מִזְמ֥וֹר שִׁ֗יר לְי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃
Psalm, pieśń na dzień Sabbatu.
Zohar
R. Hiya said: ‘One day I was on my way to visit R. Simeon to learn from him the portion of the Passover. In a certain mountain which I passed I saw some clefts in a rock and two men sitting in one. As I went along I caught the sound of their voices saying: “A song, a psalm of the sons of Korah.” Why both song and psalm? We have learnt in the name of R. Simeon that this is a double song, and therefore superior to other songs. So, too, with the expressions, “A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day” (Ps. 92, 1), or “Song of songs” (S.S. 1, 1): the doubling is a sign of pre-eminence.
The Beginning of Wisdom
(The stages of conduct until eternity, Adam Kadmon and his Branches, and the emanations of his ears, nose, and mouth, the World of Bundles, Tzimtzum, and the Ray.)
156. There are two general stages in time; This world – Olam HaZeh, and the coming world – Olam HaBah. This world will endure six millennia corresponding to the Divine conducts, Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, and Yesod, in that order. The era of Moshiach, which ushers in the period of Malchut, is a transitional stage.219GRA, Sifra D’Tzniuta, Ch. 1. It will begin during the latter part of the sixth millennium (and will conclude with the resurrection of the dead). The seventh millennium marks the beginning of the coming world and corresponds to Malchut. It will be of a higher order than the preceding six. During this stage the world ceases to exist in its present form and will be in a state of desolation for 1000 years, as scripture states,220Psalms 92:1 “A song for the day of Sabbath.” That is, a Sabbath of eternal rest.221See Avoth D’Rabbi Nathan, Ch. 1; Also see Talmud Sanhedrin 92b and Klach Pitchei Chochmah, Petach 49, Havchana 13. During this period the righteous will hover over the world like the ministering angels. 156b. The eighth millennium, corresponding to Binah, will be higher still and represents the renewal of the world and the final and eternal resurrection, as stated,222Talmud Sanhedrin 97b; The souls of the righteous will return to the world in such a way that the physical will express spirituality, rather than obstruct it, as it does now. “The Holy One, blessed is He, will renew His world after the seventh millennium.” The ninth and tenth millennia correspond to Chochmah and Keter and represent higher levels. The conclusion of the tenth millennium marks the beginning of the eternal conduct, which transcends time, and represents the ultimate goodness. However, since death ceases from the seventh millennium and on, these stages also are considered to be aspects of the eternal conduct.223Klach Pitchei Chochmah, Petach 93.
156. There are two general stages in time; This world – Olam HaZeh, and the coming world – Olam HaBah. This world will endure six millennia corresponding to the Divine conducts, Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, and Yesod, in that order. The era of Moshiach, which ushers in the period of Malchut, is a transitional stage.219GRA, Sifra D’Tzniuta, Ch. 1. It will begin during the latter part of the sixth millennium (and will conclude with the resurrection of the dead). The seventh millennium marks the beginning of the coming world and corresponds to Malchut. It will be of a higher order than the preceding six. During this stage the world ceases to exist in its present form and will be in a state of desolation for 1000 years, as scripture states,220Psalms 92:1 “A song for the day of Sabbath.” That is, a Sabbath of eternal rest.221See Avoth D’Rabbi Nathan, Ch. 1; Also see Talmud Sanhedrin 92b and Klach Pitchei Chochmah, Petach 49, Havchana 13. During this period the righteous will hover over the world like the ministering angels. 156b. The eighth millennium, corresponding to Binah, will be higher still and represents the renewal of the world and the final and eternal resurrection, as stated,222Talmud Sanhedrin 97b; The souls of the righteous will return to the world in such a way that the physical will express spirituality, rather than obstruct it, as it does now. “The Holy One, blessed is He, will renew His world after the seventh millennium.” The ninth and tenth millennia correspond to Chochmah and Keter and represent higher levels. The conclusion of the tenth millennium marks the beginning of the eternal conduct, which transcends time, and represents the ultimate goodness. However, since death ceases from the seventh millennium and on, these stages also are considered to be aspects of the eternal conduct.223Klach Pitchei Chochmah, Petach 93.