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A Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Sulam<\/em>&nbsp;[Ladder] Commentary on&nbsp;<em>The Zohar<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Pekudei<\/em>, Item 821<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first palace is \u201cThe Sapphire Brick,\u201d which is&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;(a&nbsp;<em>Heichal<\/em>&nbsp;[palace] is called&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA woman of valor\u201d is&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Atzilut<\/em>. \u201cA harlot woman\u201d is&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Tuma\u2019a<\/em>&nbsp;[impurity].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that time, Israel clung to a harlot woman and the Creator said to Hosea to take a harlot woman so as to know to what Israel clung. This is regarded as extension of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;from above downward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The palace of the sapphire brick is the first of which it was said, \u201cAnd they saw the God of Israel,\u201d for in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;there is the matter of seeing. The appointee over the palace, who stands at the door, is called Tahariel. If the soul, after one\u2019s parting from this world, is worthy, he lets her in. If the soul is unworthy, the appointee of the&nbsp;<em>Sitra<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Achra<\/em>&nbsp;lets her into the palaces of&nbsp;<em>Tuma\u2019a<\/em>&nbsp;and she is sentenced for twelve months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the appointee of the&nbsp;<em>Kedusha<\/em>&nbsp;[holiness], if she is a \u201cprayer of many,\u201d he lets in the prayer, where she is detained until all the prayers there become a crown on the head of the \u201cRighteous One Who Lives Forever,\u201d called&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If she is a prayer of an individual, if she is \u201chandsome,\u201d he lets her in. If not, he rejects her outside and she stands in the bottom firmament, of those firmaments below, which guide in the world. The appointee Sahadiel stands there and takes all the disqualified prayers and conceals them until a person repents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the person repents and prays a good prayer, the appointee takes the disqualified prayer and raises her to the good prayer, they merge together, and come before the Holy King. Sometimes, if a person is following the&nbsp;<em>Sitra<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Achra<\/em>, the appointee of the&nbsp;<em>Sitra<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Achra<\/em>&nbsp;takes the prayer and mentions man\u2019s iniquities before the Creator and slanders him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Above the door of that palace is an opening that the Creator dug from judgments of the key. It opens three times a day, meaning that three lines shine there, and the door does not close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone need permission to enter, except for the gates of tears, which were not locked. When that prayer ascends, an angel called Ofan, whose name is Yerachmiel, takes the prayer, which through the prayer connects above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Sulam&nbsp;[Ladder] Commentary on&nbsp;The Zohar,&nbsp;Pekudei, Item 821 The first palace is \u201cThe Sapphire Brick,\u201d which is&nbsp;Yesod&nbsp;de&nbsp;Malchut&nbsp;(a&nbsp;Heichal&nbsp;[palace] is called&nbsp;Malchut). \u201cA woman of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6246,"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":[26],"class_list":["post-11519","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kabbalah | 212. 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