Idra Raba: Chapter 12

The second Correction (formation)

Synopsis

Rabbi Chizkiyah leads us into the discussion of the second Correction (formation), saying that it means "who pardons iniquity." Rabbi Shimon's face is shining like the sun, and he says that Moses was not aware when his face was glowing. Rabbi Shimon tells the friends that each of their explanations of the thirteen Corrections (formations) gets established and concealed among the Corrections (formations) of the sanctified beard above. It now appears that a different rabbi must explain each different Correction (formation).

Hair

116. The second Correction (formation): The hair gets shaped from one corner of the mouth to the other corner of the mouth evenly.

116. תִּקּוּנָא תִּנְיָינָא. מִתְתָּקַן שַׂעֲרָא, מֵרֵישָׁא דְּפוּמָא, עַד רֵישָׁא אַחֲרָא דְּפוּמָא, בְּתִקּוּנָא שָׁקִיל.

Beard

117. Rise, Rabbi Chizkiyah. Take your position and honor the preciousness of this Correction (formation) of the holy beard. Rabbi Chizkiyah stood up and opened the discussion saying, "I am my beloved's, and his desire is towards me" (Shir Hashirim 7:11), MEANING What is the cause that I am my beloved's? It is because of his longing for me.

117. קוּם ר' חִזְקִיָּה, וְקָאֵים בְּקִיּוּמָךְ, וְאוֹקִיר יְקָרָא דְּתִקּוּנָא דָּא דְּדִיקְנָא קַדִּישָׁא. קָם ר' חִזְקִיָּה, שָׁארִי וְאָמַר, אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְעָלַי תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ מִי גָּרַם שֶׁאֲנִי לְדוֹדִי. מִשּׁוּם דְּעֵלִי תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ.

Candles Directions Door Flow Judgment Light Point Rivers Seas Waters

118. I was watching, and behold, I noticed the precious light of the upper candle, BINAH, lighting to 325 directions. A dark one was bathing in that light like someone who bathes in a deep river, WHICH IS BINAH, whose waters divide and flow to light up every direction IT PASSES over. That light surfaces at the shore of the uppermost deep sea, where all goodly and precious openings open up at that door.

118. מִסְתַּכֵּל הֲוֵינָא, וַאֲרוּ חָמֵית, נְהוֹרָא יַקִּירָא דְּבוּצִינָא עִלָּאָה, נָהִיר וְסָלִיק לִתְלַת מְאָה וַחֲמִשָּׁה וְעֶשְׂרִין עִיבָר. וְחַד חָשׁוֹךְ הֲוָה אִתְסָחֵי בְּהַהוּא נְהוֹרָא, כְּמַאן דְּאִתְסְחֵי בְּהַהוּא נַהֲרָא עֲמִיקָא, דְּמֵימוֹי מִתְפַּלְּגִין, וּנְהִרִין, וְנַגְדִּין לְכָל עִיבָר, מִמָּה דְּעָלוֹי. וְסָלִיק הַהוּא נְהוֹרָא, בִּשְׂפָתָא דְּיַמָּא עִלָּאָה עֲמִיקָא, דְּכָל פִּתְחִין טָבִין וְיַקִּירִין, בְּהַהוּא פִּתְחָא אִתְפַּתְּחָן.

119. I asked them the explanation of THE THINGS I have seen. They said, You saw "Who pardons iniquity" (Michah 7:18). He said: That is the second Correction (formation). He sat. Rabbi Shimon said: Now the world is firmly established, MEANING THE MALCHUT THAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE WORLD IS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED AND SWEETENED WITH BINAH THROUGH THIS CORRECTION (FORMATION). Blessed are you, Rabbi Chizkiyah, to the most ancient among the ancient.

119. אֲנָא שָׁאִיל מֵהֶם, פִּשְרָא דְּחָמֵית. פָּתְחוּ וְאָמְרוּ, נוֹשֵׂא עָוֹן חֲמֵיתָא. אָמַר, דָּא הוּא תִּקּוּנָא תִּנְיָינָא. יָתִיב. א"ר שִׁמְעוֹן, הָאִידָנָא אִתְבְּסָם עָלְמָא. בְּרִיךְ אַנְתְּ ר' חִזְקִיָּה, לְעַתִּיקָא דְּעַתִּיקִין.

Beard Earth Face Fear Heavens Moses Mount Sinai Skin Sun Thirteen Torah

120. Rabbi Shimon said TO THE FRIENDS: All the luminaries, THAT IS, YOU THE friends that attend here TO BE ESTABLISHED with this holy ring, THAT IS, WITH THE THIRTEEN BEARD CORRECTIONS (FORMATIONS), LISTEN. I take upon myself as evidence the uppermost heavens and the uppermost holy earth. THAT IS THE SECRET OF THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH THAT ARE PRODUCED THROUGH THE SECRETS OF THE TORAH. I now see what no human has seen since the day that Moses ascended Mount Sinai for the second time, since I perceive my face to be shining like the powerful sun that will heal the world in the future. It is written: "But to you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall arise with healing in its wings" (Malachi 3:20). Moreover, I am aware that my face is shining, but Moses was not aware that the skin on his face was aglow, as it is written: "Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone" (Shemot 34:29).

120. אָמַר ר"ש, כֻּלְּהוּ בּוּצִינִין חַבְרִין, דְּאַתְיָין בְּהַאי עִזְקָא קַדִּישָׁא. אַסְהַדְנָא עָלַי שְׁמַיָיא עִלָאִין דְּעִלָּאִין, וְאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא עִלָּאָה דְּעִלָּאָה. דַּאֲנָא חָמֵי הַשְׁתָּא, מַה דְּלָא חָמָא בַּר נָשׁ, מִיּוֹמָא דְּסָלִיק מֹשֶׁה זִמְנָא תִּנְיָינָא לְטוּרָא דְּסִינַי. דַּאֲנָא חֲמֵינָא אַנְפָּאִי נְהִירִין, כִּנְהוֹרָא דְּשִׁמְשָׁא תַּקִּיפָא, דְּזַמִּין לְמֵיפַּק בְּאַסְוָותָא לְעָלְמָא. דִּכְתִּיב, וְזָרְחָה לָכֶם יִרְאֵי שְׁמִי שֶׁמֶשׁ צְדָקָה וּמַרְפֵּא בִּכְנָפֶיהָ. וְעוֹד דַּאֲנָא יְדַעְנָא דְּאַנְפָּאי נְהִירִין, וּמֹשֶׁה לָא יָדַע וְלָא אִסְתָּכַּל. הה"ד וּמֹשֶׁה לָא יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו.

Beard Candles Correction Eyes Messiah, The Thirteen

121. Moreover, I see with my eyes thirteen measures engraved in front of me and illuminating like candles. When each one of them is explained by you, it is uplifted and formed, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WAY YOU EXPLAINED IT, gets adorned and is hidden in the mysteries of the beard Corrections (formations) ABOVE. All the other ones THAT YOU HAVE NOT EXPLAINED YET remain AND AWAIT THE ORDER OF YOUR EXPLANATION. As each OF THE CORRECTIONS (FORMATIONS) is explained by your words, THAT CORRECTION (FORMATION) shines and gets adorned and takes its position like a king among his legions. When the definition is completed, THAT CORRECTION (FORMATION) rises and gets adorned with the holy crown and is formed and concealed and positioned among the Corrections (formations) of the holy beard ABOVE. So it follows with each one THAT IS DEFINED BY YOU. Make haste, sacred friends, because such support THE WORLD will never have until King Messiah comes.

121. וְעוֹד, דַּאֲנָא חָמֵי בְּעֵינַי, תְּלֵיסַר מְכִילִין גְּלִיפִין קַמָּאי, וּנְהִירִין כְּבוּצִינִין. וְכַד אִתְפְּרִישׁ כָּל חַד מִנַּיְיהוּ מִפּוּמֵיכוֹן, אִסְתָּלִיק וְאִתְתְּקַן, וְאִתְעַטָּר וְאִתְטָמַּר בִּטְמִירוּתָא דְּתִקּוּנֵי דְּדִיקְנָא, וְכָל אַחֲרָנִין אִשְׁתַּאֲרָן. וּבְעוֹד דְּכָל חַד מִתְפְּרַשׁ בְּפוּמַיְיכוּ, נָהִיר וְאִתְעַטָּר וְיָתִיב כְּמַלְכָּא בְּגוֹ חֵילֵיהּ. וְכַד אִסְתְּיָים לְאִתְפָּרְשָׁא, סָלִיק וְאִתְעַטָּר בְּעִטְרָא קַדִּישָׁא, וְאִתְתָּקַּן וְאִתְטָמַּר, וְיָתִיב בְּתִקּוּנוֹי דְּדִיקְנָא קַדִּישָׁא, וְכֵן לְכָל חַד וְחָד. אִזְדְּרָזוּ חַבְרִין קַדִּישִׁין, דְּהָא בְּקִיּוּמָא דָּא, לָא יְהֵא עַד דְּיֵיתֵי מַלְכָּא מְשִׁיחָא.

Beard Grades

122. Rise, Rabbi Chizkiyah, for a second time, and honor the third Correction (formation) of the holy beard. We have learned that prior to Rabbi Chizkiyah's rise, a voice declared: One messenger does not act on two missions. Rabbi Shimon was excited and commented: Most certainly, each individual is on its own level. THAT IS TO SAY, EACH ONE HAS A LIMIT THAT PREVENTS HIM FROM ESTABLISHING WHAT IS ABOVE HIS CONCEPTION. My son Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Aba and myself, WE have achieved the highest perfection, MEANING THAT SINCE THEY WERE IN A DEGREE OF CHOCHMAH, BINAH AND DA'AT, THEY WERE ABLE TO RESTORE WHOLLY WHAT WAS LACKING IN EACH INDIVIDUAL.

122. קוּם ר' חִזְקִיָּה תִּנְיָינוּת. וְאוֹקִיר תִּיקוּנָא תְּלִיתָאָה, דְּדִיקְנָא קַדִּישָׁא. תָּנָא, עַד לָא קָם ר' חִזְקִיָּה, קָלָא נָפַק וְאָמַר, אֵין מַלְאָךְ אֶחָד עוֹשֶׂה שְׁתֵּי שְׁלִיחוּת. אִתְרְגִישׁ ר"ש וְאָמַר, וַדַּאי כָּל חַד וְחַד בְּאַתְרֵיהּ. וַאֲנָא, וְר' אֶלְעָזָר בְּרִי, וְר' אַבָּא, אִשְׁתְּלִים שְׁלֵימָתָא עִלָּאָה.

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