Partie 16 · Chapitre 99

And know that it is likewise so with regard to the afternoon prayer of the festivals, as is explained by us: for the additional prayer of the Sabbath and the afternoon prayer of the festival are equal with respect to the ascent of the worlds. And it is found that what was done then, when man was created, before the midpoint of the sixth day, is now done in the additional prayer of the Sabbath. And not only that, but now, in the additional prayer, it is done through the act of the lower beings, through their prayer; whereas then that ascent occurred by itself, as above, without the act of the lower beings, for indeed man had not yet been created. And not only that, but then two aspects ascended — the internality and the externality of the worlds completely; whereas now, in the Musaf of the Sabbath, only the aspect of the internality of the worlds ascends, while the externality of the worlds remains in its place, and they have no ascent at all, even on the Sabbath. For had the externality also ascended, we would see with our own eyes the ascent of the worlds — how they rise above what they were during the week; but the ascent of the internality of the worlds is not perceptible and visible to the eye, although it ascends. Remember this. And see in the Gate of Intentions (Sha'ar HaKavanot), in the discourse on the order of the division of the morning prayer of the weekdays, for there too these discourses are explained.