144) One day, Rabbi Yitzhak sat by the door of Rabbi Yehuda and was sad. Rabbi Yehuda came out and found him sitting by his door, sad. He told him, \u201cHow is this day different from other days?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
145) He told him, \u201cI have come to ask three things of you: One) When you speak words of Torah and mention any of the words that I said, say them in my name, to mention my name. Another one) Reward my son, Yosef, with the Torah. And another one) go to my grave during all seven days of mourning and pray your prayer for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
146) He told him, \u201cHow do you know that you are going to die?\u201d Rabbi Yitzhak told him, \u201cMy soul leaves me each night and does not shine for me in a dream as before. Moreover, when I pray and reach the words, \u201cWho hears a prayer,\u201d I look in my semblance on the wall and I don\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I say that I will die since my semblance has passed away from me and it is not seen because a herald comes out and declares, as it is written, \u201cSurely man walks as a mere semblance.\u201d As long as man\u2019s semblance has not left him, the man walks and his spirit lives within him. When man\u2019s semblance departs and is not seen, he passes away from this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
147) Rabbi Yehuda told him, \u201cIt seems that way from here, too, as it is written, \u2018Because our days upon earth are a shadow.\u2019 All those things that you have asked of me, I will do. However, I ask of you that in that world, you will choose my place with you, as I was with you in this world.\u201d Rabbi Yitzhak wept and said, \u201cPlease do not part from me all these days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
148) They went to Rabbi Shimon and found him engaged in Torah. Rabbi Shimon raised his eyes, saw Rabbi Yitzhak, and saw that the angel of death was running and dancing before him. Rabbi Shimon rose, held Rabbi Yehuda\u2019s hand and said, \u201cI sentence that those who usually come to my place shall come, and those who do not usually come to my place shall not come.\u201d Rabbi Yitzhak and Rabbi Yehuda went inside. By that, he tied the angel of death outside and he couldn\u2019t come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
149) Rabbi Shimon looked and saw that it was still not his time to die, but the eighth hour of the day was his time. He sat him down and engaged in Torah with him. He said to Rabbi Elazar, his son, sit at the door, and whomever you see, do not speak to him. And if he wishes to enter, swear that he will not enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
150) Rabbi Shimon said to Rabbi Yitzhak, \u201cDid you see your father\u2019s form today or not?\u201d When a person leaves the world, his father and his kin are there with him. He sees them and recognizes them, and all those with whom he will dwell in that world, on one degree, gather and are there with him, and go with his soul until the place where he will stay. Rabbi Yitzhak said, \u201cThus far, I haven\u2019t seen my father\u2019s form.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
151) Rabbi Shimon rose up and said, \u201cLord, Rabbi Yitzhak is with us, and of those seven eyes, he is here, meaning of the seven disciples that were alive upon their departure from the Idra Rabah [the cave where Rabbi Shimon and his disciples stayed]. Here I am, holding him. Give him to me.\u201d A voice came out and said, \u201cThe throne of his Master,\u201d the Nukva, \u201cApproaches the coupling on the wings of Rabbi Shimon,\u201d meaning through his work and raising of MAN. \u201cBehold, Rabbi Yitzhak is yours, and you will come with him when you come to sit at your throne,\u201d meaning when Rabbi Shimon passes away from the world. Rabbi Shimon said, \u201cSo I will do. I will bring him with me upon my passing from the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
152) In the midst of all that, Rabbi Elazar saw that the angel of death departed and said, \u201cNo sentence holds where Rabbi Shimon is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rabbi Shimon said to Rabbi Elazar, \u201cCome here and hold Rabbi Yitzhak, for I see that he is afraid.\u201d Rabbi Elazar came in and held him, and Rabbi Shimon turned his face and engaged in Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
153) Rabbi Yitzhak slept and saw his father. His father told him, \u201cMy son, happy are you in this world and in the next world, for you are sitting among the leaves of the tree of life. Rabbi Shimon is a great and strong tree in both worlds, and holds you in his branches. Happy are you, my son.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
154) He told him, \u201cFather, and what am I there, in the world of truth?\u201d He told him, \u201cFor three days they were hasting to prepare your dwelling place. They fixed open windows for you, to illuminate for you from the four directions of the world, and I saw your place and I was glad, for I said, \u2018Happy are you, my son.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
155) \u201cAnd now twelve righteous from among the friends intended to come to you. But while they were leaving, a voice arose through all the worlds, \u2018Who are the friends here? Crown yourselves for Rabbi Shimon. He asked of the Creator that Rabbi Yitzhak will not die and it was given to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
156) \u201cEven more, seventy places are crowned here for him, and in each place, doors are open to seventy worlds. And each world opens to seventy couriers, each courier opens to seventy high crowns, and from there, roads are opened to Atik, the most hidden of all, to see the uppermost pleasantness, who illuminates and delights all, as it is written, \u2018To behold the pleasantness of the Lord, and to visit in His Temple.\u2019 And it is also written, \u2018In all My house, he is trusted.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have no attainment in GAR, even the GAR of the ten Sefirot of the world of Assiya, but only in ZAT. In ZAT, a chosen few can attain even in ZAT of GAR of the world of Atzilut. Rabbi Yitzhak\u2019s father tells us that Rabbi Shimon held the ZAT of all the Partzufim of Atzilut, even the ZAT of GAR of Atzilut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A place is the Nukva of ZA, as it is written, \u201cBehold, there is a place with Me,\u201d and as it is said, \u201cSeventy places are crowned here for him,\u201d meaning ZAT of Nukva, each of which consists of ten, which are seventy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ZA is called \u201cworld,\u201d as it is written, \u201cLet a world of Hesed [grace] be built.\u201d And in each place, doors are open to seventy worlds, which are ZAT of ZA, each of which consists of ten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lights of Bina are called \u201ccouriers,\u201d as it is written, \u201cFor in haste did you come out from the land of Egypt,\u201d which is Bina. It was written, \u201cEach world opens to seventy couriers,\u2019 which are ZAT of YESHSUT, each of which consist of ten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sefirot of Hochma\u2014Partzuf upper AVI\u2014are called \u201cupper Ketarim [\u201ccrowns,\u201d plural of Keter]. Each courier opens to seventy high Ketarim, and from them to ZAT of Atik, and from there, roads open to Atik, the most hidden of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is said that they open from here and from there, since five Partzufim clothe one atop the other and the beginning is from Nukva. It is considered that from her, the doors open to ZA because she clothes it, from ZA to YESHSUT, from YESHSUT to upper AVI, and from upper AVI to ZAT of AA, who is called Atik, since they clothe one atop the other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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