319) \u201cI am your shield.\u201d \u201cI\u201d is the first degree to which Abraham adhered in the beginning. It is written, \u201cAnd Abram said, \u2018O Lord God [ADNI HaVaYaH], what will You give me?\u2019\u201d ADNI [Lord], when it is filled, is Aleph, Dalet, Nun, Yod, the Nukva. HaVaYaH is written with punctuation of Elokim. Filled HaVaYaH is Yod, Hey, Vav, Hey, Bina. What is the reason that both these names are written in the same verse? It is the connection of the two worlds\u2014the upper world and the lower world. ADNI is the lower world, the Nukva. HaVaYaH with punctuation of Elokim is the upper world, Bina. In this verse, both were united.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
320) \u201cWhat will You give me, since I am childless,\u201d meaning I have no son, and anyone without a son in this world is called \u201cchildless.\u201d Why did Abraham say, \u201cWhat will You give me,\u201d as though he did not believe the Creator?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
321) The Creator told him, \u201cI am your shield,\u201d in this world, \u201cYour reward shall be very great,\u201d in the next world. Promptly, Abraham awakened in Hochma and said, \u201cWhat will you give me? I know that a man who did not bear a child does not receive a reward with which he comes to the next world.\u201d This is why he said, \u201cWhat will You give me, since I am childless? Will You not give me, for I have not been granted with it?\u201d It follows that a man who was not rewarded with sons in this world is not rewarded with admittance into the presence of the Creator in the next world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
322) Abraham saw in the wisdom of the stars that he would not bear. It is written, \u201cAnd He took him outside and said, \u2018Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars.\u2019\u201d The Creator told him, \u201cDo not look into the wisdom of the stars, but into My name, the Nukva. You will have a son, as it is written, \u2018So shall be your seed.\u2019\u201d Koh [so] is the holy name from which a son was tied to him, and not from the Sitra Achra, who is stars and fortunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
323) Koh is the gate for acceptance of the prayer, which is the Nukva, in whom he will find blessing, and in whom a man will receive his request. Koh is that side which comes from the side of Gevura, the Nukva that is built from the left, Gevura, since Isaac was born from the side of Gevura. And that side of Gevura is called Koh. The fruits come to the world from there, and not from the side that is below, which is the stars and the fortunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
324) \u201cThen,\u201d it is written, \u201cHe believed in the Lord,\u201d meaning adhered above to the Kedusha, to the name Koh, and did not adhere below, to the Sitra Achra. \u201cThen he believed in the Lord,\u201d and not in stars and fortunes. \u201cThen he believed in the Lord,\u201d who promised him that his reward would be very great for the next world. \u201cThen he believed in the Lord,\u201d in that degree that was given the name Koh. He believed that from there the bearing of sons in the world would be extended to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
325) \u201cAnd He regarded it to him as righteousness,\u201d \u201cRegarded to him,\u201d to that name Koh, even though it is judgment, he regards it as mercy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd He regarded it to him as righteousness\u201d means that he tied a connection to unite the upper one, Bina, with the lower one, Nukva, to tie them together. The Nukva is called Tzedek [justice]. When she unites into one with Bina, she draws from her the first Hey in the name HaVaYaH. At that time, the Nukva is called Tzedakah [righteousness], which is Tzedek with a Hey [at the end of the word] from Bina. And when it writes, \u201cAnd He regarded it to him as righteousness,\u201d it means that He tied a connection of upper in lower, for therefore now He regards it in the name Tzedakah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
326) Abraham, with the letter Hey, bears. Abram does not bear. But he bore Ishmael while he was still Abram? However, he did not bear the son that the Creator promised him while he was Abram. While he was Abram, he bore only below, Ishmael. When he was called Abraham and entered the covenant, he bore above, in Kedusha. For this reason, Abram does not bear in the upper connection, but below. Abraham does bear, for he connected above in Isaac above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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