"My voice shall You hear in the morning, Hashem"

350. Rabbi Elazar was journeying to see his father-in-law, Rabbi Yosi. Rabbi Aba and the friends went with him. Rabbi Elazar opened the discussion with the verse: "My voice shall You hear in the morning, Hashem" (Tehilim 5:4). What is the meaning of "morning?" HE RESPONDS: It refers to the morning of Abraham, WHO IS CHESED, that was roused in the world, as it is written: "And up Abraham rose early in the morning" (Beresheet 22:3). When that morning arrived, that morning, THAT IS CHESED, awakens in the world, which is a time of goodwill for all, and a time to do kindness throughout the world, to the righteous and the wicked. Then it is a proper time period for prayer, to pray before the Holy King.

351. Therefore, during that time when that morning arrives, all the King's captives, MEANING THOSE WHO SIN AND ARE BOUND IN THE CHAINS OF SIN, find rest. It is a time for them to say prayers, and most certainly for those who repent and ask their request in the presence of the Holy King. In that time, a chieftain comes out to the south side, THAT IS CHESED, and his name is Raphael. there are all kinds of remedies in his hand. From the south side, THAT IS CHESED, a spirit leaves and reaches the chieftain appointed over healing, THAT IS RAPHAEL. When the prayer reaches the Holy One, blessed be He, He instructs the members of His court not to begin the trial, because life is in the hands of the Holy One, blessed be He, and not in their hands.

352. Because it is a time of favor, the Holy One, blessed be He, looks to find merit for that person. If he is at prayer or he is repenting, He has compassion on him. At that time, the voice of nesting birds is heard, as it is written: "Where the birds make their nests" (Tehilim 104:17), because these birds thank and praise the Holy One, blessed be He. The morning gazelle woke up in the world said, "O how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear You..." (Tehilim 31:20). Then the appointee OVER HEALING goes forth and does all that he is instructed to do.

353. If you think that the types of healing are in the power OF THE APPOINTEE as we mentioned, it is not so, because remedy is only in the hands of the Holy King. However, at the moment when the Holy One, blessed be He, instructs a remedy for that person, the appointee goes out and all the prosecutors that are appointed for awful diseases fear him. Then the spirit that travels from the south side, THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF CHESED, extends THAT CHESED to that person and behold, there is healing. HOWEVER, all is in the hand of the Holy One, blessed be He.

354. Therefore, it is written: "My voice shall You hear (in) the morning, Hashem" instead of simply saying, 'My voice shall You hear, Hashem,' because he spoke to that morning of Abraham. "(In) the morning I will direct my prayer to You; and will wait expectantly" (Tehilim 5:4). HE ASKS: Why is morning said twice? HE RESPONDS: It is because one morning is the one of Abraham, THAT IS CHESED, and one morning is of Joseph, as it is written: "As soon as the morning was light" (Beresheet 44:3). The Targum translates it as: "the morning shines," for it definitely gives light. AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE MORNING OF ABRAHAM IS CHESED, WHICH IS CONCEALED FROM CHOCHMAH, AND THE MORNING OF JOSEPH IS OF CHESED THAT IS REVEALED THROUGH THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH. "I will direct my prayer to You; and will wait expectantly:" What is the meaning OF, "I WILL DIRECT MY PRAYER TO YOU?" It is, I will prepare Your candle to light up with, as it says, "I have set up a lamp for My anointed" (Tehilim 132:17). That refers to that morning of Joseph, because this preparation of the candle is his.

355. IT SAYS, "and will wait expectantly." HE ASKS: What is the meaning of: "and will wait expectantly?" Aren't all the inhabitants of the world hoping and waiting for the kindness of the Holy One, blessed be He, even the beasts? In what is that praise of David better than everyone's in the world? HE REPLIES: I have inquired about this matter and this was the reply, which is a matter of truth that comes from a distance. THAT IS THE SECRET OF CHOCHMAH, AS IT SAYS, "I SAID LET ME BECOME WISE, BUT IT WAS FAR FROM ME" (KOHELET 7:23). The first light that the Holy One, blessed be He, created was so bright that the worlds could not stand it. What did the Holy One, blessed be He, do? He made light to His light, so that they could be attired with one another, and similarly with all the rest of the lights. THAT IS, EACH HIGHER LIGHT IS CLOTHED WITH A LEVEL THAT IS LOWER THAN IT, until all the worlds are maintained and can withstand it.

356. That is why all the levels were spread out and all the lights were clothed. These GARMENTS, WHEREIN THE LOWER DRESSES UP THE HIGHER, are called 'supernal wings' until they reach that morning of Joseph. And he receives all the higher lights, BECAUSE YESOD IS COMPRISED AND COMPOSED OF ALL THE LIGHTS HIGHER THAN IT. Due to the fact that all the higher lights depend on it, its brightness radiates from one end of the world to the other end of the world above, until the worlds below IT cannot withstand it. David came and prepared the candle, which is a cover for the morning of Joseph, to cover it to allow the maintenance of the worlds that are lower by the setting of that candle. That is why it is written, "In the morning I will direct my prayer to You; and will wait (Heb. atzapeh) expectantly," as it says, "And he overlaid it (Heb. yetzapehu) with pure gold" (Shemot 37:2). That candle is of David, THE CHARIOT OF MALCHUT, upon which he is dependent, and he said it should be the cover over this morning OF JOSEPH. Rabbi Aba approached and kissed him. He said, Had I gone out on my journey only to hear this one thing, it would have been sufficient reason for me.