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PARASHAT HAAZINU
All the souls of Israel are contained in the song of Haazinu, which reveals the Divine plan from beginning to end, including the purpose and Tikun (rectification) of Creation. It also refers to the whole Torah, as we learn from the verse: "And you shall write for yourselves this whole song..." (31:19) which according to Rashi refers to the song of Haazinu, while the Gemara teaches the positive mitzvah to write a Sefer Torah from this verse. (Sanhedrin 21b) Chazal teach that the song of Haazinu is great because it contains the present, past and future. It includes both this and the coming world. The Hebrew translation of the word "song" "shir" is connected to the word "sharsheret" which means chain. Thus, the word "shir" is linked to the concept: "full circle". Therefore, all the songs in the Torah are associated with the completion of an episode, when all the details are woven together to form a complete harmony. For this reason Moshe the head of all the prophets could only recite this song when his entire life was behind him. INWARD RECEPTIVENESS OF MOTHER EARTH According to Chizkuni, Moshe prays that his words of Torah will
leave beautiful fruits in the hearts of those who hear them; like
the dew and rain which satiates the dry land and causes it to bring
forth fruits of praise for the benefit of all. "Give ear, O
you heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my
mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall flow
as the dew..." (Devarim 32:1-2) The heavens are often used
as a metaphor for the masculine, while earth alludes to the feminine
-hence the term "mother earth." The rain is bestowed from
heaven upon the land, which extracts its life-giving force and transforms
it to bring forth luscious fruits. Like earth, the motherly womb
nurtures the small sprout to bring forth its divine fruit. Thus,
Susan Schneider writes in Prayer and Destiny: "Kabbalah, as
the science of the relationship between G-d and humankind, employs,
as its primary metaphor, the interplay of masculine and feminine
energies. It constantly uses this terminology to describe the deepest
mysteries of creation -the unfolding of worlds... Kabbalah bases
its use of the terms masculine and feminine on the physical differences
between males and females. The active bestower and outward extending
principle is called masculine, while the inward, receptive, and
form building principle is called feminine."
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