הִתְמַהְמְה֣וּ וּתְמָ֔הוּ הִשְׁתַּֽעַשְׁע֖וּ וָשֹׁ֑עוּ שָֽׁכְר֣וּ וְלֹא־יַ֔יִן נָע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א שֵׁכָֽר׃
너희는 놀라고 놀라라 너희는 소경이 되고 소경이 되라 그들의 취함이 포도주로 인함이 아니며 그들의 비틀거림이 독주로 인함이 아니라
Bereshit Rabbah
“The Lord God cast a deep slumber upon the man, and he slept. He took one of his sides, and He closed it with flesh in its place [taḥtena]” (Genesis 2:21).
“The Lord God cast [hipil] a deep slumber” – Rabbi Yehoshua of Sikhnin said in the name of Rabbi Levi: The beginning of downfall [mapala] is sleep. When a person sleeps, he does not toil in Torah and does not do any work.15Too much sleep is a recipe for ruin. Hipil literally means, “He caused to fall down.”
Rav said: There are three slumbers: the slumber of sleep, the slumber of prophecy, and the slumber of a trance. The slumber of sleep – “the Lord God cast a deep slumber upon the man, and he slept.” The slumber of prophecy – “it was when the sun was setting, and a deep slumber fell upon Abram” (Genesis 15:12). The slumber of a trance – “No one saw, and no one knew, and no one awoke, as they were all asleep, because a deep slumber from the Lord had fallen upon them” (I Samuel 26:12). The Rabbis said: There is also the slumber of foolishness, as it is written: “For the Lord poured upon you a spirit of deep slumber” (Isaiah 29:10).
Rabbi Ḥanina bar Yitzḥak said: There are three microcosms; sleep is a microcosm of death; a dream is a microcosm of prophecy; Shabbat is a microcosm of the World to Come. Rabbi Avin adds another two: The orb of the sun is a microcosm of the supernal light; Torah is a microcosm of the supernal wisdom.
“The Lord God cast [hipil] a deep slumber” – Rabbi Yehoshua of Sikhnin said in the name of Rabbi Levi: The beginning of downfall [mapala] is sleep. When a person sleeps, he does not toil in Torah and does not do any work.15Too much sleep is a recipe for ruin. Hipil literally means, “He caused to fall down.”
Rav said: There are three slumbers: the slumber of sleep, the slumber of prophecy, and the slumber of a trance. The slumber of sleep – “the Lord God cast a deep slumber upon the man, and he slept.” The slumber of prophecy – “it was when the sun was setting, and a deep slumber fell upon Abram” (Genesis 15:12). The slumber of a trance – “No one saw, and no one knew, and no one awoke, as they were all asleep, because a deep slumber from the Lord had fallen upon them” (I Samuel 26:12). The Rabbis said: There is also the slumber of foolishness, as it is written: “For the Lord poured upon you a spirit of deep slumber” (Isaiah 29:10).
Rabbi Ḥanina bar Yitzḥak said: There are three microcosms; sleep is a microcosm of death; a dream is a microcosm of prophecy; Shabbat is a microcosm of the World to Come. Rabbi Avin adds another two: The orb of the sun is a microcosm of the supernal light; Torah is a microcosm of the supernal wisdom.
Midrash Tehillim
"For the cup is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams; it is fully mixed and he pours out of it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to its dregs." (Psalm 75:8)
Midrash Tehillim
"The Talmud teaches that the cup can be emptied yet still say 'wine, a full measure, is in it.' It can also contain old wine. Rabbi Yehuda, Rabbi Nachman bar Chanina, and Rabbi Yitzchak bar Chaya said that in the future, the Holy One, blessed be He, will say to Pharaoh, 'Drink your cup,' but Pharaoh will reply, 'Master of the Universe, I have not drunk a cup in this world.' And He will say to him, 'What you have drunk is like a small coin.' As it says, 'And he will gulp it down and stagger, yet he will not be able to avoid it.' But now, they shall drink and stagger and be as though they had not drunk; for their wickedness shall be paid in full. They drink but do not feel refreshed." (Isaiah 29:9-10) "Rabbi Elazar bar Rabbi Yosi the Galilean said, 'Is not the cup standing before me like a cup of disgrace?' (Deuteronomy 32:34) Rabbi Acha said, 'In which cup will you mix it, so that it is not all mixed in one cup?' Rather, he will pour it all out like a jug with a wide mouth that tapers towards the top. As it says, 'You shall drink your sister's cup, which is deep and wide.' (Ezekiel 23:32) "You shall find four cups for good and four for evil. For good, as it says, 'My cup overflows with oil' (Psalm 23:5), 'The Lord is my allotted portion and cup' (Psalm 16:5), and 'I lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord' (Psalm 116:13). These are the four cups for good. And against them are the four cups of punishment for the nations in the future, and afterwards all the horns of the wicked shall be cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up." (Psalm 75:11) "There are ten horns that the Holy One, blessed be He, gave to Israel. The horn of Abraham, as it says, 'I will sing to my Beloved a song of love concerning His vineyard. My Beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a wine-press as well. Then He looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit. Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled. I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.' (Isaiah 5:1-6)" The Horns of Israel (Genesis 22:13): "And behold, a ram caught in the thicket by its horns." The horn of Moses (Exodus 34:35): "Because the skin of his face shone, and he put a veil upon his face." The horn of prophecy (1 Samuel 2:1): "And Hannah prayed and said...My horn is exalted in the Lord." The horn of Torah (Habakkuk 3:4): "And rays streamed from His hand; and there was the hiding of His power." The horn of priesthood (Psalm 132:17): "There I will make a horn to bud for David; I have ordained a lamp for my anointed." The horn of Levi (1 Chronicles 25:5): "All these were the sons of Haman, the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn." The horn of Jerusalem (Psalm 22:22): "From the horns of the wild oxen You answered me." The horn of the King Messiah (1 Samuel 2:10): "The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and He shall give strength unto His king, and exalt the horn of His anointed." It is also said (Psalm 132:17), "There I will make a horn to bud for David." When the Jews sinned, these [horns] were taken from them and given to the gentiles, as it says (Daniel 7:24): "And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise." The gentiles were compared to these beasts [represented by the horns], and as long as the horns of the gentiles are in existence, the horns of Israel are lowered, as it says (Lamentations 2:3): "He has cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel." But when the horns of Israel are lifted up in the future, in our days, the horns of the nations of the gentiles will be lowered, and the horns of Israel will be lifted up, as it says (Psalm 75:11): "And all the horns of the wicked will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted." The horns that lowered the horn of the righteous of the world will themselves be cut off.