230) \u201cYou have formed me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me.\u201d People should be respectful of the Creator because when the Creator created the world, He looked at Adam, who was the ruler of everything and was similar to the upper and to the lower. He brought him down to the world in an honored image, and when the creatures saw him they gathered and bowed down before him. And fear and dread of him fell upon them, as it is written, \u201cAnd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
231) He admitted him into the garden He had planted so he would keep it, to be joy over joy for him, and to entertain himself in it. He made for him a canopy covered with precious gems, and the high angels delight before him. Then He commanded him about a certain tree, to avoid eating from it. But he did not keep his Master\u2019s command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
232) I have found in the book of Enoch that after He elevated Enoch and showed him all the upper and lower treasures of the King, He showed him the tree of life and the tree upon which Adam was commanded. He showed him Adam\u2019s place in the Garden of Eden. He saw that had Adam kept this commandment of the tree of knowledge, he could have lived forever and be forever there. But he did not keep his Master\u2019s commandment and was sentenced and punished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
233) Adam was created in two faces. It is written, \u201cAnd He took one of his ribs,\u201d meaning that the Creator sawed him and they became two, from the east and from the west, Adam from the east and Eve from the west, as it is written, \u201cYou have formed me behind and before,\u201d where behind is west and before is east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
234) The Creator established the female and increased her beauty over all, and brought her to Adam, as it is written, \u201cAnd God fashioned the rib.\u201d It is written, \u201cAnd He took one of his ribs,\u201d one as in \u201cMy dove, My undefiled is but one unto her mother,\u201d who is Malchut<\/em>. \u201cOf his ribs\u201d means of his side, as it is written, \u201cAnd for the [second] side of the tabernacle,\u201d since she was taken from the left side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 235) The Creator placed a high soul in Adam and incorporated in it the wisdom and understanding to know everything. He placed a soul in him from the place from which the rest of the souls come, from Bina<\/em>, since the light of Bina<\/em> is called \u201ca soul.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 236) \u201cLet the earth bring forth living creatures,\u201d from the same place in the earth where the Temple is found. This is because the earth is Malchut<\/em> and the place of the Temple is the Bina<\/em> in her. \u201cLiving creatures\u201d is the soul of Adam<\/em> haRishon<\/em>. The light of Nefesh<\/em> is the light of Malchut<\/em>, but it is extended from the Bina<\/em> in her. This is why it is extended from the place of the Temple, which is the Bina<\/em> in her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 237) Adam knew the high wisdom more than the upper angels. He observed everything, and knew and recognized his Master more than all the people in the world. After he sinned, all the fountains of wisdom were hidden from him, as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 238) Adam<\/em> haRishon<\/em> emerged from a male and a female, ZON<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd God said, \u2018Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.\u2019\u201d Hence, Adam, too, was made male and female together, which were later separated from one another. But it is written, \u201cTo till the ground from which he was taken,\u201d and not from the upper ZON<\/em>. So it is indeed, he was taken from the ground, which is Nukva<\/em> of ZA<\/em>, and the Creator, ZA<\/em>, partook with her. These are the male and female that we mentioned, and it is all one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 239) Moses said, \u201cThe Lord is my strength and song, and He will be my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise Him, my father\u2019s God, and I will exalt Him.\u201d They are included in one another and never separate from each other; they are always in love, in one desire, which are AVI<\/em>, called Koh<\/em> [Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em>].<\/p>\n\n\n\n From there come the streams of the rivers and fountains to provide for all and to bless all, and the waters of these springs never run dry. This is why it is written, \u201cAnd He will be my salvation,\u201d for which the Holy King draws and bequeaths below, and the right awakens to perform miracles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 240) \u201cThis is my God, and I will praise Him.\u201d This is the righteous, Yesod<\/em>, from whom blessings emerge in coupling. \u201cAnd I will praise Him\u201d means in the same place where love is found, which is the Temple. Moses said, \u201cMy father’s God, and I will exalt Him.\u201d This is the left side, from which the Levites come. Since Moses said about this side, \u201cAnd I will exalt Him,\u201d there is the perfection of everything in it, since \u201cAnd I will exalt Him\u201d means that he includes it in the right side, which is the entire perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 241) \u201cAnd He will be my salvation\u201d is the Holy King, ZA<\/em>, as it is written in Isaiah, \u201cThe Lord is my strength and song, and He will be my salvation.\u201d The meaning of what is written is that HaVaYaH<\/em> is \u201cHe will be my salvation,\u201d which is the Holy King, called HaVaYaH<\/em>, ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 242) \u201cThe Lord is my strength and song.\u201d It is written, \u201cA friend loves at all times, and a brother is born to adversity.\u201d \u201cA friend loves at all times\u201d is the Creator, of whom it is written, \u201cDo not forsake your friend and the friend of your father.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 243) \u201cAnd a brother is born to adversity.\u201d When your enemies trouble you, the Creator says, \u201cFor the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will say, \u2018May peace be within you.\u2019\u201d Israel are called brothers and friends of the Creator. \u201cBorn\u201d means that during the adversity, the one who will be as your brother will be born in the world, to save you from all those who trouble you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 244) \u201cIs born\u201d means that the holy King will awaken in this force, to avenge the nations on your behalf and to nurse you from mother Bina<\/em>, in the left, as it is written, \u201cThe Lord is my strength and song, and He will be my salvation,\u201d to evoke Gevurot<\/em> against the idol worshipping nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 245) Man should love the Creator because there is no other work before the Creator but love. Anyone who loves Him and works with love, the Creator calls him, \u201cLover.\u201d Thus, what is the meaning of the verses, \u201cDo not forsake your friend and the friend of your father,\u201d and \u201cLet your foot rarely be in your friend\u2019s house\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 246) Indeed, \u201cDo not forsake your friend and the friend of your father\u201d is written about wrongdoings. \u201cDo not forsake\u201d means serve Him and adhere to Him and do His commandments. But concerning sins and faults, it is written, \u201cLet your foot rarely be in your friend\u2019s house,\u201d meaning leave out your inclination so it will not boil against you and will not govern you, and no foreign thought will rise. \u201cYour friend\u2019s house\u201d is the holy soul, which your friend has instilled in you and placed within you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 247) Hence, serving the Creator is to love Him however He behaves with you, as it is written, \u201cAnd you shall love the Lord your God.\u201d \u201cThis is my God, and I will praise Him.\u201d All of Israel saw by the sea what Prophet Ezekiel did not see. Even fetuses in their mothers\u2019 wombs saw and praised the Creator. They were all saying, \u201cThis is my God, and I will glorify Him, My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.\u201d \u201cMy father\u2019s God,\u201d as it is written, \u201cThe God of Abraham.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 248) Why is it written, \u201cAnd I will exalt Him\u201d? After all, the God of Abraham, right line, is exalted; there is no need to extol Him. The God of Isaac, who is the left line, needs to be exalted, and not the right line. Even so, it needs to be exalted. It is all one thing. \u201cAnd I will exalt Him\u201d on all sides, including those who know how to unite the great Holy Name, as well. It, too, needs to be exalted because this is the high work of the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 249) \u201cYour watchmen raise their voices, they sing joyfully together.\u201d \u201cYour watchmen,\u201d are those who are longing for the time when the Creator will have mercy, to build His home. \u201cRaise their voices,\u201d meaning every person who weeps and raises his voice for the ruin of the House of the Creator is rewarded with them singing joyfully together, and rewarded with seeing it settled with joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 250) \u201cWhen the Lord returns Zion.\u201d When Jerusalem below was ruined and the assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em>, was exiled, the holy King, ZA<\/em>, rose up to Zion, Yesod<\/em> of Malchut<\/em>, and sighed opposite her, since the assembly of Israel has been exiled. And when the assembly of Israel returns to her place, the Holy King will return to Zion, to His place, to make a coupling one in one. It is written, \u201cWhen the Lord returns Zion,\u201d and not \u201cTo Zion,\u201d since \u201cThe Lord Zion\u201d implies the coupling of the Lord with Zion. And then Israel will say, \u201cThis is my God and I will praise Him.\u201d And it is written, \u201cThis is the Lord, for whom we waited; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation,\u201d the salvation of the Lord who returned to Zion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 230) \u201cYou have formed me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me.\u201d People should be respectful of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":11312,"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-11363","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-zohar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n