"And Joseph shall put his hand on your eyes"

Synopsis

We learn that we must close the eyes of a dead person because the eyes are the colors of this world, and the appearance and shape of this world is contained in them, so this world and its appearance must be closed off to him. It was Joseph who closed his father's eyes because he was so beloved, and with this action he was taking his father's sight now that his father's sight from this world is lost. From that point on his father is having a different sight of the other world prepared for him. During the time of the resurrection of the dead, not the tiniest thing will occur of the activities of this world; everything will first be destroyed and the person will be purified, and then his body will be made like a new creation. This is like it is now in the Upper World even before the resurrection.

Angels Colors Eyes Hands Joseph Wisdom Yeshivah

224. He said to him, What new discovery was there now when you came to me? He said, The head of the Yeshivah opened the discussion saying, "And Joseph shall put his hand on your eyes" (Beresheet 46:4). That is A TIDING OF gladness. HE INQUIRES: Why is it required to close the eyes of a dead person? HE RESPONDS: Since the eyes are the colors of this world and the appearance and shape of this world is contained in them, IT FOLLOWS THAT WITH THE CLOSING OF THE EYES, he closes off to him this world and its appearance. When his eyes are closed, the entire world is dimmed to him AND IF they dim for him the sight of his eyes, he has no sight of this world from there onwards. Rabbi Shimon said, The expositions of those who went before us are beautiful; their wisdom surpasses those of the holy angels.

224. אָ"ל, מַאי חִדּוּשָׁא הֲוָה הַשְׁתָּא, כַּד אָתִית לְגַבָּי. אָמַר, רַב מְתִיבְתָּא פָּתַח וְאָמַר, וְיוֹסֵף יָשִׁית יָדוֹ עַל עֵינֶיךָ. חֶדְוָה הוּא. אֲמַאי סְתִימוּ דְּעַיְינִין לְמִיתָא. בְּגִין דְּעַיְינִין, גַּוְונִין דְּהַאי עָלְמָא אִינּוּן, וְחֵיזוּ וּדְיּוּקְנָא דְּהַאי עָלְמָא בְּהוּ, אִיהוּ אַסְתִּים מִנֵּיהּ הַאי עָלְמָא, חֵיזוּ דְּהַאי עָלְמָא. אַסְתִּימוּ עֵינוֹי, כָּל חֵיזוּ דְּהַאי עָלְמָא, הָא אִתְחֲשָׁךְ מִנֵּיהּ. וְחֶשְׁכִין מִנֵּיהּ חֵיזוּ דְּעֵינוֹי, לֵית לֵיהּ חֵיזוּ בְּהַאי עָלְמָא, מִתַּמָּן וּלְהָלְאָה. אר"ש, יָאוּת תִּקּוּנָא דְּקַדְמָאֵי, וְחָכְמְתָא דִּלְהוֹן יַתִּיר מִמַּלְאָכִין קַדִּישִׁין.

Eyes Hands Jacob Joseph Light

225. He said to him: Why should it have been Joseph who placed his hand rather than all the other sons? If you think that he told him so as a result of his good tidings, THAT JOSEPH IS STILL ALIVE, then it should have said, 'You shall see Joseph alive.' WHY DID HE SAY: "AND JOSEPH SHALL PUT HIS HAND ON YOUR EYES?'' He said to him: "put his hand" is because he was his beloved. Therefore, he closed from him the light of this world and he took it himself. Whoever closes the eyes of his beloved shows by that: Your sight of this world is lost, and I take your sight instead. From now on, they will prepare for you a different sight of that world. THIS IS THE REASON THAT THIS MATTER WAS GIVEN TO JOSEPH, SINCE HE WAS MORE BELOVED TO JACOB THAN ANY OF HIS SONS.

225. אָ"ל, יוֹסֵף אֲמַאי יָשִׁית יָדוֹ מִכָּל בְּנוֹי. וְאִי תֵּימָא עַל בְּשׁוּרָה דִּילֵיהּ, מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ וְיוֹסֵף חַי תִּרְאֶה. אָ"ל יָשִׁית יָדוֹ בְּגִין דִּרְחִימוּ דִּילֵיהּ הֲוָה, ובג"כ דָּא אַסְתִּים מִינֵּיהּ נְהִירוּ דְּהַאי עָלְמָא, וְדָא נָטִיל לֵיהּ. מַאן דְּאַסְתִּים עֵינוֹי, רְחִימָא דִּילֵיהּ אַחְזֵי הָכִי: חֵיזוּ דִּילָךְ דְּהַאי עָלְמָא אִתְאֲבִיד, הָא אֲנָא חֵיזוּ דִּילָךְ בְּאַתְרָךְ. מִכָּאן וּלְהָלְאָה יִתַּתְקְנוּן לָךְ חֵיזוּ אַחֲרָא, דְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא.

Eyes Resurrection

Body Creation Dew Resurrection

227. He said to him, Oh, holy pious one. Certainly, if the sight of this world were not closed off to him entirely and he didn't lose it completely, he would have no sight and portion in that world, for this world has an opposite polarity from the world that we are in. During the time of the resurrection of the dead, even the tiniest thing will not occur of the activities of this world, since everything will first be destroyed by that dew, MEANING THE DEW OF RESURECTION. It will remove from him all the filth and then he will become like dough, and from it the body will be made like a new creation. So it is here, IN THE UPPER WORLD EVEN BEFORE THE RESURRECTION.

227. אָ"ל אִי חֲסִידָא קַדִּישָׁא, וַדַּאי אִי לָא אַסְתִּים מִנֵּיהּ כָּל חֵיזוּ דְּהַאי עָלְמָא, וְלָא אִתְאֲבִיד כֹּלָּא מִנֵּיהּ, לָא לֶהֱוֵי לֵיהּ חֵיזוּ וְחוּלָקָא דְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא. עָלְמָא דָּא, בְּהִפּוּכָא אִיהוּ מֵהַהוּא עָלְמָא דַּאֲנָן בֵּיהּ, דִּבְזִמְנָא דִּתְחִיַית מֵתַיָּיא, אֲפִילוּ כְּחוּטָא דְּשַׂעֲרָא לָא הֲוָה מֵעוֹבָדָא דְּהַאי עָלְמָא, דְּכֹלָּא אִתְאֲבִיד בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, בְּהַהוּא טַלָּא וְיִתְעֲבָר מִנֵּיהּ כָּל זוּהֲמָא, וּלְבָתַר יִתְעֲבִיד כַּחֲמִירָא דָּא, וּמִנֵּיהּ יִתְעֲבִיד גּוּפָא בִּרְיָה חַדְתָּא, כַּךְ הָכָא.