From the time that the continual burnt offering shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred ninety days. Fortunate is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days. (Daniel 12:11-12)
Earlier, I mentioned the following two interpretations of the numbers mentioned in this passage.
Firstly, the Zohar takes the numbers 1290 and 1335 as composed of 1200 plus 90 and 135, respectively, and the numbers 90 and 135 refer to the sephira of Da'at. This sephira reached 66 in 5309 but continues as the sephira of Chochma. Ergo, when the sephira of Cochma is X, the sephira of Da'at is 65+X. Hence, 90 was reached for Da'at when Chochma reached 25. This was in the year 5480, the year of birth of the GR"A. Da'at will reach 135 when Chochma reaches 70, in year 5801. In other words, in this view 1335 is reached in 5801.
Secondly, 1290 and 1335 can be identified as the length of a "time", as the word appears in the verse:
I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. (Daniel 12:7)
In this view, 1335 is reached in year 5786.
I wish to suggest a third interpretation, which in my view is deeper than both preceding ones. It derives from a question. The sephira of Chochma starts as the latter part - from 5309 onwards - of the sephira of Da'at - which started at 1200, in year 4529. Why then does the Zohar in several places suggest that it was the sephira of Chochma that started at 1200? For example, the count 56 is referred to as 256, and 72 is at times referred to as 272, which suggests that it is that many counts after 1000.
The answer is that this hides another relationship between the sephira of Chochma and the 1290/1335 days. If X is a count of Chochma, this is sometimes referred to as 200+X because of its correspondence to Daniel's day 5*(200+X). The Remez is in Bamidbar 3:46-47:
For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number of the Levites, you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them.
The number 273 hints at the completion of the redemption. It corresponds to day 1365, the number of shekels the 273 first born were redeemed with. Dividing the numbers by five, we see that 1290 and 1335 correspond to 258 and 267, and therefore to the counts 58 and 67 of Chochma. The first occurred in 5727, the miraculous Yovel year in which the redemption was heralded by a Pekidah in the Heavens. The second will occur 50 years later, in year 5777.
I suggest to interpret this as follows. In 5727, we merited liberating the Temple Mount, but we must wait until 5777 to make progress towards building Beit HaMikdash, until 5786 to dedicate Beit HaMikdash, and until 5801 to start counting towards the first Yovel year of the new era, fifty years later.
What is the nature of the redemption symbolized by (2)73? The Sin of the Golden Calf, which led to the need to redeem the firstborn, will be fully repaired. Subsequent to the Geula, HaShem's firstborn, Israel, will become Padui, free of Sin, and an offering to HaShem, as it says in the Zohar VaYera 119a (translated here):
בשבעין ותלת כל מלכי עלמא יתכנשון לגו קרתא רבתא דרומי וקודשא בריך הוא יתער עלייהו אשא וברדא ואבני אלגביש ויתאבדון מעלמא בר אינון מלכין דלא ימטון לתמן ויהדרון לאגחא קרבין אחרנין, ומההוא זמנא מלכא משיחא יתער בכל עלמא ויתכנשון עמיה כמה עמין וכמה חיילין מכל סייפי עלמא וכל בני ישראל יתכנשון בכל אינון אתרי עד דאשתלימו אינון שנין למאה כדין וא"ו יתחבר בה"א וכדין (ישעיה ס"ו) והביאו את כל אחיכם מכל הגוים מנחה ליי'
There is a technical uncertainty regarding the year in which 73 will occur, as it depends on the determination of leap years by Sanhedrin. The earliest possibility is 5820. There may be providence in the uncertainty. As this is the final Keitz, the principle B'Ita Achishena - in its time I will hasten it - (Yeshaya 60:22) must apply. May Am Yisrael be blessed to not have to wait until 5820 for the tikkun of 73.
The footsteps of Moshiach continue after 73. Moshiach is parallel to Adam HaRishon. Every step is one Amah. Adam HaRishon was 100 Amot, and he reached from Earth to Heaven. The knowledge of HaShem will grow until Chochma reaches 100, which is until the year 6000.
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