איתא שקיפל כל ארץ ישראל לד' אמותיו, כי יש באדם שצריך לטרוח וליסע בכל מקומות פיזור ניצוצותיו, כדי לבררם ולהעלותם לשרשם, אך יעקב שהיה מדרגת אמת, שהוא ראש תוך סוף כולו יחד, וזהו הרמז שקיפל הקדוש ברוך הוא כל ארץ ישראל תחתיו, כדי שלא לטרוח כלל לברר ניצוצות וכו': (דגל מחנה אפרים בחקותי).
Jacob was the aspect of Truth, which is the beginning, middle and end.49The sefirah of Tiferet also corresponds to the trait of Truth. Thus the verse says, “Give truth to Jacob (Tiferet), kindness to Abraham (Chesed)” (Micah 7:20). Truth is called the “beginning, middle and end,” because the Hebrew letters that comprise the word Truth – Emet, are aleph, mem, and tav, the first, middle and last letters of the alphabet. The Baal Shem Tov seems to means that since Jacob corresponds to truth, which embraces the entire alphabet, he can redeem the fallen sparks without effort. This is similar to what the Baal Shem Tov said about the Torah (which also corresponds to Jacob and Truth), that through study alone, one can redeem the sparks in one’s place, without having to travel afar. See the previous footnote, and see fn. 4 in parashas Toldos. This is the meaning of G‑d’s folding up the Land of Israel under him, so that he didn’t have to exert himself at all to separate out the sparks. Degel Machane Ephraim, Bechukosai
איתא שקיפל כל ארץ ישראל לד' אמותיו, כי יש באדם שצריך לטרוח וליסע בכל מקומות פיזור ניצוצותיו, כדי לבררם ולהעלותם לשרשם, אך יעקב שהיה מדרגת אמת, שהוא ראש תוך סוף כולו יחד, וזהו הרמז שקיפל הקדוש ברוך הוא כל ארץ ישראל תחתיו, כדי שלא לטרוח כלל לברר ניצוצות וכו':
(דגל מחנה אפרים בחקותי).
Jacob was the aspect of Truth, which is the beginning, middle and end.49The sefirah of Tiferet also corresponds to the trait of Truth. Thus the verse says, “Give truth to Jacob (Tiferet), kindness to Abraham (Chesed)” (Micah 7:20). Truth is called the “beginning, middle and end,” because the Hebrew letters that comprise the word Truth – Emet, are aleph, mem, and tav, the first, middle and last letters of the alphabet. The Baal Shem Tov seems to means that since Jacob corresponds to truth, which embraces the entire alphabet, he can redeem the fallen sparks without effort. This is similar to what the Baal Shem Tov said about the Torah (which also corresponds to Jacob and Truth), that through study alone, one can redeem the sparks in one’s place, without having to travel afar. See the previous footnote, and see fn. 4 in parashas Toldos. This is the meaning of G‑d’s folding up the Land of Israel under him, so that he didn’t have to exert himself at all to separate out the sparks.
Degel Machane Ephraim, Bechukosai