{"id":12916,"date":"2025-12-20T21:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T21:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&p=12916"},"modified":"2025-12-20T21:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T21:46:50","slug":"and-you-shall-take-you-the-fruit-of-a-citrus-tree","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/and-you-shall-take-you-the-fruit-of-a-citrus-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"102. And You Shall Take You the Fruit of a Citrus Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I heard on Ushpizin de Yosef<\/em> [Sukkot<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the verse, \u201cAnd you shall take you\u2026 the fruit of a citrus tree,\u201d meaning a righteous, called a \u201cfruit bearing tree,\u201d this is the whole difference between Kedusha<\/em> [holiness] and the Sitra Achra<\/em> [other side], that \u201canother god is sterile and does not bear fruit.\u201d Conversely, a righteous is called Hadar<\/em>[citrus\/adornment] because he bears fruit; he Dar<\/em> [lives] in his tree from year to year. This is why it is written about Joseph, \u201che was the one who Mashbir<\/em>[sold] to all the people of the land,\u201d for he Shover<\/em> [breaks\/feeds] them with the fruits that he had, while they had no fruits. By this, each one felt his state, whether he was from the good side or to the contrary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the meaning of \u201cJoseph sustained\u2026 with bread, according to the infants.\u201d The \u201cinfants\u201d are considered GAR<\/em>, as in \u201cand they shall be for frontlets between your eyes,\u201d which is the head Tefillin<\/em>. For this reason, Joseph is called \u201cthe youngest son, a wise son.\u201d This is the meaning of \u201csent me before you to preserve life,\u201d which is the \u201clight of Haya<\/em>,\u201d considered GAR<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the meaning of the verse, \u201cI gave you one portion more than to your brothers, which I took from the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.\u201d (His sons took two parts. And according to RASHI, \u201cportion\u201d means part.) That is, through his sons, as sons are called \u201cfruits,\u201d and he gave this to Joseph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the meaning of what is written about Saul, \u201cfrom his shoulders up he was higher than any of the people.\u201d And this is the meaning of \u201cYou have a mantle, be you our ruler.\u201d This is also the meaning of \u201cInfants, why do they come? To give reward to those who bring them.\u201d He asked, \u201cWhy do they need wisdom if the important thing is not the learning but the act?\u201d He replied, \u201cto give reward to those who bring them,\u201d since wisdom yields action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerning the dispute between Saul and David, there was no flaw in Saul. This is why he was one year old when he reigned, and he did not need to prolong the kingship, since he completed everything in a short time. David, however, needed to rule forty years. David was the son of Judah, the son of Leah, the hidden world, while Saul was from Benjamin, the son of Rachel, the revealed world, and hence opposite from David. This is why David said, \u201cI am peace,\u201d meaning I attain everyone and I love everyone, \u201cBut when I speak, they are for war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likewise, Avishalom was the opposite of David. This is the meaning of the sin of Jeroboam, son of Navat: The Creator held him by his garment and said to him, \u201cYou and I and the son of Yishai<\/em> [Jesse] will walk in the garden of Eden.\u201d He asked, \u201cWho is leading?\u201d And the Creator told him, \u201cThe son of Yishai<\/em> is leading.\u201d Then he replied, \u201cDon\u2019t want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing is that the order of degrees is that the hidden world comes first, and then the revealed world. This is the meaning of \u201cI have enough,\u201d \u201cI have everything.\u201d \u201cEnough\u201d is GAR<\/em>, and \u201ceverything\u201d is VAK<\/em>. This is also the meaning of \u201chow shall Jacob stand, for he is small?\u201d This is the meaning of Jacob taking the seniority from him. Afterward, he was given everything, since he had GAR<\/em>, too, which came to him through Joseph, by way of \u201cAnd Joseph sustained.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the meaning of \u201cLeah was hated,\u201d from whom all hatreds and disputes among wise disciples extend. This is also the meaning of the dispute between Shammai and Hillel. In the future, when the two camps unite\u2014the camp of Joseph and the camp of Judah\u2014this is the meaning of what Judah said to Joseph: \u201cOh my lord,\u201d as then was the unification of Judah and Joseph. But Judah must be in the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This explains the ARI being Messiah Son of Joseph, which is why he could reveal such wisdom, since he had permission from the revealed world. This dispute extends from \u201cAnd the children struggled within her,\u201d that Esau had the good clothes that were with Rebecca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I heard on Ushpizin de Yosef [Sukkot] In the verse, \u201cAnd you shall take you\u2026 the fruit of a citrus tree,\u201d meaning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6231,"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":[25],"class_list":["post-12916","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-baal-hasulam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKabbalah | 102. 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