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Sanctification of the Mind
Vanquishing
the "Lower 7" (2:2)
Behold,
the Arizal has written that Eretz Yisrael had ten nations
living in her, for they correspond to the ten attributes she has. Yet the Jews
only conquered seven of those nations. Parallel to the ten attributes of
holiness there exist ten attributes of defilement. Of the ten attributes of
defilement, the Jews were only able to vanquish the lower seven. Yet the three
upper attributes, they were unable to succeed, for those three are very great
and intangible. Their correspondence is as follows:
The
Kini correspond to the Land's bina that is why the value of
Kini is 161, which is indicative of bina.
The Kenizi correspond to her chochma, which is called zaken [elderly,
the same letters which spell Kenaz -the county of the Kenizi], as our sages
have written in Kidushin 32b, "Zaken — is he who has
acquired chochma —
wisdom." Therefore the chochma of the kelipa is
called Keniz. The Kadmoni correspond to her keter, and inclusively
it is called Eretz Canaan, for Canaan is
that which corresponds to her malchut. She, the malchut,
contains within her all that is above her.
Being
that Rachel is Eve [value = 19], which is the spelling-out of the
name YHVH-Mah [26 +19 = 45].1 The ten attributes that she contains have a
value of ten times 19, equaling 190. Hence we see the numerical value
of Canaan [20 + 50 +70 + 50] equals 190. That is "Kaitz
HaYamin — the end of days [implying the world to
come]" (Daniel
12:13). Yet what is opposite that is "Kaitz HaYamim"
[implying the Angel of Death].
In
my impoverished opinion, that when Moses said, "And it
shall come to pass when I bring you into Eretz HaCanaanY" (Ex.
13:5), the yud and hei had entered the
"land of the living". Eretz HaCanaanY [291 +
205] has the same numerical value as malchut [496 - The
addition of the yud hei enables
the land to fully complete malchut]. That is why the verse
says, "Open for me the gates of righteousness, I shall enter them
and thank Y-h" (Psalms
118:19).
The
Divine influence of the chochma and bina of
the malchut is as follows: The chochma provides
ten miluim of the name Av, which is ten times 46.
[The milui of Av is 46, derived from the value of the letters
that "fill" the spelling of the letters of YHVH where the Heis are spelled
with yuds. Yvd, Hy, Vyv, Hy.
The bolded letters value 26 and the one that "fill" them equal
46.] Bina provides ten miluim of YHVH of Sag,
which is ten times 37. [The milui of Sag works the same as
above yet with the difference of the vav being spelled with
an alef, hence 37.] These are the mystery of the verse, "Then G‑d fashioned
the side that he had taken from Adam, into a woman, and He brought her to
Man" (Gen.
2:22). [That when she was brought in front of Adam then they could
connect.] Then the partzuf of Rachel can connect with Zeir
Anpin, otherwise known as Yisrael. Then she [Rachel] is
called Eretz
Yisrael [291 + 541 = 832], whose numerical value is the same as the
value of the two miluim plus the two kolels [460
+ 370 +2 = 832].
It
is also known that the name Yud-Hei has three different miluim:
with yuds, alefs
and heis.
Yud [YVD
= 10+6+4 = 20] X Hei [HY 10+5 = 15] = 300 [the
value of shin].
Yud [YVD
= 10+6+4 = 20] X Hei [HA = 5+1 = 6] = 120.
Yud [YVD
= 10+ 6 + 4 = 20] X Hei [HH = 5+5 = 10] = 200 [the
value of reish].
All
together they total [300+200+120 =] 620, which equals the word " keter".
If we add to that the three spellings YVD HY, YVD HH, YVD HA, which together
equal 91, we arrive at the figure of 711, which equals Eretz HaKedosha [291+420
= 711]. This indicates that at the time that she is receiving from chochma and bina,
known as Yud Hei, which also are called Kodesh HaKedoshim,
she is then called Eretz HaKedosha, for she
subsequently contains within her the Kodesh HaKedoshim [the Holy
of Holies].
This
is also what Jacob, Zeir
Anpin, was hinting at when he said to Laban, the Loven Elyon [the
Supernal Whiteness] as is known in the Drush of Adam
Kadmon, "Bring me my wife - ishti " (Gen.
29:21) [referring to Rachel]. In other words Jacob [Zeir Anpin]
is preparing for and inviting the connection with Rachel [his Nukva];
that is why he used the word "hava" — "bring". What
is happening on a deeper plane is that Zeir Anpin is asking of
the Supernal Emanation [the Loven Elyon], that, now in
the midst of the destruction, a rectification of the Nukva should
be made. For through her, after rectification [being called Eretz
HaKedosha which is the value of "ishti, my wife":
711, as mentioned above], then he too (Zeir Anpin) will merit to attain
the name Yud Hei. That is why the verse continues, "…VaAvoha
Aylyha - And I will bring to her" (ibid.); the word aylyha hints
to us, ayl -to, YH- the name Yud Hei.
[This is how we see his request of the yud and hei to
be brought to Rachel.] The intention of this is that at the time of the final
redemption, when the Holy Land will be built up and the
Holy Temple rebuilt, speedily in our days, which is then the
rectification of the malchut of Atzilut,
that Zeir Anpin will receive his mochin that
are called Yud Hei in completion, and they will
never leave him. Then they shall both share one crown as is hinted to in the
verse, "And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the
sun" (Isaiah
30:26). Then Zeir Anpin and Nukva shall
ascend to the place of chochma and bina in
the aspect of Yud Hei. At that point G‑d's
name will no longer be YHVH, rather it shall be YHYH. That is hinted at
in the verse, "On that day YHYH [will be] G‑d and His name shall
be one" (Zachariah
14:9).
It
is also called Eretz Yisrael, as it says in the Tikunei Zohar,
"the realm of Yetzira rules in Eretz Yisrael".
This can be understood from the concept that in Yetzira is
the place that Zeir Anpin of Atzilut,
called Yisrael, pleads. His malchut and yesod are
called the "Livnat HaSapir" - "chamber of
Sapphires", for they are always open to supply Divine influence to Eretz
Yisrael. Just as "Livnat" is feminine, while "Sapir"
is masculine, so too "Eretz" is feminine and "Yisrael"
is masculine. That is hinted to by virtue of the numerical value of "Livnat
Sapir" (482+350=832) equaling that of "Eretz Yisrael"
(291+541=832). That shows how they are in line with each other. It is also
called Eretz Yisrael for the reason that "The Eyes of G‑d are watching
her" (Deut.
11 12) and that the "connection" there is constant. Thus the
numerical value of ten times "G‑d He is the Lord" (Kings
I 18:39) is equal to that of "Eretz Yisrael". For in Eretz
Yisrael, the feminine is constantly connected to the masculine; that is so
because the seven lower sefirot are incorporated in the upper
three sefirot.
The
general rule we can derive from all of the above is that the first three
nations, the Kini, Kenizi and Kadmoni, were not inherited by the Jews. Only in
the future will the Jews merit them. This is hinted at being that the numerical
value of "Kini Kenizi Kadmoni" [170+167+204] equals that of
"Yisrael" [541]. Thus the name "Eretz Yisrael" connotes
that, in the future, it will include those upper three as well. Nowadays the
word "Yisrael" hints at "Lo yarash" -
"didn't inherit", meaning the upper three have not yet been attained,
yet in the future "Yisrael" will hint to "Li rosh" -
"to me as my Head", implying that those three will then be as the
head of the lower seven. That is also why the first letters of those three
nations are kuf kuf and kuf,
which stands for Kadosh Kadosh
Kadosh, signifying the three sanctifications of keter chochma and bina of
Holiness.
Because
G‑d promised Abraham that he would give his descendents all ten
nations, at the time of the binding of Isaac, G‑d told Abraham, "Go
to yourself, to the land of the Moriah" (Gen.
22:2). This is a hint to Abraham that the upper three together with
the kolel of all ten nations [541+10 = 551] is the numerical
value of "Land of Moriah [Eretz Hamoriah" =
291+260=551]. Hamoriah is also comprised of the letters that
spell "ha'rem Y-h" [Exult Yud Hei]. In other
words, we had only inherited the seven lower ones alone, yet, regarding the
upper three known as Yud Hei — "lift them up" [ha'rem],
in the future at the final redemption.
The
time that the Jews were unable to conquer those upper three was dependent on
Moses, for, despite his most lofty spiritual stature, he still had not attained
the level of Yechida; Yechida is the aspect of
the keter of Atzilut, which incorporates within
itself the chochma bina and daat [73+67+480
= 620], for their numerical value is the same as keter [620].
Rather, the highest Moses was able to attain was that level of Chaya,
which is the chochma of Atzilut, as is known
from Sefer Hagilgulim. Had Moses attained the level
of Yechida, he would have had the power to attain the upper three
for Eretz Yisrael and extract from them all aspects of holiness.
When Mashiach will be revealed, he will merit the level of Yechida.
That will be the source of his strength and ability to attain those upper three
for all of Yisrael. G‑d saw, however, that the Jews were going to make
the Golden Calf, hence He only promised Moses the land of seven nations.
It was for that very reason that Moses himself wasn't able to attain the level
of Yechida.
The Midrash in Yalkut Shimoni writes,
"The Rabbis say that the three nations that will in the future be given
over to the children of Yisrael are the Edomites, the Moabites, and the
Children of Ammon, as is written, "For I shall not give you an
inheritance from their land" (Deut.
2 9). Regarding Moab it writes, "Do not
distress." (ibid.) Kini is Esau, Kenizi is Ammon and
Kadmoni is Moab.
In the days of Mashiach they will all be given over to the Children
of Israel to fulfill G‑d's promise.
Know
that the land of Sichon and Og are part of the borders of those three
nations. It is for this reason that the children
of Gad and Reuben chose those areas as their portion of
land, for in the future that parcel of land shall be elevated to the level of
the three upper sefirot of Holiness, even though they will not
be sanctified until after the redemption. It is probably for that very reason
that Moses is buried there, for he corresponds to the aspect of daat [one
of the upper three sefirot].
Vanquishing
the "Lower 7" (2:2)
FOOTNOTES
1.Ed. Note: We are referring here
to the Parzuf called Rachel, which is aligned in the lower
front of the Parzuf of Jacob, namely Zeir Anpin.
By
Rabbi Nathan Schapira; translation & commentary by David Slavin
Rabbi
Nathan Schapira, an honored member of an eminent Polish rabbinical family, came
to Eretz Israel from Cracow during the 17th century, where he became part of a
consortium of kabbala scholars. It is reported that he wrote the volume Tuv
Haaretz during a trip to Italy, where he was encouraged to print it by
R. Moshe Zaccuto, as an effort to ease the emotional and financial hardships of
the people at that time of great pogroms.
Rabbi
David Slavin is an American long-time student of Torah who now lives in Israel
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