Myśl Żydowska do Lamentacje Jeremiasza 2:19

If you think deeply you will find, that when Hashem created his world, the Torah verse hides a secret hint to these four empires: [(Genesis: 1,2) "the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water—".] 'Reish Lakish explained the depth of the verse as reference to the exiles: "the earth being unformed"- this is a reference to the empire of Babylon, as it says in (Jeremiah, 14) "I saw the earth and it was unformed". "and void" - this is a reference to the empire of Persia, as it says in (Ester: 6,14): "and hurriedly [same root as 'void'] brought Haman". "with darkness" - this is reference to the empire of Greece, who darkened the eyes of Yisrael with their decrees. They would say to them, write upon the horn of an ox that they have no part in the God of Israel. "over the surface of the deep" - this is a reference to the evil empire, which is innumerable like the deep; just as the deep as no end, just so these evil people. "and a wind from God sweeping" - this is the wind of the King the Messiah, as it's written (Isiaih: 11,2) "The spirit [same root as 'wind'] of the Hashem". Through what merit will [Moshiach] be summoned and come? "sweeping over the waters" - in the merit of Teshuva, which is likened to water, as it says (Lamentations: 2,19) "Pour out your heart like water".(B'R: 2,4). If you think deeply you will find that when Hashem created his world he arrange these four empires! If so, we must ask, for what purpose and why would Hashem build into his world these four empires.

(3) He should fast by day and pray at night, the time when his mind is free and he is not distracted by secular matters, as written "Arise, cry out in the night, [.. Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the L-ord]" (Eicha 2:19). I will later explain the greatness of prayer at night, with G-d's help (Gate 10 chapter 6).

Prayer at night is praised in the holy scriptures, such as: "At night I remembered Your name, O L-ord..." (Tehilim 119:55), and "At midnight, I rise to give thanks to You.." (Tehilim 119:62), and "I rose before the dawning of the morning, and cried out" (Tehilim 119:147), and "My eyes preceded the watches to speak of Your word" (Tehilim 119:148), and "at night I was opposite You" (Tehilim 88:2), and "Arise, cry out in the night, Pour out your heart like water before G-d" (Eicha 2:19), and many more like this.