Pekudei
Congregation Evil Moses Tabernacle

402. "And Moses erected the Tabernacle" (Shemot 40:18). Rabbi Yehuda opened the discussion with the verse: "Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise..." (Michah 7:8). "My enemy" refers to the evil kingdom, the enemy of the holy kingdom. This verse is said by the Congregation of Yisrael, THE HOLY KINGDOM. "Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise," not so the other, EVIL kingdom. Once it falls, it will never rise again. But the Congregation of Yisrael, though she fell, she rises, and has risen many times, as it is written, "when I fall, I shall arise."

402. וַיָּקֶם מֹשֶׁה אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן רִבִּי יְהוּדָה פָּתַח, אַל תִּשְׂמְחִי אוֹיַבְתִּי לִי כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי וְגוֹ'. מַאן אוֹיַבְתִּי לִי. דְּבָבוּ דְּמַלְכוּ חַיָּיבָא בְּמַלְכוּת קַדִּישָׁא. וְהַאי קְרָא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אָמַר לֵיהּ, אַל תִּשְׂמְחִי אוֹיַבְתִּי לִי כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי, מַה דְּלֵית לָךְ הָכִי לְמַלְכוּ אַחֲרָא, דְּכֵיוָן דְּתִפּוֹל לָא תָּקוּם לְעָלְמִין. אֲבָל כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, אַף עַל גַּב דְּנַפְלַת, תָּקוּם וְקָמַת שְׁאַר זִמְנִין. דִּכְתִּיב כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי.

Congregation Exile Hands

403. How many times did the Congregation of Yisrael fall into exile, and sat in the midst of all these enemies. And the rest of the nations and idolaters, rose against Yisrael to exterminate them, as it is said, "They hold crafty converse against your people... For they have consulted together with one consent... They have said, 'Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation'" (Tehilim 83:4-6). With all that, and though the rest of the nations rose against them, the Holy One, blessed be He did not leave them in their hands, and if they fell, they arose, as it is written, "when I fall, I shall arise," as the Holy One, blessed be He always raises her.

403. דְּהָא כַּמָה זִמְנִין נַפְלַת כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּגָלוּתָא, וְיָתְבָא בֵּין אִינּוּן מָארֵי דְּבָבוּ, וּשְׁאַר עַמִּין קָמוּ עָלַיְיהוּ דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לְשֵׁיצָאָה לוֹן מֵעָלְמָא, כד"א, עַל עַמְּךָ יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד, וּכְתִיב כִּי נוֹעֲצוּ לֵב יַחְדָּיו וְגוֹ', אָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַכְחִידֵם מִגּוֹי. וְעִם כָּל דָּא, אַף עַל גַּב דִּשְׁאַר עַמִּין קָמוּ עָלַיְיהוּ, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לָא אֲנָח לוֹן בִּידַיְיהוּ, וְאִי נָפְלוּ קָמוּ, דִּכְתִּיב כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי. דְּהָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אָקִים לָהּ תָּדִיר.

Congregation Deeds Egypt Exile Hands Miracle Moses Slavery Tabernacle Zeir Anpin

404. And when the Holy One, blessed be He will raise her from the dust of exile, the Congregation of Yisrael, MALCHUT, will say, "Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise;" because "I fall" into exile, and my children became slaves, "I shall arise," now. For at the time when Moses brought Yisrael out OF EGYPT, and when the Holy One, blessed be He performed miracles and mighty deeds, then, it is written, "Moses erected the Tabernacle." Because through the hands of Moses, THE SECRET OF ZEIR ANPIN, the Tabernacle was erected, WHICH IS MALCHUT, each time.

404. וּזְמִינָא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, לוֹמַר בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יוֹקִים לָהּ מֵעַפְרָא דְּגָלוּתָא, וְתִסְתָּלַק מִנֵּיהּ, אַל תִּשְׂמְחִי אוֹיַבְתִּי לִי כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי. כִּי נָפַלְתִּי בְּגָלוּתָא, וְאִשְׁתַּעְבְּדוּ בָּנַי, קָמְתִּי בְּהַאי זִמְנָא. וּבְגִין כַּךְ, בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא דְּאַפִּיק מֹשֶׁה לוֹן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, כַּד עָבֵד לוֹן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אִינּוּן נִסִּין וּגְבוּרָאן דְּעָבֵד לוֹן. כְּדֵין וַיָּקֶם מֹשֶׁה אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן כְּתִיב, דְּהָא עַל יְדָא דְּמֹשֶׁה אִתְּקַם בְּכָל זִמְנָא.