{"id":16099,"date":"2026-01-22T10:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16099"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:44:30","slug":"above-the-firmament","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/above-the-firmament\/","title":{"rendered":"Above the Firmament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>441) \u201cAnd above the firmament that was over their heads, as the appearance of a sapphire stone, was an image of a throne.\u201d \u201cAnd above the firmament\u201d means in the firmament below&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. This is because in the firmament of above,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, there is no one to look at it. But of the firmament below, in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, it is written, \u201cAnd shall see My back.\u201d And from above, from that firmament, stands a sapphire stone,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, a precious gem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>442) \u201cAn image of a throne.\u201d There is a throne and there is a throne. The upper throne,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, is hidden. It is not disclosed and there is no one to stand in it, to know and to look. This is why it is written here \u201cA throne,\u201d without the prefix \u201cThe,\u201d which is the throne below,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>443) \u201cAn image as the appearance of a man.\u201d It is written \u201cAn image,\u201d but why is it also written, \u201cAs the appearance\u201d? The image of a man is a high secret in the high glory,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>&nbsp;filled with&nbsp;<em>Alephs<\/em>, which is 45 in&nbsp;<em>Gematria<\/em>&nbsp;[man]. This is the form of a man who sits on the throne,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. This is the meaning of the added \u201cAs the appearance,\u201d to include those forms in the words of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, which are called \u201cseeing\u201d or \u201cappearance,\u201d for so the&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;is called. These are the secrets of the&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;that rise and crown above in&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. Afterwards they stand in the form of a man, in the form that the righteous crown them, and the Creator plays with all of them with His crowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>444) And you friends, the Creator is now playing with those words that are crowned in that way that you said. But you kept the form of man before your Master in your holy forms, for while I was seeing you, observing your form, I saw about you that you were inscribed in man and I know that your form was present above. So are the righteous destined to be recognized before everyone\u2019s eyes, to show the holy form of their faces before the whole world, as it is written, \u201cAll who see them will recognize them because they are the seed whom the Lord has blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>445) At that time Rabbi Shimon saw Rabbi Yosi contemplating worldly matters. He told him, \u201cArise, Yosi, and complete your form, for a letter is missing in you.\u201d Because Yosi was contemplating worldly matters, he called him Yosi and not Rabbi Yosi. Rabbi Yosi rose and was delighted with words of Torah, and he rose before him. 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