24. When the Creator gave the Torah to Israel, He inscribed it in the holy name and said, \u201cI am the Lord your God,\u201d with Hesed, as Abraham is gripped to it, and corresponding to him they are 248 commandments to-do. The first commandment that the Creator commanded Abraham was a commandment to-do, as it is written, \u201cGo forth from your land.\u201d Because of it, the number of commandments to-do is 248, as the number of Abraham [in Gematria].<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25. \u201cYou will have no other gods\u201d is in Gevura, in which Isaac is gripped, since all those other gods and these ministers appointed over the names suckle from his side, from the left side, as well as Esau and all his appointees. This is so because Isaac is gripped to the commandments not-to-do, and his first commandment was a commandment not-to-do, as it is written, \u201cDo not go down to Egypt.\u201d Commandments not-to-do come from the side of judgment since a person who breaches them is punished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
26. For this reason, the number of commandments not-to-do, in his degree, is 365, corresponding to the 365 days of the sun [year], which shines from the side of Gevura, as it is written, \u201clike the sun as it rises in its Gevura [might].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
27. \u201cYou shall not take\u201d is in Tifferet, which is called \u201ctruth.\u201d Jacob, the complete one, is gripped to it and suckles two parts, Hesed and judgment, commandments to-do and commandments not-to-do, as it is written, \u201cAnd Jacob was a whole man, dwelling in tents,\u201d two tents: judgment and Hesed. He completes all the sides, the Hesed and the judgment, the commandments to-do and the commandments not-to-do. This is why he was called \u201cwhole.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Correspondingly, \u201cYou shall not take,\u201d since the oath comes to make peace, since Jacob is the middle line that makes peace between the two lines right and left. Hence, it is to-do and not-to-do, since as the commandment \u201cYou shall not take\u201d is a commandment not-to-do when it is to falsehood, for it is written, \u201cYou shall not take,\u201d so it is a commandment to-do when it is in truth, as it is written, \u201cAnd you shall swear, \u2018As the Lord lives,\u2019 in truth,\u201d and as it is written, \u201cand shall take oaths in His name.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
28. \u201cRemember the day of Shabbat [Sabbath] to sanctify it\u201d is a covenant, Yesod, to which Joseph is gripped. For this reason, it is called Shabbat, since Joseph is called \u201call,\u201d and Shabbat is also called \u201call,\u201d since all the pleasures and delights stem from it to sustain all the worlds. Hence, Shabbat comprises to-do and not-to-do, which are \u201cremember,\u201d and \u201cyou shall not do any work in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because Joseph, too, is a firstborn, like Jacob, ZA, who is called \u201cfirstborn,\u201d taking two parts Hesed and judgment, as Jacob, Tifferet, is the middle line, which contains right and left, which are HG, so is Joseph, Yesod, comprised of right and left, which are NH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
29. \u201cAnd remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm. Therefore, the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.\u201d That righteous who was sold as a slave to Egypt and was desecrated, corresponding to him is \u201cremember the day of Shabbat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of it, the Creator said to Israel, \u201cPlease remember that righteous one who was sold by you and became a slave in Egypt, since for that sin, you were sentenced to be enslaved in Egypt. To atone for the sin of selling him, keep the day of Shabbat, and it will be atoned for you, since the day of Shabbat corresponds to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
30. The first day of the six days of creation corresponds to Abraham, Hesed, as it is written, \u201cThe Hesed [mercy] of God, all the day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second day corresponds to Isaac, Gevura. This is why the Creator sits on it to judge the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third day corresponds to Jacob, the middle line. This is why it is written in it in the work of creation, \u201cLet the waters gather into one place,\u201d since the middle line unites the right line and the left line and makes them one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
31. The fourth day corresponds to David, Malchut, and it is written in it, \u201cLet there be lights,\u201d without a Vav, since the assembly of Israel, Malchut, has no light of her own except what the righteous, Yesod, gives him. So is David, poor and destitute; he has no life except for the seventy years that were given to him from the day of Adam HaRishon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
32. The fifth day corresponds to Moses, Netzah. The sixth day corresponds to Aaron, Hod, and these six days of creation below correspond to the six days of creation above, implied in the verse, \u201cYours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. Yours is the kingdom, Lord.\u201d These are the portions of the righteous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The greatness is Hesed, Abraham. The power [Gevura] is Isaac. The glory [Tifferet] is Isaac. Victory [Netzah] is the portion of Moses, majesty [Hod] is the portion of Aaron, since \u201call\u201d corresponds to the portion of Joseph, Yesod, who is called \u201call.\u201d The kingdom is the portion of David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joseph is called Shabbat below, the day of Shabbat, corresponding to the righteous one who lives forever, and it is called Shabbat above, Yesod, who is called \u201call.\u201d Because of it, it is written, \u201cTherefore, the Lord your God commanded you to keep the day of Shabbat,\u201d to atone for the iniquity of selling Joseph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
33. When Israel wanted to conquer the land of Canaan, they encircled Jericho for six days, once each day, corresponding to those true righteous on which the world exists: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, and David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the seventh day, seven times, corresponding to the day of Shabbat, corresponding to the righteous, Yesod, who nourishes everyone and sustains them, as it is written, \u201cShe has carved out her seven pillars,\u201d and it is written, \u201cA righteous is the foundation of the world.\u201d He is the foundation and the core of all those righteous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Were it not for the merit of all those righteous, they would have been unable to conquer it, as it is written, \u201cIt is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are coming to inherit their land, but \u2026 to keep the promise that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
34. \u201cHonor your father\u201d is Netzah, to which Moses is gripped and which he suckles, since Moses honored the Creator through the Torah. Were it not for the Torah that was given through Moses, the great prophet, people would not know the Creator and would not honor Him. This is so because through the Torah, a person learns the work of his master and honors the Creator. For this reason, \u201cHonor your father and your mother corresponds to Moses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
35. \u201cHonor your father\u201d is the Written Torah, ZA, \u201cand your mother\u201d is the Oral Torah, Malchut, since as the father gives abundance to the mother, so the Written Torah gives abundance to the Oral Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
36. \u201cYou shall not commit murder\u201d corresponds to the degree of Hod, Aaron. This is so because when you kill a person, you take from him the upper brightness and splendor that is on him, as it is written, \u201cAnd my splendor has been overturned on me into a destroyer.\u201d For this reason, the Creator warned people that that upper beauty that He gave them, should not be taken from them, and they should not murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is the matter of peace in this, as this is why Aaron stood to atone for Israel and to offer the offering of holiness. According to it, \u201cAtone for Your people, whom You have redeemed,\u201d which is written about the slain that it is not known who killed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
37. \u201cYou shall not commit adultery\u201d is Malchut, which Hochma grips, since the assembly of Israel connects only to one who is worthy of her, who is a righteous, the Yesod [foundation] of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHonor\u201d corresponds to the assembly of Israel, Malchut. \u201cYou shall not commit murder\u201d corresponds to the degree of Netzah. \u201cYou shall not commit adultery\u201d corresponds to the degree of Hod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
38. \u201cHonor\u201d corresponds to \u201cLet there be lights\u201d in the work of creation. \u201cYou shall not commit murder\u201d corresponds to \u201cLet the waters swarm with swarms of living soul.\u201d Because of it, do not murder a living soul. \u201cYou shall not commit adultery\u201d corresponds to \u201cLet the earth bring forth a living soul after its kind.\u201d For this reason, do not commit adultery with a woman who is not your mate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
39. \u201cDo not steal,\u201d \u201cDo not lie,\u201d and \u201cDo not covet\u201d are the end of the Ten Commandments of the Torah, which correspond to the Atik of Atiks, GAR, KHB, which are the beginning of everything, to unite the Sof [end] with the Rosh [beginning\/head], so that all will be one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reason He did not begin with them at the beginning of the Ten Commandments is to teach a sublime secret: up to which place was Moses given permission to look, and from which place he received the Torah from ZA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
40. For this reason, he said seven commandments, which correspond to seven high degrees, HGT NHYM, and up to that place, up to Hesed, Moses looked, as it is written, \u201cFace to face, the Lord spoke with you.\u201d \u201cFace\u201d are the holy son, ZA, who comprises six Sefirot HGT NHY. In the face are the daughter, Malchut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
41. \u201cFace\u201d are the covenant, Yesod, which contain HGT NH, in the face, they are Aaron, Malchut. And since they connected face-to-face, \u201cthe Lord spoke with you.\u201d That is, when seven commandments, which correspond to HGT NHYM, were connected in three upper degrees KHB of holy Atik, the final three commandments were said corresponding to them, and they rose from below upward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
42. \u201cDo not steal\u201d corresponds to upper Ima, Bina, who suckles from Hochma. One who has Bina [understanding] in him is called \u201cunderstanding a matter from a matter,\u201d as one who steals and takes what is in the heart of the sage who taught him wisdom and taught him Torah. Although Bina was permitted to him in order to suckle from Hochma, there is stealing, which is from the Sitra Achra, not in a way of holiness, and this is forbidden. But he said, \u201cDo not steal,\u201d plainly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are secrets of the Torah that the heart does not raise to the mouth. Rather, one who is rewarded with Bina, who understands a matter from a matter, will be able to take the secrets from the heart of the sage although he does not tell him with his mouth. This is regarded as a kind of stealing when he takes from the sage what he hides and does not want to bestow upon him, for although it is permitted in the ways of holiness, if it is not in the ways of holiness, it is regarded as stealing, which is forbidden. And He said, \u201cDo not steal,\u201d plainly, which concerns the secrets of the wisdom, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
43. \u201cDo not lie\u201d corresponds to the upper degree of Hochma, which is called \u201ctestimony.\u201d A person cannot answer anything if he is asked, unless thanks to having in him a degree of the upper spirit of Hochma, as it is written, \u201cShould a wise man answer with windy knowledge,\u201d which is the revelation of the spirit of Hochma in him. Also, Daat [knowledge] is from the word Edut [testimony].<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although this answer, where it is written, \u201canswer with [windy] knowledge,\u201d who is poor, has the existence of the world in it, and there is upper help in it to know one\u2019s Master, and it is in the matter of faith, there is a poor one from the Sitra Achra, who is forbidden, as it is written, \u201cYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drawing Hochma is permitted only in Malchut, who is called \u201cpoor,\u201d and in Daat, who is the middle line. But in another way, it is forbidden. It is written about it, \u201cYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although this answer, that he is poor, and of which it is written, \u201cShould a wise man answer with windy knowledge,\u201d has the existence of the world in it, as from her are all the Mochin in the worlds, there is a poor one from the Sitra Achra who is forbidden, the extension only from the left line, not through the middle line, which is forbidden. It is written about it, \u201cYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
44. \u201cDo not covet\u201d corresponds to a high and hidden degree on which all the thoughts are dependent, and there is no one in the world who knows what is that degree, since it is the most concealed of all that are concealed, Keter. It was said about it, when it came up in the thought to create the world, the upper world and lower world, everything was in one minute, they stood together, and that thought is hidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
45. A person below has a hidden thought which no one knows but the Creator. He gave them to a person so he would think in it words of Torah and words of commandment, since her fountains are extended from the upper thoughts, and it is not revealed at all. The Torah, ZA, stems from the upper Hochma, and the upper potion is extended down to the place of the bottom Hochma, which is called \u201ccommandment,\u201d Malchut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
46. Hence, one who contemplates doing a commandment, it is as though he does it, since in his thought, he caused great abundance of blessings to come from the upper thought, the place called Mitzva [commandment], to Malchut. Hence, it is as though He did it, Malchut. It is written, \u201cand do them.\u201d The thought is certainly the beginning of everything. Although from the side of the upper thought, he was given permission to think, words of commandment are permitted, and words that are not of Mitzva [holiness\/good deed] are forbidden, as it is written, \u201cYou shall not covet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most hidden thought of all that are hidden is Keter, from which the light of Hochma is extended. However, this Hochma is not revealed in its place, but only after it expanded to Malchut. It is revealed in the place of Malchut, and not elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because the fountains, Hochma, of the upper thought, Keter, are drawn to the place of Hochma, and Hochma is not revealed at all in the place of Hochma, but the Torah comes out from the upper Hochma, ZA, which is emanated from HB, it receives the Hochma from the place of Hochma, and it is not revealed in him, as well. However, the last potion continues, the abundance of Hochma continues to Malchut, who is called \u201cbottom Hochma,\u201d and is called \u201ccommandment,\u201d and instead of Malchut, Hochma is revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although from the perspective of the thought, he was given permission to think, for it is better for man to extend from there only words of Torah, for the purpose of Malchut, who is called Mitzva [commandment], what is not on Malchut\u2019s path, which is call Mitzva, must not be extended from the upper thought. It is about this that it is written, \u201cDo not covet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
47. What is the reason that in the commandments, which correspond to ZAT, HGT NHYM, there is a commandment to-do in its appropriate place corresponding to each Sefira, and commandments not-to-do in their appropriate place, meaning either commandment to-do or a commandment not-to-do? And these final three commandments that correspond to GAR are not-to-do rather than to-do, as we explained about all of them, that this is permitted and that is forbidden, where from the side of the Sitra Achra, it is forbidden, and in the ways of holiness, it is permitted. Thus, in each one there are to-do and not-to-do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, because they correspond to the holy Atik, GAR, in which Hesed and great Rachamim [mercies] are present, and it is fit only for commandments to-do, because of it, it is more precise than they are, than commandments to-do, for he commands to do them in the holy way, and makes a precision that one must not turn to the Sitra Achra in them. For this reason, He registered them in the commandments not-to-do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
48. He warned people with \u201cdo not\u201d about the last commandment, the last rule in the Torah, \u201cDo not covet.\u201d One who breaches it, it is as though he breached the whole Torah, since above, it is the beginning of everything, the entirety of everything, that Malchut is connected to Keter. If a person breaches it and removes his thought from the ways of Torah, he adheres to the Sitra Achra, to the side of falsehood. At that time, he comes into \u201cYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.\u201d It is as with Ahab, who coveted the vineyard of Navot the Israelite, and then they testified against him a false testimony. From this, a person comes to break all the commandments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
49. However, when he walks in the ways of Torah and thinks of His commandments, that thought spreads through all the degrees from the side of truth, the middle line, the side of upper faith, Malchut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
50. All the commandments, Sefirot, are crushed: Their end is in their beginning, and their beginning in their end. This is so because each Sefira consists of ten Sefirot, and Malchut of the upper Sefira is the Keter of the lower Sefira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It follows that the end of each Sefira is crushed in the beginning of each Sefira, since the end of each Sefira is Malchut, and the beginning of each Sefira is also Malchut of the upper one. Also, their beginning is in their end since the beginning of each Sefira is Keter, and the end of each Sefira is a Keter for the lower one. This is so in order to know the Creator in His thought, in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is, to draw the Hochma from His thought, which is Keter, to the end, which is Malchut, and not deviate his thought and desire to the Sitra Achra, outside of Malchut, when a person adheres to that, to drawing to Malchut, all the worlds are filled with upper blessings that are extended from Atik, the most hidden of all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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