197) \u201cSanctify to Me every firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast.\u201d This commandment is to sanctify every firstborn of cattle. The ignorant needs two things: 1) to be redeemed from under the government of the evil inclination, which is its master. It is similar to what Jacob said to Esau, \u201cLet my lord pass on before his servant,\u201d meaning in this world. He is a master from the perspective of the many transgressions on the body. As is explained, the wicked is judged by the evil inclination, the righteous is judged by the good inclination, and the intermediate is judged by both. Intermediate is a brother to the evil inclination and a brother to the good inclination, as it is written, \u201cmy brother; let what you have be yours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
198) When merits are plentiful, the wind breaks the two shifts of the night\u2014which are a braying ass, yelling dogs\u2014and rises to the third shift of the dawn where there is man, meaning a woman speaking with her husband. And man returns to being master over all creations, as it is written, \u201cAnd I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and men-servants and maid-servants,\u201d and he rises to the degree of man, as it is written, \u201cAnd have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,\u201d and it is written about it, \u201cAnd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air.\u201d This is the second thing that the ignorant must achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
199) And when the merits are intermediate, it is written, \u201cAnd a man wrestled with him.\u201d This means that the merits and transgressions struggle and wage war. From the side of the merits, it is written, \u201cHe saw that he had not prevailed against him.\u201d From the side of transgressions, it is written, \u201cHe touched the socket of his thigh in the sinew of the hip.\u201d The word Nashe<\/em> [hip] means as it is written, \u201cGod has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household\u201d [in Hebrew Nashani<\/em> means made me forget]. It comes from the word Neshia<\/em> [oblivion], which is one section of these seven countries. And one who goes down there forgets the Torah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 197) \u201cSanctify to Me every firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":10153,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[28],"class_list":["post-11062","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-zohar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n