He said, ‘Let me go, for dawn has risen! [Genesis 32:27]. Rabbi Yehudah opened, Who is this looking forth like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun…? [Song of Songs 6:10]. This verse has been established and explained, but Who is this looking forth? – Israel, when the blessed holy One will raise them, bringing them out of exile. He will then open for them a tiny crack of light, then another opening, wider, until the blessed Holy One opens for them supernal gates facing four directions of the world. So with all the blessed Holy One does for Israel and for the righteous among them – always so, never all at once. This can be compared to a person thrown into darkness, dwelling in darkness constantly. When they want to illumine him, they must open the light to him like the eye of a needle, then wider, always gradually, until he is illumined with all the light fittingly. Similarly with Israel, as is said: Little by little I will drive them out before you [Exodus 23:30]. And so with one who is being cured: not all at once, but little by little, until he is fortified. thenutgarden.wordpress/2014/10/11/little-by-little/
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