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Heshvan<\/em>, November 1979<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAbraham arose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Het, saying…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baal HaTurim writes, \u201cTen times \u2018sons of Het\u2019 in the portion since one who scrutinizes the value of a wise disciple, it is as though he observed the Ten Commandments, in which there is the letter Het<\/em> ten times.\u201d We need to understand why one who scrutinizes the value of a wise disciple is as though he observed the Ten Commandments, and also, where is the proof in the verse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zohar<\/em> interprets that Abraham means the soul, and Sarah means the body. The soul is regarded as the light that dresses in the Kli<\/em> [vessel], which is called \u201cbody,\u201d and is the will to receive. We must distinguish a portion for the will to receive that is called \u201cbody,\u201d meaning give a place in the earth. The will to receive called \u201cbody\u201d was sorted out of the 320 sparks that fell to BYA<\/em>, and the Klipot<\/em> [shells\/peels] grip the sparks of Kedusha<\/em> [holiness] that fell into BYA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we want to sort out for Kedusha<\/em>, when we scrutinize the body to make it a Kli<\/em> [vessel] that is fit to receive the soul, at that time the body is called \u201cwise disciple.\u201d It is as Baal HaSulam said, that the Creator is called \u201cwise,\u201d and if a person learns from the Wise then he is called \u201ca wise disciple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence, if the body, called \u201cwill to receive,\u201d learns the quality of the Wise, meaning to be a giver, the body is called \u201ca wise disciple.\u201d Yet, this is impossible before we observe the Ten Commandments, as our sages said, \u201cI have created the evil inclination; I have created the Torah as a spice\u201d (Kidushin<\/em> 30b), meaning that through the Torah we can defeat the evil inclination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the meaning of \u201cOne who scrutinizes the value of a wise disciple, it is as though he observed the Ten Commandments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGrave\u201d is the resting place of the body. Hence, there are graves of idol-worshippers, and there is the Cave of Machpelah. As was asked in The Zohar<\/em>, sometimes it is written, \u201cthe Cave of Machpelah,\u201d and sometimes it is written \u201cthe Field of Machpelah.\u201d He interprets in the Sulam<\/em> [Ladder commentary on The Zohar<\/em>] that the duality is the association of the quality of mercy with judgment, that Malchut<\/em> rose to Bina<\/em>. There is Malchut<\/em> of Bina<\/em> and there is Bina<\/em> of Bina<\/em>, and there is Bina<\/em> of Malchut<\/em> and there is Malchut<\/em> of Malchut<\/em>. The meaning is that the body should receive a correction of the quality of mercy with judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence, the scrutiny should be for the will to receive, which is the quality of judgment, to be included in the quality of mercy, and by this the body will become a Kli<\/em> that is fit to receive the light of the soul. He needed to receive the consent of the sons of Het, meaning he had to give them something so they would not slander the body. This is similar to giving a portion to the Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em> [other side] in order to remove it and be saved from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that time, the soul, which is the quality of Abraham, can reside in the body. This is called \u201cthe revival of the dead,\u201d meaning that the body is revived from the state of the breaking of the vessels and the sin of the tree of knowledge, which is the meaning of the \u201cshedding of organs.\u201d By the corrections of the quality of mercy with judgment, the body is corrected and is called a Kli<\/em> in which the light of the Creator, regarded as a soul, can reside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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