Rabbi Yehuda said: Every single day, the world is
blessed from that supernal day, the seventh day [bina which is called the supernal
Shabbat] for each and every one of the six [supernal] days [i.e. sefirot,
from chesed to yesod, each sefira corresponding to one day
of the workweek] are blessed from that which they receive from that supernal day [Shabbat which is the
secret of bina]. And every day gives [to the lower world] from
that blessing that it receives on its own day.
Therefore Moses said: "Let no
man leave of it [the manna] till morning." What is the reason? Because one day does not
borrow or give to another [for example, gevura does not borrow or give
to chesed, etc.] Rather, each one reigns exclusively, alone in its
day, because one day can not reign on the day of its neighbor.
Therefore, all these five days [the first 5 days
of the week] reign on their respective days, and that which they provide that which they have received. The sixth day [related to yesod] contains more
[since malchut depends upon it; Shabbat too relates to malchut],
and this is as Rabbi Elazar said: It is written, "the sixth
day," [HAShishi, with the
definite article
Hei,
"The" (Gen. 1:31)] which is not written
with the other days
of Creation. But this is
the way they explain it. "The sixth day" shows that the Queen
is joined with it to prepare the table for the King. Therefore, it has
[receives] two portions, one for the day itself and one for establishing the
joy of the King with the Queen [to enable a sumptuous banquet in their honor].
That night is the joy of the Queen
with the King and their uniting, and all the six days are blessed, each one on
its own. Therefore, a person must prepare his table on Shabbat night so that
blessings from above will dwell upon him, and a blessing is not present on an
empty table. Therefore, scholars who know this secret, mate only on Friday
nights.
BeRahamim LeHayyim: Why did the Ari and
Chida include this in Hok LeYisrael?
While it may not seem like it down here, each day is
special and different from the other. Certainly we may work 5 days, and
then have a weekend that includes Shabbat. And a Monday is very different
than a Friday [T.G.I.F!] The Zohar above reinforces the idea that all
flows from the Holy Shabbat, an idea we learned last month on a Friday Zohar
from Volume II, page 88.
How the week goes depends on the Shabbat, for all days receive from Her.
And he who works to prepare for the Shabbat helps to have these blessings pour
into the weekdays too. The night too is reserved for special marital
unity, for as we partner with G-d in creation, so too newly-made souls of the
highest level are formed on that night.
What does this mean to you, and why is it being
revealed right now?
[Bracketed annotations from Metok Midevash and Sulam commentaries]
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