Likutei Moharan 60:11/ליקוטי מוהר"ן ס׳:י״א

111. And this [is the explanation of the opening passage]: Rabbi Shimon opened and said: “It is a time to do for God…” [Why is it “a time to do for God”? It is because “they have abrogated Your Torah.” What is “they have abrogated Your Torah”? This is the Supernal Torah, which would be nullified were this rectification not enacted. It refers to Atik Yomin. It is written: “Happy are you, O Israel! Who can compare to you?” And it is written: “O God! Who among the mighty ones can compare to You?” He called to Rabbi Elazar his son and seated him to his right, and to Rabbi Abba, [whom he seated] on the other side. Then he said: “We are the encompassment of all things. The rectifications have in the meanwhile been effected.” [The fellowship] was silent. Then they heard a sound, and their knees knocked together. What sound was it? It was the sound of the heavenly knufya (entourage) gathering.

2This is the Supernal Torah, which would be nullified were this rectification not enacted. It refers to Atik Yomin—That is, the Supernal Torah, which is the aforementioned aspect of contemplation. It is nullified and cannot exist unless it is created by the aforementioned aspect of rectification. This is the aspect of the rectifications of Atik, the aspect of length-of-days mentioned above.

3It is written: Happy are you, O Israel! Who can compare to you? And it is written: O God! Who among the mighty ones can compare to You?—This is the aspect of an arousal from below, which is praise for the Jews, who rouse themselves from below; the aspect of “Happy are you, O Israel! Who can compare to you?” Afterwards, there is an arousal from on high, as explained above. This is the aspect of “O God! Who among the mighty ones can compare to You?”

4He called to Rabbi Elazar his son… and to Rabbi Abba… Then he said: We are the encompassment of all things—That is, the aspect of perfection of fear, which is produced by the aforementioned aspect of three lines: the aspect of fear of Heaven, fear of one’s master, and fear of one’s father and mother. Thus it is that fear is perfected through Rabbi Shimon, his son Rabbi Elazar, and his student Rabbi Abba. This brings to length-of-days, the aspect of the rectifications of Atik, as explained above.

5They were silent. Then they heard a sound—That is, those that were in the aspect of mutes, who could not speak because of the aspect of sleep, as explained above. “Then they heard a sound”—i.e., the aspect of rousing from sleep, the aspect of “Fortunate is the one who speaks to ears that hear,” as explained above.

6and their knees knocked together—This is the aspect of procreation, the aspect of sexual union. By means of rousing from sleep, which is the aspect of unbinding the mouth of the mute, there is an unbinding of the mouth of the barren, as explained above. This is the aspect of union through kissing preceding sexual union, as explained above.

7What sound was it ? It was the sound of the heavenly KNuFya gathering—That is, the aspect of telling stories, enclothing within them the faces of the Torah, as explained above. Enclothing is the aspect of KaNaF (a wing), the aspect of “Your Master will not yeKaNeF (conceal Himself) anymore” (Isaiah 30:20). And as a result of this enclothing, people are roused from sleep and begin to speak, in the aspect of “a winged creature will speak the word” (Ecclesiastes 10:20). All this, as has been explained above.