When this unity has been proclaimed in general terms, as from the head of the supernal Point, it was needful further to proclaim it from the mystery of the primeval light which is the beginning of all.
Hence, “Thou shalt love” is the first outstretching of the right hand to love the Holy One, blessed be He, with that close attachment which the right hand symbolizes. If a man loves God, then God stretches out His right hand to him to receive and welcome him with love. Everything in the world depends on the will; spirit rouses spirit, and the spirit in man turned yearningly in love to Him brings down the Divine Spirit.
When a man’s love to the Holy One is roused, the “right hand” is moved only by a threefold impulse, by “heart”, “soul”, and “might”, for it does not say, “with all thy heart or with all thy soul”, etc., but “and with all thy soul”, etc.: all three are essential and necessary. Then does the Holy One respond and stir up His Right Hand towards that man, and He stretches it out to receive him, and He does indeed receive him;
concerning which it is written: “The utterance of the Lord to my lord: Sit thou at my right hand” (Ps. 110, 1); which verse has already been expounded as indicating the grade of nearness to the Holy One in which King David stood when he was united with Him by the Right Hand. There are in the section, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God”, etc. (Deut. 6, 4-9), thirteen commandments in regard to the Right Hand: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God” is one; “with all thy heart” is two; “and with all thy soul” is three; “and with all thy possessions” is four; “And thou shalt inculcate them in thy children” is five; “and shalt talk of them” is six; “when thou sittest in thine house” is seven; “and when thou walkest by the way” is eight; “and when thou liest down” is nine; “and when thou risest up” is ten; “and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand” is eleven; “and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes” is twelve; “and thou shalt write them upon the posts of thine house and on thy gates” is thirteen.
All thirteen are included in the right hand, and the left is included in the right. All this is as it should be. And whenever the Left Hand is stirred up, the Right Hand first predominates in it. Therefore, if Israel is worthy, the Left Hand is embraced in the Right, for even when sometimes Judgement (Geburah) is roused, it is tempered by Grace; but if it should not be so, then the Right Hand is embraced in the Left, which means that the Left predominates, the Left always first awaking in love in the mystery of the Right, and only afterwards is its power to hurt strengthened as much as necessary. So it is everywhere, as has been noted by the Companions.’ Then came R. Hiya to him and kissed him,
וּמִגּוֹ דְּאִתְכְּלִילוּ יְמִינָא וּשְׂמָאלָא בְּרָזָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא בְּאֹרַח כְּלָל, אִצְטְרִיךְ לְבָתַר לְאַפָּקָא לוֹן בְּאֹרַח פְּרָט, אֲבָל לָאו בְּאֹרַח יִחוּדָא, דְּהָא יִחוּדָא בִּקְרָא קַדְמָאָה אִיהוּ, לְמֶהוֵי יְדוָֹ"ד אֶחָד בִּתְפִלִין דְּרֵישָׁא, וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד בִּתְפִלִין דִּדְרוֹעָא, וַהֲוֵי כֹּלָּא חַד. כֵּיוָן דְּיִחוּדָא דָּא אִתְסָדַר כֹּלָּא בִּכְלָלָא מֵרֵישָׁא דִּנְקוּדָה עִלָּאָה, (ס"א דאיהו ראשיתא דכלא) אִצְטְרִיךְ לְבָתַר לְאַתְעֲרָא מֵרִישָׁא (ס"א מרזא) דִּנְהוֹרָא קַדְמָאָה, דְּאִיהוּ רִישָׁא דְּכֹלָּא.
When this unity has been proclaimed in general terms, as from the head of the supernal Point, it was needful further to proclaim it from the mystery of the primeval light which is the beginning of all.
וְאָהַבְתָּ דָּא רֵאשִׁיתָא דִּימִינָא, לְמִרְחַם לֵיהּ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בִּרְחִימוּ דְּאִתְדַּבְּקוּתָא דִּילֵיהּ, וּמַאן אִיהוּ. (נ"א רחימו דאתער ימינא) יְמִינָא, דְּאִיהוּ אִתְּעַר רְחִימוּ. מַאן דְּרָחִים לֵיהּ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אִיהוּ אִתְּעַר יְמִינָא דִּילֵיהּ לְגַבֵּיהּ. וּמְקַבָּל לֵיהּ בִּרְחִימוּ. כָּל מִלִּין דְּעָלְמָא לָא תַּלְיָין אֶלָּא בִּרְעוּתָא, רוּחַ אַמְשִׁיךְ רוּחַ וְאַיְיתֵי רוּחַ וְסִימָנָךְ דָּא (איוב לה) אִם יָשִׁים אֵלָיו לִבּוֹ רוּחוֹ וְנִשְׁמָתוֹ אֵלָיו יֶאֱסוֹף.
Hence, “Thou shalt love” is the first outstretching of the right hand to love the Holy One, blessed be He, with that close attachment which the right hand symbolizes. If a man loves God, then God stretches out His right hand to him to receive and welcome him with love. Everything in the world depends on the will; spirit rouses spirit, and the spirit in man turned yearningly in love to Him brings down the Divine Spirit.
כַּד אַתְעַר בַּר נָשׁ רְחִימוּ לְגַבֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אִתְעֲרוּתָא דִּימִינָא לָא אִתְּעַר, אֶלָּא בִּתְלַת גַּוְונִין, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (דברים ו׳:ה׳) בְּכָל לְבָבְךָ. וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁךָ. וּבְכָל מְאֹדֶךָ. הָא תְּלַת גַּוְונִין הָכָא. דְּלָא תֵּימָא אוֹ הַאי אוֹ הַאי, דְּהָא לָא כְּתִיב אוֹ בְּכָל לְבָבְךָ, אוֹ בְּכָל נַפְשְׁךָ, אוֹ בְּכָל מְאֹדֶךָ. אֶלָּא כֻּלְּהוּ אִצְטְרִיךְ, לִבָּא וְנַפְשָׁא וּמָמוֹנָא. וּכְדֵין קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אִתְּעַר יְמִינֵיהּ לְגַבֵּיהּ, וּפָשִׁיט לֵיהּ לָקֳבְלֵיהּ, וּמְקַבְּלָא לֵיהּ.
When a man’s love to the Holy One is roused, the “right hand” is moved only by a threefold impulse, by “heart”, “soul”, and “might”, for it does not say, “with all thy heart or with all thy soul”, etc., but “and with all thy soul”, etc.: all three are essential and necessary. Then does the Holy One respond and stir up His Right Hand towards that man, and He stretches it out to receive him, and He does indeed receive him;
וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב, (תהילים ק״י:א׳) נְאֻם יְיָ' לַאדֹנִי שֵׁב לִימִינִי. וְרָזָא דְּהַאי קְרָא, הָא אִתְּעַרְנָא בֵּיהּ, דְּדָוִד מַלְכָּא עַל דַּרְגָּא דִּילֵיהּ קָאָמַר, כַּד אִתְקָשָּׁר בִּימִינָא. תְּלֵיסָר פִּקּוּדִין הָכָא בִּימִינָא, וְאָהַבְתָּ אֶת יְיָ' אֱלֹהֶיךָ, הָא חֲדָא. בְּכָל לְבָבְךָ, תְּרֵין. וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁךָ, ג'. וּבְכָל מְאֹדֶךָ, אַרְבַּע. וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ, חֲמִשָּׁא. וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם, הָא שִׁיתָא. בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ, הָא שִׁבְעָה. וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶרֶךְ, תְּמַנְיָא. וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ, הָא תִּשְׁעָה. וּבְקוּמֶךָ, הָא עֲשָׂרָה. וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל יָדֶךָ, הָא חַד סָר. וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ, הָא תְּרֵיסָר. וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל מְזוּזוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ, הָא תְּלֵיסָר.
concerning which it is written: “The utterance of the Lord to my lord: Sit thou at my right hand” (Ps. 110, 1); which verse has already been expounded as indicating the grade of nearness to the Holy One in which King David stood when he was united with Him by the Right Hand. There are in the section, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God”, etc. (Deut. 6, 4-9), thirteen commandments in regard to the Right Hand: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God” is one; “with all thy heart” is two; “and with all thy soul” is three; “and with all thy possessions” is four; “And thou shalt inculcate them in thy children” is five; “and shalt talk of them” is six; “when thou sittest in thine house” is seven; “and when thou walkest by the way” is eight; “and when thou liest down” is nine; “and when thou risest up” is ten; “and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand” is eleven; “and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes” is twelve; “and thou shalt write them upon the posts of thine house and on thy gates” is thirteen.
תְּלֵיסָר פִּקּוּדִין אִלֵּין, תַּלְיָין בִּימִינָא, וּשְׂמָאלָא אִתְכְּלִיל בִּימִינָא, וְהָכִי אִצְטְרִיךְ, וּבְכָל זִמְנָא דִּשְׂמָאלָא אִתְעַר, יְמִינָא שָׁארֵי בֵּיהּ בְּרֵישָׁא. וּבְגִין דָּא, אִם יִזְכּוּן, שְׂמָאלָא אִתְכְּלִיל בִּימִינָא. וְאִי לָאו, יְמִינָא אִתְכְּלִיל בִּשְׂמָאלָא, וְשַׁלְטָא שְׂמָאלָא. וְסִימָנָא דָּא, אִם בְּרֵישָׁא, כְּגוֹן (ויקרא כ״ו:ג׳) אִם בְּחוּקוֹתַי תֵּלְכוּ. וּבְכָל אֲתָר, שְׂמָאלָא אִתְּעַר בִּרְחִימוּ בְּרָזָא דִּימִינָא, וּלְבָתַר אִתְתָּקַּף דִּינֵיהּ, כְּמָה דְּאִצְטְרִיךְ. וְכַךְ אִצְטְרִיךְ בְּכָל אֲתָר, וְהָא אִתְּעָרוּ חַבְרַיָּיא, בְּהָנֵי מִלִּין. אָתָא רַבִּי חִיָּיא וּנְשָׁקֵיהּ.
All thirteen are included in the right hand, and the left is included in the right. All this is as it should be. And whenever the Left Hand is stirred up, the Right Hand first predominates in it. Therefore, if Israel is worthy, the Left Hand is embraced in the Right, for even when sometimes Judgement (Geburah) is roused, it is tempered by Grace; but if it should not be so, then the Right Hand is embraced in the Left, which means that the Left predominates, the Left always first awaking in love in the mystery of the Right, and only afterwards is its power to hurt strengthened as much as necessary. So it is everywhere, as has been noted by the Companions.’ Then came R. Hiya to him and kissed him,