Now, regarding Aharon, which is the level of “when your heart runs” in yearning for Hashem, it is written: “(the Menorah should burn) from evening until morning.”
וְ הִ נֵּ ה, בִּבְחִ ינַת אַ הֲרֹן שׁ ֶהוּא בְּחִ ינַת "רָ ץ לִבְּ ך" כְּתִיב: "מֵעֶרֶ ב וְעַד בֹּקֶר" – "
This is the concept of “first there is the darkness of night, and only afterward is the light of day.” (Shabbos 77b)
בְּרֵ ישׁ ָא חֲשׁ וֹכָא וְהָדַר נְהוֹרָ א" .
When Hashem made the world, He first created night, and then day. This is why the in the Jewish calendar, Shabbos and holidays start at night and continue into the following day. This system is reflected is our service of Hashem in prayer:
)סֵ פֶ ר יְ צִ ירָ ה פֶּרֶ ק א מִשְׁ נָה ח" :אִ ם רָ ץ לִבְּ ך שׁ ו ּ ב לָאֶ חָ ד"(.
)שׁ ַ ב ּ ָ ת עז, ב(.
We start off in a spiritually dark level of feeling materiality, and we “run” and yearn to experience the spiritual Light of Hashem’s Oneness, as we reach deeper levels of awareness of Hashem through the order of the prayers and the recital of Shema. Thus, the idea of Aharon and the Menorah, yearning for Hashem in prayer, is in a system of burning “from evening until morning,” from spiritual darkness to spiritual Light.
