Kol HaTor - Heavenly Help

Chapter 5, part 1, siman Gimel:

On the measure of help from heaven in a miraculous way in the steps of Moshiach: The help from heaven in general and in a miraculous way in particular comes measure for measure. In the measure that a person measures out, it is measured out for him in heaven, that is to say in the said measure that the act of a mitzvah is done by a person in action in a natural way, in this measure comes the help from heaven, level against level, on the principle of 499.5 from the left and 499.5 from the right according to our rabbi the GR"A in many places (and in particularly in his works Yahel Ohr Sod Barak haShachar). And if one would ask how is it possible to act going in to something, and more so to actively endanger oneself while depending on half natural and half miraculous, for we do not rely on a miracle going in to something. But the calculation is that the miraculous side goes up by many percentage points and on many sides, and in what is related to actions of the Footsteps of Moshiach, and more so on actions done by the community, the calculation is, per the explanation of the GR"A, that the miraculous help from heaven is greater than simply measure for measure, and sometimes the help from heaven goes up to a thousand times more. And the calculation is like this: The highest level of the Awakening from Below, in what is possible and also in what is required of the individual and the community, to arrive and to achieve in action, both per repairs, and also actions of salvation, is the level of 999 in Yesod (Likutei haGR"A), which is the "thousand rivers" (Zohar VaEra 2:27b), as is known, which is held up in the calculation and in the power of the 2 hosts, like the explanation of our rabbi the GR"A in many places, which are in Netzach and Hod, which are the "legs", "the legs standing as cypress", which are the 2 Moshiachs. The last level of Alef is completed by the small Alef of Zeir Anpin, in the secret of "the smallest one shall be for a thousand", which completes the number of 500 from here and 500 from there, which are in Netzach and Hod, which is in Vav and in Heh. According to this, behold in every level which is done by the left line, which is the attribute of din in a natural way, the right line immediately joins it, which is the attribute on chesed, in a miraculous way. And when the activity is done by the community, the individual merits of each person are added on, according to the root of the soul, from the middle line, the line of rachamim, on the entire nation. And all the more so when it is the work of Kibbutz Galuyot, about which it is said "with great Rachamim I will gather you". And when the last level of Awakening from Below is reached, which is 999 levels, which is the completion of 999 in Yesod, in the 3 worlds, and their completion by the small Alef, immediately is added upon them the Upper Shefa of the Great Alef of Arich Anpin, wherein every Alef is 1000 times from the lower Small Alef of Zeir Anpin, for it dwells in the Yud and Heh (as two friends that do not separate), and it is all in the Upper Shefa and in a miraculous way. As is known, the blessing of Hashem comes from the Shefa of the Great G-d, and that is the meaning of the verse: "He will add upon you like yourselves 1000 times and bless you" etc. Also from here is the calculation of "one shall pursue a thousand".

Sha'ar Maamrei Rashbi - VaEra

There (meaning Zohar, section 2) on page 27a, at the end of the page, it is written like this: Rebbi Elazar said from the upper right side go out 13 deep upper wells, etc, 499 lakes and a half from this side and 499 from here, etc. This matter is explanned by me in Drush HaYichudim, and check there, for there I have explained it, and it requires examination there. And the matter is that he is speaking about the aspect of the connectino of Zeir Anpin and Nukveh with them being in the secret of back to back, and see in the Idra by Naso on page 132a, "in that first world, which is thousands of thousands, myriads of myriads" etc. And there we explained the matter of those thousand and what their matter is and how they are brought down and how they spread from the two upper shoulders, for shoulder in gematria is 500, and two shoulders is one thousand, and afterwards from these shoulders were made two crowns called Chesed and Gevurah, and one shoulder which is Chesed is drawn down and it is given to Zeir Anpin. And the second shoulder which is called Gevurah is drawn down to Nukva of Zeir Anpin and therefore it is found that the two shoulders of Zeir Anpin are really only one shoulder, and the two shoulders of Nukva are also only one shoulder, and therefore the length fo Zeir Anpin is 500 years. And thus is the length of Nukva. Therefore when the two of them connected together back to back, there was only one wall separating between them, half of its width to this, and half of its width to that. Therefore for this one there was 499 and a half from this side, and 499 and a half from this side, for the wall that is between them is divided, half to this and half to that, but after the female is separated from his back, then from the one wall, two walls are made for each, and then it is 500 complete for Zeir Anpin against the shoulder of Chesed which is in gematria 500, and 500 complete for his Nukva against the shoulder of Gevurah. And behold this middle wall that is made now together as one, in it is the secret of the backsides. Therefore the judgments are drawn down from it. Therefore his head is red like a rose in the secret of the redness of judgment. One also needs to know that the entire matter is in the aspect of Netzach and Hod of Zeir Anpin which against them stands his Nukva back to back, and you already knew that the backsides are the aspect of the judgments. And behold there are here Netzach, Hod, and Yesod of Zeir Anpin, and Netzach, Hod, and Yesod of his Nukva, and it is all one back side from those in its place and that is in the secret of the thousand rivers and another 13 like we will xplain, with G-d's help. And we will explain the aspect of Netzach, Hod, and Yesod of Zeir Anpin and from them we will connect to the Netzach, Hod, and Yesod of his Nukva, for there it is also on the way of these.

Behold, you already know that Netzach and Hod and Yesod are called Tzeva'ot, and the name Tzeva'ot in Gematria is 499, and therefore (you know) how Netzach Hod and Yesod are in gematria 499, and the Netzach Hod and Yesod of the male is 499 from here, and the Netzach Hod and Yesod of Nukva from here are another 499, and because they are connected back to back, they are two times Tzeva'ot, which is Netzach Hod and Yesod of the male and Netzach Hod and Yesod of the female, and there is nothing between them but one wall which connects them, and the wall is divided, half to this name Tzeva'ot, and half to this one, and therefore it is 499 and a half from here and 499 and a half from here which is 1000 minus 1. And in a way that they are 499 and 499, which are Tzeva't of Netzach Hod and Yesod of the male and Tzeva'ot of Netzach Hod and Yesod of Nukva. And there is between them 1 wall which divides between these two Tzeva'ot, and that is the wall divided in half that is mentioned, half from this side and half from that side. You also need to know that being that these two Tzeva'ot are connected back to back by this wall that divides between them, there is also in the middle of these two Tzevao't, which is the middle of NH"Y of Zeir Anpin and NH"Y of Nukva, there is between them in the middle another 13 rivers, six and a half from this side and six and a half from that side. And therefore it is left that they divide to each back, 506 and a half from here and 506 and a half from there, and that is the secret of the two names ABGYT"Tz, the first name of the 42 letter name as is known. And that name is equal in gematria to 506 to teach about these 13 rivers that were mentioned which are in the middle between the back to back. And therefore the 2 letters Yud Gimel are put in the middle of this name, A"B from here and T"Tz from here, and 13 in the middle, to teach about the 13 rivers which are in the middle as was mentioned. And it is already known that the 42 letter name is in Gevurah which is the aspect of the back sides which are the secret of judgments and thus the matter is in her NH"Y, to other backsides in these, and all the klipot attach in the aspect of these backsides.

Zohar - VaYechi 212b

Come and see "And Yosef died (at the age of) 110 years".  Rebbi Shimon opened and said "Behold the maiden is pregnant and is giving birth to a son, and you shall call him Imanuel" (Yeshayah 7:14).  Pregnancy and birth that is filled for the exiles and great troubles and evil times, and even though it will be in these, the Queen is shaken and distanced from Her Husband, and She will be with us in Galut, (for) 110 years She was with us (as an) additional engraving, that is to say that it would pass from the Galut 110 years, and 290 they are 400 years.  And the Galut of Yaakov was only counted once Yosef died.  "And the days of the years of Yaakov's life were one hundred fourty seven, here is hte secret of the Galut in its count, fixed for the sons that are exiled, in Midat HaDin 3 exiles.  The first is of Mitzraim that is likened to 7 years.  Rebbi Chiya opened and said "I have imposed an oath upon you, daughters of Yerushalayim by gazelles or by the hinds, etc".

Rebbi Shimon said: from here "From a distance Hashem has appeared to me, and eternal love I have loved you" etc (Yirmiyahu 31).  Here is the secret in galut the decree that B'nei Yisrael will be allowed (in?) exiles, and that will want to say that the holy sons, who are exiled justly for their sins many years, it will be "7 like your sins" (Vayikra 26).  "For sevenfold will be put up for Kayin" (Breishit 4), in the first Galut of Mitzraim which is small.  The second, of the Shoftim, which is likened to 40 years, to 7 which are more numerous than it.

The 3rd exile that we are in is long, and is likened to 100 years to 40 years.  And that is what the Upper One revealed when he said "And from the time of the cessation of the Tamid and to the giving of the destolate abomination. (Daniel 12)"

Tikkunim Chadashim - Tikkun 59

And for the whole strong hand - In the 1000 years, which are the 1000 unholy days (of galut), that thus it needs to be, that during them, the Sitra Achra is in charge, as has been explained.

And for the great terror - In the rest of the years (after the 1000), until the Geulah Sheimah will be ready. That all those years (after the 1000), the Sitra Achra is afraid for sure from the day of the Geulah. And at the time that Yisrael blows the shofar, it is frightened, because of another shofar that is aroused, and that is Imma that awakes due to Am Yisrael's teshuvah, that the upper Heh (Imma) returns on the children.

After the teshuvah, the lower Heh (Shechinah) will return to its place, upon all of those that have been pulled after her. And Imma will stretch out downwards. Then a flame goes out from her, as it is said about her "and the flame burned up the wicked" (Tehillim 106:18), and it says about her "And the house of Yaakov will be fire and the house of Yosef a flame (Ovadyah 1:18). And fire - that is the fire that stands to refine Yisrael, as it is said about them: "And He will sit as a refiner" (Malachi 3:3). And afterwards that flame will arise at the end of it all, and will burn all the sinners, as it says "burned up the wicked" (Tehillim 106:18).

And further, and all the strong hand, this.

Tikkunim miZohar Chadash

This is a portion that is found on page 6 of the girsah printed with the GR"A's commentary. I'm also putting in selected parts of the GR"A's commentary.

… And because of this, it is said about the Tsaddik vayechulu, that ע"ב goes out, in which the 3 forefathers are included, about whom it is said בכ"ל מכ"ל כ"ל, and in these 3 levels “and I will see her” to the Shechinah, to remember the eternal covenant – in Tsaddik, which is the 6th millennium, the 6th day, and took the right side which is Chesed which is made up of ע"ב.

[Beiur HaGR"A - Now he explains all the pesukim that he brought before, that is to say that the 6th millenium will be the Geulah, and all the kitzim are after ע"ב in the 6th millenium as is written further on, and that is "and the rainbow is seen in the cloud", that is to say ע"ב which is the cloud, as above, and the 6th millenium is the rainbow, then "and I will see her", and that is the 6th day, the 6th millenium, Vayechulu, which is equal to ע"ב, then "and He rested", which is the Geulah, and that is what is written "the 6th millenium is a day", etc.]

And of this it is said (Daniel 12) “And you, go to the Keitz, and rest in Tsaddik and stand for your destiny for the Keitz of the Right, that it is its right, “For eye to eye they will see when Hashem returns Tzion and takes in עב of the middle column of it, (Breishit) “and it will be a separation between water and water”

And of this it is said “To my heart I revealed (it), to the ministering angels I didn’t reveal (it). To my heart I revealed it, to my limbs I didn’t reveal (it) [text is missing here]

(It appears that there is a Keitz) in every single generation according to their merit, in every leader of the generation, because the majority of the generation goes after them, and if the sins become great, the redemption is delayed until another generation. And because of this, all the Kitzim have passed, and it is all dependent upon Teshuvah and the merit of the midah of each generation. But the Keitz and time that HaKadosh Baruch Hu has set is not dependent on merit and character of any generation but rather it is dependent on Him, it is says (Yeshayahu 48) “For Me, For Me, I will do”, (Yehezkel 20) “And I will do it for My Name”.

And due to this, every Keitz on every level is according to the merit of man, but the Keitz of HaKadosh Baruch Hu (ר"ל דעד"א) is not dependent on their merit.

And there is ע"ב after (1) the 5th millennium (2) according to that midah, and there is ע"ב after 1200 (3) according to that midah, and there is 235 according to that midah, and there is 256 (4) according to that midah, and after that is “for eye to eye they will see”. (This paragraph is according to the Girsah of the GR”A in his hagahot)

(1) [Beiur HaGR"A - That after all of the kitzim there needs to be 70 years of Chevlei Moshiach, as it says in the Introduction to Tikkunei Zohar that there is a gzar din of 70 years which are 70 years etc, and there are those that add 2, as is brought in Raya Mehemna Parshat Pinchas page 249, that at 70 she starts and at 2 she gives birth]

(2) [Beiur HaGR"A - That is the Keitz of all Chochmah, for thousands is in Keter, hundreds in Chochmah and Binah, and tens in the 7 lower Sefirot.

(3) [Beiur HaGR"A - In Chesed as above, and this is the Keitz that the Zohar chooses in every place, in the Introduction of Tikkunei Zohar as above, in Raya Mehemna as above, because this Keitz is from ע"ב of Chesed as above.]

(4) [Beiur HaGR"A - That is to say ע"ב afterwards, and this is based on what is above, and this is the Keitz of Malchut, that Yesod is called רנ"ו, as is written in the Introduction to Tikkunei Zohar, that thousands are for Keter, hundreds for Chochmah and Binah, 50's for Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, and Yesod, for up to that point the 50 gates of Binah spread, and 6 in Yesod, the small Vav, which is the 6th day, about which it is said Vayechulu, gematria 72, as above, then He rested on the 7th day, Malchut]

There is another Keitz, 245 according to that midah, and this level of desire that will be (with?) HaKadosh Baruch Hu. Two other Kitzim I will (describe) at length, and that is all calculations and gematriot of kitzim are spices of wisdom.

From Keter above, there is no keitz or calculation, as is said in Sefer Yetzirah “and before 1, what can you count?”

The head of all kitzim is Chochmah, and the end of all kitzim is Tsadik (Yesod)…

Tikkunim Chadashim - Tikkun 60

And for all the mighty hand - At the time that Gog will come to the gates of Yerushalayim: for it is by way of accusation that he is aroused to come, because of the sin of Kayin.

And in the 1st time that he will come, a strong fire will be seen between the heavens and the earth for 3 days, and Gog will stand on the outside, opposite the gate, and the king Moshiach will be inside, and this fire will separate them, and they won't do anything to each other. Once he (Gog) will see that he can't attack, he will return to his place.

Afterwards, he will come a 2nd time, and then a strong darkness will be seen and much anger will be in the world, and great mountains will be broken, as it is said about them: "For the mountains will move, and the hills will collapse (Yeshayahu 54:10), and then: "And my kindness will not move from with you, etc (Isaiah 54:10). Then, Gog will go back.

But come and see, this wicked person, when time passes and he will consider being strengthened, like Par'oh the wicked did, as it is said about him "And Par'oh saw that he had an opportunity and he hardened his heart (Shemot 8:11), for he thought that the fear had left, and he could be strengthened, and if not now then after a bit of time.

Come and see, this wicked Gog will come a 3rd time certainly. But before he comes, HaKadosh Baruch Hu will rise up to take away the sin of Kayin from the world. And that is the secret of the verse "And he shall sit as a refiner" (Malachi 3:3). And because this wicked one (Gog) will come, the sin will already be gone. And that is the secret of the verse: "Why are the nations in an uproar, and the nations utter in vain" (Tehillim 2:1). Vain, for sure, that they thought they could become strengthened in that same sin (of Kayin), but behold that sin is already not to be found, and opposing this, the side of Kedushah needs to be strengthened for sure.

And all the strong hand - In the 2 (first) times that still the sin was not taken away.

And all the great terror - The refinement that (He will) refine, before the 3rd time he comes, that when he does come, it will be said about him: "The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked come in his place" (Mishlei 11:8), really. And also, and all the hand, etc, is this.

Zohar VaYera 1:116a - 117a

Rebbi Yose said: And like this it is written: I am Hashem, in its time I will hasten it (Yeshayahu 60:22), what is "in its time"? In the time of ה that will arise from the dust, like this "I will hasten it". Rebbi Yose said: And will all this, Knesset Yisrael is in the dust for one day and not more. Rebbi Yehudah said: thus they have said, but come and see this secret that we have learned, in the hour that Knesset Yisrael will be exiled from its place, thus the letters of the Holy Name will (kivyachol) be separated, that the ה and the ו separate. And because they separate, what is written? "I was made mute with silence" (Tehillim 39:3). Because the ו went away from the ה, and a voice was not to be found, and thus the speech was made mute, and because of this she lays in the dust all of that day of ה, and what is that day? The 5th millenium. And this is in spite of the fact that they went in to Galut before the beginning of the 5th millenium, the secret of the ה. And when 6th millenium comes, which is the secret of the ו, thus the ו will raise up the ה, at the time of 6 times 10. And thus are completed 60 souls of ו. Ten times 6, 6 times 10. The ו goes out in י, and ו goes down in ה, the וא"ו completes in 10 (a total of) 6 times, and thus it is 60 to raise from the dust, and at every 60 during the 6th millenium, the ה"א goes out in its level to become strengthened.

And in 600 years to the 6th millenium, the gates of upper wisdom will open, and the wells of lower wisdom, and the world will be repaired to go up to the 7th millenium, like a man that is repairs himself on the 6th day in the afternoon to go up to Shabbat, thus it is here, and the sign fo this is "And in the 600th year to the life of Noach" etc (Breishit 7:11) "all the great springs of the deep opened up."

Rebbi Yose said to him: All this is a much greater amount of time from what the friends have stated, that it is 1 day for the Galut of Knesset Yisrael, and not more, as it is written: "He has given me as desolate and faint for an entire day" (Eichah 1:13).

He said to him: Thus we have learned from my father: In the secrets of the letters of the Holy Name, and in the days of the years of the world, and in the days of Creation, it is all one secret, and thus it is seen in the rainbow of the cloud in bring layers, like a woman that adorns herself for her husband, as it is said "And I will see it and remember the eternal covenant" (Breishit 9:15), and thus they have learned it well. "And I will see it" in bright layers as is proper, and thus "to remember the eternal covenant". What is the eternal covenant? That is Knesset Yisrael. And the ו will join with the ה and raise her from the dust, like you say "And G-d remembered His covenant" (Shemot 2:24), that is Knesset Yisrael which is (called) Brit (covenant), like you say "and it will be for a sign of a covenant", etc. And when the ו will awaken to the ה, upper wonders will be aroused in the world, and the sons of Reuven are ready to bring battles in the whole world, and Knesset Yisrael will arise from the dust, and HaKadosh Baruch Hu will remember her, and HaKadosh Baruch Hu will be found by Her in Galut, at the calculation of וא"ו six times 10, 10 times 6 years, and thus she will arise and the world will be remembered (the Pekidah will occur) to make vengance, and he who is low will be raised up.

Rebbe Yose said to him: You have spoken well, because that is in the secret of the letters, and we should not arouse to make calculations and other end times.

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There is another bit of this ma'amar between here and the Zohar Vayera 1:117a that I have already posted. I might fill in this piece later.

Zohar Chadash Sitrei Torah - Mechirat Yosef

That Jew begin and said: "And me, closeness to G-d is good for me, etc" (Tehillim 73). Come and see, for when a person comes close to Torah, which is called good, as it is written "The Torah of your mouth is good for me" (Tehillim 119), then he comes close to HaKadosh Baruch Hu, who is also called good, as it is written "Hashem is good to all" (Tehillim 145). Then he comes close to being a tsaddik. Like that which you say "Say a righteous person, for it is good" (Yeshayahu 3), and when he is a tsaddik, the Shechinah dwells upon him, and teaches him upper secrets of the Torah, because the Shechinah doesn't connect to anything by good, for tsaddik and tsedek go together (Tsaddik = righteous person, Tsedek = righteousness).

Zohar Chadash - Mechirat Yosef

Come and see how many years that Tsaddik (Yosef) sat, that he didn't see his father for 22 years. And behold these (years) sat in Mitzraim, 22 years, for every tribe from the 10 tribes that sold him, and according to this calculation, they are 220 years for all of them. Take out of them 10 years, that they took in Din that is Above, because of the 10 holy tribes that perished in Mitzraim, you are left with 210 years. And that is what is written רדו שמה (Go down there. Go down is equal to 210 in Gematria).

Come and see that when the sins caused (punishment) and this Shabbat was not observed as needed, which is written "Don't take out a load from your house on the day of Shabbat" (Yirmiyahu 17). Don't load upon yourselfs a load of sins, that the day of Shabbat was what protected you.

And they didn't listen to the prophet, and the vengeful sword was arroused to avenge the covenant. What is the covenant? That is Shabbat, as it is written "For their generations an eternal covenant" (Shemot 31), and Brit Milah, about which it is written "And holy skin will be passed from upon you (Yirmiyahu 11), and the covenant of the tsaddik, which they sold him.

And it is all in one level: Shabbat, Brit Milah, and Tsaddik. And that is a secret: For 3 sins of Yisrael and (for the) fourth I will not return it (Amos 2), and all were dependent on their sale of a tsaddik for silver. And then they because to subservant to "seven for your sins". And it was decreed upon them 70 years of Galus Bavel, and on the sins of Shmitah and Yovel, which are dependent on the Great Shabbat and the regular Shabbat.

And afterwards they came to the Holy Land, and settled it for 420 years, to make up for the 70 Shmitot and the 70 years are 10 years for every day, from those that suckle from the Seventh, that the Great Shabbat is also called the Seventh from below to above (referring to Binah) Which includes as one Zachor and Shamor. And afterwards they were in 420 years in the land, in the power of the Torah which they toiled in.

And when the sin of Baseless Hatred (Sinat Chinam) caused , the original baseless hatred was aroused. Which is what is written "And they hated him", that very tsaddik. And then HaKadosh Baruch Hu gave them in to the hands of the one that hates them a baseless hatred, which is written of Edom: "Because you have had a hatred of old, and you have thrown the children of Israel by a sword" (Yehezkel 35).

And then it was taken from them, by the count of the years, that they were lacking in the secret of "Seven upon your sins" (Vayikra 26). Come and see, when you count the 22 years 7 times, for all of the 10 that sold him, you have 1540 years.

Their cries did not go up before him. Rebbi Yitzhak said: when HaKadosh Baruch Hu does Din in the upper realm, what is it? Rebbi Elazar said: That he passes it in that river Dinur, and passes them from their control (memshalah), and from that control, other controls of the other nations. He said to him, thus it is written "His servants are a burning fire" (Tehillim 104) He said to him, there is fire that is harsher than fire, and there is fire that extinguishes fire.

(That is the end of the Maamar from the Zohar Chadash, there is another similar, but longer maamar in Sitrei Torah there. Hopefully I'll be able to type that in as well.)

Birkat HaChamah - Sifra Ditzniuta

(Make sure to read all posts on Birkat HaChamah here)

I have seen recently some quotations from the GR"A's peirush on Sifra Ditzniuta that try to suggest that the coming of Moshiach is related to the year of Birkat HaChamah. Allow me to translate the section in question.

And this revelation, it does not have an [exact] known time, "heart to the mouth it is not revealed", but rather it is known that during the entire 5th millenium it could not come, in the secret of the entire day of "ו"ה" (Eichah 1), and it will only be revealed in the 6th millenium which is in the secret of the the Livyatan that was mentioned, and that is what is written (in the Zohar on Va'Era) 1 for 1000 days, that is to say in one of the 1000 years he will be revealed. And it says small days, because just days (alone) is 1000 years in the secret of the 6 Days as was mentioned, but small days is one day which is days of Malchut Chochmah Z'eira, and that is days that is mentioned in the Torah "days will be the Geulah" (See Vayikra 25:29). That is to say that one year will be the year defined as the Geulah, and it is the year after Shmitah, in which that is the time of Chesed, and then will be revealed the פום אמה and Moshiach will come. And that is what is written in the Zohar on the small aleph of the word Vayikra, that it is Malchut, in which the letters are small, and that is the 1000 pieces that Moshe took and left one which is the small Aleph. Aleph (meaning 1) from 1000 and that is Malchut Atarah that there it is revealed.

We can see from this that the GR"A is writing that the exact date is not known, but a certain single year in the 6th millenium will be so momentous in its events that this one single year will be called the Year of Geulah. This year will be the year after Shmitah. The GR"A uses similar language to what he used elsewhere, speaking about Chesed being revealed in פום אמה, and talking about the Atarah. He is talking about the fact that the year of Moshiach's revelation B'itah will be the year that the world reaches the level of Ateret HaYesod, as I mentioned in Shiur Yemot HaMoshiach. No one has claimed that this spiritual event has anything to do with the year 5769.

And for those who are wondering, yes, the year 5783 that is mentioned in Shiur Yemot HaMoshiach is the year after Shmitah.

Midrash Ne'elam Hebrew/Aramaic Text

I'm posting this here so that we can look at the text in the original. I will most likely highlight, underline, or make paragraph breaks here.

ויזד יעקב נזיד, רבי בא בשם רבי אחא אמר, לעולם טבעו של עולם אינו משתנה, בא וראה מה כתיב, ויזד יעקב נזיד, כמה דאת אמר (שמות יח יב) אשר זדו עליהם, ותרגומו דחשיבו, כלומר הלב חושב ומהרהר בתורה בידיעת בוראו, מה כתיב ויבא עשו מן השדה והוא עיף, הכבד שדרך טבעו לצאת ולצוד ציד בפיו לבלוע, ואינו מוצא, נקרא עיף, והוא אומר ללב, עד שאתה מהרהר בדברים אלו בדברי תורה, הרהר באכילה ובשתיה לקיים גופך, הדא הוא דכתיב ויאמר עשו אל יעקב הלעיטני נא מן האדום האדום הזה, כי כן דרכי לבלוע הדם, ולשגר לשאר האברים, כי עיף אנכי בלא אכילה ושתיה, והלב אומר תן לי הראשון והמובחר מכל מה שתבלע, תן לי בכורתך, הדא הוא דכתיב מכרה כיום את בכורתך לי, קונמיתא דתאיבא, עד שהלב מהרהר וחושב במאכל, בולע הכבד, דאלמלי ההוא כסופא והרהורא דלבא במאכל, לא יוכלו הכבד והאברים לבלוע, דאמר רבי יוסי, כן דרך העבדים שאינם אוכלים עד שהאדון אוכל. אמר רבי יוסי, כתיב לאחר כן, ויעקב נתן לעשו לחם ונזיד עדשים, מהו עדשים סגלגלין כגלגלתא, וגלגלא סביב בעלמא, כלומר דלא אתנשי מארחיה, כך הוא בר נש בההוא זמנא, אף על גב דכל ההוא טיבו ויקר ושלימותא ליהוי, ארחיה דעלמא למיכל ולמשתי לא יתנשי.

מתניתין, תנן ארבע רוחות העולם מנשבן, ועתיד קודשא בריך הוא להתעורר רוח אחד לקיים הגוף, שיהא כלול מד' רוחות, הדא הוא דכתיב (יחזקאל לז ט) מארבע רוחות באי הרוח, בארבע לא כתיב, אלא מארבע רוחות העולם, שיהא כלול מארבעתם, ותאנא אותו הרוח הוא רוח המוליד, הוא הרוח האוכל ושותה, ואין בין העולם הזה לימות המשיח אלא שעבוד מלכיות בלבד, ואין בין העולם הזה לתחיית המתים אלא נקיות והשגת ידיעה, רב נחמן אמר, ואריכות ימים, אמר רב יוסף וכי ימות המשיח ותחיית המתים לאו חד הוא, אמר ליה לא, דתנן בית המקדש קודם לקבוץ גליות, קבוץ גליות קודם לתחיית המתים, ותחיית המתים הוא אחרון שבכלם, מנא לן דכתיב (תהלים קמז ב) בונה ירושלם יהו"ה, נדחי ישראל יכנס, הרופא לשבורי לב ומחבש לעצבותם, זו היא תחיית המתים, שהיא הרפואה לשבורי לב על מתיהם, בונה ירושלם תחלה, ואחריו נדחי ישראל יכנס, והרופא לשבורי לב אחרון על הכל.

It says here from Kibbutz Galuyot until Techiyat HaMeitim, implying that the 40 years is not of Kibbutz Galuyot. This seems to imply that the finishing of Kibbutz Galuyot is the beginning of the 40 years. It goes on to relate this period to the troubles of Daniel 12 (which are really the troubles of Daniel 11).

תנן ארבעים שנה קודם הקבוץ גליות לתחיית המתים, כדאמרינן ויהי יצחק בן ארבעים שנה, האי ארבעים שנה מאי עבידתייהו, אמר רב כהנא אמר רבי ברוקא, מקבוץ גליות עד תחיית המתים כמה צרות כמה מלחמות יתעוררו על ישראל, ואשרי הנמלט מהם, דכתיב (דניאל יב א) ובעת ההיא ימלט עמך כל הנמצא כתוב בספר, רבי יהודה אמר מהכא, יתבררו ויתלבנו ויצרפו רבים, רבי יצחק אמר מהכא (זכריה יג ט) וצרפתים כצרוף את הכסף ובחנתים כבחון את הזהב, ובאותם הימים יהיו ימים אשר יאמרו אין לי בהם חפץ, ומשעה שיעברו הצרות עד תחיית המתים ארבעים שנה.

רב הונא אמר, תא חזי כי ארבעים שנה הלכו בני ישראל במדבר וגו', אשר לא שמעו בקול יהו"ה, כהאי גונא (גופא) הכא, אמר רב יוסף כל אלין חד מלה אמרו, ולסוף ארבעים שנה שהצרות יעברו והרשעים יכלו, יחיו המתים שוכני עפר, מאי טעמא, משום דכתיב (נחום א ט) לא תקום פעמים צרה, ודי להם במה שעברו, ומזמן תחיית המתים יתיישב עלמא בישובו, הדא הוא דכתיב, ביום ההוא יהיה יהו"ה אחד ושמו אחד.

The bolded text below seems to be an original teaching, including a pasuk as a siman, and then the following language in italics regarding the Yovel is different language and pasuk, and then applies the 408 to the 5000, making 5408. The 5400 are written in Hebrew, the 8 in Aramaic.

רבי אלעזר בן ערך הוה יתיב, והוה קא מצטער בנפשוי טפי, עאל לקמיה רבי יהושע, אמר ליה חיזו נהירו דבוצינא דעלמא למה חשוכן, אמר ליה חיזו ודחילו סגי עאל בי, דהא אנא חמי מה דאתערו חברנא מארי מתניתא, דשראת עלייהו רוח קדישין, וההוא דאתערו דבשתיתאי יהא פורקנא שפיר, אבל אנא חמי אורכא יתירא על אינון דיירי עפרא, דבאלף שתיתאי לזמן ארבע מאות ותמניא שנין מניה, יהיו קיימין כל דיירי עפרא בקיומיהון, ובגיני כך אתערו חבירנא על פסוקא דקרא לון בני ח"ת, ח"ת דיתערון לח"ת שנה, והיינו דכתיב (ויקרא כה יג) בשנת היובל הזאת תשובו איש אל אחוזתו, כשישתלם הז"את, שהוא חמשת אלפים וארבע מאות ותמניא, תשובו איש אל אחוזתו, אל נשמתו שהיא אחוזתו ונחלתו.

The grammar of bolded sentence here is very difficult.

(עוד) אמר רבי יהושע, לא תקשי לך האי, דהא תנינן שלש כתות הן, של צדיקים גמורים ושל רשעים גמורים ושל בינונים, צדיקים גמורים יקומון בקימה של מתי ארץ ישראל, מהיום כמה שנים, שהם קודמים בתחלה בשנת הארבעים של קבוץ גליות, והאחרונים כלם לזמן ארבע מאות ושמנה שנה לאלף הששי כדקאמרן, מאן יזכה להאי ארכא, מאן יתקיים בקיום דתיה בין האי זמנא, ועל דא אצטעירנא בנפשאי.

This is a common teaching with the Tikkunim from th Zohar Chadash (on the Keitz of (2)56). All the calculations are for the condition that Am Yisrael doesn't do Teshuvah first.

אמר ליה רבי, הא תנינן (בראשית א ג) יהי או"ר, יהי ר"ז, חזר ואמר בתשובה יתקדם כלא, אמר רבי יהושע אי לאו דאמרת הכי, אחסימנא פומין למצפי פורקנא כל יומא, דכתיב (ישעיה לג ו) חסן ישועות, מהו ישועות, אלו המצפים ישועות בכל יום, מאי הוא דעתוי דרבי אלעזר, היינו דכתיב (דניאל יב ב) ורבים מישני אדמת עפר יקיצו, משמע דכתיב מישני, אלו הם הצדיקים הנקדמים בחייהם קודם זה, וכמה שנים הם נקדמים, רבי יהודה אומר מאתים ועשר שנים, רבי יצחק אומר רד"י שנה, דכתיב (במדבר כד יט) ויר"ד מיעקב וגומר, יר"ד שנה נקדמים הצדיקים לשאר כל אדם, רב נחמן אמר, לפי השיעור שנבלה בעפר, אמר ליה רבי יוסי, אם כן הרבה תחיות הוו, אלא כל התחיות יהיו באותן הזמן, והאי דאתמר בחזון (דניאל י א) ואמת הדבר וצבא גדול:

Zohar 1:138b-140a Midrash Ne'elam

"And Yaakov was cooking stew" (Breishit 25:29) - Rebbi Ba in the name of Rebbi Acha said: The nature of the world never changes. Come and see what is written, "And Yaakov was cooking stew", like you see written אשר זדו עליהם (Shemot 18:12), and the translation is that they thought, that is to say the heart thought and the considered Torah and the knowing of its Creator, what is written "and Esav came from the field and he is tired", the liver whose way it is to go out and hunt and his prey is in his mouth and he swallows, and he doesn't find, is called tired, and he says to the heart, until you think words, these are words of Torah, think of eating and drinking to sustain your body. That is what is written "And Esav said to Yaakov, pour me please from that red stuff", for it is my way to swallow the blow, and to destroy the rest of the limbs, for I am tired without eating and drinking, and the heart says give me the first and choicest of all that you swallow, give me your birthright, that is what is said "sell me today your birthright", ( קונמיתא דתאיבא), until the heart considers and thinks of food, swallows the liver, for if it weren't for the desire and the thought of the heart for food, the liver and the limbs couldn't swallow, as Rebbi Yose said, thus is the way of servants that they don't eat until the master eats. Rebbi Yose said, it is written afterwards "And Yaakov gave to Esav bread and lentil stew", what are these lentils that roll like a sphere, and a sphere surrounds the world, that is to say it doesn't change its path, thus is humankind at that time, inspite of all the good and honor and completeness that will be, the way of the world to eat and drink will not change.

Mishnah - It is taught - Four winds/spirits go throughout the world, and in the future HaKadosh Baruch Hu will arouse 1 wind/spirit to sustain the body, which will contain 4 winds/spirits. That is what is written "From four winds/spirits come, oh wind/spirit." (Yehezkel 37:9) "In four" is not written, but rather from the 4 winds/spirits of the world, that it will include them all. And it is taught that this spirit is the spirit of childbearing (המוליד), the spirit that eats and drinks, and

There is no difference between this world and the Days of Moshiach except the servitude of the nations alone, and there is no difference between this world and the Resurrection of the Dead except cleanliness and achievement of knowledge.

Rav Nachman says, also length of life. Rav Yosef said, is not the Days of Moshiach and Resurrection of the Dead the same thing (same period of time)? He said to him, no. As it is taught: Beit HaMikdash is before Kibbutz Galuyot, Kibbutz Galuyot preceeds Resurrection of the Dead, and Resurrection of the Dead is last of them all. From where do we get this? "Builder of Yerushalayim Hashem, dispersed of Yisrael He will gather, the Healer of broken hearts, and bind their wounds" (Tehillim 147:2). That is Resurrection of the Dead which is healing for the broken of heart on their dead, and the building of Yerushalayim is first, and afterwards the dispersed of Yisrael He will gather, and the Healer of the broken of heart last of them all. It is taught: Kibbutz Galuyot precedes the Resurrection of the Dead by 40 years, as we say "And Yitzchak was 40 years old", what do we do with this 40 years? Rav Kahana said in the name of Rebbe Broka, from Kibbutz Galuyot to Resurrection of the Dead many troubles and wars will be aroused on Yisrael, and happy is he who escapes them, as it is written"And at that time your nation will escape, all written in the book" (Daniel 12:1). Rebbe Yehudah says from here: "Many will be clarified and whitened and purified". Rebbe Yitzchak says from here "And I will purify them like the purifying of silver, I will examine them like the examining of gold" (Zechariah 13:9), and in those days, there will be days that they will say I don't want them, and from the hour that these troubles will pass until Resurrection of the Dead is 40 years. Rav Huna said, come and see, for 40 years Bnei Yisrael went in the desert, etc, that they didn't listen to the voice of Hashem, and like that here. Rav Yosef said all this that they said is the same thing, that at the end of the 40 years that the troubles pass and the wicked are finished, the dead will live, those that lie in the dust, what is the reason? For it is written "Trouble will not arise twice" (Nachum 1:9), and it is enough what they experienced already. And from the time of Resurrection of the Dead, the world will be settled properly, that is what is written "And on that day Hashem will be One and His Name One."

Rebbe Elazar ben Arach was sitting, and was very sad, Rebbe Yehoshua came in front of him, and he said behold the light of the lamp of the world, why is it so dark, he said to him: I saw it and great fear came upon me, that I see what will come upon our friends, the masters of the Mishnah, that the Ruach haKodesh rests upon them, and this that will awaken in the 6th millenium will be a great redemption, but I see the extra length for those that have already passed, for in the 6th millenium, at the time of 408 years from it, all the dead will rise before them, and because of this, the masters of the Mishnah have said to them "B'nei Chet" (from Parshat Chayei Sarah), Chet that will awake to/for 408 years, which is what is written (Vayikra 25:13) In this (HaZot, gematria 408) Yovel Year, you will return, every man to his portion. When "this" will be completed, which is 5408, you will return, every man to his portion, to his soul which is his portion and inheritance.

Rebbi Yehoshua said: But don't let it trouble you, for we have learned there are 3 groups, the completely righteous, the completely wicked, and those in the middle. The completely righteous will be among the dead of Eretz Yisrael.

From that time, how many years do they precede [the others] in the beginning of year forty of Kibbutz Galuyot? All of the others [rise] at 408 years in the sixth millennium, as we use the term. Who will merit such length; who will maintain his faith for such a period? That is why I suffered in my soul.

Rebbi Yehoshua said to him: Consider the teaching “let their be light” equals [in gematria] “let there be secret”. [Rebbi Elazar] resumed, saying: With repentance everything will be sooner. Said rabbi Yehoshua: If you would not say this, the mouths of those who expect redemption every day would be silenced. As it says (Yeshayahu 33): “a store of redemptions”. What are these redemptions? Those who expect redemption every day.

What is the opinion of Rebbi Elazar? That what is written (Daniel 12): “and many of who sleep in the dust will wake up” refers to those who are given priority in their resurrection. And how many years are they given priority? Rabbi Yehuda said: 210 years. Rebbi Yitzchak said: 214 years, as it is written (Bamidbar 24) “from Yaakov will come down,” etc. The Tsadikim will precede all other people 214 [gematria of “will come down”] years. Rebbi Nachman said: According to the time that was spent in the dust. Rebbi Yosi replied: If that would be so there would be many resurrections. However, all resurrections will be at the same time, and that is what was said (Daniel 10) in the vision: “And the word is true and applies to the far future.”

Zohar Behar - Shmitah and Yovel

In a prior post, I quoted the following from the Zohar:

At the time of the End of Days, according to the hour of the day, at the time that the sun shines, from the 6th Day, at the time that is ready according to the count of years, of Yovel and Shmitah together, which is רע"ד (Raa'd, 274 in Gematria) from the 6th Day. At that time a single voice is prepared to awaken at the heights of the upper heavens, a sad and bitter voice, such that hasn't been since the day that the world was created.

The Zohar (Raya Mehemna on Parshat Behar 118:b) says the following about Shmitah and Yovel:

Shmitah is the lower Shechinah, which is from 7 years. Yovel is of Upper Imma, Binah, which is for 50 years, and in it B'nei Yisrael will establish their geneologies when they come out of Galus.

For Everything There Is a Time

Translation from pages 113-114 of Kol HaTor chapter 5 part 1
For everything there is a time and a season for every desire, hiddin hints in the ways of the Atchalta in the secret of Tzafnat Pa'aneach, End times of the Moadim in the secret of "עת הזמיר" and "עת לחננה", within the 7 Pekidot from the 1st hour of the light of morning for the 6th millenium in the period of the End of Days in the Final Generation until the Final Keitz, the Keitz of Wonders of Daniel 9.
עת הזמיר הגיע, this time comes in 7 Pekidot of the Atchalta, and each Pekidah has 7 levels, and every level has 7 sub-levels. The first Pekidah began at the beginning of the light of morning of the 6th century (500) of the 6th millenium, and in it (the Pekidah) came the great role of the GR"A in the pasuk אבן שלמה וצדק (Parshat Ki Tetzei) in which he saw his name and his role. For immediately after that is the destruction of Amalek and after that is "for you will come to the land" at the beginning of the 7th century in the 6th millenium. That is the beginning of the year 5601, that from that point begins the revelation of messiahship in the secret of upper wisdom, and together with it the lower wisdom that comes in the Awakening from Below together with the development of the wisdom of the sciences that comes in a natural way according to what is brought in the Holy Zohar parshat Vayera (117) that at 600 years to the 6th millenium the gates of upper wisdom will open and the wellsprings of lower wisdom, etc. And from this year, that is 5600, and onwards, Kol HaTor begins in the light of the GR"A which continues through the day. And this matter is hinted at in the secret of the letter of the GR"A which is closed with his order not to open it until 100 years (after his death), i.e. the year of עת לחננה לפ"ק.
From the beginning of our arrival, the students of the GR"A, to Eretz Yisrael in the year 5569 (אפרים בכורי לפ"ק), the first actual Atchalta began of Ayelet HaShachar of Chaza"l, and the Atchalta of עת לחננה in the role of the first Moshiach, the Moshiach of the Atchalta, Moshiach ben Yosef in the role of Ezra and Nechemiah like in the days of Koresh in the days of Bayit Sheini, which is the meaning of what the GR"A spoke about much in his holy writings on the Torah of Kabbalah, and in the role of the GR"A which is the light of Moshiach ben Yosef on the level of טוב. And when we set our dwelling in the Holy City of Yerushalayim (may it speedily be rebuilt) in the year 5572 "מעונתו" בציון לפ"ק, the beginning of the 3rd Pekidah of the Atchalta of עת הזמיר in the secret of Kol HaTor. And in one of the days in that year, 5572, in which they laid the foundation for the Beit Midrash Eliyahu, in the name of the GR"A. Together with the preparations for this important act of building Yerushalayim, it appeared to us, the students of the GR"A, in lightened ways, that at that hour, the first window opened up in the iron divider, to join the merit of Brit Avot (the Chibur which is Yesod of Tiferet by way of Malchut), which was stopped since the time of the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash. And that day was the "יום העשרים בעמר" (the 20th day of the Omer) which is Yesod of Tiferet as is known to those that know Kabbalah.
The note at the bottom brings from Midrash Shlomo that יום העשרים בעמר is equal to 999 in Gematria.
The 20th day of the Omer, 5708, is the date that the State of Israel was declared.

Zohar Pinchas 3:230b

Zohar:

And because of this, Chayot of fire above speak like the branches of the tree, that they come together in the happiness of the bridegroom and the bride. And in what place? In Kriat Shma which there is "and I heard the voice of their wings" which are the 64 for 4 wings, 4 times 64 is 256, which is רנו ליעקב שמחה (Be glad, Yaakov, happiness) (Yirmiyahu 31). When? After he takes vengance on those that hate him and burn their gods, and that is what is written ובאבוד רשעים רנה (And in the destruction of the wicked, happiness) (Mishlei 11)

Yahel Ohr of the GR"A:

"Ronu", etc, until "When?": That is to say that the time of Ronu is a Keitz as is written in Tikkunei Zohar Chadash.

Zohar Chadash: Darach Kokhav MiYaakov

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A star went out from Yaakov. Rebbe, Rebbe, so many sealed secrets are included here. He opened and said "And Hashem Elokim put sleep on the man and he slept (Breishit 2). When HaKadosh Baruch Hu created Adam HaRishon, He created him with 2 faces, and they would connect together without separation. What is the reason? For it is written "male and female He created them", without separation, and it isn't written "He created him" but "He created them".

Because they were created, they were 1 with the other, equal. What did HaKadosh Baruch Hu do? He cut them apart with a separation. He took the female from him, fixed her with a few repairs, adorned her with some adornments, and dressed her with some clothes.

In what place? In Gan Eden He fixed her. How many adornments did he adorn her (with)? 70. They are the 70 faces of the Torah. How many repairs did he repair her? 13 repairs. These are the 13 midot that the Torah is expounded with. How many clothes did he dress her with? 6. These are the 6 orders of the Mishnah, in 6 faces.

All these repairs, all these adornments, all these clothes, HaKadosh Baruch Hu did for her there in Gan Eden, and afterwards brought her to the man (Adam). And where was Adam? At the place of the point of Tzion, where the Beit HaMikdash is. And from there He took them, and brought them to Gan Eden, and blessed them the Blessing of Grooms.

And this is the secret, "a star went out from Yaakov". He went and adorned and repaired that star, which was taken from Yaakov. That because of this, it will be revealed for her who will be revealed. For this he came to her, and is drawn from above below. And sceptor will rise from Yisrael, this is the Tree of Life. And will rise: like you say (in Breishit 6) and I will stand up my covenant.

And when this will occur, "he will smite the corners of Moav", etc. All these sides are bound up in the lower tree, will pass and leave her. Then, "And the man said, this time" (Breishit 2). That is the time of enjoyment, to enjoy together and not like other times that the evil side is bound up between us. But now there is no mixture of the Sitra Achra with us, but rather "bone from my bones", and not another partnership with evil.

"Bone from my bones", light of the real enlightening vision. "And flesh from my flesh", clothing from that clothing that he was dressed in and my Upper Light. "To this will be called woman", in the upper government on the whole world, that will not leave forever. Then, "it shall break all these kingdoms to pieces, and it will stand forever" (Daniel 2:44)

"I see him, but not now" - This seeing that I see, I will see it in the future, to come together as one. "But not now", in Galus Bavel, and in that House (Beit HaMikdash) that was built by Olei Golah (Those that left the Galus for Eretz Yisrael). "I behold him" - I will in the future look at him face to face. "But not near" - rather in the last House (the 3rd Beit HaMikdash). That between this and that, it wasn't at rest, and there wasn't closeness and togetherness as is proper.

Oy Rebbe, Oy Rebbe, how difficult is this thing, how long is the time, evil upon evil, the times that Am Yisrael is in Galus, and how much will the animals control, and how much will they try to rip apart the weak of Yisrael, at every time until the End of Days.

At the time of the End of Days, according to the hour of the day, at the time that the sun shines, from the 6th Day, at the time that is ready according to the count of years, of Yovel and Shmitah together, which is רע"ד (Raa'd, 274 in Gematria) from the 6th Day. At that time a single voice is prepared to awaken at the heights of the upper heavens, a sad and bitter voice, such that hasn't been since the day that the world was created.

And that voice will be fine (דק), in secret, in bitterness, in sadness, going down and up, up and down, and thus it will say: "I had a beloved doe from the old days, but it forgot me. I had strong love with her. I remember that the form of her face was impressed on my heart and on my arm, and my love for her was strong within me, and the flames burned within me."

At that hour, he will cry three cries, one after another, and all the heavens will shake, and all the worlds will shake, until 3 voices are heard, in to the Tanin fish (נונא תנינא), and will run away 400,000 parsaot to one fish in the sea. There it will put out its traps and nets, and pull it from the sea, and bring it to the Yeshiva in the heavens, and see from it all the problems and disagreements that will be presented there. And he will be stuck there 150 days.

And at that time, HaKadosh Baruch Hu will gather all the hosts of heaven, and all the members of his Yeshivah, and He is above them all, and they are bringing before him that Tanin, and they will tie 3 knots on his neck, and take his 3 beloved ones, and return him to the place he is held. And his beloeved ones will enter one sanctuary which is called Ahavah (Love) and they will be hidden there.

And HaKadosh Baruch Hu will impose an oath on all of these hosts, and to these 2 Yeshivot, that all of them go, and hear the voice of the beloved, that He desires to hear her voice with them. At that time there will be aroused on the Holy Nation troubles, one on top of the other, with great force, and they cry out cry after cry, tears after tears, and they awaken her. And he sounds her voice out for her children.

And HaKadosh Baruch Hu calls and says, this is my doe, my friend, my dove, my complete one that sits in gardens, that would only sit in the hidden part of the cliff on the inside, like you say "All the honor of the daughter of the king is on the inside" (Tehillim 45), and now she is in the gardens (Shir HaShirim 8), boldly, like a mother going after her son, in the market and open areas of the city, in fear to make sure they won't hurt him.

My doe, my friend, look, behold all of the friends of the 2 Yeshivot are here. Friends/members of those Yeshivot are listening to your voice, make it heard! (Shir HaShirim 8) for My desire is to hear your voice.

How long it has been since I last heard your voice, that I didn't know you. Then all the inhabitants of the world were mixed, people in people, nation in nation. And he who isn't worthy to rule, they bring him to be in charge. And they bring with him foreign nations and different tongues, that don't know justice, and not the laws of rulership. And how many wars they consider making.

And in a soft lip, soft speech, he (referring to the one above who is not worthy to rule) will do as he desires, and rule. He will think some thoughts to do evil. And for the Unique Nation he will make evil decrees. Then there will be trouble upon trouble upon that Unique Nation. At that time Hakadosh Baruch Hu will be strengthened, and He will appease His doe a few different appeasements, and He will take her and raise her up from the dirt, Him and none else, and the 2 Yeshivot will remain with her.

Three kings will remain, and will awaken at 3 sides of the world on this nation, and that king that would rule with a soft mouth, will rule with great anger, and strength on the Holy Nation.

And in the 3rd month (Sivan), on the 4th of the month, at 9 and 1/2 hours, all the members of the Yeshivah will go with the doe, to the grave of the shepherd, the faithful of His house, and give him 3 voices. At the time that the sun leaves the world, and his grave will open, and the members of the Yeshivah will want to go inside, but they will not be allowed, and all will go away to their places. And She will enter, and from her will go out what will go out. And she will find Moshe sitting and toiling (in Torah), and a candle lit before him, and some incense surrounding him.

And because he saw her entering, he will stand up and they will join together, and the voices will be aroused in the heights of heaven, and HaKadosh Baruch Hu will hear, and enter the Sanctuary of Ahavah, and take from there the three beloved ones, and open for them his cave. And then that night, Moshiach will be awakened, and he will be found with them, and they will go over secrets of Torah, that entire night, like in the cave of Moshe.

And when the first morning light comes up, Moshiach will be hidden, while Moshe and the Shechinah remain there on that day, like the day of Shavuot. And the Shechinah will go up on that mountain, and there will be 3 voices heard, 1 for Avrahahm, 1 for Yitzchak, and 1 for Moshe and Yaakov. That is what is written "On a high mountain rise up for yourself, you that tell good tidings of Tzion, raise your voice with strength" (Yeshayahu 40), etc, raise up and don't be afraid, speak, etc.

Raise your voice, raise your voice, speak. This "raise your voice in power", that is Teruah. "Raise your voice and don't fear", that is Tekiah. Speak, that is Teruah Tekiah and Teruah together. And that is called Shofar Teruah. Shofar from that Teruah above.

A small shofar, for there is another one called the big shofar. This small shofar goes like the movement of a candle, and that is what is written "And the voice of the shofar goes (Shemot 19). For the other shofar is hidden away, and doesn't go. Rather this small one, he is here on the day of Shavuot, for he awakens on the day of Torah, the day of Shavuot.

And in this awakening of the shofar, that the Teruah Tekiah and Teruah awaken, will awaken the Avot from the cave, and they will go up in a wind, and come to her. And from that voice, many wicked ones in the Holy Land will die, and leave the world. And on that day the prayers of Yisrael will go up in all of their places before The Holy King. And the Avot will come together, and will be at that mountain, and Moshe will go up with them. And there he will look at the Avot, and them at him. And all will enter in to the cave of Moshe, and Moshiach will awaken to them, and they will all join together on that day.

And on that day, the 10 tribes will awaken, to do war in the 4 directions of the world with the Moshiach which will be anointed upon them, and he will receive his anointment by a righteous Kohen, the 7 Faithful Shepherds with him.

And this Moshiach is from the tribe of Efraim, the seed of Yerovam ben Nevat, the son of Aviyah, that died in his youth, and that day that he died, there was a son born to him, and he was taken from the house of Yerovam to the desert. And 170 strong men took him there, all righteous men from the tribe of Efraim, that he wouldn't fall in to the sin of Yerovam.

And from this son of Aviyah, will go out this Moshiach. Therefore it is written "And all of Israel eulogized him and buried him" (Melachim Aleph 14) And this was sealed, this prophecy, for its time and prophecy for the future. For this by itself will come to Yerovam to his grave because there is something good found for Hashem, G-d of Israel in the house of Yerovam. That is Moshiach, which is a good thing for Hashem.

Because the Avot will know, that HaKadosh Baruch Hu is remembering His doe and His nation, there will be so much happiness upon happiness on that day. In the northern land, kingdom of Teiman, there will be trouble upon troubles on that day for Am Yisrael, and their prayers will be gladly accepted. And on the night of that day, the Shechinah will return to the house, and Moshiach to his place, and the Avot to their cave.

The Shechinah will go and return by Moshe for 70 days. At the end of 70 days, the cry of Israel will go up before the Holy King, that they are causing troubles for them at all corners of the world. And one Knesset on the south will be destroyed and lost. And amongst them 5 Righteous Men of Truth will be killed.

And then 32 days after they will kill that Knesset, HaKadosh Baruch Hu will dress that small shofar with zealotry. And that Moshiach ben Efraim will spread out a cover like a bull that his horns go up like an ox.

And that small shofar, will call out Teruah Tekiah and Teruah 3 times at the head of the mountain as at first, and then the flags of that Moshiach will travel, and a great noise will fall on the world by the voices of that shofar. And all the people of the world will see and hear. Like it says "All the residents of the land and, and dwellers of the earth like the raising of a staff will see, and like the blowing of the shofar you will hear" (Yeshayahu 18).

And then the idols in the Holy Land will be burned. And 3 wars the sons of Yishmael will do with Moshiach. And they will come and bow to the Ruler of the World on the Holy Mountain in Yerushalayim. And these wars will be in the 6th millenium.

And in the month of Bul (Cheshvan), the haters will fall, and all the remaining idols will be removed from the Holy Land. And from there they will go and arouse wars on the world. And will they are doing these wars with the people of the earth, the children of Edom will gather on the Holy Land, and capture it, and control it for 12 months.

At the end of 12 months, the entire world will erupt and quake. And between these times, the Shechinah will go and return to the cave of Moshe. And the Melech HaMoshiach will be hidden for 9 months, like the months of childbirth, and these 9 months, he will accept upon himself much pain and suffering.

And while this is happening, HaKadosh Baruch Hu increases his suffering, and he will enter in the paths of one tree, for he has a great, holy, and strong tree. And there in 70 branches, he will take the measurements of the diagonals, and take 70 appointed ones, that circle the 70 branches of the tree, to those measurements of the diagonals, and they will be found to be forbidden one weight of a measure and a half (וישתכחון אסורין חד תקלא דמכילא ופלגו). Then he will bring them down from every branch.

And many branches which are small and which aren't small will break when he brings them down, because they are caught up in the (main) branches, and will break coming down. Then many of the Holy Nation will break between the legs of the other nations. And all these appointed ones, will pass them through Nehar Dinur, and will have their control taken away.

And in the mean time, Moshiach will suffer much pain and suffering like a woman in childbirth. About this time it is written "Hashem will respond to you in the day of trouble" (Tehillim 20:1). That these 9 verses are like the months of pregnancy. And there are 70 words, like the 70 years in the 6th millenium, he will give birth and control the whole world. And because this is during the 9 months, they will be visible all night, from midnight onwards, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire outside of the heavens, that do war, one with another, until the morning light.

After these 9 months, HaKadosh Baruch will awaken this Moshiach, and bring him out of Gan Eden. And this day that he comes out, the whole world will shake, and everyone in the world will think that he is dying.

And on this day it is written "And they will go in to caves of rocks and in to holes in the earth from fear of Hashem" That is the Shechinah, that will be raised up from this time going forward, and the Moshiach with her. "And from the glory of His majesty" - that is the Moshiach, "when he arises to shake the earth." (Yeshayahu 2:19). And then "And he will gather the dispersed of Israel and the outcast of Yehudah he will gather" (Yeshayahu 11:12).

That is in 60 years of the 6th millenium, and they will go afterwards and HaKadosh Baruch Hu will do for them many miracles.

Zohar Raya Mehemna Pinchas 249a

This Raya Mehemna seems to be written as a commentary on the Zohar.

The Faithful Shepherd said: At that time, the masters of wisdom, etc, until: and the snake shall pass from the world, as it is printed in Acharei Mot 67b, and afterwards throughout what is written by that.

If you want to say that at 70 she goes in to labor and after 2 years gives birth after 1200, according to the calculation of רע"ב, that is what is written "before she goes in to labor she gives birth" (Yeshayahu 66:7), and the secret of the matter is "and it will be before they call and I will answer, they are still [speaking and I will hear] (Yoma 61). But before, meaning before they complete. These 72 after 1200 are the pains of birth, in which the 2 Moshiach's are revealed to the world, and in that time "and in His Sanctuary all say glory" (Tehillim 29:9). And we've already established that the Wise inherit Glory.

And at that time the masters of Torah will be glorified, those that suffered some birth pains like a woman giving birth and were despied amongst the Amei HaAretz will be glorified and immediately "Hashem sat (on His throne) for the flood" for the wicked. There is no flood but judgements of flood, like when the wells of the deep and the gates of heaven opened on the day of the flood. Also here the judgements will be awakened against them above and below until there is no end and all the disgrace that the nations of the Aku"m did in the world did, for Hashem and His people (i.e. the judgements are done for the sake of Hashem and Israel). And how many insults did Israel suffer from them in the name of Hashem? For all of them HaKadosh Baruch Hu takes revenge and for that reason it is said that Hashem avenges and keeps his wrath for them.

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Yahel Ohr of the GR"A on Raya Mehemna 249a

And if you want to say: It brings up a seeming problem that it says in Acharei Mot that the 72 years after the 1200 she will give birth 2 years for 2 Moshiachs after the birth pangs, but isn't it written "before she goes in to labor she gives birth"? That is to say that the pain and difficulty of the servitude and the calling out to Hashem from the troubles.

Yoma: It needs to say here "and what is before?" That is to say, how is this "before"?

But before: An explanation to this seeming difficulty. That is to say that "before" (of the verse) is talking about before the 72 years complete.

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Commentary

While the entire matter of 1200, etc, is about the Keitz B'Itah, and that from the side of strict judgement we should have to wait for these 72 years to be complete, in any event the Keitz is before 72. Guaranteed Achishenah even when the Keitz is B'Itah.

Zohar Vayera 1:119a

Rebbi Shimon opened up and said: "And I will remember My covenant with Yaakov" (Vayikra 26:42) . (Yaakov is written) full with a Vav, why? But in 2 sides is the secret of Chochmah, one which is a secret on the level of Chochmah, the place where Yaakov dwells, but this verse is said about the Galut of Israel, for when they are in Galus, the time that they are remembered (the House of Yaakov), they are remembered via the secret of Vav. And that is that in the 6th millenium, and the Rememberance (Pekidah) is in the secret of Vav, 6 moments and a half time and in the time of the 60th year to the bar on the door in the 6th millenium, the G-d of Heaven will raise a rememberance for the Daughter of Yaakov, and from that time until the Full Rememberance (Zechirah) will be 6 years and a half, and from that time another 6 years, and these are 72 and a half. In 66, the King Moshiach will be revealed in the Land of Galilee. And one star in the east will swallow 7 stars in the north, and a flame will be hanging in the sky for 60 days, and battles will be aroused in the world on the northern side, and 2 kings will fall in these battles, and all the nations of the world will gather on the Daughter of Yaakov, to push her out from the world, and on this time it is written "And it is a time of trouble for Yaakov, and from it he will be saved" (Yirmiyahu 30:7)

And thus the souls will finish from the body, and will need to be renewed. And the sign for this (the verse that has a hint for this) is "All of the souls that come to Yaakov to Mitzraim are 66" (Breishit 46:26).

At 73, all the kings of the world will gather in the large city of Rome, and HaKadosh Baruch Hu will arouse upon them fire and hail and algabish stones, and they will be lost from the world, except for those kings that didn't go to there, and they will return to fight other battles. And from that time, the King Moshiach will be aroused in the whole world, and some other nations and some other forces will gather with him, and all of B'nei Yisrael will be gathered in all those places, until the completion of those 100 years.

And thus the Vav will join with the Heh, and thus "And they will bring all of your brothers from all of the nations as an offering to Hashem" (Yeshayahu 66:20).

And the sons of Yishmael are ready at that time to arouse all the nations of the world to come upon Yerushalayim, as it says "And I will gather all of the nations to Yerushalayim for war" (Zecharya 14:2), and it is written "And the kings of the earth will gather and the rulers will take counsel on Hashem and his Moshiach" (Tehillim 2:2). And it is written "He who sits in Heaven laughs, Hashem derides them" (Tehillim 2:4). And afterwards, the small Vav will arouse to be joined, and will renew souls that were old, in order to renew the world, like it is written "Hashem will be glad in his handiwork" (Tehillim 114:31), and it is written "Hashem's glory is eternal" (Tehillim 114:31), to be joined as is proper. "Hashem will be happy with his handiwork", to bring them down (to rest) forever, to that everything will be as a new creation, to join the entire world together as one.

Happy are all those that will be around in the world at the end of the 6th millenium, to go up to Shabbat, that this is one day for HaKadosh Baruch Hu by itself, to join together as is proper, to absorb new souls, and to be in the world with those that remain in the beginning, as it is written "And it will be those found in Tzion and the remainder in Yerushalayim holy will be said to him, all those written for life in Yerushalayim.

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This section does not mention the 1200 years, as the others do, but has a common denominator of 66 with the passage from the Zohar on Shemot.

Zohar Raya Mehemna Pinchas 252a

And behold 60 after 1200, and the Holy Light said "all the souls of Beit Yaakov are 66", 60 for the awakening of the First Moshiach, and 6 for the Awakening of the Second Moshiach, leaving 6 years to 72, to fulfill in it "6 years plant your field and 6 years prune your vineyard, and you will gather in its crop", that is said "Holy is Israel to Hashem, the first of his crop". If thus, what is written above "rejoice, Yaakov (in) happiness". But rather there are 4 future Geulot to correspond to the 4 Cups of Pesach, and because Israel is dispersed to the 4 corners of the world and those that are far from the nations, the first is for "rejoice" (רנו), the 2nd at 60, the 3rd at 66, and the 4th at 72, and these Geulot are with the 4 Chayot in the name of Hashem that ride upon it. And that is what is written "for you ride on your horses, your chariots of salvation" that in parallel, the 4 flags and 12 tribes are awoken. In the secret of "Hashem ruled, Hashem is King, Hashem will rule forever and ever." There are 12 letters and they correspond to 12 tribes and 12 faces of 3 forefathers, that is said about him that the forefathers are the Merkavah. And these 10 tribes are 1000 years and 2 tribes are 200 years. And from the 12 letters hang the 72 names which are the 72 years after the 1200...

Zohar Shemot 2:9a - 2:10a

Rebbi Shimon said: Behold we have awoken to the secrets of the letters of the Holy Name in the hiding place of His Awakening towards his sons, but now I have to reveal something for which permission was not given to any other to reveal. Rather the merit of this generation will sustain the world until the coming of Melech HaMoshiach. Rebbi Shimon said to Rebbi Elazar his son and to Rebbi Abba: Stand in your place. Rebbi Elazar and Rebbi Abba stood. Rebbi Shimon cried again, and said: Oy, who can stand (after hearing) what I say, the Galus will last so long, who can suffer?

He also stood up and said "Oh Hashem our G-d, other masters have controlled us, but by you only do we mention Your Name" (Yeshayahu 26:13) This verse, we have stood it up. However in this verse there is a great secret in faith. Hashem our G-d, that is the beginning of the upper secrets, the place from which the lights all go out. There hangs the secret of faith. And this name controls everything.

"other masters have controlled us", that verily Am Yisrael doesn't have anyone to control it other than this Upper Name. And now in Galus the Sitra Achra controls them.

"But by you only do we mention Your Name" (לבד ב"ך נזכיר שמך) The secret of the Holy Name that is made of 22 letters, and Knesset Yisrael is not blessed except through this name called ב"ך, like you say "like you swore to them by you (בך)" (Shemot 32:13), "by you (בך) Israel will bless" (Breishit 48:20), "for by you (בך) I will run upon a troop" (Tehillim 18:30). And a time that the completeness is found, they do not separate from eachother. And it is forbidden to separate one from the other, a woman from her husband, not in thought and not in speech, in order to not show separation, and now in Galus there is separation, and from hardship of every time, we are making a separation, that someone mentions that name other than her husband, because she lies in the dirt, and that is "But by you only do we mention Your Name".

Other than her husband we mention this name in separation, because we are far from You and others control us, and your name is in separation from the name called ב"ך, and that is in times of Galus.

Because the first Galus was from the 1st Beit HaMikdash, and the 1st Beit HaMikdash was in the secret of the first ה, and against its 70 years, the Galus of Bayit Rishon was 70 years, and for those 70 years, the Imma wasn't found hovering over them, and it was in separation from the Upper Name, secret of the Upper ה. And then יו"ד, the upper secret, went up above without limit, and the Upper Holy Bayit Rishon did not flow out its flow of living waters, for its source had gone away.

And this is the 70 years in Galus, because it was called 7 years, like you say "And he built it 7 years" (Melachim 1 6:38). And if you will say that the kingdom of Bavel controlled above for 70 years, G-d forbid. Rather at the time that the Beit HaMikdash stood, the light and the flow of the upper Imma would light up and go down. And because Am Yisrael sinned, and the Beit HaMikdash was destroyed, the kingdom of Bavel was in control, and that light was covered and dark, and the lower holy ones could not give off light.

Due to the fact that the lower ones could not give off light because of the kingdom of Bavel, that light went away, and that upper spring that would give forth the secret of י, went up without limit. Then those 70 years wouldn't shine, because that light was held back, and that is definitely the 70 years.

Because the kingdom of Bavel was removed, and the lower ה began to give off light, not all of Am Yisrael returned to be purified to be a complete treasure as before, but rather little by little. And because there was no completeness, therefore the יו"ד, the Upper Flow, did not come down so much to give light as before, but rather little by little and mixed up, that they weren't pure like before like it needs to be. And therefore the Upper Flow didn't flow and didn't give light, but rather returned to give light little by little and from force.

And therefore many nations provoked Am Yisrael with many wars, until the darkness covered the land. And the lower ה darkened and fell to the ground, and the Upper Flow went away as before, because the kingdom of Edom strengthened and Am Yisrael returned to go away.

Due to the ה, Bayit Sheini was destroyed, and all these 12 tribes of her, like the count of their camps, they are in Galus of the kingdom of Edom. And the Upper Flow went away from that flow that stands upon her like you say "the righteous one is lost", lost that flow from its Upper Source that would draw out from above.

And because of this separation in the ה of Bayit Sheini, and he is in Galus Edom in all of those 12 tribes and their camps. And 12 tribes count up to a large calculation, and by the secret of the calculation of ה, the Galus continues.

Secret of Secrets is transmitted to the wise of heart. Ten tribes, 1000 years, two tribes, 200 years. The tears started to fall. He opened and said "You will surely cry at night and her tears are on her cheek." At the end of 12 tribes of Galus, night will darken for Yisrael, until the awakening of the וא"ו at the time of 66 years.

And after the 12 tribes which are 1200 years of Galus, and after 66 years of darkness of the night, "then I will remember my covenant with Yaakov". This is the awakening of the letter ו' which is the soul of Yaakov of Beit Yaakov. And this secret is (from) "All of the souls that come to Yaakov to Egypt, etc, are 66" and this is the ה' souls of Bayit Sheini, the secret of the lower ה . And this ה' is the secret of 66. There is 60 for the awakening of Yaakov and 6 for the awakening of Yosef. And therefore it is ו"ו, which are 2 in one connection and 1 secret.

From then onwards, HaKadosh Baruch Hu will awaken those miracles and wonders as we say, and he will awaken on Am Yisrael these troubles that we say, and then "and even my covenant with Yitzhak". And afterwards when Melech HaMoshiach will wage war in the whole world at the right hand of HaKadosh Baruch Hu, like you say "Your Right Hand, Hashem, is glorious in strength". And then "and even my covenant with Avraham I will remember" and then afterwards "and the land, I will remember", that is the final ה. At that time it is written "And Hashem will be for a king on all of the land, and on that day Hashem will be One and His Name will be One.

At the end of another 66 years, that together are 132 years, the letters of the Holy Name will be shown as complete above and below as is proper, and the secret of this is Heh-Heh upper and lower, and all these pathways which are the 32 years which are included in the secret of the letter Vav (הו"ה), the secret of completion of the 132, at the end another 132 years, the verse will be fulfilled "To hold on the corners of the earth, and the shake the wicked from it", and the Holy Land will be purified, and HaKadosh Baruch Hu will arouse the dead of the Holy Land and there will be legions and legions in the land of the Galil. And thus the will be awakened the stoppage of the flow of the upper letter Yud, and the 32 pathways will be sustained up against it below, and the letters of the Holy Name will be sustained in their places, (then it says Shem HaShem), that up until now it won't be complete, until that time that the upper flow will be brought down, in connections of the letters in the final Heh, and that will be at the end of the filling of 144 years afterwards which will be completed, and the remaining dead of Yisrael will be awoken in the rest of the lands, that is found that all of this is in the value of חי"ת, that the world will be settled and the world fragrant, and the Sitra Achra will be removed from the world, and the lower Heh will be filled with the flow from above, and will be crowned and enlightened completely, and thus it is written "And the light of the moon (will be) like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun 7 times greater" (Yeshayahu 30:26), until it will be Shabbat to Hashem, to harvest souls in holy joy, all of the 7th millenium, and that is the awakening of the holy souls of Am Yisrael, to be dressed after Shabbat in different holy bodies to be called holy, as it is written "And it will be what is left in Tzion and the remainder in Yerushalayim, Holy will be said to him" (Yeshayahu 4:3), up until here are words of closed secrets.

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Please note that in this entire thing, Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai does not even mention the chance of Am Yisrael doing Teshuvah. He obviously knew that the gates of Teshuvah are open, as does his audience. Regardless, he provides a calculation for the length of Galus and when Moshiach will arrive. I will not delve in to that at present.