Glossary of Terms Used in the Tazria and Metzorah Weekly Torah Portion

A Woman in Labor

This is the will to receive that has received the power to develop and beget new acts of bestowal in every man.

Circumcision

The “circumcision” is a correction of a newly born desire. If it is a man, he must go through a special correction to stop him from using his Sium, Yesod, in order to touch the Malchut. Here the greatest and worst desires can be found, which can be corrected only at the end of correction. Therefore, one who wishes to be Yashar El (straight to God, Israel), must make a circumcision, meaning limit oneself from using the desire to bestow beyond the point of one’s Yesod. We also recognize these signs as customs in our world.

Menstruation

“Menstruation” is the blood, the secretions we have after the scrutinies of the desires that can be corrected. We distinguish the desires that cannot be corrected and depart from them, allowing them to part from the desires intended for correction. Subsequently, there is immersion (dipping) in water, where we must bring the light of Hassadim by which we correct those desires.

A Bird

A “bird” is our desires at the degree of still (inanimate). It has a special meaning in the offerings. Within the still is an internal division of vegetative, animate, and human. The human is special and is on a special day. Through the special clothing on us, and the special place, one brings the special desires in a special combination for the correction called Korban.

We must learn all the details; each time, it has a different complexity. This is why it is called “incense,” a bit like a salad. Only by combining the reasons and the right combination between them do we achieve correction. Each time, we put together an entire situation, an entire world, and this is our new degree.