"Blessed be Hashem out of Zion"

Synopsis

We learn that the title verse refers to Malchut whenever the moon shines by the light of the sun and they draw close to each other, never removing their light from each other. Sometimes the moon is called by the name Yud Hei Vav Hei, and sometimes even an angel is called by that name.

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132. He also spoke, saying, "Blessed be Hashem out of Zion, He who dwells at Jerusalem. Haleluyah" (Tehilim 135:21). HE ASKS, Is ZEIR ANPIN, CALLED YUD HEI VAV HEI, blessed out of Zion, WHICH IS MALCHUT, but was He not blessed out of the supernal deep river, BINAH? WHY DID IT SAY, "BLESSED BE HASHEM OUT OF ZION?" (IBID.) HE REPLIES: "Blessed be Hashem" ALLUDES TO MALCHUT whenever the moon, MALCHUT, shines by the light of the sun, ZEIR ANPIN, and they draw close and do not remove their lights from each other. THE REASON IT SAYS, "BLESSED BE HASHEM (YUD HEI VAV HEI)" IS that the moon, MALCHUT, is sometimes called by the name of the King, ZEIR ANPIN. Just as He is called Yud Hei Vav Hei, so is she called Yud Hei Vav Hei, as written, "Then Hashem rained on S'dom and on Amorah brimstone and fire from Hashem out of heaven" (Beresheet 19:24). THE FIRST YUD HEI VAV HEI REFERS TO MALCHUT AND THE SECOND YUD HEI VAV HEI REFERS TO ZEIR ANPIN. Moreover, even a messenger, NAMELY AN ANGEL, is called by the King's name, YUD HEI VAV HEI.

132. תּוּ פָּתַח וְאָמַר, בָּרוּךְ יְיָ' מִצִּיּוֹן שׁוֹכֵן יְרוּשָׁלָםִ הַלְלוּיָהּ. וְכִי מִצִּיּוֹן הוּא בָּרוּךְ, וְהָא מִנָּהֲרָא עֲמִיקָא עִלָּאָה אִיהוּ בָּרוּךְ. אֶלָּא בָּרוּךְ יְיָ,' כַּד נָהִיר סִיהֲרָא מִנְּהִירוּ דְּשִׁמְשָׁא, וּמִתְקָרְבֵי דָּא בְּדָא, וְלָא אַעְדִּיאוּ נְהוֹרָא דָּא מִן דָּא. וּלְזִמְנִין דְּסִיהֲרָא אִתְקְרֵי בִּשְׁמָא דְּמַלְכָּא, כְּמָה דְּאִיהוּ אִקְרֵי יְהֹוָ"ה, כַּךְ הִיא נִקְרֵאת יְהֹוָ"ה. כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמֵר, וַיְיָ' הִמְטִיר עַל סְדוֹם וְעַל עֲמוֹרָה גָּפְרִית וָאֵשׁ מֵאֵת ה' מִן הַשָּׁמָיִם. וְלָא דָּא בִּלְחוֹדוֹהִי, אֶלָּא אֲפִילּוּ חַד שְׁלִיחָא, לְזִמְנִין אִתְקְרֵי בִּשְׁמָא דְּמַלְכָּא.

Blessing Torah Zion

133. Another interpretation FOR: "Blessed be Hashem out of Zion." Whence is it made known that the Holy One, blessed be He, is blessed? He says again "out of Zion," from the place called Zion - THAT IS THE YESOD OF MALCHUT - it is made known He is blessed. What is the reason thereof? Because it is written, "For there Hashem has commanded the blessing..." (Tehilim 133:3) AND SINCE HE POURS BLESSING ON ZION, IT IS MADE KNOWN THERE THAT HE IS BLESSED, AND THUS POURS BLESSING. Rabbi Yesa said to him: Happy is your portion, that you have merited all this. Happy are those who study the Torah, for it is as if he who studies the Torah is attached to the Holy One, blessed be He, as is written, "But you that did cleave to Hashem your Elohim are alive, everyone of you this day" (Devarim 4:4).

133. דָּבָר אַחֵר בָּרוּךְ יְיָ' מִצִּיּוֹן. מֵאָן אֲתַר אִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא הוּא בָּרוּךְ. הָדָר וְאָמַר מִצִּיּוֹן, מֵאֲתָר דְּצִיּוֹן אִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע דְּהוּא בָּרוּךְ. מַאי טַעֲמָא. בְּגִין דִּכְתִּיב כִּי שָׁם צִוָּה יְיָ' אֶת הַבְּרָכָה וְגוֹ.' אָמַר לֵיהּ רִבִּי יֵיסָא זַכָּאָה חוּלָקָךְ דְּזָכִית לְכוּלֵי הַאי. זַכָּאִין אִינּוּן דְּמִשְׁתַּדְּלִין בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּכָל מַאן דְּאִשְׁתְּדַל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, כְּאִלּוּ אָחִיד בְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, הה"ד, וְאַתֶּם הַדְּבֵקִים בַּיְיָ' אֱלֹהֵיכֶם חַיִּים כֻּלְכֶם הַיּוֹם.