Levítico 26:31 Cabalá: Sha'arei Orah

Daniel thus said, “I am only making a small request of You, that You return to Your place that is sanctified to You, from which it is impossible for You to separate. For, although You have withdrawn from it, it nevertheless is sanctified to You.” He therefore said,¹⁴¹Daniel 9:17 “Let Your face shine upon Your desolate Sanctuary,” in that it certainly is Your desolate Sanctuary. That is, even though it is desolate and destroyed, it is Yours. In other words, when he said, “upon Your desolate Sanctuary,” this is like the verse that states,¹⁴²Leviticus 26:31 “And I will bring desolation to your Sanctuaries,” about which it is taught,¹⁴³Talmud Bavli, Megillah 28a “Even though they are desolate, their sanctity remains.” Thus, it is about this that Daniel said, “Let Your face shine upon Your desolate Sanctuary.”