106. "And Joseph was the governor of the land." Rabbi Yesa opened the discussion with the verse, "And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me, therefore I will offer in His tabernacle sacrifices with trumpet sound; I will sing, and I will make melody to Hashem" (Tehilim 27:6). Come and behold, When the Holy One, blessed be He, takes pleasure in a man, He raises him above all the inhabitants of the world and makes him ruler over them. All his enemies are subdued under him.
107. King David was hated and rejected by his brothers, and the Holy One, blessed be He, raised him above all the inhabitants of the world. He fled from SAUL, his father-in-law, and the Holy One, blessed be He, raised him above all kingdoms, and everyone bowed and knelt before him. Joseph was rejected by his brothers, and afterward they all knelt and prostrated themselves before him, as it is written, "And Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down before him with their faces to the earth" (Beresheet 42:6).
108. Another explanations for "And now (Heb. ve'ata) shall my head be lifted up." HE ASKS, What is the meaning of ve'ata? HE SAYS, That of "as you (Heb. ve'ata)." Rabbi Yehuda said, We have learned that et (time) is a supernal grade; that time is the Hei IN THE NAME YUD HEI VAV HEI, NAMELY THE SHECHINAH called ata (now). Ve'ata WITH THE LETTER VAV refers to ZEIR ANPIN and His court of justice, THE NUKVA, JUST AS THE VAV OF VE'ATA ALLUDES TO ZEIR ANPIN.
109. "And now shall my head be lifted up." I will lift up my head through dignity and dominion "above my enemies round about me" the other kings of the land. "Therefore I will offer in His tabernacle" refers to Jerusalem; "His tabernacle" SPELLED WITH Vav ALLUDES TO the Tent of Meeting "sacrifices with trumpet sound" that will sound throughout the world; "I will sing, and I will make melody" from the side of the trumpet sound, for from there, song and melody arise.
110. According to another explanation, "And now shall my head be lifted up" refers to the Congregation of Yisrael, NAMELY THE NUKVA CALLED NOW, and the phrase, "Above my enemies round about me" refers to Esau and his ministers. "I will offer in His tabernacle" in THE MIDST OF Yisrael "sacrifices with trumpet sound (also: 'of breaking')," as it is written, "The sacrifices of Elohim are a broken spirit" (Tehilim 51:19), in order to remove Judgment from the world. "I will sing, to make melody" and I will thank the Holy One, blessed be He, continuously, forever.
111. Another explanation of "And now shall my head be lifted up" IS THAT MY HEAD IS AN ALLUSION TO THE GOOD INCLINATION. HE PRAYED that in every respect the Good Inclination SHALL BE LIFTED above the Evil Inclination, as it is written, "Above my enemies round about me," which is an allusion to the Evil Inclination that surrounds and hates man. "I will offer in His tabernacle sacrifices with trumpet sound" refers to THE STUDY OF the Torah, which was given from the side of fire, as it is written, "From His right hand went a fiery law for them" (Devarim 33:2). Through the Torah shall his head be lifted up and his enemies subjugated before him, as it is written, "You have subdued under me those who rose up against me" (Tehilim 18:40).
112. Another explanation of the verse, "And now shall my head be lifted up" is that it means, that I shall be included with the fathers, for King David had cleaved to the Patriarchs in order to be united with them IN THE SECRET OF THE FOURTH LEG and to be lifted above and bound to them. "Above my enemies round about me" refers to those of the left side, all of them accusers intent upon destruction. WHEN HE IS LIFTED ABOVE THEM, the sun, ZEIR ANPIN, is united with the moon, THE NUKVA, and all becomes one.
113. Come and behold, It is written, "And Joseph was the governor of the land." JOSEPH is the sun, ZEIR ANPIN, FOR JOSEPH IS YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN, which rules over the moon, THE NUKVA, shining upon and sustaining her. "...And he it was that sold to all the people of the land," as the river that flows and comes out FROM EDEN, YESOD CALLED JOSEPH, supplies everybody with nourishment. From there the souls OF EVERY MEN emerge. Hence, everyone bows before that place, for there is nothing in the world that does not depend upon Mazal, YESOD, as has already been explained.