Emor
Babylon Dreams Exile Jeremiah Seventy Year Zion

22. He opened with the verse, "When Hashem brought back the captivity of Zion, we were like men in a dream" (Tehilim 126:1). "When Hashem brought back" was said during the exile in Babylon, though they spent only seventy years in that exile, as it is written, "That after seventy years are accomplished at Babylon I will take heed of you" (Yirmeyah 29:10), and "we were like men in a dream." What is "like men in a dream?" The friends remarked that some dreams last seventy years.

22. פָּתַח וְאָמַר, בְּשׁוּב יְיָ' אֶת שִׁיבַת צִיּוֹן הָיִינוּ כְּחוֹלְמִים. בְּשׁוּב יְיָ' אֶת שִׁיבַת, דָּא בְּגָלוּת בָּבֶל אִתְּמַר. דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּכָחוּ יַתִיר בְּגָלוּתָא אֶלָּא שַׁבְעִין שְׁנִין. דִּכְתִיב, כִּי לְפִי מְלֵאוֹת לְבָבֶל שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה אֶפְקוֹד אֶתְכֶם. וּכְתִיב הָיִינוּ כְּחוֹלְמִים, מַאי כְּחוֹלְמִים. אֶלָּא הָא אַתְעֲרוּ חַבְרַיָּיא, דְּאִיכָּא שַׁבְעִין שְׁנִין בְּחֶלְמָא.

Dreams Fasting Repentance Seven Seventy Shabbat Ten Year

23. Come and see, it is written, "for seven days shall he consecrate you" (Vayikra 8:33). What are these seven days? It has been said that the uppermost place that includes all the other six, NAMELY BINAH THAT INCLUDES IN IT CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD AND YESOD, is called seven days and also called repentance. We learned that whoever fasts on Shabbat, his verdict of seventy years standing is torn up. Seventy years are the seven facets of the King, NAMELY THE SEVEN SFIROT, CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD, YESOD AND MALCHUT, EACH INCLUDING TEN, THUS AMOUNTING TO SEVENTY. Even though they are unanimously agreed against him, the verdict is torn up. For what reason? Because WHOEVER FASTS is attached to that day, which includes them all, NAMELY BINAH that is called seven and is called repentance. For that reason, WHEN HE IS ATTACHED TO THAT, he is attached to all SEVENTY YEARS when he repents, and any verdict in any of them is THEREFORE torn up. Therefore assuredly there are seventy years in a dream.

23. וְתָא חֲזֵי, כְּתִיב כִּי שִׁבְעַת יָמִים יְמַלֵּא אֶת יֶדְכֶם. מַאן שִׁבְעַת יָמִים. הָא אִתְּמַר, הַהוּא אֲתַר עִלָּאָה, דְּהוּא כְּלָלָא דְּכָל שִׁיתָא אָחֳרָנִין, אִקְרֵי שִׁבְעַת יָמִים, וְאִקְרֵי תְּשׁוּבָה. תָּנֵינָן, מַאן דְּיָתִיב בְּתַעֲנִיתָא בְּשַׁבְּתָא, קוֹרְעִין לוֹ גְּזַר דִּינוֹ שֶׁל שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה, וְשַׁבְעִין שָׁנָה אִינּוּן שְׁבַע אַנְפֵּי מַלְכָּא, דַּאֲפִילּוּ אִסְתְּכָמוּ עָלֵיהּ כֹּלָּא לְבִישׁ, הַהוּא גְּזַר דִּינָא אִתְקְרַע. מ"ט. בְּגִין דְּאָחִיד בֵּיהּ בְּהַהוּא יוֹמָא, בִּכְלָלָא דְּכֻלְּהוּ, דְּאִקְרֵי שִׁבְעָה, וְאִקְרֵי תְּשׁוּבָה, בְּגִין כַּךְ בְּכֻלְּהוּ אָחִיד, וְאַהְדָּר בִּתְשׁוּבָה, וְאִתְקְרַע גְּזַר דִּינָא בְּכֻלְּהוּ. וְעַל דָּא וַדַּאי שַׁבְעִין שְׁנִין אִיכָּא בְּחֶלְמָא.

Crowns Head High Priest Holiness (Kedushah) Kedushah (Holiness) Priests Seven

24. Similarly the priest is crowned with seven, WHICH ARE BINAH that is called seven days. If THE PRIEST blemishes his head, that seven, BINAH, the whole of all SEVEN DAYS, CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD, YESOD AND MALCHUT, makes him bald from all that overall holiness that dwells on THAT PRIEST. They were therefore careful not to make baldness on their heads, because this will render them defective in all SEVEN SFIROT. Thus the priest needs to abide in perfection more than all the others, and all the more so the most supernal, THE HIGH PRIEST.

24. כְּגַוְונָא דָּא, כַּהֲנָא אִתְעֲטָּר בִּשְׁבַע, דְּאִקְרֵי שִׁבְעַת יָמִים, אִי פָּגִים רֵישֵׁיהּ, הַהוּא שִׁבְעָה דְּאִיהוּ כְּלָלָא דְּכֻלְּהוּ, אַקְרַח מִנֵּיהּ כָּל הַהוּא קְדוּשָּׁא דְּכֻלְּהוּ, דְּשַׁרְיָא עָלֵיהּ. וְעַ"ד אִזְדְּהָרוּ דְּלָא יִקְרְחֻה קָרְחָה בְּרֹאשָׁם, וְיִשְׁתְּכָחוּ פְּגִימִין מִכֹּלָּא. ובג"כ כַּהֲנָא בָּעֵי לְאִשְׁתַּכְּחָא בִּשְׁלִימוּ יַתִּיר מִכֹּלָּא, כ"ש הַהוּא דְּאִיהוּ עִלָּאָה מְכֻּלְּהוּ.

Aba and Ima Anointment Garments Head High Priest Likenesses Oil Priests Sanctuary Seven Tetragrammaton Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)

25. Rabbi Aba said, The lower Hei in here and the supernal Hei in there. The High Priest, the highest, BLEMISHES the supernal Hei, WHICH IS BINAH, as it is written, "upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated..." (Vayikra 21:10). "And that is consecrated" REFERS TO BINAH as it is written, "for seven days shall he consecrate you." THE SEVEN DAYS REFER TO BINAH, THE UPPER HEI OF YUD HEI VAV HEI. Any other priest CREATES A BLEMISH in the lower Hei OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, MALCHUT, as it is written, "They shall not make baldness on their head" (Vayikra 21:5), followed by, "and not profane the name of their Elohim" (Ibid. 6). This name is known AS MALCHUT, THE LOWER HEI. Hence it is written, "And he that is the High Priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments." THIS IS, as we said, THAT THE ANOINTING OIL INDICATES THE BOUNTY OF ABA THAT HE RECEIVES VIA IMA, THE UPPER HEI. Since he is holy in the likeness of above it is written, "neither shall he go out of the sanctuary" (Ibid. 12), JUST LIKE ABA AND IMA WHOSE UNION IS UNINTERRUPTED.

25. א"ר אַבָּא, כָּאן בְּהֵ"א תַּתָּאָה, כָּאן בְּהֵ"א עִלָּאָה. כ"ג דְּאִיהוּ עִלָּאָה מְכֻּלְּהוּ, בְּהֵ"א עִלָּאָה. דִּכְתִּיב אֲשֶׁר יוּצַק עַל רֹאשׁוֹ שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וּמִלֵּא אֶת יָדוֹ וְגוֹ.' וּמִלֵּא יָדוֹ דִּכְתִּיב שִׁבְעַת יָמִים יְמַלֵּא אֶת יֶדְכֶם. כַּהֲנָא אָחֳרָא בְּה' תַּתָּאָה, דִּכְתִּיב, לֹא יִקְרְחֻה קָרְחָה בְּרֹאשָׁם, וּכְתִיב בַּתְרֵיהּ, וְלֹא יְחַלְּלוּ שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵיהֶם. וְהַאי שֵׁם הָא יְדִיעָא אִיהוּ. ובג"כ כְּתִיב, וְהַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל מֵאֶחָיו אֲשֶׁר יוּצַק עַל רֹאשׁוֹ שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה לִלְבּוֹשׁ אֶת הַבְּגָדִים, כְּמָה דְּאַמָרָן. וּבְגִין דְּאִיהוּ קַדִּישָׁא כְּגַוְונָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, כְּתִיב וּמִן הַמִּקְדָּשׁ לֹא יֵצֵא.