\u200e223) The seventh commandment is to circumcise after eight days and remove the filth of the \u200eforeskin. It is so because that animal, Malchut, is the eighth among all the degrees, when \u200ebeginning from Bina, and that Nefesh, which flies away from her, must be seen before her for \u200eeight days, as she is the eighth degree.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nukva of ZA is called \u201can animal\u201d only through her ascent and clothing of Bina, who is the \u200eeighth degree of ten Sefirot from below upwards. Malchut, Nukva of ZA, is also called \u201ceighth\u201d \u200ebecause she rose by eight degrees from her to Bina, and only then is she called Haya \u200e\u200e[animal], like Bina.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thus, man\u2019s soul, born out of the Nukva of ZA, who is called \u201canimal\u201d and \u201ceighth,\u201d must be \u200eseen before the Nukva with corrections of circumcision and exposing on the eighth day after her \u200ebirth. Then it is apparent and evident that she is a soul from that holy animal and not from \u200eanother side because then\u2014by the power of the circumcision and exposing\u2014the Sitra Achra is \u200ecompletely repelled from man\u2019s soul, and she can receive all the lights of that animal. This is the \u200emeaning of \u201cLet the waters swarm,\u201d and thus she receives the upper MAD from ZON, and is \u200ecompleted with these waters.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200e224) At that time, it is evident that she is a living soul, a soul of that holy animal, Malchut, \u200eand not from the other side. This is the meaning of \u201cLet the waters swarm,\u201d meaning the waters \u200eof the holy seed will be imprinted in the impression of the living soul. This is the imprint of the \u200eletter Yod, inscribed in the flesh of holiness more than all the other inscriptions in the world.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commentary: The writing explains \u201cLet the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures\u201d as \u200einscription and depiction. Through the circumcision and exposing, the upper MAD are depicted \u200eand inscribed, and are given to man\u2019s soul in an inscription and depiction of the Nukva, who is \u200ecalled \u201cliving soul.\u201d\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The upper world, Bina, is inscribed and sealed with the letter Yod. The lower world, Malchut, is \u200einscribed and sealed with the letter Hey. When Malchut, Nukva, rises and clothes the upper \u200eworld, Bina, the Hey comes out of her from the MA, and Yod enters in her stead, such as Bina, \u200eMI.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the inscription of the letter Yod, inscribed in the flesh of holiness more than all other \u200einscriptions in the world. It is so because through circumcision and exposing, all the records of \u200ethis world\u2014from the letter Hey\u2014come out of man, too, and the imprint of the letter Yod comes \u200ein its stead, as was done in the Nukva that rose to Bina. And since the flesh of holiness of \u200eYesod is sealed with the letter Yod, the man can receive a complete living soul from the holy \u200eNukva, too.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200e225) \u201cAnd let birds fly above the earth.\u201d This is Elijah, who flies the entire world in four flights to \u200ebe there in that covenant of holy circumcision. And a chair must be set up for him, and to \u200emention before him, \u201cThis is the chair of Elijah.\u201d If not, he will not be present there.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here the text explains \u201cAnd let birds fly above the earth,\u201d over Elijah, who flies the entire world \u200ein four flights. Below, he explains the verse and \u201cEvery winged bird after its kind\u201d as angels that \u200efly and sail in the world in six flights. Here, at the end of the verse, he explains that when it \u200ewrites \u201cAbove the earth,\u201d it should not be interpreted as high angels, for they are not in the \u200eearth. Hence, it is necessarily Elijah.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200e\u201cFly above the earth\u201d is Elijah, who is always in the earth, since Elijah is extended from the \u200eNukva of ZA and is always with her. Also, Elijah is not from the side of AVI, for he flies in four \u200eflights, indicating that he is from the Nukva from the Chazeh and below, where there are only \u200efour Sefirot.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The angels are from the side of AVI, hence they are present only in heaven and have VAK, \u200eHGT NHY. Thus, when they come to the earth to carry out their mission, they fly in six flights, \u200efor they clothe in six Sefirot. But Elijah is not from the side of AVI, but from the side of Malchut, \u200eand is always in the earth.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since Malchut has four Sefirot from ZA, TNHY, from his Chazeh and down, he flies throughout \u200ethe earth by only four flights, in clothing of four Sefirot TNHY. And since the writing says \u201cAnd \u200elet birds fly above the earth,\u201d it does not apply to the angels, only to Elijah, who is in the earth. \u200eBut the verse \u201cAnd every winged bird after its kind,\u201d where \u201cAbove the earth\u201d is not mentioned, \u200eapplies to the angels who are from the side of AVI, who fly throughout the world in six flights.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elijah flew through the whole world in four flights to be there at that holy circumcision. Because \u200eElijah said, \u201cI have been very jealous for the Lord … for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your \u200ecovenant,\u201d the Creator said to Elijah, \u201cWherever my sons inscribe this holy inscription in their \u200eflesh, there you will be. And the mouth that testified that Israel had left the covenant will testify \u200ethat Israel are keeping the covenant.\u201d Elijah was punished by the Creator because he accused \u200eHis sons, as it is written, \u201cFor the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant.\u201d\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, we should not take the matters literally\u2014that Elijah was obligated to be present in \u200eeach and every circumcision of the sons of Israel because of a punishment for accusing Israel. \u200eAlso, why is it said here that he must be invited and mentioned verbally, \u201cThis is the chair of \u200eElijah,\u201d or he will not be present there? And if he must be present in each circumcision because \u200eof a punishment, then he must be there. Why does it require Elijah\u2019s testimony, that he will \u200etestify before Him that the sons of Israel are keeping the circumcision? Is everything not \u200erevealed before the Creator? Indeed, a great and terrible secret is concealed here under their \u200esoft words, as they always do.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You will understand the matter with what is presented in The Zohar<\/em>. Rabbi Ilai opened and said, \u200e\u200e\u201c\u2018Be whole with the Lord your God.\u2019 What is the difference between Tam [whole] and Tamim \u200e\u200e[another way for writing \u2018whole\u2019]? It is written about Abraham, \u2018Walk before me and be whole \u200e\u200e[Tamim],\u2019 and it is written about Jacob, who was more complete, \u2018Jacob was a whole [Tam] \u200eman.\u2019 This is because there was no waste left in him at all because he was circumcised.\u201d\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n With what did he perform the exposing and purify from that waste? That place that attacks the \u200ewaste within, which is present in the place of the exposing, is an ox, which is the form of the \u200eleft of His throne.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Merkava [chariot\/structure] of the throne, the face of a lion is in the right, and the face of \u200ethe ox is on the left. The ox is called \u201ca whole [Tam] ox,\u201d since in the Merkava of the throne \u200ethere is an inscription of the covenant. For this reason, this ox is called \u201ca whole ox,\u201d and Jacob \u200eis gripped in it.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n And in this ox, he made the exposing and completely removed the filth of the waste, since there \u200eis a prone ox on the part of the foreskin and exposing, and several litigants come out of him \u200ethrough the bottom degree, called \u201cruins,\u201d and they all come out of that prone ox, in conjunction \u200ewith the evil donkey, the harsh judgment of the Man\u2019ula. \u201cAnd Jacob was a whole man\u201d means \u200ethe husband of that whole one.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n Explanation: There are four shells\u2014Stormy Wind, Great Cloud, Blazing Fire, and Noga around \u200eit. The first three are all impure shells, but the Noga shell is half good half bad. When the three \u200eshells are attached to it, it becomes entirely bad. When it is separated from them and adheres \u200eto holiness, it becomes entirely good.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n These four shells are at the Sium [end] of the Partzuf, at the Sium of Yesod, where there are \u200etwo skins one atop the other. The first skin is called \u201cforeskin,\u201d and the three impure shells are \u200eincluded in it\u2014Stormy Wind, Great Cloud, and Blazing Fire. The second skin is called the \u200e\u200e\u201cexposing skin,\u201d the Noga shell, which is half good half bad.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adam HaRishon was born circumcised because the three impure shells had no grip on him, and \u200eonly the Noga shell was in him, the skin of exposing. It was all good, for it was separated from \u200ethe three impure shells, and adhered to the Kedusha [holiness]. However, by the sin of the tree of \u200eknowledge, through the seduction of the serpent\u2014which consists of the three impure shells\u2014\u200ehe pulled the other skin over him, the foreskin, as we learn that \u201cAdam HaRishon was pulling \u200ehis foreskin.\u201d\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is also written, \u201cIf its owner is warned yet he does not confine it … the ox shall be stoned and \u200eits owner also shall be put to death.\u201d This is so because when the foreskin jumped on him and \u200econnected to his Yesod, his Neshama of Atzilut promptly departed from him, he fell to Assiya, \u200eand was sentenced to death.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was said that there is a prone ox on the part of the foreskin and exposing. Because he was \u200edestined not to eat from the tree of knowledge but was not careful and ate, the foreskin jumped \u200eon him and the two skins were defiled together, since the skin of exposing, which is \u200eNoga, was also defiled by its joining and adhesion with the foreskin, which is the three impure \u200eshells.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, there is a difference between them because the skin of exposing is called \u201ca whole \u200eox,\u201d and not a prone one, since it was in complete Kedusha prior to the sin of the tree of \u200eknowledge. It is defiled only by the foreskin that was attached to it.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence, there are two special corrections\u2014circumcision and exposing. It is written about the \u200eprone ox, \u201cThe ox shall be stoned.\u201d Also, the foreskin should be removed and cut off from the \u200eKedusha and be thrown to the dust. But regarding the whole ox, it is written, \u201cThey shall … \u200edivide its price equally.\u201d\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, the skin of exposing should be placed in Kedusha, connected to Yesod, but it must be \u200ehalved and torn to here and to here, by which the Mochin are revealed back to the Partzuf and \u200ethe holy flesh is revealed.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n He performed exposing in this ox and completely removed the filth of the waste, for by halving \u200ethe skin to here and to here around the Yesod, all the filth that the skin of exposing received \u200ethrough its previous connection to the foreskin is canceled\u200e and gone, and the Mochin that \u200edeparted because of the foreskin can be revealed once more.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, this is still not enough to bring back all the Mochin that departed from Adam \u200eHaRishon because of the sin of the tree of knowledge, for it is written, \u201cAnd its owner also shall \u200ebe put to death,\u201d even though the ox is stoned. It is so because of the great power of the prone \u200eox, who is the slandering SAM, by what is written, \u201cIts owner has been warned, yet he does not \u200econfine it.\u201d\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n To correct that, Elijah took upon himself that same guilt of the SAM and slandered the sons of \u200eIsrael instead of the SAM, as it is written, \u201cFor the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant.\u201d \u200eBy that, he shut the mouth of SAM and SAM\u2019s mission was canceled\u200e because Elijah took his \u200emission upon himself, and then he had the strength to become an advocate later, when he sees \u200ethat the sons of Israel were keeping the covenant.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why Elijah must be present at each circumcision, so that the mouth that testified that the \u200esons of Israel had left the covenant will testify that Israel are keeping the covenant. He took \u200eupon himself SAM\u2019s power to slander the sons of Israel, saying that Israel had left the covenant, \u200eas it is written, \u201cAnd its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it,\u201d hence he has the \u200epower to testify that they are keeping the covenant. Then the power of the prone ox is removed \u200ecompletely, and all the Mochin that departed because of the prone ox can reappear.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence, besides the chair of the godfather, on which the circumcision and exposing are \u200eperformed, another chair should be set up for Elijah. And why is a single chair not enough for \u200eboth? It is because in every place, the chair is the beginning of the correction, the instilling of \u200ethe upper one in the lower one. Also, the Mochin that appear through the circumcision and \u200eexposing, and Elijah\u2019s testimony about the keeping of the covenant are two distinct matters: The \u200emeasure of the Mochin that appear through exposing are on the part of the whole ox, when it is \u200enot known that it is an ox that gored. This is the returning of Noga to Kedusha through dividing \u200eits price equally.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elijah\u2019s testimony, on the other hand, is to remove the evil of the prone ox, which is the power \u200eof the three impure shells themselves, and shut their mouths so that they cannot slander. \u200eHence, two chairs are required: 1) The throne of the Creator, the throne of the godfather, for \u200einstilling the actual Mochin through the circumcision and exposing, and 2) For instilling the \u200eillumination of Elijah, which shuts the mouths of the shells so they cannot slander. This is the \u200echair of Elijah.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should understand why it is necessary to mention in words \u201cThis is the chair of Elijah.\u201d \u200eOtherwise, even if a chair has been prepared for him he will not come there. It is written, \u201cWhat \u200eare you doing here, Elijah,\u201d which is the mouth of Elijah [in Hebrew, \u201cmouth\u201d and \u201chere\u201d are \u200espelled the same]. Also, the holy covenant is the mouth of the Creator, hence there is a \u200edifference between the holy covenant, the Mochin that appear through circumcision and \u200eexposing, which are the mouth of the Creator, and the mouth of Elijah himself.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n To understand it we should delve deeper into the matter of shutting the mouth of the prone ox, \u200eso it does not slander Israel after the return of the Mochin through circumcision and exposing. \u200eThis is because besides Elijah\u2019s testimony, another special correction is required, which is done \u200eby throwing the foreskin to the dust.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is said in The Zohar<\/em> that when a person is circumcised on the eighth day, when he has \u200epassed the seventh day, which is Malchut in Mochin of AVI, who is called \u201choly,\u201d the foreskin is \u200ecut off and thrown outside. The Sitra Achra sees that she is given a part of that offering of the \u200ecircumcision, and through that gift, she turns from accusing to advocating Israel before the \u200eCreator.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n Explanation: It is the nature of spiritual ones that they are incorporated in one another. And \u200esince the foreskin was once attached to Yesod, when it is cut off from Yesod, it takes a part of \u200ethe Kedusha with it. And when we throw the foreskin to the outer ones, they suckle through it \u200esome illumination from the Mochin that appear through circumcision and exposing. This is why \u200ethey no longer wish to slander Israel and arrest these Mochin, for they will lose their share, as \u200ewell, which they take from these Mochin. For this reason, they become Israel\u2019s advocates, to \u200ekeep the Mochin in them.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why Elijah does not tolerate this correction, for although they stop slandering Israel, they \u200etake a part of the Kedusha in return for it. To correct that, Elijah took all the slandering upon \u200ehimself and did not wish to appease them whatsoever by giving a part of the offering of the \u200eKedusha.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence, even though the Sitra Achra has stopped slandering and became an advocate, Elijah \u200ehimself is still slandering, to completely uproot the power of the Sitra Achra and separate him \u200efrom the Kedusha. This is why the mouth of Elijah is required here in addition to the mouth of \u200ethe Creator, which appears through the circumcision and exposing, which leaves a part of the \u200eoffering to the Sitra Achra, since Elijah\u2019s mouth completely uproots the Sitra Achra. This is why \u200eit was said that the mouth that testified that Israel had left the covenant is the one that will \u200etestify that Israel are keeping the covenant.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why it is necessary to mention verbally, \u201cThis is the chair of Elijah.\u201d It is necessary to \u200emention and to extend the mouth of Elijah on his chair, and not settle for the mouth of the \u200eCreator, who removes the accuser and turns it into an advocate, for He remains committed to \u200egiving a part to the Sitra Achra. But through Elijah\u2019s mouth, He removes the accuser and does \u200enot need to give him any appeasement for it.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n If one does not exert to extend the mouth of Elijah with his mouth, that is, on his chair, then he \u200eis not present there, for he must be drawn in. And it is not a question, \u201cHow is it possible that \u200ethe mouth of Elijah corrects more than the mouth of the Creator,\u201d for this is what God has \u200ecreated to do, since the Creator began creation in a way that through one\u2019s good deeds, he will \u200ebe able to complete it.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u200e226) \u201cAnd God created the great sea monsters.\u201d There are two sea monsters, and they are the \u200eforeskin and exposing\u2014the cutting of the foreskin followed by exposing. Also, they are male \u200eand female. \u201cAnd every living soul that moves\u201d is the inscription of the holy covenant, a holy \u200eliving soul [in Hebrew \u201cliving\u201d means Haya and \u201csoul\u201d means Nefesh]. \u201cWith which the waters \u200eswarmed\u201d refers to the upper waters that were attracted to it, to this inscribed token.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n The sea monsters are a leviathan and his mate. Opposite them are the foreskin and exposing, \u200ewhich are the boa serpent and the slant serpent, male and female, since the foreskin is the boa \u200eserpent, a male, which must be removed and thrown to the dust, and exposing is a correction, \u200eremoving the evil of the slant serpent, the female.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is written, \u201cAnd every living soul that moves,\u201d implying to the inscription of that token of holy \u200ecovenant, since through the exposing, when the skin is parted, exposing to here and to here \u200eover the Yesod, the inscription of the Yod appears, the Sium [end] of the upper world, which is \u200ecalled Haya. This is why it is called \u201can inscription of a holy living soul,\u201d of which it is written, \u200e\u200e\u201cAnd every living soul that moves.\u201d\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was said, \u201cupper waters,\u201d which were drawn to it, to that inscribed token, meaning the MAD of \u200ethe upper world, upper AVI, which are called Haya, extended only on the inscription of the Yod. \u200eThen the letter Hey comes out of the MA and Yod enters in its stead, and it is called MI, like \u200eBina.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u200e227) For this reason, Israel were imprinted in a holy and pure inscription below, like the holy \u200einscriptions above, to distinguish between the holy side and the other side. Thus are Israel \u200einscribed, to distinguish between the sanctity of Israel and the idol worshipping nations that \u200ecome from the other side. And as He inscribed Israel, He inscribed their beasts and fowl to \u200edistinguish between them and the beasts and fowls of the idol worshipping nations, happy are \u200eIsrael.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, their beasts and fowl were inscribed because man\u2019s relation toward the rest of the \u200ecreatures in the world is as the relation of the collective toward the individuals in it. This is so \u200ebecause within man\u2019s body, he includes all the people in the world in one collective. And each \u200eis an individual creature, existing independently, apart from the form of man. Hence, as Israel \u200eare distinguished from the nations of the world by the human in them, that same division applies \u200eto the elements in them, which are beasts and fowl. The reason why he mentions beasts and \u200efowl specifically is because the text mentions them. 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