Idra Raba: Chapter 48

The upper grades below and the lower grades above

Synopsis

Rabbi Shimon says that the shape of man is the uppermost Correction (formation) that comprises everything, and that the righteous man is an everlasting foundation.

Correction (Tikun) Grades Tikun (Correction)

330. Rabbi Shimon said: I see the higher beings below and the lower beings above. The upper beings below AND THE LOWER BEINGS ABOVE: that is the shape of man, who is the uppermost Correction (formation) that comprises everything.

330. אָמַר ר"ש, חֲמֵינָא עִלָּאִין לְתַתָּא, וְתַתָּאִין לְעֵילָּא. עִלָּאִין לְתַתָּא, דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּאָדָם, דְּהוּא תִּקּוּנֵי עִלָּאָה, כְּלָלָא דְּכֻלְּהוּ.

Pillar Righteous

331. We have learned that it is written: "But the righteous one is an everlasting foundation" (Mishlei 10:25), as he includes six (Heb. shesh) in one source. This is what is written: "His legs are pillars of marble (Heb. shesh)" (Shir Hashirim 5:15).

331. תָּאנָא, כְּתִיב וְצַדִּיק יְסוֹד עוֹלָם, דְּכָלִיל שִׁית בְּקַרְטוּפָא כַּחֲדָא. וְהַאי הוּא דִּכְתִּיב שׁוֹקָיו עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ.

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