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Likutei Moharan Torah 278

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דַּע, שֶׁעַל חֲלִיף טוֹב יְכוֹלִין לִרְאוֹת כָּל הַכֵּלִים שֶׁל הַבֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ אֵיזֶה פָּנִים יֵשׁ לָהֶם. וְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב, כְּשֶׁאָמַר יִצְחָק לְעֵשָׂו שֶׁיִּבְדֹּק הַסַּכִּין וְיִשְׁחַט יָפֶה: שָׂא נָא כֵלֶיךָ, (בראשית כ״ז:ג׳) – רָמַז עַל כֵּלִים שֶׁל בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, שֶׁהֵם נִרְאִים עַל הַסַּכִּין הַיָּפָה כַּנַּ"ל.

Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012

Know! on a flawless slaughter knife it is possible to see how all the utensils of the Holy Temple look. This is what is written: When Yitzchak instructed Esav to inspect his knife and slaughter well, [he said,] “Take your utensils, [your sword…]” (Genesis 27:3). This hints to the utensils of the Holy Temple, which are visible on a proper knife, as explained above.

וְכֵן אִיתָא בַּמִּדְרָשׁ (בראשית פרשה סה), שֶׁכֵּלֶיךָ רֶמֶז עַל כֵּלִים שֶׁל בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ שָׁם: כֵּלֶיךָ – זֶה בָּבֶל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְאֶת הַכֵּלִים הֵבִיא בֵּית אוֹצַר אֱלֹהָיו; נִמְצָא, שֶׁכֵּלֶיךָ מְרַמֵּז עַל כֵּלִים שֶׁל בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ:

Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012

And the Midrash likewise brings that “your utensils” alludes to the utensils of the Holy Temple, as [the Sages] said there: “your utensils”—this is Babylon, as is said (Daniel 1:2), “and the utensils he brought to the treasury of his god” (Bereishit Rabbah 65:13). Thus it is that “your utensils” alludes to the utensils of the Holy Temple.

בְּקַנְּאוֹ אֶת קִנְאָתִי (במדבר כ״ה:י״א) – בְּחִינַת הַצַּדִּיק שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְקַנֵּא שׁוּם צַדִּיק, לֹא בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וְלֹא בָּעוֹלָם הַבָּא, רַק אוֹתוֹ לְבַדּוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ:

Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012

“By his being jealous for My jealousy” (Numbers 25:11)—[this is] the aspect of the tzaddik who is jealous of no other tzaddik, neither in this world nor the next, but only of God Himself.

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