Igrot Kodesh · Letter 6723 — Tzedakah
Volume 18 · Letter 220 · [15 Adar Richon 5719]
(15 Adar Rishon* 5719)
(note 1: This letter is the Rebbe's response to the following question posed to him. It is explained in the Chassidic* discourse entitled: "It is taught in the Midrash Tehillim*," which was delivered on 12 Tammuz* 5653 (1893) and published in the Sefer HaMaamarim* 5708 (1948), from page 271: "It is for this reason that it is said: 'Havayah* awoke as if from sleep' and 'Awake, why do You sleep, Havayah*?'" Now, these verses employ the Divine Name Adnai*.)
The Zohar*, volume 3, at page 293b and also at other references in this volume 3, explains that in the verse: "Havayah* awoke, as if He were sleeping," one must indeed retain the Name Havayah* in place of Adnai*. This is also what the Tanya* says, which applies its terms to Chochmah*, the force of intellectual discovery of the soul (note 2: Which itself is linked to the Name Havayah*).
The explanation given by the Zohar*, volume 3, and the Sefer HaLikkutim* of the Arizal*, on Tehillim*, at chapter 44, shows that the verse: "Why do You sleep, Havayah*" indeed refers to the Name Havayah*, since it corresponds to the state of torpor of the Attributes of emotion (note 3: These Attributes of emotion are themselves described by the Name Havayah*).
ו'תשכג
[ט"ו אד"ר, תשי"ט]
בזח"ג רצג, ב (ועוד בכ"מ בזח"ג) איתא אשר ענין ויקץ כישן הוי' הוא בשם הוי' ולא אד' וכ"מ בתניא פי"ט (מדבארו על חכ' שבנפש)
ומפי' הענינים בזח"ג שם וס' הליקוטים להאריז"ל לתהלים סי' מד מוכח דגם ענין למה תישן הוי' הוא בשם הוי' (מדפרשו על דורמיטא דז"א).