Sefaria Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh 29 Kehot Publication Society (English Translation)
Sefaria Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh 29 Kehot Publication Society (English Translation)
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Tanya
Chasidut
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.
Composed: Liozna (c.1786 - c.1796 CE)נוצר/נערך: ליוזנה (1786 - 1796 לספירה בקירוב)
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Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh, Chapter 29
אֵשֶׁת חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ כוּ׳.
TWENTY-NINE. “A woman of valor is the crown (atarah) of her husband….”
אִיתָא בַּגְּמָרָא פֶּרֶק ד׳ דִּמְגִילָּה: ״וּדְאִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בְּתַגָּא חֳלָף כוּ׳״ – ״זֶה הַמִּשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בְּמִי שֶׁשּׁוֹנֶה הֲלָכוֹת, כִּתְרָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרָה כוּ׳״, ״תָּנָא דְּבֵי אֵלִיָּהוּ, כָּל הַשּׁוֹנֶה הֲלָכוֹת מוּבְטָח לוֹ כוּ׳״.
In the Gemara, fourth chapter of Megillah, it is stated: “He who makes use of the crown, passes away …this applies to one who makes use of a person who can repeat halachot, the crown (keter) of the Torah…. It was taught in the academy of Elijah: whoever studies halachot is assured….”
וְצָרִיךְ לְהָבִין, לָמָּה נִקְרְאוּ הַהֲלָכוֹת בְּשֵׁם ״תַּגָּא״ וְ״כִתְרָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרָה״? וְגַם, לָמָּה ״הַשּׁוֹנֶה הֲלָכוֹת״ דַּוְקָא ״מוּבְטָח לוֹ כוּ׳״, וְלֹא שְׁאָר דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה? וְכֵן לְהָבִין מַאֲמַר רַבּוֹתֵינוּ־זִכְרוֹנָם־לִבְרָכָה בְּפֶרֶק י״א דִּמְנָחוֹת: ״אֲפִילוּ לֹא שָׁנָה אָדָם אֶלָּא פֶּרֶק אֶחָד שַׁחֲרִית כוּ׳״ יָצָא יְדֵי חוֹבָתוֹ, וְלָמָּה אֵינוֹ יוֹצֵא יְדֵי חוֹבָתוֹ בִּשְׁאָר דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה?
Now it needs to be understood why the halachot are referred to as “crown,” and “the crown of the Torah,” and, also, why expressly he who studies halachot is assured…, and not other subjects of the Torah. Furthermore, one needs to understand the saying of our Sages, of blessed memory, in the eleventh chapter of Menachot, that even if one studied but a single chapter in the morning…one has fulfilled one’s duty. Why is one’s duty not fulfilled by other subjects of the Torah?
אַךְ מוּדַעַת זֹאת, מַה שֶּׁאָמַר הָאֲרִיזַ״ל, שֶׁכָּל אָדָם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל צָרִיךְ לָבֹא בְּגִלְגּוּלִים רַבִּים עַד שֶׁיְּקַיֵּים כָּל תַּרְיַ״ג מִצְוֹת הַתּוֹרָה בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה דִּיבּוּר וּמַעֲשֶׂה, לְהַשְׁלִים לְבוּשֵׁי נַפְשׁוֹ וּלְתַקְּנָם שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא לְבוּשָׁא דְחַסְרָא כוּ׳, לְבַד מִצְוֹת הַתְּלוּיוֹת בַּמֶּלֶךְ, שֶׁהוּא מוֹצִיא כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל, כִּי הוּא כְּלָלוּת כּוּלָּם כוּ׳, וְהַטַּעַם הוּא – כְּדֵי לְהַלְבִּישׁ כָּל תַּרְיַ״ג בְּחִינוֹת וְכֹחוֹת שֶׁבְּנַפְשׁוֹ, אַחַת מֵהֵנָּה לֹא נֶעְדָּרָה כוּ׳.
However, it is well known that the Arizal stated that every person of Israel needs to be reincarnated many times until he has fulfilled all 613 commandments of the Torah in thought, speech, and action. This is in order to complete the garments of his soul and to correct them, so that there will not be a missing garment…. [Excepted are the commandments incumbent upon the king, because he discharges all of Israel, as he is the omneity of them all.] The reason is in order to garb all the 613 aspects and powers in one’s soul, so that “Not one of them shall be lacking.”
וּבֵיאוּר עִנְיַן הֶכְרַח וְצוֹרֶךְ לְבוּשִׁים אֵלּוּ, מְבוֹאָר בַּזֹּהַר, וּמוּבָן לְכָל מַשְׂכִּיל, כִּי לִהְיוֹת שֶׁנֶּפֶשׁ רוּחַ וּנְשָׁמָה שֶׁבְּאָדָם הֵן בְּחִינוֹת נִבְרָאִים, וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְשׁוּם נִבְרָא לְהַשִּׂיג שׁוּם הַשָּׂגָה בְּבוֹרֵא וְיוֹצֵר הַכֹּל, אֵין־סוֹף בָּרוּךְ־הוּא.
An explanation for the necessity and need of these garments is given in the Zohar and is understood by every intelligent person. For the nefesh, ruach, and neshamah in man are of the genre of creatures, and it is impossible for any creature to attain any apprehension of the Creator and Former of all, the En Sof, blessed is He.
וְגַם אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר הֵאִיר ה׳ מֵאוֹרוֹ יִתְבָּרֵךְ וְהֶאֱצִיל בִּבְחִינַת הִשְׁתַּלְשְׁלוּת מַדְרֵגוֹת רַבּוֹת, מַדְרֵגָה אַחַר מַדְרֵגָה, בִּבְחִינַת צִמְצוּמִים עֲצוּמִים וּלְבוּשִׁים רַבִּים וַעֲצוּמִים הַיְדוּעִים לְיוֹדְעֵי חֵן, וְנִקְרָאִים בְּאִדְרָא רַבָּה בְּשֵׁם ״שְׂעָרוֹת״, וּכְדִכְתִיב בְּדָנִיֵּאל: ״וּשְׂעַר רֵישֵׁיהּ כַּעֲמַר נְקֵא כוּ׳״, אַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן, לֹא יָכְלָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ, אוֹ הָרוּחַ וּנְשָׁמָה לְמִסְבַּל הָאוֹר, כִּי טוֹב וּמָתוֹק הָאוֹר וְכוּ׳, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: ״לַחֲזוֹת בְּנוֹעַם ה׳״, לְשׁוֹן נְעִימוּת וַעֲרֵיבוּת וּמְתִיקוּת וְתַעֲנוּג עָצוּם לְאֵין קֵץ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: ״אָז תִּתְעַנַּג עַל ה׳״, ״וְהִשְׂבִּיעַ בְּצַחְצָחוֹת כוּ׳״, לְשׁוֹן ״צִחֵה צָמָא״, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בַּזֹּהַר.
Even after G–d had already radiated of His light, blessed be He, and caused an emanation in the form of an evolution of numerous levels [level upon level] by way of immense contractions and numerous, immense garments [known to the students of Kabbalah; in the Idra Rabbah they are referred to as “hairs,” and as written in Daniel: “And the hair of his head as pure wool…”], nevertheless, neither the nefesh, nor the ruach and neshamah can endure the light. For the light is good and sweet…, as it is written: “To behold the noam of the L–rd.” (Noam) expresses pleasantness, agreeableness, sweetness, and an infinitely immense delight, as it is written: “Then you will delight yourself in the L–rd,” “And He will satisfy with tzachtzachot…” an idiom of tzichey tzama, as stated in the Zohar.
וְאֵין בְּכֹחָהּ לְקַבֵּל הַנְּעִימוּת וַעֲרֵיבוּת הַצַּחְצָחוֹת, שֶׁלֹּא תֵּצֵא מִנַּרְתֵּקָהּ וְתִתְבַּטֵּל מִמְּצִיאוּתָהּ כְּנֵר בַּאֲבוּקָה. אִם לֹא, שֶׁמִּבְּחִינַת אוֹר זֶה עַצְמוֹ – תִּשְׁתַּלְשֵׁל וְתִמָּשֵׁךְ מִמֶּנּוּ אֵיזוֹ הֶאָרָה מוּעֶטֶת, בְּדֶרֶךְ הִשְׁתַּלְשְׁלוּת מַדְרֵיגָה אַחַר מַדְרֵגָה בְּצִמְצוּמִים רַבִּים, עַד שֶׁיִּבָּרֵא מִמֶּנָּה לְבוּשׁ אֶחָד נִבְרָא, מֵעֵין מַהוּת אוֹר זֶה, לְהַלְבִּישׁ הַנֶּפֶשׁ רוּחַ וּנְשָׁמָה.
It is not in (the soul’s) power to absorb the pleasantness and agreeableness of the tzachtzachot without leaving its husk and becoming existentially nullified just like the flame in the torch, were it not that from the aspect of this very light there will evolve and issue forth some minute radiation, by way of an evolution of level after level, with many contractions, until a single garment is created thereof, a creation like the nature of this light, to garb the nefesh, ruach, and neshamah.
וְדֶרֶךְ לְבוּשׁ זֶה, שֶׁהוּא מֵעֵין אוֹר זֶה תּוּכַל לֵיהָנוֹת מִזִּיו אוֹר זֶה וּלְהַשִּׂיגוֹ, וְלֹא תִתְבַּטֵּל מִמְּצִיאוּתָהּ, וְכִמְשַׁל הָרוֹאֶה בַּשֶּׁמֶשׁ דֶּרֶךְ עֲשָׁשִׁית זַכָּה וּמְאִירָה וְכוּ׳, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: ״וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה בְּתוֹךְ הֶעָנָן, וַיַּעַל כוּ׳״, שֶׁנִּתְלַבֵּשׁ בֶּעָנָן וְעָלָה וְרָאָה דֶּרֶךְ הֶעָנָן וְכוּ׳, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בַּזֹּהַר חֵלֶק ב׳ דַּף ר״י וְרכ״ט.
By way of this garment [which is like this light], (the soul) can derive enjoyment from the ray of this light, and apprehend it, without becoming existentially nullified. It is analogous to someone looking at the sun through a fine and lucid speculum. Thus it is written: “And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and he ascended…”; that is, he vested himself in the cloud and ascended, and saw by way of the cloud…. Thus it is explained in the Zohar, volume II, folios 210 and 229.
וְהִנֵּה, אוֹר זֶה הַגָּנוּז לַצַּדִּיקִים לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא, הַנִּקְרָא בְּשֵׁם ״נוֹעַם ה׳״ וְ״צַחְצָחוֹת״, לְהִתְעַנֵּג עַל ה׳, וְ״ד׳ מֵאוֹת עָלְמִין דְּכִסּוּפִין דְּמִתְעַנְּגֵי בְּהוֹן צַדִּיקַיָּיא כוּ׳״, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: ״אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שֶׁקֶל כֶּסֶף כוּ׳״ הִנֵּה יֵשׁ בּוֹ מַעֲלוֹת וּמַדְרֵגוֹת רַבּוֹת מְאֹד, גָּבוֹהַּ מֵעַל גָּבוֹהַּ, אַךְ הֶאָרָה מוּעֶטֶת הַיּוֹרֶדֶת מַדְרֵגָה אַחַר מַדְרֵגָה לִבְרוֹא לְבוּשׁ זֶה, הִיא מִבְּחִינַת מַדְרֵגָה הָאַחֲרוֹנָה שֶׁבְּאוֹר זֶה, וְנִקְרֵאת בְּשֵׁם ״מַדְרֵגָה הַחִיצוֹנָה״ וַ״אֲחוֹרַיִים״ דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בַּזֹּהַר דַּף ר״ח עַמּוּד ב׳ (עַיֵּין בְּסֵפֶר ״מִקְדַּשׁ מֶלֶךְ״) וְר״י עַמּוּד ב׳: וּמַה דְאִשְׁתְּאַר כוּ׳.
Now this light, kept concealed for the righteous in the future, is termed the “pleasantness of the L–rd,” and the “tzachtzachot to delight in the L–rd,” and the “400 worlds of longing” (almin diksufin) in which the tzaddikim delight… [as it is written: “400 shekalim of kessef…”]. In (this light) there are very many rungs and levels, one superior to the other. But the minute radiation, which descends level after level to create this garment, is of the rank of the lowest level in this light. Metaphorically speaking, it is referred to as the external level, and achorayim, as stated in the Zohar, folio 208b (cf. in the commentary Mikdash Melech), and 210b: “And that which is left….”
וְהִנֵּה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁבְּנִשְׁמַת הָאָדָם יֵשׁ בָּהּ כֹּחַ הַתַּעֲנוּג שֶׁמִּתְעַנֶּגֶת מִמַּה שֶּׁיֵּשׁ לָהּ עֹנֶג מִמֶּנּוּ, כְּמוֹ מֵהַשְׂכָּלַת שֵׂכֶל חָדָשׁ וּכְהַאי גַּוְנָא, וּבְחִינַת חִיצוֹנִיּוּת וַאֲחוֹרַיִים שֶׁל כֹּחַ וּבְחִינַת הַתַּעֲנוּג שֶׁבָּהּ – הִיא בְּחִינַת כֹּחַ הָרָצוֹן שֶׁבָּהּ, שֶׁהוּא רוֹצֶה מַה שֶּׁהוּא רוֹצֶה, דְּהַיְינוּ דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ צַעַר, שֶׁהַצַּעַר – הֵיפֶךְ הַתַּעֲנוּג.
Now, in the soul of man there is a faculty for delight: for (the soul) delights in what is delightful to it, as, for example, in the conception of a new insight, or the like. The aspect of the chitzoniyut and achorayim of the (soul’s) capacity and state of delight is the aspect of the faculty of its will: (the soul) wills that which it wills, i.e., something that is not painful [for pain is the opposite of delight].
וְכָכָה עַל דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל בְּאוֹר אֵין־סוֹף בָּרוּךְ־הוּא, גַּם כֵּן, כִּבְיָכוֹל, הָרָצוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן בָּרוּךְ־הוּא הִיא בְּחִינַת חִיצוֹנִיּוּת וַאֲחוֹרַיִים לִבְחִינַת ״עֹנֶג הָעֶלְיוֹן״ וְ״נוֹעַם ה׳״ וְ״צַחְצָחוֹת״ וְ״עָלְמִין דְּכִסּוּפִין״ הַנִּזְכָּרִים לְעֵיל.
Metaphorically speaking, it is the same with the light of the En Sof, blessed is He, as it were. The will of the Supreme One, blessed is He, is the aspect of the chitzoniyut and achorayim of the aspect of the Supreme delight, the “pleasantness of the L–rd,” the tzachtzachot, and the “worlds of longing,” mentioned above.
הֲגַם שֶׁהֵם מְיוּחָדִים בְּתַכְלִית הַיִּחוּד, שֶׁהוּא יִתְבָּרֵךְ וּרְצוֹנוֹ אֶחָד, וְלֹא כִּרְצוֹן הָאָדָם חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, לֹא מִינֵּיהּ וְלֹא מִקְצָתֵיהּ, וְאֵין דִּמְיוֹן בֵּינֵיהֶם כְּלָל, אַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן, דִּבְּרָה תוֹרָה כִּלְשׁוֹן בְּנֵי אָדָם, לְשַׁכֵּךְ הָאֹזֶן מַה שֶּׁיְּכוֹלָה לִשְׁמוֹעַ בְּמָשָׁל וּמְלִיצָה מִנִּשְׁמַת הָאָדָם הַכְּלוּלָה מִכֹּחַ הַתַּעֲנוּג וְהָרָצוֹן וְהַחָכְמָה וְהַבִּינָה וְכוּ׳, וְכַנִּרְאֶה בְּחוּשׁ, שֶׁכְּשֶׁאָדָם מַשְׂכִּיל אֵיזֶה שֵׂכֶל חָדָשׁ נִפְלָא, אֲזַי, בְּאוֹתָהּ רֶגַע עַל כָּל פָּנִים נוֹלָד לוֹ תַּעֲנוּג נִפְלָא בְּשִׂכְלוֹ, מִכְּלָל, שֶׁהַתַּעֲנוּג הוּא לְמַעְלָה מַּעְלָה מִבְּחִינַת הַשֵּׂכֶל וְהַחָכְמָה, רַק שֶׁמְּלוּבָּשׁ בִּבְחִינַת שֵׂכֶל וְחָכְמָה, וּכְשֶׁהָאָדָם מַרְגִּישׁ הַשֵּׂכֶל וְחָכְמָה, דְּהַיְינוּ – שֶׁמַּשִּׂיגָהּ וּמְבִינָהּ הֵיטֵב, אֲזַי, מַרְגִישׁ גַּם כֵּן בְּחִינַת הַתַּעֲנוּג הַמְלוּבָּשׁ בַּחָכְמָה.
Though these are unified in an absolute unity, for He, blessed be He, and His will, are one [and not like the will of man, Heaven forfend, neither wholly nor partially; there is no comparison whatsoever between them], nevertheless, the Torah speaks in human idiom to appease the ear with what it is able to hear, with allegory and metaphor relating to the soul of man which compounds the faculty of delight, will, wisdom, understanding…. (This composition of the soul) is empirically evident. For when a person conceives some wondrous new insight then, at least, at that very moment, there is born in his mind a wondrous delight. Thus it follows that the (faculty of) delight surpasses exceedingly the faculty of the intellect and wisdom, except that it is vested in the faculty of the intellect and wisdom. Thus when man senses the intellect and wisdom, that is, he apprehends and understands it well, he, then, also senses the faculty of delight which is vested in the wisdom.
וְלָכֵן נִקְרֵאת בְּחִינַת בִּינָה בְּשֵׁם ״עוֹלָם־הַבָּא״ בַּזּוֹהַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ, שֶׁהִיא בְּחִינַת הִתְגַּלּוּת הַחָכְמָה עִם הַתַּעֲנוּג הַמְלוּבָּשׁ בָּהּ, שֶׁמַּשִּׂיגִים הַצַּדִּיקִים בְּגַן עֵדֶן וּמַשְׂכִּילִים בִּפְנִימִיּוּת הַתּוֹרָה, דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא מֵחָכְמָה נָפְקָא, וְאוֹרַיְיתָא וְקוּדְשָׁא־בְּרִיךְ־הוּא כּוּלָּא חַד:
That is why in the sacred Zohar the aspect of binah is referred to as olam habah (the World to Come). For it is the state of the manifestation of the chochmah, and the delight vested in it, which the righteous apprehend in the Garden of Eden and perceive in the pnimiyut of the Torah. For The Torah derives from chochmah, and the Torah and the Holy One, blessed is He, are entirely one.
וְהִנֵּה, רָצוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן בָּרוּךְ־הוּא מְכוּנֶּה וְנִקְרָא בְּפִי חַכְמֵי הָאֱמֶת בְּשֵׁם ״כֶּתֶר עֶלְיוֹן״, וּבוֹ תר״ך עַמּוּדֵי אוֹר וְכוּ׳. פֵּירוּשׁ, דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁיֵּשׁ עַמּוּדִים בְּבֵית חוֹמָה גָּדוֹל, נִצָּבִים בָּאָרֶץ וְרֹאשָׁם מְחוּבָּר בַּתִּקְרָה, כָּכָה מַמָּשׁ עַל דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל, ״כֶּתֶר עֶלְיוֹן״ בָּרוּךְ־הוּא, הוּא לְמַעְלָה מִבְּחִינַת מַדְרֵגַת הַחָכְמָה, וְהוּא מִלְּשׁוֹן ״כּוֹתֶרֶת״, שֶׁהוּא מַכְתִּיר וּמַקִּיף עַל הַמּוֹחִין שֶׁבָּרֹאשׁ, שֶׁהֵם בְּחִינוֹת חָכְמָה־בִּינָה־דַּעַת.
Now, the Kabbalists term and refer to the Supernal Will as keter elyon, the supreme crown. In it there are 620 pillars of light…. That is, by way of analogy, just as in a large brick house there are pillars standing in the ground, and their apex is connected with the ceiling, precisely so, metaphorically speaking, the keter of the Supernal, blessed is He, transcends the aspect of the level of chochmah. (Keter) is an idiom of koteret (capitol), for it surrounds and encompasses above the brains in the head [i.e., the faculties of chochmah, binah, and daat (chabad)].
וְרָצוֹן זֶה נִתְלַבֵּשׁ בְּתַרְיַ״ג מִצְוֹת הַתּוֹרָה וְז׳ מִצְוֹת דְּרַבָּנָן, שֶׁרוּבָּם כְּכוּלָּם הֵן מִצְוֹת מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת. וְגַם הַתְּלוּיוֹת בְּדִבּוּר – הָא קַיְימָא לָן דַּ״עֲקִימַת שְׂפָתָיו הָוֵי מַעֲשֶׂה״. וְגַם הַתְּלוּיוֹת בַּמַּחֲשָׁבָה אוֹ בַּלֵּב – הֲרֵי הַמִּצְוָה נִיתְּנָה לָאָדָם הַגַּשְׁמִי שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה דַּוְקָא, שֶׁהוּא בַּעַל בְּחִירָה לְהַטּוֹת לְבָבוֹ לְטוֹב וְכוּ׳, מַה־שֶּׁאֵין־כֵּן הַנְּשָׁמָה בְּלֹא גוּף, אֵין צָרִיךְ לְצַוֹּתָהּ עַל זֶה.
This (Supreme) Will is vested in the 613 commandments of the Torah and the seven precepts of the Rabbis, practically all of which are operative commandments [even those related to speech, for we maintain that the motioning of the lips is regarded as an act, and also those relating to thought or the heart. For the commandment is given only to physical man in this world because he has the choice to turn his heart to good…. The soul without a body, however, need not be enjoined about this].
וְנִמְצָא, שֶׁהַמִּצְוֹת – הֵן עַל דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל כְּמוֹ הָעַמּוּדִים, נִצָּבִים מֵרוּם הַמַּעֲלוֹת, הוּא רָצוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן בָּרוּךְ־הוּא, עַד הָאָרֶץ הַלֵּזוּ הַחוּמְרִית. וְהֵן עַל דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל כְּמוֹ הָעַמּוּדִים חֲלוּלִין, שֶׁמַּקִּיפִין וּמַלְבִּישִׁין נִשְׁמַת הָאָדָם אוֹ רוּחוֹ אוֹ נַפְשׁוֹ כְּשֶׁמְּקַיֵּים הַמִּצְוֹת, וְדֶרֶךְ עַמּוּדִים אֵלּוּ עוֹלִין הַנֶּפֶשׁ־רוּחַ־נְשָׁמָה שֶׁלּוֹ עַד רוּם הַמַּעֲלוֹת, לִצְרוֹר בִּצְרוֹר הַחַיִּים אֶת ה׳, פֵּירוּשׁ לִהְיוֹת צְרוּרוֹת וּמְלוּבָּשׁוֹת בְּאוֹר הַכֶּתֶר, הוּא רָצוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן בָּרוּךְ־הוּא, וְעַל־יְדֵי לְבוּשׁ זֶה – יוּכְלוּ לַחֲזוֹת בְּ״נוֹעַם ה׳״ וְ״צַחְצָחוֹת״ שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה מִמַּעֲלַת הַכֶּתֶר, וְהֵן פְּנִימִיּוּתוֹ עַל דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל.
Thus it follows that the commandments, metaphorically speaking, are as the pillars that stand from the peak of rungs, i.e., the will of the Supreme One, blessed is He, to this material world. Metaphorically speaking, they are as the hollow pillars which encompass and garb man’s neshamah, or ruach, or nefesh, when he fulfils the commandments. By way of these pillars his nefesh, ruach, and neshamah ascend to the peak of rungs to be bound up in the bundle of life with the L–rd, that is, to be bound up and vested in the light of keter, the will of the Supreme One, blessed is He. And by means of this garment they are able to behold the “pleasantness of the L–rd,” and the tzachtzachot, which transcend the rank of keter and, metaphorically speaking, are its inner core.
(וַהֲגַם שֶׁנִּתְבָּאֵר בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר, שֶׁהַמִּצְוֹת הֵן פְּנִימִיּוּת רָצוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן בָּרוּךְ־הוּא הִנֵּה מוּדַעַת זֹאת לְיוֹדְעֵי חֵן, רִיבּוּי בְּחִינוֹת וּמַדְרֵגוֹת שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּכָל בְּחִינָה וּמַדְרֵגָה מִמַּדְרֵגוֹת הַקְּדוּשָּׁה, כַּמָּה בְּחִינוֹת ״פָּנִים״ לְ״פָנִים״, וְכַמָּה בְּחִינוֹת ״אֲחוֹרַיִים״ לַ״אֲחוֹרַיִים״, לְאֵין קֵץ וְכוּ׳).
(Though it is explained elsewhere that the commandments are the innermost will of the Supreme One, blessed is He, the students of Kabbalah are well acquainted with the multitude of aspects and levels within every aspect and level of the levels of holiness. There are several aspects of “panim to panim,” and several aspects of “achorayim to achorayim,” to no end….)
וְהִנֵּה, ז׳ מִצְוֹת דְּרַבָּנָן אֵינָן נֶחְשָׁבוֹת מִצְוֹת בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָן, שֶׁהֲרֵי כְּבָר נֶאֱמַר: ״לֹא תוֹסֵף״, אֶלָּא הֵן יוֹצְאוֹת וְנִמְשָׁכוֹת מִמִּצְוֹת הַתּוֹרָה וּכְלוּלוֹת בָּהֶן בְּמִסְפַּר תַּרְיַ״ג, לְהַלְבִּישׁ תַּרְיַ״ג בְּחִינוֹת וְכֹחוֹת שֶׁבְּנֶפֶשׁ־רוּחַ־נִשְׁמַת הָאָדָם.
Now, the seven precepts of the Rabbis are not regarded as commandments in themselves, for it was already said: “You shall not add.” Rather, they derive and issue from the commandments of the Torah and are included in them, in the sum of 613, to garb the 613 aspects and powers in the nefesh, ruach, and neshamah of man.
וְזֶהוּ שֶׁכָּתוּב בַּזּוֹהַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ פָּרָשַׁת פְּקוּדֵי (דַּף רכ״ט עַמּוּד ב׳): ״דְּאִינּוּן עוֹבָדִין טָבִין דְּעָבִיד בַּר נַשׁ מָשְׁכֵי מִנְּהוֹרָא דְּזִיוָוא עִילָּאָה לְבוּשָׁא כוּ׳, וְחָמֵי כוּ׳ בְּנוֹעַם ה׳ וְכוּ׳״.
This is the meaning of the statement in the sacred Zohar, section of Pekudei (folio 229b), that “The good deeds which man does elicit a garment from the light of the supreme splendor…, and they see…the pleasantness of the L–rd….”
וַהֲגַם דְּהָתָם מַיְירִי בְּגַן עֵדֶן הַתַּחְתּוֹן, שֶׁהַלְּבוּשִׁים שָׁם הֵם מִמִּצְוֹת מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת מַמָּשׁ, אֲבָל בְּגַן עֵדֶן הָעֶלְיוֹן הַלְּבוּשִׁים הֵם מֵרְעוּתָא וְכַוָּונָה דְלִבָּא בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא וּצְלוֹתָא, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בַּזֹּהַר שָׁם (דַּף ר״י), הֲרֵי הַכַּוָּונָה הִיא כַּוָּונַת עֶסְקוֹ בַּתּוֹרָה לִשְׁמָהּ מֵאַהֲבַת ה׳, וּמִצְוַת תַּלְמוּד תּוֹרָה הִיא גַּם כֵּן מִכְּלַל מִצְוֹת מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת, דַּ״עֲקִימַת שְׂפָתָיו הָוֵי מַעֲשֶׂה״, וְהִרְהוּר לָאו כְּדִבּוּר דָּמִי, וְאֵינוֹ יוֹצֵא יְדֵי חוֹבָתוֹ בְּהִרְהוּר לְבַדּוֹ, וְכֵן בִּתְפִלָּה.
Though there it speaks of the Lower Garden of Eden where the garments are of the truly operational commandment, while in the Higher Garden of Eden the garments are of the love and devotion of the heart with respect to Torah and prayer [as mentioned in the Zohar, ad loc. (folio 210)]; however, this devotion refers to the devotion of one’s occupation with Torah for its own sake (lishmah), out of the love for God. [The commandment to study Torah also belongs to the class of operational commandments, for the motion of the lips is an act, and meditation is not the same as speech; thus one does not discharge his duty by meditation alone. The same applies to prayer.]
וּמַה גַּם, כִּי מַעֲלַת הַכַּוָּונָה עַל הַדִּבּוּר וּמַעֲשֶׂה אֵינָהּ מִצַּד עַצְמָהּ כוּ׳, אֶלָּא מִצַּד הֶאָרַת רָצוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן כוּ׳, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנִּתְבָּאֵר בְּלִקּוּטֵי אֲמָרִים חֵלֶק א׳ פֶּרֶק ל״ח בַּאֲרִיכוּת, עַיֵּין שָׁם.
And certainly so, considering that the advantage of devotion over speech and deed is not of itself…, but because of the radiation from the Supernal Will…, as explained at length in Likkutei Amarim, Part I, ch. 38, see there.
וְהִנֵּה מוּדַעַת זֹאת, כִּי הִנֵּה, רָצוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן בָּרוּךְ־הוּא הַמְלוּבָּשׁ בְּתַּרְיַ״ג מִצְוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב, הוּא מוּפְלָא וּמְכוּסֶּה, טָמִיר וְנֶעְלָם, וְאֵינוֹ מִתְגַּלֶּה אֶלָּא בַּתּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה, כְּמוֹ מִצְוַת תְּפִילִּין, עַל דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בַּתּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב: ״וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל יָדֶךָ וְהָיוּ לְטוֹטָפוֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ״, וְהוּא מַאֲמָר סָתוּם וְנֶעְלָם, שֶׁלֹּא פֵירֵשׁ הַכָּתוּב אֵיךְ וּמַה לִּקְשׁוֹר, וּמַהוּ ״טוֹטָפוֹת״, וְהֵיכָן הוּא ״בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ״ וְ״עַל יָדֶךָ״, עַד שֶׁפֵּירְשָׁה תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה, שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לִקְשׁוֹר בַּיִת אֶחָד עַל הַיָּד וְד׳ בָּתִּים עַל הָרֹאשׁ, וּבְתוֹכָם ד׳ פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת, וְהַבָּתִּים יִהְיוּ מֵעוֹר מְעוּבָּד, וּמְרוּבָּעִים דַּוְקָא, וּמְקוּשָּׁרִים בִּרְצוּעוֹת שֶׁל עוֹר שְׁחוֹרוֹת דַּוְקָא, וְכָל שְׁאָר פְּרָטֵי הִלְכוֹת עֲשִׂיַּית הַתְּפִילִּין שֶׁנֶּאֶמְרוּ בְּעַל פֶּה, וְ״עַל יָדֶךָ״ הִיא הַזְּרוֹעַ דַּוְקָא וְלֹא כַּף הַיָּד, וּ״בֵין עֵינֶיךָ״ זֶה קָדְקוֹד וְלֹא הַמֵּצַח.
Now, it is known that the will of the Supreme One, blessed is He, vested in the 613 commandments of the Written Torah, is hidden and covered, secreted and concealed. It is manifest only in the Oral Torah. For example, the precept of tefillin: in the Written Torah it is stated, “And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.” This is an indistinct and concealed statement, for Scripture did not explain how, and what to bind, and what frontlets are, and where is “between your eyes” and “on your hand,” until the Oral Torah explicates that one needs to bind a single box on the hand, and four boxes on the head, and four portions of Scripture within them. Also, the boxes are to be made of prepared leather, and of necessity square, and to be tied by means of leather straps which need to be black, and all the other detailed rulings of making the tefillin that were said orally. Also, “on your hand” refers only to the arm, and not to the palm of the hand; and “between your eyes” refers to the scalp, and not to the forehead.
וְכֵן כָּל מִצְוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה, בֵּין מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה בֵּין מִצְוֹת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה – אֵינָן גְּלוּיוֹת וִידוּעוֹת וּמְפוֹרָשׁוֹת אֶלָּא עַל־יְדֵי תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה, כְּמִצְוַת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּשַׁבָּת: ״לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה מְלָאכָה״, וְלֹא פֵירֵשׁ מַה הִיא מְלָאכָה, וּבַתּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה נִתְפָּרֵשׁ שֶׁהֵן ל״ט מְלָאכוֹת הַיְדוּעוֹת, וְלֹא טִלְטוּל אֲבָנִים וְקוֹרוֹת כְּבֵידוֹת.
It is likewise with all the commandments of the Torah, whether they be operational precepts or prohibitory precepts; they are not revealed, and known, and explicated, except through the Oral Torah. For instance, the prohibitory precept that was said with respect to Shabbat—“You shall do no work”: it does not explain what is regarded as work. In the Oral Torah, however, it is explicated to refer to the well known 39 forms of work and not to the carrying of stones or heavy beams.
וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָהֶן הֵן כָּל הַמִּצְוֹת, בֵּין מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה בֵּין מִצְוֹת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה, הֵן סְתוּמוֹת וְלֹא מְפוֹרָשׁוֹת וּגְלוּיוֹת וִידוּעוֹת, אֶלָּא עַל־יְדֵי תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה.
And as it is with these, so it is with all the commandments, whether they be operational precepts or prohibitory precepts: they are indistinct and are explicated, revealed, and known only through the Oral Torah.
וּמִשּׁוּם הָכֵי כְּתִיב עַל תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה: ״אַל תִּטּוֹשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּךָ״, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בַּזֹּהַר, מִשּׁוּם שֶׁעַל דֶּרֶךְ מָשָׁל כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּל אֵבְרֵי הַוָּלָד כְּלוּלִים בְּטִיפַּת הָאָב בְּהֶעְלֵם גָּדוֹל, וְהָאֵם מוֹצִיאָתוֹ לִידֵי גִּילּוּי בְּלֵידָתָהּ וָלָד שָׁלֵם בְּרַמַ״ח אֵבָרִים וְשַׁסַ״ה גִידִים, כָּכָה מַמָּשׁ כָּל רַמַ״ח מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה וְשַׁסַ״ה מִצְוֹת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה בָּאִים מֵהַהֶעְלֵם אֶל הַגִּילּוּי בַּתּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה, וְרֵישֵׁיהּ דִּקְרָא: ״שְׁמַע בְּנִי מוּסַר אָבִיךָ״ קָאֵי אַתּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב, דְּנָפְקָא מֵחָכְמָה עִילָּאָה הַנִּקְרֵאת בְּשֵׁם ״אָב״.
That is why Scripture says of the Oral Torah: “And you shall not cast off the teaching of your mother,” as stated in the Zohar. Metaphorically speaking, just as all the limbs of the child are included, in great concealment, in the sperm of the father, and the mother brings this out into a state of manifestation [when giving birth to a child that is whole, with 248 limbs and 365 sinews], so, in precisely like fashion, the 248 operational precepts and the 365 prohibitory precepts emerge from concealment to manifestation through the Oral Torah. And the beginning of the verse—“Heed my son the instruction of your father”—refers to the Written Torah, which derives from the supreme chochmah which is called “father.”
וְזֶהוּ שֶׁכָּתוּב: ״אֵשֶׁת חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ״, כִּי הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה הַנִּקְרֵאת ״אֵשֶׁת חַיִל״, הַמּוֹלִידָה וּמַעֲמֶדֶת חֲיָילוֹת הַרְבֵּה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: ״וַעֲלָמוֹת אֵין מִסְפָּר״ אַל תִּקְרֵי ״עֲלָמוֹת״ אֶלָּא ״עוֹלָמוֹת״ – אֵלּוּ הֲלָכוֹת דְּלֵית לוֹן חוּשְׁבָּנָא, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בַּתִּיקּוּנִים.
Now this is the meaning of “A woman of valor is the crown of her husband.” For the Oral Torah is termed the “woman of valor” who gives birth to and raises many valiant hosts, as it is written “And alamot without number”: do not read alamot but olamot, referring to the halachot which are without number, as stated in the Tikkunim.
וְכוּלָּן הֵן בְּחִינַת גִּילּוּי רָצוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן בָּרוּךְ־הוּא הַנֶּעְלָם בַּתּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב, וְרָצוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן בָּרוּךְ־הוּא הוּא לְמַעְלָה מַּעְלָה מִמַּעֲלַת חָכְמָה עִילָּאָה, וּכְמוֹ כֶּתֶר וַעֲטָרָה שֶׁעַל הַמּוֹחִין שֶׁבָּרֹאשׁ, לָכֵן נִקְרְאוּ הַהֲלָכוֹת בְּשֵׁם ״תַּגָּא״ וְ״כִתְרָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרָה״, וְ״הַשּׁוֹנֶה הֲלָכוֹת מוּבְטָח לוֹ שֶׁהוּא בֶּן עוֹלָם־הַבָּא״, עַל־יְדֵי הִתְלַבְּשׁוּת נֶפֶשׁ־רוּחַ־נְשָׁמָה שֶׁלּוֹ בָּרָצוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן בָּרוּךְ־הוּא, כַּנִּזְכָּר לְעֵיל:
They all are the aspect of the manifestation of the will of the Supreme One, blessed is He, concealed in the Written Torah. And the will of the Supreme One, blessed is He, is exceedingly more sublime than the rank of the supreme chochmah, just as a crown (keter) and wreath (atarah) is above the brains in the head. The halachot, therefore, are referred to as “crown,” and “crown of the Torah,” and “Whoever studies halachot is assured of life in the World to Come,” by investing his nefesh, ruach, and neshamah in the the will of the Supreme One, blessed is He, as stated above.
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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).
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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).
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It should be most honest:'Israeli MK proposes dividing Temple Mount between Jews and Muslims
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'Israeli MK proposes dividing Temple Mount between Jews and Muslims
**AMIT HALEVI'S PLAN WOULD GIVE MUSLIMS CONTROL OF THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT COMPLEX, WHICH CONTAINS THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE, WHILE JEWS WOULD RECEIVE THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS.
(JUNE 8, 2023 / JNS)**A Likud lawmaker is proposing a plan to divide Jerusalem’s Temple Mount between Muslims and Jews and to remove Jordan’s custodial status over the holy site.Speaking to the Zman Yisrael Hebrew news site, Knesset member Amit Halevi outlined a plan whereby Muslims would control the southern end of the 37-acre complex which contains the Al-Aqsa mosque, while Jews would receive the central and northern area, where the Dome of the Rock sits.According to Halevi, the reorganization makes sense from a religious point of view because that part of the Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism, where it is believed the First and Second Temples stood. The Foundation Stone at the center of the Dome of the Rock is where Jewish sources place the Holy of Holies.“This is the place of the First Temple and the place of the Second Temple built by Babylonian immigrants. No one needs to examine the stones to know that it is ours,” he said.Halevi also wants to end Israel’s agreement with the Jordanian Waqf whereby the Islamic trust controls and manages Islamic edifices on the Temple Mount.“Why not give them status in the Dizengoff Center [a large shopping mall in Tel Aviv] as well? This is a terrible mistake. This status should be abolished. I know it’s an agreement between countries, but we have to deal with it. It requires change, even if the process will take time,” he said.In addition, Halevi wants to give Jews the same access to the Temple Mount enjoyed by Muslims. Currently, the Waqf only allows Jews and non-Muslim tourists access to the Temple Mount via the Maghrebi Gate and only at certain hours when the gate is open.“We will take the northern end and pray there. The entire mountain is sacred to us, and the Dome of the Rock is the place on which the Temple stood. This should be our guideline,” he said. “Israel is leading. It will be a historical, religious and national statement. If this does not happen then you are not actually the owner of the house. You are a klutz. Why are you even going in there?”
Please let we all, Jews and all their friends, take the Har HaBayit and start building the Temple and restoring her service?כִּ֤י אִם־הֵיטֵיב֙ תֵּיטִ֔יבוּ אֶת־דַּרְכֵיכֶ֖ם וְאֶת־מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם אִם־עָשׂ֤וֹ תַֽעֲשׂוּ֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ וּבֵ֥ין רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
No, if you really mend your ways and your actions; if you execute justice between one party and another; גֵּ֣ר יָת֤וֹם וְאַלְמָנָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשֹׁ֔קוּ וְדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י אַֽל־תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאַחֲרֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים אֲחֵרִ֛ים לֹ֥א תֵלְכ֖וּ לְרַ֥ע לָכֶֽם׃
if you do not oppress the stranger, the orphan, and the widow; if you do not shed the blood of the innocent in this place; if you do not follow other gods, to your own hurt— וְשִׁכַּנְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לְמִן־עוֹלָ֖ם וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
then only will I let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your ancestors for all time.Ariel your Representee, Representee of Ephraim and adviser (not a rabbi but friendly adviser) of Bet Yisrael international on the Har HaBayit.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………
Ariel your Representee, Representee of Ephraim and adviser (not a rabbi but friendly adviser) of Bet Yisrael international on the Har HaBayit.
Read my story: https://rb.gy/i654b
Please contact me for further questions: Telegram https://t.me/ArielRepresentative WhatsApp: +972 54-568-3031 Ariel van Kessel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariel-van-kessel-71797424 Email: arielvankessel@aol.com Ariel, hopefully your Representative
(JUNE 8, 2023 / JNS)**
A Likud lawmaker is proposing a plan to divide Jerusalem’s Temple Mount between Muslims and Jews and to remove Jordan’s custodial status over the holy site.
Speaking to the Zman Yisrael Hebrew news site, Knesset member Amit Halevi outlined a plan whereby Muslims would control the southern end of the 37-acre complex which contains the Al-Aqsa mosque, while Jews would receive the central and northern area, where the Dome of the Rock sits.
According to Halevi, the reorganization makes sense from a religious point of view because that part of the Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism, where it is believed the First and Second Temples stood. The Foundation Stone at the center of the Dome of the Rock is where Jewish sources place the Holy of Holies.
“This is the place of the First Temple and the place of the Second Temple built by Babylonian immigrants. No one needs to examine the stones to know that it is ours,” he said.
Halevi also wants to end Israel’s agreement with the Jordanian Waqf whereby the Islamic trust controls and manages Islamic edifices on the Temple Mount.
“Why not give them status in the Dizengoff Center [a large shopping mall in Tel Aviv] as well? This is a terrible mistake. This status should be abolished. I know it’s an agreement between countries, but we have to deal with it. It requires change, even if the process will take time,” he said.
In addition, Halevi wants to give Jews the same access to the Temple Mount enjoyed by Muslims. Currently, the Waqf only allows Jews and non-Muslim tourists access to the Temple Mount via the Maghrebi Gate and only at certain hours when the gate is open.
“We will take the northern end and pray there. The entire mountain is sacred to us, and the Dome of the Rock is the place on which the Temple stood. This should be our guideline,” he said. “Israel is leading. It will be a historical, religious and national statement. If this does not happen then you are not actually the owner of the house. You are a klutz. Why are you even going in there?”
Please let we all, Jews and all their friends, take the Har HaBayit and start building the Temple and restoring her service?
כִּ֤י אִם־הֵיטֵיב֙ תֵּיטִ֔יבוּ אֶת־דַּרְכֵיכֶ֖ם וְאֶת־מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם אִם־עָשׂ֤וֹ תַֽעֲשׂוּ֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ וּבֵ֥ין רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
No, if you really mend your ways and your actions; if you execute justice between one party and another;
גֵּ֣ר יָת֤וֹם וְאַלְמָנָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשֹׁ֔קוּ וְדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י אַֽל־תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאַחֲרֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים אֲחֵרִ֛ים לֹ֥א תֵלְכ֖וּ לְרַ֥ע לָכֶֽם׃
if you do not oppress the stranger, the orphan, and the widow; if you do not shed the blood of the innocent in this place; if you do not follow other gods, to your own hurt—
וְשִׁכַּנְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לְמִן־עוֹלָ֖ם וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
then only will I let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your ancestors for all time.
Ariel your Representee, Representee of Ephraim and adviser (not a rabbi but friendly adviser) of Bet Yisrael international on the Har HaBayit.
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………
Ariel your Representee, Representee of Ephraim and adviser (not a rabbi but friendly adviser) of Bet Yisrael international on the Har HaBayit.
Read my story: https://rb.gy/i654b
Please contact me for further questions: Telegram https://t.me/ArielRepresentative WhatsApp: +972 54-568-3031 Ariel van Kessel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariel-van-kessel-71797424 Email: arielvankessel@aol.com Ariel, hopefully your Representative
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