746. Concerning the Fetus<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When a newborn emerges into the world, he must acquire two forces: 1) the power of the will to receive, 2) the power of the desire to bestow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For this purpose, the newborn was given two cuts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1) The cutting of the connection from the infant\u2019s navel to the mother, by which the mouth opens and the navel closes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the mouth is closed, he still has no authority of his own. Rather, he eats what his mother eats, since eating means scrutinies, and through the scrutinies one buys vitality. There is vitality of Kedusha<\/em> [holiness], and there is the opposite. This is called \u201cthe upper force.\u201d Hence, by cutting the connection with the mother, he acquires the will to receive. However, he does not acquire the will to receive at once, but over thirteen years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2) The second cutting is done on the eighth day after his birth. Through this cutting, which is the removal of the foreskin, he acquires the desire to bestow. The time of acquiring this possession begins from thirteen years of age onward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The difference between acquiring the will to receive and acquiring the desire to bestow is that the will to receive is regarded as an act of the Creator, from the perspective of the purpose of creation, namely to do good to His creations. Hence, a person must first acquire this possession, since this is the primary goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Acquiring the desire to bestow is called \u201cthe work of flesh and blood,\u201d since this is only corrections on the part of the lower ones, since the lower ones do not want the bread of shame, called separation from Dvekut<\/em> [adhesion] with the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For this reason, a person must correct himself to have a Kli<\/em> [vessel] ready to receive the purpose of creation, to do good to His creations. As long as one does not reach the benefit called \u201chappy are you in this world,\u201d as it is written, \u201cYou will see your world in your life,\u201d it is a sign that he still has not qualified himself not to be separated when receiving the pleasure. Therefore, this is still not regarded as \u201chappy are you in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For this reason, the acquisition of the desire to bestow is called acts of flesh and blood, which is an act on the part of the lower one, as it is written, \u201cEverything is in the hands of heaven but the fear of heaven.\u201d It is as Baal HaSulam interpreted, the Creator can only give, and the giving of the Creator adds only love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But not receiving is man\u2019s work. This is as in \u201cThe Tannas, \u2018What is given from heaven is not taken back.\u2019\u201d That is, the Creator only gives and does not receive. Hence, the act of bestowal of the lower one is called \u201cthe work of flesh and blood.\u201d This is what Turnus Rufus the Evil asked, Which deeds were finer, those of the Creator or those of flesh and blood?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 746. 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