{"id":15667,"date":"2026-01-18T20:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=15667"},"modified":"2026-01-18T20:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:47:30","slug":"descending-on-the-head-descending-on-the-beard","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/descending-on-the-head-descending-on-the-beard\/","title":{"rendered":"Descending on the Head, Descending on the Beard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>10. \u201cSpeak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, \u2018No one shall make himself impure for the dead among his people.\u2019\u201d \u201cSpeak to the priests\u201d in a whisper. As all the works of the priests are done in a whisper, so their speech is in a whisper. \u201cSpeak\u201d and \u201csaid,\u201d once and twice, to warn them about their sanctity, so they are not defiled. One who serves in a holy place should be holy in everything. \u201cNo one shall make himself impure for the dead,\u201d for a body without a spirit is impure and the spirit of impurity is on him. The passions of the spirits of impurity are to the bodies of Israel, since the spirit of holiness has been emptied from them and they come to connect in the vessel of holiness, in the body, and the priests, who are holy\u2014holiness over holiness\u2014should not be defiled at all. It is written, \u201cfor the crown of his God is on his head,\u201d and it is written, \u201cfor the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11. The priest, like the priest of above, stands below, as it is written, \u201clike the good oil on the head, descending on the beard, the beard of Aaron,\u201d descending according to his qualities. \u201cLike the good oil on the head,\u201d the oil of anointment of the upper holiness, the abundance of Mochin is extended and emerges from the place of the deepest river, Bina. It is extended and emerges from the head of all the heads, the most hidden of all that are hidden, the Rosh of AA. \u201cOn the head,\u201d the head of AK, AA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12. \u201cDescending on the beard,\u201d the beard of honor, Dikna of AA. \u201cThe beard of Aaron, the high priest of above, Dikna of ZA, Hesed of ZA. Oil, the abundance of AA, descending according to the qualities of ZA. From those qualities of ZA, it is extended and comes out, and descends to the lower ones. In the same way, the high priest below is anointed and crowned with the anointing oil below, which corresponds to the high priest of above, Hesed of ZA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13. \u201cSpeak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, \u2018No one shall make himself impure for the dead among his people.\u201d The verse begins in plural form and ends in singular form. \u201cNo one shall make himself impure for the dead among his people\u201d implies the highest priest of all, the high priest of above, ZA. The words, \u201cThe priest who is highest among his brothers\u201d refer to the high priest of below, who is such as above. 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