Shlach Lecha: Verse 256
פָּתַח הַהוּא יַנּוּקָא וְאָמַר, וְהָיָה בַּיוֹם הַהוּא. הַהוּא, לָא יְדִיעַ מַאן הוּא. אֶלָּא בְּכָל אֲתָר בַּיוֹם הַהוּא, יוֹמָא בַּתְרָאָה הוּא, אֲמַאי אִקְרֵי יוֹם הַהוּא. אֶלָּא דָּא הוּא יוֹמָא דְּאָחִיד סוֹפָא בְּשֵׁירוּתָא. שֵׁירוּתָא אִקְרֵי הוּא, כד"א וְעָבֵד הַלֵּוִי הוּא פּוּלְחָנָא דְּלֵוִי, לְדַרְגָּא דְּאִקְרֵי הוּא, טָמִיר וְגָנִיז. וְאִקְרֵי הַהוּא, לְאַחֲזָאָה סוֹפָא דְּכָל דַּרְגִּין, דְּאִיהוּ שֵׁירוּתָא, וְכֹלָּא חַד. וּבְגִין דְּאִיהוּ סוֹפָא, אִתּוֹסַף בֵּיהּ ה.'
The child opened the discussion saying, "And it shall come to pass, on that day" (Zecharyah 14:9). HE ASKS: "That:'' It is not known which it is. HE REPLIES: But wherever "that day" is mentioned, it is the last of days. Why is it called "that (Heb. hahu) day?'' It is only because it is a day in which the end is connected to the beginning, WHICH IS BINAH. Its beginning is referred to as "he (Heb. hu)," as it says: "But the Levites shall do the service (lit. 'serve him')" (Bemidbar 18:23), since the performance of the Levite is for the level that is called "he" that is concealed and hidden. BECAUSE IT IS HIDDEN, IT IS THEREFORE CALLED "HE" IN THE THIRD PERSON. When it is read 'Hahu' WITH THE DEFINITE ARTICLE HEI, WHICH IS MALCHUT, it comes to indicate that the end of all the levels, THAT IS MALCHUT, is the beginning OF THE STEPS, WHICH IS BINAH, since all is one. Since THE WORD HAHU is the end, MEANING MALCHUT, Hei was added to it, MEANING THE HEI THAT IS MALCHUT WAS ADDED TO THE WORD HU, WHICH IS BINAH, WHICH IS ENVELOPED WITHIN MALCHUT WITH THE RESULT THAT THE WORD 'HAHU' IS MALCHUT, BUT ONLY WHEN BINAH IS ENVELOPED WITHIN HER.
Shlach Lecha: Verse 257
זְמִינָא יְרוּשָׁלַםִ לְאַפָּקָא מַיִין, וּלְנַבְעָא נְבִיעוּ, הָכָא אִית לוֹמַר, סוֹפָא דְּכָל דַּרְגִּין, לָאו אִיהוּ יְרוּשָׁלַם, אֶלָּא וַדַּאי יְרוּשָׁלַםִ וְיוֹמָא הַהוּא כֹּלָּא חַד. מַה בֵּין הַאי לְהַאי. אֶלָּא יְרוּשָׁלַםִ, כָּל דַּרְגִּין קַדִּישִׁין דִּילָהּ, כַּד אִסְתַּחֲרָן, אִקְרוּן יְרוּשָׁלַםִ. וְהָכִי אִתְּחֲמָאן. וְאִית דַּרְגִּין דְּסַחֲרָן, וְאִקְרוּן עֲזָרוֹת, אִלֵּין פְּנִימָאִין, וְאִלֵּין לְבַר. וְאִית דַּרְגִּין דְּאִקְרוּן כַּד אִסְתַּחֲרָן, לְשָׁכוֹת. וְאִית דַּרְגִּין דְּאִקְרוּן כַּד אִסְתַּחֲרָן. הֵיכָל וּדְבִיר. לְגוֹ מִכָּל אִינּוּן דַּרְגִּין, אִית חַד נְקוּדָה, כְּבוּדָּה בַת מֶלֶךְ פְּנִימָה. נְקוּדָה דָּא, אִקְרֵי יוֹם הַהוּא, וְסִימָנִיךְ הַהוּא יִקָּרֵא אֶרֶץ.
Jerusalem is destined to produce water and to become a flowing spring. Here it would be possible to say that the end of all steps, REFERRED TO BY HAHU, is not Jerusalem. However, Jerusalem and "that day" are most certainly all one, SINCE BOTH ARE MALCHUT. What is the difference between them? It is only that when Jerusalem is surrounded by all her holy steps it is called Jerusalem. That is the way they appear. There are steps that surround, called the Temple courts. These are inner and some SURROUND IT from outside. There are steps FURTHER WITHIN, which when they surround, are called chambers. There are steps which when they surround, are called the temple and the sanctuary. At the innermost of all these steps, there is one point: "The king's daughter is all glorious within" (Tehilim 45:14). That point is called "that day." This is derived from "which (Heb. hahu) was called the land" (Devarim 3:13). THAT IS, MALCHUT IS CALLED LAND, BUT JUST HER HIDDEN POINT.
