דעֶר רֶבִּי (רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן) בְּעֵת עֶר אִיז געֶקוּמעֶן פוּן פּעֶטעֶרְבּוּרְג

When the Alter Rebbe came home from Petersburg,

האָט עֶר געֶזאָגְט פאַרְ'ן מִיטעֶלעֶן רֶבִּי'ן אַ מַאֲמָר

he delivered a maamar to the Mitteler Rebbe,

אִינְגאַנְצעֶן עֶטְלִיכעֶ שׁוּרוֹת

comprised of only a few lines.

[In this teaching, successive stages in a Jew's avodah are presented via a mystical exposition of two verses: “Raise your hands in holiness and bless G‑d. May G‑d bless you from Zion, He who makes heaven and earth.”]

שְׂאוּ יְדֵיכֶם קֹדֶשׁ — זֶהוּ הַעֲלָאַת הַמִּדּוֹת בְּמּוֹחִין וְהַאָרַת הַמּוֹחִין בְּמִדּוֹת

Raise your hands in holiness…: This alludes to uplifting one’s emotive attributes to the intellect, and beaming the light of the intellect into the emotional attributes.

וּבָרְכוּ אֶת ה' — שֶׁמַּמְשִׁיכִים עַל יְדֵי זֶה שֵׁם הֲוַי' דִלְעֵלָּא

…and bless G‑d: Through this one draws down the sublime level of [G‑d’s] Name Havayah.

שֶׁעַל יְדֵי זֶה פּוֹעֵל שֶׁיִּהְיֶה

As a result,

יְבָרֶכְךָ ה' מִצִּיּוֹן — הַמְשָׁכַת שֵׁם הֲוַי' מֵעַצְמִיּוּת הַנְּשָׁמָה

May G‑d bless you from Zion…: the Name Havayah is brought forth from the essence of the soul.

עוֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ — שֶׁעַל יְדֵי זֶה הוּא קִיּוּם הָעוֹלָמוֹת

…He Who makes heaven and earth: And through this, all the worlds are sustained.

Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English

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