Thursday, July 23, 2015

עלי אן?

The Pesukim ask a question:

אכתוב-לוֹ--רִבְּוּעַ , תּוֹרָתִי: כְּמוֹ-זָרַע, נֶחְשָׁבוּ

וְאָנֹכִי תִרְגַּלְתִּי לְאֶפְרַיִם, לְקָחָם עַל-זְרוֹעֹתָיו; וְלֹא יָדְעוּ, כִּי רְפָאתִים

וְעַמִּי תְלוּאִים, לִמְשׁוּבָתִי; וְאֶל-עַלִי, יִקְרָאֻהוּ--יַחַד, לֹא יְרוֹמֵם

אֵיךְ אֶתֶּנְךָ אֶפְרַיִם, אֲמַגֶּנְךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל
אֵיךְ אֶתֶּנְךָ כְאַדְמָה, אֲשִׂימְךָ כִּצְבֹאיִם

נֶהְפַּךְ עָלַי לִבִּי, יַחַד נִכְמְרוּ נִחוּמָי

"The Highest, where is He?", עַלִי אָׁן? It is the shouting of third Pasuk, a cry in the face of danger, referred to by the fate of the cities of Admah and Tzevoim. They don't know that, by shedding the Klipot of D and P, they can bring the Geula. They don't know that it is HaShem who healed them. The healing is right there, before their eyes, and they do not see it.

The answer then, to the question, is given by simply putting two Vavim in place, as in

אֵיךְ אֶתֶּנְךָ אֶפְרַיִם, ואֲמַגֶּנְךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל
אֵיךְ אֶתֶּנְךָ כְאַדְמָה, ואֲשִׂימְךָ כִּצְבֹאיִם

leading to the answer עַלִי אוֹן, or, assuming the knowledge of HaShem, as in

אֵיךְ אֶתֶּנְךָ אֶפְרַיִם, וְאֲמַגֶּנְךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל
אֵיךְ אֶתֶּנְךָ כְאַדְמָה, וְאֲשִׂימְךָ כִּצְבֹאיִם

leading to the name עליון.