1. It is a commandment to discuss the judgment of one who gives a bad name, as it is written, \u201cAnd they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the father of the young woman,\u201d since he gave a bad name to a virgin of Israel. This is after the marriage, since he said, \u201cI found your daughter was not a virgin.\u201d Not every bad name is the same, since the spies that gave a bad name to the land were punished for it, and died, and were not rewarded with it, and a woman is soil in the land. For this reason, the spies were regarded as one who gives a bad name to a woman, as we learn, \u201cEster was the ground of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. If you say a bad name about Ester, saying that she was defiled with Ahasuerus, and yet was rewarded with the holy spirit clothing in her, which is Malchut, as it is written, \u201cAnd Ester wore royalty,\u201d then you give Malchut [the kingship] a bad name. But the Creator said, \u201cI am the Lord, this is My name, and I will not give My glory to another, and I will not give my praise to idols.\u201d This is the Shechina [Divinity], who is called \u201cname,\u201d and \u201cglory,\u201d and \u201cpraise,\u201d and \u201cthe holy spirit.\u201d It is a name that clothed in Ester. Thus, how can you say that she was defiled with Ahasuerus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. But wise ones, woe to those who eat the straw and the stalks [of grain] of the Torah, whose Torah mixes good and bad like straws and stalks, mixing food and shells, and who does not know the secrets of the Torah, but the minor and grave in the Torah. The minor ones are the straw of the Torah, the waste, and the grave ones is wheat, in which there is food and waste, since Hitah [wheat] has the letters Het Hey [sin of the Lord], where Het is the waste and Hey is the good. It is the tree of knowledge of good and evil, as we learn, the tree of knowledge was wheat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. It is not the way of the king and queen to ride a donkey, the matter of the Torah, which is wheat and the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but rather on horses, which are the secrets of the Torah, as it is written, \u201cThat You rode Your horses, Your chariots of salvation.\u201d Malchut [kingship] is not to be slighted, so that the queen will ride a donkey, much less the king, as this is the place for the lay person and the slave, who is Matat, whose conduct is to ride a donkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For this reason, when Israel do not merit, it is written about the Messiah, \u201ca poor man riding a donkey.\u201d There, a poor man is a sign, Iruvin, Nidah, Yevamot<\/em> [three tractates in the Mishna<\/em>], whose acronym is ANI [poor]. The rest of the tractates are included in these, which implies that as long as one does not know the secrets of Torah, but the revealed Torah, he is poor in knowledge and rides a donkey, which is the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The Creator is not called \u201cKing\u201d until He rides His horse, the assembly of Israel, Malchut, as it is written, \u201cI have compared you, my love, to my filly among Pharaoh\u2019s chariots,\u201d which is all good without any bad at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. When the Creator is outside His place, He is not a king. When He returns to His place, \u201cAnd the Lord shall be king.\u201d So is Israel, as we learn, \u201cAll of Israel are children of kings.\u201d Like the father, so are the children not children of kings until they return to the Land of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is the rider of the donkey a lay person? Although he is a lay person compared to his master, we learn, \u201cLet not the blessing of the lay person be trifle in your eyes,\u201d since the lay person is the servant Matat, and he is the one riding that donkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adam HaRishon, who did not preserve the honor he was given, eating from the tree of knowledge, was lowered to eating together with his donkey, which is the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He asked the Creator, \u201cWill I and my donkey eat from the same trough?\u201d Issachar was rewarded with that donkey, to be called a \u201cstrong-boned ass.\u201d Because he subdued the donkey under him, he was called a \u201cstrong-boned ass,\u201d since he was lowered from the Gerem [bones\/staircase] of ascents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. It is written about the queen, Malchut, \u201cAnd His kingship rules over all,\u201d ruling over the shells, as well. Hence, after Ester clothed in Malchut, as it is written, \u201cAnd Ester wore royalty, Ester controlled Ahasuerus and his nation. It is written about them, \u201cand kill their enemies.\u201d Ahasuerus did not have intercourse with her although they were in the same house. She did not have intercourse with him, but rather like Joseph, of whom it is written, \u201cand she left his garment with her.\u201d It is not written \u201chis clothing,\u201d but \u201chis garment,\u201d as it is written, \u201ctraitors betrayed,\u201d his arrows of externality, in which the shell has a grip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. For this reason, Ester comes from the word Seter [concealment], as it is written, \u201cYou are a hiding place for me, since the Shechina [Divinity] hid her from Ahasuerus and gave him a [female] demon instead of her, and Ester returned to the arm of Mordechai. Mordechai, who knew the explicit name and seventy tongues, did all that with wisdom. This is why one should speak with one\u2019s wife prior to having intercourse with her, lest his wife has been replaced with a demon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. This is so in the woman, who is from the side of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; there is swapping in her into a demon. But if she is from the Shechina, she does not change, as it is written, \u201cI the Lord do not change.\u201d \u201cI\u201d is the Shechina, who has no fear of the shells, as it is written, \u201cAll those nations are nothing against Him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. In the place where there is the Shechina, there are several Segulot [pl. of Segula (remedy\/power)]. Hence, since the Shechina clothed in Ester, she was worthy of making with her several Segulot, like Sarah, whom the Creator guarded, and because the Shechina was with her, He guarded her from Pharaoh. Even her clothes and jewelry, the Creator made all of them Segulot, thanks to the Shechina who was with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For this reason, when Pharaoh came to touch her sandal, the angel struck him with the sandal. So it was with all her jewels; each jewel he would touch her, the jewel would strike him until that pure one parted from her and returned her to her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. If this was so with her jewels, it was much more so with one who touched her body, or even her finger, for the purpose of intercourse. At that time, it is written, \u201cThe foreigner who draws near shall be put to death,\u201d since the Creator did not give him permission to approach her, as it is written, \u201cI am the Lord; this is My name; and I will not give My glory to another.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. For this reason, not any giving of a bad name is the same. The spies, who gave a bad name to the Land of Israel, died. Those who give a bad name to the Shechina, are much more so, they are struck in their souls. This is so because those who gave a bad name to the land were afflicted in their bodies and they themselves died. However, one who gives a bad name to the Shechina, his soul is struck. This is for one who knows how to give a bad name to the Shechina, and whose eyes are open. However, one whose eyes are closed is not punished that much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. What we learn, that a raped [forced against her will] woman is permitted to her husband, clearly, the prohibition and permission in the Mishna<\/em> speaks only concerning a man and a woman who is from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. However, a woman who is from the tree of life, her judgment is not like those from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, since the one who is from the tree of life is a righteous who is happy, and it is written about him, \u201cNo harm shall come to the righteous or to his righteous mate.\u201d We learned this from Sarah in Pharaoh\u2019s house, that he did not have permission to approach her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. One who is righteous and unhappy, who is from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, since evil is with him, there is not a righteous man who will not sin with this evil, since it is with him. A wicked who is happy is one in whom his evil inclination overcame the good inclination. He is happy since the good is under the authority of the evil, and because the evil controls the good, he is evil, for the one who prevails takes the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the good prevails over the bad, he is called \u201ca righteous who is unhappy,\u201d for the evil is under his authority. If the evil prevails over the good, he is called \u201ca wicked who is happy,\u201d for the good is under its authority. And a wicked who is unhappy is another god, Sam. He is unhappy; it is his potion of death, worshiping stars and signs. It is written about him, \u201cEvil shall slay the wicked.\u201d And for this reason, a raped woman is not, unless there is a mixture of good and evil in that soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14. The Torah that was given, its tablets were broken. They are akin to virginity. As the virginity is a testimony to the integrity of the virgin, so the tablets that were given before the eyes of all of Israel were a testimony to the whole of the Torah. The Creator returned and gave it to Israel to keep it. The oral Torah is called \u201ca rule for Moses from Sinai.\u201d This is why Moses is called the \u201cbridegroom of the Torah,\u201d and the bridegroom of the Torah broke her virginity, which are the first tablets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One who gives her a bad name and says that that Torah is not as the first, since her tablets broke, the Creator will say to him that He, the Creator, is the father of the girl, the father of the daughter, who is implied in the word Beresheet [In the beginning], since Beresheet has the letters of Bat Roshi [daughter of my head], implying that she is the king\u2019s daughter. And then the Creator said, \u201cAnd they shall spread the gown,\u201d and a sheet from the book of Torah is opened, and they will see that it is written about it, \u201cCut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first \u2026 And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. Elijah said to Moses, \u201cSinai, Sinai, so it was befitting for us to hear your words and be silent. But by the permission of the Lord and His Shechina, I wish to say a word to you, in your honor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16. Elijah said, \u201cMoses, this bride of yours, Malchut, the Creator gave her to Abraham to nurture her for you. And because he kept her, she is called his daughter, as we learn, \u2018Abraham had a daughter \u2026 and her name was in everything.\u2019 He observed the whole Torah with her, and thanks to her, his house was open widely to deal Hesed [mercy\/kindness] to all the people of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 17. Because he dealt Hesed with her, when Abraham\u2019s sons were pawned due to their several iniquities in Egypt, the Creator said \u201cMoses, go and deal Hesed to those who dealt Hesed with you, since your bride, Malchut, I have given her to him to nurture her with virtues and he nurtured her,\u201d meaning extended to her the thirteen qualities of Rachamim [mercy], implied in three words, Vav-Hey-Vav Aleph-Nun-Yod Vav-Hey-Vav, which are the acronym Vav, in which the seventy-two names are included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is so because in the beginning of the name AB, it is the name Vav-Hey-Vav, in their middle, it is Aleph-Nun-Yod, and near their end is the second Vav-Hey-Vav. In Gematria, AB is as the number of Hesed, and with seventy-two names, Abraham would prevail over seventy-two nations, who are seventy nations, and Esau and Ishmael. And with your bride, Malchut, he had a Segula in seventy-two names once Malchut received them, and he triumphed over every nation and tongue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18. For this reason, it is written, \u201cWho caused His glorious arm,\u201d which is Malchut, \u201cto go at the right of Moses, who divided the waters before them.\u201d You tore the sea for his sons in twelve tears, like the number Vav-Vav [6-6], and thanks to the Aleph in the filling of Vav, which implies illumination of Bina, You turned the sea into dry land. The Egyptians, who do not believe in the Vav, ZA, which is one in Gematria, drowned in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the latter days, the descendants of Abraham will exist in Israel, as it is written, \u201cAs in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I will show him wonders.\u201d \u201cWho caused His glorious arm to go at the right of Moses\u201d will come true in you, dividing the water of Torah because of them, to make an everlasting name for You, and there you will gain your bride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 19. Because that daughter, Malchut, was given to Israel, as she is your law from the side of the left, a rule for Moses from Sinai, since Halacha [rule\/law] has the letters of HaKalah [the bride], since from the side of the right, your Halacha is the letter Hey, Hey from the side of the name Abraham, and she is a Yod from the side of the name Isaac, and everything, Hey-Yod, is from the name Elokim [God], which are the Mochin of Elokim, VAK. However, without these Hey-Yod, Malchut is called \u201cmute,\u201d as she is without Mochin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And you are Vav since Moses is ZA, Vav, the filling of Malchut and her wholeness, for the Vav completes her with Mochin of GAR. She is called a \u201cfull cup,\u201d since at first, she was the throne of the Lord, where the Kes [throne] lacks a Vav [Kos (cup)], and the name Yod-Hey lacks the Vav-Hey. Finally, a cup full of blessing is Yod-Hey Vav-Hey, for the cup is filled and the name is filled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20. Because Malchut was given by You to Israel, who are the middle pillar, which incorporates right and left, we should find out why she was given to them. She was given to Abraham because he extended to her the quality of Hesed, and You dealt Hesed with his children, as he dealt Hesed with You.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Creator gave her to Isaac, to him and to his generations, to keep her from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and they made for her several hedges and cut for her several garments, which are garments of gold, with several verdicts. They were in disagreement and asked about those verdicts, to correct them with several answers, to decorate her with several decorations for Shabbat [Sabbath] and for good days, so she would be decorated for You when You come to redeem her in the final redemption, of which it is written, \u201cWhat has been is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 21. Because they caused you and did you good, you suffered several troubles for them, so the Messiah Son of Joseph would not be killed. It is written about him, \u201cAnd a face of an ox to the left,\u201d for he is of the descendants of Joseph, of whom it is written, \u201cHis glory is like a firstborn bull.\u201d And in order for him and his descendants not to be defiled among the idol-worshippers, who because of the sin of Jeroboam, who worshiped idols, was to be defiled in the idol-worshipers, he and his descendants, since Jeroboam son of Nabat is from the descendants of Joseph, and because of him it is written about you, \u201cAnd he is pierced by our iniquities,\u201d and it is written, \u201cAnd by His healing, we are healed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 22. Because Israel consist of right and left, as they are from the middle line, where there, Your letters Hey Yod, the right and left of the Mochin of Malchut, are in completeness, You should unite with the Malchut between them. And because it is written about you, \u201cfor He gave the virgin of Israel a bad name,\u201d it is therefore written about you, \u201cAnd she will be to Him for a wife; he will not be able to send her away all his days.\u201d When she is in exile, He cannot retire from her all His days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 23. But where is the bad name that you gave her? Once Malchut has been given to Israel, anyone who gives a bad name to Israel is as one who gives a bad name to Malchut. And the bad name was with what you said to the Creator, \u201cWhy does Your wrath burn hot against Your people,\u201d Israel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n And the Creator said, \u201cBut you are the one who gave Israel a bad name for making the calf. Go, get down, for your people \u2026 have corrupted themselves.\u201d Your people, who are indeed the mixed-multitude, which you have converted, they made the calf. And for this reason, because he gave the virgin of Israel a bad name, hence, \u201cand she shall be his wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 24. Moses arose and kissed Elijah. He blessed him and said to him, \u201cBlessed are you by the Creator and His Shechina, in each and every one of his qualities, and in his ten Sefirot, and in all His names, and in all the angels. And everyone answered and said, \u201cAmen!\u201d And the Creator and His Shechina acknowledged his blessing. \u201cElijah, arise, open your mouth in commandments with me, for you are my assistant from every side, for it is about you that it is written first, \u201cPinhas son of Elazar, son of Aaron the Priest,\u201d for Pinhas is Elijah, son of Aaron, son of my brother, as it is written, \u201cand a brother is born for adversity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1. 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