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36. \u201cAnd they that despise Me shall be esteemed lightly.\u201d That is, one who does not know how to honor his Master, and did not intend in the Amen, as we learn, \u201cGreat is he who answers, \u201cAmen,\u201d more than the one who blesses.\u201d And Rabbi Shimon said that the one who answers, \u201cAmen,\u201d extends blessings from the spring, Bina<\/em>, to the King, ZA<\/em>, and from the King to the queen. Also, in the engraved letters of Rabbi Elazar, he says from the Aleph<\/em> of Amen, Bina<\/em>, to the Mem<\/em> of Amen, ZA<\/em>, and from the Mem<\/em> of Amen to the Nun<\/em>, Malchut<\/em> [the Hebrew spelling of Amen is Aleph<\/em>–Mem<\/em>-final Nun<\/em>]. When the blessings reach Nun<\/em>, Malchut<\/em>, they extend blessings outward from there to the upper ones and lower ones, and spread through everything. And the voice comes out, drank from the potion of blessings that so and so, a servant of the holy King, brought out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

37) When Israel below keep their answering of Amen and aim their hearts as they should, several doors of blessing open above, there is much goodness in all the world, and there is joy in everything. What is Israel\u2019s reward for causing it? Their reward is in this world and in the next world. In this world, when they are afflicted and they pray their prayer before their Master, the voice declares through all the worlds, \u201cOpen the gates and let in the righteous, loyal nation.\u201d Do not pronounce it \u201cloyal,\u201d but Amens [a similar pronunciation in Hebrew], who observe their answering Amen. \u201cOpen the gates,\u201d as Israel opened the gates of blessings for them, now open the gates and let the prayer of those who are afflicted be answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

38. This is their reward in this world. What is their reward in the next world? When a man who observed answering Amen departs this world, what does he observe\u2014observe that blessing which the sayer blesses and he waits for him to answer after it, \u201cAmen,\u201d as he should? At that time, his soul rises and declares before him, \u201cOpen the gates before him,\u201d as he opened the gates each day when he was loyal, meaning Amens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

39. What is Amen? Amen is the spring of the stream that extends, Bina<\/em>. It is called Amen, as it is written, \u201cAnd I was beside Him as an apprentice.\u201d Do not pronounce it Amon<\/em> [apprentice], but Amen. Keeping all the degrees\u2014that river that stretches out, Bina<\/em>\u2014is called \u201cAmen,\u201d as it is written, \u201cFrom the world and to the world,\u201d from the world above, Bina<\/em>, to the world below, Malchut<\/em>. Here, too, Amen and Amen, Amen of above, Bina<\/em>, Amen of below, Malchut<\/em>. Amen means keeping of them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

40. Aleph<\/em> of Amen is the depth of the well, from which all the blessings pour forth and are present. The open Mem<\/em> is a river that stretches out, Yesod<\/em>. An open Mem<\/em> is Yesod<\/em>; a blocked Mem<\/em> is Bina<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cThat the government may be increased\u201d [Marbe<\/em> (increased) is written with a final (blocked) Mem<\/em> although it\u2019s not at the end of the word].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

41. The stretched [final] Nun<\/em> is the inclusion of two letters, Nun<\/em>: Stretched Nun<\/em> [\"Nun] and bent [regular] Nun<\/em> [\"Nun\"], which also includes within it the Nukva<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, who is called \u201cbent Nun<\/em>.\u201d The stretched Nun<\/em> is the inclusion of the letter Vav<\/em> [\"Vav\"], which also includes the male within it, the letter Vav<\/em>, ZA<\/em>. This is so because the stretched Nun<\/em> is an expansion of male and female included as one, ZA<\/em>\u2014Vav<\/em>, and Malchut<\/em>\u2014Nun<\/em>. For this reason, everything together is called Nun<\/em> [Nun<\/em>–Vav<\/em>–Nun<\/em>], Vav<\/em> being a male, and the stretched Nun<\/em> being an inclusion of male and female. The bent Nun<\/em> contains a stretched Nun<\/em>. The Mem<\/em> in Amen is an acronym for Melech<\/em> [King]. Thus, Amen is an acronym for Loyal King, containing everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

42. Anyone who heard a blessing from the one who blesses and did not aim his heart in the Amen, it is said about him, \u201cAnd they that despise Me shall be esteemed lightly,\u201d as it is written, \u201cTo you, O priests who despise My name.\u201d What is his punishment? As he did not open blessings above, blessings are not opened to him. Moreover, when he departs from this world, it is declared before him and said, \u201cClose the gates before so and so and do not let him in; do not accept him.\u201d Woe to him and woe to his soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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