Likutei Moharan 31:9/ליקוטי מוהר"ן ל״א:ט׳

19. Now, [when] someone attains the level of Avraham, namely, a master of the soul, then certainly all his eating and meals are in the category of bread of the panim (showbread). This is as in (Genesis 17:1), “Go before Me [and be whole].” “Go” alludes to the feet, corresponding to his livelihood, as in (Deuteronomy 11:6), “and all the possessions that were at their feet.” {As our Sages expounded: This refers to a person’s money which puts him on his feet (Sanhedrin 110a).} “Go l’PhaNaI (before Me)”: they are made into the aspect of PaNIm.

2This is the meaning of (1 Samuel 21:7), “Hot bread, on the day it was removed.” In other words, the panim bread is hot bread, the level of Avraham who is the aspect of “in the heat of the day” (Genesis 18:1). Then, all the gentiles, and all the stars and constellations which they are under, all toil for this person. This is as in (Psalms 110:1), “Sit at My right”—the aspect of Avraham—“until I make your enemies your footstool”—they will work for your livelihood.

3This corresponds to (Numbers 14:9), “They are bread for us, their shade has left them.” For “the likeness of the chamah (sunlit spot) is deeper than the shade” (Shavuot 6b). “ChaMah” alludes to the “ChoM of the day,” the aspect of the ChaM bread. But, when “their shade has left them,” then “the likeness of the sunlit spot—the level of Avraham—ascends and is seen. And they are subdued under him, as in, “until I make your enemies your footstool.”

4And this is the meaning of, “Go before Me and be whole.” It corresponds to (Deuteronomy 18:13), “You shall be whole with God your Lord”—You will not have to investigate the stars and constellations (Pesachim 113b). For you will be above them.

5And this is (Deuteronomy 16:16), “He shall not appear before the countenance of God empty-handed” on the Festivals, when the countenance of God—the aspect of panim —is revealed. With this that each person brings a pilgrimage-offering from the fruits of his labor for which he worked throughout the year, he thereby rectifies and elevates all his food and livelihood in the aspect of the panim bread.

6This is what the Holy One answered Moshe (Exodus 33:14), “My panim (countenance) will go and lead you.” For Moshe had pleaded for forgiveness, and He answered him: “My panim will go.” They were to rectify the aspect of the feet, corresponding to the panim. Then they would be forgiven. For a table parallels the altar, which brings forgiveness (Chagigah 27a). This is (ibid.): He began with the altar and concluded “this is the table which is liphnei (before) God” (Ezekiel 41:22). Specifically liPhNeI; it should specifically be in the aspect of PaNIm and then it will bring forgiveness.

7In the future there will be a fulfillment of (Isaiah 30:20), “Your Master will not yekanef (conceal Himself) anymore, and your eyes will see your Master.” Then the aspect of panim will be revealed. For now, the countenance of God is masked by nature, by the influence of the constellations, as in (Deuteronomy 31:17), “I shall hide My panim from them, and they will be food [for their enemies].”

8Presently, “the likeness of the sunlit spot is deeper” than their shade. This corresponds to (Isaiah 18:1) “tziltzal knafayim (shaded by wings)”—the KNaFayim and hiddenness [connotes] that His guidance is KaNeF (concealed) and hidden in them. And thus the tzel (shade) hides the light of the sun. And this is only because the light of the sun does not shine completely. It is only the sun’s likeness; specifically a likeness. { “For you who fear My name, the sun of charity shall shine for you with healing in its knafayim (wings)” (Malachi 3:20). }

9But in the future, “the sun… shall shine for you” will be fulfilled. The sun will be revealed in its full strength, as in, “The Holy One will in the future remove the sun from its sheath” (Nedarim 8b). Then, “healing in its knafayim”—i.e., “Your Master will not yekanef anymore”—will be fulfilled.