211) Seven firmaments did the Creator make above, which are the ZAT of Atzilut, HGT NHYM. All of them are in order to know the glory of the Creator, and all of them are poised to announce the matter of the high faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
212) There is a hidden upper firmament, above those seven firmaments\u2014Bina of Atzilut\u2014the firmament that leads them and shines to all of them. It is hidden\u2014meaning its GAR, AVI\u2014and it is doubted because it is unknown, meaning its ZAT, YESHSUT, since it is hidden and deep and everyone wonders about it. This is why its ZAT is called MI [also \u201cwho\u201d in Hebrew], as it is written, \u201cOut of whose abdomen came the ice?\u201d This is the uppermost firmament, which stands atop all seven firmaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
213) Below, there is a firmament, Malchut, the lowermost, and it does not shine. And because it is the lowermost and does not shine, that uppermost firmament atop them, Bina, which is called MI, conjoins in it. This means that the uppermost firmament, MI, the Hochma, does not shine to any firmament of the ZAT, but only to the lowest among them, which is Malchut. And the two letters Mem, Yod, of the upper firmament, which is called MI, contains them within it. It is called Yam [sea], from the letters MI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
214) Because all those other firmaments above the lowermost firmament, which are HGT NHY, became streams and enter it, it becomes the upper sea and bears fruit and various fish, which are the Mochin that it gives to BYA. David said about it, \u201cThere is the sea, great and wide, in which are swarms without number, animals both small and great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
215) It is written about this, \u201cWho has aroused one from the east whom He calls in righteousness to His feet? He delivers up nations before him and subdues kings.\u201d \u201cWho has aroused from the east\u201d is Abraham. Abraham awakened the upper firmament, called MI, to bestow Hochma upon the lower firmament, called Yam [sea]. \u201cHe calls in righteousness to His feet\u201d is the lowest firmament of all seven firmaments, which became a sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe delivers up nations before him.\u201d \u201cBefore him\u201d is the bottom firmament, which takes vengeance and makes the enemies fall. David is praised in him and says, \u201cYou have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, and I destroyed those who hated me.\u201d This is so because the illumination of Hochma destroys all the external ones and the shells. And since only the bottom firmament receives illumination of Hochma, and the six that are above it, he says that he takes vengeance and makes the enemies fall, and also, \u201cHe gives nations before him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
216) \u201cHe gives nations before him\u201d are the nations that Abraham was chasing and the Creator was killing. \u201cAnd subdues kings\u201d refers to the angels appointed over them from above. This is so because when the Creator inflicts judgment in the world, He inflicts judgment on everyone, above and below, in the nations below and in their ministers above in heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
217) \u201cHe pursues them, passing on in peace.\u201d \u201cHe pursues them\u201d is Abraham, since Abraham was pursuing them and the Creator was passing before him and killing them. \u201cPassing on in peace\u201d is the Creator, who is called \u201cpeace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
218) \u201cBy a way he had not been traversing with his feet\u201d means that neither an angel nor a messenger was walking before Abraham, but only the Creator, as it is written, \u201cTraversing with his feet.\u201d \u201cHis feet\u201d are those angels that are under the Creator, as it is written, \u201cAnd His feet shall stand in that day.\u201d The angels are called \u201cHis feet.\u201d And the meaning of the words \u201cHis feet\u201d is the angels\u2014who will not come by Abraham’s way at that time, but the Creator alone was on his way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
219) When the Creator awakened the world, which is Malchut, to bring Abraham closer to Him, this awakening was for Jacob, who is the east, since Jacob was destined to come out of him and beget twelve tribes, all of which would be righteous before the Creator. And the meaning of the word MI, which is Bina, awakened the world to bring Abraham from the east, for the east is Jacob, since Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are called \u201csouth,\u201d \u201cnorth,\u201d and \u201ceast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
220) \u201cHe calls in righteousness to His feet.\u201d The Creator was always calling on Jacob since the day the world was created. And this indeed is the reason why he was called Tzedek [justice], which is Malchut. \u201cTo His feet\u201d means bonding with Him in His work and bringing him closer to Him, as it is written, \u201cAnd all the people that are at your feet,\u201d which is the people that are connected to you. \u201cTo His feet\u201d means bonding with Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
221) \u201cWho has awakened from the east,\u201d from which the light begins to shine. All the power of the light in the south, Hesed, is from the east, which is Tifferet. This is why it is written, \u201cWho has awakened\u201d the light of the south, Hesed, \u201cfrom the east,\u201d which is Tifferet, who awakened him. Tifferet takes and is nourished first, and then gives to VAK, which are included in Tifferet, in which there is the south, Hesed. The desire of the upper firmament, Bina, is to bestow upon the east, Tifferet. This means that the one who receives from Bina is Tifferet, who is the main one from the VAK. Afterwards, he gives to the edges, in which there is the light of Hesed. Thus, the south does not receive from Bina but from the east. This is why it is written, \u201cWho has aroused one from the east?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
222) \u201cHe calls in righteousness to His feet\u201d is west, Malchut, who always calls to the east, Tifferet, and does not rest, as it is written, \u201cO God, keep not Your silence,\u201d since the west, Malchut, called Elokim [God], always awakens to Him. \u201cHe delivers up nations before him and subdues kings,\u201d since from Him, from the east, he receives the strength to subdue all the peoples of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
223) \u201cWho has awakened from the east\u201d is Abraham, who took the awakening to the Creator from the east because when he saw the sun rising in the morning from the east, he took an awakening for himself, which is the Creator. He said about the sun, \u201cThis is the King who created me,\u201d and he worshiped the sun the whole day. In the evening, he saw that the sun was setting and the moon rose. He said about the moon, \u201cThis one must be ruling the worship that he was worshiping the whole of that day, the sun, since the sun had darkened before the moon and does not shine.\u201d Thus, he worshiped the moon the whole of that night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
224) In the morning, he saw that the moon darkened and the east illuminated. He said, \u201cThere must be a king and a ruler over all those, who leads them.\u201d When the Creator saw Abraham’s desire, He appeared before him and spoke to him, as it is written, \u201cHe calls in righteousness to His feet.\u201d Righteousness is the Creator, who called him and spoke to him, and appeared before him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
225) It is written, \u201cSpeak righteousness and declare things that are right.\u201d All of the Creator\u2019s words are true. \u201cAnd declare things that are right\u201d because when the Creator created the world, the world did not stand, but collapsed to this side and to that side. The Creator said to the world, \u201cWhy are you falling?\u201d It told Him, \u201cDear Lord, I cannot stand because I have no foundation [Yesod] on which to stand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
226) The Creator told it, \u201cThus, I will place a righteous one within you, Abraham, who will love Me.\u201d And the world immediately stood and existed. It is written, \u201cThese are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were created.\u201d Do not read it, BeHibar\u2019am [when they were created], but BeAvraham [in Abraham, same letters in Hebrew], since the world existed in Abraham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
227) The world replied to the Creator, \u201cAbraham is destined to beget sons who will destroy the Temple and burn the Torah.\u201d The Creator told it, \u201cOne man will come out of him, Jacob, and twelve tribes will come out of him, all of which are righteous.\u201d Promptly, the world existed for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
228) It is written, \u201cAnd he spoke,\u201d and \u201cAnd he said,\u201d and each has its unique reason. \u201cAnd he spoke\u201d means in disclosure, which is Malchut, who is called \u201cthe revealed world.\u201d This is the outermost degree and is not an internal degree like the ones above her. \u201cAnd declare things that are right\u201d is the Malchut, which is considered speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
229) \u201cAnd he said\u201d implies to an internal degree, above Malchut, which governs the speech, Malchut. This is \u201cdeclare things that are right.\u201d \u201cRight\u201d is a high degree, where Jacob is, Tifferet, as it is written, \u201cYou have established rightness.\u201d This is why it is written \u201cdeclare\u201d here, and does not write, \u201cSpeak,\u201d to indicate that it refers to Tifferet and not to Malchut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
230) But it is written, \u201cAnd He spoke unto you His covenant.\u201d As was said \u201cSpeak\u201d regarding the covenant, he could have said it with Tzedek [justice], too. Speaking is also considered a covenant, Yesod, since Tifferet and covenant are one. However, Yesod is a degree that rules over the lower one, which is the \u201cSpeak righteousness,\u201d hence it is possible to use \u201cspoke\u201d in it, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although it is said that speaking is the lowermost, it is a high and important degree. Speaking indicates that it is filled with all the degrees and that it is a high degree. This is so because although speech is the outermost degree, Malchut, Malchut is not called \u201cspeech,\u201d unless when she is built and made of an internal Partzuf, equal to ZA face-to-face. At that time, ZA is called \u201cvoice,\u201d and the Nukva, \u201cspeech.\u201d Thus, on the one hand, speech means Malchut, the most external and the lowest, and on the other hand, it indicates to her complete construction, face-to-face with ZA, at which time she is a high degree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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