89. \u201cYou shall not curse the deaf.\u201d Every branch below points to its root above. One who curses one\u2019s friend, and he is before him, and degraded him, it is as though he has shed his blood. When his friend is not before him and he curses him, that utterance rises up and complains about him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
90. There is no speech that comes out of a person that has sound. The voice rises up, and several angels of destruction connect with it, until the place of the great abyss, the shells, rises and awakens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
91. \u201c\u2026or put a stumbling block before the blind.\u201d One who causes another to sin, as well as one who strikes his eldest son. \u201c\u2026or put a stumbling block before the blind,\u201d one who has not reached teaching and teaches, as it is written, \u201cfor many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng.\u201d This transgresses the verse, \u201c\u2026or put a stumbling block before the blind,\u201d since by his teaching, he fails his friend for the next world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
92. One who walks on the straight path in the Torah, and one who engages in Torah properly, always has a good portion for the next world, since the words of Torah that he utters from his mouth walk and roam the world, and rise up. Several high and holy angels connect to that speech, and it rises on a straight path and is crowned with a holy crown and baths in the river of the next world, Bina, which is extended and comes out from Eden, Hochma. It is accepted in it and swallowed within it, and the upper tree, ZA, is delighted around the river, causing ZA to receive the illumination of the river from Bina. At that time, upper light is drawn and comes out, and is decorated with that man throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
93. One who engages in Torah but does not engage in it truthfully and honestly, that speech rises and veers off the path, and there is no one to connect with it. Everyone rejects it, and it walks and roams the world but does not find a place. Who caused this to it? That person who deviated from the straight path, as it is written, \u201c\u2026or put a stumbling block before the blind,\u201d not to place an obstacle before the words of Torah that he utters from his mouth. This is why it is written, \u201cAnd you will fear your God, I am the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
94. One whose yearning is to engage in Torah but does not find who will teach him, and he speaks of the love of Torah and stutters in it, for he does not know, each word rises and the Creator delights with that speech and He accepts it, and plants it around that river, Bina, and these words become great trees, great lights, and they are called \u201cwillows of the brook,\u201d as it is written, \u201cand always be enraptured with her love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
95. King David said, \u201cTeach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk in Your truth,\u201d and it is written, \u201cand lead me on a level path because of my enemies.\u201d Happy are those who know the ways of Torah and engage in it on the straight path, for they plant the trees of life above, drawing Mochin to ZA, the tree of life, and all of them are a healing to his soul. This is why it is written, \u201cTrue law was in his mouth.\u201d Is there a Torah [law] that is untrue?\u201d Indeed, for if someone who does not know teaches, it is untrue, and one who learns something from him, learns something that is untrue. This is why it is written, \u201cTrue law [Torah] was in his mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
96. Nevertheless, a person must learn Torah from any person, even from someone who does not know, since by this he will awaken in the Torah, and will come to learn from someone who knows. Afterwards, he will find that he has walked in the Torah on the path of truth. One should always engage in Torah and in its commandments, even if he works Lo Lishma [not for Her sake], since from Lo Lishma he will come to Lishma [for Her sake].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
89. \u201cYou shall not curse the deaf.\u201d Every branch below points to its root above. One who curses one\u2019s friend, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":15637,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[28],"class_list":["post-15653","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-zohar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n