{"id":15569,"date":"2026-01-18T15:17:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=15569"},"modified":"2026-01-18T15:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:17:44","slug":"as-the-deer-yearns","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/as-the-deer-yearns\/","title":{"rendered":"As the Deer Yearns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>206) \u201cAs the deer yearns for the water brooks, so my soul yearns for You, O God.\u201d Happy are Israel more than all the nations because the Creator has given them the holy Torah and has bequeathed them with holy souls from a holy place to do His&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;and delight in the Torah. Anyone who delights in the Torah fears nothing, as it is written, \u201cWere Your law [Torah] not my delight, I would be lost in my affliction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>207) \u201cMy delight\u201d is the Torah, called \u201cdelights,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd I will be delighted day by day.\u201d The Creator comes to delight in the Garden of Eden, to delight, so He would rejoice in them. Happy are the righteous, of whom it is written, \u201cThen shall you delight in the Lord,\u201d to be delighted with that potion of the stream, which is&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord will guide you always, and satisfy thy soul in drought.\u201d It seems as though the Creator delights in them from that potion of the stream in which the righteous delight. This is why He comes to be delighted with the righteous. Anyone who engages in Torah is rewarded with being delighted with the righteous from that potion of the stream that is&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>208) \u201cAs the deer yearns by the water brooks\u201d is the Assembly of Israel,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cMy deer, hasten to my assistance,\u201d where \u201cMy deer\u201d is&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. \u201cYearns by the water brooks\u201d means to be watered by the potion of the spring of the stream,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, by the righteous,&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>. \u201cYearns\u201d is as is written, \u201cMy beloved went down to his garden, to the beds of perfume.\u201d \u201cSo my soul yearns for You, O God,\u201d to be watered by You in this world and in the next world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>209) The springs of the stream. One stream is above,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd a river went out of Eden to water the garden,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. And all the streams,&nbsp;<em>Sefirot de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, which receive from the river, extend and emerge, and gather in two streams,&nbsp;<em>NH<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, called \u201cbeds of water.\u201d They bestow in a degree called \u201crighteous,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, from whom the garden,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, emerges and stretches out, and is watered. For this reason, a deer and a gazelle, which are&nbsp;<em>Tzedek<\/em>&nbsp;[justice\/righteousness] and&nbsp;<em>Tzadik<\/em>&nbsp;[righteous],&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, are together. 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