223) \u201cIn the seventh month, on the tenth of the month you will torment your souls,\u201d so that Israel will be found worthy before the holy king and their desire will be for the Creator and to cling unto Him, so their iniquities will be atoned for them. Hence, one who eats and drinks on the ninth, and delights his soul with food and drink will find a twofold torment of the soul on the tenth. It will be as though he had been tormented on the ninth and on the tenth. \u201cYour souls\u201d includes everything, body and soul, and to surrender on that day so as to atone for their iniquities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
224) \u201cFor in this day shall atonement be made for you, to purify you,\u201d since on that day the holy Atik<\/em> appears, Keter<\/em>, to atone for everyone\u2019s iniquities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 225) It is written, \u201cA small city with few people in it.\u201d A city is Malchut<\/em>. It is small because it is the last and lowest of all the Sefirot<\/em>. Its walls are big, strong, and holy. It is called The Holy City. \u201cWith few people in it\u201d: few are rewarded with rising into it and dwelling in it. It is written, \u201cWho will climb up the mountain of the Lord, and who will rise in the place of His holiness?\u201d This is why few people are in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 226) A great king came to it and circled it. The Creator came to bond with it and dwell in it. He circled it, as it is written, \u201ca wall of fire round about.\u201d He built on it great bastions; He built its walls so the outer ones could not suckle from it, great and strong, and handsome, and beautiful, and holy. It is called The Holy City and He put into it all the glory of the king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For this reason, it, alone, comprises all the crowns of the king, from the Mochin de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, and all the crowns of the king are crowned in it, as it is written, \u201cA virtuous woman is her husband\u2019s crown.\u201d It is so because ZA<\/em> crowns in illumination of Hochma<\/em> only when he mates with Malchut<\/em>, since Hochma<\/em> is revealed only in Malchut<\/em>. This is why it is written, \u201cWith few people in it,\u201d for not every person is rewarded with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 227) He found in it a poor and wise man, who saved the city with his wisdom. \u201cPoor\u201d means as it is written, \u201cAnd they built for Pharaoh cities of poverty,\u201d which is crowned in strong crowns, the crowns of the Torah and the king\u2019s Mitzvot<\/em> of the Torah. He is called \u201cwise\u201d because he has been awarded that wisdom. Malchut<\/em> is called \u201clower Hochma<\/em>,\u201d the place of revealing of the Hochma<\/em> [wisdom]. And \u201cwise\u201d is because he is wiser than any man, looking at his Master\u2019s work to be rewarded with it and enter it. \u201cAnd he saved the city with his wisdom,\u201d for by looking, he was saving it, so the outer ones would not suckle from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 228) But no one remembered that poor man. That is, no one remembered to keep the Mitzvot<\/em> of the Torah and engage in Torah like that poor man who connected to everything in order to be rewarded with it. And the text continues, \u201cAnd I said, \u2018wisdom is better than might,\u2019\u201d for in that world, only true righteous, who engage in the Torah day and night, are allowed inside, and they are crowned in the Mitzvot<\/em> of the Torah in this world so as to come with them to the next world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 229) \u201cAnd the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard,\u201d since people do not want to look at him. They do not want to bond with him or listen to his words. Anyone who listens to words of Torah is happy in this world. It is as though he received the Torah from Sinai. One should even listen to words of Torah from any person. One who lends one\u2019s ear to it gives glory to the holy king and gives glory to the Torah. 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