"And he called the name of it Rechovot"

Synopsis

Here, the Rabbis expound meaning of the Sfirot through a discussion of the World to Come. It is said that the Torah's more mundane verses possess hidden meanings pertaining to the spiritual processes that the patriarchs endured in Upper Worlds. With this insight, we see that the deeds of the righteous are performed in order to preserve our world. This is why they are able to draw down the Shechinah into our lower realm.

Relevance

If we are unaware of the meaning and metaphysical power concealed in the Torah's seemingly uninteresting verses, we are prevented from deriving immense Light and strength from Torah study. This passage offers us the opportunity to ignite sparks of Light by connecting to these veiled meanings. In so doing, we tilt our own actions towards the side of righteousness, thus helping to sustain this world by our very existence.

Bone David Drought Isaac Minchah Nukva Offering, Daily Soul, The Strength Well World to Come, The Yisrael Saba

106. "And he removed from there, and dug another well..." (Beresheet 26:22). Rabbi Chiya opened the discussion with the verse, "and Hashem shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make strong your bones" (Yeshayah 58:11). This verse had already been explained, but by this verse the faithful were strengthened, for it promises them the World to Come. "And Hashem shall guide you continually" in this world and the World to Come. "And Hashem shall guide you." HE ASKS, Because he said, "And Hashem shall guide you," why add the word "continually (Heb. tamid)?" For this hints at the daily offering (lit. 'continue') made at dusk that receives its strength from underneath Yitzchak's arm, AS IT CORRESPONDS TO THE SERVICE OF MINCHAH, THAT ISAAC COMPOSED, WHO IS THE SECRET OF THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LEFT. It is the portion of the World to Come, NAMELY, THE NUKVA, THAT RECEIVES THE PORTION OF CHOCHMAH FROM YISRAEL-SABA AND TEVUNAH, CALLED 'THE WORLD TO COME.' How do we know that "HASHEM SHALL GUIDE YOU CONTINUALLY" REFERS TO THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LEFT? From David, as it is written, "He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake" (Tehilim 23:3). JUST AS THE WORD "LEADS," SPOKEN BY DAVID, MEANS THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LEFT, AS IT IS WRITTEN, "IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS," WHICH IS A NAME OF THE NUKVA WHEN SHE SHINES FROM THE LEFT, HERE TOO WHEN IT SAYS "GUIDE," IT ALLUDES TO THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LEFT.

106. וַיַּעְתֵּק מִשָּׁם וַיַּחְפֹּר בְּאֵר אַחֶרֶת וגו', רִבִּי חִיָּיא פְּתַח וַאֲמַר וְנָחֲךָ יי' תָּמִיד וְהִשְׂבִּיעַ בְּצַחְצָחוֹת נַפְשֶׁךָ וְעַצְמֹתֶיךָ יַחֲלִיץ וגו'. הַאי קְרָא אוֹקְמוּהָ וְאִתְּמָר. אֲבָל בְּהַאי קְרָא, בּיהּ אִתְתַּקָּפוּ מָארֵי מְהֵימְנוּתָא, דְּאַבְטַח לוֹן לְעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי. וְנָחֲךָ יי' תָּמִיד, בְּהַאי עַלְמָא, וּבְעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי. וְנָחֲךָ יי', כֵּיוָן דַּאֲמַר וְנָחֲךָ יי', אַמַּאי תָּמִיד. אֶלָּא דָּא תָּמִיד דְּבֵין הָעַרְבָּיִם, דְּאִיהוּ אִתְתַּקַּף תְּחוֹת דְּרוֹעֵיהּ דְּיִצְחָק, וְדָא הוּא חוּלָקָא לְעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי, מְנָלָן מִדָּוִד דִּכְתִיב יַנְחֵנִי בְּמַעְגְּלֵי צֶדֶק לְמַעַן שְׁמוֹ.

Body Bone Chassadim Drought Lamps Light Nefesh (Soul) Neshamah (Soul) Resurrection Righteous Soul (Nefesh) Soul (Neshamah) Soul, The Zeir Anpin

107. "And satisfy your soul in drought (also: brightness)" (Yeshayah 58:11) refers to the shining lamp, NAMELY, ZEIR ANPIN, THE SECRET OF THE ILLUMINATION OF THE RIGHT, THE SECRET OF CHASSADIM, that all the souls delight in and take pleasure in beholding. The verses ends, "and make strong your bones" (Ibid.). The end does not suit the beginning, for if the soul of the righteous IS SATISFIED, AS SAID BEFORE "AND SATISFY YOUR SOUL IN BRIGHTNESS," WHICH SPEAKS ABOUT THE NEFESH AND NESHAMAH OF THE RIGHTEOUS, why does it now say "and make strong your bones," WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE BONES OF THE BODY? BUT HE ANSWERS that this has already been explained. It refers to the resurrection of the dead, the fact that the Holy One blessed be He, will revive the dead and fix man's bones as they were at first, in a whole body. And Light will be added from the shining lamp so the soul will be illuminated together with the body in a complete whole. IN THIS MANNER, IT REFERS TO THE SOUL OF THE RIGHTEOUS, TO WHICH THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, WILL GIVE A WHOLE BODY IN WHICH TO BE CLOTHED FOR ETERNITY.

107. וְהִשְׂבִּיעַ בְּצַחְצָחוֹת נַפְשֶׁךָ, דָּא אַסְפַּקְלַרְיָא דְּנָהֲרָא, דְּכָל נִשְׁמָתִין אִתְהַנָּן, לְאִסְתַּכָּלָא וּלְאִתְעֲנָגָא בְּגַוָוהּ. וְעַצְמֹתֶיךָ יַחֲלִיץ, הַאי קְרָא, לָאו רֵישֵׁיהּ סוֹפֵיהּ, אִי נִשְׁמָתֵיהּ דְּצַדִּיקָא, סָלְקָא לְעֵילָא מַאי וְעַצְמֹתֶיךָ יַחֲלִיץ. אֶלָּא הָא אוֹקְמוּהָ, דָּא תְּחִיַּית הַמֵּתִים, דְּזַמִּין קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לַאֲחָיָיא מֵתַיָא, וּלְאַתְקָנָא לוֹן לְגַרְמוֹי דְּבַר נָשׁ, לְמֶהֱוֵי כְּקַדְמֵיתָא, בְּגוּפָא שְׁלִים, וְנִשְׁמָתָא אִתּוֹסְפַת נְהוֹרָא גּוֹ אַסְפַּקְלַרְיָאה דְּנָהֲרָא, לְאִתְנַהֲרָא עִם גּוּפָא, לְקָיְימָא שְׁלִים כִּדְקָא חָזֵי.

Eden Flow Rivers Water Waters

108. וּבְגִין כָּךְ כְּתִיב, וְהָיִיתָ כְּגַן רָוֶה. מַאי כְּגַן רָוֶה, דְּלָא פָּסְקוּ מֵימוֹי עִלָּאִין, לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמִין, וְהַאי גִינְתָא אִתְשַׁקֵּי מִנֵּיהּ, וְאִתְרַוֵּי מִנֵּיהּ תָּדִיר. וּכְמוֹצָא מַיִם, דָּא הַהוּא נָהָר, דְּנָגִיד וְנָפִיק מֵעֵדֶן, וְלָא פָּסְקִין מֵימוֹי לְעָלְמִין.

Faith Female Grades Male Water Well

109. תָּא חֲזֵי, בֵּירָא דְמַיִּין נָבְעִין, הַאי אִיהוּ רָזָא עִלָּאָה, בְּגוֹ רָזָא דִּמְהֵימְנוּתָא, בֵּירָא דְּאִית בֵּיהּ מוֹצָא מַיִם, וְאִיהוּ בֵּירָא דְּאִתְמַלְּיָא מֵהַהוּא מוֹצָא מַיִם, וְאִינוּן תְּרֵין דַּרְגִּין דְּאִינוּן חַד, דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָא כַּחֲדָא כִּדְקָא יָאוֹת.

Faith Flow Form Patriarchs Water Well

110. Come and behold, This spring of water and the cistern are one. Together they are called 'a well.' FOR THE SPRING IS DERIVES FROM ALEPH, AND MALCHUT IS A CISTERN (HEB. BOR). TOGETHER THEY FORM THE WELL (HEB. BE'ER). For this spring flows INTO MALCHUT and never ceases, so the cistern is always filled. And whoever looks at the well (NAMELY, AT MALCHUT) looks on the supernal mystery of faith (BINAH). And this is the reasoning behind THE LABOR OF the Patriarchs, who strove to dig a well of water in the supernal secret, BINAH. There must be no division between the source, WHICH IS THE SPRING OF WATER, and the cistern itself, for all is one.

110. וְתָּא חֲזֵי, הַהוּא מוֹצָא מַיִם, וְהַהוּא בֵּירָא, אִינוּן חַד, וְאִקְרֵי כֹּלָּא בְּאֵר, דְּהָא הַהוּא מְקוֹרָא דְּעַיֵּיל, וְלָא פָּסֵיק לְעָלְמִין, וּבֵירָא אִתְמְלֵי. וּמַאן דְּאִסְתַּכַּל בְּבֵירָא דָא, אִסְתַּכַּל בְּרָזָא עִלָּאָה דִמְהֵימְנוּתָא, וְדָא הוּא סִימָנָא דַּאֲבָהָן, דְּמִשְׁתַּדְּלֵי לַחְפּוֹר בֵּירָא דְמַיָא, גּוֹ רָזָא עִלָּאָה, וְלֵית לְאַפְרָשָׁא בֵּין מְקוֹרָא וּבֵירָא, וְכֹלָּא חַד.

Chassadim Flow Streams Water

111. וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמָהּ רְחוֹבוֹת. (רָמִיז, דְּזַמִּינִין בְּנוֹי, לְמִפְלַח וּלְאַתְקָנָא הַאי בֵּירָא כִּדְקָא חָזֵי, בְּרָזָא דְּקָרְבָּנִין וְעִלַּוָּון. כְּגַוְונָא דָא, וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ בְּגַן עֵדֶן לְעָבְדָהּ וּלְשָׁמְרָהּ, אִלֵּין קָרְבָּנִין וְעִלַּוָּון) וּבְגִין דָּא, יִתְפַּשְּׁטוּן מַבּוּעוֹי לְכָל סִטְרִין כְּדָּבָר אֲחֵר וְיָפוּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ חוּצָה בָּרְחוֹבֹת פַּלְגֵי מַיִם, וּבְגִין כָּךְ וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמָהּ רְחוֹבוֹת.

Nukva Wisdom

Creation Head Job World to Come, The

113. "Cry aloud in the streets," Come and behold, The upper Chochmah OF ARICH ANPIN is the most concealed of all. It is not to be known or revealed, as it is written, "Man cannot know its price" (Iyov 28:13), for when it was diffused in order to illuminate, it shone on the secret of the World to Come. This World to Come was created from it, ARICH ANPIN, as we learned that the World to Come was created by the Yud, in which Chochmah was covered. And they became one WITH THE HEAD OF ARICH ANPIN, when everything was adorned with the secret of the World to Come. Everything then is joyfully luminous, everything is silent, never heard outside.

113. בַּחוּץ תָּרוֹנָה. תָּא חֲזֵי, חָכְמָה עִלָּאָה, אִיהִי סְתִימָא דְּכָל סְתִימִין, וְלָא אִתְיְידָע, וְלָאו אִיהִי בְּאִתְגַּלְּיָא, כְּדָּבָר אֲחֵר לֹא יָדַע אֱנוֹשׁ עֶרְכָּהּ וגו', כַּד אִתְפַּשְׁטַת לְאִתְנַהֲרָא, אִתְנַהֲרָא בְּרָזָא דְעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי, וְעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי אִתְבְּרֵי מִנֵּיהּ, כְּדִתְנַן עַלְמָא דְּאָתֵי אִתְבְּרֵי בְּיו"ד, וְאִתְכַּסְיָא הַאי חָכְמָה תַּמָּן, וְאִינוּן חַד, בְּזִמְנָא דְאִתְעַטַּר כֹּלָּא בְּרָזָא דְעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי, כִּדְקָאֲמָרָן, כְּדֵין הוּא חֶדְוָה, לְאִתְנַהֲרָא, וְכֹלָּא בַּחֲשַׁאי, דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּמַע לְבַר לְעָלְמִין.

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114. תוּ בָּעְיָא לְאִתְפַּשְּׁטָא, וְנָפֵיק מֵהַאי אֲתַר, אֶשָׁא וּמַיָא וְרוּחָא, כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמָר, וְאִתְעֲבֵיד חַד קָלָא, דְּנַפְקָא לְבַר וְאִשְׁתְּמַע, כְּמָה דְאִתְּמָר, כְּדֵין מִתַּמָּן וּלְהַלָּן אִיהוּ חוּץ, דְּהָא לְגוֹ בַּחֲשַׁאי אִיהוּ, דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּמַע לְעָלְמִין, הַשְׁתָּא דְאִשְׁתְּמַע רָזָא, אִקְרֵי חוּץ, מִכָּאן בָּעֵי בַּר נָשׁ לְאַתְקָנָא בַּעֲבִידְתֵּיהּ וּלְשָׁאֳלָא.

Astrology Eden Firmaments Mochin Rivers Soul, The Stars Water Waters

115. "In the squares (Heb. rechovot)." HE ASKS, What is the meaning of squares? HE REPLIED, this is the firmament where all the stars are shining, YESOD OF BINAH IN WHICH ARE SUSPENDED THE ENTIRE MOCHIN OF MALE AND FEMALE, AND THE SOULS, WHICH ARE CALLED 'STARS.' It is a spring "whose waters fail not" (Yeshayah 58:11), as it is written, "And a river went out of Eden to water the garden" (Beresheet 2:10). It is called 'Rechovot.' There "she utters her voice," the upper, BINAH, and the lower, MALCHUT. And all is one.

115. בָּרְחוֹבוֹת, מַאן רְחוֹבוֹת, דָּא הַהוּא רְקִיעָא, דְּבֵיהּ כָּל כֹּכָבַיָא דְּנָהֲרִין וְאִיהוּ מַבּוּעָא דְּמֵימוֹי לָא פָסְקִין, כְּדָּבָר אֲחֵר, וְנָהָר יוֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַגָּן, וְאִיהוּ רְחוֹבוֹת, וְתַמָּן תִּתֵּן קוֹלָהּ, עִלָּאָה וְתַתָּאָה, וְכֹלָּא חַד.

Correction Heaven Nukva Solomon Zeir Anpin

116. For that reason, Solomon said, "Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field" (Mishlei 24: 27). "Prepare...outside" MEANS, as it is written, "cry aloud in the streets," FOR CHOCHMAH IS NOT REVEALED UNTIL IT IS REMOVED FROM INSIDE OUT. For here, IN ZEIR ANPIN, CALLED 'OUTSIDE,' work, THE SECRET OF THE NUKVA, can be corrected. And this may be sought, as it is written, "For ask now of the days that are past...and from the one side of heaven to the other" (Devarim 4:32).

116. וּבְגִין דָּא אֲמַר שְׁלֹמֹה, הָכֵן בַּחוּץ מְלַאכְתֶּךָ וְעַתְּדָהּ בַּשָּׂדֶה לָךְ וגו'. הָכֵן בַּחוּץ, כְּמָה דְאִתְּמָר. דִּכְתִיב בַּחוּץ תָּרוֹנָה, דְּהָא מִכָּאן קָיְימָא עֲבִידָא לְאִתְתַּקָּנָא, וּמִלָּה לְשָׁאֲלָה, דִּכְתִיב, כִּי שְׁאַל נָא לְיָמִים רִאשׁוֹנִים וגו', וּלְמִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם וְעַד קְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם.

Body Nukva Soul, The Wisdom

117. "And make it fit for yourself in the field." This is THE NUKVA CALLED "a field which Hashem has blessed" (Beresheet 27: 27). After learning the mystery of wisdom and perfecting himself therein, it is then written, "and afterwards build your house" (Mishlei 24: 27). A HOUSE IS a man's soul, that he will then fix within his body, to become a whole man. Therefore, when Isaac dug and formed the well peacefully, he called that "peace" Rechovot. And all was properly done. Happy are the Righteous, whose deeds before the Holy One, blessed be He, are to preserve the world, THAT IS, TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN THE NUKVA CALLED 'WORLD', as it is written, "For the upright shall dwell in the land" (Mishlei 2:21), which should be read as, 'cause to dwell' WHICH MEANS THAT THEY WILL DRAW THE SHECHINAH CALLED 'LAND,' UPON THE LOWER BEINGS, as was already explained.

117. וְעַתְּדָהּ בַּשָּׂדֶה לָךְ, דָּא שָׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר בֵּרֲכוֹ יי'. וּבָתַר דְּיִנְדַע בַּר נָשׁ רָזָא דְחָכְמְתָא, וְיַתְקִין גַּרְמֵיהּ בָהּ, מַה כְּתִיב אַחַר וּבָנִיתָ בֵיתֶךָ, דָּא נִשְׁמָתָא דְּבַר נָשׁ בְּגוּפֵיהּ, דְּיִתְתַּקַּן וְיִתְעֲבֵיד גְּבַר שְׁלִים, וְעַל דָּא, כַּד חָפַר יִצְחָק וַעֲבַד בֵּירָא בִּשְׁלָם, לְהַהוּא שְׁלָם קָרֵי לֵיהּ רְחוֹבוֹת, וְכֹלָּא כִּדְקָא יָאוֹת. זַכָּאִין אִינוּן צַדִּיקַיָא, דְּעוֹבָדֵיהוֹן לְגַבֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְקַיְימָא עַלְמָא. דִּכְתִיב כִּי יְשָׁרִים יִשְׁכְּנוּ אָרֶץ, יַשְׁכִּינוּ אָרֶץ. וְהָא אוֹקְמוּהָ.