Chasidut do Daniela 9:18
הַטֵּ֨ה אֱלֹהַ֥י ׀ אָזְנְךָ֮ וּֽשֲׁמָע֒ פקחה [פְּקַ֣ח] עֵינֶ֗יךָ וּרְאֵה֙ שֹֽׁמְמֹתֵ֔ינוּ וְהָעִ֕יר אֲשֶׁר־נִקְרָ֥א שִׁמְךָ֖ עָלֶ֑יהָ כִּ֣י ׀ לֹ֣א עַל־צִדְקֹתֵ֗ינוּ אֲנַ֨חְנוּ מַפִּילִ֤ים תַּחֲנוּנֵ֙ינוּ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ כִּ֖י עַל־רַחֲמֶ֥יךָ הָרַבִּֽים׃
O, mój Boże, nakłoń ucha swego, a usłysz; otwórz oczy twoje, a oto nasze pustki i miasto, do którego wzywane jest twoje imię; albowiem nie składamy przed Tobą naszych błagań z powodu naszej prawości, ale z powodu Twych wielkich litości.
Kedushat Levi
When David, in psalms 34,16 spoke about the עיני ה', “the Lord’s eyes,” he did not mean that G’d possesses “eyes” and other organs in the sense that we understand this in our regions of the universe, but what he means is if, as our sages tell us that the features of the patriarch Yaakov were engraved on G’d’s “throne,” to the question of ”whence did images of such physical organs penetrate the heavenly spheres,” both David and our sages describe how G’d has an enduring reminder of the accomplishment of the righteous and the organs they have used to serve Him and perform His commandments had them “engraved“ on His throne as a constant reminder, especially at times when His people experience a spiritual slump. At such times, the “eye” engraved on G’d’s throne may be closed instead of open. When Rabbi Yehudah in Avot 2,1 warned us to look at מה למעלה ממך, he did not refer that we should look at G’d, but he meant that we should remember that the image of man engraved on G’d’s throne reflects the condition of man down on earth as the images on G’d’s throne are not static but their condition alternates according to the spiritual condition of His people on earth. This “eye” on G’d’s throne observes what we do on earth; the ears on that countenance of our patriarch Yaakov “hear” what and how we speak. Its condition reflects whether what it heard gave G’d pleasure or the reverse. Rabbi Yehudah reminds us that it is what we do down here that determines whether our image in the celestial regions remains a positive one.
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