256) \u201cAnd a river comes out of Eden.\u201d It is certain that there are no foreign shells in the upper tree of life, ZA of Atzilut, as it is written about it, \u201cNo evil shall come to you.\u201d It is so because the shells \u200ebegin in the world of Beria, below Atzilut, but in the tree below, meaning in the tree below the world of Beria, there are foreign shells. This tree is planted in the Garden of Eden of ZA below, ZA of Beria, and the tree that is there is called Hanoch [Enoch] or Matat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Creator\u2019s Garden of Eden, the Garden of Eden of Atzilut, there are no shells to have one who is \u201cperverse or crooked\u201d there. This is why it is written about it, \u201cAnd a river comes out of Eden.\u201d A river is Matat. \u201cComes out of Eden\u201d means it is coming out of its Idun [pleasantness], Mochin of Ima, since Bina is called Eden. \u201cTo water the garden\u201d means the garden of Matat, his orchard, Malchut of Beria where Ben Azai, Ben Zoma, and Elisha entered. The shells \u200eof Matat are good on that side and bad on that side. This is the meaning of having prohibition and permission in the Torah, kosher and non-kosher, impurity and purity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA river\u201d is ZA of Atzilut. Eden is upper Ima. Thus, how does it write, \u201cComes out of Eden,\u201d which means that it departs from the Mochin \u200eof upper Ima? After all, in Atzilut \u200ethere are no shells to detain the illumination of Mochin \u200ethere, so it is possible to say about ZA that it comes and becomes separated from upper Ima? This is why Rabbi Shimon interpreted that a river is Matat, below Parsa of Atzilut, in which shells \u200eare already possible, separating it from Atzilut \u200eand standing in the Garden of Eden of Beria to water it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is why it is written, \u201cAnd a river,\u201d Matat, \u201cComes out of Eden,\u201d of the upper Garden of Eden, Malchut of Atzilut, since it exits and parts from her and comes to Beria, \u201cTo water the garden,\u201d the Garden of Eden of Beria, Malchut of Beria, called PARDESS, where Ben Azai, Ben Zoma, and Elisha entered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
257) An old man arose and said to Rabbi Shimon, \u201cRabbi, Rabbi. It is indeed so\u2014that there are no shells \u200ein Atzilut, but in Beria. However, Matat is not called \u2018the tree of life.\u2019\u201d That is, he was wondering about him: if you interpret the garden in the text to be the Garden of Eden of Beria, how will you interpret the words \u201cAnd the tree of life in the midst of the garden\u201d? Thus, the tree of life is not in the garden of Beria, and Matat is not the tree of life because there is good and bad in him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The thing is this: \u201cAnd formed\u201d that is written with two letters Yod [in Hebrew] indicates two Yetzirot [pl. of Yetzira]\u2014the good and the bad, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, in which there are those two Yetzirot. The tree of knowledge is the small Adam when he has Mochin of Katnut. At that time, the side of death and the side of life are from him, prohibition and permission. That is, the prohibition brings death, and the permission is life because those two extend from Mochin of Katnut \u200eof the man, which are his two Yetzirot. This is why he is called \u201cthe tree of knowledge of good and evil.\u201d This is also why it is written about him, \u201cAnd formed,\u201d with two letters Yod, for it is written about Adam of Katnut, \u201cAnd the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
258) \u201cAnd breathed into his nostrils the breath [also \u201csoul\u201d] of life,\u201d from the upper Shechina, called Eden and called \u201crepentance.\u201d Two states are presented in this verse: 1) a state of Mochin of Katnut, of which it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground.\u201d This is considered the tree of knowledge of good and evil because \u201cAnd formed\u201d indicates two Yetzirot, good and evil. 2) The state of Mochin of Gadlut, of which it is written, \u201cAnd breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,\u201d since the light of Bina, who is the upper Shechina, is called \u201cthe breath of life,\u201d and the light of Bina is Mochin of Gadlut, called Eden. It was written about the Adam of Mochin of Gadlut, \u201cAnd the tree of life in the midst of the garden,\u201d since in Gadlut, the tree of life is called \u201cthe middle pillar,\u201d ZA of Atzilut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The garden is the lower Shechina. Those three ties to it are called Neshama, Ruach, Nefesh: 1) From the upper Shechina, he has Neshama; 2) From ZA of Atzilut, he has Ruach; 3) From the garden, Malchut, the lower Shechina, he has Nefesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In them, meaning with the Neshama, Ruach, and Nefesh, the man had a Nefesh \u200eHaya [also \u201cliving soul\u201d]. It is called \u201cfrom His mouth,\u201d actually in relation to the Shechina, who is the breath [Neshama] of life. That is, now the words \u201cAnd breathed into his nostrils\u201d seem that He actually breathed with His mouth into the nostrils of Adam \u200eHaRishon, since the breath of life is the light of the upper Shechina. That abundance of the Shechina also extends from the mouth of ZA. That is, the Mochin of GAR are always poured out from Peh of Rosh, Malchut \u200eof the Rosh, which is why it is written, \u201cAnd breathed,\u201d meaning through the mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This explains the question of Rabbi Shimon, who asked, \u201cHow come it is written about ZA of Atzilut, \u2018And a river comes out of Eden and from there it parted,\u2019 since there are no shells \u200ein Atzilut \u200eto part ZA from Bina for the text to say \u2018And from there it parted\u2019?\u201d To that, the old man answered, \u201cThe text applies to Adam \u200eHaRishon, who has two states\u2014Katnut and Gadlut.\u201d In Katnut, it was written about him, \u201cAnd formed,\u201d which is the two Yetzirot, good and evil. At that time, the man is in BYA, among the shells, and he is called \u201cthe tree of knowledge of good and evil.\u201d The words \u201cAnd a river comes out of Eden\u201d imply that state, for then the river, man, comes out of Atzilut, Eden, to the worlds of separation, BYA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the words \u201cAnd the tree of life in the midst of the garden\u201d apply to the man\u2019s state of Gadlut, when he acquires Neshama, Ruach, Nefesh from Atzilut, for then Atzilut \u200erises and clothes ZA, called \u201cthe tree of life,\u201d and the man is also considered the tree of life, like him, since the lower one who clothes the upper one becomes like him. At that time, the man was in the Garden of Eden of Atzilut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Immediately after the old man said those words, he went up. Rabbi Shimon said, \u201cHe was surely an angel. And yet, we have supports.\u201d Rabbi Shimon explained the words \u201cAnd the tree of life in the midst of the garden\u201d as relating to the end of correction, hence the old man did not need to question about him\u2014that Matat is not called \u201cthe tree of life\u201d\u2014since the words \u201cAnd a river comes out of Eden\u201d deal with the 6,000 years, when Matat is in the form of good and evil, while the words \u201cAnd the tree of life in the midst of the garden\u201d deal with the end of correction when BYA and Matat return to being in Atzilut, and Matat is considered the tree of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Rabbi Shimon saw that the old man did not understand it, he knew he was an angel, for angels have no attainment in what is destined to come at the end of correction, as it is written, \u201cNow it shall be said to Jacob and to Israel, \u2018What has God worked?\u2019\u201d That is, then, at the end of correction, the attainment of Israel will be made greater than the attainment of the angels, and the angels will ask Israel what God has worked, since the Emanator corrected the four worlds ABYA as much as necessary for Israel to be able to complete the correction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, he did nothing in relation to the end of correction itself, as we learn, \u201cYou are with Me in partnership,\u201d I started the worlds and you finish them. This is why the angels, too, have nothing of the end of correction and attain none of it. In that regard, they must ask Israel, \u201cWhat has God worked?\u201d For this reason, since Rabbi Shimon saw that he did not know how to settle the verses of the tree of life through the end of correction, he realized that he was an angel, that he had no attainment there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is why he said, \u201cNot only did the old man not contradict his words, but there was even support in his words to the words of Rabbi Shimon.\u201d According to the old man, the words \u201cAnd a river comes out of Eden\u201d relate to the time of Katnut, and the words \u201cAnd the tree of life in the midst of the garden\u201d relate to the time of Gadlut. It is similar to the words of Rabbi Shimon who interpreted the words \u201cAnd a river comes out of Eden\u201d in relation to the 6,000 years when BYA are in Katnut, \u200eseparated from Atzilut, and the words \u201cAnd the tree of life in the midst of the garden\u201d relate to the end of correction, when BYA return to Atzilut \u200eand Gadlut. Thus, the words of the old man are similar to the words of Rabbi Shimon and support his words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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