Daf 85b (דַּף פ״ה ע״ב)

Who brought you out from the land of Egypt (אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם). “Who” (asher) -the place from which all are blessed (אֲשֶׁר: אֲתָר דְּכֹלָּא מְאַשְּׁרִין לֵיהּ). “Who brought you out from the land of Egypt”: this is the Jubilee (הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם: דָּא יוֹבְלָא). As we have learned, from the side of the Jubilee Yisrael went out from Egypt (כְּמָה דְּתָנֵינָן, מִסִּטְרָא דְּיוֹבְלָא נָפְקוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרַיִם). And for this reason, fifty times is the Exodus from Egypt mentioned in the Orayta (וּבְגִין כַּךְ, חַמְשִׁין זִמְנִין אִדְכַּר יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא). Fifty days to receive the Orayta (חַמְשִׁין יוֹמִין לְקַבְּלָא אוֹרַיְיתָא).

Fifty years for the release of slaves (חַמְשִׁין שְׁנִין לְחֵירוּ דְּעַבְדִין). From the house of bondage (מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים): as it is written, “He struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt” (Exodus 12) (כְּמָה דִּכְתִּיב הִכָּה כָל בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם). And we have learned: these are the lower crowns in which the Egyptians were washed (וְתָנֵינָן אִלֵּין כִּתְרִין תַּתָּאִין, דְּאִתְרְחִיצוּ בְּהוּ מִצְרָאֵי). Just as there is a house above, so is there a house below (כְּמָה דְּאִית בֵּיתָא לְעֵילָּא, אִית בֵּיתָא לְתַתָּא). A holy house above, as it is written, “With Chokhmah a house is built” (Proverbs 24) (בֵּיתָא קַדִּישָׁא לְעֵילָּא, דִּכְתִּיב בְּחָכְמָה יִבָּנֶה בָּיִת).

A lower house below, that is not holy, as it is written, “from the house of bondage” (בֵּיתָא תַּתָּאָה לְתַתָּא, דְּלָא קַדִּישָׁא, כְּמָה דִּכְתִּיב מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים). It was taught: at the moment the word “Anochi” was spoken, all those commandments of the Orayta that are unified with the supernal Holy King were all encompassed in this word (תָּאנָא, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאִתְּמַר אָנֹכִי, כָּל אִינּוּן פִּקּוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּמִתְאַחֲדָן בְּמַלְכָּא קַדִּישָׁא עִלָּאָה, בְּסִטְרָא). Some say: this one (נ״א: דָּא׳) - they were all encompassed within this word (כֻּלְּהוּ הֲוָה כְּלִילָן בְּהַאי מִלָּה). As we have learned: all the commandments of the Orayta are unified in the body of the King (כְּמָה דְּתָנֵינָן, כָּל פִּקּוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, מִתְאַחֲדָן בְּגוּפָא דְּמַלְכָּא).

Another matter: in the supernal Holy King (דָּבָר אַחֵר: בְּמַלְכָּא קַדִּישָׁא עִלָּאָה). Some are in the head of the King, and some in the body, and some in the hands of the King, and some in His feet (מִנְּהוֹן בְּרֵישָׁא דְּמַלְכָּא, וּמִנְהוֹן בְּגוּפָא, וּמִנְהוֹן בִּידֵי מַלְכָּא, וּמִנְהוֹן בְּרַגְלוֹי), and there is no one who departs from the body of the King to the outside (וְלֵית מַאן דְּנָפִיק מִן גּוּפָא דְּמַלְכָּא לְבַר).

And therefore, whoever transgresses one commandment of the Orayta, it is as if he transgresses against the body of the King (וּבְגִין כַּךְ, מַאן דְּפָשַׁע בְּחַד פִּקּוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, כְּמַאן דְּפָשַׁע בְּגוּפָא דְּמַלְכָּא), as it is written, “And they shall go out and see the corpses of the men who rebelled against Me” (Isaiah 66) (כְּמָה דִּכְתִּיב וְיָצְאוּ וְרָאוּ בְּפִגְרֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים הַפּוֹשְׁעִים בִּי). Against Me-literally (בִּי מַמָּשׁ). Woe to the guilty who transgress the words of the Orayta and do not know what they are doing (וַוי לְחַיָּיבַיָּא, דְּעַבְרִין עַל פִּתְגָּמֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, וְלָא יַדְעִין מַאי קָא עַבְדִין). Rabbi Shimon said: the very place to which a person is bound-that very place reveals his guilt (דְּאָמַר ר׳ שִׁמְעוֹן, הַהוּא אֲתָר דְּאִיהוּ חָב לְגַבֵּיהּ, הַהוּא אֲתָר מַמָּשׁ גַּלֵּי חוֹבֵיהּ). Some say: Rabbi Shimon said: Kudsha Berikh Hu Himself reveals his guilt (נ״א: וְאָמַר ר׳ שִׁמְעוֹן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מַמָּשׁ גַּלֵּי חוֹבֵיהּ). One who sins against Kudsha Berikh Hu, Kudsha Berikh Hu reveals his guilt, as it is written, “The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him” (Job 20) (חָב בְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא גַּלֵּי חוֹבֵיהּ, דִּכְתִּיב יְגַלּוּ שָׁמַיִם עֲוֹנוֹ וְאֶרֶץ מִתְקוֹמָמָה לוֹ). “The heavens shall reveal his iniquity”-this is Kudsha Berikh Hu (יְגַלּוּ שָׁמַיִם עֲוֹנוֹ: דָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא). “And the earth shall rise against him”-this is Kudsha Berikh Hu (וְאֶרֶץ מִתְקוֹמָמָה לוֹ: דָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא). Some say: this is Knesset Yisrael (נ״א: דָּא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל).

It was taught: the heavens reveal the guilt of a person (תַּנְיָא, שָׁמַיִם גַּלְּיָין חוֹבֵיהּ דְּבַר נָשׁ). And at the moment that his guilt is revealed, the earth executes judgment upon the person (וּבְשַׁעֲתָא דְּאִיהוּ גַּלְּיָא חוֹבֵיהּ, אֶרֶץ עָבִיד דִּינָא דְּבַר נָשׁ), as it is written, “and the earth shall rise up against him” (Job 20) (דִּכְתִּיב, וְאֶרֶץ מִתְקוֹמָמָה לוֹ), to carry out judgment upon him (לְמֶעְבַּד דִּינָא בֵּיהּ).

Rabbi Yose said: we have learned in the name of Rabbi Shimon, that at the time the Orayta was given, Imma and the children were found in wholeness (אָמַר ר׳ יוֹסֵי, תָּנֵינָן מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּר׳ שִׁמְעוֹן, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאִתְיְהִיבַת אוֹרַיְיתָא, אִימָא וּבְנִין בִּשְׁלֵימוּתָא אִשְׁתְּכָחוּ), as it is written, “the mother of the children is joyful” (Psalms 113) (דִּכְתִּיב, אֵם הַבָּנִים שְׂמֵחָה).

Anochi [I] (אָנֹכִי)—as we have learned (כְּמָה דְּתָנֵינָן): Avraham Avinu had a daughter (בַּת הָיְתָה לוֹ לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ); she is the Shekhinta (הִיא שְׁכִינְתָּא). And this is the daughter (וְדָא בַּת). Hashem Elokekha (יְיָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ)—as it is written (דִּכְתִּיב): “My firstborn son is Yisrael” (בְּנִי בְכוֹרִי יִשְׂרָאֵל) (Shemot 4:22). And it is written (וּכְתִיב): “She is a Etz Chayim [Tree of Life] to those who grasp her” (עֵץ חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ) (Mishlei 3:18). Behold, the son (הָא בֵּן).

“Who brought you out from the land of Egypt” (אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם)—as it is written (דִּכְתִּיב): “It is a Yovel [Jubilee]; it shall be holy to you” (יוֹבֵל הִיא קֹדֶשׁ תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם) (Vayikra 25:12). And it is written (וּכְתִיב): “The mother of the children is joyful” (אֵם הַבָּנִים שְׂמֵחָה) (Tehillim 113:9). “And you shall sanctify the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty” (וְקִדַּשְׁתֶּם אֵת שְׁנַת הַחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּקְרָאתֶם דְּרוֹר) (Vayikra 25:10)—behold: Imma and the children (הָא אִימָא וּבְנִין). Imma sits, the children sit (יָתְבָא אִימָא, יַתְבִין בְּנִין). And all the worlds are in joy and completeness (וְעָלְמִין כֻּלְּהוּ בְּחֶדְוָה בִּשְׁלִימוּתָא). And concerning this it is written (וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב): “The mother of the children is joyful” (אֵם הַבָּנִים שְׂמֵחָה) (Tehillim 113:9). When Imma becomes pregnant (מִתְעַבְּרָא אִימָא), all become pregnant in their places (כֻּלְּהוּ מִתְעַבְּרָן בְּדוּכְתַּיְיהוּ). And it is written (וּכְתִיב): “You shall not take the mother together with the children” (לֹא תִקַּח הָאֵם עַל הַבָּנִים) (Devarim 22:6). And we have learned (וְתָנֵינָן): a person should not commit sins below (לָא יַעְבִיד בַּר נָשׁ חוֹבֵי לְתַתָּא), because Imma is removed from over the children (בְּגִין דְּאִתְעֲבָר אִימָּא מֵעַל בְּנִין).

Rabbi Yitzchak said (אָמַר ר׳ יִצְחָק): all is Kudsha Berikh Hu (כֹּלָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא). All is He (כֹּלָּא הוּא). All is one (כֹּלָּא חַד). And these words were revealed for those who reap the field (וּמִלִּין אִלֵּין לִמְחַצְּדֵי חַקְלָא אִתְגַּלְּיָין). Happy are they in this world and in the World to Come (זַכָּאִין אִינּוּן בְּעָלְמָא דֵּין וּבְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי).

It was taught: Rabbi El'azar said, it is written, “In the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth” (Bereshit 1) (תָּאנֵי אָמַר ר׳ אֶלְעָזָר, כְּתִיב, בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ). And it is written, “On the day that Hashem Elohim made earth and heaven” (Bereshit 2) (וּכְתִיב, בְּיוֹם עֲשׂוֹת יְיָ אֱלֹהִים אֶרֶץ וְשָׁמָיִם). What is our established understanding of these verses? (בְּמָאי אוֹקִימְנָא הָנִי קְרָאֵי). But we have learned: both were created as one (הָא תָּנֵינָן, דְּתַרְוַויְיהוּ כַּחֲדָא אִתְבְּרִיאוּ). This teaches that the Holy One Blessed Be He extended His right line and created the heavens, and extended His left line and created the earth (מְלַמֵּד, שֶׁנָּטָה הַקָדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא קַו יְמִינוֹ וּבָרָא הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּנְטֵה קַו שְׂמֹאלוֹ, וּבָרָא אֶת הָאָרֶץ). At first: the heavens and the earth, and afterward: the earth and the heavens (בְּקַדְמִיתָא אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ, וּלְבָתַר אֶרֶץ וְשָׁמָיִם).

It was taught (תְּנָן): it is written (כְּתִיב), “On that day I will respond, says Hashem; I will respond to the heavens, and they shall respond to the earth” (בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אֶעֱנֶה נְאֻם יְיָ אֶעֱנֶה אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֵם יַעֲנוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ) (Hoshea 2:23). “I will respond to the heavens” (אֶעֱנֶה אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם)—these are the heavens literally (שָׁמַיִם מַמָּשׁ), as it is written (דִּכְתִּיב): “The heavens are My throne” (הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּסְאִי) (Yeshayahu 66:1). “And they shall respond to the earth” (וְהֵם יַעֲנוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ)—the earth literally (הָאָרֶץ מַמָּשׁ), as it is written (דִּכְתִּיב): “And the earth is My footstool” (וְהָאָרֶץ הֲדוֹם רַגְלָי) (Yeshayahu 66:1). Shamayim [Heavens] (שָׁמַיִם)—these are the supernal heavens (שָׁמַיִם עִלָּאִין). And Eretz [Earth] (וְאֶרֶץ)—this is the supernal earth (אֶרֶץ עִלָּאָה). As it was taught (דְּתַנְיָא), when these Shamayim [Heavens] were established in their Tikkun (כַּד אִתָּקַן שָׁמַיִם דָּא בְּתִיקוּנוֹי), they were established corresponding to this Eretz [Earth] (לָקוּבְלֵיהּ דְּהַאי אֶרֶץ), and its desire is to receive it (וְתֵיאוּבְתֵיהּ לְקַבְּלָהּ), through one Darga [Level] called the Tzaddik [Righteous One] (בְּחַד דַּרְגָּא דְּאִקְרֵי צַדִּיק), as it is written (כְּמָה דִּכְתִּיב): “And the Tzaddik [Righteous One] is the foundation of the world” (וְצַדִּיק יְסוֹד עוֹלָם) (Mishlei 10:25), and he was joined to this Eretz [Earth] (וְאִתְדָּבַּק בְּהַאי אֶרֶץ).