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52) The smoke that rises from the mouths of those who study the Torah, with words of Torah, is like the smoke of the altar-wood, Malchut<\/em>. It is called \u201caltar-wood\u201d because she is arranged and set up for ZA<\/em>, her husband, as it is written, \u201cWhen you raise the candles,\u201d said about the elevation of Malchut<\/em>, the candles, to ZA<\/em>, of which it was said, \u201cTo make a candle burn continually.\u201d Malchut<\/em> is called \u201ca candle,\u201d and it is in the smoke of the altar-wood of the outer altar, where smoke is considered Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the smoke of the altar-wood and the cloud of incense\u2014in the inner altar, where the Torah, ZA<\/em>, is her smoke\u2014ZA<\/em> awakens from the heart, Bina<\/em>, and rises to the Hochma<\/em>, which is as the brain because the mind and the heart are HB<\/em>. And the smoke of the altar-wood of the inner altar, ZA<\/em>, will rise to them for MAN<\/em> and will connect Hochma<\/em> and Bina<\/em> to each other like the cloud, where the awakening of the cloud is from the heart, as it is written, \u201cBut a mist used to rise from the earth.\u201d ZA<\/em>, called \u201cmist,\u201d \u201csmoke,\u201d will rise from the Bina<\/em>, the upper land. Subsequently, it is written, \u201cAnd water the whole surface of the ground,\u201d since once ZA<\/em> rose for MAN<\/em> and received abundance from Hochma<\/em> and Bina<\/em>, he waters the whole surface of the ground, the Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

53) So will the smoke awaken from Bina<\/em>, which is in the heart, as it is written, \u201cThe heart understands,\u201d and rises to the Hochma<\/em>, the brain. Smoke is the middle line, ZA<\/em>, which rises, unites Hochma<\/em> and Bina<\/em>, and becomes a Daat<\/em> to them, a heart that understands knowledge [Daat<\/em>], since Daat<\/em>\u2014the middle line, uniting HB<\/em>\u2014rises from the heart, Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

54) After the smoke\u2014ZA<\/em> and Daat<\/em>\u2014comes down from Hochma<\/em> to Bina<\/em>, one to the left and one to the right\u2014Bina<\/em> on the left, to ZA<\/em>, and Hochma<\/em> to his right\u2014he comes down filled with the abundance of AVI<\/em>, Hochma<\/em> and Bina<\/em>, filled with the abundance of Koh<\/em>, to burn the wood\u2014wise disciples, who are from the side of the tree of life, ZA<\/em>. This is why they are called \u201ctrees,\u201d which are the organs of the body because there is the Hey<\/em> of the tree, the organs of Malchut<\/em>, who is called \u201cbody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is called Hey<\/em> since the souls of the wise disciples are the offshoots of ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>. The intent is certainly to burn them in the flame of the Torah, of which it was said, \u201c\u2018Is not My word like fire\u2019 declares the Lord?\u201d and in the flame of the candle of Mitzvot<\/em> with love, with the sparks of the fire of the love of Mitzva<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

55) It is a Mitzva<\/em> to sacrifice the continuals each day and then to light a fire, as it is written, \u201cA perpetual fire shall burn on the altar; it shall not go out.\u201d Then there is the contribution of the ashes. Subsequently, it is an offering of a vow or a largess. Tanna\u2019im and Amora\u2019im, all those continuals are the qualities of the Creator, the Sefirot<\/em>, which must have rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And although all the Sefirot<\/em> are one, each Sefira<\/em> is appointed over Sabbaths and occasions and good days. Each Sabbath and each good day is governed by a different Sefira<\/em>. That quality governs at that time, and all the Sefirot<\/em> are included in it because all ten Sefirot<\/em> are included in each Sefira<\/em>, and they are all named after the ruling Sefira<\/em>. In Hesed<\/em>, it is Hassadim<\/em>, and in Gevura<\/em>, it is Gevurot<\/em>. If the ruling Sefira<\/em> is Hesed<\/em>, all ten Sefirot<\/em> included in it are called Hassadim<\/em>. And if the ruling Sefira<\/em> is Gevura<\/em>, all ten Sefirot<\/em> in her are Gevurot<\/em>, and so it is in each quality that governs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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