6723 —"ויקץ כישן" ו"למה תישן": בשם הוי' ולא בשם אדנות

[15 Adar I^[1], 5719]

In Zohar III^[2], 293b (and also in several places^[3] in Zohar III) it is stated that the matter of "Then Havayah awoke like one asleep"^[4] is in the Name Havayah, and not Adnus^[5]; and so it is also implied^[6] in Tanya, ch. 19^[7] (since it explains it as referring to the chochmah of the soul)

And from the explanation of these matters in Zohar III there, and in Sefer HaLikutim of the Arizal^[8] on Tehillim, chapter 44, it is evident that the matter of "Why do You sleep, Havayah?" is also in the Name Havayah (since they explain it as referring to the dormita of Zeir Anpin^[9]).

Publisher's notes

Printed in Likkutei Sichos vol. 18, p. 478. It is a reply to a question about what is written in the maamar beginning Issa BeMidrash Tehillim (12 Tammuz 5653; printed in Sefer HaMaamarim 5708, p. 271 ff.): "And therefore it is written, 'Then Havayah awoke like one asleep,' and it is written, 'Awake! Why do You sleep, Havayah?'" (ibid., p. 272), whereas in the verse it is said with the Name of Adnus.

Notes

1. Adar I (אד"ר): אד"ר = אדר ראשון, the first Adar.

2. Zohar III (זח"ג): זח"ג = זהר חלק ג', the third volume of the Zohar.

3. In several places (בכ"מ): בכ"מ = בכמה מקומות.

4. "Then Havayah awoke like one asleep" (ויקץ כישן הוי'): In the verses themselves the Name of Adnus is written: Tehillim 78:65: ויקץ כישן אדנ-י כגבור מתרונן מיין, "Then the L‑rd awoke like one asleep, like a warrior shouting because of wine"; and Tehillim 44:24: עורה למה תישן אדנ-י הקיצה אל תזנח לנצח, "Awake! Why do You sleep, O L‑rd? Arouse Yourself, do not abandon us forever." The maamar Issa BeMidrash Tehillim (5653), however, cites both with the Name Havayah, and the Rebbe was asked about this (see the publisher's note). He answers that the subject of both verses is the Name Havayah.

5. Adnus (אד'): אד' = אדנות, the Name Adnus (Ad-nai).

6. Implied (וכ"מ): וכ"מ = וכן משמע, "and so it is implied".

7. Tanya, ch. 19 (בתניא פי"ט): פי"ט = פרק י"ט; חכ' = חכמה. Tanya, ch. 19: רק שהיא בבחינת שינה ברשעים, ואינה פועלת פעולתה בהם... אך כשבאים לידי נסיון בדבר אמונה, שהיא למעלה מהדעת, ונגעה עד הנפש לבחינת חכמה שבה - אזי היא ניעורה משנתה, ופועלת פעולתה בכח ה' המלובש בה. וכמו שכתוב: "ויקץ כישן ה'", "but it [the chochmah of the G‑dly soul] is in a state of sleep in the wicked, and does not exert its influence in them… But when they face a test in a matter of faith, which transcends knowledge, and it touches the soul, its faculty of chochmah, then it awakens from its sleep and exerts its influence with the power of G‑d clothed in it, as it is written: 'Then G‑d awoke like one asleep.'" Tanya thus cites the verse with the Name Havayah, and explains it as the awakening of the soul's chochmah from its sleep.

8. Sefer HaLikutim of the Arizal (ס' הליקוטים להאריז"ל): מפי' = מפירוש, "from the explanation"; ס' = ספר. Sefer HaLikutim, from the writings of the Arizal (R. Yitzchak Luria); "chapter 44" refers to Psalm 44, which contains the verse "Awake! Why do You sleep".

9. The dormita of Zeir Anpin (דורמיטא דז"א): ז"א = זעיר אנפין; דורמיטא = sleep. Since the Zohar there and Sefer HaLikutim explain "Why do You sleep" as referring to the sleep (dormita) of Zeir Anpin, it is evident that this verse too concerns the Name Havayah, like "Then Havayah awoke like one asleep".

Summary

A maamar of 5653 cites "Then Havayah awoke like one asleep" and "Why do You sleep, Havayah?" with the Name Havayah, although both verses in Tehillim read Adnus. The Rebbe answers from the Zohar, Tanya ch. 19 and the Arizal's Sefer HaLikutim that the subject of both verses is indeed the Name Havayah.