Vaetchanan: Verse 186
יִשְׂרָאֵל מַאי קָא אַמְרֵי. וַיֺּאמְרוּ לֺֹא נוּכַל עַד אֲשֶׁר יֵאָסְפוּ כָּל הָעֲדָרִים, עַד דְּיִתְכַּנְּשׁוּ כָּל שְׁאַר יוֹמִין עִלָּאִין, וְגָלְלוּ אֶת הָאֶבֶן, וְיִגַּנְדְּרוּן לְהַהוּא דִּינָא קַשְׁיָא דְּהַהוּא יוֹמָא דְּשַׁלְטָא עַל פִּי הַבְּאֵר, וְאִשְׁתְּכָחַת הַהִיא בא"ר בְּגָלוּתָא עִמָּנָא. וְכַד אִתְגַּלְיָיא הַאי בא"ר, וְהַהוּא אֶבֶן לָא שַׁלְטָא עָלָהּ, מִיַּד וְהִשְׁקִינוּ הַצֺּאן.
What do Yisrael say: "We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered together" (Beresheet 29:8), namely until all the rest of the supernal days, NAMELY THE HOLY SFIROT, will gather, "and till they roll the stone," roll the harsh Judgment that on that day rules over "the well's mouth" (Ibid.). FOR THIS REASON the well, WHICH IS MALCHUT, is with us in exile. As soon as that well will be exposed and that stone, WHICH IS HARSH JUDGMENT, will have no power over it, "we may water the sheep" (Ibid.).
Vaetchanan: Verse 187
וְזַמִּין קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בְּסוֹף יוֹמַיָּיא, לְאָהַדְרָא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, וּלְאַכְנְשָׁא לוֹן מִגָּלוּתָא. וּמַאן אִינּוּן סוֹף יוֹמַיָּיא הַהוּא דְּהִיא אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים. בְּהַאי אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים, יִשְׂרָאֵל סַבְלוּ גָּלוּתָא. הה"ד, בַּצַּר לְךָ וּמְצָאוּךָ כֺּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים, וּכְתִיב וְקָרָאת אֶתְכֶם הָרָעָה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים. בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים דַּיְיקָא, וְדָא הִיא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּגָלוּתָא. וְעִם אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים דָּא, קַבִּילוּ עוֹנְשָׁא בְּגָלוּתָא. וּבְדָא יַעְבִּיד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא נוּקְמִין לְיִשְׂרָאֵל תְּדִירָא, הה"ד אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה הָעָם הַזֶּה לְעַמְּךָ בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים. וּבְכָל אֲתָר דָּא הִיא, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא זַמִּין לְאָתָבָא לָהּ לְאַתְרָהָא, הה"ד וְהָיָה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים נָכוֹן יִהְיֶה הַר בֵּית יְיָ' וְגוֹ' וְדָא הוּא יוֹם.
The Holy One, blessed be He, at the end of days, will return Yisrael to the Holy Land and gather them from exile. The end of days is that which is the last of the days, NAMELY MALCHUT, WHICH IS THE LAST OF THE SFIROT, CALLED DAYS. During the end of days Yisrael suffer exile. This is what is meant by, "When you are in distress, and all these things are come upon you, in the latter days" (Devarim 4:30), and, "and evil will befall you in the latter days (lit. 'the end of days')" (Devarim 31:29). The "latter days" is precise, because it is the Congregation of Yisrael, WHICH IS MALCHUT, which is in exile. Together with this end of days they receive punishment in exile. With it the Holy One, blessed be He, will wreak vengeances for Yisrael constantly, as it is written, "what this people shall do to your people in the latter days" (Bemidbar 24:14). Wherever IT IS WRITTEN, 'THE END OF DAYS,' it refers to her, MALCHUT. And the Holy One, blessed be He, will return her to her place. This is the meaning of, "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of Hashem's house shall be established" (Yeshayah 2:2). This is that which is CALLED day, NAMELY THE LAST DAY, SINCE EACH SFIRAH IS CALLED DAY.
