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89) \u201cKnow this day and take it to your heart that the Lord, He is God.\u201d It should have said, \u201cKnow this day that the Lord, He is God,\u201d and in the end, \u201cAnd take it to your heart,\u201d since knowing that the Lord is God qualifies him to respond so to the heart. And if he has already responded to his heart, as it is written, that he has knowledge. But should it not have said, \u201ctake it to your heart\u201d [with one Bet<\/em>] instead of \u201cheart\u201d [with a double Bet<\/em>]?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

90) Heart with a double Bet<\/em> means that the good inclination and the evil inclination, which reside in the heart, have mingled in one another and they are one. It is written, \u201cAnd you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart\u201d means with both your inclinations\u2014the good inclination and the evil inclination, so the bad qualities of the evil inclination will become good, meaning he will serve the Lord with them and not sin through them. Then there will certainly be no difference between the good inclination and the evil inclination and they will be one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It follows that the Lord [HaVaYaH<\/em>] is God, that the quality of judgment, called \u201cGod,\u201d is included in HaVaYaH<\/em>, which is the quality of mercy, since they have been included in one another, as the evil inclination and the good inclination were included in the heart, and it is one. Thus, we can know that the Lord is God only by taking it to the heart. This is why the text places \u201cTake it to your heart\u201d first, to thus know the matter of the Lord being God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

91) The wicked ones make a flaw above through their evil actions. The flaw is that the left is not included in the right above, but rules by itself in judgment. This is so because the evil inclination below is not included in the good inclination, to work with it to extend the good because of people\u2019s sins, that they sin through the evil inclination and thus extend the domination of the judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And they do not make a flaw above, but actually to themselves, as it is written, \u201cIs corruption His? No; His children’s is the blemish.\u201d First it is written, \u201cIs corruption his?\u201d meaning they make a flaw above. And then it is written, \u201cNo; His children’s is the blemish,\u201d which means that they do not blemish above. They seemingly make a flaw, yet they do not make a flaw. They make because they cause the blessings from above to not be drawn upon them, as it is written, \u201cAnd He shut up the heaven, so that there shall be no rain.\u201d Thus, they blemish the channels of abundance above. And they do not make, since the heavens, the channels above, receive as much blessings and abundance as they need for themselves, but they do not receive abundance to extend below. Certainly, this is not a flaw and blemish above. Rather, it is the flaw of those wicked ones, and the flaw is upon them and not above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

92) It is written, \u201cIs corruption His? No.\u201d \u201cHis\u201d with a Vav<\/em> means that the right is not included in the left above so that no blessings would be extended downwards. \u201cNo\u201d is written with an Aleph<\/em>, meaning they do not receive blessings to extend to the lower ones. Hence, they are in a flaw because the wicked separate the evil inclination from the good inclination and adhere to the evil inclination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

93) Yehuda came from the left side because Yehuda is Malchut<\/em>, which comes from the left side. He clung to the right in order to defeat nations and to break their power. Had he not clung to the right, he would not have broken their power. But why did he cling to the right if the left awakens judgments in the world? Why was the left not enough for him to break the power of the peoples?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

94) When the Creator judges Israel, He judges them only from the left side, to repel them with the left and bring them closer with the right. But for the rest of the nations, He repels them with the right and brings them closer with the left. When one of them approaches sanctity and converts, he is called \u201cproselyte by righteousness [Tzedek<\/em>],\u201d since Tzedek<\/em> is the name of Malchut<\/em> from the left side in her. Thus, He brings them closer with the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He repels them from the right, as it is written, \u201cYour right hand, O Lord, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.\u201d He brings them closer with the left, as was said, that those among them who approach are called \u201cproselyte by righteousness [Tzedek<\/em>],\u201d which is left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel are extended from the middle line. When they sin, they make the left prevail over the right and then the left punishes them. And when they repent, the Creator brings them closer with the right, which is Hesed<\/em>, and they return to the middle line. But the root and vitality of the nations is in the left line. They are afflicted when the right prevails over their left. And when they draw near, they heal their root, which is the left line. Hence, those among them who approach are called \u201cproselyte by righteousness,\u201d which is the name of the Shechina when she is corrected from the left side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

95) This is why Yehuda, who is from the left side, clung to the right in order to subdue the nations, and his journeys are to the right of the banners. And the tribes that are with him all connect to the right. Issachar exerted in the Torah, which is right, as it is written, \u201cAt His right hand was a fiery law unto them.\u201d Zebulun, too, is the supporter of the Torah, which is right, as it is written, \u201cThe right thigh,\u201d since the right thigh supports the right side of the body. This is why Yehuda was connected from left and from right: north, which is left, with water, which is right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

96) Reuben sinned before his father. He was on the right, Hesed<\/em>, and because of the sin, he connected to the left and clung to it. This is why those who are with him in his banner are left. Shimon is left from the side of the animal that has the face of an ox, Gevura<\/em>. Gad is the left thigh, Hod<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cGad, a troop shall troop upon him; but he shall troop upon their heel.\u201d \u201cTroop\u201d is the action of the left, and \u201cheel\u201d means thigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

97) \u201cAnd take it to your heart\u201d means including the left and right together. Then you will know that \u201c…the Lord, He is God.\u201d Now what is written is clear\u2014\u201cThese are that Aaron and Moses,\u201d and what is written later, \u201cThese are that Moses and Aaron\u201d\u2014that the wind, Tifferet<\/em>, has conjoined with water, Hesed<\/em>, and the water, Hesed<\/em>, has conjoined with wind, Tifferet<\/em>, to become one. This is why it writes, \u201cHe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

98) \u201cAnd you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might,\u201d as was said, in uniting right and left, the holy unification is implied, as well. And this is a warning for a person to unite the Holy Name properly, with sublime love. \u201cWith all your heart,\u201d with both your inclinations, right and left, called the \u201cgood inclination\u201d and the \u201cevil inclination.\u201d \u201cAnd with all your soul\u201d is the soul of David, who was placed between them. \u201cAnd with all your might,\u201d including the right and the left above, in a place where there is no measurement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a person serves the Creator with both inclinations, and works and brings contentment to his Maker with the bad qualities in the evil inclination, too, the right and left above\u2014Hesed<\/em> and Gevura<\/em>\u2014unite. It is written about that, \u201cThe Lord, He is God.\u201d And then he completes the Malchut<\/em>, called \u201cthe soul of David,\u201d for she is placed between them. It is written, \u201cWith all your soul.\u201d It also elevates the Hesed<\/em> and Gevura<\/em> above to the GAR<\/em>, which is why it is written, \u201cAnd with all your might,\u201d since might means immeasurable, meaning GAR<\/em>, in which there is no attainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

99) \u201cAnd with all your might\u201d is Jacob, ZA<\/em>, which grips all sides, right and left, since he is the middle line. If you love the Creator with both your inclinations, you will complement the soul of David and complement ZA<\/em>, called \u201cJacob,\u201d and all is the proper, complete unification. This is why it is written, \u201cThese are that Aaron and Moses,\u201d and it is written, \u201cThese are that Moses and Aaron,\u201d since all is one. They united in one another without any difference between them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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