Kabbalah zu Schemot 24:76

(Lev. 16:1) "And Hashem spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron... and Hashem said to Moses". Rabbi Yehuda comments: Since the verse says, "And Hashem spoke to Moses," what need is there to repeat "and Hashem said to Moses, Speak to your brother Aaron...?" The first statement should have sufficed. We learn that it is written, "And Hashem (lit. 'He') called to Moses and (lit. 'Hashem') spoke to him" (Lev. 1:1) and also, "And He said to Moses, Come up to Hashem" (Shemot 24:1). It has already been established that the discourse here represents one level (Malchut). Afterwards, the words, "AND HASHEM SPOKE TO HIM" OR "COME UP TO HASHEM" represent another level (Ze'er Anpin). Here too in our text, "And Hashem spoke to Moses" represents one level (the level of judgment referred to as "speaking") and afterwards the verse, "And Hashem said to Moses, Speak to your brother Aaron" represents another level, (the quality of Mercy, which is "Saying") which reveals that they carry one equal scale and all are joined from one source.

And they set out from Hor Hahar through the way of the Sea of Reeds. That is that the group stopped studying the Talmud, which is called Hor HaHar. Why is it called Hor HaHar? Because from there comes teaching [hora'ah] to the world, as "I have written to instruct them [lehorotam]" (Exodus 24:12) - and this is the Oral Torah [Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash].

Rabbi Yehuda said to Rabbi Chiya: We have learned that the Holy One, blessed be He, will prepare a feast for the righteous in the future. What is this feast? He replied, Before you went before these holy angels, the sages of the Mishnah, I heard what Rabbi Elazar said. It set my heart at peace. For Rabbi Elazar said that the feast of the Righteous in the future is as it is written, "and they beheld the Elohim, and did eat and drink" (Shemot 24:11). Here it is written, "eat," but Rabbi Elazar noted that in one place it is explained as, "enjoy" and in another, "eat." What is the difference? He responded, Woe to the Righteous who do not have as much merit; they enjoy the splendor, though they do not understand everything. However, the Righteous who merit the divine splendor eat until they grasp it fully. Food and drink refers to this feast and eating alone. From whom do we know this? From Moses, as it is written, "he did neither eat bread, nor drink water" (Shemot 34:28). Why so? Because he ate another meal, which is the supernal splendor. The meal of the Righteous in the future will be in that manner.

Rabbi Yehuda said to Rabbi Chiya: We have learned that the Holy One, blessed be He, will prepare a feast for the righteous in the future. What is this feast? He replied, Before you went before these holy angels, the sages of the Mishnah, I heard what Rabbi Elazar said. It set my heart at peace. For Rabbi Elazar said that the feast of the Righteous in the future is as it is written, "and they beheld the Elohim, and did eat and drink" (Shemot 24:11). Here it is written, "eat," but Rabbi Elazar noted that in one place it is explained as, "enjoy" and in another, "eat." What is the difference? He responded, Woe to the Righteous who do not have as much merit; they enjoy the splendor, though they do not understand everything. However, the Righteous who merit the divine splendor eat until they grasp it fully. Food and drink refers to this feast and eating alone. From whom do we know this? From Moses, as it is written, "he did neither eat bread, nor drink water" (Shemot 34:28). Why so? Because he ate another meal, which is the supernal splendor. The meal of the Righteous in the future will be in that manner.

Rabbi Yitzchak said, I was present before Rabbi Yehoshua and asked him about this. I said that this feast of the Righteous that will be held in the future (was supposed to be of the Leviathan and the bull). If this is so, there is a contradiction, because Rabbi Elazar said that the feast of the Righteous in the future will be as it is written in the verse: "and they beheld the Elohim, and did eat and drink." Rabbi Yehoshua said that Rabbi Elazar was correct. And so it was.

10.The revealed world, which is Rachel, the Female principle of Zeir Anpin who is located from his Chest downward, is similarly unified below. The revealed world is the lower world, as can be proven by reading the scriptures, where it is described in terms of seeing: "I saw Hashem" (Isaiah 6:1), "and they saw the Elohim of Yisrael" (Exodus 24:10), "and the glory of Hashem appeared (Numbers 14:10) and "As the appearance of the rainbow...so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Hashem" (Ezekiel 1:28). And it is known that the lower Female principle, who is called Rachel, is described by the words: "Glory of Hashem" and by the particle Et (the). This is the secret of the verse: "Let the dry land appear (lit. 'be seen')," because "seeing" applies only to the revealed world and not to the upper world. The verse: "As the appearance of the rainbow," which is written about the divine Chariot of Yechezkel, alludes to the life of the worlds, namely Yesod of Zeir Anpin. Therefore, it is written in the portion of Noah: "I have set My rainbow in the cloud" (Genesis 9:13), which also alludes to Yesod of Zeir Anpin, who is called the life of the worlds. The phrase "in the cloud" refers to Malchut; namely, the lower Female principle of Zeir Anpin, the revealed world of Rachel. The words "I have set" mean that he has set his rainbow in the cloud ever since the day of Creation.

The benefit of one who is cautious about emitting semen in vain was explained in Tana Devei Eliyahu in the portion of Mishpatim, in the verse “And he sent the young men of Israel who offered burnt-offerings” (Exodus 24:5), and this is what is says: “We learned in the school of Eliyahu about the verse “There is no one like God, O Yeshurun” (Deuteronomy 33:26), happy is the man who has words of Torah with him and that semen did not come out from him in vain. And even if he is an Israelite he is fit to give sacrifices on the altar like the High Priest, as it says “And he sent the young men of Israel” (Exodus 24:5). Whoever makes himself lazy to commit a sin and does not do it, he is nurtured from the radiance of the Shechinah, as it says “and they looked upon God, they ate and drank” (Exodus 24:11).”

The benefit of one who is cautious about emitting semen in vain was explained in Tana Devei Eliyahu in the portion of Mishpatim, in the verse “And he sent the young men of Israel who offered burnt-offerings” (Exodus 24:5), and this is what is says: “We learned in the school of Eliyahu about the verse “There is no one like God, O Yeshurun” (Deuteronomy 33:26), happy is the man who has words of Torah with him and that semen did not come out from him in vain. And even if he is an Israelite he is fit to give sacrifices on the altar like the High Priest, as it says “And he sent the young men of Israel” (Exodus 24:5). Whoever makes himself lazy to commit a sin and does not do it, he is nurtured from the radiance of the Shechinah, as it says “and they looked upon God, they ate and drank” (Exodus 24:11).”

Come and behold: Moses would not have been able to approach what he was looking at had he not been dressed in another garment. As it is written: "And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mountain" (Shemot 24:18). And he covered himself with the cloud as a person wears a garment. And then, it is written: "and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where Elohim was" (Shemot 20:18), and "Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights" (Shemot 24:18) and was able to see what he saw.

’Eẓem ha-Shamayim (“The Essence of Heaven” [Exod. 24:10]). Malkhut.

And corresponding to her (the earth) is the deep-blue/t’cheilet of the tsitsit (the corner fringes on a prayer shawl). For R’ Meir said: How is t’cheilet different from all kinds of colors? Because t’cheilet resembles the sea and the sea resembles the firmament and the firmament resembles the throne of glory, as it is said, “And they saw Israel’s God and under His feet [was something] like sapphire brick-work and like the essence of the heavens for purity” [Ex 24:10] and it says, “like the appearance/mar’eh of sapphire stone, a likeness of a throne / d’mut kisei’” [Ez 1:26].