63b. Explaining the Shabbat meals in the upper regiments, meaning explaining the matters of the Shabbat meals, how they are explained in the upper worlds. “And Moses said, ‘Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the lord; today you will not find it in the field.’” Three times “today” is 186 in Gematria, with the three words themselves.
They are as the count of the three meals called “delight,” which is 123 in Gematria, as it is written, “And you shall call the Sabbath ‘delight,’” and it is written, “And a river comes out of Eden to water the garden,” where the acronym of “river,” “Eden,” “garden,” is the letters of “pleasure” [in Hebrew]. And in the count of three exiles, corresponding to which Moses said three times EKYEH, EKYEH, EKYEH, which amount to sixty-three, and with the Gematria of 123 of “delight,” it is the number of three times “today” (183), which are 186 in Gematria, with the three words.
That is, it is written “I will be that which I will be; I will be [EKYEH] sent me to you,” meaning that the Creator commanded Moses to tell them to the children of Israel.
64. Three times EKYEH. EKYEH [I will be] with you in the first exile, that we learn that when they were exiled into Egypt, the Shechina was with them. And I will be with you in the second exile, as we learn that when they were exiled into Babylon, the Shechina was with them. And I will be with you in the third exile, as we learn that when they were exiled into Greece, the Shechina was with them. He did not reveal to them the “I will be” of the fourth exile. Rather, it is written, “I am the Lord; in its time I will hasten it.” If they merit, I will hasten it. If they do not merit, in its time.
66. If they repented, they would not remain in exile one whole day. What is one day? It is as it is written, “It is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered.”
If they repent, they will go out for the time of the day, as the prophet said, “Today, if you listen to His voice,” since these eleven psalms from the prayer for Moses to a psalm of gratitude, Moses the prophet said them. And if it is not time for the livestock to be gathered, since they did not repent, “Water the sheep and go, pasture them.”
67. Israel are akin to a dove, and the wings to commandments. As the dove, when she has wings and the wings are complete, there is not a bird in the world that will take her, so are Israel when they are complete in commandments: There is no one in the world who will prevail over them.
68. This is why it is written, “not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after.” “After your own heart and after your own eyes” is as it is written, “Only bad all day,” evil in the heart, and evil in the eyes. “After” is a phrasing of posterior and judgments.
69. It is written about that, “And you shall see My back.” It is also written, “Turned back His right,” and it is written, “I will hide my face from them; I will see what their end will be.” All those words, “back” and “posterior,” indicate judgments. Hence, when Israel were with a complete hear before the Creator, then it is written, “The Lord spoke face-to-face.” And if not, it was in posterior, in judgments.
This is the meaning of the incest, as it is written, “Do not expose your father’s nakedness and your mother’s nakedness,” meaning do not expose the posterior and the judgments of your upper father and mother, who are ZON.