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- 5
5. Rabbi Aba opened the discussion saying, "Happy are the people that know the joyful note: they shall walk, O Hashem, in the light of Your countenance" (Tehilim 89:16). This verse has been explained. However, come and behold: praised are Yisrael, to whom the Holy One, blessed be He, gave the holy Torah and taught His ways, to adhere to Him and keep the commandments of the Torah in order to achieve merit through them in the World to Come. And He drew them near when they came out from Egypt, since He withdrew them from another dominion and raised them to unite with His name. Only then Yisrael were called 'free men' in every respect, in that they no longer sojourned under someone else's authority. He raised them to unite with His Name, which is loftier above all and has dominion over the highest and the lowest.
5. ר' אַבָּא פָּתַח, אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם יוֹדְעֵי תְרוּעָה יְיָ' בְּאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ יְהַלֵּכוּן. הַאי קְרָא אוּקְמוּהָ, אֲבָל ת"ח, זַכָּאִין אִינּוּן יִשְׂרָאֵל, דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יָהַב לוֹן אוֹרַיְיתָא קַדִּישָׁא, וְאוֹלִיף לוֹן אָרְחוֹי, לְאִתְדַּבְּקָא בֵּיהּ, וּלְמֵיטַר פִּקּוּדֵי דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, לְמִזְכֵּי בְּהוּ לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. וְקָרִיב לְהוּ בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּנָפְקוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם, דְּהָא כְּדֵין אַפִּיק לוֹן מֵרְשׁוּתָא אַחֲרָא, וְסָלִיק לוֹן לְאִתְאַחֲדָא בִּשְׁמֵיהּ, וּכְדֵין אִקְרוּן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּנֵי חוֹרִין מִכֹּלָּא. דְּלָא יָתְבוּ תְּחוֹת רְשׁוּתָא אַחֲרָא, וְסָלִיק לוֹן לְאַחֲדָא בִּשְׁמֵיהּ, דְּסָלִיק עַל כֹּלָּא, דְּשַׁלִּיט עַל עִלָּאִין וְתַתָּאִין.