74) \u201cAnd the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts.\u201d Yet, everything is revealed before the Creator, so why did He need to have the blood over the lintel and the two doorposts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
75) It is written, \u201cAnd the Lord saw and spurned them, because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.\u201d It is also written, \u201cAnd the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth.\u201d Providence is not seen above, except when an act of it is seen below. And before an act is done below, Providence does not punish, except for a thought of idol worshipping, which is punished without an act. And once an act is done, the higher Providence awakens. This is why everything depends on the act, for better or for worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
76) All the streets of Egypt were filled with idols, and in each house were all sorts of sorcerers, who connect the lower crowns below with their charms and evoke the spirit of impurity among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
77) It is written, \u201cAnd you shall take a bundle of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin.\u201d The bundle of hyssop is to purify the spirit of impurity from among them and to show the complete faith on their homes, in these three places\u2014one from here and one from here\u2014on the two Mezuzahs<\/em>, which imply the two lines, right and left. And the one between them, on the lintel, implies the middle line. Because of it, it is written, \u201cThe Creator passed over the door and did not let the destroyer come into your homes to smite,\u201d since He sees the holy name written on the door, which is the three lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 78) If they imply the three lines, why was it done in blood, in the red color, since the color of the three lines is white and red, and green that is the inclusive between them? There were two bloods: one of Passover, and the other of the circumcision when they circumcised themselves. The blood of circumcision is mercy, even though it is red, and the Passover blood is judgment; hence, colors are irrelevant here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 79) The Creator brought that blood back to mercy, as though it was the white among the colors, as it is written, \u201cWhen I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said unto you: \u2018In your blood, live.\u2019\u201d And although it was red, it was brought back to mercy, for it is written, \u201cIn thy blood, live.\u201d Hence, it is not dependent upon colors. And this is why he wrote on the door on three sides, implying the three lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 80) Two bloods were seen: the Passover blood and the circumcision blood, corresponding to two Keters<\/em>, Sefirot<\/em>, which were seen above at that time, which are the two lines, Hesed<\/em> and Gevura<\/em>. They are opposite one Keter<\/em>, included in the two hidden sides, in mercy and judgment. This is so because the middle line itself, Tifferet<\/em>, consists of two lines, corresponding the two bloods: the circumcision blood\u2014the mercy in Tifferet<\/em>\u2014and the Passover blood\u2014the judgment in Tifferet<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 81) There are several places where the Creator has pity over His children: A man made a house, and the Creator told him, \u201cWrite My name and put it on your doorstep. And you will sit within the house while I sit outside, at your door and watch over you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n But here, in Passover, He said, \u201cWrite My faith on the door,\u201d the three lines on the two Mezuzahs<\/em> and the lintel, \u201cand you will sit inside your home while I watch over you from the outside,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.\u201d It is also written, \u201cAnd when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.\u201d Thus, the Creator was watching over them from the outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 82) Such as the holy name, Hey<\/em> [\u05d4], they did at that time, meaning three lines\u2014two on the Mezuzahs<\/em> and one on the lintel from above. This is similar to the shape of the letter Hey<\/em>, which is Malchut<\/em>. Hence, as the holy name returned to being judgment over the Egyptians at that time, the blood returned to being judgment at that time, as it is written, \u201cAnd when He sees the blood upon the lintel and on the two Mezuzahs<\/em>.\u201d They were all marked in red, implying judgment, to show that although it is mercy for Israel, it was judgment once again, to avenge the Egyptians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 83) As she is above, so it should be seen below at that time. If it is mercy, then mercy, if judgment, then judgment. And since there was judgment above over the Egyptians, it is written, \u201cDip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts.\u201d Blood implies judgment. And it is written about the future, \u201cWho is this who comes from Edom, with crimsoned garments from Bozrah?\u201d meaning He will show everyone judgment, perform vengeance, and then His clothes will be as red as blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 84) \u201cAnd none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning.\u201d What is the reason that they were not allowed outside their doorsteps? It is that a person should not be on the street when judgment is applied to the city because when the destroyer is given permission, those who hurt him are harmed. Hence, here, when the judgment was over Egypt, they did not need to be outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 85) In that same one where you find judgment for Egypt, you find mercy for Israel, as it is written, \u201cAnd when I see the blood, I will pass over you.\u201d We also learned, regarding all those holy Keters<\/em> above, that as there is judgment in them, there is mercy in them. It is all at the same time. It is written, \u201cAnd the Lord will smite Egypt, smiting and healing,\u201d meaning afflict Egypt and heal Israel. What is, \u201cAnd healing\u201d? They needed healing from their circumcision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 86) When the Egyptians were being afflicted, Israel were being healed. It is written, \u201cThe Lord will pass over the door.\u201d Should it not have said, \u201cWill pass over you\u201d? \u201cOver the door\u201d is the door of the body, which is the circumcision that He healed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 87) When midnight passes, the upper Hesed<\/em> (de<\/em> ZA<\/em>) awakens in the holy Keter<\/em>, Malchut<\/em>, for one does not rise without the other, even though the night is only Malchut<\/em>. Still, it never happens that Malchut<\/em> is without ZA<\/em>, her husband. For this reason, one smites and the other heals\u2014Malchut<\/em> smites and ZA<\/em> heals, and all at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 88) \u201cThe Lord will pass over the door,\u201d the door to the body, which is called \u201cdoor\u201d because it is the opening to extension of Ruach<\/em>, from which they were born. Until Abraham was circumcised, he was blocked from all sides; he could not beget in holiness. When he was circumcised, everything was opened in him and he was not blocked, like before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 89) \u201cHe was sitting at the tent door,\u201d since the Yod<\/em> has been revealed. In this disclosure of the Yod<\/em>, he placed Hesed<\/em> in Tzedek<\/em> [justice]. The Yod<\/em> in the name Shadday<\/em> appeared through the circumcision, indicating that the Hesed<\/em> is extended into Malchut<\/em>, called Tzedek<\/em>. This is the door of the high, holy Tabernacle, Malchut<\/em>. It follows that when it is written, \u201cthe tent,\u201d it is Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before he was circumcised, Malchut<\/em> was receiving only from the left side, in the form of Hochma<\/em> without Hassadim<\/em>, at which time she is blocked from all sides because Hochma<\/em> cannot shine without Hassadim<\/em>. And when he was circumcised, the Hassadim<\/em> appeared in her, the Hochma<\/em> in her clothed in Hassadim<\/em>, and illuminated in both Hochma<\/em> and Hassadim<\/em>. It is therefore discerned that a door was opened in Malchut<\/em> through the circumcision, so she could shine, and this is the meaning of, \u201cHe was sitting at the tent door.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 90) When this Yod<\/em> appeared, Abraham was told and blessed at the tent door, which is Tzedek<\/em>, Malchut<\/em> that was sweetened in Hesed<\/em>. This means that Hochma<\/em> in Malchut<\/em> had been dressed with Hassadim<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.\u201d The day is when Hesed<\/em>, Abraham’s share, governs, since Abraham is a chariot for Hesed<\/em> of ZA<\/em>. The tent door, Malchut<\/em>, was sweetened by the Hesed<\/em> of Abraham after the Yod<\/em> was revealed in him through the circumcision, as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord blessed Abraham with everything,\u201d with Malchut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 91) \u201cAnd he was sitting at the tent door,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord had blessed Abraham in everything.\u201d The tent door is Malchut<\/em>, called, \u201ceverything,\u201d the tenth Keter<\/em>. Keter<\/em> means a Sefira<\/em>, and, \u201cIn the heat of the day\u201d means that just as he was given the Sefira<\/em> Hesed<\/em>, called, \u201cday,\u201d he was rewarded with the tent door. This is because Hesed<\/em> opens the Malchut<\/em>, called, \u201ctent,\u201d so it may shine. And as he sits in Hesed<\/em>, called, \u201cday,\u201d he sits in Malchut<\/em>, called, \u201cthe tent foot.\u201d This is because Malchut<\/em> cannot shine in the Hochma<\/em> in her without Hesed<\/em>, and Hesed<\/em> without the illumination of Hochma<\/em> in Malchut<\/em> is VAK<\/em> without a Rosh<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 92) \u201cFor the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians.\u201d Pass through means that He was passing over the sentence of the Keters<\/em> that were connected to other Keters<\/em> above, and released them from their existence. The lower Keters<\/em>, to which the Egyptians were attached, were connected to the higher Keters<\/em>, of Kedusha<\/em> [holiness], from which they received their vitality. And the Creator released those ties and the existence of the lower Keters<\/em> was revoked. This is when the firstborn of Egypt were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It turns out that the Creator breached His own ways when He corrupted the cascading of the Keters<\/em> in order to pass the judgment on Egypt and keep Israel. This is how it is: wherever it is written, \u201cpass,\u201d \u201chave passed, or \u201cwill pass,\u201d it indicates that the Creator had breached His own ways in the order of the cascading of the Sefirot<\/em> either to carry out judgment or for mercy. 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