Sefaria Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh 19 Kehot Publication Society (English Translation)
Sefaria Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh 19 Kehot Publication Society (English Translation)
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Tanya
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Written by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), the founder of Chabad Chasidism, Tanya is the foundational work of Chabad and presents the philosophy of the movement. Written in 5 sections, the Tanya provides an outline for living a spiritual Jewish life.
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Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh, Chapter 19
עוֹטֶה אוֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָה וְגוֹ׳. הִנֵּה, בְּ״לִקּוּטֵי תּוֹרָה״ שֶׁל הָאֲרִיזַ״ל פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תִשָּׂא וּפָרָשַׁת וַיִּקְרָא כָּתַב, כִּי הַשָּׂגַת מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ עָלָיו־הַשָּׁלוֹם לֹא הָיְתָה בִּבְחִינַת פְּנִימִיּוּת דְּחָכְמָה עִילָּאָה, הַנִּקְרָא ״אַבָּא דַאֲצִילוּת״, וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן בִּסְפִירַת הַכֶּתֶר שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה מִמֶּנָּה, הַנִּקְרָא ״אֲרִיךְ אַנְפִּין״, כִּי אִם בִּבְחִינַת אֲחוֹרַיִים דְּחָכְמָה הַמִּתְלַבְּשִׁים בְּבִינָה, הַמִּתְלַבֶּשֶׁת בְּז׳ סְפִירוֹת תַּחְתּוֹנוֹת שֶׁנִּקְרָאִים ״זְעֵיר אַנְפִּין״, סוֹד הַתּוֹרָה, וּמִתְפַּשֶּׁטֶת עַד סוֹף ד׳ סְפִירוֹת הַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת, שֶׁהֵן נֶצַח־הוֹד־יְסוֹד־מַלְכוּת, וְשָׁם הָיְתָה הַשָּׂגַת נְבוּאָתוֹ בִּבְחִינַת פְּנִימִיּוּת, דְּהַיְינוּ מִבְּחִינַת פְּנִימִיּוּת דְּנֶצַח־הוֹד־יְסוֹד־מַלְכוּת.
NINETEEN. “He wraps (Himself with) light as (with) a garment….” In Likkutei Torah by the Arizal, section Ki Tissa and section Vayikra, it is stated that the apprehension of Moses our Master, peace to him, was not in the rank of the pnimiyut of the supreme chochmah—which is called abba of Atzilut, and, a fortiori, not in the sefirah of keter, called arich anpin, which transcends (chochmah). Rather, it was in the rank of the achorayim of chochmah which vest themselves in binah, which (in turn) vests itself in the seven lower sefirot, called z’eyr anpin—the principium of the Torah, and extends to the end of the four lowest sefirot: netzach, hod, yesod, malchut (n.h.y.m.). There the apprehension of his prophecy was in the rank of the pnimiyut, i.e., in the rank of the pnimiyut of n.h.y.m.
אֲבָל לְמַעְלָה מִנֶּצַח־הוֹד־יְסוֹד־מַלְכוּת לֹא הָיְתָה לוֹ שׁוּם הַשָּׂגָה בִּפְנִימִיּוּת, כִּי אִם בִּבְחִינַת אֲחוֹרַיִים דְּחָכְמָה הַמְלוּבָּשִׁים בְּבִינָה, הַמְלוּבֶּשֶׁת וּמִתְפַּשֶּׁטֶת תּוֹךְ פְּנִימִיּוּת דְּנֶצַח־הוֹד־יְסוֹד־מַלְכוּת, בְּסוֹד ״נוֹבְלוֹת חָכְמָה שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה – תּוֹרָה״, שֶׁהִיא בִּבְחִינַת ״זְעֵיר אַנְפִּין״, וּכְדִכְתִיב: ״וְרָאִיתָ אֶת אֲחוֹרָי, וּפָנַי לֹא יֵרָאוּ״, עַיֵּין שָׁם וּבְשַׁעַר הַנְּבוּאָה פֶּרֶק א׳.
But (on the levels) beyond n.h.y.m. he had no apprehension in the pnimiyut, but only in the rank of the achorayim of the chochmah which are vested in binah, which (in turn) is vested and extends itself within the pnimiyut of n.h.y.m. This is the principium of “The Torah is an attenuated form of the supernal chochmah,” on the level of z’eyr anpin. Thus it is written: “You shall see achoray, but panay shall not be seen”; see there, and in Shaar Hanevuah, ch. 1.
וְלִכְאוֹרָה יֵשׁ לְהַפְלִיא, הֲרֵי נֶאֱמַר: ״וְלֹא קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה״, וְאֵיךְ הִשִּׂיג הָאֲרִיזַ״ל יוֹתֵר מִמֶּנּוּ וְדָרַשׁ כַּמָּה דְרוּשִׁים בִּבְחִינַת פְּנִימִיּוּת, אֲפִילוּ בִּסְפִירוֹת וּמַדְרֵגוֹת רַבּוֹת שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה מֵהַחָכְמָה וְכֶתֶר דַּאֲצִילוּת?
Now this seems rather surprising. After all, it is said: “And there did not rise another prophet in Israel as Moses.” How then did the Arizal apprehend more than he and expound many themes dealing with the pnimiyut, even of many sefirot and levels that transcend chochmah and keter of Atzilut?
אַךְ הָעִנְיָן הוּא פָּשׁוּט וּמוּבָן לַכֹּל, שֶׁיֵּשׁ הֶפְרֵשׁ גָּדוֹל בֵּין הַשָּׂגַת חַכְמֵי הָאֱמֶת כְּרַשְׁבִּ״י וְהָאֲרִיזַ״ל, שֶׁהִיא הַשָּׂגַת חָכְמָה וָדַעַת, וּבֵין הַשָּׂגַת מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ עָלָיו־הַשָּׁלוֹם וּשְׁאָר הַנְּבִיאִים בִּנְבוּאָה, הַמְכוּנָּה בַּכָּתוּב בְּשֵׁם ״רְאִיָּה״ מַמָּשׁ; וְרָאִיתָ אֶת אֲחוֹרָי״, ״וָאֶרְאֶה אֶת ה׳״, ״וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו ה׳״.
But the matter is (as follows). It is plain and clear to all that there is a great difference between the apprehension of the Kabbalists, as R. Shimon bar Yochai and the Arizal, an apprehension by wisdom and knowledge, and the prophetic apprehension of Moses our Master, peace to him, and the other prophets, to which Scripture refers as an actual vision: “You shall see achoray”; “And I saw the L–rd”; “And the L–rd appeared to him.”
וְאַף שֶׁזֶּהוּ דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל, וְאֵינָהּ רְאִיַּית עֵין בָּשָׂר גַּשְׁמִי מַמָּשׁ, מִכָּל מָקוֹם, הַנִּמְשָׁל צָרִיךְ לִהְיוֹת דּוֹמֶה לַמָּשָׁל, וּכְתַרְגּוּם ״וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו ה׳״, ״וְאִתְגְּלִי לֵיהּ וְכוּ׳״, שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת הִתְגַּלּוּת, שֶׁנִּגְלָה אֵלָיו הַנֶּעְלָם בָּרוּךְ־הוּא בִּבְחִינַת הִתְגַּלּוּת. מַה שֶּׁאֵין כֵּן בְּהַשָּׂגַת חַכְמֵי הָאֱמֶת, שֶׁלֹּא נִגְלָה אֲלֵיהֶם הַוָיָ׳ בִּבְחִינַת הִתְגַּלּוּת, רַק שֶׁהֵם מַשִּׂיגִים תַּעֲלוּמוֹת חָכְמָה הַנֶּעְלָם [נוסח אחר: בַּנֶּעְלָם] וּמוּפְלָא מֵהֶם.
Now, though this is in a metaphorical sense and does not mean actual sight by the physical eye composed of flesh, nevertheless, the subject (of a metaphor) needs to resemble the metaphor, and as the Targum (translates) וירא אליו ה’: “And (the L–rd) became revealed to him…, thus a mode of revelation, that G–d, blessed is He, Who is hidden, became revealed to him in a state of manifestation. It is different, though, with the apprehension of the Kabbalists. To them G–d does not become revealed in the mode of manifestation; rather, they apprehend the secrets of wisdom, that which is hidden and concealed from them.
וְלָכֵן אָמְרוּ: ״חָכָם עָדִיף מִנָּבִיא״, שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְהַשִּׂיג בְּחָכְמָתוֹ לְמַעְלָה מַּעְלָה מִמַּדְרֵגוֹת שֶׁיּוּכְלוּ לֵירֵד לְמַטָּה בִּבְחִינַת הִתְגַּלּוּת לִנְבִיאִים בְּמַרְאֵה נְבוּאָתָם, כִּי לֹא יוּכְלוּ לֵירֵד וּלְהִתְגַּלּוֹת אֲלֵיהֶם, רַק מַדְרֵגוֹת הַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת, שֶׁהֵן: נֶצַח־הוֹד־יְסוֹד־מַלְכוּת, שֶׁהֵן הֵן הַיּוֹרְדוֹת תָּמִיד וּמִתְגַּלּוֹת מֵהַמַּשְׁפִּיעַ לְהַמְקַבֵּל בִּבְחִינַת מוֹחִין וְחַיּוּת, כַּיָּדוּעַ לְיוֹדְעֵי חֵן, שֶׁהַנֶּצַח־הוֹד־יְסוֹד־מַלְכוּת שֶׁל הָעֶלְיוֹן מִתְלַבְּשִׁים בַּתַּחְתּוֹן לְהַחֲיוֹתוֹ, שֶׁהֵן הֵן כְּלֵי הַהַשְׁפָּעָה וְהוֹרָדַת הַחַיּוּת מֵהָעֶלְיוֹן לַתַּחְתּוֹן בְּכָל הָעוֹלָמוֹת וְהַמַּדְרֵגוֹת, וְלָכֵן גַּם כֵּן – הֵן הֵן הַמִּתְגַּלּוֹת לַנְּבִיאִים בִּבְחִינַת הִתְגַּלּוּת מַמָּשׁ, וּבְתוֹכָן מְלוּבָּשׁ אוֹר הַבִּינָה, שֶׁהִיא בְּחִינַת הֲבָנַת הָאֱלֹהוּת מֵאוֹר [נוסח אחר: וְאוֹר] אֵין־סוֹף בָּרוּךְ־הוּא.
They therefore said: “A wise man is better than a prophet,” because by his wisdom he can apprehend exceedingly beyond the levels that can descend netherward in a mode of revelation to the prophets in the vision of their prophecy. For only the lowest ranks can descend and become revealed to them, namely n.h.y.m. (The ranks of n.h.y.m.) are the ones that always descend and become revealed from the emanator to the recipient as a faculty of mochin (brains) and life-force. Thus it is known to the students of Kabbalah that the n.h.y.m. of the higher (realm) vest themselves in the lower, in order to vivify it. For they are the kelim of the effluence and of the descent of the vivification from the higher to the lower, with respect to all the worlds and levels. Hence they also become revealed to the prophets in a mode of an actual revelation. Within these is vested the light of binah, the aspect of the understanding of Divinity and the light of the En Sof, blessed is He.
וּבְתוֹכָהּ מְלוּבָּשִׁים אֲחוֹרַיִים דְּחָכְמָה, שֶׁהִיא מַדְרֵגָה שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה מֵהַשֵּׂכֶל וְהַהֲבָנָה בֵּאלֹהוּת בָּרוּךְ־הוּא, כִּי שֵׁם ״חָכְמָה״ מוֹרֶה עַל מְקוֹר הַשֵּׂכֶל וְהַהֲבָנָה. וְלָכֵן אָמְרוּ בַּזֹּהַר דְּ״אוֹרַיְיתָא – מֵחָכְמָה נָפְקַת״, כִּי טַעֲמֵי מִצְוֹת לֹא נִתְגַּלּוּ, וְהֵם לְמַעְלָה מֵהַשֵּׂכֶל וְהַהֲבָנָה.
And in it are vested the achorayim of chochmah, a level transcending the conception and comprehension of Divinity, blessed is He, as the term chochmah denotes the source of conception and comprehension. That is why they said in the Zohar that “the Torah derives from chochmah,” for the reasons for the commandments were not revealed and transcend conception and comprehension.
וְגַם בְּאֵיזֶהוּ מְקוֹמָן שֶׁנִּתְגַּלָּה וְנִתְפָּרֵשׁ אֵיזֶה טַעַם הַמּוּבָן לָנוּ לִכְאוֹרָה אֵין זֶה – הַטַּעַם הַמּוּבָן לָנוּ לְבַדּוֹ – תַּכְלִית הַטַּעַם וּגְבוּלוֹ, אֶלָּא בְּתוֹכוֹ מְלוּבָּשׁ פְּנִימִיּוּת וְתַעֲלוּמוֹת חָכְמָה שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה מֵהַשֵּׂכֶל וְהַהֲבָנָה.
And even the occasional places where some apparently intelligible reason was revealed and explained, this, to our intelligible reason, is not the full and absolute reason; rather, within it is vested the pnimiyut and principium of chochmah, transcending conception and comprehension.
וְכֵן בְּכָל דִּיבּוּר וְדִיבּוּר שֶׁיָּצָא מִפִּי הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא לַנְּבִיאִים, הַכְּתוּבִים בַּתּוֹרָה־נְבִיאִים־כְּתוּבִים, הֵן דִּבְרֵי תּוֹכָחָה וְהֵן סִיפּוּרֵי מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת, מְלוּבָּשׁ בְּתוֹכָם בְּחִינַת חָכְמַת אֱלֹהוּת שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה מֵהַשֵּׂכֶל וְהַהֲבָנָה, כַּנִּרְאֶה בְּחוּשׁ מֵעִנְיַן הַ״קְּרִי״ וְהַ״כְּתִיב״, כִּי הַ״קְּרִי״ הוּא לְפִי הַהֲבָנָה הַנִּגְלֵית לָנוּ, וְהַ״כְּתִיב״ הוּא לְמַעְלָה מֵהַשֵּׂכֶל וְהַהֲבָנָה, שֶׁתֵּיבָה זוֹ כִּכְתִיבָתָהּ אֵין לָהּ לְבוּשׁ בִּבְחִינַת הַהֲבָנָה, וּבִקְרִיאָתָהּ בַּפֶּה יֵשׁ לָהּ לְבוּשׁ.
It is likewise with respect to every word that was emitted from the mouth of the Holy One, blessed is He, to the prophets, as recorded in Tanach, whether they be words of admonishment or tales of events. In them is vested an aspect of the Divine chochmah transcending conception and comprehension. This is empirically evident from the principle of kri and ktiv. The kri relates to the comprehension as revealed to us. The ktiv transcends conception and comprehension; that is, this word in its written form has no garment subject to comprehension, but in its oral reading form it does have a garment.
וְכֵן הָעִנְיָן בְּאוֹתִיּוֹת גְּדוֹלוֹת שֶׁבְּתוֹרָה נְבִיאִים וּכְתוּבִים, שֶׁהֵן מֵעָלְמָא עִילָּאָה, וּמְאִירוֹת מִשָּׁם בְּגִילּוּי – בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ כִּשְׁאָר הָאוֹתִיּוֹת.
The same applies to the large letters in the Tanach; they are from a supremely sublime world and radiate from there openly, not with a garment like the other letters.
וְהִנֵּה, בְּחִינַת חָכְמַת אֱלֹהוּת בָּרוּךְ־הוּא הַמְלוּבֶּשֶׁת בְּתַרְיַ״ג מִצְוֹת הַתּוֹרָה נִקְרֵאת בְּשֵׁם ״בְּחִינַת אֲחוֹרַיִים דְּחָכְמָה״, כִּי כָּל אֲחוֹרַיִים שֶׁבַּסְּפִירוֹת הֵן מַדְרֵגוֹת הַחִיצוֹנוֹת וְהַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת בְּמַעֲלָה שֶׁבִּסְפִירָה זוֹ, מַה שֶּׁיּוּכְלוּ לֵירֵד וּלְהִתְפַּשֵּׁט לְמַטָּה לְהִתְלַבֵּשׁ בַּבְּרוּאִים לְהַחֲיוֹתָם; וּבְחִינַת הַפָּנִים, הִיא הַסְּפִירָה עַצְמָהּ הַמְיוּחֶדֶת בְּמַאֲצִילָהּ אֵין־סוֹף בָּרוּךְ־הוּא בְּתַכְלִית הַיִּחוּד.
Now, the aspect of the Divine chochmah, blessed is He, vested in the 613 commandments of the Torah, is referred to as the category of the achorayim of chochmah. For all the achorayim in the sefirot are the external and lower levels in the gradation of that sefirah. That is why they can descend and extend below, to become vested in the creatures in order to vivify them. The aspect of the panim is the sefirah itself. It is united with its Emanator, the En Sof, blessed is He, by an absolute union.
כְּגוֹן דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל, סְפִירַת חָכְמָה שֶׁהִיא מְיוּחֶדֶת בְּמַאֲצִילָהּ אֵין־סוֹף בָּרוּךְ־הוּא בְּתַכְלִית הַיִּחוּד, כִּי הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא וְחָכְמָתוֹ אֶחָד (כְּמוֹ שֶׁנִּתְבָּאֵר לְעֵיל), וּמַה שֶּׁמֵּאִיר וּמִתְפַּשֵּׁט מֵחָכְמָתוֹ יִתְבָּרֵךְ לְמַטָּה בַּתַּחְתּוֹנִים, שֶׁהֵם בַּעֲלֵי גְבוּל וְתַכְלִית, וּמִתְלַבֵּשׁ בָּהֶם – נִקְרָא ״אֲחוֹרַיִים״, וְנִקְרָא גַם כֵּן בְּחִינַת ״עֲשִׂיָּה שֶׁבַּאֲצִילוּת״.
As, for example, the sefirah of chochmah: it is united with its Emanator, the En Sof, blessed is He, in an absolute unity, for the Holy One, blessed is He, and His wisdom, are one (as explained above). But that which radiates and extends from His wisdom, blessed be He, below [among the limited and finite nether beings, and becomes vested in them], is called achorayim, and is also called the aspect of Asiyah of Atzilut.
פֵּירוּשׁ, עַל דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁבָּאָדָם הַתַּחְתּוֹן שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּנִשְׁמָתוֹ ה׳ מַדְרֵגוֹת, זוֹ לְמַטָּה מִזּוֹ, שֶׁהֵן בְּחִינוֹת הַשֵּׂכֶל וְהַמִּדּוֹת וּמַחֲשָׁבָה וְדִבּוּר וּמַעֲשֶׂה, וְהַמַּעֲשֶׂה – הִיא הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה שֶׁבְּכוּלָּם, שֶׁהַחַיּוּת הַמִּתְפַּשֵּׁט מֵהַנְּשָׁמָה וּמְלוּבָּשׁ בְּכֹחַ הַמַּעֲשֶׂה, הוּא כְּאַיִן לְגַבֵּי הַחַיּוּת הַמִּתְפַּשֵּׁט מִמֶּנָּה וּמְלוּבָּשׁ בְּכֹחַ הַדִּבּוּר, שֶׁהוּא כְּאַיִן לְגַבֵּי הַחַיּוּת הַמִּתְפַּשֵּׁט מִמֶּנָּה וּמְלוּבָּשׁ בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה וּמִדּוֹת וְשֵׂכֶל.
Metaphorically speaking, this will be understood by the analogy with terrestrial man. There are five ranks in his soul, one lower than the other. These are the faculties of the intellect, the (emotive) attributes, thought, speech, and action. Action is the lowest of them all. For the vivification that extends from the soul and is vested in the power of action is as nothing compared to the vivification that extends from it and is vested in the power of speech. The latter (in turn) is as nothing compared to the vivification that extends from (the soul) and is vested in thought, the (emotive) attributes, and the intellect.
כֵּן עַל דֶּרֶךְ זֶה מַמָּשׁ – הִיא בְּחִינַת חָכְמָתוֹ יִתְבָּרֵךְ, מַה שֶּׁיּוּכַל לְהִתְפַּשֵּׁט מִמֶּנָּה (לְהַשְׁפִּיעַ) [לְהִתְלַבֵּשׁ] בַּתַּחְתּוֹנִים כּוּלָּם, הֵם כְּאַיִן לְגַבֵּי בְּחִינַת פָּנִים הַמְיוּחָד בַּמַּאֲצִיל בָּרוּךְ־הוּא, דְּ״כוּלָּא קַמֵּיהּ כְּלָא חֲשִׁיב״, וְהַהַשְׁפָּעָה לְכָל הַנִּבְרָאִים כּוּלָּם שֶׁהֵם בַּעֲלֵי גְבוּל וְתַכְלִית – נֶחְשֶׁבֶת יְרִידָה וְצִמְצוּם כִּבְיָכוֹל לְגַבֵּי הַמַּאֲצִיל אֵין־סוֹף בָּרוּךְ־הוּא, עַל דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּחְשֶׁבֶת יְרִידָה וְצִמְצוּם לְשֵׂכֶל הָאָדָם הַמַּשְׂכִּיל הַמְצוּמְצָם בְּאֵיזֶה עֲשִׂיָּה גַּשְׁמִיּוּת וְחוּמְרִית מַמָּשׁ.
In a precisely like manner (with respect to) the category of His wisdom, blessed be He, that which can become extended from it to become vested in all the nether beings is as nothing compared to the category of the panim, which is united with the Emanator, blessed is He. For “All that are before Him are esteemed as naught.” But the effluence to all limited and finite nether beings is regarded, so to speak, as a descent and contraction (tzimtzum) with respect to the Emanator, the En Sof, blessed is He, just as, metaphorically speaking, it would be regarded as a descent and contraction for the intellect of an intelligent person to be contracted to some purely physical and material act.
וְלָכֵן מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ עָלָיו־הַשָּׁלוֹם, שֶׁהִשִּׂיג עַד אֲחוֹרַיִים דְּחָכְמָה, זָכָה שֶׁתִּנָּתֵן עַל יָדוֹ הַתּוֹרָה, שֶׁהִיא ״נוֹבְלוֹת חָכְמָה שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה״, פֵּירוּשׁ, מַה שֶּׁנּוֹבֵל מִמֶּנָּה וְיוֹרֵד לְמַטָּה וּמִתְלַבֵּשׁ בְּתוֹרָה גַשְׁמִיּוּת שֶׁלָּנוּ, שֶׁעִיקָּרָהּ וְתַכְלִיתָהּ הוּא קִיּוּם הַמִּצְוֹת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה וַעֲשֵׂה בְּפוֹעַל וּמַעֲשֶׂה מַמָּשׁ, כַּמַּאֲמָר: ״הַיּוֹם לַעֲשׂוֹתָם״, וְ״גָדוֹל תַּלְמוּד שֶׁמֵּבִיא לִידֵי מַעֲשֶׂה״, וְ״הַלּוֹמֵד שֶׁלֹּא לַעֲשׂוֹת נוֹחַ לוֹ שֶׁנֶּהֶפְכָה שִׁלְיָיתוֹ וְכוּ׳״, וְכָל אָדָם מוּכְרָח לְהִתְגַּלְגֵּל עַד שֶׁיְּקַיֵּים כָּל הַתַּרְיַ״ג מִצְוֹת בְּפוֹעַל מַמָּשׁ, כַּנּוֹדָע מֵהָאֲרִיזַ״ל:
Moses our Master, peace to him, who apprehended up to the achorayim of chochmah, therefore merited that through him was given the Torah—“an attenuated form of supernal chochmah,” i.e., that which sheds from it and descends netherward and becomes vested in our physical Torah. Its principal object and purpose is the upkeep of the operative and prohibitory commandments, in true actuality and performance, in accord with the saying: “To do them this day,” and “Study (of Torah) is greater because it leads to performance,” and “He who learns with the intent of not doing, it would have been better for him if his after-birth had been turned over….” And every person needs to become reincarnated until he has actually observed all the 613 commandments, as known from the Arizal.
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הָאוֹתִיּוֹת הַנִּגְלוֹת לָנוּ, הֵן בְּמַעֲשֶׂה דִּבּוּר וּמַחֲשָׁבָה.
The letters that are revealed to us are in action, speech, and thought.
דְּמַעֲשֶׂה – הֵן תְּמוּנַת הָאוֹתִיּוֹת שֶׁבִּכְתָב אֲשׁוּרִי שֶׁבְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה.
Pertaining to action are the forms of the letters as they are in the Assyrian script of the Torah scroll.
וְאוֹתִיּוֹת הַדִּבּוּר – נֶחְקָקוֹת בְּהֶבֶל וְקוֹל, הַמִּתְחַלֵּק לְכ״ב חֲלָקִים שׁוֹנִים זֶה מִזֶּה בְּצוּרָתָן, שֶׁהִיא הֲבָרַת וּמִבְטָא הַכ״ב אוֹתִיּוֹת בְּכָל לָשׁוֹן, כִּי אֵין הֶפְרֵשׁ בֵּין לְשׁוֹן הַקֹּדֶשׁ וּבֵין שְׁאָר לְשׁוֹנוֹת בְּמַהוּת הֲבָרַת הָאוֹתִיּוֹת, כִּי אִם בְּצֵירוּפָן.
The letters pertaining to speech are engraved in the breath and voice which is divided into twenty-two parts. One differs from the other with respect to their form, i.e., the enunciation and utterance of the twenty-two letters in any language. For there is no difference between the sacred tongue and the other languages with respect to the nature of the letters’ enunciation, only as regards their combinations.
וְאוֹתִיּוֹת הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה הֵן – גַּם כֵּן בְּכָל לָשׁוֹן שֶׁאָדָם מְחַשֵּׁב – תֵּיבוֹת וְאוֹתִיּוֹת הַלָּשׁוֹן, שֶׁהֵן כ״ב לְבַד.
The letters pertaining to thought are [again, in any language a person may think] the words and letters of the language, which are twenty-two only.
רַק שֶׁבְּמַחֲשָׁבָה, יֵשׁ בָּהּ ג׳ מִינֵי בְּחִינוֹת אוֹתִיּוֹת. שֶׁהֲרֵי כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה תְּמוּנַת הָאוֹתִיּוֹת – הֵן מִצְטַיְּירוֹת בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ, וְזֶה נִקְרָא בְּחִינַת ״עֲשִׂיָּה שֶׁבְּמַחֲשָׁבָה״; וְכֵן כַּאֲשֶׁר שׁוֹמֵעַ אוֹתִיּוֹת הַדִּבּוּר הֵן נִרְשָׁמוֹת בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ וּמְהַרְהֵר בָּהֶן, וְזֶה נִקְרָא בְּחִינַת ״דִּבּוּר שֶׁבְּמַחֲשָׁבָה״ וּבְחִינַת ״יְצִירָה״; וְאוֹתִיּוֹת הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה לְבַדָּהּ בְּלִי הִרְהוּר אוֹתִיּוֹת הַדִּבּוּר נִקְרָאוֹת ״מַחֲשָׁבָה שֶׁבְּמַחֲשָׁבָה״, בְּחִינַת ״בְּרִיאָה״.
Though, in thought there are three kinds of [the aspect of] letters. When one sees in the Torah scroll the form of the letters, they are pictured in his thought. This is referred to as the rank of “action of thought.” Likewise, when one hears the letters of speech, they become inscribed in his thought and he meditates upon them. This is referred to as the rank of the “speech of thought,” and as the rank of Yetzirah. The letters of thought only, without any meditation on the letters of speech, are referred to as the “thought of thought,” the rank of Beriah.
וְהִנֵּה, אוֹתִיּוֹת הַדִּבּוּר מַמָּשׁ, הֵן מִתְהַוּוֹת וּמְקַבְּלוֹת חַיּוּתָן מֵאוֹתִיּוֹת אֵלּוּ עַצְמָן שֶׁבְּמַחֲשָׁבָה.
Now, the letters of actual speech come about and receive their vivification from those very same letters that are in the thought.
וְאַף שֶׁלִּפְעָמִים מְדַבֵּר אָדָם וּמְהַרְהֵר בְּדָבָר אַחֵר – הֲרֵי אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְדַבֵּר, כִּי אִם אוֹתָן דִּבּוּרִים וְצֵירוּפִים שֶׁכְּבָר דִּבְּרָם וְהָיוּ בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ פְּעָמִים רַבּוֹת מְאֹד, וְנִשְׁאַר בְּדִיבּוּרִים וְצֵירוּפִים אֵלּוּ הָרְשִׁימוּ מֵהַמַּחֲשָׁבָה שֶׁנִּכְנְסָה בָּהֶם פְּעָמִים רַבּוֹת.
Though sometimes a person may speak while thinking of another matter, he can, then, speak only such words and combinations that he has already spoken (previously) and that were in his thought a great many times. Thus in those words and combinations there is left the vestige of the thought that entered into them many times.
וְזֶהוּ בְּחִינַת אֲחוֹרַיִים וְחִיצוֹנִיּוּת נֶצַח־הוֹד־יְסוֹד מִפַּרְצוּף הָעֶלְיוֹן שֶׁנִּכְנַס בַּתַּחְתּוֹן, לִהְיוֹת לוֹ בְּחִינַת מוֹחִין וְחַיּוּת, כַּנּוֹדָע:
And this is the rank of the achorayim and externality of the n.h.y. of the partzuf of the higher (realm), which enters into the lower one to be a faculty of mochin and life-force to it, as known.
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Pirkei Avot 6:10
Dr. Joshua Kulp
חֲמִשָּׁה קִנְיָנִים קָנָה לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְעוֹלָמוֹ, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן, תּוֹרָה קִנְיָן אֶחָד, שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד, אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד, יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד, בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד. תּוֹרָה מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (משלי ח), ה' קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז. שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (ישעיה סו), כֹּה אָמַר ה' הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּסְאִי וְהָאָרֶץ הֲדֹם רַגְלָי אֵי זֶה בַיִת אֲשֶׁר תִּבְנוּ לִי וְאֵי זֶה מָקוֹם מְנוּחָתִי, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים קד) מָה רַבּוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ ה' כֻּלָּם בְּחָכְמָה עָשִׂיתָ מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ קִנְיָנֶךָ. אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (בראשית יד), וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמַר בָּרוּךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ. יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ ה' עַד יַעֲבֹר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים טז) לִקְדוֹשִׁים אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה וְאַדִּירֵי כָּל חֶפְצִי בָם. בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ ה' מִקְּדָשׁ ה' כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ. וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים עח) וַיְבִיאֵם אֶל גְּבוּל קָדְשׁוֹ הַר זֶה קָנְתָה יְמִינוֹ:
Five possessions did the Holy Blessed One, set aside as his own in this world, and these are they: The Torah, one possession; Heaven and earth, another possession; Abraham, another possession; Israel, another possession; The Temple, another possession. 1a) The Torah is one possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written, “The Lord possessed (usually translated as ‘created’) me at the beginning of his course, at the first of His works of old” (Proverbs 8:22). 2a) Heaven and earth, another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “Thus said the Lord: The heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool; Where could you build a house for Me, What place could serve as My abode? (Isaiah 66:1) And it says: “How many are the things You have made, O Lord; You have made them all with wisdom; the earth is full of Your possessions” (Psalms 104:24). 3a) Abraham is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “He blessed him, saying, “Blessed by Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth” (Genesis 15:19). 4a) Israel is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “Till Your people cross over, O Lord, Till Your people whom You have possessed” (Exodus 15:16). And it says: “As to the holy and mighty ones that are in the land, my whole desire (possession) is in them” (Psalms 16:3). 5a) The Temple is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “The sanctuary, O lord, which your hands have established” (Exodus 15:17”, And it says: “And He brought them to His holy realm, to the mountain, which His right hand had possessed” (Psalms 78:54).
I like to call out to all my Jewish friends:
Zechariah 8:23
23So said the Lord of Hosts: In those days, when ten men of all the languages of the nations shall take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you." | | כגכֹּֽה־אָמַר֘ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔מָּה אֲשֶׁ֚ר יַֽחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל לְשֹׁנ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְֽהֶחֱזִ֡יקוּ בִּכְנַף֩ אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדִ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר נֵֽלְכָה֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם כִּ֥י שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים עִמָּכֶֽם: |
ten men: from the seventy nations. This equals seven hundred for each corner. For the four corners of the tallith there will be two thousand and eight hundred. | | עשרה אנשים: משבעים לשון הרי שבע מאות לכל כנף וכנף הרי לד' כנפי הטלית אלפים ושמונ' מאו': |
Please Judah if a righteous gentile tries ‘to grasp your ‘tsi-sit’ and say: "Let me go with you, for I have heard that God is with you." Open your heart for him/her and share all our Torah. The Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu as it is written and spared and is teaches in the Tanach and all scripture of Rabbinical Judaism………
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