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350) \u201cAnd He said, \u2018If you will hear and listen to the voice of the Lord your God.\u2019\u201d It is written, \u201cAnd He said,\u201d and it is not written who said. Rather, the Creator said, as it is written, \u201cAnd to Moses He said, \u2018Come up to the Lord,\u2019\u201d and there the Lord means Malchut<\/em>, for had the Creator said it, it would have said, \u201cCome up to Me.\u201d Here, too, it means Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

351) This means that when it writes before, \u201cAnd he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree,\u201d it follows that the meaning of \u201cAnd He said\u201d is that the Creator said this word. But it is written, \u201cTo the voice of the Lord your God.\u201d Should it not have said, \u201cTo My voice\u201d? However, it means that voice, in which they entered through the circumcision, which is the voice of Malchut<\/em>. This is why it is not written, \u201cTo My voice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

352) After the holy impression was revealed in Israel, they entered into the two holy parts, Yesod<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>. Through circumcision, they were rewarded with Malchut<\/em>, and through exposure, with Yesod<\/em>. And since they entered into those two, they entered NH<\/em>, as well, since when they rise in NH<\/em> they will bond in Yesod<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>, and will not prevent blessings, that Yesod<\/em> will bestow upon Malchut<\/em>. For this reason, they will arrive in those up to the holy King, ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

353) \u201cAnd He said, \u2018If you will hear and listen.\u2019\u201d \u201cAnd He said\u201d is the holy King. And he said, \u201cIf you will hear and listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His eyes, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes,\u201d as it is written, \u201cFor the Lord your God\u201d is consuming fire,\u201d which is the assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em>. \u201cAnd do what is right in His eyes\u201d is righteous, who is called \u201cright.\u201d \u201cAnd you will heed His commandments\u201d is Netzah<\/em>, \u201cAnd keep all His statutes\u201d is Hod<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they entered those Malchut<\/em>, Yesod<\/em>, and NH<\/em>, they arrived at the holy King, Tifferet<\/em>, whose place is after Netzah<\/em>. This is why afterward, it is written, \u201cI will not put all the diseases which I have put on the Egyptians on you, for I, the Lord, am your healer.\u201d \u201cFor I, the Lord\u201d is the holy King, Tifferet<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

354) It sounds as though anyone who keeps this holy impression, which is the circumcision, rises from it to the holy, upper King. This means that NH<\/em>, in which the seed for blessing gathers, and the oil for the holy anointing that is placed onto the meatus, Yesod<\/em>, have bonded together. The upper King, Tifferet<\/em>, is over them, and they are tied to Him. For this reason, anyone who enters Yesod<\/em> and Malchut<\/em> through circumcision and exposure, and keeps them, connects to NH<\/em> and enters them, and then reaches the holy King, Tifferet<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

355) Indeed, one who is rewarded with a righteous, Yesod<\/em>, is rewarded with NH<\/em> because Yesod<\/em> contains NH<\/em> within it. These are three with which the assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em>, was blessed. And one who is rewarded with them is rewarded with the holy King, Tifferet<\/em>, and enters all four Sefirot<\/em>\u2014Netzah<\/em>, Hod<\/em>, Yesod<\/em>, Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

356) Opposite those four, there is keeping for the holy impression from four things: The assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em>, is keeping from menstruation. The keeping of the righteous, Yesod<\/em>, is keeping from a maidservant. The keeping of Netzah<\/em> is keeping from the daughter of an idol worshipper. And the keeping of Hod<\/em> is keeping from a prostitute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is written about it, \u201cThe voice of the Lord your God\u201d is the assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em>, in which they entered through the circumcision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

357) By what are Israel rewarded with welcoming the face of the Shechina? By keeping from menstruation. It is written about that, \u201cAnd you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her menstrual impurity.\u201d \u201cTo uncover her nakedness,\u201d meaning not to blemish the assembly of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

358) \u201cAnd do what is right in His eyes\u201d is righteous, Yesod<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cThe eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,\u201d to keep from a maidservant. And it is written, \u201cA maidservant that is heir to her mistress,\u201d meaning that it causes the righteous to cling to a maidservant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd you will heed His commandments\u201d is Netzah<\/em>, to keep from instilling that impression in a daughter of a strange god, and will not lie in him in Netzah<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAlso, the Eternal [Netzah<\/em>] of Israel shall not lie.\u201d One who keeps the holy covenant keeps His commandments, as it is written, \u201cFor you shall not bow unto another god.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd keep all His statutes\u201d is Hod<\/em>, to keep from a prostitute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

359) It is written, \u201cGird your sword on the thigh of the mighty one of Your splendor and Your majesty.\u201d Anyone who rushes and places before him the fear of the strong toothed sword, Malchut<\/em>. \u201cOn the thigh.\u201d What is \u201cOn the thigh\u201d? On that holy impression, to keep it, as it is written, \u201cPlease put your hand under my thigh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

360) \u201cGird Your sword\u201d means hurry and attack your evil inclination, since your sword is on the thigh, on that holy impression, to keep it. And if he keeps it then he is called \u201cMighty one\u201d and the Creator clothes him in His garments. And who are the garments of the Creator? They are Hod<\/em> and Netzah<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cYou are clothed with splendor and majesty.\u201d Here, too, it is \u201cYour splendor and Your majesty.\u201d Then, one properly adheres to the holy King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

361) \u201cI will not put all the diseases which I have put on the Egyptians on you, for I, the Lord, am your healer.\u201d This is the holy King. And this is why He warned them about that very thing that He had given and inscribed in them, which is the circumcision, and not more. It is true that thus far the Torah has not been given to them. But since it is written, \u201cThere He made for them a statute and regulation,\u201d which are circumcision and exposure, promptly, it is written, \u201cAnd He said, \u2018If you will hear and listen,\u2019\u201d for it is about the four keepings of the holy covenant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

362) When the Creator wished to warn Israel regarding the Torah, He pulled with several things, with several pulls of love, like a person drawing his son to school. The Creator did not wish to give them the Torah until they drew closer to Him. And with what did they draw closer to Him, with a disclosure of the impression of the circumcision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

363) Israel did not draw near Mount Sinai until they entered the part of the righteous, meaning the circumcision, and were rewarded with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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