651) The evening prayer is mandatory because the Shema reading of the evening is mandatory, since the Creator unites with Malchut at night as He unites during the day. The quality of the night, Malchut, is included in the day, ZA, and the quality of the day is included in the night, creating a single unification. One who says that the evening prayer is optional is because it corresponds to internal organs and fat that are eaten by the altar at night, where it is not mandatory for them to remain burning at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
652) \u201cAnd you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.\u201d If the right and left are included in the unification, \u201cHear O Israel,\u201d since the Lord is right and our God is left, why do we need to say afterwards, \u201cAnd you shall love,\u201d which is right, \u201cAnd it shall come to pass, if you hear,\u201d which is left? Were they not already included in the unification, \u201cHear O Israel\u201d? In \u201cHear O Israel,\u201d they are implied in general. In the verses, \u201cAnd you shall love,\u201d and \u201cAnd it shall come to pass, if you hear,\u201d they are in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
653) This unification is like the head Tefillin and the hand Tefillin. There are four [Torah] portions in the head Tefillin, and there are three names in \u201cHear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord.\u201d There are four portions in the head Tefillin, each to its own, and here there are three names. What is the connection between them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
654) In those four portions, one portion is \u201cSanctify.\u201d This is the first upper point, Hochma, right line. One portion is \u201cAnd it shall be when the Lord brings you.\u201d This is the next world, Bina, left line. One portion is \u201cHear,\u201d the right of the Moach of Daat. And one portion is \u201cAnd it shall come to pass, if you hear,\u201d the left of the Moach of Daat, since the Daat, the middle line, comprises HB, right and left. These are the head Tefillin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And here in the unification, \u201cHear O Israel,\u201d there are three names, which are like those four portions. The first HaVaYaH [the Lord] is the uppermost point, the beginning of everything\u2014Hochma and right line. Elokeinu [Our God] is the next world, Bina and left line. The last HaVaYaH is the whole of the right and left together in one whole, Daat, middle line, comprising right and left\u2014the unification of the head Tefillin, for they are both equal. This is the first unification, \u201cHear O Israel,\u201d the upper unification, which precedes the lower unification, which is \u201cBlessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom forever and ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
655) The hand Tefillin are the whole of all those four portions together, which are not placed in four specific compartments, as in the head Tefillin, but are all in the same box. This is the unification, \u201cBlessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom forever and ever,\u201d the lower unification of the Malchut. In the lower unification there is the whole of the head Tefillin, HBD of ZA, which were included in the hand Tefillin, the Malchut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
656) That unification, \u201cBless\u201d is the uppermost point, which is \u201cBless,\u201d from which all the blessings\u2014Hochma\u2014come. The next world, Bina, is not called \u201cblessed\u201d because the uppermost point is a male, the next world is a female, and is therefore called \u201cblessed\u201d [male form], and she\u2014\u201cblessing\u201d [female form]. For this reason, \u201cBless\u201d is the high point, Hochma. \u201cName\u201d is the next world, Bina, a big name, as it is written, \u201cWhat shall You do to Your great name?\u201d \u201cGlory\u201d is the upper glory, ZA, comprising right and left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
657) Hochma, Bina, and ZA are included in the hand Tefillin, which is \u201cHis kingship,\u201d taking everything within it. All the worlds are included in this \u201cHis kingship,\u201d to nourish them and provide for them with all that they need. For this reason, \u201cForever and ever\u201d indicates that it provides for all the worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
658) This is the unification of the head Tefillin, ZA, and of the hand Tefillin, Malchut. Like the unification of the Tefillin, so is the unification of everything. The unification is set up in four ways: HB, right of Daat and left of Daat. This arrangement is the clearest, and all are the faith, the Malchut that receives them. But the order of the unification of the Tefillin is the upper unification, ZA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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