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155) There is no leper except for one who was made in menstruation, that his mother was conceived with him during her menstrual days. There are five bloods that defile in the blood of menstruation, and they are all impure blood, and there are five pure bloods, too. One who breaches them, it is as though he breached the ten commandments, which are the whole of the 613 Mitzvot<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

156) The Klipa<\/em>, who is called \u201ca maidservant,\u201d \u201cthe evil inclination,\u201d is full of flaws. For this reason, \u201cAny man in whom there is a flaw shall not come near.\u201d Hence, the priest must not come near one who has a flaw in him, any flaw in the world, since it was said about the queen, Malchut<\/em>, \u201cYou are all beautiful, my wife, and there is not a flaw in you.\u201d Thus, one in whom there is a flaw must not come near her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, a stranger should not come near her, \u201cAnd the stranger who draws near shall be put to death.\u201d This refers to a Mamzer<\/em> [bastard], from the letters Mum<\/em> [flaw] Zar<\/em> [stranger], male and female of the Klipot<\/em>. The flaw is the female and the stranger is the male.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this reason, He commanded, \u201cAnd you shall not approach a woman … during her menstrual impurity.\u201d And it is written of those who did approach, Nadav and Avihu, \u201cAnd they offered strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them and they died.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

157) In the offering of the letters, the unification of the letters of the Name, Yod<\/em> is in a man, Hey<\/em> is in a woman, which are AVI<\/em>, Vav<\/em> is in a son, a bridegroom, ZA<\/em>, and Hey<\/em> is in the bride, the Malchut<\/em>. Happy is he who unites and brings closer the letters of HaVaYaH<\/em>, in him and in his wife, corresponding to Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em>, and in his son and in his daughter corresponding to Vav<\/em>–Hey<\/em>, in Kedusha<\/em> [holiness], in blessing and in purity, in humbleness, and in shame, and in all the good qualities that are written by the authors of the Mishnah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

158) They warm by the holy fires of a man and a woman, Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em>, who are a fire that rises and falls, since the fire of the female rises from below upwards, and the fire of the male rises from above downwards. It is a holy fire of the wood of the altar-wood, which is wood of holiness, the holy organs. And a fire of the high one comes down, which is the holy of holies. For these two fires, the prophet said, \u201cGlorify the Lord with lights,\u201d which are the fires of Divinity, of whom it is written, \u201cFor the Lord your God is consuming fire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

159) Those two fires are the upper fire, the throne of Rachamim<\/em> [mercy] and the lower fire, the throne of Din<\/em> [judgment], which are Bina<\/em>\u2014Rachamim<\/em>\u2014and Malchut<\/em>\u2014Din<\/em>. Malchut<\/em> is fire that rises from below upwards; Bina<\/em> is fire that descends from above downwards. HaVaYaH<\/em> is the middle pillar, Tifferet<\/em>, who is held in both of them. For this reason, the upper fire is Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em>–Vav<\/em>. The Yod<\/em>–Hey<\/em> is Bina<\/em>, and the letter Vav<\/em> is Tifferet<\/em>, which is gripped to it. And the lower fire is the bottom Hey<\/em>, Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

160) When Tifferet<\/em> grips to both fires, Bina<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>, Hochma<\/em> is on it, for the letters of Koach MA<\/em> [Chaf<\/em>–Het<\/em>, Mem<\/em>–Aleph<\/em>] are in it [a combination that means \u201cPower of MA<\/em>\u201d but also the letters of Hochma<\/em>]. MA<\/em>\u2014Yod<\/em>–He<\/em>–Vav<\/em>–He<\/em>\u2014is forty-five in Gematria<\/em>. His Chaf<\/em>–Het<\/em> is the filling of the filling of HaVaYaH<\/em> filled with Alephs<\/em>: Yod<\/em>–Vav<\/em>–Dalet<\/em> [Yod<\/em>], Vav<\/em>–Aleph<\/em>–Vav<\/em> [Vav<\/em>], Dalet<\/em>–Lamed<\/em>–Tav<\/em> [Dalet<\/em>]. Hey<\/em>–Aleph<\/em> [He<\/em>], Aleph<\/em>. Vav<\/em>, Aleph<\/em>, Vav<\/em>. Hey<\/em>–Aleph<\/em> [He<\/em>], Aleph<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with four letters, simple HaVaYaH<\/em> without filling, they are forty-two together: four letters HaVaYaH<\/em> without filling, and ten letters of HaVaYaH<\/em> with filling, and twenty-eight letters of HaVaYaH<\/em> with the filling of filling. All of these forty-two letters are in a man, in his wife, and in his children, which are the four letters HaVaYaH<\/em>, which\u2014with the filling and with the filling of filling\u2014are forty-two letters. This is why one is incomplete without a son and a daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

161) And one who does not have a son, Vav<\/em> de<\/em> HaVaYaH<\/em>, the Yod<\/em> de<\/em> HaVaYaH<\/em> departs him. One who does not have a daughter, the bottom Hey<\/em> de<\/em> HaVaYaH<\/em>, the first Hey<\/em>, of his mate, departs him, since the letters are present only with each other. For this reason, in a man and a woman, son and daughter who were made properly, HaVaYaH<\/em> is on them, and they are called \u201cYou are the children of the Lord your God.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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