{"id":15930,"date":"2026-01-20T14:32:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=15930"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:32:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:32:47","slug":"smelling-the-myrtle","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/smelling-the-myrtle\/","title":{"rendered":"Smelling the Myrtle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>275) Afterwards the Creator made for Adam other clothes from the leaves of the trees in the Garden of Eden. It is written, \u201cAnd the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife leather garments and clothed them.\u201d However, in Rabbi Meir\u2019s Torah, it writes, \u201cGarments of light,\u201d since they were from the leaves of the trees in the Garden of Eden, which are lights. It is so because at first, Adam\u2019s garments were from the&nbsp;<em>Achoraim<\/em>&nbsp;of the garden of above,&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atzilut<\/em>, from her&nbsp;<em>Parsa<\/em>. After the sin, they were from the Garden of Eden of the earth in the world of&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>, coming out of the garden. These garments were emitting scents and perfumes of the garden, in which the soul settles and delights, as it is written, \u201cAnd he smelled the smell of his clothes and blessed him,\u201d for Isaac\u2019s soul and spirit [<em>Nefesh<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Ruach<\/em>] settled in that scent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>276) For this reason, when the Sabbath ends, one should smell perfumes so that his soul will settle in that scent in return for the upper scent that has departed him. And the best of all the scents of the perfumes is the myrtle, for the keeping of the holy place,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>\u2014from which the souls come out\u2014is myrtle. This is also the keeping of man\u2019s soul, such as above, to be sustained by that bareness that remains in him after the departure of the added soul [<em>Neshama<\/em>] of the Sabbath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;are called \u201cmyrtles\u201d in regard to their giving illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, since illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;is called \u201cscent.\u201d It follows that these myrtles keep the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, whose essence is illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;is called \u201ca place.\u201d The myrtle,&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, emits a scent\u2014illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>\u2014to give to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. This is why we take myrtle, to keep a man\u2019s soul with it at the end of the Sabbath after the departure of the added soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>277) When the Sabbath ended,&nbsp;<em>Adam HaRishon<\/em>&nbsp;dressed in those garments of the Garden of Eden of the earth, which emit scents and perfumes, to keep his soul instead of the high, holy, and honorable spirit, which is the upper brightness of&nbsp;<em>Atzilut<\/em>&nbsp;that has departed him. The myrtle is the keeping of the soul, since in the upper one there is the keeping of the soul,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>275) Afterwards the Creator made for Adam other clothes from the leaves of the trees in the Garden of Eden. 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