{"id":11189,"date":"2025-12-09T18:54:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11189"},"modified":"2026-01-25T19:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:52:59","slug":"the-discernments-of-woman-and-sons-in-the-torah","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-discernments-of-woman-and-sons-in-the-torah\/","title":{"rendered":"43. The Discernments of \u201cWoman\u201d and \u201cSons\u201d in the Torah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cA woman is only for beauty; a woman is only for sons; a woman is only for a woman\u2019s adornments,\u201d and RASHI interprets that adornments should be bought for her to make her beautiful (<em>Ketubot<\/em>&nbsp;59b).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good days imply the ascent of the worlds, when each one ascends in degree and rises a little higher than the state he is in. This is the time when each one examines the reason for which he is taking upon himself the kingdom of heaven, who is called \u201ca woman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He brings three elements here, meaning we should discern three reasons that cause one to take upon himself the burden of the kingdom of heaven:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Beauty: Baal HaSulam said that beauty means&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;[wisdom], meaning that by taking upon himself the kingdom of heaven he will later be rewarded with the light of Torah. It follows that the light of Torah, called \u201cwisdom\u201d or \u201cbeauty,\u201d is what causes him to take upon himself the burden of the kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) Sons: In other words, he takes upon himself the burden of the kingdom of heaven in order to be rewarded with multiplication in the Torah. This is also called \u201cattributing,\u201d meaning that when he learns Torah, he wants to attribute the Torah to the Creator. This is called \u201cattributing,\u201d which means that through the burden of the kingdom of heaven he will have the strength to attribute the Torah to the Creator. In other words, during the study of Torah, he will have the strength, for the Torah is the names of the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, we should interpret \u201cA woman is only for sons,\u201d since through the kingdom of heaven he will have the power to&nbsp;<em>Lehavin<\/em>&nbsp;[understand]\u2014called&nbsp;<em>Banim<\/em>&nbsp;[sons]\u2014that the Torah is the names of the Creator. But in the absence of the kingdom of heaven, it is impossible to aim while learning Torah, that the Torah is the names of the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3) For a woman\u2019s adornments. This is as RASHI interpreted, that jewels should be bought for her to make her beautiful. 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