35) \u201cAnd the earth was unformed and void [in Hebrew: Tohu veBohu].\u201d \u201cThe earth\u201d is the upper earth, Nukva of ZA, who has no light of her own. The word \u201cwas\u201d indicates that the earth was initially in full completeness, as it should be, but which now became Tohu veBohu and darkness. \u201cWas\u201d tells us that she was in completeness, then diminished herself and diminished the light in her, which went out of her and she became Tohu veBohu and darkness, and spirit. These are the four foundations of the world, which were completed in the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
36) \u201cAnd the earth\u201d comes to include the lower earth, which was made in sections, like the upper one. It is written, \u201cAnd the land was unformed and void [Tohu veBohu], and darkness, and spirit,\u201d since those are the sections in the earth, called \u201cearth,\u201d \u201cground,\u201d \u201cvalley,\u201d \u201coblivion,\u201d \u201caridity,\u201d Arka [Aramaic: earth], \u201cworld.\u201d The biggest of all the lands is \u201cworld,\u201d of which it is written, \u201cAnd He will judge the world in righteousness.\u201d This is not written of the rest of the lands; hence, it means that she is the most important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Zohar<\/em> explains how those seven lands divide in the four foundations\u2014Tohu veBohu, darkness, and spirit\u2014in a way that the verse \u201cAnd the land was unformed\u201d applies to the bottom earth, of Assiya, and not to the upper earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 37) Rabbi Aba says, \u201cThe earth is called \u2018aridity\u2019; it is the place of Hell, as it is written, \u2018Aridity and the shadow of death.\u2019 As the shadow of death is the name of Hell, so is aridity, which is near it. It is written, \u2018And darkness over the face of the deep,\u2019 which is the place of Hell, which is aridity, the place of the angel of death, who darkens people\u2019s faces. It is a place of the upper darkness, as it is written, \u2018And the earth was unformed and void, and darkness, and the spirit.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 38) Tohu is the land of oblivion. It is called so because no sight is seen in it until it is completely forgotten, since oblivion means forgetfulness. No color or sight is seen in Tohu. Bohu is the land of Arka, since it is not a forgotten place. Since it has a depiction and a shape, it is not forgotten like Tohu. Rabbi Hiya says, \u201cThe land \u2018valley\u2019 is Bohu, and not Arka. \u2018And the spirit of God\u2019 is the land \u2018world,\u2019 nourished by the spirit of God, the spirit of Bina, who is called Elokim [God], and they are all as one degree.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The words of Rabbi Aba explain the four upper lands, which are Oblivion, Aridity, Arka, and World. Aridity is opposite Tohu, Oblivion opposite darkness, Arka opposite Bohu, and World opposite the spirit of God. These are the four foundations of the world that were completed in the earth: fire, wind, water, and dust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oblivion is Tohu, the foundation of dust; Aridity is darkness, the foundation of fire; Arka is Bohu, the foundation of water; World is the spirit of God, the foundation of wind. Why did he explain nothing about the three bottom lands, Earth, Ground, and Valley?<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is so because the seven lands are considered one Partzuf, Rosh and Guf. The upper land, World, corresponds to Bina, Rosh. The six bottom lands are Toch [interior] and Sof [end] of the Partzuf. Arka, Aridity, and Oblivion are considered the Toch, HGT through the Chazeh. Arka is the foundation of water, Hesed; Aridity is the foundation of fire, Gevura; Oblivion is the foundation of dust, Tifferet and Malchut together through the Chazeh, and from the Chazeh and below it is Malchut alone. In those four lands there is the entire phase of the Partzuf, which are Bina, HGT, and Malchut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence, there is no need to explain the three lower lands, for although they are three phases NHY, they are still only the expansion of Malchut, the expansion of the Tohu from Chazeh and below, in which there is nothing new. We need not ask, \u201cBut World is considered Yesod, the Ruach, which is Tifferet, and not Tohu,\u201d since World is Ruach of Bina and regarded as Bina, and Tifferet of the Partzuf is in Oblivion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 39\/1) Likewise, in the seven sections that were explained in the lower earth of Assiya, there are also such as them in the upper earth, in Malchut of Atzilut, regarded as a land in Malchut of the world of Atzilut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 35) \u201cAnd the earth was unformed and void [in Hebrew: Tohu veBohu].\u201d \u201cThe earth\u201d is the upper earth, Nukva of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":11820,"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":[28],"class_list":["post-11823","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-zohar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n