הקדמה

144. “And there is nothing hidden from its heat, etc.”“And there is nothing hidden from its heat” [Psalms 19:7], that is, there is nothing hidden from its heat from that time of the year, which is that time of the year discussed above, and from the circuit of the sun, which circles on every side. “And there is nothing hidden” means that there is none who can hide from it from among all the higher levels, for they would all go round and come to it, and [with regard to] each and every one, there was none that could hide from it. “From its heat” means that it heats up and returns to them, the colleagues, when they are in a state of complete repentance. All this glory and all this worth is due to their engagement in the Torah, as it is stated: “The Torah of the Lord is perfect” [Psalms 19:8]. Iluya means worth as in the phrase “when they divided it according to its worth” [be-iluya, Kiddushin 42b].

Explanation: After the great fusion [at the completion of the rectification], a covering and concealment is formed for all the supernal lights (as stated in section #94# above; see there in detail). Therefore, this new fusion is necessary in this one tower, in the mystical meaning of: “And its [powerful] circuit to its ends” [Psalms 19:7]. [This new fusion] again reveals all the supernal lights that were hidden as a result of the nullification of the Ban before its ascent to Sag, as stated above; see there.

[The Zohar] thus states: “There is nothing hidden from its heat from that time of the year, and the [powerful] circuit of the sun, which surrounds on every side.” This aforementioned fusion of the circuit of the sun with the time of the year rectifies the endpoints of Malkhut on every side, that is, in all aspects, until it is sufficient for the complete rectification, when the Ban ascends and becomes Sag again. This is a complete rectification of all the aspects, such that subsequently “there is nothing hidden, [meaning that] there is none who can hide from it from among all the higher levels.” All the supernal levels and lights are completely revealed once again; “for they would all go round and come to it, and [with regard to] each and every one, there was none that could be hidden from it,” because all the supernal levels and lights return and come to [the sun] slowly, until nothing is hidden from it.

[The Zohar] thus states that “‘from its heat’ means that it heats up and returns to them when they are in a state of complete repentance.” In other words, the aforementioned revelation does not occur in a single moment; rather, the circuit of the sun gradually illuminates until it is sufficiently heated up for complete repentance, in the manner that the Sages stated that the wicked are sentenced by it and the righteous are healed by it [see Nedarim 8b]. At this stage, they merit [and receive] that great revelation.