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80) His other son started and said, \u201cThen the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground.\u201d \u201cThen the Lord God Yatzar<\/em> [formed],\u201d The word Yatzar<\/em> is written with two Yods<\/em> [in Hebrew], indicating that man was created in two inclinations, the good inclination and the evil inclination. The good inclination corresponds to water, and the evil inclination corresponds to fire. \u201cThe Lord God\u201d is a full name. \u201cThe man\u201d consists of male and female, since \u201cthe\u201d implies the female. \u201cDust from the ground\u201d is the dust of a holy land, from which he was created, the place of the Temple. Dust is Malchut<\/em>; ground is Bina<\/em>, the land of Edom. Adam<\/em> ha<\/em> Rishon<\/em> was created from Malchut<\/em> that was mitigated in Bina<\/em>, since the dust of the Temple is considered Malchut<\/em> that is mitigated in Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

81) \u201cAnd breathed into his nostrils the breath of life\u201d is the holy soul that extends from this life above, from Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd man became a living soul,\u201d meaning man was mingled with the Nefesh<\/em> of holiness of the upper Haya<\/em>, Bina<\/em>, who educed the land, Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet the earth bring forth the living [Haya<\/em>] soul\u201d is the Nefesh<\/em> of that upper Haya<\/em>, Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

82) Whenever the holy soul is attached to a person, he is his Master\u2019s beloved. He is kept by guards from all sides, written favorably above and below, and the Holy Divinity is upon him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

83) And when he diverts his ways, Divinity parts from him and the holy soul does not cling to him. And a spirit awakens on the side of the evil, harsh serpent, and wanders about in the world. It stays only in a place where the upper holiness has parted and it hovers over man. Then, man is defiled and he becomes flawed in all his flesh and in the appearance of his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

84) Because this living soul is holy and sublime, from Bina<\/em>, when the holy earth, Malchut<\/em>, pulls her and mingles within her, she is called \u201ca soul,\u201d since the light of Bina<\/em> is called \u201ca soul.\u201d It is she who rises and speaks before the holy king and enters in all the gates, and there is no one to stop her. This is why she is called \u201cthe whispering Ruach<\/em> [wind],\u201d \u201cthe speaking Ruach<\/em>,\u201d for all other souls that are not from Bina<\/em> have no permission to speak before the king, except this one, who is from Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

85) This is why the Torah declares and says, \u201cKeep your tongue from evil.\u201d It is also written, \u201cWho keeps his mouth and his tongue,\u201d since if one\u2019s lips and tongue say these bad things, the words rise up and everyone declares and says, \u201cTurn away from the evil words of so and so, make room for the way of the harsh serpent.\u201d Then the holy soul is removed from him and departs, and cannot speak, as it is written, \u201cI was mute and silent, I refrained from good, and my sorrow grew.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

86) And that soul rises in disgrace, in affliction from everything, and it is not given room as before. It is written about that, \u201cWho keeps his mouth and his tongue, keeps his soul from troubles.\u201d His soul, which used to speak, is now silent because of the evil words that she spoke. Then comes the serpent, for everything has reverted back to the beginning, as before he was rewarded with a soul. And when the evil speech rises by certain ways to being before the harsh serpent, several spirits awaken in the world, and an impure spirit descends from that side, of the serpent, and finds that that man evoked it with the evil speech. It finds that the holy speaking Ruach<\/em> is removed from him, at which time the impure Ruach<\/em> is upon him and defiles him, and then he is a leper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

87) As man is punished for evil words, so he is punished for good words that he could say but did not. This is so because he has flawed that speaking Ruach<\/em>, for he has been corrected to speak above and speak below, and all in holiness. It is even more so if the people walk on a twisted path, and he can speak with them and rebuke them, but he does not speak. It is said about him, \u201cI was mute and silent, I refrained from good, and my sorrow grew.\u201d It grew by the afflictions of impurity, as we said, that King David was afflicted with leprosy and the Creator turned away from him, for he asked, \u201cOh turn unto me and be gracious unto me,\u201d which means He had turned His face from him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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