Translations. . .טייטש‘ן
- From the “large desert”. ..... פון דעם מדבר הגדול
- This that.......................... דאס וואס
- he considers, .................. מען איז מחשיב
- and makes important ......... מען מאכט וויכטיג
- the desert i.e. the world. .... דער מדבר- די וועלט
- This is ............................. דאס איז
- the first step ................. די ערשטע טרעפ
- to all downfalls, ................. צו אלע ירידות
- until (a point when) ................... ביז צום
- “And thirst where וצמאון אשר there is no water”. .................... אין מים
From this it is understood, that in order to fix all these downfalls one must fix the first cause/reason. Have a strength in Yiddeshkeit, remembering that “You (Hashem) chose us from all the nations and raised us up”. And then we become “free” from exile, and we go to the good and wide land, through Moshiach Tzidkeinu, speedily in our days.
From this (one) can come to an even greater descent/downfall: “Thirst where there is no water”. Even when from above he is aroused/inspired through the heavenly voices and the like, like it is explained in Chassidus, and it is created by him a thirst, also (even) then “There is no water”. Water refers to Torah, he doesn’t know towards what his thirst is. He is thirsty and doesn’t feel, and doesn’t know to what, because he has become so distant that he has no connection at all, and he doesn’t know about the entire existence of holiness.
From what does this all begin? הויבט זיך דאס אלץ אן?
