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294) \u201cIf the anointed priest should sin so as to bring guilt on the people.\u201d The anointed priest is the Creator. But why should He sin? It is because of the guilt of the people, since the iniquities of the world caused him that. It is certainly the people\u2019s guilt, and not His own guilt. \u201cShould sin\u201d means that He will diminish His goodness and sentence everything with Din<\/em> [judgment], as it is written, \u201cThat I and my son, Solomon, will be considered offenders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another interpretation: \u201cIf the anointed priest,\u201d the Creator, \u201cShould sin,\u201d He will be absent from the assembly of Israel and from the world, for He will not give them blessings according to their needs because of the iniquities of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

295) \u201cRemember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants.\u201d Why does it write, \u201cIsaac,\u201d without a Vav<\/em> [\u201cand\u201d]? Indeed, wherever the left is included in the right, it is considered right. This is so because this right is established to always contain the left in it. Hence, it does not divide by writing \u201cAnd Isaac,\u201d since the Vav<\/em> [\u201cand\u201d] would divide between Abraham and Isaac, so as to include Isaac, who is left, in Abraham, who is right. This is why it is written, \u201cAbraham, Isaac,\u201d as one inclusion. And then, \u201cAnd Israel,\u201d which is another inclusion, since he grips them both with his wings. Through the concealment, called \u201cwings,\u201d which stem from the Masach de<\/em> Hirik<\/em> in the middle line, called \u201cIsrael,\u201d he unites the two lines\u2014right and left\u2014Abraham and Isaac, and includes them together, and he is complete in everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

296) \u201cTo whom You swore by Yourself\u201d is the oath that the Creator had sworn the patriarchs in the patriarchs above, HGT<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>. \u201cBy Yourself\u201d means in those above, those who are in You, meaning he swore in HGT<\/em>. \u201cAnd said to them, \u2018I will multiply your descendants … which I have spoken.\u2019\u201d Should it not have said, \u201cWhich You have spoken\u201d? After all, Moses said it, so he should have said, \u201cWhich You have spoken.\u201d However, it was the Creator who said it to the patriarchs once and twice. Thus, He already told them. Moreover, \u201cWhich I have spoken\u201d means that I wanted in the will of My soul, so there is no need to say that He already told them because saying means wanting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

297) \u201cAnd they shall inherit it forever\u201d [\u201cforever\u201d also means \u201cworld\u201d]. This refers to the upper world, ZA<\/em>, to which the land, Malchut<\/em>, grips and by which it is nourished. If this land is expelled to exile and is not gripped to ZA<\/em>, why is it the fault of the people? This is why it is written, \u201cAnd they shall inherit it forever,\u201d meaning that Malchut<\/em> will unite with ZA<\/em> forever and will not go to exile. By that, he explains that if the anointed priest, ZA<\/em>, sins, it will remove the unification from Malchut<\/em>, who will go into exile, and it is the fault of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

298) \u201cIf the anointed priest should sin\u201d is the priest below, who was set up for work at the Temple. If there is sin in him, it is certainly the fault of the people, and the people are blamed for it, for woe unto those who rely on his work. It is the same with an emissary of the public; if there is a sin in him, woe unto those who rely on him. It is even more so with the priest, since the whole of Israel, upper and lower, wait and are anxious to be blessed by him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

299) When the priest begins to aim intentions and to offer the high sacrifice, meaning to offer the unification of Malchut<\/em> in ZA<\/em>, all are in blessing and joy. The right\u2014Hesed<\/em>\u2014begins to awaken, and the left\u2014Din<\/em>\u2014is included in the right, all grip and connect to each other, and all are blessed together. Thus, through the priest, upper and lower are blessed. Therefore, if he should sin, an offering must be sacrificed for him so his iniquity will be pardoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

300) A man\u2019s sin is pardoned by the priest when he offers a sacrifice for him. But when he himself sins, who sacrifices for him and who will pardon him? If he offers for himself, since he has been corrupted, he is not worthy of the upper and lower being blessed for him, since if the lower ones are not blessed by him, it is all the more so with the upper ones. But no, it is written, \u201cThat he may make atonement for himself and for his household,\u201d so why does he need another to atone for him because he sinned? He can atone for himself, as it is written, \u201cHe may make atonement for himself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

301) It is known in which place the high priest is tied, in Hochma<\/em>, and in which place another priest\u2014the one called \u201csecondary\u201d\u2014is tied: it is known that it is in Hesed<\/em>. Hence, first, another priest offers the sacrifice of the high priest, called \u201cthe anointed priest,\u201d and elevates him up to that place that is tied in him\u2014Hesed<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>. And after the priest raises the offering up to that place\u2014Hesed<\/em>\u2014the high priest is no longer detained from rising to his place, Hochma<\/em>, so his sin will be atoned. This is why another priest offers his sacrifice for him, and since another makes the offering, and it is not sufficient through him because he can only rise as high as Hesed<\/em>\u2014while the high priest reaches Hochma<\/em>\u2014afterwards the high priest himself makes an offering. Then all those upper ones join to atone for his sin, and the holy King agrees with them. Similarly, when one who prays errs, another will stand in for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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