{"id":14844,"date":"2026-01-12T15:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&p=14844"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:51:25","slug":"repel-admon-in-the-shadow-of-tzalmon","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/repel-admon-in-the-shadow-of-tzalmon\/","title":{"rendered":"896. Repel Admon in the Shadow of Tzalmon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hanukkah, 25 Kislev<\/em>, December 13, 1971<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRepel Admon in the shadow of Tzalmon.\u201d This means repelling Esau, who is Admoni<\/em> [red haired]. \u201cIn the shadow of Tzalmon\u201d means Tzalmavet<\/em>, meaning in Tzel Mavet<\/em> [shadow of death].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We must understand this in the work. We know that there are three lines, called Hesed<\/em>, right line; Gevura<\/em>, left line; and Tifferet<\/em>, middle line. The beginning of the work is in the right line, called \u201cwhite\u201d because one who walks on the right line, no deficiencies are apparent there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afterward, when we are rewarded with the left line, called Gevura<\/em>, when there is the discernment of judgment, which is called \u201credness,\u201d since we can fall into the Klipa<\/em> of Esau, which is the waste of Isaac, who wants to extend the quality of Hochma<\/em>, which is the revelation of the secrets of Torah from above downward, meaning into the vessels of reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, before the end of correction, it is impossible to draw the abundance into the vessels of reception so it will be in order to bestow. Hence, there are judgments that keep the abundance so that when we want to extend into the vessels of reception, we feel suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when we want to extend into the vessels of reception, called \u201cfrom above downward,\u201d there is control to the nations of the world over the general public in Israel, since the people of Israel agree to the conduct of the nations of the world, which is the will to receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The miracle of Hanukkah was as it is written, \u201cAnd You, with your great mercy\u2026 and to Your people, Israel, You performed a great salvation.\u201d In other words, a miracle means an awakening from above, when the middle line shines, which is called Hassadim<\/em> that clothe the Hochma<\/em>. That is, He bestowed the quality of \u201cshadow,\u201d which is the opposite of \u201crevealed,\u201d for a shadow means a place that hides the sun, where the sun does not shine because there is something there that hides the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the power of bestowal that a person discovers, he does not want to receive any attainment or knowledge. Rather, on a place where he can obtain knowledge, he extends faith, where he makes a shade on knowing. This is as our sages said, \u201cIn return for \u2018and Moses hid his face for he was afraid to look,\u2019 he was rewarded with \u2018the image of the Lord does he behold\u2019\u201d (Berachot<\/em> 7a). At that time, one emerges from the judgments of the left line, which are called \u201cred haired\u201d and are the Klipa<\/em> [shell\/peel] of Esau, and enter the quality of \u201cIsrael.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the meaning of \u201cRepel Admon,\u201d that the Creator will repel this \u201cred\u201d in the shadow of Tzalmon. Tzalmon means \u201cBy its Tzel<\/em> [shade] I coveted and sat, and its fruit was sweet to my palate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is the quality of Tzel Mavet<\/em> [shadow of death], when the departure of the sunlight results from a sin. That is, by wanting to receive in order to receive, there is the Tzimtzum<\/em> [restriction] and departure of the abundance, and this is called \u201cbreaking\u201d and \u201cdeath.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also the quality of \u201cshadow\u201d when he does not want to receive the abundance due to fear of heaven, as was said about Moses, \u201cand Moses hid his face.\u201d This is called \u201chis shade,\u201d meaning that that shade came because of the greatness of the Creator, and he wants to be adhered to the Creator and fears that he might drift off by receiving the abundance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is called \u201cBy its shade I coveted and sat, and its fruit was sweet to my palate.\u201d That is, precisely by this does the middle line become revealed and there are fruits. Conversely, \u201cAnother God is sterile and does not bear fruit.\u201d This means that from the left line, regarded as \u201cred,\u201d the abundance is blocked and the fruits are not extended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whole difference between Tzalmon and Tzel Mavet<\/em> [shadow of death] is in the Vav<\/em>. We should interpret this as it is written in The Zohar<\/em>, Beresheet<\/em>, \u201cThousands of Shanaan<\/em> (Shanaan<\/em> means ox, vulture, lion; Nun<\/em> means Vav<\/em> that fell into the Klipot<\/em> [pl. of Klipa<\/em>]). He interprets there that in the first nine, which are called \u201cvessels of bestowal,\u201d there is Malchut<\/em> that is called \u201cAdam,\u201d as in \u201clion, ox, vulture, man.\u201d But from the Chazeh<\/em> down, Malchut<\/em> controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the end of correction, it is impossible to receive the light of Malchut<\/em> in order to bestow. For this reason, there is a hint, Shanaan<\/em>, meaning \u201cox, vulture, lion,\u201d and on the quality of man it shows only Vav<\/em>, which expanded from the quality of man above, meaning from the Malchut<\/em> of the first nine. But if we do not want to receive through the Vav<\/em>, and want to extend down into Malchut<\/em>, it becomes a Tav<\/em>, meaning the quality of Tzalmavet<\/em>, and about this we say, \u201cRepel Admon in the shadow of Tzalmon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hanukkah, 25 Kislev, December 13, 1971 \u201cRepel Admon in the shadow of Tzalmon.\u201d This means repelling Esau, who is Admoni [red haired]. \u201cIn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6246,"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":[26],"class_list":["post-14844","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKabbalah | 896. 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