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453) Shema Ysrael, H\u2019 Elokeinu, H\u2019 Ehad<\/em> [Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One]. There is a big Ayin<\/em> in Shema<\/em> [hear], and the Dalet<\/em> of Ehad<\/em> [one] is also big. It is a sign of a witness, as it is written, \u201cThe witness of the Lord is in you.\u201d The letters Shin<\/em>–Mem<\/em> from the word Shema<\/em> remain. The Mem<\/em> is open. The difference between an open Mem<\/em> [\"Mem] and a blocked Mem<\/em> [\"Mem] is that the blocked Mem<\/em> is the upper king, Bina<\/em>. The open Mem<\/em> implies the lower king, Malchut<\/em>. Shin<\/em>–Mem<\/em> of Shema<\/em> implies Malchut<\/em>, and the other letters from the word Ehad<\/em> remain Aleph<\/em>–Het<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cIt is the glory of God to conceal a matter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two states in Malchut<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. When she is as big as\u00a0ZA<\/em>, she clothes the left line of\u00a0Bina<\/em>, and then she is a blocked\u00a0Mem<\/em>, like\u00a0Bina<\/em>, whose lights have been blocked. In that state\u00a0ZA<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Malchut<\/em>\u00a0are called \u201cbrother and sister,\u201d for then both are\u00a0Bina<\/em>\u2019s children, since\u00a0ZA<\/em>\u00a0dresses the right line\u00a0de<\/em>\u00a0Bina<\/em>, and\u00a0Malchut<\/em>\u00a0is the left line of\u00a0Bina<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Once she has been diminished to from-the-Chazeh-de<\/em>–ZA<\/em>-and-below, descending below the degree of\u00a0ZA<\/em>\u00a0and becoming the wife of\u00a0ZA<\/em>, receiving from\u00a0ZA<\/em>. However, her lights have been opened and she illuminates to the lower ones in the full wholeness. At that time she is called an \u201copen\u00a0Mem<\/em>,\u201d as she has been opened from her blockage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    In two words\u2014Shema<\/em>, Ehad<\/em>\u2014there are three combinations, Shin<\/em>–Mem<\/em>, Ayin<\/em>–Dalet<\/em>, Aleph<\/em>–Het<\/em>. Shin<\/em>–Mem<\/em> is the Malchut<\/em>, called \u201cname.\u201d Ayin<\/em>–Dalet<\/em> [pronounced as Ed<\/em> (witness)] is ZA<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cThe witness of the Lord.\u201d Aleph<\/em>–Het<\/em> [pronounced as Ach<\/em> (brother)], ZA<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cOpen to me, my sister.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The difference between witness and brother is that a witness is when ZA<\/em> gives to Malchut<\/em> disclosed Mochin<\/em> from the upper Eden. A brother is when ZA<\/em> is in Achoraim<\/em> with Malchut<\/em>, in the first state, at which time ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em> are regarded as brother and sister. This is why a big Ayin<\/em> [\"Ayin\"] is written in Shema<\/em>, and the Dalet<\/em> [\"Dalet\"] of Ehad<\/em> is also big. It indicates disclosed Mochin de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, at which time ZA<\/em> is called \u201cThe witness of the Lord,\u201d as it is written, \u201cThe witness of the Lord is in you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The letters Shin<\/em>–Mem<\/em> from the word Shema<\/em> remain. The open Mem<\/em> indicates Malchut<\/em> in the second state, whose lights have already been opened, since she receives the great Mochin<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, called \u201cwitness,\u201d in a manner that the two combinations, Shin<\/em>–Mem<\/em> Ayin<\/em>–Dalet<\/em>, indicate Zivug<\/em> of ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em> in the second state, when Malchut<\/em> is an open Mem<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The difference between an open Mem<\/em>, Malchut<\/em> that is not blocked, and a blocked Mem<\/em>, is that the blocked Mem<\/em> is the upper king, Bina<\/em>. Malchut<\/em> is called \u201cblocked Mem<\/em>\u201d when she dresses Bina<\/em> in the first state. An open Mem<\/em> implies the lower king, Malchut<\/em>. When Malchut<\/em> is herself, under ZA<\/em>, she is called an \u201copen Mem<\/em>.\u201d And because here she receives from the abundance of ZA<\/em> as a witness, she is certainly an open Mem<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The combination, Aleph<\/em>–Het<\/em> indicates the degree of ZA<\/em> in the first state of Malchut<\/em>, which now, in the second state, remain inactive. The other letters from the word Ehad<\/em> remain Aleph<\/em>–Het<\/em>. That is, they remain inactive because now Malchut<\/em> has already been diminished and has been concealed from being the sister of ZA<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cIt is the glory of God to conceal a matter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Although in the first state, ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em> were the two great lights, brother and sister, it was still not to Malchut<\/em>\u2019s glory, since her lights were blocked. But now, in the second state, although she has been diminished and concealed from her great degree, because of it her lights in the Zivug<\/em> of Shin<\/em>–Mem<\/em> Ayin<\/em>–Dalet<\/em> have been opened, and she imparts upon all the worlds, and this is the glory of God. All of it came out because of the concealment of a matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    454) One who unites that unification each day, joy from above is geared up for him from the letters Shin<\/em>–Mem<\/em> in Shema<\/em>, from the beginning of the verse, and from the letters Aleph<\/em>–Het<\/em> in Ehad<\/em>, from the end of the verse. He connects the letters and begins to connect in reverse order: the Aleph<\/em> from Aleph<\/em>–Het<\/em> at the end of the verse before the Shin<\/em> of Shin<\/em>–Mem<\/em> at the beginning of the verse. He completes in order: first the Mem<\/em> in Shema<\/em>, and then the Het<\/em> in Ehad<\/em>. The sign, Aleph<\/em>–Shin<\/em>–Mem<\/em>–Het<\/em>, connects the combination Esmach<\/em> [I will delight], as it is written, \u201cI will delight in the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This is in the holy unification, implied in the letters Ed<\/em> [Ayin<\/em>–Dalet<\/em>], since in Shema Ehad<\/em> there is the combination Esmach Ed<\/em>. One who unites this unification each day, joy is geared up for him from above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    455) One should intend in the word, Shema<\/em>, in which there are Shin<\/em>–Mem<\/em>, included with a big Ayin<\/em>. They are the Ayin<\/em> (70) names of the holy patriarchs, Ayin<\/em>–Bet<\/em> (72) names in HGT<\/em>, called \u201cpatriarchs,\u201d which are essentially seventy names, seventy Sanhedrin, and two witnesses. This is Shema<\/em>, Shem<\/em> [name] Ayin<\/em>. A \u201cName\u201d means Malchut<\/em>, comprising seventy names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cIsrael, the Lord our God, the Lord,\u201d are four boxes in the Tefillin<\/em>, four Mochin<\/em>: Hochma<\/em>, Bina<\/em>, the right of Daat<\/em>, and the left of Daat<\/em>. The Aleph<\/em>–Het<\/em> in Ehad<\/em> grips them, which said, \u201cOpen for me my sister, my wife,\u201d and he is ZA<\/em>. The Dalet<\/em> in Ehad<\/em> is the knot of the head Tefillin<\/em>, in the shape of a Dalet<\/em>, to which Malchut<\/em> grips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The secret was given to sages so as to not disclose it. Rabbi Shimon was silent. He wept and laughed. He said, \u201cI will say the secret, because the upper will is certainly present, for there is none such as this generation until the arrival of the Messiah king, and they will have permission to disclose it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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