For, because of the “shattering of Keilim of the Sefiros in the world of Tohu,” there ‘fell down’ 288 ‘sparks’ of holiness from the ‘broken pieces of the Keilim of Tohu,’ as it were. From those 288 sparks, 202 sparks were sifted out of unholiness and elevated to Elokus through the Exile in Egypt. Regarding this elevation of sparks of Tohu it says in the verse (Shemos 12:36) “and they emptied out Egypt,” i.e., they emptied it out not only of gold and silver, but also of sparks of holiness.
This is also the meaning of what is written (ibid., v. 38) “and also a mixed ‘ר ב-multitude’ of non-Jews joined the Jewish people and went up with them from Egypt,” Meaning, not only a mixture of non-Jewish people, but also a mixture of ‘רַ ב-202’ sparks of holiness were elevated together with the Jewish people.
And it is also written (Devarim 3:26) regarding when Hashem told Moshe that he cannot enter Eretz Yisroel “‘ר ב-it is enough’ for you” what you have already accomplished, you cannot enter Eretz Yisrael. The Sefer Megaleh Amukos (ch. 58) explains this verse: Moshe wanted to enter Eretz Yisroel to complete the elevation of all 288 sparks of holiness, so that the world would be perfected and Moshiach would come. Hashem told Moshe “‘רַ ב-202’ sparks are enough for you” to elevate by yourself and through your generation, the remaining 86 sparks need to elevated through the other generations of Jewish people.
