26) \u201cI have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my perfume; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends; drink, drink abundantly, O beloved.\u201d In this verse, its beginning is not its end and its end is not its beginning. It is written, \u201cI have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk.\u201d Afterwards it writes, \u201cEat, friends.\u201d One invites another to eat when the food is spread before him, but how can he invite another to eat after he has already eaten? And here it writes, \u201cI have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk,\u201d meaning he has already eaten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
27) However, happy are Israel, whom the Creator wishes to cleanse and whom He has chosen of all the peoples. Once He has chosen them, He wished to remove them from all the slanderers in the world. On the day when the tabernacle was built below, another tabernacle was established with it, above. When it writes only, \u201cthe tabernacle was established,\u201d it is because it contains the tabernacle above, as well, meaning Malchut<\/em>. And that day was the Creator\u2019s day of joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 28) When the tabernacle was established, it is written, \u201cMoses could not enter the tent of meeting.\u201d When the Creator saw it, He said, \u201cAnd if the tabernacle was established by Moses and he was outside, He promptly called Moses.\u201d He told him, \u201cMoses, the housewarming is with a meal, \u2018When any man of you brings an offering unto the Lord.\u2019\u201d For this reason, He began to speak with him of offerings, which is a meal \u201cfor a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.\u201d This is the meaning of what is written, \u201cI have come into my garden, my sister, my bride,\u201d and this verse concerns the offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 29) \u201cI have come into my garden\u201d refers to the upper Garden of Eden.\u201d \u201cMy sister, my bride\u201d is the assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em>, for on the day when the tabernacle was established, couplings were made in all the VAK<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, implied in the words, \u201cI have come into my garden.\u201d Couplings were made in the upper Garden of Eden of ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>, since they were all blessed by the potion of the stream, Bina<\/em>, and were each tied to one\u2019s friend, as it is written, \u201cI have gathered my myrrh with my perfume,\u201d meaning that they all drank and were satiated by the spring of the stream, meaning Yesod<\/em> of Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 30) \u201cEat, friends; drink, drink abundantly, O beloved.\u201d All the degrees below in BYA<\/em> and all the branches are blessed and nourished when these ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>, implied in the words, \u201cI have come into my garden,\u201d are blessed above. They are blessed and perfumed by the scent of the offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 31) When the assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em>, descended so as to instill her abode in the land, in the tabernacle, the Creator told her, Malchut<\/em>, \u201cI have come into my garden,\u201d since blessings and joy were found in all the worlds and Malchut<\/em> is perfumed so that blessings will emerge from her to all. This is because when these VAK<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, implied in the words, \u201cI have come into my garden,\u201d are blessed, all the worlds together are blessed below and above, and Israel are blessed by all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is written, \u201cI have come into my garden, my sister, my bride,\u201d meaning that the Creator mates with the assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em>, only when these VAK<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, implied in the words, \u201cI have come into my garden,\u201d are satiated by the potion of the ceaseless stream, Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 32) \u201cMy sister, my bride\u201d means Malchut<\/em>, ADNI<\/em>. \u201cI have gathered my myrrh\u201d is Hesed<\/em>, the degree of Abraham, of whom it was said, \u201cI will go unto the mountain of myrrh,\u201d Mount Moriah. \u201cWith my perfume\u201d means Netzah<\/em>, Aaron\u2019s degree, of whom it is written, \u201cTake also for yourself the finest of perfumes,\u201d and they are a Zivug<\/em> of the right arm, Hesed<\/em>, with the right thigh, Netzah<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cIn Your right hand there are pleasures forever.\u201d And there are two blessings in correspondence with them in the Eighteen Prayer: the first is Abraham’s Defendant, which is Hesed<\/em>, and the second is work, as it is written, \u201cDo want,\u201d which is Netzah<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 33) \u201cI have eaten my honeycomb\u201d is Gevura<\/em>, called \u201cthe fear of Isaac.\u201d \u201cWith my honey\u201d is Hod<\/em>, the degree of David. This is the Zivug<\/em> of the left arm, Gevura<\/em>, with left thigh, Hod<\/em>. \u201cI have drunk my wine with my milk\u201d is the Guf<\/em> [body], Tifferet<\/em>, and covenant is Yesod<\/em>, Jacob, which is Tifferet<\/em>, with Solomon, which is Yesod<\/em>. Afterwards, \u201cEat, friends; drink, drink abundantly, O beloved,\u201d which are twelve tribes in twelve blessings of the Eighteen Prayer with the addition of the Blessing of the Species, which is, \u201cLet there be no hope for the accusers.\u201d Hence, \u201cI have eaten my honeycomb.\u201d Who eats it? The one of whom it is said, \u201cI have come into my garden, my sister, my bride.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 34) And some divide VAK<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em> differently. \u201cI have gathered my myrrh with my perfume\u201d are Guf<\/em> and covenant, Tifferet<\/em> and Yesod<\/em>. \u201cMy honeycomb with my honey\u201d are the right thigh with the left thigh, Netzah<\/em> and Hod<\/em>. \u201cMy wine with my milk\u201d are the left arm with the right, Hesed<\/em> and Gevura<\/em>, where \u201cMy wine\u201d is Gevura<\/em> and \u201cMy milk\u201d is Hesed<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 26) \u201cI have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my perfume; I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":14654,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[28],"class_list":["post-14658","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-zohar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n