{"id":11357,"date":"2025-12-10T17:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&p=11357"},"modified":"2025-12-10T17:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:01:17","slug":"and-the-angel-of-god-went","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/and-the-angel-of-god-went\/","title":{"rendered":"And the Angel of God Went"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

134) Before the pure air was found and did not shine, the punctured stones were blocked. Three Ruchot<\/em> [winds, plural of Ruach<\/em>] that are included in three were sunken, and water was blocked under the holes. By seventy-two letters do these stones return to their place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The order of the emergence of the lights is in the three dots\u2014Holam<\/em>, Shuruk<\/em>, and Hirik<\/em>. First, Malchut<\/em> rises to Bina<\/em>, below her Hochma<\/em>. Then Bina<\/em> and TM<\/em> fall below her degree to ZA<\/em>, and she remains with only two Sefirot<\/em>, Keter<\/em> and Hochma<\/em>, and two lights, Ruach<\/em> and Nefesh<\/em>. This is considered that the Bina<\/em> was punctured and only the female light remained in her, shining from below upwards. Hence, her Sefirot<\/em> are called \u201cpunctured stones,\u201d and this is the dot of Holam<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afterwards, through the illumination of AB<\/em> SAG<\/em> of AK<\/em>, Malchut<\/em> returns and descends from Bina<\/em> to her place, and Bina<\/em> and TM<\/em> return and rise from ZA<\/em> to Bina<\/em>. This completes the Bina<\/em> with five Sefirot KHB<\/em> TM<\/em> once again, and with five lights NRNHY<\/em>. Then the holes are closed because the femaleness in her has been cancelled. But the lights are blocked for lack of Hassadim<\/em>, since Hochma<\/em> cannot shine without clothing of Hassadim<\/em>, and this is the dot of Shuruk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the complete Hassadim<\/em>\u2014called \u201cempty air\u201d\u2014are revealed to clothe the Hochma<\/em> in the left line of Bina<\/em>, the punctured stones are blocked. This means that the holes were closed due to the return of Bina<\/em> and TM<\/em> to their degree, and she could already shine from above downwards as male light, but the lights were blocked in her, too, because Hochma<\/em> does not shine without Hassadim<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is known that when the Bina<\/em> raises her Bina<\/em> and TM<\/em> to her, from inside ZA<\/em>, HGT<\/em> of ZA<\/em> rise to her along with them, clothing these Bina<\/em> and TM<\/em>. Then, when ZA<\/em> is in Bina<\/em>, ZA<\/em> is regarded as three Ruchot<\/em> [plural of Ruach<\/em>] included in three Ruchot<\/em>, HGT<\/em> of ZA<\/em>, whose Sefirot<\/em> are Ruach<\/em>, included in three\u2014Bina<\/em> and TM<\/em> of Bina<\/em>\u2014which are clothed on them. Their illumination was not apparent because if the illumination of Hassadim<\/em> in ZA<\/em> were apparent, the Hochma<\/em> would clothe in Hassadim<\/em> and the stones of Bina<\/em> would not be blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it was said, \u201cAnd water was blocked,\u201d it means that the Hassadim<\/em> in ZA<\/em> were blocked under the holes, although in ZA<\/em>, there is the phase of Nukva<\/em>, meaning the screen of Hirik<\/em>, on which the light of Hassadim<\/em> later appears. But now the water was blocked because the whole of ZA<\/em> was immersed. Later, however, ZA<\/em> awakens with the screen of Hirik<\/em> in him and raises MAN<\/em>, bringing out the Hassadim<\/em> to clothe the Hochma<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the seventy-two letters in the verse, \u201cAnd the angel of God who went,\u201d which are right line, disclosure of Hassadim, the Hochma<\/em> in the left line of Bina<\/em> clothes in these Hassadim<\/em> and the blocked stones in her return to their place, meaning their illumination opens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

135) After seventy-two degrees, which are three times seventy-two letters, the stones were split and punctured under a sheaf that was carved, and the degrees gathered and became one group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are seventy-two letters in each of the three verses, \u201cAnd the angel of God who went,\u201d \u201cAnd it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel,\u201d \u201cAnd Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,\u201d and they are three lines. This is because the seventy-two letters in the verse, \u201cAnd \u2026 went\u201d are the right line, the seventy-two letters in the verse, \u201cAnd it came\u201d are the left line, and the seventy-two letters in the verse, \u201cAnd \u2026 stretched\u201d are the middle line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was said that the stones return to their place by seventy-two letters. This refers to the letters in the verse, \u201cAnd the angel of God who went,\u201d which are the right line and Hassadim<\/em>. But there are seventy-two combinations of three, three letters, from joining all three verses, and they are called \u201cdegrees\u201d because there are three lines in each combination, and three lines are considered a degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also known that through the screen of Hirik<\/em> in the middle line, the left line of Bina<\/em> diminishes from GAR<\/em> to VAK<\/em> of GAR<\/em> and returns and elevates the Malchut<\/em> to Bina<\/em>, and the Bina<\/em> splits again and becomes VAK<\/em>, female light. After seventy-two degrees, which are three times, meaning three lines implied in the verses, \u201cAnd … went,\u201d \u201cAnd it came,\u201d \u201cAnd … stretched,\u201d the Sefirot<\/em> of Bina<\/em>, called \u201cstones,\u201d were split and punctured once more through the middle line in them, due to the sheaf that was carved in judgments, in the screen of Hirik<\/em> in the middle line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The degrees gathered and became one group, where through that screen, which diminished the left line into VAK<\/em> of GAR<\/em>, the three lines were gathered and united into one group in a way that they do not shine without each other. And this is why he calls the screen \u201csheaf,\u201d because it bundles up all three lines into a single sheaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

136) Afterwards, they were divided and became two degrees of water. Half the water froze and half of it sank. Some went up and some went down. Henceforth, the world began to divide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the left line governs, the water in the sea freezes because Hochma<\/em> does not shine without Hassadim<\/em>. Afterwards, through the Hassadim<\/em>, they open and become liquid again, meaning they return to shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, not all the Hochma<\/em> returns to shine, but only the VAK<\/em> in Hochma<\/em>, and the GAR<\/em> in it disappear. This is why it is considered here that the water of Hochma<\/em> was split into two degrees: VAK<\/em> and GAR<\/em>. The VAK<\/em> froze during the dominion of the left, and then by disclosing the Hassadim<\/em> they shine once more, and the GAR<\/em> did not freeze but completely disappeared, since they do not shine even after the disclosure of the Hassadim<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why it was said that they were divided and became two degrees of water, GAR<\/em> and VAK<\/em>. Half the water froze, meaning VAK<\/em> of Hochma<\/em> return to being revealed through the Hassadim<\/em>, and half of it sank, meaning that GAR<\/em> completely disappeared. Some went up, meaning those that were revealed were shining from below upwards, which is VAK<\/em>. And some went down, meaning that those that sank were shining from above downwards, which is GAR<\/em>. Henceforth, the world began to divide, since only the bottom half of Hochma<\/em> remained in the world, which is VAK<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

137) There is one sheaf above, and it is carved in seventy-two signatures from the strong ring, and the waves of the sea are immersed in them. As they travel, they are divided into four angles: one part rises, shining from below upwards, and this is the Nukva<\/em>, west. One part descends, shining from above downwards, with the light of Hassadim<\/em>. This is ZA<\/em>, east. One part is to the north, which is left line, Gevura<\/em>, and one part is to the south, right line, Hesed<\/em>. When they unite, sizzling embers stand in the flaming sword which turns every way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The screen in the middle line is called \u201ca sheaf\u201d and operates at the place of Bina<\/em>. It also operates from the Chazeh<\/em> of ZA<\/em> upwards because they are one degree. There is also a sheaf that operates from Chazeh<\/em> of ZA<\/em> downwards, subduing the two lines that are there with its force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is a great difference between them. The sheaf that operates from Chazeh<\/em> of ZA<\/em> upwards does not reveal the judgments in it there, since it is at the end of the lines and the judgments cannot blemish above their own place. This is not so with the sheaf from Chazeh<\/em> of ZA<\/em> downwards, in which the judgments from the upper sheaf\u2014which stands above it, at the place of Chazeh<\/em>\u2014are already included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three lines, HGT<\/em>, above the Chazeh<\/em> are called seventy-two degrees. These are the three verses, \u201cAnd \u2026 went,\u201d \u201cAnd it came,\u201d and \u201cAnd \u2026 stretched.\u201d Hence, the judgments in the upper sheaf that stand at the end of the seventy-two degrees are called \u201cseventy-two signatures of a strong ring,\u201d after its illumination. \u201cSignatures\u201d mean endings, since they are at the ends of the degrees; and \u201ca strong ring\u201d is the sheaf itself, the screen of Chazeh<\/em> where there are the judgments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why it was said, \u201cThere is one sheaf above,\u201d the sheaf in the middle line from the Chazeh<\/em> downward,\u201d \u201cAnd it is carved in seventy-two signatures from the strong ring,\u201d meaning the judgments in the upper sheaf that stands at the place of Chazeh<\/em>, which are called so and bestow upon the lower sheaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, they are still not regarded as judgments that would put any blemish on the degree because the judgments that appear in the sea, which are called \u201cthe waves of the sea,\u201d will be silenced by the judgments in the middle line below the Chazeh<\/em>. Were it not for these judgments in the bottom sheaf, the waves would not have been silenced and the sea, Malchut<\/em>, would have been unable to shine. For this reason, they are not regarded as judgments but as corrections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These three lines do not disclose Hochma<\/em> except when they travel, when the illumination of each of them appears specifically, one at a time, as three dots\u2014Holam<\/em>, then Shuruk<\/em>, and then Hirik<\/em>\u2014and then Malchut<\/em> receives the disclosure of Hochma<\/em> from them. But when they complete their illumination one at a time, which is called \u201ctraveling,\u201d they rest. In other words, their illumination joins under the domination of the light of Hassadim<\/em> and Hochma<\/em> does not appear any longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when they journey to reveal the illumination of Hochma<\/em>, they are divided into four angles, each of the three lines revealing its unique illumination\u2014first, the right, and when the illumination of the right ends, the left shines, and when the illumination of the left ends, the middle one illuminates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are called \u201csouth,\u201d \u201cnorth,\u201d and \u201ceast.\u201d Then the west, Malchut<\/em>, receives the Hochma<\/em> from them, and once they complete their journey and all shine together, sizzling embers stand in the left line, regarding the flaming sword that turns every way. They guard the Hochma<\/em> from being revealed during the journey. This is why at that time there is disclosure only to the light of Hassadim<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

138) \u201cA pillar is stuck inside the sea.\u201d A degree that is an emissary of a part of the upper state, Malchut<\/em> from the Chazeh<\/em> upwards, rises up that pillar and looks to the distance, to see the connections of ships sailing at sea. Who saw the waves rising and falling because of the judgments in them, the wind, the middle line, blowing in them and silencing them, and the fish at sea, the angels, pulling all those ships to all directions and in this way, the Hochma<\/em> appears?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through Malchut\u2019s<\/em> ascent to Bina<\/em>, all the degrees split in two. Keter<\/em> and Hochma<\/em> remain in the degree, and Bina<\/em> and TM<\/em> fall off it, descend, and clothe the degree below it. At the time of Gadlut<\/em>, the Malchut<\/em> descends from Bina<\/em> to her place, and Bina<\/em> and TM<\/em> in each degree rise from the lower one and return each to its own degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with their ascent from the lower one, they take the lower one with them and raise it to the place of the upper one. And because there is no absence in the spiritual, they are always in the place of the lower one even after they have risen to their degree. Thus, each lower one rises to its own superior, and this is why these Bina<\/em> and TM<\/em> are considered a pillar that exists in each degree, by which it rises to the degree above it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA pillar is stuck inside the sea.\u201d The sea is the Nukva<\/em> from Chazeh<\/em> of ZA<\/em> downwards. And those Bina<\/em> and TM<\/em> of the degree of Chazeh<\/em> of ZA<\/em> upwards, which descend there, are considered the pillar through which all the discernments from Chazeh<\/em> of ZA<\/em> downwards rise to the degree of Chazeh<\/em> of ZA<\/em> upwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, initially, Malchut<\/em> was above Chazeh<\/em> of ZA<\/em>, as a fourth one to the patriarchs, which is the place of disclosure of Hochma<\/em>. Afterwards, she diminished and descended below Chazeh<\/em> of ZA<\/em>. And since the whole source of disclosure of Hochma<\/em> is above Chazeh<\/em> of ZA<\/em>, she therefore has a messenger\u2014the angel Matatron, who rises above the Chazeh<\/em> and draws the Hochma<\/em> from the Chazeh<\/em> down into the four animals of the bottom Merkava<\/em> [structure], called \u201cthousands of years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A degree that is a messenger of a part of the upper state, Malchut<\/em> from the Chazeh<\/em> and above, meaning Matat, who is a messenger to extend and receive Hochma<\/em> from the upper Malchut<\/em> from the Chazeh<\/em> upwards for the Malchut<\/em> from the Chazeh<\/em> down. It rises ever upward in this pillar, looking far away, meaning receiving Hochma<\/em>, which is called \u201cLooking far away.\u201d It is written about it, \u201cFrom afar the Lord appeared unto me.\u201d They sail to the four directions of the world and reveal Hochma<\/em> through Matat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

139) When that degree, Matat, descended from above the Chazeh<\/em>, a thousand stand to his right and a thousand to his left, and he draws Hochma<\/em>, implied in the number 1,000, between his right and his left. And he returns to from the Chazeh<\/em> down and sits in his place as a king on his throne. When the sea, Malchut<\/em>, sails to the four directions of the world, with what he exits, he also returns; he returns with the existence of the king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lines reveal the Hochma<\/em> only by traveling on three places one by one, in Holam<\/em>, Shuruk<\/em>, and Hirik<\/em>, which is the \u201cforth.\u201d But when they complete their journey and unite in their illumination during rest, which is the \u201cback,\u201d there is the flaming sword which turns every way on the left line, which keeps Hochma<\/em> from disclosing outwards. When the sea, Malchut<\/em>, sails to the four directions of the world, disclosing Hochma<\/em> as it journeys, that degree, Matat, journeys with him and returns with him from her journey. He returns to keep the Mochin<\/em> of the king in illumination of Hassadim<\/em>, in which the Mochin<\/em> exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

140) Then, when the sea is in a state of \u201cback,\u201d announcers come out, and those who have eyes will raise them up above, those who have wings will rise and exist, those with faces will cover their faces until he journeys in his travels, and then the angel of God will journey. Eyes are GAR<\/em> of Hochma<\/em> and face is VAK<\/em> of Hochma<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cA man\u2019s wisdom [Hochma<\/em>] illuminates his face.\u201d \u201cThose who have eyes will raise them up above,\u201d meaning they will shine up above in Bina<\/em> and will not be drawn below because they are GAR<\/em> of Hochma<\/em> and do not shine even while traveling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose who have wings,\u201d the degrees of covered Hassadim<\/em>, \u201cWill rise and exist,\u201d meaning extend their illumination. This is so because in a state of \u201cback,\u201d only the light of Hassadim<\/em> shines, which is the illumination of those with wings. They should cover the illumination of the face during rest, which is \u201cback,\u201d since they shine only while traveling. \u201cThose with faces will cover their faces,\u201d meaning they will cover the illumination of the face during the rest, for in a state of \u201cforth\u201d they do not shine, but only while traveling. \u201cUntil he journeys in his travels,\u201d and then the light of the face appears, as it is written, \u201cAnd the angel of God, who went.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

141) \u201cShe is like merchant ships; she brings her bread from afar.\u201d \u201cShe is like merchant ships\u201d is the assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em>. \u201cShe brings her bread from afar,\u201d as it is written, \u201cBehold, the name of the Lord comes from afar.\u201d \u201cShe brings her bread\u201d through the illumination of the middle line in the screen of Hirik<\/em>, which removes the GAR<\/em> of Hochma<\/em> and shines only in VAK<\/em>. \u201cShe brings her bread\u201d through one degree that is on it, the middle line, Yesod<\/em> of ZA<\/em>. And all those streams and springs that go by the sea are extended in it, as it is written, \u201cAll the rivers run into the sea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

142) \u201cAll the rivers go into the sea … to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.\u201d Even though all the rivers extend through Yesod<\/em>, which lowers them into the sea, Malchut<\/em>, do not say that it pours those rivers into the sea and others are not in it and they do not extend in it as in the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere they go again,\u201d returning to the place of that degree from which the rivers once went. \u201cThere they go \u200eagain.\u201d There they return from that upper place, meaning returning from Bina<\/em> to Yesod<\/em>, where the abundance never stops, and all gather into that place in Yesod<\/em> to go into the sea, to Malchut<\/em>. And that degree is called righteous, Yesod<\/em> of ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

143) \u201cThere the ships go; You have formed this leviathan [whale] to play with.\u201d \u201cThere the ships go,\u201d meaning the ships go and sail in that sea until they come to join in Yesod<\/em>. And then, \u201cYou have formed this leviathan [whale] to play with,\u201d since leviathan is Yesod<\/em> of ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

144) Very, very high, there is another coupling that is in friendship and never parts\u2014the coupling of upper AVI<\/em>, GAR<\/em> of Bina<\/em>. One who has a share in the next world, which is Bina<\/em>, is rewarded with that coupling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

145) \u201cYou have formed this leviathan [whale] to play with.\u201d Ze<\/em> [Hebrew: \u201cthis\u201d in masculine form] is Yesod<\/em>. Thus, even if he is not rewarded with Bina<\/em>, he is still rewarded with receiving from the upper coupling. The Creator has prepared everything to delight the righteous, as it is written, \u201cThen shall you delight yourself in the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

146) The Creator has several thousands and several tens of thousands of holy camps: The upper \u201cthose who have faces,\u201d those with eyes, those with arms [weapons], those who howl, those who wail, those with mercy, and those with judgment. Above them, He placed the queen, Malchut<\/em>, to serve before Him in his palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

147) Correspondingly, the queen, Malchut<\/em>, has camps of armed angels. The armed camps are in sixty faces, and they are all armed and stand around the Malchut<\/em>. Some go and some come, and they fly throughout the world on six wings. There are burning embers before each of them, his clothes are blazing fire, on his back is the heat of the sword that is flaming throughout the world to guard before it, as it is written, \u201cAnd the flaming sword which turns every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

148) Who is the one called \u201cthe way of the tree of life\u201d? It is the great queen, Malchut<\/em>, the way to the great and strong tree, ZA<\/em>, called \u201cthe tree of life,\u201d as it is written, \u201cBehold, it is the bed of Solomon, sixty mighty men around it, of the mighty men of Israel,\u201d ZA<\/em>, \u201cAll are wielders swords.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

149) When the queen travels, they all travel with her, as it is written, \u201cAnd the angel of God who went.\u201d Is Malchut<\/em> called \u201cThe angel of God\u201d? The Creator established the palace of holiness before Him, the upper palace, a holy city, a superior city, Jerusalem the holy city. All those are names of Malchut<\/em>. One who comes to the king enters only from the holy city, which is Malchut<\/em>. From it, one takes the road to the king, for the road is set up from here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

150) \u201cThis is the gate of the Lord; the righteous will enter through it.\u201d Each mission that the king, ZA<\/em>, wishes, comes out through the house of the queen, Malchut<\/em>. And each mission that comes from below the king, ZA<\/em>, enters the queen first, and from there to the king. It turns out that the queen is everyone\u2019s messenger, both from below upwards and from above downwards. Hence, she is everyone\u2019s messenger, as it is written, \u201cAnd the angel of God who went before the camp of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel above is ZA<\/em>, and the angel of God is Malchut<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord went before them … to illuminate their way … by day and by night.\u201d \u201cBy day and by night\u201d means ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>. Thus, Malchut<\/em> went before Israel, as it is written, \u201cAnd the angel of God who went before the camp of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

151) Is it respectable for the King, ZA<\/em>, that the queen, Malchut<\/em>, will go and make war and go on a mission? But like a king who made a coupling with the upper queen, the king saw her merit, that she is above all the other queens in the world. He said, \u201cThey are all considered maidservants compared to this queen of Mine; she is above all of them. What shall I do for her? My whole house shall be in her hands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The King sent out an announcement: Henceforth, all the words of the King will be conveyed through the queen. And the King placed all His arms in her hands, all the warriors, all the King\u2019s gems, and all the King\u2019s treasures. He said, \u201cHenceforth, anyone who wishes to speak with Me will not be able to speak with Me before he notifies the queen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

152) Thus, for the Creator\u2019s fondness and love for the assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em>, He placed everything in her possession. He said, \u201cEverything else is considered by her as nothing.\u201d He said, \u201cSixty is Malchut<\/em>, one is My dove, My undefiled. What shall I do for her? Indeed, My whole house will be in her hands.\u201d The king sent out an announcement: Henceforth, all the words of the king will be conveyed through the queen. He placed all his arms in her hands, as it is written, \u201cBehold, it is the bed of Solomon, sixty mighty men around it, all are wielders of swords, trained in war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

153) The king said, \u201cHenceforth, all My wars will be delivered into your hand, My arms and warriors will be in your hands, and henceforth, you will be My guard,\u201d as it is written, \u201cHe who keeps Israel,\u201d which is ZA<\/em>, called \u201cIsrael.\u201d From now on anyone who needs Me will not be able to speak to Me before he notifies the queen, as it is written, \u201cWith this shall Aaron enter the holy place.\u201d Zot<\/em> [Hebrew: \u201cthis\u201d in female form] is Malchut<\/em>, the messenger for everyone. It turns out that everything is in her hands. This is the honor of the queen, as it is written, \u201cAnd the angel of God who went before the camp of Israel went behind them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

154) \u201cHe went behind them,\u201d so the warriors will be in front of them and will be revealed to them. This is so because other camps were approaching from above to wage war on Israel. Hence, \u201cHe went behind them, to give room for the warriors from the side of Israel to fight them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

155) At that time, the appointed minister that rules over Egypt came and collected six hundred Merkavot<\/em> [assemblies\/chariots] of slanderers, and six hundred appointed rulers slandering upon each Merkava<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt.\u201d Were the six hundred chariots not the chariots of Egypt? Why does it say, \u201cAnd all the chariots of Egypt\u201d? Indeed, SAM<\/em> lent the minister of Egypt six hundred Merkavot<\/em> of slanderers to help him, as it is written, \u201cAnd he took six hundred chosen chariots,\u201d who were not of Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

156) When did the Creator repay SAM<\/em>? In the war of Sisera, when the Creator uprooted all those Merkavot<\/em> and they were given into the hands of the queen, as it is written, \u201cThe brook Kishon swept them away, that ancient brook.\u201d But in the future, they will all be given, as it is written, \u201cWho is this who comes from Edom?\u201d Hence, \u201cAnd he went behind them\u201d means that at the end of days, the Shechina is destined to uproot them from the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

157) \u201cThe pillar of cloud moved.\u201d A cloud always appears with the Shechina; it is the angel Michael. This is the cloud into which Moses went. It is written, \u201cAnd the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud.\u201d Thus, it is not Michael, who is the Shechina, but the help of the righteous, who is Yesod<\/em> of ZA<\/em>. He spreads Hassadim<\/em> over his record, which is the screen, since Yesod<\/em> spreads the Hassadim<\/em> over the Hochma<\/em> in Malchut<\/em>, and then she can shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this reason, this cloud goes by day\u2014the time of illumination of Hassadim<\/em>\u2014as it is written, \u201cBy day the Lord will command His grace,\u201d since this cloud comes from Hesed<\/em> and it is called Hesed<\/em>. And another cloud goes by night. It is called \u201ca pillar of fire,\u201d from the side of Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

158) The pillar of cloud by day is Abraham, Hesed<\/em>, and the pillar of fire by night is Isaac, Gevura<\/em>. They are both in the Shechina. The help of the righteous is that through that degree, they are in the Shechina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

159) In this verse, \u201cAnd the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel went behind them,\u201d \u201cwent\u201d means that he went from the side of Hesed<\/em> and clung to the side of Gevura<\/em>. This is so because Hesed<\/em> is anterior and Gevura<\/em> is posterior, since it was time to clothe in judgment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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