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259) \u201cI went down into the garden of nut trees.\u201d This garden comes out of Eden, and it is the Shechina. A nut is the high, holy Merkava<\/em> [structure], the four heads of the rivers that part from the garden, meaning the four faces\u2014faces of a lion, ox, eagle, and man. This nut has four holy heads inside, in its fruit. It also has four shells that cover the fruit, implying to the four shells\u2014stormy wind, great cloud, blazing fire, and brightness\u2014like the upper Merkava<\/em>. And the reason why he said, \u201cI went down,\u201d meaning \u201cI went down into the garden of nut trees\u201d is as we learn, that it is as though a person goes down to the Merkava<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

260) Thus, he should have said, \u201cI went down to the nut,\u201d which is the Merkava<\/em>. Why is it written, \u201cI went down into the garden of nut trees\u201d? It is because the garden, Malchut<\/em>, is all the praise in the nut, which grows and emerges from this garden. This is why the garden is mentioned primarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And why is the Merkava<\/em> implied in the nut? As a nut is blocked and hidden from all sides inside its shell, the Merkava<\/em> that emerges from the garden, from Malchut<\/em>, is blocked from all its sides. As those four heads in the nut connect at their center and separate outwards, the four faces of the Merkava<\/em> conjoin in unity, joy, and wholeness, and part each to the discernment on which it was appointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At their center, the four faces are united with each other. The illumination of the three lines, the unity from the right line, the joy in the left line, and the wholeness in the middle line are in each, without any differences. In that respect, they are united. However, with respect to their role in bestowing upon the lower ones, they are separated, and each enhances its own essence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The face of a lion\u2014right\u2014imparts Hassadim<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The face of an ox\u2014left\u2014imparts Hochma<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The face of an eagle\u2014middle\u2014imparts merged abundance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The face of a man has a role of disclosing the Hassadim<\/em> in illumination of Hochma<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that respect, each is separated from the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

261) What does this dirt in the shell of the nut mean, that is, in the four shells that surround it? Even though the Torah did not reveal it, for it speaks only of the good in the nut, it reveals it in the almonds. This is because the Torah speaks of the four shells in almonds, which imply particularly the judgment, and not the good side in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

262) In almonds, some are bitter because of their shells, and some are sweet. This implies that there are those of harsh judgment, implied by the bitter almonds. And some are of service, who serve holiness. Those are implied by the sweet almonds. However, we see that each intimation of them\u2014disclosed in the Torah\u2014is judgment, and she does not speak of the good in them, which are the sweet ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it is with Jeremiah, who was shone the judgment in them, as it is written, \u201cI see a rod of an almond-tree.\u201d What is an almond? A real almond. The Creator told him, \u201cFor I watch over [Shoked<\/em>, same letters as Shaked<\/em> (almond)] My word to perform it\u201d, meaning \u201cto root out, to pull down, and to destroy.\u201d In Aaron\u2019s rod, too, it said, \u201cAnd bore ripe almonds,\u201d which became a symbol for those who are rebellious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, the Torah speaks only from the aspect of judgment in them. And from the word itself, \u201calmonds [Shkedim<\/em>],\u201d it implies that it is harsh judgment, as it is written, \u201cAnd so the Lord has watched over [Yshkod<\/em>] the evil,\u201d and also, \u201cFor I watch over My word to perform it.\u201d Thus, the word Shaked<\/em> [almond] implies harsh judgment. This means that all that the Creator does is to learn great wisdom from Him, as it is written, \u201cThe Lord has done all things for His own purpose.\u201d It is also written, \u201cAnd God saw all that He has done, and it was very good.\u201d What is \u201cvery\u201d? It is that it is good to learn the high wisdom from Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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