Musar para sa 1 Cronica 29:11

If you don't know, have you not heard that there are holy traits and emanations (sefirot) above, in which the light of God and His holiness are encased, and through which He is revealed and acts in the worlds that He created? And if you do not know what the emanations are - since is not for your age to study the books of Kabbalah - do you not say in your prayers, "To you, God, is greatness, power, splendor and majesty, etc." (in the morning service, from I Chronicles 29:11)? And which one of you does not say after the counting of the Omer, "That which I have damaged in the emanation of kindness in kindness; kindness in power; kindness in splendor, etc.?" It is from these holy emanations that the Holy One of Israel brings light within us, the people that is close to Him. And just like with the traits above, so too with the traits with which He has given us light - His will is to be encased in them and to reveal His holiness through them. [For example,] the trait of kindness inside us, which flows down from the emanation of kindness and supernal love - God's love for Israel, the love of the angels in doing the work of their Creator, as it is written (in the morning prayers), "and lovingly give permission, etc." - only holiness can be found there. So we should only use it for holiness - to love God, His Torah and the Jewish people. And with the trait of power, we should fear Him with true fear. And this is not just latent love and fear that a Jew naturally has in his essence for God - a love and fear that he does not feel, such that his heart does not quake nor tremble from them. Rather a person must at least make times to arouse his love for God with yearning and longing for Him, may He be blessed. He should pray, "Please, God, bring me close to You. Why do You hide Your face from me; and why have You distanced me from Your holiness?" His yearning and longings should be like the yearning and longings of a child for his father; a child who is totally excited and quaking for his father, to the point that his heart pains him. Likewise regarding fear, a Jew should not suffice with just a natural fear, which is not revealed inside him and does not cause him to feel a trembling in his soul. Rather, he needs at some point to arouse a tangible fear, as if he were standing in front of the Powerful King. He should be completely afraid and trembling from the dignity of His glory and from the greatness of His power which is in front of him.

We must try and understand why Rabbenu Bachyah was so selective in his comparison of the creation with the construction of the Tabernacle. He could have cited additional parallels. A look at a lengthy Midrash in Shemot Rabbah 33,4 quotes Rabbi Berechyah as presenting a long list of parallels between the Tabernacle and מעשה בראשית. The list includes many items found in the heavens such as ערפל, זבול, עצי שטים, כרובים, אופנים and many others. In each case Rabbi Berechyah demonstrates that the Tabernacle contained something parallel.

When the priests say, "May He bless you," each and every one in the congregation quietly says: Look down from Your holy abode, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the soil You have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as You swore to our fathers (Deuteronomy 26:15). And when they say, "the Lord," the congregation says: The Lord, the Lord, mighty, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in love and truth (Exodus 32:6). And when they say, "and may He guard you," the congregation says: Guard me like the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings (Psalms 17:8). And when they say, "May [the Lord] shine" the congregation says: O Lord, my God, I cried out to You, and You healed me (Psalms 30:3). And when they say, "to you," the congregation says: To You, O Lord, do I lift my soul (Psalms 25:1). And when they say, "and give you grace" the congregation says: Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, for my soul trusts in You; and in the shadow of Your wings will I take refuge (Psalms 57:2). And when they say, "May He lift," the congregation says: He shall lift [bear] a blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation (Psalms 24:5). And when they say, "the Lord," the congregation says: The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup, You maintain my lot (Psalms 16:5). And when they say, "His face," the congregation says: Yet turn Your face to the prayer of Your servant and Your people, Israel (see I Kings 8:28). And when they say, "to you," the congregation says: To You did I lift my eyes (Psalms 123:1). And when they say, "and give," the congregation says: give [put] my tears into Your flask, into Your record (Psalms 56:9). And when they say, "to you," the congregation says: To You, Lord is greatness, might, splendor, triumph, and majesty; yes, all that is in heaven and on earth (I Chronicles 29:11). And when they say, "peace," the congregation says: Great peace to the lovers of Your Torah and may there be no stumbling block in their way (Psalms 119:165).