Dig a Passage Beneath the Throne of Glory

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Dig a Passage Beneath the Throne of Glory

Figuratively: make a special opening beneath the Throne of Glory in order to allow prayers to pass directly to God. ("Chatar chatirah" means to dig a trench or excavation.)

("And they said before Him, 'Master of the Universe, if someone has set up an idol in the Temple, do You accept him in repentance?!' He said to them: 'If I do not accept him in repentance, then I am locking the door before all penitents.' What did the Holy One, blessed be He, do? He dug a passage beneath the Throne of His Glory" - Ruth Rabbah (Lerner), Parashah 5; and also: "From the passage beneath the Throne of Glory, a pure mist twists and rises... the still small voice is heard" - Y. L. Peretz, Near His Deathbed, 8; and also: "When the Enlightenment... overflowed the measure, it began to dig a passage beneath the banner of the nation and its existence" - Berdyczewski, Writings, 2, 84)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חָתַר חֲתִירָה מִתַּחַת כִּיסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: עֲשֵׂה 'פֶּתַח' מְיֻוחָד מִתַּחַת לְכִיסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד כְּדֵי לְאַפְשֵׁר אֶת מַעֲבַר הַתְּפִלּוֹת יְשִׁירוֹת לָה' (חָתַר חֲתִירָה מַשְׁמָע חָפַר חֲפִירָה).

("וְאָמְרוּ לְפָנָיו, רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, מִי שֶׁהֶעֱמִיד צֶלֶם בַּהֵיכָל, אַתָּה מְקַבְּלוֹ בִּתְשׁוּבָה?! - אָמַר לָהֶם, אִם אֵינִי מְקַבְּלוֹ בִּתְשׁוּבָה, הֲרֵינִי נוֹעֵל דֶּלֶת לִפְנֵי כָּל בַּעֲלֵי תְּשׁוּבָה. מֶה עָשָׂה לוֹ הקב"ה? חָתַר לוֹ חֲתִירָה מִתַּחַת כִּסֵּא כְּבוֹדוֹ"- רוּת רַבָּה (לֶרְנֶר) פָּרָשָׁה ה, וְכֵן:"מִן הַחֲתִירָה שֶׁמִּתַּחַת לְכִסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד מִתְפַּתֵּל וְעוֹלֶה עֲרָפֶל זַךְ...נִשְׁמַע קוֹל דְּמָמָה דַּקָּה"- י.ל.פֶּרֶץ/ לִמְרַאֲשׁוֹתָיו שֶׁל גּוֹסֵס, ח, וְכֵן:"כְּשֶׁהַהַשְׂכָּלָה... גָּדְשָׁה אֶת הַסְּאָה עַד כִּי הֵחֵלָּה לַחְתֹּר חֲתִירָה תַּחַת דֶּגֶל הָאֻמָּה וְקִיּוּמָהּ-בֶּרְדִּיצֶ'בְסְקִי/ כְּתָבִים, ב, 84)

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