse 30

He opened the discussion and said: "And the word of Hashem came to him (Elijah), saying, 'Arise, go to Zarephath...behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain you'" (I Melachim 17:8-9). HE ASKS: Where did the Holy One, blessed be He, command her? AND HE REPLIES: Before entering the world, the Holy One, blessed be He decreed above that the crows should bring food to Elijah, and that woman should give food to Elijah.