This is the delight of the World to Come – it will be a time of desire and longing. This is the desire of all desires and the concept of the passing of Moses (Zohar II, 88b; Likutey Moharan I, 4:9). It is written that for his final resting place, Abraham paid “four hundred shekels of silver” (Genesis 23:16). The holy Zohar says that these are the four hundred worlds of yearning that the righteous will inherit in the World to Come (Zohar I, 123b).
They are particularly worlds of yearning. For there one will be worthy of the true yearning and thirst for God. Quenching this thirst will be the main delight of the World to Come (cf. Psalms 39:6, 66:12).
פַּעַם אֶחָד אָמַר: "צִמָּאוֹן הוּא תַּאֲוָה גְּדוֹלָה".
The Rebbe once said, “Thirst is a very great desire.”
וּלְפִי הֲבָנָתִי, כַּוָּנָתוֹ הָיְתָה לְרַמֵּז לָנוּ מֵעִנְיַן הִשְׁתּוֹקְקוּת וְכִסּוּפִין וְצִמָּאוֹן לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ שֶׁהוּא דָּבָר נִפְלָא מְאֹד.
He wanted to give us some idea of the longing and yearning that is the wondrous thirst for God.
כְּמוֹ הַצָּמֵא מְאֹד, כְּשֶׁהוּא בָּא אֶל הַמַּיִם, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ תַּעֲנוּג גָּדוֹל מִשְּׁתִיָּתוֹ לְגֹדֶל צִמְאוֹנוֹ, נִמְצָא שֶׁעִקַּר תַּעֲנוּג הַגָּדוֹל הוּא עַל יְדֵי הַצִּמָּאוֹן.
The thirstier you are, the greater your pleasure in drinking water. Your thirst is the source of your enjoyment.
כְּמוֹ כֵן הוּא כָּל עִנְיְנֵי כִּסּוּפִין וְגַעְגּוּעִים דִּקְדֻשָּׁה לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ וְלַעֲבוֹדָתוֹ בֶּאֱמֶת.
The same is true of your holy thirst for God.
וְזֶהוּ עִקַּר תַּעֲנוּג עוֹלָם הַבָּא שֶׁאָז יִזְכּוּ לְרָצוֹן וּלְכִסּוּפִין בְּחִינַת רַעֲוָא דְּרַעֲוִין שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת הִסְתַּלְּקוּת מֹשֶׁה וְהוּא בְּחִינַת אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת עָלְמִין דְּכִסּוּפִין דְּיָרְתִין צַדִּיקַיָּא לְעַלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. הַדָּא הוּא דִּכְתִיב (בְּרֵאשִׁית כג): "אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שֶׁקֶל כֶּסֶף" וְכוּ' כַּמְבֹאָר בַּזֹּהַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ (א קכג:).
This is the delight of the World to Come – it will be a time of desire and longing. This is the desire of all desires and the concept of the passing of Moses (Zohar II, 88b; Likutey Moharan I, 4:9). It is written that for his final resting place, Abraham paid “four hundred shekels of silver” (Genesis 23:16). The holy Zohar says that these are the four hundred worlds of yearning that the righteous will inherit in the World to Come (Zohar I, 123b).
דְּכִסּוּפִין דַּיְקָא. כִּי אָז יִזְכּוּ לְצִמָּאוֹן וּלְכִסּוּפִין אֲמִתִּיִּים לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ שֶׁזֶּהוּ עִקַּר הַתַּעֲנוּג שֶׁל עוֹלָם הַבָּא שֶׁיִּזְכּוּ בְּכָל פַּעַם לְרַוּוֹת צִמְאוֹנָם.
They are particularly worlds of yearning. For there one will be worthy of the true yearning and thirst for God. Quenching this thirst will be the main delight of the World to Come (cf. Psalms 39:6, 66:12).