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4) Giving \u201cHalf a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary.\u201d Half a shekel is like half a hin, which is the Vav<\/em>, the middle between the two Heys<\/em>. A stone to weigh with is the Yod<\/em>, and the \u201cThe shekel is twenty gerahs\u201d is Yod<\/em>. \u201cThe rich shall not give more\u201d is the middle pillar, ZA<\/em>, meaning not give more than the Yod<\/em>. And we learn in The Book of Creation<\/em>, only ten Sefirot<\/em>, ten and not eleven. \u201cAnd the poor shall not give less.\u201d The poor is a righteous, Yesod<\/em>. Will not give less than ten, as it is written in The Book of Creation<\/em>, \u201cTen and not nine,\u201d from the half shekel, which is the Yod<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you take the sum,\u201d when you extend GAR<\/em> to the children of Israel, \u201cAccording to their number,\u201d meaning in three points Holam<\/em>, Shuruk<\/em>, Hirik<\/em>, \u201cThen shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord,\u201d meaning they will abstain from extending GAR<\/em> de<\/em> [of] Hochma<\/em> in the left. Instead, they will raise them to the Creator. \u201cAnd there will be no plague among them.\u201d But if they do extend GAR<\/em> de<\/em> Hochma<\/em>, there will be plague among them due to the judgments of the left. \u201cAfter the shekel of the sanctuary\u201d is extension of Hochma<\/em>, which is a complete degree. \u201cThe shekel is twenty gerahs\u201d because in a complete degree, the ten Sefirot<\/em> of the male light is dispensed from above downwards, and the ten Sefirot<\/em> of the female light is dispensed from below upwards. Also, they are twenty Sefirot<\/em>, and since they are considered left, they are called \u201ctwenty gerahs,\u201d from the words, \u201cI have been a Ger<\/em> [stranger] in a strange land.\u201d \u201cHalf a shekel\u201d is ten Sefirot<\/em> of male light. \u201cAn offering to the Lord\u201d means it should be raised to the Lord and not extended, but only to extend half of the female light, which is from below upwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Half a shekel, half a hin, means half a measure. The Vav<\/em> is the middle between the two Heys<\/em> because the Vav<\/em> is the middle line, called \u201cscales,\u201d which weigh the two lights, right and left, being the two Heys<\/em>, so the left will not be greater than the right. This is why he diminishes the left, so it will not shine from above downwards but only from below upwards. And then it is equal with the right, which shines from above downwards. Thus, the Vav<\/em> divides and makes half a shekel an offering to the Lord, which is the half that is from above downwards of the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A stone to weigh with is Yod<\/em>, and twenty gerahs a shekel is Yod<\/em>, since a full Yod<\/em> indicates a complete degree, where the male light, Yod<\/em>, and the female light\u2014Vav<\/em> and Dalet<\/em>, which are ten in Gematria<\/em>\u2014make twenty together, twenty gerahs the shekel. And he says that the stone with which to weigh the offering to the Lord is Yod<\/em>, the male light from above downwards. And they receive for themselves only the Yod<\/em> of the female light, which shines from below upwards. \u201cThe rich shall not give more\u201d is the middle pillar, which, from His essence, leans toward the right, to Hassadim<\/em>, and does not need Hochma<\/em>, hence its title, \u201crich.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To not exceed ten means to not elevate any of the female light to being an offering to the Lord, and to raise only the Yod<\/em> of the male light and nothing of the female light. In The Book of Creation<\/em>, only ten Sefirot<\/em> and not eleven. But if ZA<\/em> were to exceed the half shekel, meaning raise some of the female light, it would thus be elevating eleven Sefirot<\/em>, meaning more than ten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd the poor shall not give less,\u201d this is righteous, for Yesod<\/em> leans toward Hochma<\/em> and needs it. Hence, in regards to that, it is considered poor. Will not fall short of ten means not leaving any of the ten Sefirot<\/em> of the male light, that is, not rising to the Creator due to craving for abundance of Hochma<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cTen and not nine.\u201d This is so because if he fell short of ten Sefirot<\/em> of the male light and did not raise her, it would not be elevating the whole ten, but only nine. But there must be ten and not nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6) The subsequent Mitzva<\/em> [precept\/commandment\/good deed] is to sanctify the month, since the holy moon, Malchut<\/em>, the bride, is sanctified according to the court house\u2014Gevura de<\/em> ZA<\/em>. Malchut<\/em> is built from the left side, Gevura<\/em>, since the Levis are in Gevura de<\/em> ZA<\/em>. It is said about them, \u201cAnd you shall sanctify the Levis.\u201d Similarly, Malchut<\/em>, which is from Gevura de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, needs sanctity, as well. And once the moon is seen and its light is relished, for she received Mochin<\/em>, he blesses, \u201cBlessed are You the Lord our God, king of the world, who created the heavens with His word, and all their hosts with the wind of His mouth.\u201d Then she is sanctified and blessed in Tifferet<\/em>, because she is Tifferet<\/em> [glory] to those with a full stomach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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