Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Academy

“Conclusion” refers to the conclusion of the guidance. It is the end of the first corrections in our preparation, when we acquire the first correction and then enter the land of Israel, where we continue the corrections. At this conclusion, we experience the first correction in our 248 organs and 365 tendons, our 613 desires. It is called “bestowing in order to bestow,” or the “degree of the desert.”

Blessing

A “blessing” is the pouring down of upper light on our matter (substance), our lives. It is impossible to execute any correction or anything good in the world without the upper light, which is the operator and the doer.

There is a very nice essay in the Introduction of the Book of Zohar, called “The Essay of the Letters,” which explains that the Torah must begin with the letter Bet because only in the upper light that comes from the Creator, the degree of Bina, can we make corrections.

Tribe

Just as our bodies consist of different organs such as brain, heart, liver, kidneys, and lungs, the “body of the soul” consists of twelve primary parts, known as Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey (HaVaYaH), in each of which are three lines. Because HaVaYaH consists of four letters, if you multiply it by three lines in each letter, you get twelve parts, known as twelve tribes.

120

“120” is 3x40. Each Partzuf (face), each soul, divides into three parts: Rosh (head), Toch (interior), Sof (end). The complete correction in Rosh, Toch, Sof, is forty, which is the degree of Bina. We become corrected through the degree of Bina, through the blessing.

Death

When a person stops using the current degree and ascends to the next, it is considered “death.” The previous degree is regarded as dead because it is no longer being used.

Leader

This is the Rosh (head) of the degree, like a head. Israel is called “the leader of the world.” Israel contains the letters of the Hebrew words, Li-Rosh (I have the Rosh). A “leader” is the thought, the intention that leads, and everything is judged according to the intention.