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756) Those who are called \u201csons,\u201d who aim, establish wine and bread of the upper king, ZA<\/em>. It is written about them, \u201cMy bread which is presented unto Me for offerings made by fire,\u201d since only those who are called \u201cfires of the Creator\u201d can offer to Him. This is why it is written, \u201cMy bread which is presented unto Me for offerings made by fire,\u201d of which it is written, \u201cGo, eat of My bread.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are called \u201cshowbread\u201d [Lechem Panim<\/em> (lit. bread of the face)], which is twelve faces implied in three HaVaYot<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cThe Lord will bless you,\u201d \u201cThe Lord will shine,\u201d \u201cThe Lord will lift,\u201d in which there are twelve letters corresponding to the twelve faces of three animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The four animals are the face of a lion, ox, eagle, and man. When they are included in one another the four animals do not contain every animal, but only three animals\u2014lion, ox, and eagle\u2014which are twelve faces. But the face of a man is missing in each of the four animals, even in the face of a man himself there are only lion, ox, and eagle, with his own\u2014the face of a man\u2014being absent, since the actual face of a man, Malchut<\/em> herself, the lock, is missing in them. They only have the Malchut<\/em> of the key, which is mitigated in Bina<\/em>, Ateret<\/em> Yesod de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, and not the actual Malchut<\/em>. Hence, she is an eagle, ZA<\/em>, with the actual face of a man, Malchut<\/em> herself, being absent there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

757) The bread of the twelve faces is the bread of man, HaVaYaH<\/em> filled with letters Aleph<\/em>, Yod<\/em>–Vav<\/em>–Dalet<\/em> Hey<\/em>–Aleph<\/em> Vav<\/em>–Aleph<\/em>–Vav<\/em> Hey<\/em>–Aleph<\/em>, which is MA<\/em> [Mem<\/em>–Hey<\/em>] in Gematria<\/em> [45], as the count of Adam [man]. Also, they are twelve, in three HaVaYot<\/em>, three lines, and in each line there is one HaVaYaH<\/em>, twelve letters, and he has bread in four faces, four letters HaVaYaH<\/em>, which includes twelve faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That bread of the king\u2019s table is clean semolina, where there is nothing of the chaff or straw, which are judgments. The bread is twelve faces of ZA<\/em>, and he is set on the table, Malchut<\/em>, called \u201cthe king\u2019s table.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

758) His furnace, where he bakes the bread, is the Shechina<\/em>, where the bread is cooked and completed. For this reason, you begin to cut the bread only from the place where its cooking is completed, similar to the completeness of the fruit, at the end of its ripeness. This is ADNI<\/em>, Malchut<\/em>, which is the completion and wholeness of HaVaYaH<\/em>, ZA<\/em>, the showbread [bread of the face], the twelve faces in ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADNI<\/em> is the furnace of ZA<\/em>, which complements it. It is called Kivshan<\/em> [furnace] because she is Kevusha<\/em> [conquered] under her husband. It is written about her, \u201cAnd Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace.\u201d This is not referring to a furnace of fire of an uneducated one, but to a furnace of fire in which He conquers His mercy for His people when they pray and plead pleadings. It is said about it, \u201cSo will Your mercy conquer Your anger.\u201d It is said in it that the secrets of the Creator, the wonders of creation, why do you need them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

759) The bread of Torah contains clean semolina, which the king gives to those of whom it was said, \u201cAll of Israel are sons of kings,\u201d those who are called \u201csons,\u201d and it is the food of the righteous. And there is the bread of Torah, which is waste that is given to the servants and maidservants of the king\u2019s house, who serve the horses and horsemen of the king\u2019s house. Because of it, it is written about the queen, \u201cShe rises while it is still night and gives prey to her household, and a portion to her maidens,\u201d who are the sages of the Mishnah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why it is written concerning the king\u2019s food, \u201cAnd a tenth of the ephah semolina,\u201d semolina indeed. And the tenth of the ephah is Yod<\/em> from ADNI<\/em>, which is the tenth. This semolina is the king\u2019s food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

760) Moses said, \u201cArise, Rabbi Shimon, Rabbi Elazar, Rabbi Aba, Rabbi Yehuda, Rabbi Yosi, Rabbi Hiya, Rabbi Yudai, to establish a gift to the king, the Creator, and to offer all the organs, Israel as offerings to the Creator. Those who are called \u201cthe souls of Israel\u201d are offered to the organs of the holy Shechina<\/em>, the Sefirot<\/em> of Malchut<\/em>, which is called \u201cfire of the high one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That fire grips trees, which are called \u201ctrees of the offering,\u201d which are the tree of life, ZA<\/em>, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil, Malchut<\/em>. The trees of holiness are called \u201csages of the Torah,\u201d to which the Torah clings, as it is written about her, \u201c\u2018Is not My word like fire?\u2019 declares the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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