"Behold, your father is sick"

Synopsis

Rabbi Chizkiyah begins by saying that "Behold, your father is sick"refers to events at the end of exile, and means, literally, Joseph's father, Yisrael, is "worried and in haste." Rabbi Aba then adds that the name Yud-Hei-Vav יהו would be changed to Yud Hei Vav Hei יהוה to expedite Yisrael doing good for its children, so they would come out of exile. Rabbi Aba then explains Jacob's exposure to truth, and Abraham's to grace.

Relevance

The Hebrew letters Yud Hei Vav Hei יהוה are known as the Tetragrammaton, one of the Holy Names of The Creator. The addition of the final Hei ה in the Holy Name corresponds to our physical realm. The other three letters יהו represent the Upper Worlds, specifically four dimensions of Keter, Chochmah, Binah, and Zeir Anpin. Thus, this passage is our connection to the Upper Worlds, via the Tetragrammaton, so that we may brighten our lives and the world with the resplendent Light of The Creator.

Ephraim Exile Heaven Illness Joseph Menashe, King of Judah Messiah, The Mishnah Sin

36. "And it came to pass after these things that one told Joseph, 'Behold, your father is sick'" (Beresheet 48:1). In the Mishnah, Rabbi Chizkiyah said that the verse does not teach us what JOSEPH did, but brings before us the events at the end of exile, at the end of the set time AT THE END OF THE SIXTH MILLENIUM. THE VERSE says that the Messiah, THE SECRET OF JOSEPH, will come and say to him, Your Father in heaven makes haste to welcome you, who looks to the end of the Messiah. "YOUR FATHER IS SICK" MEANS, HE IS WORRIED AND IN HASTE. "AND HE TOOK WITH HIM MENASHEH AND EPHRAIM" (IBID.) MEANS, May it please Elohim in heaven to receive His children, who increased and multiplied (Heb. paru) in exile, FOR WHICH THEY ARE CALLED EPHRAIM, and THEIR SINS forgotten BECAUSE OF THE EXILE, THE SECRET OF THEIR BEING CALLED MENASHEH, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM THE WORD FORGETFULNESS (HEB. NESHIYAH). For the Holy One, blessed be He, truly forgot their transgressions.

36. וַיְהִי אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֹּאמֶר לְיוֹסֵף הִנֵּה אָבִיךָ חוֹלֶה וגו.' מַתְנִיתִין, א"ר חִזְקִיָּה, לָא אָתָא קְרָא לְאַשְׁמוּעִינָן דְּעָבַד, אֶלָּא אָתָא קְרָא לְאַתְיָא מַה דְּיֶהֱוֵי בְּסוֹף גָּלוּתָא, כָּל אִלֵּין לְסוֹף מִנְיָינָא דְאִתְמְנֵי, צָבֵי לְמֵימַר דְּיֵיתֵי מְשִׁיחָא, וְיֵימָא לֵיהּ אָבוּךְ דְּבִשְׁמַיָיא בָּהֵיל לִסְבַר אַפָּךְ, סָפִין לְקִצָּא דִמְשִׁיחָא, יְהֵא רַעֲוָא מִן אֱלֹהָא דִשְׁמַיָא, דְּיִסַּב בְּרֵיהּ דְּאַסְגִּיאוּ בְּגָלוּתָא, וּמִדְּאִתְנְשִׁיאוּ בְּהוֹ, דְּנָשֵׁי יַתְהוֹן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בְּחוֹבֵיהוֹן בְּקוּשְׁטָא.

Exile Holy Name Joseph Merit Mochin Shechinah Tetragrammaton World to Come, The Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

37. When Rabbi Aba came, he said he came not to discourse ON THE VERSE, BUT TO EXPLAIN ITS MYSTERY. HE SAID, The secret of this matter is very important AS THAT OF THE VERSE, "Hashem shall add (Heb. Joseph) to me another son" (Beresheet 30:24). As we explained in relation to that verse, the Holy Name written in Joseph -- MEANING, THE THREE -LETTERED NAME Yud-Hei-Vav -- will say to him, Here your Father, the Master over the World to Come, SECRET OF ZEIR ANPIN WITH THE MOCHIN OF SUPERNAL BINAH, CALLED THE WORLD TO COME, wishes to do good for His children, so they may come out of exile. But if you do not favor your Truth BECAUSE YOU FIND THAT THEY DO NOT MERIT IT, here is a four-lettered name, Yud Hei Vav Hei, to set you right in order that the Shechinah may return to Her place.

37. כַּד אָתָא רִבִּי אַבָּא אֲמַר, לָאו לִדְרָשָׁא קָא אֲתִינָא, חֲשׁוֹב רָזָא דְמִלְּתָא יוֹסֵף ה' לִי בֶּן אַחֵר, כִּדְפָרִישְׁנָא לְעֵיל, הַאי שְׁמֵיהּ קַדִּישָׁא בְּיוֹסֵף, יה"ו יֹאמַר, הָא אֲבוּךְ מָארֵי עַלְמָא דְאָתֵי, לְמֶעְבַּד טָבָא לִבְרֵיהּ, דְּיִפְקוּן מִן גָּלוּתָא דִּלְהוֹן, וְאִי אַתְּ לָא רָעֵי בְּקוּשְׁטָךְ, רִבּוּעָא ידו"ד אֶחָד יַעֲבֵד יָתָךְ, וְיָדְעֵי דְּתֵיתוּב מַטְרוֹנִיתָא לְאַתְרָא.

Abraham Chariot Holy Name Jacob Messiah, The Tetragrammaton Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)