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43) \u201cWho has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name and what is His son’s name? Surely you know!\u201d Everything is said about the Creator, who is everything. \u201cWhat is His name and what is His son’s name? Surely you know\u201d is the Creator. \u201cWhat is His name\u201d is HaVaYaH<\/em>, and \u201cWhat is His son\u2019s name\u201d is Israel, as it is written, \u201cIsrael, My son, My firstborn.\u201d \u201cWho has ascended into heaven\u201d is Moses, as it is written, \u201cAnd to Moses He said, \u2018Come up to the Lord.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

44) \u201cWho has ascended into heaven\u201d is Elijah, of whom it is written, \u201cAnd Elijah went up by a storm to heaven.\u201d But how could Elijah come up to the heaven? After all, the heaven cannot tolerate a body from this world, even the size of a grain of sand, so how does it say, \u201cAnd Elijah went up by a storm to heaven\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

45) However, it is as it is written, \u201cThe Lord came down on Mount Sinai.\u201d It is also written, \u201cAnd Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain.\u201d But the Creator, who was on Mount Sinai, is as it is written, \u201cThe appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the mountain top,\u201d so how could Moses climb to Him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, as it is written about Moses, \u201cAnd Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain,\u201d he entered the cloud as one who wears a garment. And it is written, \u201cAnd to Moses He said, \u2018Come up to the Lord,\u2019\u201d meaning that He, too, clothed in a cloud and entered it. He came near to the fire in a cloud and could approach. It is likewise with Elijah, as it is written, \u201cAnd Elijah went up by a storm to heaven,\u201d meaning he entered a storm and clothed in a storm and went up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

46) It is said in the book of Adam HaRishon<\/em>, \u201cIn these offspring that will come to the world will be a spirit that will come down to the world in the earth and clothe in a body. And his name is Elijah. He will depart from the world in that body, strip from his body, remain in a storm, and another body of light will be provided for him, to be in it among the angels. And when he comes down to this world, he will clothe in that body, which remained in that world, in a storm. He will be seen below in that body, and will be seen above in that other body\u2014of light.\u201d It is as it is written that there was not a person whose spirit went up to heaven after the departure of the body and then came down like Elijah, who went up and came down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

47) \u201cWho has ascended into heaven and descended?\u201d \u201cWho has ascended into heaven\u201d is Elijah. \u201cAnd descended\u201d is Jonah, whom the fish brought down into the deeps, to the depths of the sea. Jonah came from the power of Elijah; he had the soul of Elijah. Therefore, Elijah went up, and Jonah went down. One wished to die, and the other wished to die, and this is why he is called \u201cSon of Amitai [also \u201ctrue\u201d],\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

48) \u201cWho has wrapped the waters in a garment?\u201d \u201cWho has wrapped\u201d is Elijah, who tied the tie of water in the world and no dew or rain came down from heaven. \u201cIn a garment\u201d is Elijah, who would bring his mantle to perform miracles, and with which he and Elisha split the Jordan. \u201cWho has gathered the wind in His fists\u201d is Elijah, who brought Adam\u2019s spirit back into his body after he died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

49) \u201cWho has established all the ends of the earth\u201d is Elijah, who after gathering the water and swearing on the rain, returned in a prayer and established the whole world so that rain would come down and food would be given to all. \u201cWhat is His name?\u201d Elijah. \u201cAnd what is His son\u2019s name?\u201d Elijah. \u201cAnd what is His name,\u201d when he went up, Elijah. \u201cAnd what is His son\u2019s name,\u201d when he went down and became a messenger to perform miracles. His name is Elijah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50) \u201cWho [MI<\/em>] has ascended into heaven\u201d is the Creator. Who [MI<\/em>] is the name of Bina<\/em>. Heaven is ZA<\/em>, who raises the Bina<\/em>. The four directions of the world, the four Sefirot HGTM<\/em> from Chazeh de<\/em> ZA<\/em> and above, are the upper Merkava<\/em> [assembly\/chariot] for Bina<\/em>, MI<\/em>. They are the initial foundations for everything, and all of them are dependent on the place, which is called MI<\/em>, for whom they are a Merkava<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

51) When the Creator has a time of good will, to unite the upper Merkava<\/em> with the lower Merkava<\/em> so they are all one, a voice comes out from the place of the high holiness, heaven, ZA<\/em>, and gathers all those holy ones below\u2014the righteous in this world\u2014and all the holy ministers\u2014Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael\u2014and all the upper camps, the angels, to all be ready together. It is written about it, \u201cAnd Moses assembled,\u201d meaning the heaven, ZA<\/em>. It is also written, \u201cThe whole of the congregation of the children of Israel.\u201d These are the 12 upper holy camps\u2014the lower Merkava<\/em> that Malchut<\/em> rides\u2014and they raise the Malchut<\/em> for a Zivug<\/em> with ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The upper Merkava<\/em>, HGTM<\/em> from Chazeh de<\/em> ZA<\/em> and above, is the four legs of Bina\u2019s<\/em> chair. They are 12 because each of the HGTM<\/em> consists of HGT<\/em>. Similarly, the lower Merkava<\/em> is the four Sefirot NHYM<\/em> of the Nukva<\/em>, which are called \u201cfour animals\u201d or \u201cfour angels,\u201d Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael, or the four camps of angels. They, too, are 12 because each of the four Sefirot NHYM<\/em> consists of NHY<\/em>, as has been explained regarding HGTM<\/em>. Likewise, the four angels and four camps are the 12 upper holy camps because in the four camps of angels, each camp consists of three camps, who carry the chair, Malchut<\/em>, for a Zivug<\/em> with ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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