The Ariza"l teaches us the inner meaning of these days, their annual renewal, and the reason why they are spread across twenty-one days. They are rooted in the time of Creation, with Adam in the Garden of Eden.
Rosh HaShanah is the day that Adam was created. He incorporated within himself all the souls of the Jewish Nation, the revelation of the Schechinah, the root of the souls of the Jewish nation. In dealing with the inner basis for the holidays of Tishrei the Ariza"l teaches us that were it not for the sin of Adam, had he waited to eat from the Tree of Knowledge until after Shabbat had begun, then all the worlds would have been rectified and come to their perfection and completion. The Sin of Adam threw the worlds down, the falling of the Nukvah into the Klipot and thereby prevented perfection from being achieved. The sin resulted in two outcomes. First of all, it now became impossible to bring about the rectification at one time in one moment. It now became necessary for a 6,000 year process to unfold. Days turned into millennium as each Day of Creation expanded to 1,000 years with Shabbat corresponding to the 7th millennium.
By the way, we are currently approaching the conclusion of the 6th millennium and we can already smell the Shabbos food cooking. We are even trying to taste that food before Shabbat begins. By performing the Mitzvot in Israel in this epoch we are enjoying great spiritual pleasure similar to that of the 7th millennium,
As the 7,000 years correspond to seven days each year contains within it the ability to bring about the complete tikkun, rectification, but only of a small portion of existence. Each year, another portion.
The second result of Adam's Sin is that whereas he had the chance to bring about the tikkun in one moment, had Shabbat begun everything would be perfect, we bring about perfection over the course of twenty-one days. Each aspect of the tikkun is brought about on one of those days as we climb the ladder from Rosh HaShanah until Shemini Atzeret. What should have happened in an instant was slowed by the sin until it developed into a slow process.
Rosh HaShanah is the day that Adam was created. He incorporated within himself all the souls of the Jewish Nation, the revelation of the Schechinah, the root of the souls of the Jewish nation. In dealing with the inner basis for the holidays of Tishrei the Ariza"l teaches us that were it not for the sin of Adam, had he waited to eat from the Tree of Knowledge until after Shabbat had begun, then all the worlds would have been rectified and come to their perfection and completion. The Sin of Adam threw the worlds down, the falling of the Nukvah into the Klipot and thereby prevented perfection from being achieved. The sin resulted in two outcomes. First of all, it now became impossible to bring about the rectification at one time in one moment. It now became necessary for a 6,000 year process to unfold. Days turned into millennium as each Day of Creation expanded to 1,000 years with Shabbat corresponding to the 7th millennium.
By the way, we are currently approaching the conclusion of the 6th millennium and we can already smell the Shabbos food cooking. We are even trying to taste that food before Shabbat begins. By performing the Mitzvot in Israel in this epoch we are enjoying great spiritual pleasure similar to that of the 7th millennium,
As the 7,000 years correspond to seven days each year contains within it the ability to bring about the complete tikkun, rectification, but only of a small portion of existence. Each year, another portion.
The second result of Adam's Sin is that whereas he had the chance to bring about the tikkun in one moment, had Shabbat begun everything would be perfect, we bring about perfection over the course of twenty-one days. Each aspect of the tikkun is brought about on one of those days as we climb the ladder from Rosh HaShanah until Shemini Atzeret. What should have happened in an instant was slowed by the sin until it developed into a slow process.
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