{"id":16148,"date":"2026-01-22T15:50:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16148"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:50:27","slug":"if-the-lord-does-not-build-the-house","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/if-the-lord-does-not-build-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"If the Lord Does Not Build the House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>98) \u201cA song of ascents for Solomon: If the Lord does not build the house, its builders work in it in vain.\u201d King Solomon said this verse when he was building the Temple. When he began to build, he saw that the work was being completed in their hands and it was being built by itself. At that time, he started and said, \u201cIf the Lord does not build the house,\u201d as it is written, \u201cIn the beginning God created,\u201d since the Creator created and established this world,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, a home, with all that is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>99) It is written, \u201cIts builders work in it in vain.\u201d Its builders are the rivers, the&nbsp;<em>Sefirot<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, all of which come and go within this house, the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, to correct it in all that is needed. And although they all come to correct and to make its correction, without the Lord, which is the world of correction,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, which established and made the house as it should be, those builders would be in vain. Rather, the important thing is what&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;made and established. \u201cIf the Lord does not guard the city, the watchman watches in vain,\u201d as it is written, \u201cThe eyes of the Lord your God are always on her, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.\u201d By this Providence she is kept from all sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>100) It is written, \u201cHere is Solomon\u2019s bed, sixty mighty men surrounding it, from the mighty men of Israel.\u201d Solomon\u2019s bed is&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. Why are they all keeping it? It is written, \u201cFor fear at nights,\u201d the fear of Hell that stands opposite her so she would repel it. This is why they all surround it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>101) Although they are all standing in illumination of the thought that is unknown,&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atik<\/em>, called&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>, at that time the light of the thought that is unknown strikes the light of that&nbsp;<em>Parsa<\/em>, which separates her from the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;[pl. of&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>] of&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>, the separation is revoked, and they illuminate together. The three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;went up to&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>&nbsp;after the&nbsp;<em>Parsa<\/em>&nbsp;was revoked, and they illuminate together with&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>. Also, the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;were included in one another, each was included in all three of them, and they became nine palaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through&nbsp;<em>Malchut\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;ascent to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;in each degree, which ended the degree below&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, a&nbsp;<em>Parsa<\/em>&nbsp;was made there\u2014the&nbsp;<em>Sium<\/em>&nbsp;[end] of the degree\u2014so&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of each degree fell from each degree to the degree below it. Thus,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atik<\/em>&nbsp;fell into the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>, and a&nbsp;<em>Parsa<\/em>&nbsp;was placed below the&nbsp;<em>Hochma de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atik<\/em>. Additionally,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of each of the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;fell to the&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;below it, and&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of the third&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;fell to&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards, at the time of&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>, an illumination is extended from&nbsp;<em>AB<\/em>&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>, lowering again the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;to her own place, and canceling the boundary and the&nbsp;<em>Sium<\/em>&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<em>Parsa<\/em>&nbsp;in the middle of the degree. At that time&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;that fell from each degree rise once more to their initial degree before they fell taking with them the lower degree where they were fallen. It follows that then, when&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atik<\/em>&nbsp;that fell to the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;return and rise to their place in&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atik<\/em>, which is called&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>, they also elevate with them the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atik<\/em>, and the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;are called&nbsp;<em>Kitra<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Avira<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>HS<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They all stand in the illumination of the thought that is unknown after the&nbsp;<em>Parsa<\/em>&nbsp;between&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>&nbsp;and the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;have been set up, for which those same diminutions that are done in&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>&nbsp;are done in the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>, where each ends below the&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;fell to the degree below them. However, afterwards the light of the thought that is unknown,&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>, strikes the light of the&nbsp;<em>Parsa<\/em>&nbsp;that extended illumination from&nbsp;<em>AB<\/em>&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>, and cancelled the&nbsp;<em>Sium<\/em>&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<em>Parsa<\/em>&nbsp;that separates it from the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>. Thus,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>&nbsp;returned with the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;and rose to the place of&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>&nbsp;due to the cancellation of the&nbsp;<em>Parsa<\/em>, illuminating along with&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;that rose to&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>&nbsp;were included in one another there, until each of them consists of three, nine palaces were made of them in&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>. However, those nine palaces illuminate in&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>, too, although there they are called \u201clights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>102) Palaces are not lights. Neither are they spirits, nor souls, and there is no one who stands in them. The desire of all nine lights, all of which are in a thought, which is one of them in the calculation, meaning an inclusion of the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;in one another in the place of&nbsp;<em>HS<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>, called \u201ca thought,\u201d being one of the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>. They all wish to chase the nine palaces in&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>&nbsp;and attain them while standing in the thought, in&nbsp;<em>HS<\/em>. That is, while the nine lights\u2014which are&nbsp;<em>Hitkalelut<\/em>&nbsp;[inclusion] of the three&nbsp;<em>Roshim<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>HS<\/em>\u2014are in&nbsp;<em>HS<\/em>, outside&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>, they wish to attain the nine palaces in the place of&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason is that they receive all their&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;from those nine palaces, but they neither attain nor are they known, for they are absent in both the desire and the upper thought. They have perception in them, receiving&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;from them, but they do not perceive them, for they are imperceptible. The whole of faith stands in those, and all those lights from the upper thought,&nbsp;<em>HS<\/em>&nbsp;below&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>, are called&nbsp;<em>Ein Sof<\/em>. It is so because thus far the lights reach and do not reach, and they are unknown because there are neither will nor thought here, for this&nbsp;<em>HS<\/em>&nbsp;is hidden and does not illuminate to the lower ones whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>103)&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;is called \u201ca thought.\u201d When he illuminates, when the power of the&nbsp;<em>Parsa<\/em>&nbsp;is cancelled, when he brings his&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;back to him\u2014who also elevate the lower one with them,&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>\u2014and it is not known from whom he illuminates because the thought of&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>&nbsp;is unattainable, at that time his light clothes and becomes hidden in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>. It is so because&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;cannot receive without&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>, hence the light in her becomes concealed. Afterwards, the&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;illuminate and&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;become included in one another until all are included together. Then they illuminate to all the&nbsp;<em>Partzufim<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Atzilut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an offering, when everything rises, when&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of each degree rise to her degree and elevate the lower ones in which they were fallen along with them, they become tied to one another and illuminate in one another. This is so because every lower one that rises to the upper one becomes tied to it, and thus receives the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;of the upper one. Therefore, each lower one is tied to the upper one, and each upper one illuminates to the lower one. At that time all the degrees are in an ascent to the upper one, and the thought,&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>, rises and crowns in&nbsp;<em>Ein Sof<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>, being tied to&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>&nbsp;in an ascent, and therefore illuminates in him. The light from which the upper thought,&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>, illuminates,&nbsp;<em>RADLA<\/em>, is called&nbsp;<em>Ein Sof<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>104) When the thought\u2014<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>\u2014illuminated, and forces expanded from it\u2014meaning the&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;that rose to him and received&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;from him expanded downward\u2014that thought became hidden, concealed, and unknown, as in itself, it is hidden and does not illuminate to the lower ones at all. From&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>, it expanded in expansion to all the sides. Also, one expansion expanded from him, being the upper world,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>105) The upper world is in a question. It is the upper utterance,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, who is called&nbsp;<em>MI<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cLift up your eyes on high and see who created these.\u201d The question that created these is&nbsp;<em>MI<\/em>&nbsp;[who],&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>. She created&nbsp;<em>ELEH<\/em>&nbsp;[these], which are&nbsp;<em>VAK<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. Afterwards,&nbsp;<em>MI<\/em>&nbsp;expanded and became a sea, the end of all the degrees below,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. From&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, he began to build below, in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, and did everything in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;in the very same way as above, in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>\u2014one opposite the other. This is why&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;is the keeping of everything above and below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is so because each&nbsp;<em>Sefira<\/em>&nbsp;and degree receives its&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;from a higher one through ascents of the lower one to the upper one. However, by that, each has its own&nbsp;<em>Behina<\/em>&nbsp;[essence\/discernment], as well, besides what it took from the upper one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exception is&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, since in itself,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;is unfit for the upper light because the&nbsp;<em>Tzimtzum<\/em>&nbsp;[restriction] is over her. However, through her ascent to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, she receives her&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;and lights from him, and all that exists in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, exists in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;in the very same way. Therefore, the letters of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;are as the letters of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, since&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;is called&nbsp;<em>MI<\/em>&nbsp;[\u201cwho,\u201d consisting of&nbsp;<em>Mem<\/em>&#8211;<em>Yod<\/em>], and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>Yam<\/em>&nbsp;[\u201csea,\u201d consisting of&nbsp;<em>Yod<\/em>&#8211;<em>Mem<\/em>].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, in the name&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>, the first&nbsp;<em>Hey<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and the bottom&nbsp;<em>Hey<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. This is why&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;is regarded as the keeping of everything, for she keeps&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from being gripped by the outer ones, since she gives her&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;and lights to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>106) The expansion of the upper world from the thought, from&nbsp;<em>HS<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>, is this&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, which is called \u201cthe upper world,\u201d as it is written, \u201cIf the Lord does not guard the city, the watchman watches in vain.\u201d This is the keeper of Israel,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, for the keeping does not stand in&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, but in the upper world,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>107) The azure of the tabernacle stands in the upper one. Azure is&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;and purple is&nbsp;<em>Tifferet<\/em>. One connects to one, so that&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;will unite. \u201cFor the Lord your God is consuming fire.\u201d There is fire that consumes fire, eating it and consuming it, because there is fire that is stronger than fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>98) \u201cA song of ascents for Solomon: If the Lord does not build the house, its builders work in it 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