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BS"D L'Shem L'Shav U'

עורך ראשי
BS"D L'Shem L'Shav U'

Master of the Universe, the Almighty, in the merit of the month of Elul and in the merit of the holy and awesome day, which is the greatest day of the entire year—the 24th of Elul. On this day, Hashem emanated the Kesser (Crown), Chochmah (Wisdom), Binah (Understanding), and Daas (Knowledge) of the Name of M"H (the Divine Name expanded to the numerical value of 45: Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh).
And Leah receives all three Alephs. From the first Aleph, the Daas of Leah is formed. From the second Aleph, the Tiferes (Beauty) of Leah is formed.
And from the third Aleph, the Yesod (Foundation) of Leah of the Name of M"H (Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh) is formed. For Leah and Chavah are the expansion (milui) of Adam HaRishon (the First Man), in the secret of 19, which is the gematria (numerical value) of Chavah.
And her complete Nesirah (spiritual separation) will take place at the conclusion of the 29th of Elul, the night of Rosh Hashanah. This corresponds to the number 861, which is the gematria of Mattisyahu (861), because on every Rosh Hashanah, the soul of Mattisyahu is emanated anew.
And this soul impregnates (through ibbur) every single person who merits to reach the True Tzaddik on Rosh Hashanah and be included in the holy gathering on Rosh Hashanah. This gathering is composed of all the parts of the soul of the Tzaddik, which impregnate all those who crowd together in the holy gathering on Rosh Hashanah, in the aspect of "they stand crowded but bow down with wide spacing." The Bartenura explains that the Jewish people receive the power to float in the air, similar to Avishai, Asahel, and Yoav, the sons of Tzeruyah the daughter of Nachash. As the Rama of Fano explains in Gilgulei Neshamos (Reincarnations of Souls) in the discourse on the sons of Tzeruyah, they were all born from the rock and the boulder without any blemish whatsoever. This was the wonder of Sarah: "After I have withered, shall I have youthfulness? Shall a ninety-year-old woman give birth?" Avraham also said the same words: "Shall a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? And shall Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?" Yet Hashem said nothing to Avraham, only to Sarah. This is because Sarah's entire complaint was: why is Hashem returning her to the age of 12 ("After I have withered, shall I have youthfulness") rather than granting her a miracle to give birth at the age of 90? Meanwhile, He left Avraham exactly as he was, at the age of 100. The answer is that Avraham had already reached such a level of deveikus (cleaving to Hashem) that he could not descend from his spiritual level even a hairsbreadth. If he were to descend from his level even a hairsbreadth, he would die, Heaven forbid. Regarding this, Moshe Rabbeinu said, "And if not, please kill me," meaning: if You want to lower me from my spiritual level and have me start distributing meat to them, it is better that You kill me right now. Similarly, with Avraham, there was absolutely no possibility of lowering him from his spiritual level even a hairsbreadth, even for a single second.
Please, Hashem, grant me the merit in the month of Elul, like Avraham and Moshe, to achieve such deveikus (cleaving to Hashem) that I will never again be able to descend from my spiritual level, even for a single second.
BS"D L'Shem L'Shav
Master of the Universe, the Almighty, from Whom no purpose can be withheld. In the merit of the two awesome days: the 24th of Elul, on which You emanated the point in its palace, the point within the letter Beis (בּ),
Which includes the secret of Kesser, Chochmah, Binah, and Daas of the Name of M"H.
And in the merit of the awesome day, the 25th of Elul, when You separated and emanated the letter Beis, the Sefirah of Binah of the Name of M"H, from the Sefirah of Chochmah of the Name of M"H. Through this, Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferes, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and Malchus were emanated from it. These are the Six Days of Creation that were emanated from the Ohr Ein Sof (Infinite Light).
And then Moshe said, "Sun, stand still in Cheshbon, and moon, in the high places of Arnon."
After he nullified the___ sustenance (yenikah) of Sichon from the left heel of Leah. This is the secret of Rachel taking the terafim (idols) from Lavan, and through this, Lavan could no longer draw sustenance from the left heel of Leah and succeed in his sorcery.
And also in Tishrei, Moshe said, "Sun, stand still in Bashan."
And then he nullified the sustenance of Og, after the dancing of Simchas Torah, from the right heel of Leah.
And through this, the two heels of Leah entered into the Kesser of Rachel, which is the secret of the building of the Beis HaMikdash (Holy Temple).
And this is what Balak and Bilaam saw—that Moshe was about to enter the Land of Israel and build the Beis HaMikdash. Bilaam said, "Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it" (Numbers 23:20), meaning: I cannot reverse it and extract the heel of Leah from the Kesser of Rachel.
Then Balak and Bilaam took counsel to bury a barrel of snakes at the site of the Altar, 1,500 amos (cubits) deep.
And when David extracted the barrel from the site of the Altar before the eyes of the Jebusites,
The Jebusites gathered for an urgent assembly to decide what to do after David extracted the barrel of snakes. Then Aravnah, their king, advised them that after his death, they should cut off his head and bury his skull at the site of the Altar.
And even though the Rambam writes in the Laws of the Primary Sources of Impurity (1:13-14) that the skull of a gentile only imparts impurity through touch and carrying, but not through an overhang (ohel), nevertheless, the impurity of Aravnah the Jebusite delayed the acceptance of the sacrifices for about two hundred years, until Chizkiyahu discovered it (Tosafos, Sanhedrin 12a).

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