"Let Yisrael rejoice in Him who made him"

Synopsis

We learn why people must involve God and His Shechinah in their rejoicing.

Relevance

The Light of the Holy One participates in our rejoicing by virtue of our meditative read of this passage. The negative force called (do not pronounce this name) Samael and all his band are banished eternally from this world. The Shechinah, on one level of understanding, is connected to our immune system and to the ozone layer of the planet. Hence, here we evoke the presence of the Shechinah to filter out and ward off harmful entities (Samael and his band) that bring sickness, airborne diseases and destruction to our midst. Our personal and global immune systems are fortified forevermore. The protective energy that our parents naturally imbue to us is resurrected here, even if our parents are watching over us from the next world.

Earth Praise Samael Singing Torah

118. Arise, Rabbi Aba, to expound and refresh new matters in the Torah, as you said in the compilation of the first part! Rabbi Aba began: "Sing to Hashem a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth..." (Yeshayah 42:10). How beloved are Yisrael before the Holy One, blessed be He, for their rejoicing and their praises are only in Him! For so we have learned that any rejoicing of Yisrael in which they do not involve the Holy One, blessed be He, is no rejoicing at all. And in the future Samael and all his band will denounce that rejoicing, and they will be left with sorrow and weeping, and the Holy One, blessed be He, will not partake of that sorrow.

118. קוּם ר' אַבָּא, לְחַדְּשָׁא מִילִין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּאַמָרְת בְּחִבּוּרָא קַדְמָאָה. פָּתַח ר' אַבָּא וְאָמַר, שִׁירוּ לַיְיָ' שִׁיר חָדָשׁ תְּהִלָּתוֹ מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ וְגוֹ.' כַּמָּה חֲבִיבִין יִשְׂרָאֵל קַמֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דְּחֶדְוָה דִּלְהוֹן וְתוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא דִּלְהוֹן לָאו אִיהוּ, אֶלָּא בֵּיהּ דְּהָכָא תָּנֵינָן, כָּל חֶדְוָה דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל דְּלָא מִשְׁתַּתְּפֵי בָּהּ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, לָאו אִיהוּ חֶדְוָה. וְזַמִּין אִיהוּ סָמָאֵל וְכָל סִיַּיעְתָּא דִּילֵיהּ לְקַטְרְגָא לְהַהוּא חֶדְוָה, וְאִשְׁתְּאָר בְּצַעֲרָא וּבִכְיָה, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לָא אִשְׁתְּתַּף בְּהַהוּא צַעֲרָא.

Shechinah

119. אֲבָל מַאן דְּשָׁתִּיף קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ בְּחֶדְוָה דִּילֵיהּ, אִם יֵיתֵי מְקַטְרְגָא לְקַטְרְגָא בְּהַהִיא חֶדְוָה. קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ מִשְׁתַּתֵּף בְּהַהוּא צַעֲרָא. מַה כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ בְּכָל צָרָתָם לֹא צָר. וּבְמָאי. בְּגִין דְּעִמּוֹ אָנֹכִי בְצָרָה.

Garden of Eden Job Shechinah Sword

120. And how do we know that Yisrael have to involve the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shechinah, in their rejoicing? It is as it is written: "Let Yisrael rejoice in Him (lit. 'they') who made him" (Tehilim 149:2), THE MEANING OF WHICH IS THAT Yisrael has no rejoicing but with them who made him. HE ASKS, Why "them who made him" when it should be "He?" HE ANSWERS THAT this refers to the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shechinah, and a person's father and his mother. For, even if the latter be dead, the Holy One, blessed be He, uproots them from the Garden of Eden and brings them with Him to that rejoicing, so that they can participate in the rejoicing with the Holy One, blessed be He and His Shechinah. AND THE MEANING OF "THEM WHO MADE HIM" IS as in the verse: "let Him that made him bring near His sword to him" (Iyov 40:19).

120. וּמְנָלָן, דְּאִית לוֹן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְשַׁתְּפָא לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ בְּחֶדְוָה דִּלְהוֹן. דִּכְתִּיב יִשְׂמַח יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעוֹשָׂיו. הַהִיא חֶדְוָה דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לָאו אִיהוּ, אֶלָּא בְּעוֹשָׂיו. בְּעוֹשָׂיו, בְּעוֹשׂוֹ מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ. אֶלָּא אִלֵּין קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, וְאָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ, דְּאַף עַל גַּב דְּמִיתוּ, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַעְקַר לוֹן מג"ע, וְאַיְיתֵי לוֹן עִמֵּיהּ לְהַהוּא חֶדְוָה, לְנַטְלָא חוּלָקָא דְּחֶדְוָה עִם קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ. כד"א הָעוֹשׂוֹ יַגֵּשׁ חַרְבּוֹ.