1) \u201cSo they carried Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased its raging.\u201d What is the reason that the sea roared at Jonah, and the earth, Nukva, did not roar at him? It is because he went abroad, so the Shechina would not be over him. It turns out that he fled from the land of Israel, Nukva. Thus, why did the sea grip him when he left, and not the land from which he had fled?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2) The sea is akin to the firmament, and the firmament, to the throne. There are seven firmaments, HGT NHY of ZA. The upper firmament is called MI [the letters Mem-Yod], YESHSUT, and the lower firmament is Malchut of ZA, from whom the Nukva is built, receiving the two letters MI from the upper firmament, which become the letters Yam [\u201csea,\u201d the letters Yod-Mem] in her. The upper firmament imparts the Hochma in it only to the Nukva; hence, the Nukva received the letters MI in him and became Yam in her, indicating the Hochma in Nukva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sea, Nukva, is akin to the lower firmament of ZA, since her whole construction comes from that firmament. This firmament is akin to the throne, YESHSUT, which is a throne to upper AVI. For this reason, the lower firmament received the letters MI in the throne and became Yam. And the difference between the name Eretz [land] and the name Yam is that the name of Nukva, Eretz, does not specifically indicate the illumination of Hochma in her, but only the blessing in her, but the name Yam of the Nukva specifically indicates the illumination of Hochma in her, from which the prophecy is extended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the reason why the sea gripped him and received him in it, since he was escaping the sea, escaping the prophecy, which is extended from the Mochin of Nukva, which are considered sea. Hence, the sea roared at him and not the land. And also, they cast him into the sea to bring him back to the prophecy from which he had fled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3) \u201cSo they carried Jonah and cast him into the sea.\u201d When they cast him into the sea and drowned him to his knees, the sea calmed. They picked him up and the sea roared. The more they sank him, the more the sea calmed. Finally, he himself said, \u201cTake me and cast me into the sea.\u201d Promptly, \u201cThey carried Jonah, and cast him into the sea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4) When he was thrown into the sea, his soul departed him, rose to the King\u2019s throne, and was judged before Him. Then his soul was given back to him and he entered the mouth of that fish, and the fish died. Then the fish was revived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5) When a person climbs to one\u2019s bed and sleeps, each night his soul departs him and is judged at the courthouse of the King. If one is rewarded with survival, the soul is returned to this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6) The judgment is in two ways. One is sentenced neither for the evil that he is intended and destined to do, as it is written, \u201cFor God has heard the voice of the lad where he is,\u201d nor for the future. And do not say that one is sentenced only for the good that he has already done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rather, one is rewarded for the current good and is sentenced for the merits that he is destined to do, for which he is saved although he is currently wicked. This is so because the Creator does good with all creations, and everything He does is only to benefit everyone. Hence, He does not sentence a person for the evil he is destined to do. Therefore, one is sentenced before the Creator, who knows the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The<\/em> Zohar<\/em> brings that verse, that one is sentenced every night, to clarify what he said above about Jonah, that his soul departed and was judged before the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7) Since Jonah was cast into the sea, it is written, \u201cAnd the sea ceased its raging.\u201d The upper sea is Nukva. When the raging calms, it stands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When there is judgment in the world, meaning the courthouse, Nukva, it is like a pregnant woman having a difficult labor. When she delivers, the scare calms. Similarly, when there is judgment in the world, it is not still and not restful until the judgment is executed on the wicked. Then its rest is to stand in its place in wholeness, and persist, as it is written, \u201cWhen the wicked perish, there is joy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8) \u201cWhen the wicked perish, there is joy.\u201d It is written, \u201cDo I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked?\u201d Thus, is there no pleasure to the Creator when judgment is executed on the wicked? But here, before the work is done, He has no desire for the death of the wicked. But here, after the work is done, \u201cWhen the wicked perish, there is joy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1) \u201cSo they carried Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased its raging.\u201d What is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":7853,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[28],"class_list":["post-7854","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-zohar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n