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\u201cCome and see, He replied, \u2018He was a bastard, for Tziv\u2019on came unto his mother and begot a bastard.\u2019 And he came in this way because of the spirit of impurity that clung to him\u201d (The Zohar<\/em>, VaYishlach<\/em>, Item 264).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is known that when he comes and asks \u201cWho\u201d or \u201cWhat,\u201d and wants to reply to this question, he \u201creplied,\u201d from the words \u201cYou shall not reply unto your neighbor [a false testimony],\u201d meaning that he testifies that he has found Eymim<\/em> [horrors]. Eymim<\/em> is from the word Yomam<\/em> [daytime], which is lights and pleasures in servitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It follows that he testifies that his work is in the will to receive, called Lo<\/em> Lishma<\/em> [not for Her sake], since all his work is because he receives great pleasures, and if he did not have pleasures, he would not work at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, we must know that all created beings were created only for His glory. It follows that the evil inclination, too, is the messenger of the Creator. Hence, by coming to him with its questions, it sorts out the source and foundation of his work. And since the work is a result of the desire, the thought and the desire are called \u201cfather,\u201d and the work is called \u201coffspring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, he came to ask about his father, meaning who is causing him the work. This is the meaning of \u201cWho found the waters\u2026 for Tziv\u2019on his father,\u201d meaning that he testifies that the cause of the work is the Lo Lishma<\/em> called Tziv\u2019on, meaning Tzviut<\/em> [hypocrisy] and not truth, called Lishma<\/em> [for Her sake].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zohar<\/em> asks how he had the ability to continue in the work thus far if his intention was founded on falsehood. However, there was a mixture here, meaning \u201cTziv\u2019on came unto his mother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMother\u201d is called \u201cthe point in the heart,\u201d which yearns for the work of the Creator. It is an organ of the Shechina<\/em> [Divinity], called \u201cmother of the children.\u201d However, Tziv\u2019on came unto her, namely the Lo<\/em> Lishma<\/em>, called for the sake of the will to receive, which is the body, and Tziv\u2019on makes him think that it is worthwhile to work in order to be delighted with spiritual pleasures in which it is possible to receive more pleasure than in corporeal pleasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a mixture of one kind with that which is not its kind here. For this reason, the offshoot of this is a bastard, since the point in the heart should unite with the desire to bestow and not with the will to receive. It follows that the causes of the work, called \u201cfather and mother,\u201d are one kind with that which is not its kind. For this reason, he begets a bastard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReplied\u201d was born from Tziv\u2019on, his father. It follows that with his questions, he caused him to beget an offshoot, called \u201creplied,\u201d meaning his testimony. This means that specifically the question causes him to beget a bastard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rule is that a bastard does not give birth, for offspring means the work. Hence, he can no longer continue the work because now it has been revealed to him that all his work is Lo<\/em> Lishma<\/em>, whereas before, he thought that he was working Lishma<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It follows that this revelation did him much good, for now he can aim his eyes and heart on correcting his state so as to be rewarded with coming to the real Dvekut<\/em> [adhesion], and his only thought will be to bestow contentment upon the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the meaning of The Zohar<\/em> continuing there, \u201cAnd yet, every person who walks by the ways of the Creator and fears Him does not fear them.\u201d \u201cThe ways of the Creator\u201d is called above reason, whether in mind or in heart. \u201cDoes not fear them\u201d means he is not afraid of the questions of \u201cWho\u201d and \u201cWhat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the meaning of what is written in The Zohar<\/em>, \u201cRabbi Yitzhak said, \u2018Likewise, all those desolate mountains are their dwelling places. And it is written about all those who engage in Torah, \u2018The Lord shall keep you from all evil.\u2019\u2019\u201d Harim<\/em> [Mountains] are things that stand in the middle of the way and do not let one keep going in order to reach the goal. These are Hirhurim<\/em> [thoughts], foreign thoughts that delay man\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the meaning of \u201cAscended up the mountain,\u201d meaning that they went into those mountains \u201cand they were ruined\u201d meaning lost all their attainment. This is why it said, \u201cdesolate mountains are their dwelling places,\u201d meaning that it brings them nothing but ruin. This is not so for those who walk on the path of the Creator. These ascend on the mountain of the Creator, as it is written, \u201cWho will ascend the mountain of the Lord \u2026 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,\u201d meaning mind and heart that are both in bestowal and faith above reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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