{"id":11499,"date":"2025-12-10T21:55:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11499"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:55:31","slug":"you-shall-no-take-the-name-of-the-lord-in-vain","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/you-shall-no-take-the-name-of-the-lord-in-vain\/","title":{"rendered":"You Shall Not Take the Name of the Lord In Vain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>519) When the Creator planted the world, He sank a bundle in the deep, a splinter of stone, engraved with the holy name. He sank it in the deep, and when the waters wish to rise to sink the world, they see the holy name engraved on that bundle and return, sink, and turn back. To this day, this name is found in the deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>520) When people swear truthfully, in true keeping, the bundle rises, receives the oath, and returns and stays over the deep, and the world persists. Thus, true oaths sustain the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>521) When people swear in vain, the bundle rises to receive the oath. When it sees it is a lie, the bundle that would rise retreats, the waters go and sail, and the letters of the bundle disperse within the deep and scatter. Then the waters wish to rise and cover the world, and bring it back to how it was when it was water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>522) Finally, the Creator summons one appointee, Yazriel, the appointee over seventy keys in the holy name, who enters the bundle and engraves the letters in it as before. Then the world exists and the waters return to their place. It is written about it, \u201cYou shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>523) It is a commandment is to swear in His name in truth. He who swears includes himself in these seven upper degrees in which the name of the Creator,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, is included. Thus, they are six degrees&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;in which a person who swears in truth by a court includes himself, and he himself is the seventh, corresponding to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, to keep the holy name,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, in its place. This is why it is written, \u201cAnd swear by His name.\u201d And one who swears in vain and falsely causes that place,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, not to exist in its place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>524) An oath to keep the commandment of his Master is a true oath. When the evil inclination slanders a person and seduces him to break his Master\u2019s commandment, it is an oath in which his Master is praised. A person should swear by his Master on it, and it is His praise and the Creator is praised in it. Such was Boaz, as it is written, \u201cAs the Lord lives. Lie down until morning,\u201d since the evil inclination was slandering him and he swore on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>525) A vow is above. It is the life of the King, the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, which are in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, 248 organs and 12 ties, four&nbsp;<em>Sefirot HG<\/em>&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>, each of which comprises three lines, as the number [in&nbsp;<em>Gematria<\/em>] of&nbsp;<em>Neder<\/em>&nbsp;[vow], since 248 and 12 are&nbsp;<em>NeDeR<\/em>&nbsp;(254).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why it is more serious than an oath. It is called \u201cthe life of the King\u201d because it gives life to all 248 organs. These lives descend from above, from&nbsp;<em>Ein Sof<\/em>, down to that source of life, to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, and from that source they come down to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, to all those 248 organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>526) The oath is to keep the degree below, the holy name,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. This is called \u201cthe king himself,\u201d when the upper spirit in his body comes to reside within him and to dwell in him as a spirit that dwells inside the body. That is, the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;have already clothed in the vessel of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, called&nbsp;<em>Guf<\/em>&nbsp;[body], which is hidden above in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and appears only in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this reason, one who swears in truth keeps that place. And when that place is kept, he keeps the whole world. There is a vow over everything, over what is commanded and over what is permitted. 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