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I heard on Passover Inter 2, Omer<\/em> Count 2, April 23, 1951<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is the matter of the three lines, and the matter of Israel holding to the body of the King. There is the matter of the exile in Egypt, when the people of Israel had to descend to Egypt, and the matter of the exodus from Egypt. And there is the matter of \u201che who is about to marry a woman will bring along an uneducated man.\u201d And there is the matter of Abraham\u2019s question: \u201cHow will I know that I will inherit it?\u201d and the Creator\u2019s reply: \u201cKnow of a surety that your seed will be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and they shall afflict them four hundred years, and afterward shall they come out with great possessions.\u201d There is the matter of GAR<\/em>, the matter of VAK<\/em>, and the matter of VAK de GAR<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thought of creation was to delight His creatures, and the Tzimtzum<\/em>[restriction] and the Masach<\/em> [screen] were only to avoid the bread of shame. What extended from that is the place of work, and from that extended the three lines. The first line is considered right, regarded as VAK<\/em> without a Rosh<\/em> [head], considered \u201cfaith.\u201d The second line is considered left, attainment. And then they are disputed since faith contradicts attainment, and attainment contradicts faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there is the discernment of the middle line, considered VAK de GAR<\/em>, or Hochma<\/em> and Hassadim<\/em>, or the right and left lines integrated in one another. This means that he receives attainment to the extent that he has faith. Thus, to the extent that he has faith, he receives the same measure of attainment. And where he has no faith, he does not draw attainment to complement it, but always stands and weighs the lines, so one will not overpower the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And GAR<\/em> (that appears before him) is called \u201cattainment without faith.\u201d And this is called \u201cthe work of the gentiles.\u201d The work of Israel is considered faith, where attainment is included. This is called \u201cthe King\u2019s body,\u201d meaning faith and attainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abraham is called \u201cthe patriarch of faith,\u201d meaning Hassadim<\/em>. Then he will know that anyone who wants to come near Him must first assume the discernment of \u201cright,\u201d meaning faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But faith contradicts attainment. Thus, how can they draw attainment when they haven\u2019t the Kelim<\/em> [vessels] for it? This is why He told him, \u201cYour seed will be a stranger in a land that is not theirs.\u201d This is the meaning of \u201cmingled with the nations and learned from their actions,\u201d meaning that they will be under the rule of the nations, that they, too, were under their dominion, drawing GAR de Hochma<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the meaning of the exile in Egypt, that Israel, too, extended GAR de Hochma<\/em>. And this is their exile, when a discernment of darkness was extended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exodus from Egypt was through the plague of the firstborn. The firstborn means GAR de Hochma<\/em>, that the Lord struck the firstborn of Egypt. This is the meaning of the Passover blood, and the circumcision blood, and this is what is written in The Zohar<\/em> (Emor<\/em> 43): \u201cWhen the Creator was slaying the firstborn of Egypt, at that time, Israel went into the covenant of the holy sign, they were circumcised and bonded in the assembly of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The left line is called \u201cforeskin,\u201d as it blocks the lights. Hence, when He killed the firstborn, meaning canceled the GAR<\/em>, Israel below were circumcised, meaning cut off their foreskins. This is called Dinim de Dechura<\/em> [male judgments], which block the lights. Thus, through circumcision with a chisel, which is iron, called Dinim de Nukva<\/em> [female judgments], the Dinim de Dechura<\/em> are canceled. And then VAK de Hochma<\/em> extends to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means that in the beginning, there must be drawing of perfection, meaning GAR de Hochma<\/em>. It is impossible to draw half a degree. And this must be specifically through the Egyptians, and this is called \u201cexile,\u201d when the Jews, too, must be under their rule. Afterward, through the exodus from Egypt, meaning the correction of the Masach de Hirik<\/em>, they exit their rule, meaning the Egyptians themselves shout, \u201cRise up, get out!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is, \u201cI and not a messenger.\u201d \u201cI\u201d means Malchut<\/em>, the lock, which cancels the GAR<\/em>, by which there is the mingling of the left in the right and the right in the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is \u201cHe who wishes to marry a woman,\u201d meaning Hochma<\/em>, called \u201cleft.\u201d \u201cWill bring an uneducated man with him,\u201d because he is in a state of \u201cright,\u201d which is faith. But he wants attainment. Thus, specifically through the uneducated man he can draw Hochma<\/em>, since he has repentance, but for attainment, not for faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI rose up to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers with flowing myrrh, upon the handles of the bar.\u201d Myrrh means \u201cYour Teacher shall no longer hide, and your eyes shall see your Teacher.\u201d \u201cMy hands\u201d means attainment, and \u201cfingers\u201d mean seeing, as in \u201cEach one pointing with his finger, saying, \u2018this is our God.\u2019\u201d \u201cOn the bar\u201d refers to the lock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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