Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh, Chapter 27
The whole chapterו וְזֶהוּ שֶׁכָּתוּב בַּזּוֹהַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ דְּ״צַדִּיקָא דְּאִתְפַּטַּר אִשְׁתַּכַּח בְּכֻלְּהוּ עָלְמִין יַתִּיר מִבְּחַיּוֹהִי״, דְּהַיְינוּ, שֶׁגַּם בְּזֶה הָעוֹלַם הַמַּעֲשֶׂה – ״הַיּוֹם לַעֲשׂוֹתָם״ – אִשְׁתַּכַּח יַתִּיר: כִּי הַמַּעֲשֶׂה (גָּדוֹל) [גָּדֵל] וְהוֹלֵךְ, גִּידּוּלֵי גִידּוּלִין, מִן ״אוֹר זָרוּעַ לַצַּדִּיק״ בַּ״שָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר בֵּרְכוֹ ה׳״, הַמֵּאִיר לָאָרֶץ וְחוּצוֹת, וְגַם אֲנַחְנוּ אֵלֶּה פֹה הַיּוֹם כּוּלָּנוּ חַיִּים בִּדְרָכָיו – ״דֶּרֶךְ הַקֹּדֶשׁ יִקָּרֵא לָהּ״. זֹאת בַּעֲבוֹדַת ה׳ בְּמִילֵּי דִשְׁמַיָּא.
6And this is the meaning of the statement in the sacred Zohar31 that “When the tzaddik departs, he is to be found in all worlds more than in his lifetime.” That is, he is to be found more even in this world of action [“this day to do them”32], because the action keeps growing growths of the second degree from the “light implanted for the righteous”33 in the field which the L–rd blessed;34 (this light) radiates to the earth and the outside places,35 and also to us—those that are here this day, all of us that live in his ways, “the holy way shall it be called.”36 This is as regards the service of G–d, with respect to heavenly matters.37
זוּבְמִילֵּי דְעָלְמָא – בְּפֵירוּשׁ אִתְּמַר בַּזּוֹהַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ, דְּ״צַדִּיקַיָּיא מְגִינִּין עַל עָלְמָא וּבְמִיתַתְהוֹן יַתִּיר מִבְּחַיֵּיהוֹן, וְאִלְמָלֵא צְלוֹתָא דְצַדִּיקַיָּיא בְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא – לָא אִתְקַיֵּם עָלְמָא רִגְעָא חֲדָא״. וְכָל הַקָּרוֹב קָרוֹב אֶל מִשְׁכַּן ה׳ בְּחַיָּיו קוֹדֵם לִבְרָכָה:
7As for mundane matters, it is stated explicitly in the sacred Zohar that the tzaddikim shield the world, and after their death even more than in their life.38 Were it not for the prayer of the tzaddikim in that world, the world would not endure a single moment.39 And whoever is closer unto the habitation of the L–rd40 during his lifetime has precedence to the blessing.41
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