213) \u201cThe shrewd sees evil and hides.\u201d That verse is written about Noah, who entered the ark and hid in it. He entered the ark when the water was pressing him. Before he entered the ark, he saw the angel of death walking among them and surrounding them. When he saw him, he went into the ark and hid in it, as it is written, \u201cThe shrewd sees evil and hides.\u201d \u201cSees evil\u201d is the angel of death. He hides from him. It is written, \u201cBecause of the water of the flood,\u201d meaning because of the angel of death that he saw in the floodwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
214) \u201cThe shrewd sees evil and hides.\u201d When death is in the world, a wise man will hide and will not stand outside. He will stay out of the saboteur\u2019s sight, for because the saboteur was given permission, he will destroy all who are before him and who openly walk in front of him, as it is written, \u201cThe fools passed and were punished,\u201d for they walk before him and are seen by him. \u201cPassed\u201d means that they have transgressed against the commandment of their Master and were punished [Avru means both \u201cpassed\u201d and \u201ctransgressed\u201d]. \u201cThe shrewd sees evil and hides\u201d is Noah. And \u201cFools passed and were punished\u201d are his contemporaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
215) Since he hid in the ark and was detained there the whole of that time, it is written afterward, \u201cAnd God remembered Noah.\u201d When the judgment was being done, no remembering is written about him. Once the judgment was done and the wicked of the world were lost, then remembering is written about him. It is so because while the judgment is in the world, the upper coupling is absent, and the destructor is in the world. Hence, there is no favorable remembrance at that time, since remembering means coupling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
216) And once the judgment has passed and the anger subsided, everything returns to its place, the upper coupling returns to its place, and mercy is poured upon the world. This is why it is written, \u201cAnd God remembered Noah,\u201d since in Noah is the name \u201cremember,\u201d which means coupling. Noah was a righteous man; he is a throne to the upper coupling. And when the coupling returned to its place, it follows that God remembered Noah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
217) \u201cYou rule the swelling of the sea; when its waves rise, You still them.\u201d When the sea jumps in its waves and the deeps rise and fall, the Creator sends a thread of Hesed from the right side and pulls back its wheels. Then its anger subsides and there is none to attain it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the Nukva receives Hochma, she is called \u201csea.\u201d When the Nukva receives only from the left line, which is abundance of Hochma without Hassadim, the waves of the sea rise. This indicates disclosure, since it implies that the water of Hochma rises and appears and can be attained. However, the sea cannot receive Hochma without Hassadim, which is why the waves descend once more. They rise up to be revealed and promptly descend and disappear from attainment for lack of Hassadim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is therefore considered that the sea is angry, that it strains to swell its water with great force, then descends once more with great force, and so on and so forth ceaselessly. This continues until the middle line comes and draws the right line, Hesed, clothing the Hochma on the left with the Hassadim on the right. Finally, the waves return to their place and the sea\u2019s wrath calms down, for now Hochma and Hassadim illuminate together in all of their correction in the desirable wholeness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the Nukva, sea, receives only from the left line, the sea jumps with its waves and is angered, and the deeps rise and fall. They rise to receive Hochma, but promptly fall because they cannot receive for lack of Hassadim. The Creator, the middle line, sends a thread of Hesed from the right, overpowers, and extends the Hassadim from the right line. Then the Hochma clothes in Hassadim, and then it re-extends the waves of the sea because it clothes them in Hassadim. Then its anger subsides because now the Mochin illuminate in it in wholeness. However, due to the clothing of Hochma in Hassadim, the GAR of Hochma disappear and only VAK of Hochma illuminate, but there is no one to attain the GAR because they have disappeared due to the clothing in Hassadim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
218) Jonah went down to the sea, and that fish came by him and swallowed him. How did he not die immediately? The Creator rules the swelling of the sea. The swelling of the sea is judgments that come because of the domination of the left line. This is why Jonah was saved from them, since the Creator, the middle line, mercy, controls the swelling of the sea through a thread of Hesed that He sends from the right and subdues it. This is why he remained alive in the intestines of the fish and was saved from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
219) The swelling of the sea is a thread of the left, which raises the waves of the sea, and in which it rises. But if a thread of Hesed from the right did not come, it would never rise because when a thread of left descends to the sea and the sea grips it, its waves awaken and roar to devour prey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is so because they cannot receive and be nourished by the abundance of Hochma due to the lack of Hassadim. Hence, they are hungry and roar for prey until the Creator turns the waves back and they return to their place, since He extends the thread of Hesed and clothes the Hochma with Hassadim. At that time, He draws the waves of the sea once more, by which the Hochma is corrected and can illuminate in wholeness. Thus, the sea cannot rise in the Hochma from the left line before a thread of Hesed is drawn out, in which the Hochma clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
220) \u201cWhen its waves rise, You still them.\u201d That is, You still the waves of the sea. Stilling is like breaking, since He breaks them in order to return them to their place through the thread of Hesed. \u201cStill\u201d means that the rising of the waves is their merit because they rise to see in passion. Thus, anyone who contemplates looking and knowing, although he cannot, it is considered for him as praise, and everyone praises him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hochma is called \u201ceyes.\u201d Illumination of Hochma is called \u201cseeing.\u201d The waves rise by illumination of the left line in Hochma without Hassadim, for which they cannot see, receive Hochma. Although they cannot see, it is still regarded as praise for them because they run with a passion to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
221) While Noah was in the ark, he feared that the Creator might never remember him. Once the judgment was done and the wicked of the world had been removed, it is written, \u201cAnd God remembered Noah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
222) When the judgment is in the world, it is undesirable for a man that his name will be mentioned above, for if his name is mentioned, his sins will be mentioned, and they will come to look at him and sentence him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
223) We learn this from the Shunammite. On the good day of Rosh Hashanah [New Year\u2019s Eve], when the Creator sentences the world, Elisha said to her, \u201cDo you have what to say to the king,\u201d the Creator, who was then called \u201cking,\u201d the Holy King, King of Judgment? And the Shunammite said, \u201cI dwell within my people.\u201d I do not want to be remembered or looked upon. Rather, \u201cWithin my people.\u201d It is so because one who puts one\u2019s head among the people is not noticed so as to judge him negatively. This is why she said, \u201cWithin my people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
224) When that anger was present in the world, Noah was not mentioned. Once the judgment had passed, it is written, \u201cAnd God remembered Noah.\u201d Now his name is mentioned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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