437) \u201cAnd Elisha said unto her: \u2018What shall I do for you? Tell me; what do you have in the house?\u201d Elisha said to her, \u201cDo you have anything on which the blessing of the Creator will be\u201d? A person must not bless on an empty table because the blessing above does not remain over an empty place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
438) For this reason, one must set upon one\u2019s table one bread or more to bless on. If he cannot set many, he should leave of the food that he has eaten so as to have what to bless on, and he will not be blessing on an empty table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
439) Since she said, \u201cYour maidservant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil,\u201d he said, \u201cThere is indeed a complete blessing in that,\u201d as it is written, \u201cA name is better than good oil,\u201d since the holy name comes out of oil to bless and to light the holy candles. What is this oil? It is as it is written, \u201cAs the good oil over the head,\u201d meaning the upper abundance. These are the mountains of pure persimmon, the abundance of upper Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 440) \u201cA name is better than good oil.\u201d How good is the upper name of the high and holy lights, when they all shine with the good oil? It is forbidden for a man to mention the name of the Creator in vain, for anyone who mentions the name of the Creator in vain, it is better for him not to be born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 441) The holy name should be mentioned only after a circumcision, since the holy name is not mentioned in the Torah, except after two words, as it is written, \u201cIn the beginning God created\u201d [in Hebrew it is Beresheet<\/em> Barah Elokim<\/em>].<\/p>\n\n\n\n 442) The holy name, HaVaYaH<\/em>, is mentioned only with regard to a complete world, as it is written, \u201cOn the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.\u201d Hence, we must not mention the holy name in vain, as it is written, \u201cYou shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 443) A blessing is the holy name because from Him is there blessing throughout the world, and there is no blessing in an empty place and it does not remain over it, as it is written, \u201cYou shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 437) \u201cAnd Elisha said unto her: \u2018What shall I do for you? Tell me; what do you have in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":11434,"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-11494","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-zohar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n