The Stone on the Well: Clearing Blessing's Path

14We can also read “And he looked, and behold, a well in the field …” as the path by which blessing comes down to us from the Avos. We say “the God of Avraham, the God of Yitzchak and the God of Yaakov,” and then “the great, the mighty and the awesome God,”¹ and the two are one. For only three are called Avos,² and in their root, in Atzilus, the highest of the worlds, they are called Gedulah, greatness; Gevurah, might; and Tiferes, splendor. That is “the great, the mighty and the awesome”: Gedulah is “the great,” Gevurah “the mighty,” and Tiferes is the one called “awesome.” All our deeds in Torah and mitzvos are meant to bring every flow of blessing down from above to Malchus, kingship, which is called “a well of living water.”³ That is “behold, a well in the field.” “And behold, three flocks of sheep …”: the Avos, who are three, are called “flocks,” and they bring blessing down to us through Malchus. That is “for from that well they would water …” But “the stone on the mouth of the well was large”: the outside forces are called “a stone of stumbling,”⁴ and they hold back the flow. “And they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well”:⁵ they remove the outside forces from the well, so that the flow can pass. “And put the stone back in its place”: for in the time to come the yetzer hara will be slaughtered.⁶ What is slaughtered is its husk: the kelipos, the husks that hide holiness, will be purged from the earth, while the spiritual part within the yetzer hara will remain, and all of it will be put back into holiness, its place, speedily in our days. Amen, may it be His will.