232. Another explanation for THE VERSE: "These are the generations of the heaven..." (Beresheet 2:4), IN WHICH THE WORD "THESE" CANCELS WHAT WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, IS THAT THE WORD "These" refers to those about whom it is written CONCERNING THE SIN OF THE GOLDEN CALF: "These are your Elohim, O Yisrael" (Shemot 32:4). Thus, on the day when THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, shall exterminate these, REFERRING TO THE SIN OF THE CALF, it will be as it was on the day the Holy One, blessed be He, created the heaven and the earth. As it is written, "In the day that Hashem Elohim made the earth and the heavens" (Beresheet 2:4). At that time, the Holy One, blessed be He, will be together with his Shechinah and the world will be renewed, as it is written: "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make..." (Yeshayah 66:22). This is THE SIGNIFICANCE OF, "In the day...made," MEANING IN THE DAY WHEN THE WORLD SHALL BE RENEWED.
233. At that time, "out of the ground Hashem, Elohim made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight" (Beresheet 2:9). However, before that time and not until THE SIN OF THE GOLDEN CALF is erased, the rain of the Torah, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, does not come down TO WATER THE SEEDS OF THE SOULS OF YISRAEL. Therefore, The Children of Yisrael, who are similar to the herbs and trees, are not able to grow. The secret of this matter is as written: "And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet grown...and there was not a man to till the ground" (Beresheet 2:5). "A man" alludes to Yisrael, "the ground" is the Temple and "to till" is to offer sacrifices.
234. Another explanation of the phrase: "plant of the field" is THAT IT ALLUDES TO the first Messiah, MESSIAH BEN (THE SON OF) DAVID, who was not yet on earth, whereas "herb of the field" is the second Messiah, MESSIAH BEN JOSEPH. HE ASKS: Why WERE THEY NOT "IN THE EARTH?" HE REPLIES, Because Moses was not there with them to serve the Shechinah. Of him, it is written: "And there was not a man to till the ground." The secret is given in the verse: "The staff shall not depart from Judah..." (Beresheet 49:10), which refers to Messiah ben David, "nor the scepter from between his feet," which refers to Messiah ben Joseph. "Until Shiloh come" is an allusion to Moses, as the numerical value of MOSES is the same as that OF SHILOH. "And the obedience of the people be his (Heb. velo yik'hat)" is A PHRASE WHOSE LETTERS ALSO FORM THE HEBREW WORDS, Levi Kohath, WHICH MEANS THAT THE CORRECTION SHALL REACH FROM MOSES TO KOHATH AND LEVI, HIS ANCESTORS.
235. Another explanation OF THE VERSE: "plant (Heb. siach) of the field" IS THAT IT REFERS TO THE SOULS OF the righteous, who come from YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN, WHICH IS CALLED the Righteous, the life (Heb. chai) of the worlds. Because Siach (Sin-Yud-Chet) CONSISTS OF THE LETTERS Chai (Chet- Yud) and Shin. Shin BY ITSELF ALLUDES TO the three branches of the tree, which symbolize the three patriarchs - CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET OF ZEIR ANPIN, WHO IS CALLED A TREE. THE LETTER SIN IN SIACH IS NOT DERIVED DIRECTLY FROM ZEIR ANPIN, BUT from the life of the worlds, WHICH IS YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN.
236. ANOTHER EXPLANATION ABOUT THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS APPEARS IN THE VERSE: "AND NO HERB (HEB. ESEV) OF THE FIELD," IN WHICH ESEV CONSISTS OF THE LETTERS AYIN-BET AND SHIN. THE LETTER SHIN IS AN ALLUSION TO THE THREE LEAVES, WHICH ARE YUD- ALEPH-HEI-DALED-VAV-NUN-HEI-YUD - NAMELY THE COMBINING OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, AND ADONAI, WHICH IS HIS FEMALE PRINCIPLE, THEY HAVE A NUMERICAL VALUE OF AYIN-BET (SEVENTY-TWO). THAT IS YUD HEI VAV HEI, WHEN FULLY SPELLED OUT WITH YUD'S, AMOUNTS TO SEVENTY-TWO. THE BRANCHES - NAMELY CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET, ARE THE THREE LEAVES FROM WHICH NETZACH, HOD AND YESOD ARE SUSPENDED. THEY ALL ADD UP TO SEVENTY-TWO, AS EACH ONE OF THE THREE BRANCHES EQUALS SEVENTY-TWO. THEY DO NOT REACH THE PLACE, WHICH IS THE SHECHINAH, UNTIL THE appearance of he who is called man, who is YUD HEI VAV HEI, FULLY SPELLED WITH ALEPH'S AS Yud-Vav-Dalet, Hei-Aleph, Vav-Aleph-Vav, Hei-Aleph. THIS ALLUDES TO MOSES and this is WHY IT IS WRITTEN: "And there was not a man to till the ground," ALLUDING TO MOSES WHO HAD NOT YET CORRECTED THE SHECHINAH PROPERLY.
237. For this reason, it is written OF MOSES: "And no herb of the field had yet grown." This means that the righteous man, MOSES, was not yet grown - Moses, who validates THE VERSE, "Truth shall spring (grow) out of the earth" (Tehilim 85:12). As THE TRUTH is described IN THE VERSE: "And it cast down the truth to the ground" (Daniel 8:12), IT REFERS TO the students of the Torah, who are like the plants THAT GROW AND SPRING OUT OF THE EARTH. But they do not grow OR SPRING FORTH FROM THE SHECHINAH in exile until THE TIME WHEN THE WORDS "Truth shall spring out of the earth, ARE FULFILLED. This TRUTH is Moses, about whom it is written: "The law of truth was in his mouth" (Malachi 2:6), because no man relates to the Shechinah as well as he. This is WHY THE SCRIPTURE SAYS ABOUT HIM, "And there is not a man to till the ground," WHERE THE GROUND ALLUDES TO THE SHECHINAH. BEFORE MOSES, THERE WAS NO ONE TO CORRECT THE SHECHINAH.
238. As soon as MOSES appears, THE WORDS "But there went up a mist (Heb. ed, Aleph-Dalet) from the earth" (Beresheet 2:6) WERE REALIZED. THIS REFERS TO THE LETTERS Aleph-Dalet in the name Adonai. The letter Vav ascends to it and becomes through it the Master (Heb. adon) of the entire earth. Immediately, it "watered the whole face of the ground" (Ibid.). THIS MEANS THAT Yisrael below will be watered. AS A RESULT, THEY SHALL RECEIVE THE MOCHIN, WHICH ARE CALLED the seventy aspects of the Torah, FROM THE SHECHINAH.
239. Another explanation CONCERNS THE VERSE "But there went up a mist from the earth." The Aramaic translation (is this correct?) says, "But there went up a cloud from the earth." THIS REFERS TO THE SHECHINAH, of which it is written: "For the cloud of Hashem was upon the tabernacle" (Shemot 40:38). BECAUSE AT THE END OF TIMES WHEN MOSES WILL APPEAR, THE SHECHINAH WILL RISE UP. And the students of the Torah on earth will be watered by Her AND RECEIVE FROM HER MOCHIN.
240. At that time, IT IS SAID, "And Hashem Elohim formed man..." (Beresheet 2:7), WHICH REFERS TO Yisrael, whom the Holy One, blessed be He, formed in the images of this world and of the World to Come. The word "formed (Heb. vayyitzer)" IS SPELLED WITH TWO YUD'S, WHICH MEANS THAT at that time, the Holy One, blessed be He, shall put them -YISRAEL - into his name by putting the letter Vav in between the two Yud's. Together, they have the same numerical value as Yud Hei Vav Hei, NAMELY TWENTY-SIX. The two Yud's will be formed on his face and on the faces OF YISRAEL, UPON THEIR CHEEKBONES and the letter Vav is their nose.
241. For this reason, it is written: "For from the top of the rocks (Heb. tzurim) I see him..." (Bemidbar 23:9). THE WORD TZURIM IMPLIES these Tziyurim (forms) of the Holy Name. These shall appear as drawings upon their faces, which are formed according to the secret of the two precious tablets, which are Yud and Yud, and the letter Vav is inscribed on them.