“For Shlomo. O God, give your judgments to the king … may the righteous flourish in his days, and great peace until the moon withers.” (Tehilim, 72:1,7) “The moon” represents the renewal of the light of the Ein Sof, the Infinite, may He be blessed, and in the future God will reveal the meaning of all original Torah insights and secrets, and there will be no concealment. This is the meaning of the verse (Tehilim, 85:8), “O God, show us your mercies,” meaning that God will clearly reveal His mercies and there will no longer be the need for the renewal of salvation. Rather it will be within our power to effect salvation by means of the revealed light of His mercies, and there will be no concealment. This is, “until the moon withers away.”6God’s light will be so clear that no other light will be necessary. The moon also represents a light that is sometimes revealed and sometimes hidden. In the future there will be no hidden light.
לִשְׁלֹמֹה אֱלֹקִים מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לְמֶלֶךְ תֵּן כוּ' וְרֹב שָׁלוֹם עַד בְּלִי יָרֵחַ. עִנְיַן יָרֵחַ הוּא חִידּוּשׁ אוֹר אֵין סוֹף בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וְלֶעָתִיד יְגַלֶּה הַש"י כָּל הַחִידּוּשִׁים וְרָזִין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיֶה שׁוּם הֶעְלֵם, וְזֶה פֵּירוּשׁ הַפָּסוּק (תהלים פ"ה,ח') "הַרְאֵנוּ ה' חַסְדֶּךָ" כוּ', הַיְינוּ שֶׁיְּגַלֶּה לָנוּ הַש"י אֶת חֲסָדָיו לְבַל נִצְטָרֵךְ עוֹד לִישׁוּעָה מֵחָדָשׁ, רַק שֶׁיִּהְיֶה בָּנוּ כֹּחַ לִפְעוֹל יְשׁוּעָה עַל יְדֵי גִּילּוּי אוֹר חֲסָדָיו שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיֶה שׁוּם הֶעְלֵם כְּמוֹ שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לֶעָתִיד. וְזֶהוּ "עַד בְּלִי יָרֵחַ" וְזֶה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר כָּאן "כָּלּוּ תְפִלּוֹת דָּוִד בֶּן יִשָׁי", הַיְינוּ שֶׁאַחַר הַתְּפִלָּה הַזֹּאת אֵין לָנוּ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל יוֹתֵר כִּי הַכֹּל נִכְלָל בָּהּ כָּל הַתְּפִלּוֹת וְכָל הַיְשׁוּעוֹת.
“For Shlomo. O God, give your judgments to the king … may the righteous flourish in his days, and great peace until the moon withers.” (Tehilim, 72:1,7)
“The moon” represents the renewal of the light of the Ein Sof, the Infinite, may He be blessed, and in the future God will reveal the meaning of all original Torah insights and secrets, and there will be no concealment. This is the meaning of the verse (Tehilim, 85:8), “O God, show us your mercies,” meaning that God will clearly reveal His mercies and there will no longer be the need for the renewal of salvation. Rather it will be within our power to effect salvation by means of the revealed light of His mercies, and there will be no concealment. This is, “until the moon withers away.”6God’s light will be so clear that no other light will be necessary. The moon also represents a light that is sometimes revealed and sometimes hidden. In the future there will be no hidden light.