IN THE MORNING THE LORD WILL SHOW WHO ARE HIS AND WHO ARE HOLY. Why “morning”, and why holy, rather than “pure”? Moses meant this: In the morning the Crown of Priest is active, and if you are priests, then in the morning perform the service of the morning and the Lord will make known who is His-that is to say, the Levite -and who is the holy one-that is to say, the priest-and he shall bring near to Himself. The test will only be made by “Morning”. If it is meet for you to remain on the side of Judgement, then Morning will not endure you, for it is not the time of Judgement. But if it is meet for you to remain on the side of Grace, then as it is the time thereof, you shall remain with it and it will accept you.
In virtue of what? Of the incense, since the incense requires the “best man” to form the link and union; and the “best man” is the priest. Therefore the man whom the Lord shall choose, he shall be “holy”, and not only “pure”.
בֹּקֶר וְיוֹדַע יְיָ אֶת אֲשֶׁר לוֹ. אֲמַאי בֹּקֶר, וַאֲמַאי קָדוֹשׁ וְלָא טָהוֹר. אֶלָּא אִינּוּן מִסִּטְרָא דְּטָהוֹר קָא אַתְיָין, וְקָדוֹשׁ כַּהֲנָא. אָמַר מֹשֶׁה, בֹּקֶר, דִּכְדֵין כִּתְרָא דְּכַהֲנָא אִתְּעַר בְּעָלְמָא, אִי אַתּוּן כַּהֲנֵי, הָא בֹּקֶר, פַּלְחוּ עֲבוֹדָה דְּבֹקֶר, וּכְדֵין וְיוֹדַע יְיָ אֶת אֲשֶׁר לוֹ וְאֶת הַקָּדוֹשׁ. אֶת אֲשֶׁר לוֹ סְתָם, דָּא לֵיוָאֵי. וְאֶת הַקָּדוֹשׁ, דָּא כַּהֲנָא, כְּדֵין וְהִקְרִיב אֵלָיו. וְלֵית מַאן דְּאַבְחִין מִלָּה, אֶלָּא בֹּקֶר, אִי תִּתְחֲזוּן לְאִשְׁתַּאֲרָא בִּסְטַר דִּינָא, בֹּקֶר לָא סָבִיל לְכוּ, דְּהָא לָאו זִמְנֵיהּ הוּא. וְאִי תִּתְחֲזוּן לְאִשְׁתַּאֲרָא בְּחֶסֶד, הָא זִמְנֵיהּ הוּא, וְתִשְׁתַאֲרוּן גַּבֵּיהּ, וִיקַבֵּל לְכוּ.
IN THE MORNING THE LORD WILL SHOW WHO ARE HIS AND WHO ARE HOLY. Why “morning”, and why holy, rather than “pure”? Moses meant this: In the morning the Crown of Priest is active, and if you are priests, then in the morning perform the service of the morning and the Lord will make known who is His-that is to say, the Levite -and who is the holy one-that is to say, the priest-and he shall bring near to Himself. The test will only be made by “Morning”. If it is meet for you to remain on the side of Judgement, then Morning will not endure you, for it is not the time of Judgement. But if it is meet for you to remain on the side of Grace, then as it is the time thereof, you shall remain with it and it will accept you.
בְּמָה. בַּקְּטֹרֶת. דְּהָא קְטֹרֶת בָּעֵי לְשׁוּשְׁבִינָא, לְאִתְקַטְּרָא עַל יְדֵיהּ בְּכֹלָּא, וּלְאִתְקַשְּׁרָא. מַאן שׁוּשְׁבִינָא. דָּא כַּהֲנָא. וּבְגִין כָּךְ, וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְיָ הוּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ, וְלָא הַטָּהוֹר. תְּרֵין דַּרְגִּין אִינּוּן: קָדוֹשׁ. וְטָהוֹר. כֹּהֵן, קָדוֹשׁ. לֵוִי, טָהוֹר. וְעַל דָּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ כְּתִיב.
In virtue of what? Of the incense, since the incense requires the “best man” to form the link and union; and the “best man” is the priest. Therefore the man whom the Lord shall choose, he shall be “holy”, and not only “pure”.