November 1979<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd Isaac sowed in that land, and he found on that year one hundred gates, and the Lord blessed him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We should ask why specifically \u201cone hundred gates.\u201d Why not one hundred and fifty, which is more important than one hundred? Also, if the verse wants to make a gross exaggeration, why does he find only one hundred gates? We should also ask about \u201cAnd the Lord blessed him.\u201d It should have said it before \u201cand he found one hundred,\u201d but from here it is implied that after he was awarded one hundred gates there is also room for the blessing of the Creator. But what was he missing? To have something for which to bless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We should also ask about the verse, \u201che became very great.\u201d RASHI interpreted that it was said, \u201cThe manure and mules of Isaac, and not the silver and gold of Abimelech.\u201d Although there are many interpretations about this, in the literal, this remains perplexing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is presented in the \u201cIntroduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot,\u201d that besides repentance from love there is also repentance from fear, at which time he is called \u201cintermediate.\u201d He gives there an allegory about this, of two people who made a covenant of love between them because of the delight and pleasure that they bestowed upon each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two manners about this: 1) There was always love between them. 2) At first, they had grievances against each other, but after some time, love formed between them and they made a covenant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By this he interprets that repentance from fear, when sins become for him as mistakes, means that only once they have repented is there love between them. But before this, he had sins. Hence, repentance from fear is called \u201cintermediate,\u201d since there are two times here: before he repented, they did not have love. After he repented, they do have love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But when he is rewarded with repentance from love, when sins become for him as merits, it follows that the part of the time before the repentance was also corrected, when they all became merits, see there. At that time, he is called \u201ccomplete righteous,\u201d since he no longer has any sins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the meaning of \u201cAnd sowed \u2026 and he found one hundred gates,\u201d meaning one hundred percent, since there aren\u2019t more than one hundred percent. This means that he corrected even the time before he repented, meaning the time when he had sins, which is called \u201cmanure and waste.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baal HaSulam interpreted that Predot<\/em> [mules] means Perud<\/em> [separation], that during the concealment of the face, a person feels that he is separated from the Creator and must connect and adhere to the Creator, and this, too, was corrected in Isaac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But when he makes repentance from fear, although after the repentance he has \u201csilver and gold,\u201d from the words Kisufim<\/em> [Kesef<\/em> means longing] and Ze-Hav<\/em> [Zahav<\/em> means gold], that the Creator will give him love and fear because he already longs for the Creator, at that time the Creator is called Avi Melech<\/em> [Abimelech, meaning \u201cmy father the king\u201d]. However, this is a quality that is applied only after he has been rewarded with repentance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before he repents, there are still sins, called \u201cmanure and mules.\u201d This is the meaning of their saying, \u201cThe manure and mules of Isaac are more important than the silver and gold of Abimelech,\u201d since the manure and mules of Isaac, who is from repentance from love, are more important than repentance from fear, called the \u201csilver and gold of Abimelech.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to what is explained in the Sulam<\/em> [Ladder commentary on The Zohar<\/em>], before we are rewarded with the light of Hochma<\/em>, we are still not rewarded with absolution of iniquities. Isaac, who is the quality of Gevura<\/em>, the quality of Hochma<\/em>, called \u201cone hundred gates,\u201d all one hundred percent of his years were corrected. However, we still need a middle line, called \u201cblessing,\u201d which is regarded as Hassadim<\/em> that clothe the Hochma<\/em>, as explained in the Sulam<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For this reason, the Torah begins with the Bet<\/em> of Beresheet<\/em> [\u201cIn the beginning\u201d], since Bet<\/em> means Beracha<\/em> [blessing], which is Hesed<\/em>. Hence, after all this, \u201cAnd the Lord blessed him,\u201d meaning he was rewarded with inclusion in the middle line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" November 1979 \u201cAnd Isaac sowed in that land, and he found on that year one hundred gates, and the Lord […]<\/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-12340","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n