{"id":15537,"date":"2026-01-17T14:35:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=15537"},"modified":"2026-01-17T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:36:00","slug":"while-the-king-sits-at-his-table","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/while-the-king-sits-at-his-table\/","title":{"rendered":"While the King Sits at His Table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>100) \u201cWhile the king sits at his table, my perfume gave forth its fragrance.\u201d When the Creator was ready and was present at Mount Sinai to give the Torah to Israel, \u201cmy perfume gave forth its fragrance,\u201d meaning that Israel emitted and raised a fragrance that stands and protects them for all generations. They said, \u201cAll that the Lord has spoken we will do and we will hear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another explanation: \u201cWhile the king sits at his table,\u201d while Moses rose up to receive the Torah from the Creator, which was carved in two stones, the children of Israel forsook that fragrance, which was crowning them, and said to the calf, \u201cThese are your gods, O Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>101) It is written, \u201cAnd a river went out of Eden to water the garden.\u201d A river,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, spreads to the sides when the Eden,&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, mates with it in a complete&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>, in a path that is not known above or below, which is&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cA path no eagle knows.\u201d&nbsp;<em>HB<\/em>&nbsp;are favorable, never parting from each other, and then fountains and streams come forth from them, which are the&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, crowning the holy son,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, son of&nbsp;<em>Yod<\/em>&#8211;<em>Hey<\/em>, in all those&nbsp;<em>Ketarim<\/em>, which are the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is written, \u201cWith the crown with which his mother crowned him.\u201d These are the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;called&nbsp;<em>Atara<\/em>&nbsp;[<em>Keter<\/em>&nbsp;(crown)]. At that time the son,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, inherits his father\u2019s and mother\u2019s lot, the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;that emerge from&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>HB<\/em>, who are&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>. Then he plays with delight in that Eden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>102) When the high king,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, sits in kings\u2019 delights and in his crowns, it is written, \u201cWhile the king is at his table, my perfume gave forth its fragrance.\u201d \u201cMy perfume\u201d is&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>, which elicits blessings for the&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>&nbsp;of the holy king,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, with the queen,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. And then blessings are given in all the worlds and upper and lower are blessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now Rabbi Shimon is crowned in the crowns of that degree, in&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, called \u201ccrowns.\u201d And he and the friends raise praises from below upward, which are&nbsp;<em>MAN<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;is crowned by these praises and mates with&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. 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