Vayetze: Chapter 25

"A song to Alamot"

Synopsis

The Friends discuss the mystical meaning of angels or 'messengers,' who are grouped in ranks of three in the heavens, singing to the "Alamot," or the maidens of song. We learn that true spiritual songs are songs of the soul, connecting us to the supernal realm of the angels, and drawing their positive influences into our lives.

Relevance

Here we connect our souls to the realms where angels reside, and where they serve as a metaphysical interface between the mortal and the Divine. The sacred Light received through this connection attunes us to the positive influences of these angelic forces, so that we hear their whispers and melodies over the distractions of everyday life.

David Korah Rachel Singing Wisdom

253. Come and behold. It is written, "And Elohim remembered Rachel..." (Beresheet 30: 22) He began by quoting the verse, "To the chief musician for the sons of Korah, A song to Alamot" (Tehilim 46:1). We need to study this verse because it contains the secret of wisdom. All the songs and praises that the sons of Korah uttered WERE NOT NEW. RATHER, THEY WERE OLD songs and praises sung anew. The songs and praises David sang with his followers, WHO ARE MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING OF WITH PSALMS IN TEHILIM, were part of the secret of the upper one, BINAH, in the secret of Chochmah.

253. תָּא חֲזֵי כְּתִיב וַיִּזְכֹּר אֱלֹהִים אֶת רָחֵל וגו,' פְּתַח וַאֲמַר, לַמְנַצֵּחַ לִבְנֵי קֹרַח עַל עֲלָמוֹת שִׁיר. הַאי קְרָא, אִית לְאִסְתַּכָּלָא בֵּיהּ, דְּרָזָא דְּחָכְמְתָא אִיהוּ, וְכָל הַנֵּי שִׁירִין וְתוּשְׁבְּחָן, דַּהֲווֹ אָמְרֵי בְּנֵי קֹרַח, כֻּלְּהוּ מֵחַדְתִּין אִינוּן שִׁירִין וְתוּשְׁבְּחָן דַּהֲווֹ מִלְּקַדְּמִין, וְכֵן כָּל אִינוּן שִׁירִין וְתוּשְׁבְּחָן דַּאֲמַר דָּוִד, וְכָל אִינוּן דַּהֲווֹ עִמֵּיהּ, כֻּלְּהוּ הֲווֹ בְּרָזָא עִלָּאָה, בְּרָזָא דְחָכְמְתָא.

David Nukva Prophets Solomon

254. Come and behold, the Holy One, blessed be He, formed the lower world, THE NUKVA, so that it resembled the upper world, BINAH, AS IT RECEIVES FROM IT. And all that David, his son Solomon, and the true prophets arranged, they arranged IN THE LOWER WORLD in the image of above, BINAH.

254. תָּא חֲזֵי עֲבַד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עַלְמָא תַּתָּאָה כְּגַוְונָא דְּעַלְמָא עִלָּאָה, וְכָל אִינוּן סִדְּרִין דְּסִדְּרוּ דָּוִד וּשְׁלֹמֹה בְּרֵיהּ, וְכָל אִינוּן נְבִיאֵי קְשׁוֹט כֻּלְּהוּ סִדְּרוּ כְּגַוְונָא דִלְעֵילָא.

Angels Earth Firmaments Praise Singing Twelve

255. Come and behold, as there are watches on earth, AND THE TWELVE HOURS OF THE NIGHT ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE TIMES FOUR, so it is that in the firmament THERE ARE THREE GROUPS OF ANGELS chanting to their Master, singing always. They stand one above the other ACCORDING TO THEIR RANK, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE VERSE, "FOR THERE IS A HIGH ONE WHO WATCHES OVER HIM THAT IS HIGH; AND THERE ARE YET HIGHER ONES OVER THEM" (KOHELET 5:7). They sing and praise standing in rows, EACH GROUP CHANTING ACCORDING TO ITS RANK. This has already been explained by the friends.

255. תָּא חֲזֵי, כְּגַוְונָא דְאִיכָּא מִשְׁמָרוֹת בְּאַרְעָא, הָכֵי נָמֵי בִּרְקִיעָא, דִּמְזַמְּרֵי לְמָרַיְיהוּ, וְאָמְרֵי שִׁירָתָא תָּדִיר. וְכֻלְּהוּ קָיְימִין אִלֵּין לָקֳבֵל אִלֵּין, וְכֹלָּא בְּסִדְּרָן דְּשִׁירִין וְתוּשְׁבְּחָן, וְהָא אוֹקְמוּהָ חַבְרַיָיא.

Job Maidens Singing

256. HE ASKS, WHAT is the meaning of "A song to Alamot? (lit. 'maidens')" HE ANSWERS, It is similar to the verse, "There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines and young maidens without number" (Shir Hashirim 6:8). The "young maidens without number" are the same as in the verse, "Is there any number to His armies" (Iyov 25:3). As they are countless, it is written, "and young maidens without number."

256. עֲלָמוֹת שִׁיר, מַאי עֲלָמוֹת שִׁיר. אֶלָא כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, שִׁשִּׁים הֵמָּה מְלָכוֹת וּשְׁמוֹנִים פִּלַגְשִׁים וַעֲלָמוֹת אֵין מִסְפָּר. מַאי וַעֲלָמוֹת אֵין מִסְפָּר. כד"א הֲיֵשׁ מִסְפָּר לִגְדוּדָיו. וּבְגִין דְּלֵית חוּשְׁבְּנָא, כְּתִיב וַעֲלָמוֹת אֵין מִסְפָּר.

257. They are arranged in rows facing each other, singing and praising their Master. These are "A song to Alamot (lit. 'maidens')," in the verse, for there are maidens who do not sing as these do. Thus, these are called 'maidens of song.'

257. וְכֻלְּהוּ שׁוּרִין שׁוּרִין, מְסַחֲרָן סְדָרִין, אִלֵּין לָקֳבֵיל אִלֵּין, לְזַמְּרָא וּלְשַׁבָּחָא לְמָרֵיהוֹן, וְאִלֵּין אִינוּן עֲלָמוֹת שִׁיר. וּבְגִין דְּאִית עֲלָמוֹת דְּלָא מְזַמְּרִין כְּאִלֵּין, אִלֵּין אִקְרוּן עֲלָמוֹת שִׁיר.

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