225. "As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys" (Beresheet 44:3). Rabbi Elazar said, We have to study this verse carefully. If they were sent, why should the Torah add "they and their donkeys?" HE ANSWERS, Because scripture reads, "and take us for bondsmen, and our donkeys" (Beresheet 43:18), the verse "the men were sent away, they and their donkeys" teaches us that they have not stayed, nor have their donkeys.
226. He opened the discussion with the verse, "And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his donkey" (Beresheet 22:3). That was the morning of Abraham, WHICH IS CHESED. It shone upon THE TRIBES due to Abraham, whose merit stood for them and enabled them to go in peace and be delivered from Judgment. For at that time, Judgment impended upon them to exact payment, and only the merit of Abraham's morning protected them. Thus they were sent from that place of Judgment, for it had no power over them at the time.
227. Rabbi Yehuda continued with the verse, "And he shall be as the light of the morning" (II Shmuel 23:4): This is the light of Abraham's morning, NAMELY, THE LIGHT OF CHESED. "When the sun rises" refers to the sun of Jacob, THE LIGHT OF TIFERET, as it is written, "the sun rose upon him" (Beresheet 32:32). "In a morning without clouds" means the morning, THE LIGHT OF CHESED, is not so cloudy, BECAUSE JUDGMENTS HAVE NO HOLD UPON IT, but "clear shining after rain," WHICH MEANS the brightness that comes through rain, the rain of the side of Isaac, THE LIGHT OF GVURAH, for that rain causes that, "the grass springs out of the earth" (II Shmuel 23:4).
228. Another explanation of the phrase, "as the light of the morning," MEANS THAT by the light of Abraham's morning, THE LIGHT OF CHESED, "the sun rises," which is Jacob, whose light is as that of that morning OF ABRAHAM, BEING THE SECRET OF TIFERET, THAT SHINES WITH COVERED CHASSADIM DRAWN FROM THE LIGHT OF CHESED. The "morning without clouds" is not dark but shining, for when morning, THE LIGHT OF CHESED, comes, no judgment has sway. All is illuminating on the side of Abraham, THE RIGHT SIDE, "in the clear shining after rain:" This is the side of Joseph the Righteous, who showers upon the earth, THAT IS, YESOD, WHICH GIVES PLENTY TO THE NUKVA, to produce grass and all the goodness of the world.
229. Rabbi Shimon said, Come and behold, When night falls and spreads its wings upon the world, snow-white donkeys, WHICH ARE SPIRITS IN THE SHAPES OF FEMALE DONKEYS, ARE APPOINTED TO TAKE REVENGE ON THOSE WHO TRANSGRESS RELIGION AND THE LAW. They will come out and reign over the world. Numerous accusers are aroused on several sides to rule over the world. When morning breaks, they all vanish and lose their dominion. Each comes to its FIXED position and returns to its place.
230. Another explanation of the phrase, "the morning was light," is that when Abraham's morning breaks, THE REIGN OF THE RIGHT BEGINS. "...The men were sent away" refers to the accusers who rule by night, "they and their donkeys:" These are the female donkeys THAT ARE APPOINTED OVER THOSE WHO TRANSGRESS religion and the law. They come from the side of defilement, being unholy, and do not rule and are not seen when morning comes. The female donkeys in charge of sinners are considered the same as male donkeys, BEING OF THE SAME SPECIES.
231. There are no upper grades that are not divided into right and left, into Mercy and Judgment. There are numerous grades, holy on the side of holiness and defiled on the side of defilement. All grades stand on top of each other.
232. Wherever Abraham's morning is awakened into the world, the forces of the left are gone and have no sway, for they cannot exist on the right side, only on the left. THEREFORE, WHEN MORNING ARRIVES, WHICH IS THE REIGN OF THE RIGHT, THEY ARE FORCED TO VANISH. The Holy One, blessed be He, made day and night to give each its own proper aspect, THE RIGHT TO RULE BY DAY AND THE LEFT TO RULE BY NIGHT. Happy is the portion of Yisrael in this world and the World to Come.
233. Rabbi Chiya said, "But to you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness shall arise with healing in its wings" (Malachi 3:20). Come and behold, The Holy One, blessed be He, will cause to shine upon Yisrael the sun, which, from the day the world was created, He concealed from the wicked in the world, as it is written, "And from the wicked their light is withheld" (Iyov 38:15).
234. The Holy One, blessed be He, stored that light, for when it first came out, it shone from one end of the world to the other. But when He looked upon the generations of Enosh, the generation of the Flood, the generation of the Tower of Babylon and all the wicked people, He stored the light.