Kabbalah Kejadian 49:24: Peri Etz Hadar & Sha'arei Orah

And may the splendid power of the blessings [said] while eating the fruit illuminate the source of blessings, Tsaddik, the Life of the Worlds, and let the rainbow appear, proudly rejoicing in its colors.⁷³Cf. Shabbat 28a, where it describes the tachash — the animals whose skins were used to make the tabernacle/ohel of the mishkan. Here again, the author equates Creation with the mishkan, and the rainbow becomes the covering of the sacred ohel or sanctuary that is the Earth. –Rabbi David Seidenberg From there, may shefa , favor, and compassion be bestowed upon us, to pardon and forgive the iniquities and misdeeds that we committed and sinned. We violated the covenant and damaged the fruit of Tsaddik, the Life of the Worlds, and caused the rains of its beneficence to be withheld, so that all the sources [of shefa ] were harmed. Now let everything return to its original might “and let His bow remain taut.“⁷⁴Gen. 49:24. “For You, YHVH , bless the Tsaddik, favor crowns him like a shield.“⁷⁵Ps. 5:13.

In response to this, King David, peace be upon him, composed his songs-zemirot-זמירות, in order to clear the path for the prayers to pass. This is because all those camps are like a cloud that obstructs the prayers from ascending. About this it states,¹¹Lamentations 3:44 “You have covered Yourself in a cloud that prayer cannot penetrate.” However, now that David came and composed songs-zemirot-זמירות, when a person recites these songs-zemirot-זמירות, then these destroyers, spoilers and obstructers withdraw and go away. They are called songs-zemirot-זמירות from the term “machete-mazmer-מזמר,” as in the verse,¹²Isaiah 18:5 “He will cut down the young branches with machetes-mazmerot-מזמרות.” About this scripture states,¹³Psalms 119:54. This verse is usually translated, “Your statutes were music to me in my house of residence.” “Your statutes were like machetes-zemirot-זמירות for me in the house of my fears-megurai-מגורי.” This is to say that in those places on the way that I was in fear and terror-magor-מגור, I scattered and cut through them with those machetes-zemirot-זמירות (songs).

Moreover, this is because this quality draws the strength of the Sefirot and draws forth all kinds of emanations and blessings to itself. Then, after it draws forth from the blessings Above, it turns and bestows sustenance and nourishment to all beings below, each according to what is appropriate for him. About this the verse states,⁶³Psalms 118:22 – “אבן מאסו הבונים היתה לראש פנה.” “The Stone-Even-אבן that the builders despised has become the cornerstone.” This is because Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov took their portions of the chariot (Merkavah) in the Sefirot that are above it. It is only when David came, that he held on to it and took it as his quality in the Divine chariot (Merkavah). About this the verse states, “has become the cornerstone.” For, it is to this Divine quality that all faces in all novel existence turn to, whether the upper creatures or the lower creatures, whether those levels above it or those levels below it. Those that are above it, turn to it to draw down their strength and bestowal of goodness and blessings, and those that are below it, turn to it to plead for their sustenance, nourishment, and the sustainment of their existence. This then, is the mystery of what is meant by the words, “the cornerstone-Rosh Pinah-ראש פנה,” and is similarly the meaning of the verse,⁶⁴Job 38:6 – “על מה אדניה הטבעו או מי ירה אבן פנתה” “Into what are its bases-Adaneha-אדניה sunken, or who laid its cornerstone-Even Pinatah-אבן פנתה?” It is this quality that sustains the Jewish people, as indicated by the verse,⁶⁵Genesis 49:24 “From there He shepherded the stone of Israel-Even Yisroel-אבן ישראל.”