הֲתִֽמְלֹ֔ךְ כִּ֥י אַתָּ֖ה מְתַחֲרֶ֣ה בָאָ֑רֶז אָבִ֜יךָ הֲל֧וֹא אָכַ֣ל וְשָׁתָ֗ה וְעָשָׂ֤ה מִשְׁפָּט֙ וּצְדָקָ֔ה אָ֖ז ט֥וֹב לֽוֹ׃
Regnerai, perché ti sforzi di eccellere nel cedro? Tuo padre non ha mangiato e bevuto e non ha fatto giustizia e giustizia? Quindi andò bene con lui.
Or Neerav
He thus explained this verse: Did your father not eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. He judged the cause of the poor and needy. Then it was well. Is this not to know Me? says the Lord (Jer. 22:15-16). It means that the unification of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekhinah—which is what David and the other proper kings did—is signified [by the terms] justice and righteousness. Naturally, then it was well with him. Well signifies [the sefirah Yesod]. Similarly, he judged the cause of the poor and needy [refers] to the [sefirotic] levels of Yesod and Malkhut, which are [termed] “poor and needy.”4They are “poor and needy” because they receive the flow of divine energy from the higher sefirot. When man judges their cause in this lowly world, He changes them to mercy in the upper world. This is [the significance of] Is not this to know Me? says the Lord, for by this the Holy One, blessed be He, achieves union with His Shekhinah.