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\u201cThus shall you say to the house Jacob, and tell the children of Israel.\u201d In the Midrash<\/em>, \u201c\u2018Thus shall you say\u2019 are the women, tell them the abstract [summary]. \u2018And tell the children of Israel,\u2019 tell them the details of the matter, since they can hear. And why to the women? It is because they hurry with the Mitzvot<\/em> [commandments].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnother interpretation: They lead their sons to learn the Torah. Rabbi Tachlifa deKeisarin said, \u2018When I created the world, I commanded only Adam HaRishon<\/em>. Afterward, Eve was commanded, and she transgressed and corrupted the world. Now, if I do not call the women first, they will cancel the Torah. This is why it was said, \u2018Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob.\u2019\u2019 And Rabbi Yochanan said, \u2018\u2018The house of Jacob\u2019 are the Sanhedrin, as was said, \u2018House of Jacob, let us walk.\u2019\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We should interpret the above-said in the work. It is known that man consists of a quality of reception, called \u201cwoman,\u201d and a quality of bestowal, called \u201cman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Adam HaRishon<\/em> was created, the order of his creation was from above downward, meaning from Zach<\/em> [fine] to Av<\/em> [coarse], where first there was the quality of bestowal and then emerged the quality of reception in him. As is explained in The Zohar<\/em>, Adam HaRishon<\/em> did not have anything from this world, meaning that before the sin, he did not have the complete desire to receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man has three souls, as is explained in the words of the ARI: 1) a Nefesh<\/em> [soul] of Kedusha<\/em> [holiness], which is a Kli<\/em> [vessel] of holiness, 2) a Nefesh<\/em> from the Kli<\/em> of Noga, which is half and half, 3) a Nefesh<\/em> of the three impure Klipot<\/em> [shells\/peels].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHalf and half\u201d means that if a person performs a Mitzva<\/em> [commandment], the second Nefesh<\/em> connects to Kedusha<\/em>. If he performs a transgression, she connects to the third Nefesh<\/em>. Adam HaRishon<\/em> was born circumcised, meaning he did not have the third Nefesh<\/em>, and only by the sin was his foreskin pulled, meaning he extended upon himself the third Nefesh<\/em>, called \u201cthis world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence, when the world was created, Adam HaRishon<\/em> was commanded first because the order is from Zach<\/em> to Av<\/em>. But at the time of the giving of the Torah, when they already had the foreskin, which is filth extended from the serpent, one must begin from below upward, meaning from Av<\/em> to Zach<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We should interpret Av<\/em> in relation to the time of Katnut<\/em> [smallness\/infancy], for during the Katnut<\/em>, which is the quality of Nukva<\/em> [female], the will to receive has the governance. At that time, we must say that acceptance of Torah and Mitzvot<\/em> [commandments] is regarded as a \u201csoft saying.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThus shall you say to the house Jacob, and tell the children of Israel.\u201d In the Midrash, \u201c\u2018Thus shall you say\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6246,"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":[26],"class_list":["post-12236","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKabbalah | 315. 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