215) The fifth commandment. It is written, \u201cLet the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures.\u201d There are three commandments in this verse: 1) engage in Torah, 2) engage in multiplication, 3) circumcise after eight days and remove the foreskin from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One must engage in Torah, exert in it, and add to it each day, to correct one\u2019s soul [Nefesh] and spirit [Ruach], since the four previous commandments, which extend from the first four days of the act of creation, came to correct the degrees in the world of Atzilut itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are the four degrees HB and ZON in the world of Atzilut. The first commandment, which extends from the word Beresheet [in the beginning] is fear, upper Bina, fear because He is great and rules over everything, meaning only GAR of Bina that was corrected into upper AVI that clothe AA from his Peh to Chazeh, and which are called \u201cYod of HaVaYaH.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second commandment, which extends from the verse \u201cLet there be light,\u201d is for correction of ZAT of Bina, YESHSUT, with great and complete love. In relation to the constant, they clothe AA from his Chazeh to Tabur, below the Parsa, inside the intestine of AA. However, in the verse \u201cLet there be light,\u201d which is said about them, they rose and became one Partzuf with AVI above the Chazeh of AA, and from there to the Rosh of AA, Bina returned to being Hochma there, great love, the first Hey of HaVaYaH, and all the Mochin are given from them to ZON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, ZON cannot receive Mochin from upper AVI themselves, GAR of Bina, since they themselves were established in pure air, light of Hassadim, as it is written, \u201cFor He desires mercy.\u201d This is why they are called \u201cfear,\u201d for great love, Mochin of illumination of Hochma, are not given from them to ZON, but only from ZAT of Bina, YESHSUT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the great love in YESHSUT is revealed only from the Chazeh of YESHSUT and above, who then stand above the Parsa in the intestine of AA. But from the Chazeh of YESHSUT and below, which stand below Parsa of AVI, there was concealing of the light of Hochma, and this is \u201cLet there be light\u201d for the next world, YESHSUT, above the Parsa. However, the light was concealed in the other YESHSUT, below the Parsa, and the Tevuna in them became dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third commandment extends from the two verses on the third day\u2014from the verse \u201cLet the waters under the heavens be gathered unto one place, and let the dry land appear,\u201d and from the verse \u201cLet the earth put forth grass,\u201d for the correction of Mochin of VAK for ZON. The upper unification extends to ZA from the verse \u201cLet the waters … be gathered,\u201d and the lower unification extends to the VAK of Nukva from the verse \u201cLet the earth put forth grass.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fourth commandment extends from the verse \u201cLet there be lights,\u201d for the correction of GAR in ZA and in Nukva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thus, by the fifth day, all the corrections needed for AVI, YESHSUT, and ZON of Atzilut have been corrected until the ZON received the GAR in them and became fit for a coupling face-to-face at an equal level. Thus, henceforth come the rest of the commandments, which are corrections that should extend from the coupling of ZON face-to-face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fifth commandment is \u201cLet the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures.\u201d There are three commandments in this verse, for now they should draw the wholeness from coupling of ZON face-to-face: 1) Draw a holy Neshama [soul] from there, so that the person himself will be rewarded with a pure and holy coupling. This is done by engagement in the Torah. 2) Beget holy souls. 3) Correct the token of the covenant through cutting and exposing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To engage in Torah means to utter verbally even if one does not know, as it is written, \u201cThey are life unto those who find them,\u201d meaning to one who utters them in the mouth. By that, one acquires a holy Neshama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To exert in it each day means to try to do all that one can to attain it and to understand it. By that, one acquires a holy spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To add to it means that once he has been rewarded with correcting his Nefesh and Ruach, he should not settle for it, but should always add to it, for holiness is increased, not decreased. By this, one is rewarded with a holy soul. Therefore, one must engage in the Torah, labor in it, and add to it each day, to correct one\u2019s soul [Nefesh] and spirit [Ruach], for by daily adding to the Torah, adding correction to one\u2019s Nefesh and Ruach, one is rewarded with a holy Neshama. It is so because when one engages in Torah, he is established with another Neshama, a holy one, since one who engages in Torah extensively, in addition to the Nefesh-Ruach with which he is rewarded, he is awarded being established with a holy Neshama, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
216) When a person engages in the Torah, he is corrected with another Neshama, a holy one, as it is written, \u201cSwarm with swarms of living creatures,\u201d which means Nefesh from that holy animal, Malchut. This is so because when one does not engage in Torah, he does not have a holy Nefesh, which means that the Kedusha [holiness] above is not on him. And when he engages in Torah, in that whisper that he caused in her, he is rewarded with a living soul, to be as holy angels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An animal is the Nukva of ZA at the time of Gadlut face-to-face with ZA, since then ZA is called \u201cthe tree of life,\u201d and the Nukva is called \u201canimal.\u201d Through one\u2019s raising of MAN by engagement in Torah for Her sake and from the coupling for ZON face-to-face, he draws a holy Nefesh from their coupling, a Nefesh from the holy animal\u2014Nukva of ZA. A person obtains that only by raising MAN in the engagement in Torah because when he does not engage in Torah, he does not have a holy Nefesh, for he has no part in the coupling of the Creator and His Shechina [Divinity], since he did not raise MAN to unite them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the meaning of the words \u201cLet the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures,\u201d since the Torah is called \u201cwater,\u201d and by swarming with MAN through the Torah he is rewarded with a holy Nefesh from the upper animal. Know that one is not rewarded with adhering to the Creator before he obtains NRN from the upper holy animal, for Nefesh ties to Ruach, Ruach to Neshama, and the Neshama to the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
217) It is written, \u201cBless the Lord, you His angels.\u201d These are the ones who engage in Torah, who are called \u201cHis angels in the earth,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd let fowl fly above the earth,\u201d in this world. In that world, the Creator is destined to make for them wings such as those of eagles, to roam throughout the world, as it is written, \u201cYet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is written, \u201cBless the Lord, you His angels, mighty in strength, who perform His word, obeying the voice of His word.\u201d It is written, \u201cwho perform His word,\u201d and then \u201cobeying the voice of His word.\u201d Usually, one cannot perform any task before one hears what the giver of the task says. But the angels do their mission before they hear and understand what the Creator has commanded them, since the will of the Creator governs them and there are no partitions in them, preventing them from following the Creator\u2019s will. Hence, they follow the Creator like a shadow follows a person. This is why their doing precedes their hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those who engage in Torah and extend a holy Nefesh, even though their matter is from earth, it is inverted into being as that of the angels above, and their doing precedes their hearing. In other words, they perform the Creator\u2019s commandment in full before they attain what they are doing since they, too, follow the Creator like a shadow follows a person. It is just as when the wind sends dust into a person\u2019s eyes\u2014he quickly closes his eyelids before his thought senses it. By that you find that his doing, which is the shutting of his eyes, always precedes the perception of the approaching dust in thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Therefore, those who engage in the Torah are called \u201cHis angels in the earth.\u201d Even though they are on earth, their body becomes as that of the angels above, and their doing precedes their hearing. They do not feel with their brain in order to do the Creator\u2019s commandment to the fullest, but perform the commandment in full before they can sense in their thought what they are doing. It is like the shutting of the eyelids, which precedes the perception in the thought. This is why they are regarded as angels in the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Creator is destined to make wings for them, as eagles, to roam throughout the world. This is so because as long as one has not been rewarded with a holy Nefesh, the Sitra Achra governs him, as it is written, \u201cAnd the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling.\u201d They walk and roam the world but find no place to rest and become attached to. They are defiled in the impure side, since he did not enter the Kedusha and was not included in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commentary: It is impossible to cling to the Creator and keep His commandments properly before one believes in the names of the Creator, that He is good and does good to all, that He is merciful and gracious. Those who have not been rewarded with a Nefesh of Kedusha are still governed by the Sitra Achra. Hence, they go and roam the world and cannot find a place to rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When their thoughts roam the world and they see the Creator\u2019s guidance in people, they believe it is not as good as it should be, judging by His holy names. Thus, they blemish the holy names and find no place to rest where they can believe in the names of the Creator, to connect to Him. For this reason, they are defiled in the side of impurity, meaning they come to deny the Creator. All that is because he did not enter the Kedusha and was not included in her, since he was not rewarded with a Nefesh of Kedusha and does not take actions to be included in Kedusha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, those who engage in Torah and extend a holy Nefesh, their body turns to be as angels, and they are rewarded with preceding hearing to doing, as they do. This is why it is written about them, \u201cAnd let fowl fly above the earth,\u201d meaning that the Creator will make wings for them, like eagles, and they will roam throughout the world, as they roam in their thoughts throughout the world and see the Creator\u2019s guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And yet, not only are they not failing on the side of impurity, they even receive strength to raise MAN and always increase their power. And \u201cThose who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles,\u201d for thus they mount up wings like eagles to roam in all the people\u2019s incidents. Also, they always regain strength and raise MAN through the power of their faith in the Creator\u2019s uniqueness, and always extend the spirit of Kedusha from above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
218) It was written, \u201cAnd let fowl fly above the earth,\u201d since the Torah, which is called \u201cwater,\u201d will swarm and produce swarms of living souls from the place of that animal, Malchut. They will draw it below. David said about it, \u201cMake for me a pure heart, O God,\u201d to engage in Torah. And then, \u201cAnd renew a steadfast spirit within me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The text explains \u201cLet fowl fly above the earth.\u201d It says that water is Torah. \u201cSwarm\u201d means that they should produce a living Nefesh [soul], from the place of the animal, Malchut. They will draw this Nefesh below, from the upper Nukva, who is called Haya, into this world. David said about it, \u201cMake for me a pure heart, O God,\u201d asking that He would give him a pure heart to engage in Torah and to raise MAN. Then, \u201cRenew a steadfast spirit within me,\u201d and then he can extend the right spirit and can cleave unto Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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