364) When the letters were carved in the stone tablets, they appeared on both sides\u2014from this side and from that side. The tablets were of sapphire stone, and they were carved and covered in white fire, while the letters were of black fire, carved from both sides, from this side and from that side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
365) The tablets remained as they were, whole, unchanged. And the letters would fly and appear in two kinds of fire\u2014white fire and black fire, to show the right and left together, where white is right and black is left, as it is written, \u201cLong life is in her right; in her left are riches and honor.\u201d Hence, why is it written, \u201cOn His right was a fiery law\u201d? It was from the side of Gevura<\/em>, which is left, and included in the right. This is why there were white fire and black fire in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 366) It is written, \u201cThe tablets were the work of God.\u201d \u201cThe tablets\u201d is written with a lacking Vav<\/em> [in Hebrew], meaning one. They were two, but they appeared as one. Ten commandments were carved in them, five included in five, so that everything will be right [side]. Indeed, they are the work of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 367) The tablets were made of sapphire. There were two stones, and the stones were hidden. The Creator blew wind and two tablets expanded and were carved. They were as sapphire, but not actual sapphire. This is the meaning of the words, \u201cThey were the work of God.\u201d If they were sapphire stone, they would be as other gems, and not the work of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 368) Is sapphire, which is a more precious gem than the rest of the gems, not the work of God? After all, the whole of creation is the work of God? However, they are the work of God, they precisely are the work of God, and they are not included in the acts of creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe tablets are the work of God.\u201d It writes, \u201cThe tablets,\u201d and does not write, \u201cAnd the stones are the work of God.\u201d Rather, He blew over the stones and two tablets expanded and were carved, but the stones themselves were actual sapphire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 369) It is all one, and they go into one place. But those two tablets existed even before the world was created. They rose from the eve of Sabbath and the Creator made them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 370) From what were the tablets made? From the high dew that is extended from holy Atik<\/em>, Keter<\/em>. When it dripped and extended to the field of holy apples, Malchut<\/em>, the Creator took two cups of them and they froze and became gems. He blew over them and they expanded into two tablets, as was written that they are the work of God, and the writing is of the writing of God, as it is written, \u201cWritten by the finger of God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 371) \u201cThe finger of God.\u201d A finger comes up to ten, since ten fingers are ten Sefirot<\/em>. They are included in one another, and in each finger are ten Sefirot<\/em> until they become a whole hand, as it is written, \u201cAnd Israel saw the great hand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 372) \u201cEngraved upon the tablets.\u201d The stones were punctured from side to side, and the writing appeared on both sides. \u201cEngraved\u201d means carving engravings from side to side, where the other side is seen from this side, and what is written on the other side is read from here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 373) They were written in a miracle. All the people would say and testify that it is certainly the writing of God, since all the people could not have known them as they were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 374) In the view of those who say that they were punctured from side to side, is it written, \u201cEngraved in the tablets?\u201d It is written, \u201cEngraved upon the tablets,\u201d and not from side to side. Rather, there are five voices to the right and five to the left. Those of the left are included in the right, and from the right, those on the left would be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the tablets, all is right, since the five commandments on the left were included in those on the right. Hence, that which was on that side sees to the other side and reads these letters in a way that the miracle that was said in the tablets\u2014reading from this side what is written on that side\u2014is not said in relation to the anterior and posterior of the tablets, but of the right and left in them, since they were not engraved from side to side. Rather, the left returned to the right, as it is written, \u201cOn His right was a fiery law.\u201d For this reason, it is certainly the writing of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 375) The Zohar<\/em> interprets how one who was on that side would read \u201cI am the Lord your God,\u201d and with those letters, he would see and read, \u201cYou shall not kill.\u201d He would read, \u201cYou shall not have,\u201d and he would see and read, \u201cYou shall not commit adultery.\u201d He would read, \u201cYou shall not bear the name of the Lord your God in vain,\u201d and he would see and read, \u201cYou shall not steal,\u201d and all from this side on the right. So it was for all of them from the other side, and all are included in one another in this way, as it is written, \u201cIt is God\u2019s writing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 376) \u201cAnd Moses went down to the people, and told them,\u201d but it does not say what he said. Usually, when joy or sorrow comes to a person, he cannot tolerate it before he understands it because his heart immediately flees from him. When he understands and knows it, he can endure and tolerate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is all the more so here, when Moses told them what would happen afterwards and strengthened their hearts with words. Yet, they could not tolerate it. It is all the more so if he had told them nothing. For this reason, first he told them and strengthened their hearts, and then \u201cAnd God spoke.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 377) And yet, they could not tolerate. When they heard the word of the Creator, their souls fled and the souls of Israel rose up to His throne to cling there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 378) The Torah said to the Creator, \u201cIs it for nothing that I existed 2,000 years before the world was created?\u201d Is it for nothing that it is written in it, \u201cAny man of the sons of Israel and of the stranger who is dwelling in their midst.\u201d \u201cAnd you shall speak unto the sons of Israel, saying.\u201d \u201cFor unto Me the children of Israel are servants.\u201d Where are the children of Israel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n At that time, the Torah returned the souls of the children of Israel, each to her place. The Torah intensified and held unto them, to return them to Israel, as it is written, \u201cThe law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul,\u201d for it restored the souls of Israel after they had fled from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 379) It is written, \u201cAnd Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king.\u201d It is also written, \u201cThere are six angles to the throne,\u201d corresponding to the six Sefirot HGT<\/em> NHY<\/em>. This is why it is called \u201cThe throne of the Lord,\u201d since the moon was full in the days of Solomon, meaning the Nukva<\/em> of ZA<\/em>, who is called \u201cmoon,\u201d was in its full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 380) When is the moon, Malchut<\/em>, full? It is when she stands on fifteen kings: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, Peretz, Hezron, Ram, Aminadav, Nachshon, Shalmon, Boaz, Ovad, Yishai, David, and Solomon. When King Solomon came, the fifteenth king, the moon, Malchut<\/em>, was in full, as it is written, \u201cAnd Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king,\u201d where throne is Malchut<\/em>. And it is written, \u201cThere are six angles to the throne, corresponding to her HGT<\/em> NHY<\/em>.\u201d It is all as it is above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 381) In the days of Tzidkiahuh, the moon, Malchut<\/em> was deficient and was flawed, as it is written, \u201cAnd the moon will not shed its light,\u201d and the faces of Israel darkened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 382) Rehoboam, Avia, Asa, Joshafat, Yehoram, Yoash, Amatzyahu, Uziahu, Yotam, Ahaz, Hizkiyahu, Menashe, Amon, Yoshiahu, and Tzidkiyahu. When Tzidkiyahu came, the moon was flawed and was deficient, as it is written, \u201cHe blinded the eyes of Tzidkiyahu.\u201d It is also written, \u201cHe has cast earth from heaven,\u201d meaning the earth, Malchut<\/em>, passed before heaven, ZA<\/em>, and drifted away from him, and that earth was darkened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 383) When Israel stood at Mount Sinai, the moon began to shine, as it is written, \u201cHe bowed the heavens, and came down.\u201d The sun, ZA<\/em>, who is called \u201cheaven,\u201d drew close to the moon, Malchut<\/em>, and the moon began to shine, as it is written, \u201cToward the sunrise, the standard of the camp of Judah.\u201d Judah is a Merkava<\/em> [chariot\/assembly] to Malchut<\/em>, east, from the word rising and illuminating [in Hebrew].<\/p>\n\n\n\n 384) Judah was appointed to rule over Malchut<\/em> on Mount Sinai, as it is written, \u201cAnd Judah is also unruly against God, and trusted with holy ones.\u201d What is \u201cAnd trusted with holy ones\u201d? 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