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In the verse, “I shall not die but
live” etc. In order for one to reach the truth, there
must be a sensation that if one does not obtain the
truth, one feels oneself as dead, because he wants to
live. This is the meaning of “I shall not die but live”
etc. said about one who wants to obtain the truth.
This is the meaning of, “Jonah, the
son of Amithai.” Jonah comes from the (Hebrew)
word Hona’a (lit. Fraud), and son, from
the (Hebrew) word Mevin (lit. Understands). One
understands because one always examines the situation
one is in and sees that he has deceived himself, that he
is not walking on the path of truth.
This is so because truth means to
bestow, meaning Lishma. The opposite of it is
fraud and deceit, meaning only to receive, which is
Lo Lishma. By that one is later imparted the
“Amithai”, meaning the Emet (lit. Truth).
This is the meaning of “thine eyes
are as doves.” The Eynaim (lit. Eyes) of
Kedusha (lit. Sanctity), called Eynaim of the
Holy Divinity, are Yonim (lit. Doves). They
deceive us and we think that she has no Eynaim,
as it is written in the Holy Zohar, “A fair maiden with
no eyes.”
The truth is that one who is awarded
the truth, sees that she does have eyes. This is the
meaning of, “A bride with fair eyes, her whole body
needs no scrutiny.”
Author: Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag
Translation: C. Ratz
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