1) Why was Abraham rewarded more than all his contemporaries with the Creator telling him, \u201cGo forth\u201d? It is written, \u201cListen to Me, you stubborn-hearted who are far from righteousness.\u201d Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted,\u201d meaning how hard are the hearts of the wicked who see the trails and ways of Torah, the internality and externality of the Torah\u2014the trails are the internality and the ways are the externality\u2014and do not look at them. Their hearts are hard since they do not return to their Maker in repentance. This is why they are called \u201cstubborn-hearted who are far from righteousness,\u201d meaning far from the Torah, and hence, far from righteousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2) They are called \u201cstubborn-hearted\u201d because they are far from the Creator. It writes, \u201cWho are far from righteousness\u201d because they do not wish to draw near the Creator. And since they are far from righteousness, they are far from peace, as it is written, \u201c\u2018There is no peace,\u2019 said the Lord to the wicked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the side of her judgment, Malchut is called Tzedek [justice], without the letter Hey [at the end of Tzedek, which would make it Tzedakah, righteousness]. In the great coupling of Tzadik and Tzedek, when the Nukva rises and clothes Ima, she is called Tzedakah [righteousness]. In other words, she becomes mercy. This is so because she received the letter Hey of Ima, since she clothes her. And through the MAN that the righteous raise to the Nukva while she is called Tzedek, they cause a high coupling, and Tzedek turns into Tzedakah, that is, the judgment becomes mercy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the meaning of the words \u201cListen to Me, you stubborn-hearted.\u201d Because they are stubborn-hearted and do not raise MAN by looking in the Torah and by penance, they are remote from Tzedakah, since they are in judgments of Tzedek, without the letter Hey\u2014the Mochin of Ima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And because they draw far from the Torah and do not raise MAN for the high coupling, they are far from Tzedakah [righteousness] and are in judgments of Tzedek. Thus, they have no love for the Creator, and they are far from turning the Tzedek into Tzedakah, meaning the judgment into mercy, for they are not raising MAN for coupling. And because they are far from Tzedakah, they are far from peace. Also, because they do not raise MAN to turn the Tzedek into Tzedakah, they have no peace, since they do not cause the high coupling called \u201cpeace.\u201d Thus, peace does not shine upon them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3) Abraham wanted to bring himself closer to the Creator, and he did, as it is written, \u201cYou have loved Tzedek [justice\/rightness] and hated wickedness.\u201d Because he loved Tzedek and hated wickedness, he grew closer to Tzedakah [righteousness]. In other words, because he loved Tzedek, he raised MAN for a high coupling, and the Tzedek became Tzedakah for him. This is why it is written, \u201cAbraham who loves Me,\u201d since it is written about him, \u201cYou have loved righteousness,\u201d which is the love of the Creator, for Abraham loved Him more than all his contemporaries, who were stubborn-hearted and far from righteousness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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