‘AND MOSES CRIED UNTO THE LORD SAYING: HEAL HER NOW, O GOD, I BESEECH THEE. In this prayer is involved the mystery of the Divine Name formed of eleven letters, and Moses did not wish to lengthen his prayer further, for the reason that, since it concerned his own,1i.e. his own sister. he was unwilling to trouble the King, as it were, overmuch. Therefore God was solicitous for the honour of Moses; and, indeed, everywhere He is more solicitous for the honour of the righteous than for His own.’
(במדבר י״ב:י״ג) וְיִצְעַק מֹשֶׁה אֶל יְיָ לֵאמֹר אֵל נָא רְפָא נָא לָהּ. הָא אוּקְמוּהָ, וְהוּא רָזָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא, מֵחַד סְרֵי אַתְוָון, וְלָא בָּעָא מֹשֶׁה לְצַלָּאָה יַתִּיר, בְּגִין דְּעַל דִּידֵיהּ לְמַלְכָּא לָא בָּעֵי לְאַטְרְחָא יַתִּיר. בְּגִין כָּךְ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בָּעָא עַל יְקָרָא דְּמֹשֶׁה. וּבְכָל אֲתָר קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בָּעָא עַל יְקָרֵיהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָּיא, יַתִּיר עַל דִּילֵיהּ. וּלְזִמְנָא דְּאָתֵי, עָתִיד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְמִתְבַּע עֶלְבּוֹנָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעַמִּין עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת, וּלְמֵחדֵי לוֹן בְּחֶדְוָותָא דְּצִיּוֹן. דִּכְתִּיב, (ירמיהו ל״א:י״ב) וּבָאוּ וְרִנְּנוּ בִמְרוֹם צִיּוֹן וְגוֹ'. וּכְדֵין (ישעיהו נ״ט:כ׳) וּבָא לְצִיּוֹן גּוֹאֵל וְגוֹ'. בָּרוּךְ יְיָ לְעוֹלָם אָמֵן וְאָמֵן. יִמְלוֹךְ יְיָ לְעוֹלָם אָמֵן וְאָמֵן.
‘AND MOSES CRIED UNTO THE LORD SAYING: HEAL HER NOW, O GOD, I BESEECH THEE. In this prayer is involved the mystery of the Divine Name formed of eleven letters, and Moses did not wish to lengthen his prayer further, for the reason that, since it concerned his own,1i.e. his own sister. he was unwilling to trouble the King, as it were, overmuch. Therefore God was solicitous for the honour of Moses; and, indeed, everywhere He is more solicitous for the honour of the righteous than for His own.’