140) It is written, \u201cI behold, one wheel on the earth beside the animals, to its four faces.\u201d One wheel became a Neshama. Even though a wheel is the name of the Nefesh everywhere, the name \u201cwheel\u201d in this verse became a Neshama once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
141) It is written in Song<\/em> of<\/em> Songs<\/em>, \u201cMy dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one,\u201d the Neshama [soul]. Why is it that in Song<\/em> of<\/em> Songs<\/em> we call the soul in feminine form, \u201cMy dove, my undefiled,\u201d and in the Torah we call it in masculine form, Abraham?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 142) In the Torah, the soul is called by masculine form, relating to the body. This is so because with respect to the body, the soul is as a woman toward a man. Also, toward a higher degree than itself, the soul is as a female before a male. And each inherits his merit according to the matter at hand. This is why in Song<\/em> of<\/em> Songs<\/em>, when the king that peace is his speaks of the soul, which is a higher degree than hers, it is considered a female, and he refers to it as a female, \u201cMy dove, my undefiled.\u201d But the Torah speaks of the soul in and of itself; hence, it refers to it as masculine form, Abraham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 143) Four times an hour, each day, Eden drips on the garden. A great river comes out of those drops of the great river, which divides into four heads, and drips forty-eight drops each day. From there, the trees of the garden are satiated, as it is written, \u201cThe trees of the Lord are satiated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is written, \u201cHe waters mountains from His chambers.\u201d The chamber is the Garden of Eden, and Eden above is from willows. It is in willows, as we learn, there, there are the secrets of life, the secrets of peace, the secrets of blessings, and the souls of the righteous. And the upper, hidden one, Eden below, a garden corresponds to it in the earth, and it takes abundance from it each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 144) Forty-eight prophets stood for Israel, and each one took in his share one drop of extract from those drops of Eden, which are forty-eight drops. If every prophet who took one drop from them were more virtuous than all the others, it is especially so with Adam HaRishon, who received from the forty-eight. From this we learn how much was his wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 145) From where did the prophets have those drops? In each drop that comes out of Eden, the spirit of Hochma [wisdom] comes out with it. Hence, there is water that brings up wise ones, and water that brings up fools. The water that brings up wise ones is water from the drops of Eden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 146) The water in which the drops sit, the first among all four rivers, is as it is written, \u201cPishon.\u201d The most special among them is Pishon, and it falls in the land of Egypt. This is why the wisdom of the Egyptians was more than the whole world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 147) And when the decree was decided, that the wisdom of Egypt be lost, it was because the Creator had taken those drops. And when those drops were taken, meaning that they did not come out of the garden, wisdom was lost from Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 148) From that spirit, which came out of Eden, each and every prophet will suckle, as it is written, \u201cwalking in the garden in the Ruach [breeze\/spirit] of the day.\u201d This is concealed in the Garden of Eden for the future, and this is the river that Ezekiel saw in his prophecy. This is why it is written, \u201cFor the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.\u201d Those waters always increase knowledge in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 149) All the souls of the righteous above are in Eden. As what comes down from Eden increases wisdom in the world, it is much more so for those who stand in it and enjoy its joys and yearnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 150) When the soul is rewarded with entering the gates of Jerusalem of above, Michael, the great minister, walks with her and greets her. The ministering angels are perplexed about it and ask about her, \u201cWho is this who rises from the desert?\u201d Who is this who rises among the upper ones from the destroyed body, who is akin to Hevel [breath vapor\/nonsense], as it is written, \u201cMan is like a breath\u201d? He replies and says, \u201cMy dove, my perfect one, is one,\u201d unique, \u201cthe only one for her mother.\u201d \u201cHer mother\u201d is the throne, which is the mother of the soul and delivers her, and from which she is derived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 151) \u201cMaidens saw her and confirmed her.\u201d These are the rest of the souls, whose virtues are sublime, and who are called \u201cthe daughters of Jerusalem.\u201d These are called \u201cthe daughters of Jerusalem,\u201d and the others are called \u201cthe daughters of Lot.\u201d \u201cMaidens saw her and confirmed her,\u201d the rest of the souls praise her and say, \u201cWelcome!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cQueens and concubines will praise her.\u201d Queens are the patriarchs, and concubines are righteous proselytes. They all praise and glorify her until she enters above. At that time, the soul is in her merit, and her existence is prolonged, as it is written, \u201cAnd Abraham was old, and of many days.\u201d He entered into a long life, to the next world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 152) When the soul is in her completeness in the upper place, she no longer searches for the body. Rather, other souls are created and emerge from her, while she remains in her state. If, in this world, which is nonsense, the soul enters the body, which is a foul drop, in the future, when they are all purified and the body is praiseworthy with additional existence and complementation, that soul will certainly enter it, with all the completeness and excellence in her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 153) That very soul and that same body, the Creator is destined to establish them in their existence in the future, but both of them will be complete in completion of the knowledge, to attain what they did not attain in this world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 140) It is written, \u201cI behold, one wheel on the earth beside the animals, to its four faces.\u201d One wheel […]<\/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-7873","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-zohar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n