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112) \u201cMy beloved is to me as a cluster of henna.\u201d A cluster is upper Ima<\/em>, Bina<\/em>. As a cluster is decorated for Israel\u2014who eat it\u2014with several leaves and twigs, upper the Shechina, Bina<\/em>, decorates herself, meaning raises MAN<\/em> to Hochma<\/em> with several ornaments of eight vessels\u2014the four letters HaVaYaH<\/em> and the four letters ADNI<\/em>\u2014which are ZON<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel sacrifice from several offerings, from several types of decorations that she atoned for her sons, and she stands in them before the king, Hochma<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant,\u201d meaning He makes a coupling with her. And Bina<\/em> gives us of her requests\u2014which she borrows from Hochma<\/em> for us by those blessings that our sages established in prayer\u2014to ask before the king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

113) During the coupling of HB<\/em>, all the judgments of the lower the Shechina, Malchut<\/em>, Hey<\/em>–Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em>–Yod<\/em> ADNI<\/em>, turn to mercy, Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em> Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em>, to keep the verse, \u201cThough your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow,\u201d meaning Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em> Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em>. It is written, \u201cThough they be red like crimson,\u201d which is Hey<\/em>–Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em>–Yod<\/em>, \u201cThey shall be as wool,\u201d which is Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em> Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em>. All of Malchut\u2019s<\/em> judgments are whitened by the upper Shechina, from Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

114) It is written, \u201cThe flaming sword that turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life.\u201d The Shechina, which is Hey<\/em>–Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em>–Yod<\/em>, is called \u201cThe flaming sword that turned every way\u201d because at times she turns to mercy and at times to judgment; at times she is men and at times she is women; at times she is judgment, Hey<\/em>–Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em>–Yod<\/em>, and at times mercy, Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em> Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em>, since she is from the side of the tree of life. This means that if the Shechina conjoins with the tree of life, ZA<\/em>, which rose to Bina<\/em>, all the judgments in her turn into mercy. And with respect to the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which is the Shechina that is not conjoined with the tree of life, all the mercy in her turn into judgment, to judge those who breach the words of Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Malchut<\/em> is in Katnut<\/em> [smallness], in judgment, her coupling with ZA<\/em> is regarded as Hey<\/em>–Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em>–Yod<\/em> ADNI<\/em>, since Hey<\/em>–Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em>–Yod<\/em> is reversed HaVaYaH<\/em>, which shines from below upwards\u2014Yod<\/em> is in the beginning, below, above it is the first Hey<\/em>, above it is the Vav<\/em>, and at the top stands the bottom Hey<\/em>. This indicates that ZA<\/em> is VAK<\/em> without a Rosh<\/em> and imparts judgments for the name ADNI<\/em>, Malchut<\/em>. Also, the light of VAK<\/em> of ZA<\/em>, which imparts from below upwards, is called \u201cfemale light,\u201d meaning women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she makes a coupling with ZA<\/em> of Gadlut<\/em> that rose to Bina<\/em>, the coupling is considered Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em> Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em> ADNI<\/em>, since direct HaVaYaH<\/em> indicates bestowing directly from above downwards, at which time ZA<\/em> is called \u201cthe tree of life.\u201d This means that it receives GAR<\/em> and life from Bina<\/em>, and this light of ZA<\/em> is also called \u201cmale light,\u201d \u201cmen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why Malchut<\/em> is called, \u201cThe flaming sword that turned every way,\u201d since with the sin of the lower ones, ZON<\/em> descend from Bina<\/em> downwards and then there is the coupling Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em> Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em> ADNI<\/em>. And when they repent, ZON<\/em> rise to Bina<\/em> once more and all the judgments in her turn into mercy, and the coupling is HaVaYaH ADNI<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

115) This tree of life stands in the next world, Bina<\/em>, in which all the names of the judgment are inverted into mercy. This is why the next world, Bina<\/em>, is not like this world, meaning Malchut<\/em>. This world says about good news, \u201cBlessed is the Good who does good,\u201d and says about bad news, \u201cBlessed is the judge of truth.\u201d The next world is entirely the Good who does good; there is no judgment there. For this reason, Bina<\/em> is \u201cThe flaming sword that turned every way,\u201d from judgment to mercy, to give the righteous their reward in the next world. Malchut<\/em> is \u201cThe flaming sword that turned every way,\u201d from mercy to judgment, to judge with it the wicked in this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

116) The tree of knowledge of good and evil is like the rod that turns into a snake, into real evil, and not from mercy to judgment. At times, women turn into female demons and men into male demons. This is why it is written, \u201cAnd Jacob told Rachel,\u201d and this is why a man should not be with his wife before he speaks with her, lest his wife has turned into a demon, since the flame turns from good to actual evil in the tree of knowledge of good and evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is written, \u201cAnd the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts,\u201d meaning that Pharaoh\u2019s magicians turned their rods into snakes with their flames. How did they do this? They could turn because of these turns in the tree of knowledge of good and evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Male demons and female demons are the creatures that were created on the eve of the Sabbath, in the twilight, and were not completed. Hence, the unmitigated measure of judgment in them is revealed, and they are devoid of the correction of the concealment, as in the degrees of holiness. This is why they are damaging in the world because wherever they cling, they corrupt the correction of the concealment. And the point of unmitigated Malchut<\/em> of the quality of judgment appears there, hence the lights must depart, since the force of restriction lies on her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As long as the Mochin<\/em> of Katnut<\/em> govern a person, he is always in a state of overturning. And there are two kinds of overturning: from mercy to judgment or from judgment to mercy, from good to bad or from bad to good. In the beginning, they turn on a person from the mercy of Bina<\/em> into the judgment of the left, the freezing of all the lights, to judge the wicked, who are drawn to these Mochin<\/em>. Then the upper coupling is in Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em> Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em> ADNI<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if they prolong their sin and do not repent, they turn further from good to bad, meaning the Malchut<\/em> of the quality of judgment appears in them, which was hidden in them and is bad. Then the lights depart them because if he is not rewarded, he is bad. This is considered that these men and women, in whom there was the correction of the concealment, has now been turned into male demons and female demons, meaning they lack the correction of the concealment, since the Malchut<\/em> of the unmitigated quality of judgment appears in them, as in the male demons and female demons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is said, \u201cAt times, women turn into female demons and men into male demons.\u201d This is why it is written, \u201cAnd Jacob told Rachel,\u201d since telling is extension of Mochin<\/em> of Gadlut<\/em>, meaning that Jacob, ZA<\/em>, extended Mochin<\/em> of Gadlut<\/em> to Rachel, Malchut<\/em>, so she would not turn into a demon. As long as she was in Mochin<\/em> of Katnut<\/em> there was fear that she would turn into a demon, that the correction of concealment would be spoiled in her. This is why a man must not be with his wife before he speaks with her, lest she has been turned into a demon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This implies ZA<\/em>, which does not bestow to the Malchut<\/em> in a coupling before it draws Mochin<\/em> of Gadlut<\/em> to her, which are called \u201ctelling,\u201d as it is written, \u201cThe heavens tell.\u201d It is also called \u201cspeaking,\u201d since as long as Malchut<\/em> is in Mochin<\/em> of Katnut<\/em> she might be turned into a demon, that the correction of the concealing might spoil in her as in a demon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, how could the magicians turn their rods into snakes? After all, because the correction of the concealment is corrupted in them and the quality of judgment is revealed. Hence, they are not worthy even of receiving the life of a snake? They could turn in these turns of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. That is, in regard to the turning from good to bad and from bad to good, the magicians could temporarily turn their rods into snakes, meaning extend lights of the shell of the snake. This is so because they could temporarily conceal their quality of judgment and make themselves similar to men and women, but not for long. In the end, it is destined to reappear, and then the spirit of life that they drew from the serpent of shell leaves and their snake returns below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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