The Secret of “There Is No Sitting in the Azarah Except for the Kings of the

By what merit did Binyamin deserve to have half of the Beis HaMikdash in his portion? And what is the secret that only the kings of the House of David (the tribe of Yehudah) are permitted to sit in the Azarah? You will find the answers to these questions in the daily teaching before you, written by the Gaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a—full and overflowing with wondrous new insights your ear has never heard.

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The Secret of ‘There Is No Sitting in the Azarah Except for the Kings of the House of David Alone’

For after Binyamin received the “blows of death” from all ten brothers at the time the goblet was revealed, and the brothers said that if the goblet would truly be found in the sack of one of the brothers, then all the brothers would become slaves—and the one in whose sack the goblet would be found would be put to death—then Binyamin received the most cruel blows between his shoulders, as it is written: “And between his shoulders He dwells” (Devarim 33:12).

And after 210 years, Bnei Yisrael merited the splitting of the Sea. Rabbi Meir said: the tribes were very angry that Binyamin jumped in first, even though he was born last. Then they began throwing stones at him—each stone weighed three tons—and many from the tribe of Binyamin were wounded and harmed. But Binyamin did not give up; he continued going first, until the water reached his nostrils. Then he cried out, “The waters have reached my soul; I have sunk in the deep mire,” and then a miracle occurred and the sea split.

But since Binyamin received all the stones with immense joy, he merited half of the Beis HaMikdash—because he was still missing a few more stones in order to receive the entire Beis HaMikdash. He only received up to the Mizbe’ach, but the rest—the chambers, the Ezras Nashim, the Cheil, and the Har HaBayis—everything remained with Yehudah, who is Malchus she’b’Malchus. And from the Mizbe’ach and downward—which corresponds to the eastern Yesod and the southern Yesod—everything belongs to Yehudah, who is Malchus she’b’Malchus. But the Mizbe’ach itself, and the entire building—the Ulam, the Heichal, and the Kodesh HaKodashim—all belong to Binyamin, who is Yesod she’b’Malchus.

Therefore, since the Azarah itself—together with the Ezras Nashim—belongs to the tribe of Yehudah, from whom comes the kingship of the House of David, there is a halachah l’Moshe mi’Sinai that there is no sitting in the Azarah except for the kingship of the House of David alone.

And this is the secret of “And Shlomo sat on the throne of Hashem” (Divrei HaYamim I 29:23): for Malchus she’b’Malchus in the world of Atzilus descends to the world of Beriah and becomes the “head” of Beriah—this is the secret of the Ulam, the Heichal, and the Kodesh HaKodashim. And therefore the entire Land of Israel is called “the land of Yehudah,” for he is Malchus she’b’Malchus, and from him comes the kingship of the House of David—who alone have permission to sit in the Azarah.

And Yosef, who is Yesod of the masculine aspect, received the kingship in Shiloh for 369 years. And if he had merited to complete his kingship for one more year—so that it would be 370 years—he would have merited to draw down the 370,000 lights that were taken from Chavah. About this it is said: “And I planted you a choice vine, entirely a seed of truth—how then have you turned into a degenerate, alien vine?” For if Yosef had merited to uphold the Mishkan for one more year, and all the 370,000 lights that were taken from Chavah would have been revealed, then there would no longer have been any exile; and Am Yisrael would not have fallen into idolatry; and the Beis HaMikdash would not have been destroyed; and they would have merited the revelation of Hashem through a clear, illuminated lens—this is the revelation of the 370,000 lights that were taken from Chavah [Seder Binyan Shmuel, Binyan Olam 1].

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