Zohar on Tehillim 126 – Sukkot
Zohar on Tehillim 126 – Sukkot
Tehillim 126
- “Shir hama'alot; beshuv Adonai et shivat Tziyon, hayinu k'holmim” – (A Song of Ascents; when G-d returns the captives of Zion, we will be like dreamers).
The Sages said: “There is a halom (dream) of 70 years.” This means that the entire Exile, when the Almighty is not with us—when we have not yet emerged from the Exile and have not attained complete rectification—is all like a dream: “hayinu k'holmim.”
But the Almighty redeems us—“az yimale s'chok pinu” (then our mouths will be filled with laughter).
Some commentaries teach that the Redemption will come during Sukkot—this is indicated by the word “az” – אז.
Here, א “alef” – (1) – represents one sukkah, and ז “zayin” – (7) – represents the seven days of Sukkot.
– “az yomru vagoyim – higdil Adonai la'asot im eleh” – (then the nations will say: “G-d has done great things for them”).
– “eleh” points to the acronym of the words “avak lashon hara.”
In other words, by performing good deeds and studying the secrets of the Torah, the “eleh”—avak lashon hara—will disappear from them, and then the Jewish people will attain complete joy. Is there any greater joy than being freed from sin?
(Zohar on Vayikra, Sulam, Tzvi Nisanzon)
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