KabbalaOnline.org Gate of Reincarnations "The Root of Cain and Abel"
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The Root of Cain & Abel: The Shoulders
Gate of Reincarnations: Chapter Thirty-One, Section 2
Division
in Roots & Sparks (31:1)
The size of the division depends upon the defect and the sins. Cain and Abel are the
two shoulders of Adam, with Cain on the left
and Abel on the right. The shoulder is the limb that joins the arm to the body,
and it turns a bit towards the back from the top. It so being, as a result of
their sins the limbs of both Cain and Abel divided up to 600,000 mini-sparks.
This
is the secret of what is written in Tikun 69, that Moses, who was from Abel,
emanated until 600,000 and his sparks reincarnate in every generation, in the
secret of, "One generation goes, and another [the same
one, i.e. sparks] comes [back] ." (Eccl.
1:4) Understand this.
"There
is someone who had [one comparable to all] 600,000 [Jews] in one belly: Jochebed the mother
of Moses." (Shir Hashirim
Raba) At one point, G‑d wanted to start the people over from
Moses,(Ex.
32:10)for he is the grand root soul of his and all generations.(Zohar, Likutei
Moharan)
His
offshoots have to keep coming back to be repaired until the job is finished and
all of the sparks are rectified. The necessity of reincarnation is according to
how great the task is. Since Moses has the grand task of fixing the entire
universe, his own perfection is not enough to prevent gilgul. It will
continue until everything is fixed.
Understand
how Providence is constantly setting up souls to reach their ultimate tikunthrough the reincarnation
process. And make sure to use your lifetime to constantly fix things - and not
for the opposite.
There is something unique regarding these two shoulders which
depend upon Cain and Abel, and that is that the moach of da’at,
which travels through the spinal cord, begins from these two shoulders. From
there it continues downward to yesod, where
it comes out as a drop of seed.
When
the seed-drop goes from the shoulders until yesod, it is then
called KPT/"kapot tamarim"[palm cluster - the lulav]...(Lev.
23:40)
There
is a mitzvah to
"take" four special species of vegetation on the holiday of Sukkot. The
four species sometimes are collectively referred to bythe lulav- kapot
tamarim [palm branch]. The reason for this is that the lulav embodies yesod,
the sefira
that includes all the six of Zeir
Anpin.(Zohar)The other
species –- citron, myrtle, willow — embody the other sefirot of Zeir Anpin. Together, they empower the lulav
with seed/flux, which it in turn gives to malchut, in the unification.
And
so they are waved out to the six directions,(Orach Chaim, Lulav)drawing
flow from each one. Each time they are also waved in, representing the
channeling of the flow into malchut.
All
this is done on Sukkot, the holiday that follows Yom Kippur, when the sins are forgiven.
This prepares the way for a full unification to be made(Shaa'r HaKavonot Yom HaKiporim/Sukkot) - through
taking the lulav.. (Shaa'r
HaKavonot Lulav)
…which
has the letters of KTP/shoulder. Once the two shoulders unify in yesod,
by way of a drop from each of them descending to yesod, the following
applies: "It [the ephod, worn by the Kohen Gadol]
shall have two shoulder straps attached to its two ends, and it shall be
attached" (Ex.
28:7) - the two are joined through yesod.
The
garments of the kohanim
[priests] in the Temple
represent and draw down lofty energies.(Zohar)Wearing
them and doing the service in the Temple makes great unifications above.
The
choshen
[breastplate] is the mishpat [judicial] root source worn by the Kohen Gadol [high priest]. It
rectifies the power of judgment on all levels, from the leaders & judges to
each individual in their own mind. The ephod is the power to implement
in action: "And the ephod shall not move from attachment to the choshen."(Ex. 28:28) It must be bound to the choshen
and never leave connection with it – one always has to make sure that
action comes from true, balanced judgment.
Cain’s
sin was a mistake of p'gam hamishpat [defective judgment].(Likutei Moharan II 8)This test
came to him from the place where mishpat [judgment] begins - da’at,
which, after the sin, resides in the shoulder.
The
idea of shaking the lulav is to draw the powers of da’at into the
body, into each of its sefirot. This means drawing the ability of
fulfilling what one knows into expression in every aspect of the self. In
general, this is the dynamic in the crying the features the period of the day
of awe. ( SichotHaRan) It all revolves around the theme of tikun
hamishpat [rectified judgment].
The
perfect unification is made in the self when a person fully fulfills in action
the truth of what he knows in thought. This in turn unites the worlds above and
brings a flow of unity to this world below.
This
is the secret behind the concept-train outlined in this paragraph...
At
that point it is said of yesod, "The thousand are to you Solomon." (Songs 8:12)Because Solomon, who [embodies]yesod,
and is called "briti shalom" [covenant of peace1] totals
one-thousand, or two times KTPh/shoulder. However, each shoulder by itself only
equals five hundred, the gematria
of the concealed letters of the expansion of ShDY [the
Al-mighty].
Gematrias reflect
the energies of a word. The reality of the two shoulders shining their power to
yesod is seen through this that two times KTPh equals Solomon/Shlomoh -
a primary representative of yesod.
There
are many representatives of yesod. Itis coined Shlomoh in Shir Hashirim[The Song of Songs]. This
most holy of songs (MishnaYadayim 3:5) was said about the building of the Temple(Rashi Shir Hashirim)- the
connecting portal between above and below. The Shlomoh angle of yesod is
its power to bring the harmony above to this world. As said, one can actualize
this in life through da'at: When he implements all understanding of how
to be into action. Then one has strong 'shoulders' to fully bear the burden of
his tikun. If one will cease to indulge and instead work to supersede
his own boundaries, the result will be transcending consciousness.
Cain
is from the shoulder. G‑d said to him, "If you do well, you will be
uplifted (above boundaries) - and if you do not, sin (limitation2) crouches at the
door."(Gen.
4:7)
This
is the significance of the "thousand" that are imparted to Shlomoh/yesod.
They are rejoicing lights that come from the union of supernal levels which are
brought together by our actions in this world. The two shoulders/sides of the
mind bear the burden of understanding the spiritual and physical side of
reckoning an issue. As mentioned, da'at unites them harmoniously. The
word for thousand is ELPh/'elef', which shares the same letters as PLE/'pele'
[wonder], a term for keter.
Once the da'at does its thing, the way is paved for the revelation of
the highest lights - keter.
The
"thousand" also hint to the thousand lights that Moses received by
the giving of the Torah.(Shaar HaKavanot ShachritShabbat)It goes part and parcel with the building of the Temple.3"A
prayer LMShH/to Moses..."(Psalms
92:1)LMShH is the same as ShLMH/Shlomoh – hinting to the bond between
them. What Moses started by bringing the Torah down to the world, Shlomoh finished by
bringing the supernal lights down through the Temple... "Anyone who has da'at
- it is as if the Temple is built in his days." ( Sanhedrin 92a)As
mentioned, the power of da'at in Torah affords one the ability to implement
all of these categories in the self.
[Translation
and commentary by Perets Auerbach.]
Division
in Roots & Sparks (31:1)
The
Left Shoulder: Root of Cain (31:3)
1.The unifying quality
of yesod brings peace between the levels. “Solomon/Shlomoh” hints to 'melech
d'shelama dilai' [the King that peace is His] (Zohar Shir HaShirim)
2.“…and me and my son
Solomon will be chata’im.” (I
Kings 1:21)Chataim, usually translated "sinners",
literally means "lacking/limited" as explained in Likutei Moharan.
3.Even though there were
a few hundred years in between, in the spiritual progression, one followed the
other uninterrupted. For whatever reasons, there was a time lapse before it
could unfold below. This does not necessarily intercept the sequential
procession at all.
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