385) Happy are Israel, for the Creator has chosen them from among all peoples and gave them this Brit [covenant]. This is so because anyone who has this sign on him does not go down to Hell, if he has kept it properly and did not admit it into a different authority\u2014to menstruation, a handmaid, a gentile whore\u2014and did not lie in the name of the King. Anyone who lies in His name, in the sign of the covenant, it is as though he lies in the name of the Creator, as it is written, \u201cThey have dealt treacherously against the Lord, for they have begotten strange children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
386) When a person raises his son to admit him into this covenant, the Creator calls His company, the angels of above, and says, \u201cSee the value of the creation that I have made in the world.\u201d At that time, Elijah comes and flies around the world four times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
387) Hence, a person must set up a special chair in Elijah\u2019s honor and say, \u201cThis is the chair of Elijah.\u201d If he does not say it, he is not there, and he rises and testifies before the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
388) In the beginning it writes, \u201cWhat are you doing here, Elijah?\u201d And it is written, \u201cI have been very jealous for the Lord … for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant.\u201d The Creator said to Elijah, \u201cYet, where My sons inscribe this holy inscription in their flesh, you will be present. And the mouth that has testified that Israel have left the covenant will testify that Israel are keeping the covenant.\u201d Elijah was punished by the Creator because he slandered against his sons, \u201cFor the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
391) \u201cWhen Praot [upheavals] unfold in Israel.\u201d Why did Deborah and Barak begin their song with these words? It is because the world cannot exist without the covenant, as it is written, \u201cWere it not for My covenant day and night, I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
392) For this reason, as long as Israel keep this covenant, the ordinances of heaven and earth persist. And whenever Israel revoke this covenant, the covenant of heaven and earth does not persist, and there are no blessings in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
393) Other nations rule over Israel only when they have annulled that covenant from themselves. And what did they annul from themselves? They circumcised but did not expose, and the flesh of holiness was not disclosed [in Hebrew, \u201cexpose\u201d has the same root as \u201cupheaval\u201d and the words can be interchanged]. This is why it is written, \u201cAnd the children of Israel abandoned the Lord.\u201d And then, \u201cAnd He gave them over into the hand of Sisera.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thus, the nations did not rule over them except after they revoked the covenant and actually left the Creator, since through the exposure, the letters of the name Koh appear, meaning the upper Mochin. This is why Priah [exposure] has the letters of Parah Koh [The Creator exposed].<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And since they did not expose, the name Koh [Yod-Hey] did not appear over them. And it is written, \u201cAnd they abandoned the Lord,\u201d meaning that they actually abandoned the name Koh. Finally, Deborah came and offered herself willingly to the whole of Israel on that matter of disclosing the Mochin of Koh, which is exposing, and then their enemies surrendered to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
394) The Creator said to Joshua, \u201cBut Israel are uncircumcised; they did not expose and the flesh of holiness was not disclosed, and they are not keeping My covenant. And you wish to bring them into the land and subdue their enemies? Circumcise the children of Israel once more.\u201d Thus, before they exposed and this covenant was disclosed, they did not enter the land, and their enemies did not surrender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here, too, when Israel offered themselves willingly in the sign of this covenant, their enemies surrendered to them and the blessings returned to the world, as it is written, \u201cWhen Praot [upheavals] unfold in Israel,\u201d which is Priah, \u201cWhen the people offer themselves willingly,\u201d meaning when they volunteered to keep it, \u201cBless the Lord.\u201d This is the reason why the singing of Deborah and Barak begins with this verse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
395) The Creator said to Moses, \u201cHow are you going to bring Israel out of Egypt and subdue a great and ruling king while you yourself are avoiding a commandment, since your son was not circumcised?\u201d Promptly, it is written, \u201cAnd [the Creator] sought to kill him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
396) Gabriel came down in a flame of fire to burn him, and a serpent, a seraph, was implied that it would swallow him into its midst. Why specifically a serpent? The Creator told him, \u201cHow are you going to kill a great and strong serpent, the great monster that lies in the midst of its Niles\u2014the king of Egypt\u2014while your son is uncircumcised?\u201d Promptly, it was hinted to the serpent to kill Moses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
397) Finally, Zipporah saw and circumcised her son. It is written, \u201cThen Zipporah took a flint.\u201d A flint is healing. What is the healing? It is written, \u201cAnd cut off her son’s foreskin,\u201d since the spirit of holiness sparked within her, by which Moses would be saved from death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
398) \u201cAnd Joseph said to his brothers, \u2018Please come closer to me.\u2019 And they came closer. And he said, \u2018I am your brother Joseph.\u2019\u201d Why did he call them? After all, they were close to him. Yet, when he told them, \u201cI am your brother Joseph, they were perplexed because they saw him in high kingship. Joseph told them, \u201cI have earned this kingship because of the commandment of the circumcision. Please come closer to me,\u201d and they came closer. He showed them the sign of the circumcision and said, \u201cThis caused me this kingship, because I kept it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
399) Thus, one who keeps the sign of the covenant, the kingship is kept for him. How do we know that? From Boaz, as it is written, \u201cAs the Lord lives; lie down until the morning,\u201d since the inclination was deviating him until he swore this oath, \u201cAs the Lord lives,\u201d and \u201ckept the covenant.\u201d This is why he was rewarded with kings and rulers of kings and the Messiah King\u2014who is called \u201cthe Creator\u201d\u2014coming out of him. Thus, one who keeps his covenant from defiling him, the kingship is kept for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
400) David said, \u201cThough a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear; …In this, I am confident.\u201d \u201cIn this\u201d is the sign of the covenant, which is always present in a person and is implied above in Malchut, who is called \u201cThis.\u201d This is why it was said, \u201cIn this,\u201d as it is written, \u201cThis is the token of the covenant,\u201d \u201cThis is My covenant,\u201d and it is all one degree. \u201cThis\u201d [in male form in Hebrew] and \u201cThis\u201d [in female form in Hebrew] are in the same degree, and they are not separated. The covenant, Yesod, is called \u201cThis.\u201d However, Malchut is called \u201cThis\u201d only when she is bonded with the covenant in one degree, as it is written, \u201cThis is My covenant,\u201d and it is about that that David said, \u201cIn this I have confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
401) Can the rest of the people in the world say, \u201cIn this I have confidence,\u201d like David? Why did only David say it and none other? It is because this degree adheres to David and is implied in him, since the name David implies to Malchut, and she is his crown of Malchut [kingship].<\/p>\n\n\n\n
402) Because David did not properly keep this \u201cThis,\u201d the kingship was taken away from him for as long as he was fighting with Absalom, his son. Also, we learn that this \u201cThis\u201d is implied in the Malchut above, and is implied in Jerusalem, the city of holiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
403) When David broke it, with the deed with Bat Sheba, a voice came out and said, \u201cDavid, that to which you were tied, this \u2018This,\u2019 which is implied in Malchut and implied in Jerusalem, it has been permitted that you should be expelled from Jerusalem and for the kingship to be taken away from you.\u201d It is written about it, \u201cBehold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house,\u201d his very home, the Nukva, who is called \u201cThis.\u201d And the evil is that he will part from her. And so it was: Where he transgressed, there he was punished, since he did not keep that degree, the covenant, and hence was parted from it. And as it is for King David, it is all the more so for the rest of the people in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
404) \u201cUnless the Lord had been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.\u201d What was Israel\u2019s reward that they do not go down to Hell like the rest of the nations, who are idol worshipers, and were not given into the hands of Dumah, the minister of Hell? They were rewarded so by that token of the covenant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
405) When a person passes away from the world, several parcels of shells come to him to harm him. When they raise their eyes and see this sign, the holy covenant, they part from him and he is not given into the hands of Dumah, to go down to Hell, since anyone who is given into his hands certainly descends to Hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
406) The upper ones and lower ones fear this sign, and harsh judgments do not govern a person if he is rewarded with keeping this sign, since by that he unites with the name of the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
407) After King David did not keep this covenant and the kingship was taken away from him, and he was expelled from Jerusalem, he was afraid. He thought that he would be brought down immediately and would be given into the hands of Dumah, and he would die in the world of truth, meaning that he would not be granted the spiritual life. Finally, he was told, \u201cThe Lord also has taken away your sin; you shall not die.\u201d At that time, he started and said, \u201cUnless the Lord had been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence,\u201d for he would be given into the hands of Angel Dumah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
408) David said, \u201cAnd show me both Him, and His habitation.\u201d Who could see the Creator? At the time when he was sentenced to that punishment from Absalom, and David knew that he did not keep this token properly with the deed with Bat Sheba, he was punished by his kingship being taken away from him. This is so because everything is united as one, and everything is implied in this sign\u2014the kingdom above and Jerusalem\u2014and one who did not keep this sign properly is not considered righteous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
409) This is why he was praying his prayer and said, \u201cAnd show me both Him, and His habitation.\u201d \u201cHim\u201d is the sign of the holy covenant, since I fear losing the sign of the covenant, since both\u2014Malchut and Jerusalem\u2014grip to the sign of the covenant. And since he lost the kingship [Malchut] and was expelled from Jerusalem, he thought that he had also lost the sign of the covenant. This is why with his prayer, he connected Him and His habitation together, where Him is the sign of the covenant, and His habitation is the Malchut. He prayed for the return of Malchut, which is connected to his place by this sign, and it is all one issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
410) \u201cFrom my flesh shall I see God.\u201d What is \u201cFrom my flesh\u201d? It should have said, \u201cFrom myself.\u201d However, it is indeed \u201cfrom my flesh,\u201d from Yesod, that \u201cI shall see God,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd the hallowed flesh is passed from you,\u201d which is the holy covenant? It is written, \u201cAnd My covenant shall be in your flesh,\u201d meaning Yesod. This is so because whenever a person is inscribed in the holy inscription of this sign, meaning that the sign of the covenant is written in him to always keep him, he sees the Creator actually from within it, and the holy soul grips to him in the sign of the covenant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
411) And if he is not rewarded, since he did not keep this covenant, it is written about him, \u201cBy the breath of God they perish,\u201d since the inscription of the Creator was not kept. And if he is rewarded and keeps it, the Shechina never parts from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
412) When is the Shechina present in him? When he marries a woman. This token enters in its place, in the Shechina, and they conjoin, the male and the female, who are the sign of the covenant and the Shechina. And they are called by one name. And then there is high grace on them, on the male side, the grace in the name \u201cGod,\u201d which comes and exits from the upper Hochma and is crowned in the male. Thus, through these Hassadim, the Nukva is sweetened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
413) In the name Elokah [God], the El is illumination of Hochma. Vav is the male, and Hey is the female. The male and female conjoin, and they are called by one name, Elokah. Then the holy Neshama [soul] grips from that place and everything depends on that sign of the covenant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
414) This is why it is written, \u201cFrom my flesh shall I see God,\u201d for it is the completion of everything. From my very flesh, from the Yesod, from the actual sign of the covenant. This is why the holy Israel are happy, for they unite with the Creator. Happy are they in this world and in the next world. It is written about them, \u201cAnd you that cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
422) \u201cHappy is the man whom You choose and bring near, that he may dwell in Your courts; may we be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, the holy place of Your temple.\u201d In the beginning, it is written, \u201cYour courts,\u201d afterwards, \u201cYour house,\u201d and after that, \u201cYour temple.\u201d This is within that, and one is above the other\u2014the three degrees of Malchut from below upward, one atop the other. In the beginning, it is \u201cmay dwell in Your courts,\u201d NHY, which are outside the Guf [body], and are called \u201ccourts.\u201d It is written about it, \u201cAnd it shall come to pass that he that is left in Zion, and he that remains in Jerusalem shall be called \u2018holy,\u2019\u201d since the primary part of NHY is Yesod, and Zion is the internality of Yesod, while Jerusalem is its externality, and both are called \u201ccourts.\u201d After that comes \u201cmay we be satisfied with the goodness of Your house.\u201d Once he is completed in the degree of the court, he is rewarded with the degree of house, as it is written, \u201cIn wisdom is a house built.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
423) It does not say, \u201cThe wisdom [Hochma] will build a house,\u201d for if it did say so, it would mean that Hochma is called \u201ca house.\u201d Rather, it writes, \u201cIn wisdom is a house built,\u201d which means that Malchut receives Hochma and then she is called \u201ca house.\u201d It is written about it, \u201cAnd a river comes out of Eden to water the garden.\u201d The river that comes out of Eden is Bina that returns to Hochma, and the garden is Malchut, and then she is called \u201ca house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
424) \u201cThe holy place of Your Temple\u201d is once he has been completed in the degree of a house, the completeness of everything. Heichal [hall] is Hey Kol [all\/everything]. One who is rewarded with this degree wonders and says, \u201cHow was all this revealed?\u201d Here, everything is completed together, and each thing finds its final perfection here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
425) The words \u201cHappy is the man whom You choose and bring near, that he may dwell in Your courts\u201d prove to us that anyone who offers his son as sacrifice before the Creator, meaning circumcises him, the Creator wants that offering. He wants it and brings him closer, and places him there\u2014in the two rooms of Yesod, Zion and Jerusalem, and he grabs both of them because the two of them are connected as one. When it writes, \u201cYour courts,\u201d it is indeed two courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
426) This is why when the first Hassidim offered their sons to this sacrifice of the circumcision, they started with saying, \u201cHappy is the man whom You choose and bring near, that he may dwell in Your courts.\u201d And those who stood with them said, \u201cMay we be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, the holy place of Your Temple.\u201d Afterwards, he blessed, \u201cwho sanctified us with His Mitzvot [commandments] and commanded us to admit him into the covenant of Abraham our Father.\u201d And those who stood with them said, \u201cAs You admitted him into the covenant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
427) First, one must plead for mercy on himself, and then on his friend, as it is written, \u201cAnd he atoned for him first,\u201d and afterwards, for the whole of the congregation of Israel. We took this path, and it is good for us. Thus, first, the celebrator of the circumcision should say the verses of the pleas, and then those who stand with him speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
428) This is certainly so, and it is good to say, \u201cWhom You choose and bring near.\u201d One who does not say so excludes himself from the ten wedding canopies, which the Creator is destined to make for the righteous in the next world, and they all tie to that verse. This is the reason why there are ten circumcisions of the faith in this verse, \u201cwhom You choose and bring near,\u201d and each word becomes one canopy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
429) Happy are you in this world and in the next world because the Torah is tied to your hearts as if you stood at Mount Sinai in person when the Torah was given to Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
430) Anyone who offers his son as an offering of circumcision, it is as though he made all the offerings in the world before the Creator, and as though he built a whole altar before Him, as it is written, \u201cAn altar of earth you shall make unto Me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
431) This is why an altar must be set up with a vessel filled with earth on which to circumcise this holy covenant. This is considered by the Creator as though he slaughtered on it offerings and sacrifices, sheep and cattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
432) The circumcision is favored by the Creator more than all the offerings, as it is written, \u201cAnd you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen, in every place where I cause My name to be mentioned.\u201d \u201cI cause My name to be mentioned\u201d is circumcision, as it is written, \u201cThe counsel of the Lord is for those who fear Him; and His covenant is to make them know it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
433) \u201cAn altar of earth\u201d is as it is written, \u201cAnd if you make Me an altar of stone.\u201d This is an intimation for a proselyte when he converts. When he is from a stiff-necked and hard-hearted people, it is called \u201can altar of stone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
434) \u201cYou shall not build it of cut stones.\u201d The proselyte must be ushered into the work of the Creator, and he will not circumcise him until he forgets the idol worship that he has been performing thus far, until it departs from his heart, and until the foreskin in his heart is removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
435) And if he is circumcised but did not remove the hardness of the heart so as to be admitted into the holy work of the Creator, then he is like a stone statue\u2014sculptured from this side and from that side, but the stone remains a stone as in the beginning. This is the reason why \u201cYou shall not build it of cut stones,\u201d for if he remains in his hardness, this circumcision that he was circumcised will not help him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
436) For this reason, happy is one who offers this sacrifice willingly and joyfully before the Creator, and one should delight in this part all day, as it is written, \u201cSo shall all those that take refuge in You rejoice, they shall ever shout for joy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
437) \u201cAnd when Abram was ninety year and nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram.\u201d Did the Creator not appear to Abraham thus far? Moreover, it writes, \u201cNinety year and nine years old.\u201d Why does it begin with \u201cyear\u201d and ends with \u201cyears\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
438) For all those days thus far, it does not say, \u201cThe Lord appeared to Abram.\u201d As long as he was uncircumcised and blocked, the Creator did not properly appear to him. Now He has properly appeared to him, as it is written, \u201cAppeared,\u201d since He wished to disclose this token of the covenant in him, which is the holy crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
439) Also, the Creator wished to elicit holy seed out of him, and he could not be holy while he was uncircumcised. Thus, the Creator said, \u201cNow that he is ninety-nine years old, the time is near for the holy seed to come out of him, for he is close to being one hundred years old. Let him be holy first; let him circumcise himself, and then holy seed will come out of him. This is why he counted his days with nine years, since he drew close to the time when he should beget in wholeness, and not at any of the times before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
440) It writes, \u201cninety year,\u201d and not \u201cyears,\u201d since all the days before he was circumcised were not years. They were considered as one year because his days were not days. Now that he has reached those years, to the ninety-nine years, so he will circumcise himself, they counted for him as years and it does not write \u201cyear\u201d in regards to them. Rather, it writes, \u201cAnd nine years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
441) \u201cAnd said unto him, \u2018I am God Almighty [Heb: El Shadai].\u2019\u201d What is the reason that thus far, the Creator did not tell him, \u201cI am God Almighty\u201d? The Creator made Ketarim [crowns] below, which are not holy, and all those who were not circumcised will be defiled in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
442) There are records in the lower Ketarim, since only Shin and Dalet are visible in them, and not more. The Yod from the name Shadai [Almighty] is missing there, and this is why they are defiled in them and the lower Ketarim cling to them, compared to the ten Ketarim of Kedusha [crowns of holiness], since \u201cGod has made one opposite the other,\u201d and the sorcerers and the demons suck their livelihood and all their strength from these bottom Ketarim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After they are circumcised, they come out of these bottom Ketarim and enter the wings of the Shechina, and the Yod, the holy record, appears in them, meaning the sign of the complete covenant. Then the name Shadai is inscribed in them, and he is completed with complete existence. This is why it is written in relation to Abraham, \u201cI am God Almighty,\u201d which was not written so before he was instructed with the circumcision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
443) \u201cWalk before Me, and be wholehearted.\u201d \u201cWholehearted\u201d means complete. Until now, he was missing the Yod in the record of the Shin and Dalet. This is why the Creator told him, \u201cCircumcise yourself and be whole in the record of the Yod, and the name Shadai will be whole in you.\u201d And one who is whole in this record is worthy of being blessed in this name, as it is written, \u201cAnd God Almighty will bless you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
444) What is the name \u201cGod Almighty\u201d? It is the name from which the blessings come out. It is the one that rules over all the lower Ketarim, and everyone fears and trembles for the fear of him. For this reason, anyone who is circumcised, all those who are not holy depart from them and do not govern him. Moreover, he does not go down to Hell, as it is written, \u201cThen all your people will be righteous; they shall inherit the land forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
445) Rabbi Aba said about Rashbi and his disciples, \u201cHappy are you in this world and in the next world. You are all holy; you are all sons of the Holy God. It is written about you, \u2018One shall say, \u2018I am the Lord’s\u2019; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob.\u2019 Each of you is tied and connected to the High and Holy King, and you are appointed ministers with a shield from that land, called \u2018the land of the living,\u2019 the Nukva that clothes upper Ima, whose ministers eat from the MAN of the Holy dew.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
446) Happy are you, land, for your king is free. Land is the Nukva, who rose and clothed Bina. She governs all of the life above, in Bina, and this is why she is called \u201cthe land of the living.\u201d It is written about her, \u201cA land which the Lord your God always cares for.\u201d It is also written, \u201cA land … without scarcity, in which you will not lack anything.\u201d It is precisely \u201cin which you will not lack anything,\u201d for she receives from a never-ending coupling. \u201cFor your king is free\u201d refers to the Creator, as it is written, \u201cMy son, My firstborn, Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When ZA rises and clothes upper AVI, and the Nukva rises and clothes YESHSUT, and they are face-to-face, then ZA is called \u201cIsrael,\u201d as it is written, \u201cMy son, My firstborn, Israel,\u201d and he is called \u201cfree.\u201d Also, the Nukva is called \u201cthe land of the living,\u201d as it is written, \u201cin which you will not lack anything,\u201d since ZA bestows upon her from the coupling of AVI, which is incessant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
447) What is \u201cfree\u201d? It is written, \u201cFor it is a jubilee [Yovel]; it shall be holy unto you.\u201d Yovel means Bina. It is written, \u201cAnd proclaim liberty throughout the land.\u201d Thus, each freedom comes from Yovel, Bina. Because ZA has Mochin of Bina, he is called \u201cfree.\u201d Why \u201cfree\u201d and not \u201cthe son of free\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mochin of illumination of Hochma are called \u201cfreedom.\u201d This is so because these Mochin subdue all the shells and the Sitra Achra. Also, these Mochin of Hochma shine only from below upward, which is VAK of GAR, and it is considered female light because any light that does not shine from above downward is not male light. This is why the Mochin are called \u201cfreedom,\u201d in female form, and not \u201cson of free,\u201d who is in male form. But this is so indeed; it should be \u201cson of freedom\u201d because the Mochin are not imparted from above downward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
448) Why does it say, \u201cSon of free\u201d? It is because when the Yod unites with the Hey, it is written, \u201cA river comes out of Eden,\u201d ZA, \u201cTo water the garden.\u201d You must not say, \u201cWhen they unite,\u201d but rather, \u201cunite,\u201d certainly. This is why it is written, \u201cSon of free,\u201d since when they unite, it indicates that their coupling stops, and at times, they unite. And since this concerns upper AVI, whose coupling does not stop, it cannot be said, \u201cWhen they unite,\u201d but rather, \u201cAlways unite.\u201d Then, when ZA receives these Mochin of upper AVI, which shine from above downward, he is called \u201cson of free.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When upper AVI are in coupling with YESHSUT, they give them the Mochin of illumination of Hochma, and then AVI, too, are considered Mochin of freedom, although in themselves they are only covered Hassadim. This is so because they include the Mochin of YESHSUT. Additionally, they give from above downward, hence, they are called \u201choles,\u201d in male form. This is why it is written about ZA, \u201cHappy are you, land, for your king is free, and whose princes eat in due time,\u201d happily, in wholeness, and willingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
449) It is written, \u201cWoe unto you, a land whose king is a youth.\u201d This land below is the Nukva in Beria, the wife of Matat. All the other lands of the rest of the idol-worshiping nations were given to ministers who are appointed over them. And the one atop them all is the one of whom it is written, \u201cI have been a youth, and now am old.\u201d This is the minister of the world, Matat, who is called \u201ca youth.\u201d It is written about him, \u201cWoe unto you, a land whose king is a youth.\u201d Woe unto the world, who nurses from the side of Matat. When Israel are in exile, they nurse from him as one who nurses from a foreign authority, since Israel should nurse from the Creator, not from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
450) \u201cAnd your princes eat in the morning,\u201d not in the rest of the hours of the day. When the sun shines and the people of the world bow to the sun, there is anger in the world. Also, during the midday prayer there is anger in the world, and that is the time of judgment. Who caused it? It is because your king is a youth, Matat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
451) And you, the true, holy, high righteous, sons of the holy King, are not nursed from that side of Matat, but from that holy place above, from Nukva of ZA, who is called \u201cthe land of the living.\u201d It is written about you, \u201cAnd you that cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
452) \u201cI shall sing to my well-beloved, a song of my beloved to his vineyard.\u201d It is written, \u201csinging,\u201d but should it not have written, \u201cadmonition,\u201d since admonition is for Israel? It is written, \u201cTo my friend.\u201d Should it not have written, \u201cTo my beloved,\u201d as it is written, \u201cA song of my beloved to his vineyard\u201d? And why is it written, \u201cMy friend had a vineyard at the horn of Ben-Shemen,\u201d while in the whole Torah, there is no such place called Ben-Shemen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
453) \u201cI shall sing to my well-beloved\u201d is Isaac, who was well-beloved. He was called \u201cwell-beloved\u201d before he came out to the world. It is said about him, \u201cWho sanctified a well-beloved one from the womb.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
454) Why is Isaac called \u201cwell-beloved\u201d? It is because the Creator had great love for Isaac, for he was not made until Abraham the patriarch was circumcised and was called \u201cwholehearted,\u201d for then he was told, \u201cAnd be wholehearted,\u201d and the letter Hey was added to complement his name. This Hey was given to Sarah, too, for he was called Abraham, and she\u2014Sarah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
455) It is appropriate that the Hey was given to Sarah, but why was a Hey given to Abraham and not a Yod? After all, a Yod should have been added to his name because he is a male, and the Yod belongs to the discernment of a male, while the Hey belongs to the female. However, this is a high and secret thing: Abraham rose up and took a secret from the first Hey, Bina, the male world. This is so because in the first Hey and the bottom Hey in the name HaVaYaH, the first Hey depends on the male and the bottom Hey depends on the female. The Hey that Abraham took is the first Hey, which is male, Bina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are three lines that are extended from the three dots Holam, Shuruk, and Hirik. ZON is the middle line, the dot of Hirik, and in the two lines\u2014right and left\u2014meaning Holam and Shuruk, ZON have nothing in them, since they are MI ELEH in the name Elokim in Bina. However, since three come out of one, meaning that the three lines of Bina came out through the screen of Hirik of ZON, one is rewarded with all three of them, and ZON, too, were rewarded with the two lines\u2014right and left of Bina. And along with the middle line that is within them, they are three lines, since the lower one is rewarded with the full amount that it causes to illuminate in the upper one, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is said that he is called \u201cwell-beloved\u201d before he came out to the world, since \u201cwell-beloved\u201d is the left line, where there is the love of lovers. And all the souls are extended from ZON, who are called \u201cworld.\u201d Is there no existence to the left line in the world, which is ZON, except in Bina? Rather, Isaac extends from Bina before he came out to the world to ZON. And even when he has come out of ZON, his birth is still not from Bina, where there is existence of the left line. Rather, he comes out through ZON by transference, since because the souls are a lower degree than ZON, they must go through ZON, although their root is from Bina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And why is Isaac called \u201cfriend\u201d? It is because he came out of ZON and was born to Abraham. Yet, how is it possible that Isaac would be extended from the left line, called \u201cfriend,\u201d when ZON and Abraham are already from the screen of Hirik, which is the middle line? The Creator had great love for Isaac, as he was not made until Abraham the patriarch was circumcised and the Hey was added to his name as a complementation, for the Hey that was added to his name is Bina. It indicates that Abraham rose to Bina and took the Bina herself. And there, while still in Bina, he begot Isaac, since there he clothed the right line of Bina, Holam, and begot Isaac in the left line of Bina, Shuruk. This is why Isaac came out as well-beloved, the left line of Bina, above ZON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
456) \u201cSo shall your seed be,\u201d meaning your actual seed, that is, Koh, Malchut, will actually be his seed. This is so because he began to enter this covenant, and anyone who begins to enter, enters this covenant, Malchut, which is called Koh. And this is why a proselyte who is circumcised is called \u201ca proselyte of justice [Tzedek].\u201d Since he does not come from a holy seed that was circumcised, he begins to enter the covenant, and anyone who begins, enters Malchut. Thus, one who enters Malchut, who is called Tzedek, is called \u201ca proselyte of Tzedek.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
457) This is why it is written about Abraham, \u201cSo shall your seed be,\u201d which means \u201cyour seed,\u201d literally, since Koh, the lower Hey, meaning Malchut, will actually be your seed. And how did Malchut become a seed to him? It is because \u201cthe two letters Hey\u2014Bina and Malchut\u2014joined together.\u201d This means that once Abraham rose to the first Hey, the bottom Hey, Malchut, rose to him and the two of them conjoined and bore two lines above, in Bina, MI ELEH. In the beginning, ELEH fell to Bina through the ascent of Malchut to Bina, and remained in the two letters MI of Elokim. This is considered the entrance of the Yod into the light of Bina, and the making of the Ohr [light] into Avir [air]. This is the dot of Holam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afterwards, Malchut descended from Bina to her place, and ELEH returned to Bina and became a left line, the Shuruk. What comes out of them during the birth of the left line is Yod, the Yod that comes out of the Avir of Bina, and the return of Bina to being light of GAR. This is the reason why the first letter of the name Isaac is Yod, male, since it is from the letter Yod that the male begins to expand. Also, male is Mochin of GAR, which spread through the exit of the Yod from the Avir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is why it is written, \u201cFor in Isaac shall a seed be called unto you,\u201d precisely in Isaac, who is the left line\u2014ELEH that returned to Bina. Also, the Yod went out of Avir, and the Bina returned to being light of GAR. It does not say, \u201cIn you,\u201d for there is no completeness in Abraham himself, for he is MI of Elokim, who was diminished due to the ascent of the bottom Hey to the first Hey, and became VAK. But during the birth of the left line, which is Isaac, Abraham, too, returned to being GAR. This is why the text makes the precision that precisely \u201cIn Isaac shall a seed be called unto you,\u201d and through him, you will obtain wholeness, and not in you, for in you, yourself, there is no GAR without Isaac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isaac begot. It is written, \u201cYou will give truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham.\u201d Jacob complemented everything, although Jacob is the middle line, ZA, and thus did not need to be born above, in the place of Bina, like Isaac. However, since Jacob complemented everything\u2014for without the middle line the two lines in Bina would not be able to shine\u2014Isaac bore Jacob above, in Bina\u2019s place, and Jacob became Daat there, determining between Hochma and Bina, which are Abraham and Isaac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
458) Can it be that Abraham is included in the left line of Isaac? After all, it is written, \u201cMercy [Hesed] to Abraham,\u201d which means that he was gripped to the right. However, his part is Hesed because he was merciful with the people of the world. However, to beget, he was included in the left line, and from here he begins. This is so because there is begetting only from illumination of Hochma, which is obtained through integration of right and left, as it is written, \u201cFor in Isaac shall a seed be called unto you,\u201d and not in you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A hundred years are ten Sefirot, in each of which are ten. In the vessels of the ten Sefirot, the upper ones grow first\u2014beginning with Keter and ending in Malchut. Thus, the correction of the 100th<\/sup> year, Malchut of Malchut, is very hard. This is why Abraham was circumcised in the 99th<\/sup> year, so he could correct the 100th<\/sup> year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 459) And this is the reason why Isaac\u2014who is harsh judgment, left line, who was concealed due to the absence of clothing of Hassadim\u2014went out to complement his part and to beget the middle line, Jacob. He is called Hesed because he drew the level of Hassadim on the screen of Hirik, the middle line, which is called Jacob, who increased the Hassadim, and then the right and left were mingled in one another. This is why Jacob complemented everything from the right side and from the left side\u2014since the parts of Abraham and Isaac were mingled above through Jacob, the middle line, by which the Hassadim on the right were completed. This is the first completion of Jacob. The second completion of Jacob is that it was made possible for them to beget from below upward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other words, the Hochma on the left was complemented through the clothing of Hassadim on the right, and then the Hochma shines from below upward and he becomes worthy of begetting. All this was complemented through Jacob, and this is Jacob\u2019s second completion. Thus, Jacob complemented from the right and from the left. This is why it is written, \u201cIsrael, in whom I will be glorified,\u201d since in him, in Israel, the colors, meaning lights were complemented from above and from below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 460) This is why it is written, \u201cI shall sing to my well-beloved,\u201d singing indeed, to remind my well-beloved. This indicates the birth of a male, Isaac, the Mochin of the left line from Bina, the male world. This is so because Isaac was called \u201cwell-beloved\u201d even before he came out to the world, before he came out through ZON, which are called \u201cworld,\u201d while he was still a left line in Bina. And this is why he is a male, like Bina, which is why it writes here, \u201cI shall sing,\u201d since there is singing in a male, who is GAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 461) Some say, \u201cI shall sing to my well-beloved\u201d is Abraham, as is written, \u201cWhat has My beloved to do in My house,\u201d who is Abraham. Similarly, here \u201cMy well-beloved\u201d is Abraham. Abraham inherited an inheritance\u2014a glebe of a field, which is the Malchut, which is called \u201cvineyard\u201d here. It says about her, \u201ca song of my beloved for His vineyard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 462) \u201cA song of my beloved for His vineyard.\u201d \u201cMy beloved is the Creator,\u201d as it is written, \u201cMy beloved is white and red.\u201d When \u201cMy well-beloved\u201d is gripped to \u201cMy beloved,\u201d he is a male. \u201cMy beloved\u201d is ZA. He grips to my well-beloved, the left line of Bina when ZA serves as a middle line there. And then ZA has these Mochin of Bina, male. And from him, with the illumination of the left of Bina, he planted a vineyard\u2014the Malchut and Nukva of ZA, as it is written, \u201cMy well-beloved had a vineyard,\u201d for she is built of the left of Bina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 463) \u201cMy friend had a vineyard at the horn of Ben-Shemen\u201d is as it is written, \u201cWith horn of the Yovel,\u201d meaning Malchut that is sweetened in Bina. This is so because the horn is Malchut and the Yovel [jubilee] is Bina. This horn here united with this male, who is called Ben-Shemen, Bina. The exit and planting of the vineyard, Malchut, were done only because of her ascent to Bina, to the male, as it is written, \u201cAnd he dug it, and cleared it of stones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 464) Ben-Shemen [son of oil] is like Ben-Horin [son of free], Bina. And both of them\u2014Ben-Shemen and Yovel\u2014are Bina. It is called Shemen [oil] because oil and Gadlut are extended from there, from Bina, to light the candles, until this horn, Malchut, takes them and collects them. It is also called \u201cthe horn of the Yovel,\u201d and for this reason, the kingship of the house of David was anointed, since he was anointed with a horn and was united in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 465) How was the vineyard born and came out of the horn of Ben-Shemen through her ascent to Bina? It is written, \u201cAnd he dug it,\u201d meaning he restricted it and fenced it all around like a ring that surrounds from all sides. The writing brings the correction of the vineyard from its Katnut to its Gadlut, which is done due to its ascent to Bina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First, when Malchut rose to Bina, it is considered that the Yod entered the light of Bina and became Avir. Then Bina was diminished into VAK since at that time, ELEH fell from her to ZON and she remained in MI. Then ZON, too, were diminished into VAK. It is written about it that the writing says, \u201cAnd he dug it,\u201d meaning surrounded it from all sides, diminishing it into VAK because of the Yod that entered the light of Bina and made the Avir, the level of Ruach, meaning VAK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd cleared it of stones\u201d means that he removed from the vineyard and from his lot all those big ones and all those ministers, and all the lower Ketarim. Through the ascent of Malchut to Bina, she was diminished into VAK without a Rosh, and the Emanator removed from Malchut all the great forces of the Sitra Achra that were attached to Malchut. This is so because after she was diminished into VAK, they have nothing to suckle from her, and then he, Bina, takes the vineyard into his lot, meaning that she adhered to Bina and became a part of the Bina, as it is written, \u201cFor the portion of the Lord is His people, Jacob the lot of His inheritance.\u201d This is so because since Malchut became a part of Bina, Israel became a part of Bina, too, since they are attached to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 466) \u201cAnd [He] planted it with the choicest vine,\u201d as it is written, \u201cYet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a seed of truth.\u201d It writes, \u201cWholly\u201d with the letter Hey, like any Hey, which is Malchut. This is so because by Bina lowering the Yod from the Avir once more, and bringing ELEH back to her, the left line, Shuruk, came out, meaning the light of Hochma without Hassadim, and Bina imparted these Mochin to the Malchut. At that time, every Hey is a seed of truth because the light of Hochma that illuminates the Bina to the vineyard is called \u201ctruth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n From that state, from the light of Shuruk, Abraham began to beget Isaac above, since he is considered that Shuruk. And out of that came the seed of truth, since illumination of Hochma is called \u201ctruth,\u201d as it is written, \u201cSo shall your seed be,\u201d since when this left line shines in Malchut, Malchut is called Koh. It is all one thing: Shuruk, seed of truth, the birth of Isaac, \u201cso shall your seed be.\u201d They are all one thing\u2014the illumination of the left line from Bina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Happy are Israel, for they inherit this great inheritance, since these Mochin are called inheritance because they are from above ZON, and ZON receive them from AVI by inheritance. Israel, too, like a son who inherits from his father and is rewarded with it even though it is not the deed of his own hands, ZON is rewarded with Mochin of Bina, although for themselves, they have nothing of him. And so are Israel from ZON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 467) \u201cAnd [He] built a tower in the midst of it.\u201d What is a tower? It is written, \u201cThe name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is set up on high.\u201d The righteous runs indeed, since with respect to the illumination of Shuruk, Malchut cannot exist because she is Hochma without Hassadim, and the construction of the tower means clothing of Hochma in Hassadim, at which time \u201cthe righteous runs into it, and is set up on high,\u201d and not before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 468) \u201cAnd also hewed out a wine vat in it.\u201d This is the gate of Tzedek, as it is written, \u201cOpen to me the gates of justice.\u201d The screen of Hirik, upon which the level of Hassadim and the middle line are extended, without it, the Hochma would not shine. This is the reason why there is integration of Hochma in these Hassadim. What is the meaning of \u201cOpen to me the gates of justice\u201d? Anyone from Israel who is circumcised enters through both of them and is rewarded with both of them\u2014the tower and the wine vat. The tower is integration of Hochma in Hassadim; the wine vat is integration of Hassadim in Hochma. This is why David asked, \u201cOpen to me the gates of justice,\u201d to be rewarded with both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 469) One who offers his son as a sacrifice of circumcision admits him into the holy Name. It is upon this sign that the heaven and earth exist, as it is written, \u201cWere it not for My covenant day and night, I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth.\u201d That celebrator is rewarded with everything, and he is rewarded with seeing the Creator face-to-face on that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 470) Happy are we, for we have been rewarded with this day, and happy is he with us. This son that is born to him is called upon as it is written, \u201cEvery one that is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory, I have formed him, yea, I have made him,\u201d and also, \u201cAnd all thy children shall be taught of the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 475) Rabbi Shimon said, \u201cSince the secrets have been revealed between the host and his friends so much, they were sentenced to exile among the friends in Babel and to learn their ways, and the secrets will be covered among them. This is so because the secrets will be revealed only among us, for the Creator concurred with us and the matters will be revealed through us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 476) The Creator is destined to declare His sons, as it is written, \u201cThen shall your light break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 385) Happy are Israel, for the Creator has chosen them from among all peoples and gave them this Brit [covenant]. 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