Seven Halls in the Garden of Eden 1) When the Creator created the world, He engraved engravings of the faith, Malchut, inside the lights in the upper secrets, meaning He raised Malchut to Bina. It follows that He engraved that engraving that was in Malchut in the upper Sefirot of …
Seven Sections of the Upper and Lower Earth
Seven Sections of the Upper and Lower Earth 35) “And the earth was unformed and void [in Hebrew: Tohu veBohu].” “The earth” is the upper earth, Nukva of ZA, who has no light of her own. The word “was” indicates that the earth was initially in full completeness, as it …
Seven Sections of the Upper Earth
Seven Sections of the Upper Earth 39/2) There are seven sections above, in Malchut, arranged degree by degree in order. In all the sections there are high angels, one atop the other according to the order of their degrees. There are also angels below, in the seven lands of Assiya. …
Seven Halls of the Upper Earth
Seven Halls of the Upper Earth 55/1) The seven sections, sections of the upper earth, contain seven halls of faith, meaning of Malchut of Atzilut, who is called “faith.” They correspond to the seven upper firmaments. A firmament is ZA, who has seven firmaments—his Bina and HGT NHY. The hall …
Preface to the Seven Halls
Preface to the Seven Halls 1) We should understand the meaning of halls, what they are, and why they are standing. These halls are standing so as to establish in them the order of the praise of the Creator in all those orders in the halls. They are one collective, …
Seven Halls of AVI of Beria
Seven Halls of AVI of Beria 60) Who is he who knows how to establish the prayer for his Master like Moses when he needed to establish his prayer in the prolonging of the order? And when he had to be brief in his prayer, he knew how to be …
Let There Be Light - 1
Let There Be Light - 1 147) “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” This means that the Creator uprooted these plantings from their place and planted them elsewhere. This is the meaning of the words “Let there.” ZON are called “plantings,” the tree of life. …
And There Was Evening and There Was Morning
And There Was Evening and There Was Morning 151) “And there was evening and there was morning, one day.” “And there was evening” is extended from the side of darkness, the Nukva. “And there was morning” is extended from the side of light, ZA. Since ZA and Nukva partake together …
Let There Be Light - 2
Let There Be Light - 2 153) “And God said, ‘Let there be light.’” It means that the expansion of that light would continue downward. These are the angels that were created on the first day. They can persist on the right side because the first day is Hesed, regarded …
Let There Be a Firmament
Let There Be a Firmament 154) “Let there be a firmament inside the water.” In the verse “Let there be a firmament,” the upper waters were separated from the lower waters. A firmament means spreading of water. This is why it is written, “And let it separate between water and …
Let the Earth Put Forth Grass
Let the Earth Put Forth Grass 158) “Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind.” This indicates the connection of the upper water with the lower water in order to bear fruit. The upper water bears fruit, and the lower water calls …
Lights without Vav
Lights without Vav 161) The words “Let there be lights” come to include the wicked serpent that cast filth and caused separation, so the sun would not make a coupling with the moon. It is so because in all the degrees preceding Nukva, the word Yehi [let there] indicates diminution …
Let the Waters Swarm
Let the Waters Swarm 165) “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls.” These lower waters teemed and begot, like the upper water. The lower water begot what they received from the upper water. It is written, “and let birds hover above the earth.” It should have written, “And …
Let Us Make Man
Let Us Make Man 172) The words “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness,” indicate that man consisted of VAK that consist of everything, Hochma as well as Hassadim, such as above, ZA of Atzilut. This is why it is written, “In our image, after our likeness.” …
And God Saw All that He Had Done
And God Saw All that He Had Done 173) “And God saw all that He had done, and behold, it was very good.” Here is the correction of “it was good” that was not said on the second day because death was created in it. Here it was said, “It …
And the Heaven and the Earth Were Completed
And the Heaven and the Earth Were Completed 176) The Creator created man in the world and corrected him so he would be whole in his work and correct his ways, so he would be rewarded with the upper light that the Creator has concealed for the righteous. It is …
And on the Seventh Day God Completed
And on the Seventh Day God Completed 180) “And on the seventh day God completed His work, which He had done.” The seventh day is the oral Torah, Malchut, since ZA comprises the six days HGT NHY, and Nukva, Malchut, is the seventh. In it, the world was completed, for …
Which God Has Created to Do
Which God Has Created to Do 185) “For in it He rested from all His work which God has created to do.” “For in it,” in Yesod, is rest for all—for the upper ones and the lower ones. In it is the Sabbath for rest. There are two discernments in …
Sukkah [Hut] of Peace
Sukkah [Hut] of Peace 192) When He sanctifies the day, on Sabbath night, the Sukkah of peace is in the world and spreads in the world. The Sukkah of peace is Sabbath, since all the spirits, stormy winds, demons, and the whole side of impurity, all hide and enter the …
And the Lord God Built the Rib
And the Lord God Formed the Man
And the Lord God Formed the Man 207) “And the Lord God formed the man.” It is written “formed” with two letters Yod [in Hebrew], indicating that the man was completed in right and left, since he was included in the good inclination since his creation, and not in the …
Baal and Asherah
Baal and Asherah 209) It is written, “And the Lord God formed the man dust from the ground.” “The man” includes male and female together, two Partzufim that do not part from one another, being face-to-face. It is written about them, “dust from the ground,” since now he is about …
Reconciliation and Receiving Permission
Reconciliation and Receiving Permission 213) “And the Lord God built the rib.” Concerning the building of the rib, the full name is written, as in the verse “And the Lord God formed the man,” HaVaYaH Elokim [The Lord God], considered the full name. AVI established her in the building of …
One Who Sets Out on the Road
One Who Sets Out on the Road 222) Rabbi Shimon went to Tiberias and Rabbi Yosi, Rabbi Yehuda, and Rabbi Hiya were with him. They saw Rabbi Pinhas approaching them. Since they connected together, they came down from their donkeys and sat under one of the trees of the mountain. …
Voice and Speech
Voice and Speech 236) The Torah, ZA, stands between two houses, between two females, since Nukva is called “house,” as it is written, “And He shall be a Temple, and a stone of stumbling, and an obstacle rock to both houses of Israel.” One house is the hidden, upper one, …
The Address of the LORD to My Lord
The Address of the LORD to My Lord 242) “The address of the Lord to my Lord: ‘Sit at my right until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.’” The upper degree, ZA, says to the lower degree, Nukva, “Sit at my right,” to unite the west, Nukva, …
A Rising Flame
A Rising Flame 247) Two verses were said: The first verse “For the Lord your God is a consuming fire.” This means that it is impossible to cling to Him, as it is impossible to cling to fire. The second verse is “And you who cling to the Lord your …
The World Was Divided into Forty-Five Colors and Kinds of Light
The World Was Divided into Forty-Five Colors and Kinds of Light 269) The world, Nukva of ZA, was divided into forty-five colors and kinds of light. Bina is called MI (50 in Gematria), and Nukva is called MA. MI is the end of the heaven above, and MA is the …
And They Heard the Voice of the Lord God Walking in the Garden
And They Heard the Voice of the Lord God Walking in the Garden 288) Once they have sinned and clung to the tree where death is present below, it is written, “And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden.” “Walking” is not written in masculine …
And the Children of Israel Were Stripped of Their Ornaments from Mount Horev
And the Children of Israel Were Stripped of Their Ornaments from Mount Horev 294) It is written about Israel, “And the children of Israel were stripped of their ornaments from Mount Horev.” The arms with which they were girdled on Mount Sinai so the wicked serpent would not govern them …
And They Sewed Fig Leaves
And They Sewed Fig Leaves 311) “And they sewed fig leaves,” meaning they learned various kinds of charm and magic, and gripped to the one below, the Sitra Achra. “And they sewed fig leaves,” meaning they clung to be covered by the shadows of the tree from which they ate, …
And He Drove Out the Man
And He Drove Out the Man 312) “And He drove out the man.” Who drove whom out? Did the Creator drive out the man or not? After all, it is not written, “And the Lord drove out the man,” but only, “And He drove out the man.” The word Et …
And the Man Knew Eve
And the Man Knew Eve 324) There are several aspects to the verse “Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?” Also, there are several aspects to all the words of Torah, and they are …
If You Do Well
If You Do Well 339) “If you do well, sublimity, and if you do not do well, sin crouches at the door.” The word “sublimity” means that you will rise up and will not come down, that you will draw the lights from below upward and will not draw the …
When Cain Killed Abel
When Cain Killed Abel 341) When Cain killed Abel, he did not know how the soul would come out of him. He did not know that his actions would take Abel’s soul out of him and he would die. He bit him with his teeth like a serpent because he …
This Is the Book of the Generations of Adam
This Is the Book of the Generations of Adam 358) “This is the book of the generations of Adam.” It is only for forms, for souls, in which all the souls from the generations of Adam were written. The Creator showed Adam HaRishon the forms of the souls of all …
He Created Them Male and Female
He Created Them Male and Female 366) “He created them male and female.” Sublime secrets appeared in two verses: “This is the book of the generations of Adam,” “He created them male and female.” It is written, “He created them male and female” to know the upper glory, the faith, …
And Enoch Walked with God
And Enoch Walked with God 388) “While the king was at his table, my perfume gave forth its fragrance.” So are the ways of the Creator. When a person clings to Him and He instills His Shechina in him, and He knows that he will later sin, He moves ahead …
And the Lord Saw that the Wickedness of Man Was Great in the Earth
And the Lord Saw that the Wickedness of Man Was Great in the Earth 393) “For You are not a God who desires wickedness; no evil dwells with You.” But all who cling to the evil inclination and follow it will defile and will be defiled. 394) “The wickedness of …
And He Was Saddened in His Heart
And He Was Saddened in His Heart 399) “Woe to those who draw iniquity with the cords of falsehood, and sin as if with cart ropes.” “Woe to those who draw iniquity” are those people who sin before the Creator each day. The sins appear to them as cords of …
My Spirit Shall Not Abide
My Spirit Shall Not Abide 419) “And the Lord said, ‘My spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he, too, is flesh.’” When the Creator created the world, He made this world, Malchut, to use it like the upper world, Bina. That is, He made all the lights that …
The Fallen Ones Were in the Earth
The Fallen Ones Were in the Earth 423) “The fallen ones were in the earth.” These are Aza and Azael, since the Creator dropped them from the Kedusha of above. How could they exist in this world? It is written about them, “Let birds fly over the earth,” that they …
I Will Blot Out Man
I Will Blot Out Man 425) “And the Lord said, ‘I will blot out man.’” It is also written, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts.” When a person wishes to avenge another, he is silent and does not tell him anything, for if he notified him, he would keep …
Come, Behold the Works of the Lord, Who Has Wrought Desolations in the Earth
Come, Behold the Works of the Lord, Who Has Wrought Desolations in the Earth 432) “Come, behold the works of the Lord, who has wrought desolations in the earth.” If the world had been created by the works of the name HaVaYaH, mercy, He would place existence in the earth. …