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17) It is written, \u201cFor You are our Father, for Abraham does not know us.\u201d In the future, Isaac is told, \u201cFor You are our Father.\u201d Thus, Isaac, the left line, is called \u201cFather\u201d because the left is included in the right. But before he is included in the right, he is not called \u201cFather,\u201d since then harsh Dinim<\/em> are drawn out from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the right, how do we know that he, too, is called \u201cFather\u201d? It is said, \u201cAnd set him up for him as a father and a priest.\u201d That is, the priest, who is right and Hesed<\/em>, is called \u201cFather.\u201d And although he is called \u201cFather\u201d above, even the light that does not shine, Malchut<\/em>, is called \u201cYou\u201d when it clings to the right, as it is written, \u201cYou are our father, our redeemer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18) In the meantime, an old man approached him and said, \u201cMoses, set up a table for your Master, for Him and for the Queen, with every kind of delicacy, to keep in it the verse, \u2018This is the table that is before the Lord.\u2019\u201d But until now everyone was being delighted at the King\u2019s table, as it is written, \u201cGo, eat of my bread.\u201d Bread is the written Torah, ZA<\/em>. The wine of Torah is the oral Torah, Malchut<\/em>. And in Malchut<\/em> there are several dainties of the sweet flavors of the Torah and of all the foods and delicacies in the world and of the King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19) Moses rose and said, \u201cAaron the priest, rise from your sleep to slaughter bulls and sheep and lambs and poultry, and every kind needed for the King\u2019s feast, and the bread of the face, twelve, corresponding to the twelve tablets of the Torah, which are written from this and from that. Ze<\/em> [this] is twelve in Gematria<\/em>, Panim<\/em> [face\/anterior], the twelve letters in the three Havayot<\/em> [plural of HaVaYaH<\/em>] in the verses, \u201cMay the Lord [HaVaYaH<\/em>] bless you,\u201d \u201cMay the Lord shine,\u201d \u201cMay the Lord carry.\u201d The second Ze<\/em> [\u201cthat,\u201d the same word as \u201cthis\u201d in Hebrew] corresponds to the three times ADNI<\/em>, in which there are twelve letters, being twelve animals. It is written about them, \u201cAll four had the face of a lion on the right, the face of a ox on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle,\u201d which are the three animals\u2014lion, ox, and eagle. It is written about them, \u201cEach of them had four faces,\u201d for in each of the three animals are four faces: lion, ox, eagle, and man. Three times four are twelve animals, and this is the meaning of, \u201cAnd one called out to another and said,\u201d which are the twelve faces of HaVaYaH<\/em> for the twelve animals of ADNI<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 24 books of Torah, corresponding to the 24 books in the Bible. This is the meaning of, \u201cThis is the table that is before the Lord,\u201d for a table is Malchut<\/em>. This is the twelve animals in ADNI<\/em>, Malchut<\/em>, where \u201cBefore the Lord\u201d means before the twelve faces in HaVaYaH<\/em>. The Kelim<\/em> [vessels\/cutlery] of the King\u2019s table are the authors of the Mishnah, authors of the prayer, who were set up by sages corresponding to the offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20) It is written, \u201cYou shall make a table of acacia wood.\u201d The ones at the King\u2019s meal would behave with good conducts, to show that they are the members of the King\u2019s table. The greatest one among the members of the meal washes his hands first. When they come into the meal, to be seated, the great one sits at the head, the second one below him, and the third below the second. They are called \u201cthree beds\u201d because it was their way to sit each on a bed, corresponding to the three patriarchs and corresponding to priests, Levites, and Israel, HGT<\/em>. Henceforth, they are not in order, but first come first served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21) Custom number two: The landlord slices, so he will slice handsomely, and completes the HaMotzi<\/em> [the one who brings forth] blessing, and then he slices. We learn that the guests are forbidden to taste before the one who divides tastes, and the one who divides is forbidden to taste before the guests have completed their Amen. If he wishes to honor another with slicing, he may do so. It has also been clarified that the guest blesses the blessing for the food so he will bless the landlord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22) The landlord slicing is the middle pillar, the middle line, ZA<\/em>. On Sabbath, he must slice from two Hallahs<\/em> [twist bread], Hey<\/em>–Hey<\/em> of HaVaYaH<\/em>. The landlord is Vav<\/em> de<\/em> HaVaYaH<\/em> between the two letters Hey<\/em>. In order for them to not appear as gluttons, he can slice for each as much as an egg. As-much-as-an egg is Yod<\/em> de<\/em> HaVaYaH<\/em>, and as-much-as-an olive is Yod<\/em> de<\/em> ADNI<\/em>, which are Nekudot<\/em> of the holy name. They are called, \u201cCrumbs as much as an olive,\u201d and they are the crumbs corresponding to drops of semen. Hence, one who slights crumbs and throws them in a place where he should not, poverty chases him and he wanders about, as it is written, \u201cHe wanders about for bread.\u201d However, there is no bread except the Torah, and he yells, \u201cWhere is one who will pity me,\u201d and he will not find one to pity him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23) Crumbs as much as an olive are in a righteous, Yesod<\/em>, who crushes crushes of these olives, the Sefirot<\/em>, bringing the oil out of them, the abundance. The guest blesses is a righteous, as it is written, \u201cAnd the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn.\u201d Also, \u201cBlessings are upon the head of the righteous one who lives forever.\u201d For this reason, a guest who is righteous, Yesod<\/em>, blesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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