675. The Quality of Joseph

“Jacob sat.” RASHI interpreted, “Jacob sought to sit in peace; Joseph’s anger jumped on him. Righteous seek to sit in peace. The Creator says, ‘Is it not enough for the righteous what awaits them in the next world, but they also seek to sit in peace in this world?’”

We should ask, since our sages said many times, “Happy are you in this world and happy are you in the next world,” so why does the Creator say, “Is it not enough for the righteous what awaits them in the next world?” etc.

We should say that “this world” is called Malchut, which is a vessel of reception. The “next world” is called Bina, which is a vessel of bestowal. Thus, it is not enough that they engage in vessels of bestowal in order to bestow, they also want to be rewarded with reception in order to bestow. This is called “Joseph’s anger jumped on him,” who is the middle line, the Sefirot NHY, called NHY of the Kelim and GAR of the lights. He was angry because he has still not been rewarded with the revealed NHY, called Yesod, which is the quality of Joseph.