307) It is about that that Jacob intended to act in wisdom, to aim his actions according to the upper degrees, as it is written, \u201cAnd Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, of hazelnut and of chestnut.\u201d It is also written, \u201cFor the Lord has chosen Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for His own treasure.\u201d Who chose whom [in Hebrew it is not as clear as in the English translation]? Did the Creator choose Jacob or did Jacob choose the Creator? Indeed, the Creator took Jacob into His lot, as it is written, \u201cFor the portion of the Lord is His people, Jacob the lot of His inheritance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
308) Jacob, too, chose his lot and his share into His inheritance, and rose above all the degrees. He took to his share a rod of fresh poplar\u2014the degree of white from the right side, light of Hassadim\u2014and hazelnut and chestnut\u2014the degree of the red on the left side, the judgments of Bina after she returned to Hochma, since the two discernments of judgments, from the right and from the left, were included in the rods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
309) \u201cAnd peeled white streaks in them, making the white appear which was in the rods.\u201d This means that he lifted the judgment from the hazelnuts and the chestnut, which are left, and connected it to the right line, while he himself, the middle line, entered between them and took them as one, and everything became one in two colors. This means that he elicited the level of Hassadim on the screen in the coarseness of the rods at the level of the middle line, which includes white and red, right and left, Hassadim and illumination of Hochma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And atop all that, \u201cMaking the white appear,\u201d which means that the white would appear over the red, that the illumination of Hochma\u2014red\u2014would clothe in Hassadim\u2014white\u2014to draw blessings to his degree, the middle line, from the source of everything, Bina, which is the source of the three lines, and to correct this degree with correction of lines, three lines as one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
310) Through this act of Hochma [wisdom], the correction of the three lines\u2014as it is written, \u201cIn the gutters, in the watering-troughs\u201d\u2014the blessings are extended downwards and all the worlds are watered and the blessings are upon them, as it is written, \u201cIn the morning he devours the prey, and in the evening he divides the spoil,\u201d so all the worlds BYA below are blessed. Jacob took his share from those blessings that are on him below because he is the lot and the inheritance of the Creator. Jacob is the middle line, and the middle line is the part of the Creator. And the middle line below receives all those lights that the middle line causes in its subjugation above. And Jacob took his share from those blessings that are on him below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
311) \u201cAnd Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar.\u201d The aim of this act was for the ties of faith, meaning to draw three ties, three lines to the Nukva, who is called \u201cfaith.\u201d The voice of the voice of the voices awakens from above downwards and has become open-eyed. The wheel that turns to several directions and the voice of the melodies have awakened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A wheel is the turning of the illumination in three places, Holam, Shuruk, Hirik, in three lines. It turns to several directions because the illuminations are included in one another and three lines come out, each of which contains three lines\u2014the three lines HBD, right, Moach of Hochma, the three lines HBD, left, Moach of Bina, and the three lines HBD, middle, Moach of Daat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The middle line is rewarded with the full measure of illumination that it causes to come out in the two upper lines. This is why it is considered that the Moach of Daat, the middle line, consists of three lines in and of itself. This is because each of them comprises three lines so there are HBD in Hochma of Moach of Daat, HBD in Bina of Moach of Daat, and HBD in Daat of Moach of Daat. The wheel turns to several directions, which are three sides in the Moach of Hochma, and three sides in the Moach of Bina, nine sides in the Moach of Daat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is known that the two lines\u2014right and left\u2014always belong to the upper one himself, and only the middle line spreads below, meaning the Moach of Daat. It turns out that the three sides in the Moach of Hochma and the three sides in the Moach of Bina do not spread downwards. Rather, the Moach of Daat spread downwards alone. Not all nine sides in the Moach of Daat expand from above downwards, but only one of those sides\u2014the middle side in the three lines of Daat in the Moach of Daat. This is so because HBD of Hochma of the Moach of Daat, HBD of Bina of the Moach of Daat, and HB of Daat of the Moach of Daat are regarded as the two upper lines and do not spread below, except for the Daat of Daat in Daat, meaning only one of the nine in the Moach of Daat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The voice of the voice of the voices has awakened from above downwards. The Daat\u2014which is ZA who rises to MAN and becomes a middle line between HB\u2014is called \u201ca voice.\u201d As a result, the Moach of Daat in general is called \u201ca voice.\u201d And since there are nine sides to the Moach of Daat, three times HBD, it follows that HBD of Daat of the Moach of Daat is considered the middle voice, of two voices, which are HBD of Hochma of Daat and HBD of Bina of Daat. The Daat in this voice is regarded as the voice of the voice of the voices, who is the only one that awakens from above downwards, and not the other eight sides. It is on this voice that spreads downwards that he says, \u201cThe voice of the melodies has awakened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now The<\/em> Zohar<\/em> explains the turn of the wheel to several directions: three of Hochma, three of Bina, and nine of Daat, from the perspective of negation and loss. Those who cling to the left are considered asleep and in slumber, and they are subtracted. The<\/em> Zohar<\/em> says, \u201cAwaken, the one who are asleep and those who are in slumber, with sleep in the holes of their eyes, and who cling to the left line.\u201d They do not know and do not look, and do not see that their ears are blocked, their hearts are heavy, they are asleep, and they do not know. The Torah stands before them and they do not notice; they do not know what they are looking at. They see and do not see. The Torah raises voices, \u201cLook! You fools, open your eyes and know!\u201d There is no one to notice, no one to lend an ear. How long will be inside the darkness because of your ill will? Look to know, and the shining light will be revealed to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Zohar<\/em> details their loss from all fifteen directions that come out with the middle line. Corresponding to their loss of HBD on the right, the Moach of Hochma, he says, \u201cAnd they do not know,\u201d which is Daat. \u201cAnd they do not look,\u201d which is Bina, \u201cAnd they do not see,\u201d which is Hochma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Corresponding to their loss of HBD on the left, the Moach of Bina, he says, \u201cOf closed ears,\u201d which is Hochma, \u201cHeavy-hearted,\u201d which is Bina, \u201cAsleep without knowing it,\u201d which is Daat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Corresponding to their loss of HBD on the right, the Moach of Daat, he says, \u201cThe Torah stands before them,\u201d which is Daat, \u201cAnd they do not notice and do not know what they are looking at,\u201d which is Bina, and \u201cThey see and they do not see,\u201d which is Hochma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Corresponding to their loss of HBD on the left, the Moach of Daat, he says, \u201cThe Torah raises voices, \u2018Look, you fools,\u2019\u201d which is Bina, \u201cOpen your eyes,\u201d which is Hochma, \u201cAnd know,\u201d which is Daat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And corresponding to their loss of HBD on the middle line of the Moach of Daat, he says, \u201cThere is no one to watch,\u201d Hochma, \u201cAnd there is no one to lend an ear,\u201d Bina, \u201cHow long will you be in the dark due to your ill will?\u201d Daat, \u201cObserve to know through the middle line and the light that shines will appear to you, meaning the light of ZA, the middle line, called \u2018the illuminating mirror.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 312) Because of the plight of being in another land and another authority, not in the holy land and within foreign degrees, the complete Jacob repelled them all and chose his lot and share in the middle line. Light out of darkness is the right line, and wisdom out of folly is the left line. He honored his Master while he was still in a foreign domain, in Padan-Aram, the middle line. At that time, it was said about him, \u201cJacob shall not now be ashamed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 313) \u201cAnd Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar,\u201d which is the middle line, the coarseness of the screen of Hirik that became a pure knot by which to tie the three lines to one another in purity. He rose within, to Bina, by raising MAN, and there the middle line came out on him, extended from there to the Nukva, and she became a place for settling people, to bestow all the wholeness upon them. Before he found a settlement in the Nukva by raising MAN, that place of left in the Nukva was not a place. It was lost of any light and abundance. It was perdition from all the lower ones, who had nothing to receive from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This perdition is male, SAM, who came out of Isaac\u2019s Gevura, since this left precedes the emergence of the middle line and is regarded as waste; it is SAM\u2019s lot. Death is his Nukva, and she is the primordial serpent, called \u201ca woman of harlotry,\u201d of whom it is written, \u201cHer legs go down to death.\u201d Those two\u2014perdition and death\u2014heard the force of the commandment of the King, who is ZA, who revokes the judgments of perdition and death by drawing Hassadim, and it is considered as though He had commanded them not to destroy the world and they heeded Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 314) AA, the hidden secret, the concealed upper one, who is more hidden than all that is hidden, more than any concept and thought, who is implied in the upper tip of the Yod of HaVaYaH, from him emerged the letter Yod in the name, HaVaYaH, who is the uppermost point, AVI, which together are called Aba. Everything comes from that uppermost point, Hochma, as well as Hassadim. The Yod extended and elicited the letter Hey from the name HaVaYaH, which is upper Ima, YESHSUT, which are called Ima, who waters everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mochin of Hochma are called \u201cdrinking,\u201d and they are unique to Ima. Out of this Hey emerges the letter Vav of the name HaVaYaH, the six Sefirot HGT NHY, ZA, the middle line that unites the right side and the left side with each other. It is called \u201cRods of fresh poplar, of hazelnut and of chestnut,\u201d implying to the three lines included in the middle line. The rod of fresh poplar is the right line in it, the hazelnut is the left line in it, and the chestnut is the middle line in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 315) The two upper lines, right and left, which are called arms, are included in ZA, the middle line. Those arms come out and are included in the lower Hey in the name HaVaYaH, the Nukva of ZA, at which time the Hochma in the left arm dresses in the Hassadim in the right arm, connecting the tabernacle, which is the Nukva, as one, to be one with ZA. Then the thirteen qualities of mercy become one because one is thirteen in Gematria, and the white, the Hassadim, is engraved on the colors HB TM in the rods and rises, meaning governs all the colors in them, as it is written, \u201cMaking the white appear.\u201d Then it is said, \u201cThe Lord is one and His name, One,\u201d meaning that both are one. It is written about it, \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.\u201d This is the right line. \u201cHe makes me lie down in green pastures\u201d is the left line, \u201cHe leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul\u201d is the middle line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 316) \u201cAnd Jacob took him,\u201d meaning he chose for his share and his lot, \u201ca rod of fresh poplar,\u201d which is the right line. \u201cFresh\u201d means water, Hassadim. \u201cHazelnut\u201d is left line, red like a rose. \u201cChestnut\u201d is the middle line that includes them in one another. And all are held by the right, whose color is white. And he governs them, as it is written, \u201cMaking the white appear.\u201d Although ZA is the middle line, holding both lines\u2014right and left\u2014it still leans to the right. And he engraved the illumination of the right in all of them, and then he is called, \u201ca whole man,\u201d complete in everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 317) There are sublime degrees among the camps of the upper angels, one atop the other. Some are inwards and some are outwards. The inner ones connect to the Holy King, ZA, and connect to Israel\u2014the Creator\u2019s Holy Sons. They are called, \u201cthe connected flock,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd it came to pass, whenever the connected flock were rutting,\u201d meaning camps of angels connected above, in the right line, and below, in the middle line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sons are light of consequence, which does not appear through the cascading of degrees from one another, but through raising MAN from lower to Upper. This is the screen of Hirik, by which the lower one becomes a middle line in the right and left of the Upper One, inducing renewal of light in it, which is \u201cthree come out of one.\u201d And to that extent, the lower one is rewarded with it, as well, which is \u201cone is rewarded with all three.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n And this measure, with which the lower one has been awarded, is called, \u201ca son to the upper one.\u201d And the two lines in the upper one, which received the middle line from the lower one, are called AVI to the lower one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why the souls of Israel are called, \u201csons of the Creator,\u201d as in, \u201cYou are the sons of the Lord your God.\u201d It is so because prior to the coupling, ZA and his Nukva are two lines\u2014right and left\u2014that do not shine, unless Israel raise MAN to ZON\u2014the screen of Hirik\u2014on which the deciding middle line emerges and copulates ZA and Nukva. Then the light in them is renewed, as was said, \u201cthree come out of one.\u201d Through the lower one that rose to MAN, three lines were renewed in the upper one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And to that extent, Israel are rewarded because they raised MAN and caused the renewal of that light in three Mochin, too, called \u201csouls,\u201d in \u201cone exists in three.\u201d These Mochin are called \u201csons to ZON,\u201d and ZON are considered their AVI, as it is written, \u201cYou are the sons of the Lord your God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Holy angels are born from ZON together with the souls, comprising two discernments: internal and external. This is so because those who emerge from the general three lines are considered internal, and those who draw from the time of the domination of the left line during the coupling, before it is included in the middle line, are external angels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those who are extended from the correction of three lines are internal, and those who are extended from the left are external. The internal ones connect to the holy King, ZA. They connect to Israel\u2014the holy sons of the Creator, who is the holy King, ZA, the right line. Israel are the middle line and they are the ones who caused the coupling. The connection, the screen of Hirik, on which the level of Hassadim emerges, is called \u201cthe middle line,\u201d by which the left line, too, is connected in Hesed and shines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It turns out that there are two connections here that draw Hassadim: right line and middle line. This is why it is said that they connect to the holy King, the right line, and connect in Israel, the middle line. \u201cIsrael are the holy sons of the Creator\u201d because they are extended from the new light that they caused to ZA and Nukva, who is called \u201ca son,\u201d as it is written, \u201cYou are the sons of the Lord your God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 318) When their desire is for the upper brightness, the middle pillar, the complete Jacob, takes these rods, which are the four portions of the head-Tefillin, meaning the four Mochin HB TM. The rod is a screen, on which the coupling of fresh poplar\u2014the right line\u2014was made, and the portion, \u201cSanctify unto Me all the first-born.\u201d The hazelnut is the left line and the portion, \u201cAnd it shall be when the Lord shall bring you.\u201d Chestnut is the middle line, which includes ZA and Nukva, which are the portions, \u201cHear O Israel\u201d and \u201cAnd it shall come to pass, if you listen diligently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He placed them in tresses, which are the place and the receptacle for placing the Tefillin. From here all these upper armies and camps receive light and brightness. They connect above in the right line and they connect below in the middle line, the connecting sheep, since they receive from the tresses and the watering-troughs. At that time, they become fountains and springs to descend below to BYA and to give abundance to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 319) This is the reason why Jacob separated the upper holy degrees from the degrees of the rest of the nations, as it is written, \u201cAnd put his own droves apart.\u201d He separated herds for himself and his share will not be as the rest of the nations. Jacob separated the degrees of faith for himself above, namely the connected sheep that are born from the Nukva, faith, which he separated from the external camps that are extended from the left. Similarly, he had to separate the degrees of the holy camps below, the dark ones that were born from the connected sheep, which he separated from the feeble ones, which are the ones that are born from the external camps, and tie them to him in the palaces of the sovereign one, the Nukva. It is written about them, \u201cAnd Jacob separated the lambs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 320) And all are written in the record of the high King, ZA, the middle line. As Israel are written and marked among the rest of the nations, the degrees of the camps of upper holy angels are written for the share of the Creator among the rest of the armies and camps of angels that are not from the middle line. This is why Jacob chose faith, Nukva, for his share and lot. And the Creator, too, chose Jacob from among all the armies and camps in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 321) The upper camps are separated from one another because when the brightness of the fire in the illumination of the Shechina appears, all the other degrees that are extended from the left are ashamed and become feeble. They faint with the lust for that brightness that they cannot approach, and all those holy degrees that are in its correction\u2014of the middle line, Jacob\u2014rejoice when the brightness appears and promptly rises to approach it and connect, and the brightness is corrected in them. It is written about it, \u201cSo the feebler were Lavan’s,\u201d meaning those who are extended from the left, who faint when the brightness appears, \u201cAnd the stronger Jacob’s,\u201d meaning those who are corrected so as to connect to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 322) Jacob had to choose and to separate the holy degrees for his lot, the connected ones, from the degrees of the other nations, the feeble ones. Jacob had to do all that, which is why the Creator wrote of Jacob\u2019s loyalty and righteousness in the Torah. 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