251023.Bereshit B p115 v180

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Bereshit B: Verse 180

וַיְכַל אֱלֹקִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, דָּא תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה, דְּאִיהוּ יוֹם שְׁבִיעִי, וּבֵיהּ אִשְׁתַּכְלֵל עָלְמָא, דְּאִיהוּ קִיּוּמָא דְּכֹלָּא. מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה, וְלֹא כָּל מְלַאכְתּוֹ, דְּהָא תּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב, אַפֵּיק כֹּלָּא, בְּתוֹקְפָא דִּכְתַב דִּנְפַק מֵחָכְמְתָא.

"And Elohim ended by the seventh day" (Beresheet 2:2), alludes to the Oral Torah, NAMELY MALCHUT, the seventh day. ZEIR ANPIN CONTAINS SIX DAYS, AND THE NUKVA, WHICH IS MALCHUT, IS THE SEVENTH. On the seventh day, the world was completed, and all was preserved. It is written: "His work which He had done," and not 'all His work,' because the Written Torah, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, created the world through the power of written words, which are MOCHIN extended from Chochmah. HENCE, THE WORK WAS FINISHED ON THE SEVENTH DAY, WHICH IS MALCHUT, THE NUKVA OF ZEIR ANPIN.

And Elohim ended by the seventh day

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Bereshit B: Verse 180

וַיְכַל אֱלֹקִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, דָּא תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה, דְּאִיהוּ יוֹם שְׁבִיעִי, וּבֵיהּ אִשְׁתַּכְלֵל עָלְמָא, דְּאִיהוּ קִיּוּמָא דְּכֹלָּא. מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה, וְלֹא כָּל מְלַאכְתּוֹ, דְּהָא תּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב, אַפֵּיק כֹּלָּא, בְּתוֹקְפָא דִּכְתַב דִּנְפַק מֵחָכְמְתָא.

"And Elohim ended by the seventh day" (Beresheet 2:2), alludes to the Oral Torah, NAMELY MALCHUT, the seventh day. ZEIR ANPIN CONTAINS SIX DAYS, AND THE NUKVA, WHICH IS MALCHUT, IS THE SEVENTH. On the seventh day, the world was completed, and all was preserved. It is written: "His work which He had done," and not 'all His work,' because the Written Torah, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, created the world through the power of written words, which are MOCHIN extended from Chochmah. HENCE, THE WORK WAS FINISHED ON THE SEVENTH DAY, WHICH IS MALCHUT, THE NUKVA OF ZEIR ANPIN.

Bereshit B: Verse 181

תְּלַת זִמְנִין הָכָא בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, וַיְכַל אֱלֹקִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, וַיִּשְׁבּוֹת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹקִים אֶת יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, הָא תְּלַת, וַיְכַל אֱלֹקִים, בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, דָּא תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה, דְּעִם יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי דָא, אִשְׁתַּכְלֵל עָלְמָא כִּדְקָא אֲמָרָן.

The seventh day was mentioned three times in the text, "And Elohim ended by the seventh day...and He rested on the seventh day... and Elohim blessed the seventh day." "And Elohim ended by the seventh day" refers to the Oral Torah, WHICH IS MALCHUT, THE NUKVA OF ZEIR ANPIN. For by means of the seventh day, the world was finished and completed, as we have said.

Bereshit B: Verse 182

וַיִּשְׁבּוֹת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, דָּא יְסוֹדָא דְעָלְמָא, בְּסִפְרָא דְּרַב יֵיבָא סָבָא דָּא יוֹבְלָא, וְעַל כָּךְ כְּתִיב הָכָא מִכָּל מְלַאכְתּוֹ, דְּכֹלָּא נָפֵיק מִנֵּיהּ. וַאֲנַן, דָּא יְסוֹדָא כִּדְקָאֲמָרָן דְּהָא נַיְיחָא בֵּיהּ הֲוָה, יַתִּיר מִכֹּלָּא.

"And He rested on the seventh day" refers to the foundation of the world. In the book of Rav Yeba Saba, it is written THAT "HE RESTED..." refers to the Jubilee, NAMELY THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LEFT SIDE OF BINAH. Hence, it is written, "from all of His work," because all originates from this. And we say that "AND HE RESTED" alludes to Yesod, not to the Jubilee, because there is more rest in it than in everything else. THAT IS, REST IN THE ILLUMINATION OF YESOD IS MORE REVEALED THAN THE REST IN THE ILLUMINATION OF THE JUBILEE.

Bereshit B: Verse 183

וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹקִים אֶת יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, דָּא כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל, דִּמְבָרֵךְ לְכֹלָּא, וְהוּא נָטֵיל בְּרֵישָׁא, דִּתְנַן כֹּהֵן נוֹטֵל בָּרֹאשׁ, וּבִרְכָאן בֵּיהּ שַׁרְיָין לְבָרְכָא. וְאִקְרֵי שְׁבִיעִי. רַבִּי יֵיסָא סָבָא אֲמַר, הָנֵי תְּרֵי, חַד בִּיסוֹדָא דְּעָלְמָא אִיהוּ, וְחַד בְּעַמּוּדָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא.

"And Elohim blessed the seventh day" refers to the High Priest, who blesses all and takes the first share. As we have learned, the priest takes the first share OF ALL FEASTS, and he is blessed. Hence, he can bless OTHERS, and is called the seventh. Rabbi Yesa Saba said that "AND...ENDED" refers to the Yesod (Foundation) of the world, AND "BLESSED" to the central pillar, WHICH IS TIFERET.

250930.Yom Kippur - Aryeh Kaplan

250929.Pinchas v812 - Yom Kippur

The Zohar tells us that Yom Kippur is from the Tree of Life, where no evil has any part. On that day even those people who are under a sentence of judgment are forgiven. We hear about the difference between vows and oaths, and about the iniquities of Yisrael that are purified or whitened through repentance. We learn that on Yom Kippur a Shofar raises up a voice for freedom. There are three grades of worship on that day: thought, speech and deed.

Pinchas: Verse 812

וְאִתְּמַר בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים. וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת נַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם. וּבֶעָשׂוֹר לַחֺדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּה תְּעַנּוּ אֶת נַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם. תַּקִּינוּ בֵּיהּ ה' עִנּוּיִים, בְּגִין דְּתִתְלַבֵּן ה' זְעֵירָא בְּה' עִלָּאָה, דְּאִיהוּ ה' צְלוֹתִין. לְקַיֵּים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, אִם יִהְיוּ חֲטָאֵיכֶם כַּשָּׁנִים כַּשֶּׁלֶג יַלְבִּינוּ. וְהַאי אִיהוּ רָזָא דְּלָשׁוֹן שֶׁל זְהוֹרִית, בְּגִין דְּכָל חוֹבִין דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מָטוּן לְגַבֵּי מַלְכוּת. וּתְשׁוּבָה דְּאִיהִי בִּינָה, מְלַבֶּנֶת לוֹן. בְּגִין דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ, הַשּׁוֹכֵן אִתָּם בְּתוֹךְ טוּמְאוֹתָם. וְד' בִּגְדֵי לָבָן, וְד' בִּגְדֵי זָהָב לְמִלְבַּשׁ, יְאֲהדֺוָנָהי.

And it is said about Yom Kippur: "and you shall afflict your souls" (Bemidbar 29:7) AND ALSO: "in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls" (Vayikra 16:29). And five afflictions were decreed for it, so that small Hei, WHICH IS MALCHUT, should be purified in upper Hei, WHICH IS BINAH, OF WHOSE LEFT COLUMN, THE AFFLICTIONS ARE DRAWN, which are five prayers, to establish in Yisrael: "though your sins be like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow" (Yeshayah 1:18). And this is the secret of the crimson colored strip, WHICH WAS TIED TO THE DOOR OF THE SANCTUARY FROM INSIDE, WHICH, WHEN THE HE-GOAT REACHED THE WILDERNESS, TURNED WHITE. All the iniquities of the House of Yisrael reach to Malchut; and Repentance, which is Binah, purifies (whitens) them, for it is written about it, ABOUT MALCHUT: I AM HASHEM "that remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness" (Vayikra 16:16). And the four garments of white and the four garments of gold for apparel are THE SECRET OF Yud-Aleph-Hei-Dalet-Vav-Nun-Hei- Yud, WHICH IS THE COMBINATION OF THE LETTERS OF YUD HEI VAV HEI AND THOSE OF ADONAI. FOR THE FOUR GARMENTS OF WHITE ARE THE SECRET OF THE FOUR LETTERS OF YUD HEI VAV HEI WHILE THE FOUR GARMENTS OF GOLD ARE THE SECRET OF THE FOUR LETTERS OF ADONAI.

Pinchas: Verse 813

וְתַקִּינוּ לִתְקוֹעַ שׁוֹפָר בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים, לְסַלְּקָא קוֹל דְּאִיהוּ ו', לְחֵרוּת. דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ, בְּכָל צָרָתָם לוֹ צָר, בְּא', וּבְו', קְרֵי וּכְתִיב. וַעֲבוֹדַת יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים אִיהִי בַּאֲרִיכוּת, וְאִיהִי כְּלִילָא מִתְּלַת דַּרְגִּין, בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה דִּבּוּר וּמַעֲשֶׂה.

And it was decreed that a Shofar be sounded on Yom Kippur, to raise up a voice, which is Vav OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, NAMELY, ZEIR ANPIN, to freedom, WHICH IS BINAH, about which it is said: "In all their affliction He was afflicted (or: 'there was affliction for (Heb. lo) him')" (Yeshayah 63:9). 'LO' IS with Aleph and Vav, THAT IS, in how it is pronounced and written, FOR IT IS SPELLED WITH ALEPH (NO), ALTHOUGH PRONOUNCED WITH VAV (FOR HIM). FOR "IN ALL THEIR AFFLICTION" ALLUDES TO FIVE AFFLICTIONS AND THE JUDGMENTS WHOSE SOURCE IS IN BINAH, IN ITS LEFT COLUMN. AND IN THE SECRET OF THE SHOFAR BLOWING, ZEIR ANPIN IS ALSO RAISED UP THERE TO BINAH, AND THIS IS WHY THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THE TEXT, AS WRITTEN AND AS READ, WITH AN ALEPH AND WITH A VAV, WHERE THE ALEPH ALLUDES TO BINAH, IN THE SECRET OF TEACH (HEB. ALEPH) BINAH, AND THE VAV ALLUDES TO ZEIR ANPIN THAT ASCENDED TO BINAH. And worship on Yom Kippur is conducted at length and comprises three grades: thought, speech, and deed.

250928.Pinchas p313 v807 - Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur

The Zohar tells us that Yom Kippur is from the Tree of Life, where no evil has any part. On that day even those people who are under a sentence of judgment are forgiven. We hear about the difference between vows and oaths, and about the iniquities of Yisrael that are purified or whitened through repentance. We learn that on Yom Kippur a Shofar raises up a voice for freedom. There are three grades of worship on that day: thought, speech and deed.

Pinchas: Verse 807

וּבֶעָשׂוֹר לַחוֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי, דְּאִיהוּ תִּשְׁרֵי. מִקְרָא קֺדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם, דָּא יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים. דְּאִיהוּ עֲשִׂירִי י', כָּלִיל מֵעֲשֶׂרֶת יְמֵי תְּשׁוּבָה. וְתַקִּינוּ בֵּיהּ ה' צְלוֹתִין, לְחַבְּרָא עִם ה'. מַאי מִקְרָא קֺדֶשׁ. לְאַפְרְשָׁא לֵיהּ מִשְּׁאַר יוֹמִין, דְּאִית בְּהוּ פּוּלְחָנָא דְּחוֹל. וּבְגִין דָּא, כָּל מְלֶאכֶת עֲבוֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ.

"And you shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month" which is the month of Tishrei, "a holy gathering" (Bemidbar 29:7), which is Yom Kippur, which is the tenth, which is Yud, and these are the Ten Days of Repentance, and five prayer services were ordained for it in order to join the Yud with the Hei, NAMELY, CHOCHMAH WITH BINAH. What is the meaning of "holy gathering"? It is to differentiate it from other days when secular work is permitted which is why scripture says: "you shall not do any work" (Ibid.).

Pinchas: Verse 808

דְּיוֹמִין דְּאִית בְּהוֹן מְלֶאכֶת חוֹל, אִינּוּן מִסִּטְרָא דְּעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע.

And those days on which secular work may be done are from the side of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, that turned from a rod into a serpent and from a serpent back into a rod, for each person according to his deeds, and this Metatron is rod, while Samael IS serpent. But on this day, which is Yok Kippur that is called 'holy', the Tree of Life is in control, and no devil nor evil spirit joins with it, and from its side "nor shall evil dwell with You" (Tehilim 5:5), BUT IT IS THROUGHOUT GOOD. And this is why in it, in the Tree of Life, the slaves find rest and go out to freedom, and emerge from their chains.

Pinchas: Verse 809

אִינּוּן דְּאִית עָלַיְיהוּ גְּזַר דִּין, בְּנֶדֶר וּבִשְׁבוּעָה, וּבְגִין דָּא תַּקִּינוּ לְמֵימַר בֵּיהּ, כָּל נִדְרֵי וְאֵיסָרֵי וְכוּ', כּוּלְהוֹן יְהוֹן שְׁבִיתִין וּשְׁבִיקִין לָא שְׁרִירִין וְלָא קַיָּימִין. וּבְגִין דָּא נֵדֶר דַּיְדֹוָ"ד, דְּאִיהוּ תִּפְאֶרֶת. וּשְׁבוּעָה דַּאֲדֺנָי, דְּאִיהוּ מַלְכוּת. דְּעַבְדּוּ עַל גָּלוּתָא דִּלְהוֹן, בְּחָכְמָה וּבִינָה יְהוֹן שְׁבִיקִין וּשְׁבִיתִין לָא שְׁרִירִן וְלָא קַיָּימִין, וְנִסְלַח לְכָל עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. דְּחֶסֶד אִיהוּ מַיִם. גְּבוּרָה אֵשׁ. תִּפְאֶרֶת אַוִּיר. וּבְגִין דָּא אוּקְמוּהָ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, הֵתֶּר נְדָרִים פּוֹרְחִים בַּאֲוִיר.

Those over whom there is a verdict, A VERDICT NOT TO BE CHANGED under vow or oath, it was decreed for this reason that the following shall be recited: "All vows (Aramaic Kol nidrei), bonds...they shall all of them be released and annulled. They shall not be binding, nor shall they have any power." BUT THE VERDICT SHALL BE VOIDED FROM THEM. And this is why the vow is in the name of Yud Hei Vav Hei, which is Tiferet, while the oath is in the name of Adonai, which is Malchut, for they caused their own exile BY THEIR SINS. AND NOW, by means of Chochmah and Binah, 'they will be released and annulled; they shall not be binding, nor shall they have any power'. "And all the congregation of the children of Yisrael shall be forgiven" (Bemidbar 15:26). Chesed is water, Gvurah is fire, and Tiferet is air, AND SINCE THE VOWS ARE IN TIFERET, WHICH IS AIR, the sages of the Mishnah therefore taught: release from vows hovers in the air, FOR THE RELEASE FROM CHOCHMAH AND BINAH HOVERS IN THE AIR, WHICH IS TIFERET, AND FROM THERE ANNULS THE VOW.

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