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178) It is written, \u201cTen, ten a pan after the shekel of the sanctuary.\u201d \u201cTen\u201d appears twice because there are ten utterances in the act of creation, ten times, \u201cAnd [God] said.\u201d And the verse, \u201cIn the beginning\u201d is considered an utterance, as well. There are also ten utterances, meaning the ten commandments in the giving of the Torah. This teaches us that the world was created only for the Torah. As long as Israel engage in Torah, the world persists, and as long as Israel are idle away from practicing the Torah, it is written, \u201cIf My covenant is not day and night, I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth.\u201d Were it not for the Torah, of which it was said, \u201cAnd you shall meditate on it day and night,\u201d \u201cI have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth.\u201d This is because the pan, which is Malchut<\/em>, contains these ten utterances of the creation of the world and the giving of the Torah, which depend on one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

179) There are ten utterances to the act of creation because the world was created in ten utterances. The ten utterances for the giving of Torah are the ten commandments. They stand one opposite the other, for were it not for those of the giving of Torah, the ones of the act of creation would not persist. In the giving of the Torah, it is written, \u201cI am the Lord your God.\u201d And it is written in the act of creation, \u201cLet there be light, and there was light,\u201d since the faith of the Creator, which is Malchut<\/em>, which is the \u201cI,\u201d is called \u201clight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

180) It is written, \u201cYou shall have no other gods before Me.\u201d This is similar to what is written, \u201cLet there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,\u201d since \u201cLet there be a firmament\u201d means that Israel\u2014who are a part of the Creator\u2014will unite with the heavens, which is ZA<\/em>. Thus, the Creator gave the rest of the nations to ministers, appointed rulers, but as for Israel, it is written, \u201cAnd God set them in the firmament of the heaven,\u201d since Israel unite with the heaven, ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

181) \u201cIn the midst of the waters\u201d means in the midst of words of Torah, since Torah is called \u201cwater.\u201d \u201cAnd let it divide the waters from the waters,\u201d meaning the Creator, who is called \u201cA well of living water,\u201d and idolatry, which is called \u201cbroken cisterns that will not hold the water,\u201d which are bitter water, murky, gathered in, fetid, and squalid. Hence, the holy Israel separate waters from waters, the Creator from idolatry. This is similar to the words, \u201cYou shall have no other gods before Me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

182) It is written, \u201cYou shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.\u201d In the act of creation, it is written, \u201cLet the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place.\u201d Anyone who swears in the Holy Name in vain seemingly separates Ima<\/em>, Malchut<\/em>, from her place above and the holy Sefirot<\/em> do not settle in their places. It is written about it, \u201cAnd a slanderer separates the Champion.\u201d The Champion is the Creator, and it is written, \u201cLet the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place,\u201d meaning do not inflict separation between the degrees that are called \u201cwater\u201d because of perjury, but rather, \u201cUnto one place,\u201d as it should be in the place of truth. And let them not spread to a place of falsehood, meaning that the waters go to the Sitra Achra<\/em>, who is not the Creator\u2019s. Thus, the verses are similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

183) It is written, \u201cRemember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.\u201d In the act of creation, it is written, \u201cLet the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed.\u201d When did the holy land, Malchut<\/em>, grow and crown in her crowns? On the Sabbath day, for then the bride, Malchut<\/em>, joined the King, ZA<\/em>, to put forth grasses and blessings to the world. Thus, the verses are similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

184) It is written, \u201cHonor your father and your mother.\u201d In the act of creation, it is written, \u201cLet there be lights in the firmament of the heaven.\u201d These are the lights of your father, the sun, ZA<\/em>, and of your mother, the moon, Malchut<\/em>. And there is no sun but the Creator, as it is written, \u201cFor the Lord God is a sun and a shield,\u201d and there is no moon but the assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em>. Hence, the two verses are one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

185) It is written, \u201cYou shall not murder.\u201d In the act of creation, it is written, \u201cLet the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures.\u201d This teaches us that you shall not murder a man who is called \u201ca living creature,\u201d and you will not be as the big fish, which swallow the little ones. Thus, the two verses are one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

186) It is written, \u201cYou shall not commit adultery.\u201d In the act of creation, it is written, \u201cLet the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind.\u201d This teaches us that one must not lie in another woman, who is not his mate. This is why it is written, \u201cLet the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind,\u201d that a woman should only bear from her own kind. And who is her kind? It is her mate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

187) It is written, \u201cYou shall not steal.\u201d In the act of creation, it is written, \u201cBehold, I have given you every herb yielding seed,\u201d meaning what I gave you and what I have deposited with you shall be yours and you will not steal what is from another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

188) It is written, \u201cYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.\u201d In the act of creation, it is written, \u201cLet us make man in our image.\u201d One who is of the shape of the King, \u201cYou shall not bear false witness against him.\u201d And one who bears false witness against his friend, it is as though he bears false witness above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

189) It is written, \u201cYou shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.\u201d In the act of creation, it is written, \u201cIt is not good for the man to be alone,\u201d here is your mate before you, meaning that his mate, Eve, was given to him. Hence, \u201cYou shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

190) Thus, there are ten utterances (as written in Item 178), ten utterances for the act of creation and ten utterances for the giving of the Torah, as it is written, \u201cTen, ten a pan after the shekel of the sanctuary,\u201d where these two tens are of the same value, and this is why the world persists in it and there is peace in it. Hence, \u201cAnd if his offering be a sacrifice of peace-offerings,\u201d it sustains the world in peace. And moreover, it atones for positive Mitzvot<\/em> [commandments to do] and for negative Mitzvot<\/em> [commandments to avoid doing], so as to cast peace upon all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

191) It is written, \u201cDominion and fear are with Him; He makes peace in His high places.\u201d Dominion is Abraham, of whom it is written, \u201cYou are a mighty prince among us,\u201d and as it is written, \u201cAnd I will bless you, and make your name great.\u201d And fear is Isaac, as it is written, \u201cAnd the fear of Isaac had been on my side.\u201d \u201cHe makes peace in His high places\u201d is Jacob, as it is written, \u201cYou will give truth to Jacob,\u201d and it is written, \u201cLove, truth, and peace,\u201d since truth and peace mean Tifferet<\/em> and Yesod<\/em>, which are tied to one another. This is why Jacob is the wholeness of everything, meaning Abraham and Isaac are the two lines\u2014right and left\u2014and Jacob is the middle line that decides, unites, and makes peace between them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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