Chasidut · Breslov
Likutei Halakhot, Orach Chaim, Laws of Morning Conduct 1:14/ליקוטי הלכות·
אוְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב בְּזֹהַר חָדָשׁ (בראשית דף יג:): ״הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּגַּנִּים וְכוּ׳״ (שיר־השירים ח, יג) לעְִניְןַ קִימַת חֲצוֹת, עַיֵּן שָׁם. וּמְפָרֵשׁ שָׁם: ״הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּגַּנִּים״ – ״בִּגְנוּתָא וְטִנוּפָא דְּהַאי עָלְמָא שְׁפֵילָה וְכוּ׳״; עַיֵּן שָׁם.
1FROM THE LOWEST LEVELSReb Noson returns to the second of the two verses from Shir HaShirim that he cited in §7 above. Here he will show how it alludes to midnight.This is the import of what is written in the Zohar, linking the verse “O you who dwell ba-ganim” with the idea of rising at midnight. Study there, where the Zohar homiletically interprets “O you who dwell ba-ganim” as “you who dwell be-genuta, in disgrace”— alluding to man’s soul residing “in the disgrace and filth of this lowly world.”138 #2. Despite the lowliness of his station, when a person rouses and wakes up in the middle of the night to engage in Torah study, his words are heard on high.
בהַיְנוּ כַּנַּ״ל, שֶׁאַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁאָדָם בַּמַּדְרֵגָה הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה, בִּגְנוּתָא וְטִנוּפָא, אַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן הַשֵּׁם־יִתְבָּרַךְ וְהַמַּלְאָכִים וְנִשְׁמוֹת הַצַּדִּיקִים שֶׁבְּגַן עֵדֶן מַקְשִׁיבִים לְקוֹלוֹ, בְּחִינַת ״חֲבֵרִים מַקְשִׁיבִים לְקוֹלֵךְ״, שֶׁזֶּהוּ עַצְמוֹ בְּחִינַת קִימַת חֲצוֹת כַּנַּ״ל. וְעַיֵּן לְעֵיל (אות ז׳) שֶׁהֵבֵאתִי פָּסוּק זֶה ״הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּגַּנִּים״, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לְעִנְיַן הַנְּקֻדָּה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּכָל אֶחָד שֶׁמֻּנַּחַת בַּמָּקוֹם שֶׁמֻּנַּחַת, עַיֵּן שָׁם. וְעַתָּה עַל־פִּי דִּבְרֵי הַזֹּהַר חָדָשׁ הַנַּ״ל מְבֹאָר הָעִנְיָן הֵיטֵב.
2This relates to what was discussed above. The Zohar is telling us that even though a person is on the lowest spiritual level, with his good point submerged in “disgrace and filth,” HaShem, the angels and the souls of the tzaddikim in Gan Eden still listen to his voice; this is the meaning of “friends listen to your voice,” which itself is the concept of rising at midnight in order to engage in verbal Torah study and prayer.139 (III, 213a) teaches that when a person studies Torah, and certainly when he rises at midnight to study, HaShem and the tzaddikim in Gan Eden listen in. See above, where I cited this verse “O you who dwell ba‑ganim,” explaining that it was said in reference to the good point that each person possesses, regardless of where it lies (i.e. in the lowest places), even in the midst of a person’s evil desires and flaws.140 Now, based on this teaching of the Zohar, this idea has been well clarified.