Tikunim Chadashim - Tikun 22

"And for all the mighty hand and for all the great awe which Moshe did before the eyes of all Israel." [Devarim 34:12]

I. The Hand of Hashem — Prophecy Through the Shechina

"The mighty hand" — as in: "the hand of Hashem was upon me" [Yechezkel 37:1]. And since She [the Shechina] is from the side of judgment — every prophet at the time he prophesied — his body shook and was disturbed. This is the Mighty Hand. Of the Shechina it is said: "all beginnings are difficult" [Mechilta Yisro 19:5]. And the mystery: "for a lamp is the commandment and the Torah is light, and the reproofs of instruction are the way of life" [Mishlei 6:23]. Two tochachos [reproofs] — the supernal Shechina and the lower Shechina. And all is because of the body — to remove from it that evil which seals the eyes and the heart — as it is written: "for their eyes are smeared over from seeing, their hearts from understanding" [Yeshayahu 44:18] — because of the Sitra Achra that darkens them.

II. Moshe — The Prophet Like Whom There Is None

Of Moshe the Faithful Shepherd it is written: "A prophet from your midst...like me" [Devarim 18:15] — for there is no prophet who prophesies except through his power. Therefore: "and for all the mighty hand which Moshe did before the eyes of all Israel" — this is the prophecy he prepared for all Israel — so that every individual among Israel who awakens toward it — it immediately rests upon him. The secret: "And through the prophets I have used visions" [Hoshea 12:11] — to be available to all Israel. But Moshe himself — because he gazed through the lucid mirror [aspeklaria de-nahara] — his body did not shake and he stood in his state. And all this because his body was already rectified. This is "the man of G-d" [Devarim 33:1]. Man — when he came to Israel to teach them. Of G-d — when he ascended to join above [cf. Tanchuma there].

III. His Burial Place Hidden — The Secret of the Hand

Therefore: "and no man knows his burial place" [Devarim 34:6]. For burial — this is the body that returns to its place from the side of the Shechina — as it is written: "for you are dust and to dust you shall return" [Bereishis 3:19]. The mystery: "the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to G-d who gave it" [Koheles 12:7] — all returns to its place. But the body of Moshe — which ascended above to be rectified in a complete Tikun — its burial place also is in a place hidden and concealed from the eyes, above all other people. All this is the secret of the Hand — which shows prophecy to the prophets.

IV. Darkness, the Sea, and the Revealing of the Shechina

But at the time the King hides from Her, it is said of the Shechina: "You set darkness and it becomes night" [Tehillim 104:20] — this is the Shechina. "And to the darkness He called night" [Bereishis 1:5] — from the side of judgment. Then many evil sides are aroused to roam the world — as it is written: "in it all the beasts of the forest creep." Then the Shechina is a guard — of which it is said: "hitherto you shall come and no further" [Iyov 38:11] — and this is the Shechina, peh [mouth] truly. She is a screen before the King — so that the Sitra Achra does not seek to cross the boundary. The mystery: "His canopy surrounds Him" [Tehillim 18:12]. Why? — Because of "the dark waters" — these are the insolent waters [Tehillim 124:5] — the waters of darkness truly. The thick clouds are those clouds that cause the light of those skies not to be revealed. And this light — of which it is said: "and now they cannot see the light which is bright in the skies" [Iyov 37:21] — there the light shines in those mills that grind manna for the righteous. And at another time: "and the grinding maidens cease because they are few" [Koheles 12:3] — for clouds cover over them and the light does not shine.

And Israel — at the time they went out of Egypt — the Holy One showed them all in a supernal mystery. For until that time the Shechina stood in hiddenness — to conceal the light of the King. When the King was revealed over Her — the sea split before Him. Then: "He turned the sea into dry land" [Shemos 14:21] — to cut off the suckling from the other chariots that wished to suckle from there. "And the waters were split." Then all that storm and tempest descended upon the heads of the guilty. The mystery: "it shall swirl upon the head of the wicked" [Yirmiyahu 23:19]. Then the waters were illuminated from that darkness, and the Shechina was restored to being a mirror — to show Israel many supernal mysteries — as it is said: "the maidservant at the sea saw..." [Mechilta Beshalach 2]. Then the Holy Spirit rested upon them and they sang the Song. And this is the Mighty Hand.

V. The Great Awe — Future Revelation of Prophecy

"The great awe" — in the time to come — at the time it is written: "And your sons and daughters shall prophesy..." [Yoel 3:1]. For at that time: "the nations will fear the Name of Hashem" [Tehillim 102:16] — from the revelation of lights that will be revealed to illuminate every side. And just as every prophecy that all the prophets prophesied came from the power of Moshe — so this revelation in the time to come will be only through Moshe — who will arise with the two Mashiachs to rectify the world in a complete Tikun.