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48) \u201cAnd Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father, and said, \u2018My father.\u2019 And he said, \u2018Here I am, my son.\u2019 And he said, \u2018Here is the fire.\u2019\u201d Why was \u201cAnd he said,\u201d said three times of Isaac, and one \u201cAnd he said\u201d in Abraham? Isaac\u2019s three \u201cAnd he said\u201d were corresponding to the three days of the act of creation, and corresponding to the fourth day in the act of creation is Abraham’s one \u201cAnd he said.\u201d It is written, \u201cHere I am, my son.\u201d And when it is not written, \u201cAnd Abraham said, \u2018Here I am, my son,\u2019\u201d it indicates that he told him, \u201cHere I am\u201d out of pressure. It corresponds to the words, \u201cLet there be lights in the firmament of the heaven.\u201d There, too, \u201cLights\u201d is written without a Vav<\/em> [in Hebrew], indicating the complaining of the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

49) The words, \u201cAnd he said,\u201d that are written in this portion are more. Why does he interpret only four \u201cAnd he said\u201d? The other \u201cAnd he said\u201d that are written in the portion are concealed in thought; they are from the right, which extends from upper AVI<\/em>, who are called \u201cthought,\u201d who are blocked, meaning Hassadim<\/em> that are covered from Hochma<\/em>. These four \u201cAnd he said,\u201d however, appear in Hochma<\/em> out of the darkness, disclosure of Hochma<\/em> of the left line, which appears only with the darkness and the Dinim<\/em> that extend from there. \u201cAnd Isaac spoke unto Abraham\u201d corresponds to the words, \u201cAnd God said, \u2018Let there be light,\u2019 and there was light.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd he said, \u2018My father,\u2019\u201d corresponds to the words, \u201cAnd God said, \u2018Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it separate between water and water.\u2019\u201d \u201cAnd he said, \u2018Here is the fire\u2019\u201d corresponds to the words, \u201cAnd God said, \u2018Let the water be gathered.\u2019\u201d \u201cAnd he said, \u2018Here I am\u2019\u201d corresponds to the words, \u201cAnd God said, \u2018Let there be lights.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd he said\u201d is a phrasing of bestowal. \u201cAnd Isaac spoke unto Abraham\u201d is inclusion of Isaac\u2014left line\u2014and disclosure of Hochma<\/em> in Abraham, who is the right line and Hassadim<\/em>. And this is the meaning of, \u201cAnd there was light,\u201d on the first day of the act of creation. Of the inclusion of the left, which is the second day, in the first day, the right line, it was said, \u201cLet there be light,\u201d on the first day. Thus, \u201cAnd Isaac spoke unto Abraham,\u201d who is the inclusion of left in right, is the words, \u201cLet there be light, and there was light,\u201d on the first day in the act of creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd he said, \u2018My father,\u2019\u201d is separation, for he knew the right line as his root and as upper water, and he himself was a son and a branch to the right line, the lower water. This is why it corresponds to the words, \u201cAnd God said, \u2018Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate between waters and waters.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd he said, \u2018Here is the fire and the wood.\u2019\u201d This is the appearance of the Dinim<\/em> on the left line, which are called \u201cfire and wood,\u201d which correspond to the words, \u201cAnd let the dry land appear,\u201d on the third day. This is so because due to the appearance of the Dinim<\/em> of the left line, Malchut<\/em> became dry, unable to bear fruit. Thus, \u201cAnd he said, \u2018Here is the fire and the wood\u2019\u201d corresponds to \u201cAnd let the dry land appear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd he said, \u2018Here I am.\u2019\u201d In Abraham, Hesed<\/em>, it is not mentioned that he had to say, \u201cAnd Abraham said, \u2018Here I am, my son.\u2019\u201d This indicates that at that time the left was ruling without the right, Abraham. This corresponds to the words, \u201cLet there be lights,\u201d without the Vav<\/em>, Hassadim<\/em>, since at that time the left was governing without right. This is why the moon, who was without Hassadim<\/em> that extend only from the right, complained. Thus, \u201cAnd he said, \u2018Here I am, my son\u2019\u201d corresponds to the words, \u201cLet there be lights\u201d on the fourth day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50) \u201cA perpetual fire shall burn on the altar; it shall not go out.\u201d This is the Torah, which is called \u201cfire.\u201d It was said about it, \u201c\u2018Is not My word like fire\u2019 declares the Lord?\u201d meaning that it should always shine on the altar, on Malchut<\/em>. \u201cIt will not go out.\u201d Of course the fire of Torah will not go out, since a transgression does not put out the Torah, but a transgression puts out a Mitzva<\/em>, and one who commits a transgression puts out a Mitzva<\/em>, which is called \u201ca candle.\u201d Thus, one puts out one\u2019s candle from one\u2019s body, meaning the soul, of which it was said, \u201cMan\u2019s soul is God\u2019s candle.\u201d This is putting out, since the body remains in the dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, one whose actions cause the departure of Divinity from her place, causes putting out and darkness to that place. And a transgression is darkness, as it is written, \u201cAnd a handmaid that is heir to her mistress,\u201d since the transgression, which is the handmaid and the darkness, will inherit the place of the mistress, Divinity, who has departed from her place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

51) And the ascension of a Mitzva<\/em> from the uneducated, who has no Torah, for him the transgression puts out the Mitzva<\/em> to keep the words, \u201cBut the wicked ones are silenced in darkness\u201d for him. However, among those with Torah, the Mitzva<\/em> is never put out in them because they illuminate to the Mitzva<\/em> with several secrets of the Torah. This is so because light is called Raz<\/em> [secret], for light is 207 in Gematria<\/em> [same as Raz<\/em>]. This implies that the secrets of Torah are lights and the Mitzvot<\/em> of the Torah that the sages keep are regarded by them as the Torah. It is as it is written, \u201cIt will not be quenched night or day,\u201d since they keep in it what is written, \u201cYou shall meditate on it day and night.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

48) \u201cAnd Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father, and said, \u2018My father.\u2019 And he said, \u2018Here I am, my son.\u2019 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