106) By how many degrees is a person called? Adam, man, human, and person. The greatest among them is Adam, as it is written, \u201cAnd God created man [in Hebrew: Adam] in His own image.\u201d And it is written, \u201cFor in the image of God made He man [in Hebrew: Adam].\u201d It is written, \u201cWhen any man [in Hebrew: Adam] of you brings an offering unto the Lord.\u201d Who needs to bring an offering? Only one who sins, which is a bad degree. But should it write \u201cAdam\u201d about such as that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
107) The persistence of the world, upper and lower, is a sacrifice, for it is the contentment of the Creator. And who is worthy of sacrificing this contentment before Him? Adam, the most precious, more precious than man, human, and person. It is written, \u201cWhen a man [in Hebrew: Adam] shall have in the skin of his flesh\u2026 the plague of leprosy.\u201d And this is why he is called \u201cAdam.\u201d The Creator needs to purify him more than anyone, for one who is in the highest degree cannot stay like that, without purity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
108) For this reason, it is written about Adam, \u201cthen he shall be brought unto\u2026 the priest.\u201d It does not say, \u201cAnd he came to the priest,\u201d but \u201cbrought,\u201d indicating that anyone who sees him must sacrifice him before the priest so that the holy form of Adam will not stay as it is. It is written, \u201cAnd when a man or woman has a plague\u2026 if a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots.\u201d It does not say about them, \u201cbrought.\u201d Only about Adam does it say, \u201cbrought,\u201d due to his importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
109) It is written, \u201cAnd the man [in Hebrew: person] Moses.\u201d \u201cAs for this Moses, the man [in Hebrew: person],\u201d why was he not called Adam? It is because he was called a servant of the king, as it is written, \u201cMy servant Moses is not so.\u201d Similarly, he is called \u201ca person\u201d compared to the upper Adam, ZA<\/em>, in HaVaYaH<\/em> in Alephs<\/em>, which is Adam in Gematria<\/em>. It is written, \u201cThe Lord is a man [in Hebrew: person] of war,\u201d and it does not say Adam. In this place, I was not rewarded with understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 110) It is considered the perfection of everything when the Creator sits on the throne, Malchut<\/em>. And before He sits on the throne, before He joins with the Malchut<\/em>, there is no wholeness. It is written, \u201cAnd upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man [in Hebrew: Adam] upon it above.\u201d And when it writes, Adam, when he sits on the throne, it means he is in wholeness, since the name, Adam, consists of the four faces in the chariot, as it is written, \u201cAnd the form of their faces was the form of a man [in Hebrew: Adam],\u201d which is the wholeness of everything. He said to him, \u201cBut it is written, \u2018The Lord is a man [in Hebrew: person] of war,\u2019 it does not say Adam?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 111) There on the sea, the complete wholeness was not found, since he performed judgment in Egypt. This is why it writes \u201cperson.\u201d But here, when he sits on the throne, it is the complete wholeness and contains everything, and this is why he is called \u201cAdam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 112) It is written, \u201cMan [in Hebrew: Adam] and beast,\u201d and not \u201cperson and beast,\u201d although here it is a small degree, since he compares him to a beast. The reason it writes, \u201cMan [Adam] and beast\u201d is that so is the conduct of the text: to grip the highest of all and the lowest of all. The highest of all is man [Adam], and the lowest of all is the beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 113) But it is written, \u201cAnd there was not a man [Adam] to till the ground. Why is it important to mention the name Adam here? Everything that there is in the world exists only for Adam, and all exists for him. Hence, they were not seen in the world and everything was delayed until the one called \u201cAdam\u201d came, as it is written, \u201cNo shrub of the field was yet in the earth.\u201d \u201cYet\u201d means \u201cnot yet,\u201d since the upper form, called \u201cAdam,\u201d had not been seen. It is written, \u201cAnd there was not a man [Adam] to till the ground.\u201d This means that everything was delayed because of that form, until it was seen. For this reason, that shape of Adam was created only in its proper form, as it is written, \u201cThen the Lord God formed man [Adam],\u201d with a full name, for the name Adam is the wholeness of everything and contains everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 114) Adam was created on the sixth day, which is a chariot for the upper Adam, ZA<\/em>, when the throne was completed, Malchut<\/em>. There are six steps to the throne, HGT<\/em> NHY<\/em>. Hence, Adam was created on the sixth, when the six Sefirot HGT<\/em> NHY<\/em> had already been completed, when the upper Adam was already set to sit on the throne. And when Adam was created, everything was corrected, all that is above\u2014ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>\u2014and below, and all is contained in Adam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before Adam<\/em> ha<\/em> Rishon<\/em> was created, ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em> were back to back, without connection. On the sixth day, after the VAK<\/em> were completed and Adam was born, he caused by his actions for ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em> to return to being face-to-face and to unite. Hence, Adam was created on the sixth, after VAK<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em> were completed, at which time the ZA<\/em> is fit to sit on the throne, since then it is possible for Adam to bring ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em> back to face-to-face and they will unite. This was not possible before the sixth day since their own VAK<\/em> had not been completed, neither in ZA<\/em> nor in Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 115) \u201cAnd the form of their faces was the form of a man [in Hebrew: Adam].\u201d In other words, the face of Adam contains everything, and all three faces, lion, ox, and eagle are included in this form of the face of a man [Adam]. It is written, \u201cAnd they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, are there forms of lion and ox, as well? They were all the face of Adam. And all the colors and shapes are seen in this form of Adam. It is not that the face of an eagle is an eagle, but within the form of Adam appears the form of an eagle. But its essence is the form of Adam because Adam\u2019s face contains all the colors and all the forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 116) Everything that is under the governance of Adam is called \u201cperson,\u201d since it is established in the manner of Adam, from another degree, which was in him first, meaning VAK<\/em>, which Adam had before he obtained GAR<\/em>. When Adam was created, he descended in a high, holy form, and two spirits came down with him on either side\u2014on the right and on the left\u2014and they are the whole of Adam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The spirit on the right hand side is called \u201cthe holy soul,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,\u201d and the spirit on the left hand side is called \u201ca living soul.\u201d And he descended from above downwards to the Garden of Eden, and the soul from the right did not sit with the other, on the left, meaning he sinned in the tree of knowledge and separated the right from the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 117) When the Sabbath entered and Adam had already sinned, creatures that spread in the world were made of the spirit of the left. Their bodies were incomplete, meaning demons, and they joined in this body of Adam in the male, and in the female, in Eve, and procreated in the world. These are called, \u201cThe strokes of the sons of men.\u201d We learned that there are upper spirits, from among those who were made of the spirit of the left of Adam<\/em> ha<\/em> Rishon<\/em>. Those do not cling below in this world, and they hang in the air and hear what they hear from above. Some of them know other spirits below in this world, and appear to people in their dreams and alert them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 118) We learned that 125 sparks come out of the harsh spark. They are carved and are joined together from the side of Gevura<\/em>, and they are called Gevurot<\/em>. They unite and become one, and when they enter the body, ZA<\/em> is called \u201ca person.\u201d There is a person who is blameless and upright, and there is a righteous person. But the person here is a person of war, as it is written, \u201cThe Lord is a man [person] of war,\u201d for He is all judgment, and it is all one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why is it all one? After all, a blameless, upright person is Rachamim<\/em>, and a man of war is judgment? Also, we learned that it is written, \u201cShe shall be called Woman, for she was taken out of man [person].\u201d But we learned that a person is Hesed<\/em>, and here he is judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here he is speaking of the correction of Partzuf Katnut<\/em> [smallness\/infancy] of ZA<\/em>. It is known that all the Partzufim<\/em> in the worlds were sorted and made of Kelim<\/em> and sparks of the seven kings of Nekudim<\/em> that broke, whose discernments add up to 320, and they are called 320 sparks. Also, each little item that is sorted out of them consists of all of them and its number is 320 sparks, as well. And since the shattering occurred because of Malchut<\/em> of the quality of judgment that was mingled in them, they are all considered that the Malchut<\/em> of the quality of judgment rides atop them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To correct them so that they are worthy of receiving light, this Malchut<\/em> must be mitigated in Bina<\/em>, which is the quality of Rachamim<\/em>. Hence, five sparks from HGT<\/em> NH<\/em> in Bina<\/em>\u2014which are the Katnut<\/em> of Bina<\/em>\u2014are extended to them, as well, so they will later be fit to receive the Gadlut<\/em> from Bina<\/em>, too. And the Partzuf<\/em> of Katnut de<\/em> ZA<\/em> is corrected by these, as well. Also, it is known that each lower Partzuf<\/em> is corrected in the Partzuf<\/em> above it. Hence, it turns out that these 325 sparks of ZA<\/em> are corrected in Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And he said, \u201cfrom the harsh spark,\u201d meaning the forces of judgment in Bina<\/em>, 320 sparks of ZA<\/em> emerge and rise to Bina<\/em> from the shattering of the seven kings, and the five sparks of Bina<\/em> herself, which correct the 320 sparks. And all of them are from the side of Gevura<\/em>, for the 320 sparks and the five sparks unite and become one, for they receive only the force of judgment mitigated in Bina<\/em>. Also, the forces of Malchut<\/em> of the quality of judgment are swallowed in the forces of Malchut<\/em> that is mitigated in Bina<\/em>, and when they enter ZA<\/em>, they are established in a headless body. And then he is called \u201ca person,\u201d for this level of Katnut<\/em> of ZA<\/em> is called \u201ca person.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 106) By how many degrees is a person called? Adam, man, human, and person. 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