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Body Ears Eyes Face Female Head Male Nose Oath Resurrection Sacrifice Shechinah

31. The deans of the Yeshiva, under oath you must not go away from me until I prepare a sacrifice to the Holy One, blessed be He. The Shechinah is the sacrifice (derived from 'bringing near') for the Holy One, blessed be He, since She comes near to Him with each limb of the King, MEANING WITH EACH OF HIS SFIROT, with the total connection of male and female, with all the limbs which there are. Some are from the head: MEANING eyes to eyes, DENOTING CHOCHMAH; ears to ears, DENOTING BINAH; nose to nose, BEING TIFERET; face to face, BEING CHESED AND GVURAH; mouth to mouth, BEING MALCHUT. This is like, "and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes" (II Melachim 4:34); with this he resurrected the child. And so the hands of the King with the hands of the Queen, BEING CHESED AND GVURAH OF THE SIX ENDS, body to body, MEANING TIFERET OF THE SIX ENDS. And with all His limbs, the sacrifice is complete.

31. מָארֵי מְתִיבְתָּאן, בְּאוֹמָאָה עָלַיְיכוּ, לָא תַּעְדוּ מִנִּי, עַד דְּאַתְקִין קָרְבְּנִין לקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא אִיהִי קָרְבָּן לַיְיָ,' בְּכָל אֵבֶר וְאֵבֶר דְּמַלְכָּא, בְּחִבּוּרָא שְׁלִים, בִּדְכַר וְנוּקְבָּא. בְּכָל אֵבָרִים, דְּאִינּוּן: מִנְּהוֹן בְּרֵישָׁא, עַיְינִין בְּעַיְינִין. אוּדְנִין לְגַבֵּי אוּדְנִין. חוֹטָמָא בְּחוֹטָמָא. אַנְפִּין בְּאַנְפִּין. פּוּמָא בְּפוּמָא. כְּגוֹן וַיָּשֶׂם פִּיו עַל פִּיו וְעֵינָיו עַל עֵינָיו. וּבְדָא הֲוָה מְחַיֶּה הַיֶּלֶד. וְהָכִי יְדִין דְּמַלְכָּא, עִם יְדִין דְּמַטְרוֹנִיתָא, גּוּפָא בְּגוּפָא, בְּכָל אֵבָרִים דִּילֵיהּ. קָרְבְּנָא שְׁלִים.

Body Keter Sacrifice Shechinah

32. A man without a wife is a half body, and the Shechinah does not rest upon him. So is the Holy One, blessed be He, when not in proximity with the Shechinah and with all Yisrael since they are virtuous men, since they are His limbs. Then the cause of all causes, DENOTING KETER, does not rest there, and it is as if the Holy One, blessed be He is not One, as He is not with the Shechinah. THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE IS NOT CALLED 'ONE' IF NOT UNITED WITH THE SHECHINAH. Outside of the land of Yisrael, where the Shechinah is removed from Her husband, they said: 'He who dwells outside the land of Yisrael is like one who has no Elohim, since there are no sacrifices outside the land of Yisrael,' BEING THE SECRET OF THE UNION OF THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE WITH THE SHECHINAH, AS MENTIONED. And when the Holy One, blessed be He joins with the Shechinah, this verse is fulfilled: "on that day Hashem shall be One, and His Name One" (Zecharyah 14:9). Then the cause of all causes, KETER, dwells upon them.

32. דְּב"נ בְּלָא אִתְּתָא, פַּלְגוּ גּוּפָא אִיהוּ, וּשְׁכִינְתָּא לָא שַׁרְיָא עָלֵיהּ. הָכִי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, לָאו אִיהוּ בְּקָרְבְּנָא עִם שְׁכִינְתָּא, בְּכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּאִינּוּן אַנְשֵׁי מִדּוֹת, דְּאִינּוּן אֵבָרִים דִּילָהּ. עִלַּת הָעִלּוֹת לָא שַׁיְרָא תַּמָּן, וּכְאִלּוּ לָא הֲוָה קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא חַד, בָתַּר דְּלָאו אִיהוּ עִם שְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ. וּבְחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא מְרַחֲקָא מִן בַּעְלָהּ, אִתְּמַר כָּל הַדָּר בחו"ל, דּוֹמֶה כְּמִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ אֱלוֹהַּ. בְּגִין דְּלֵית תַּמָּן קָרְבְּנִין בח"ל. וּלְזִמְנָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מִתְקָרֵב עִם שְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, אִתְקַיָּים בֵּיהּ הַאי קְרָא, בַּיוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה יְיָ' אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד. וְעִלַּת הָעִלּוֹת שַׁרְיָא עָלַיְיהוּ.

Angels Atzilut Body Briyah (Holy) Temple Prayer Sacrifice Sanctuary Shechinah Throne Worlds Yetzirah

33. Even though the fathers instituted prayers in place of sacrifices, this was to bring Nefeshot, Ruchot, and Neshamot, which are mental, near to the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shechinah, like limbs to a body, AS MENTIONED ABOVE. But from the standpoint of the Throne, DEPICTING BRIYAH, and the angels, BEING YETZIRAH, that are bodies and limbs outside of the King and Queen, there is no sacrifice. For this reason, it is said regarding the Throne, "Because Yah has sworn by His Throne (Heb. kes)" (Shemot 17:16), MEANING 'KES' SPELLED WITHOUT THE ALEPH. BUT IN REGARDS TO THE TEMPLE, "THRONE" IS SPELLED WITH THE ALEPH, AS IT SAYS: "A glorious Throne (Heb. kise) exalted from the beginning is the place of our Sanctuary" (Yirmeyah 17:12). THE ALEPH WAS MISSING FROM THE THRONE BECAUSE the limbs, WHICH ARE THE ANGELS AND THE THRONE IN BRIYAH, ARE apart from the body, since He, THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, is inside, IN ATZILUT, and they are outside, as the verse says, "Behold, the mighty ones shall cry outside" (Yeshayah 33:7); literally outside, MEANING OUTSIDE OF THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE.

33. אע"ג דְּתָקִינוּ אֲבָהָן, צְלוֹתִין בַּאֲתַר דְּקָרְבְּנִין. הַאי אִיהוּ לְקָרְבָא נַפְשִׁין וְרוּחִין וְנִשְׁמָתִין דְּאִינּוּן שִׂכְלִיִּים לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ. כְּאֵבָרִין לְגַבֵּי גּוּפָא אֲבָל מִסִּטְרָא דְּכוּרְסְיָין וּמַלְאָכִין, דְּאִינּוּן גּוּפִין וְאֵבָרִין, דִּלְבַר מִמַּלְכָּא וּמִמַטְרוֹנִיתָא, לֵית תַּמָּן קָרְבְּנָא. וּבְגִין דָּא אִתְּמַר בְּכוּרְסְיָּיא, וַיֹּאמֶר כִּי יָד עַל כֵּס יָהּ. כִּסֵּא כָּבוֹד מָרוֹם מֵרִאשׁוֹן מְקוֹם מִקְדָּשֵׁנוּ. וְאֵבָרִין בְּפֵרוּדָא מִן גּוּפָא. אִיהוּ לְגוֹ, וְאִינּוּן לְבַר. הה"ד, הֶן אֶרְאֶלָּם צָעֲקוּ חוּצָה, חוּצָה וַדַּאי.

Angels Atzilut Blessing Body Briyah Chambers Exile Holiness (Kedushah) (Holy) Temple Kedushah (Holiness) Morning Offering Prayer Sacrifice Shechinah Soul, The Temple, The Throne Unity Worlds

34. 'May it please You to return us to the Temple to fulfill the prayer composed by the ancient ones. May it please You, Hashem our Elohim, and the Elohim of our fathers, to bring us up in joy to our land, and to plant us within its borders. There we offer to You our obligatory sacrifices, the daily burnt offerings according to their order,' each one to its order, THE ONE IN THE MORNING AND THE OTHER IN THE AFTERNOON, '...and the Musaf offerings according to their rule...' Now in the exile there are no sacrifices such as bodies of Briyah, WHICH ARE THE THRONE, AND YETZIRAH, WHICH ARE THE ANGELS, AS MENTIONED - TO WHICH SACRIFICES AND UNION DO NOT PERTAIN. As for the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shechinah, from His aspect of Atzilut, there is no separation or division, as the Shechinah is His unity, His blessing, and His Holiness. She is called 'body,' only when THE SHECHINAH CLOTHES HERSELF AND manifests Herself in a throne and in the angels of Briyah, she is to them like a soul clothed in a LOWLY humble body. And therefore, when the Shechinah is outside of the chamber of the Temple and outside of Her Thrones, MEANING OUTSIDE OF ATZILUT, MEANING WHEN SHE IS CLOTHED IN A THRONE, AND IN THE ANGELS OF BRIYAH AND YETZIRAH, She is, so to speak, as if She is not One with Him.

34. יְהֵא רַעֲוָא דִּילָךְ, לְאַחְזְרָא לָן לְבֵי מַקְדְּשָׁא, לְקַיֵּים צְלוֹתָא דְּאוֹקְמוּהָ קַדְמָאֵי, יר"מ יְיָ' אֶלֹקֵינוּ וֵאלֹקֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ שֶׁתַּעֲלֵנוּ בְשִׂמְחָה לְאַרְצֵנוּ וְתִטָּעֵנוּ בִּגְבוּלֵנוּ וְשָׁם נַעֲשֶׂה לְפָנֶיךָ אֶת קָרְבְּנוֹת חוֹבוֹתֵינוּ תְּמִידִין כְּסִדְרָן, כָּל חַד בְּסִדּוּרָא דִּילֵיהּ, וּמוּסָפִין כְּהִלְכָתָן. דִּכְעָן לְבַר מֵאַרְעָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, לֵית תַּמָּן קָרְבְּנִין, כְּגוּפִין דִּבְרִיאָה, דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, מִסִּטְרָא דַּאֲצִילוּת דִּילֵיהּ, לֵית תַּמָּן פֵּרוּדָא וְאַפְרָשׁוּתָא. דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא אִיהִי יִחוּדֵיהּ, וּבִרְכָתֵיהּ, וּקְדוּשָׁתֵיהּ. וְלָא אִתְקְרִיאַת גוּפָא, אֶלָא כַּד אִתְגַשְׁמוּ בְּכוּרְסַיָין, וּמַלְאָכִין דִּבְרִיאָה, כְּנִשְׁמָתָא דְּאִתְלַבְּשָׁא בְּגוּפָא שְׁפָלָה. וּבְגִין דָּא, כַּד שְׁכִינְתָּא אִיהִי לְבַר מֵהֵיכָלָא דְּבֵי מַקְדְּשָׁא, וּלְבַר מִכּוּרְסְיָין דִּילָהּ, כִּבְיָכוֹל כְּאִלּוּ לָא הֲוָה חַד עִמֵּיהּ.

Angels Atzilut Body Briyah Shechinah Soul, The Throne Worlds Yetzirah

35. From the aspect of the supernal Throne OF BRIYAH - THE SECRET OF TIFERET OF BRIYAH, which is a body AND RAIMENT to the Holy One blessed be He, TIFERET OF ATZILUT - the angels OF YETZIRAH that come down from it are the limbs that protrude from the body, TIFERET OF BRIYAH, which are masculine, and the souls that are formed from it, TIFERET OF BRIYAH, are masculine. The other Throne, MALCHUT OF BRIYAH, is the body of the Shechinah, MALCHUT OF ATZILUT. All the souls that come from Her are females, and the angels OF YETZIRAH that come from the SECOND Throne are females. Their union, THAT IS, THE JOINING OF THESE MALES AND FEMALES, depends upon the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shechinah; THAT IS, WHEN THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, IS UNITED WITH HIS SHECHINAH, THEY ARE UNITED AS WELL.

35. מִסִּטְרָא דְּכִסֵּא עֶלְיוֹן דְּאִיהוּ גּוּפָא לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וּמַלְאָכִין דְּתַּלְיָין מִנֵּיהּ, כְּאֵבָרִין דְּתַּלְיָין מִן גּוּפָא, דְּאִינּוּן דְּכוּרִין. וְנִשְׁמָתִין דְּאִתְגְּזָרוּ מִנֵיהּ דְּכוּרִין. כִּסֵּא תִּנְיָינָא, גּוּפָא דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא, וְכָל נִשְׁמָתִין דְּתַּלְיָין מִנֵּיהּ, נוּקְבִין. וּמַלְאָכִין דְּתַּלְיָין מֵהַהוּא כּוּרְסְיָיא, נוּקְבִין. וּקָרִיבוּ דִּלְהוֹן בְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ.

Angels Body Directions Ein Sof (Infinity) Faith Infinity (Ein Sof) Shechinah Soul, The Ten Throne

36. Thus is the union between the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shechinah. Though they are as souls in relation to the Throne and the angels, they are to You the Cause of Causes, (THE ENDLESS LIGHT,) as a body AND RAIMENT. For it is You who unites them and attracts them, and hence WE ACCEPT our Faith in You, WHEN YOU ARE CLOTHED with them. And there is no soul above You, to which You will be as a body, for You are the Soul of Souls; there is no soul above You, nor any Elohim above You. You are outside everything and inside everything, on every side, above all and below all. There is no other Elohim above, below, in any direction, or inside the ten Sfirot, from which everything comes and upon which everything depends. You are in every Sfirah through its length and width, above and below; You are between the Sfirot and in the thickness of each and every Sfirah.

36. הָכִי יִחוּד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, אע"ג דְּאִינּוּן כְּנִשְׁמָתִין לְגַבֵּי כּוּרְסְיָיא וּמַלְאָכִין, הָכִי אִינּוּן לְגַבָּךְ עִלַּת הָעִלּוֹת, כְּגוּפָא, דְּאַנְתְּ הוּא דִּמְיַיחֵד לוֹן, וּמְקָרֵב לוֹן, וּבְגִין דָּא אֱמוּנָה דִּילָךְ בְּהוֹן, וְאַנְתְּ לֵית עֲלָךְ נִשְׁמְתָא, דְּתֶהֱוֵי אַנְתְּ כְּגוּפָא לְגַבָּהּ, דְּאַנְתְּ הוּא נְשָׁמָה לַנְשָׁמוֹת, וְלֵית נְשָׁמָה עֲלָךְ, וְלָא אֱלָהָא עֲלָךְ, אַנְתְּ לְבַר מִכֹּלָּא, וּלְגָאו מִכֹּלָּא, וּלְכָל סִטְרָא, וּלְעֵילָּא מִכֹּלָּא, וּלְתַתָּא מִכֹּלָּא. וְלֵית אֱלָהָא אָחֳרָא, עֵילָּא וְתַתָּא, וּמִכֹּל סִטְרָא, וּמִלְגוֹ דַּעֲשַׂר סְפִירָן, דְּמִנְּהוֹן כֹּלָּא, וּבְהוֹן כֹּלָּא תַּלְיָא וְאַנְתְּ בְּכָל סְפִירָה, בְּאָרְכָּה וְרָחְבָּהּ, עֵילָּא וְתַתָּא, וּבֵין כָּל סָפִירָה וּסְפִירָה, וּבְעוֹבִי דְּכָל סְפִירָה וּסְפִירָה.

Atzilut Body Briyah Female Flesh Grades Keter Light Prophets Righteous Shechinah Sinew Skin Soul, The Ten Worlds

37. It is You who joins AND UNITES the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shechinah, TIFERET AND MALCHUT, in each and every Sfirah WITHIN THEM, in all the branches of lights that hang from them like bones and sinews, skin and flesh, THE SECRET OF CHOCHMAH AND BINAH, TIFERET AND MALCHUT that come from the body, TIFERET. But You have no body, no limbs, WHICH ARE SFIROT; You have no female, but are one without a second. May it please You to draw the Shechinah near the Holy One, blessed be He, in all the grades that are Her Atzilut, the souls of the virtuous, NAMELY MEN WHO CONCEIVED THE GRADES OF THE TEN SFIROT: the rulers of Yisrael, KETER; the sages, CHOCHMAH; the intelligent, BINAH; the pious, CHESED; the mighty, GVURAH; men of truth, TIFERET; prophets, NETZACH AND HOD; righteous, YESOD; kings, MALCHUT. They all pertain to THE TEN SFIROT OF Atzilut, and there are others OF THE TEN SFIROT of Briyah.

37. וְאַנְתְּ הוּא דִּמְקָרֵב לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, בְּכָל סְפִירָה וּסְפִירָה, וּבְכָל עַנְפִין דִּנְהוֹרִין דְּתַּלְיָין מִנְּהוֹן, כְּגָרְמִין, וְגִידִין, וְעוֹר, וּבָשָׂר, דְּתַּלְיָין מִן גּוּפָא. וְאַנְתְּ לֵית לָךְ גּוּפָא, וְלָא אֵבָרִים, וְלֵית לָךָ נוּקְבָּא. אֶלָּא אֶחָד בְּלָא שֵׁנִי. יְהֵא רַעֲוָא דִּילָךְ, דִּתְקָרֵב אַנְתְּ שְׁכִינְתָּא לְגַבֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, בְּכָל דַּרְגִּין דְּאִינּוּן אֲצִילוּת דִּילָהּ, דְּאִינּוּן נִשְׁמָתִין דְּבַעֲלֵי מִדּוֹת. נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. חֲכָמִים. נְבוֹנִים. חֲסִידִים. גִּבּוֹרִים. אַנְשֵׁי אֱמֶת. נְבִיאִים. צַדִּיקִים. מְלָכִים. כֻּלְּהוּ דַּאֲצִילוּת. דְּאִית אָחֳרָנִין דִּבְרִיאָה.

Anointment Fear Levites Light Offering Oil Righteous Shechinah Temple, The

38. For the Shechinah is an offering, THE SECRET OF the anointing oil. On the right, there is oil for the light, as in "the greater luminary" (Beresheet 1:16), CHESED; the holy anointing oil is on the left side, GVURAH, of which it says that you shall consecrate the Levites. The beaten oil is from the side of the Righteous, YESOD, THE CENTRAL COLUMN, that beats finely the limbs, which are olives, to produce oil to the wick. The wick is blue and signifies THE LOWER Gvurah, NAMELY MALCHUT, whence fear comes. The Levites, THE ASPECT OF GVURAH, guard the Temple.

38. דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא אִיהִי קָרְבָּן, שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה. מִימִינָא שֶׁמֶן לַמָּאוֹר, כְּגוֹן אֶת הַמָּאוֹר הַגָּדוֹל. שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת קֹדֶשׁ אִיהוּ מִסִּטְרָא דִּשְׂמָאלָא, דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ אֶת הַלְּוִיִּם. שֶׁמֶן כָּתִית, אִיהִי מִסִּטְרָא דְּצַדִּיק, דְּאִיהוּ כָּתִישׁ כְּתִישִׁין מֵאֵבָרִין דְּאִינּוּן זֵיתִים, לְאַחֲתָא מִשְׁחָא לְגַבִּי פְּתִילָה. פְּתִילָה תֵּכְלָא. וּגְבוּרָה מִתַּמָּן אִיהִי יִרְאָה, וּלְוִיִּם שׁוֹמְרִין הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.

Fear Incense Levites Sacrifice Shechinah Singing Temple, The Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)

39. This is the origin of the commandment of fearing the Temple. It is the commandment concerning the service of the Levites in the Temple in the 24 watches of the Levites, in which the Levites sang chants and hymns before You, with which to raise the Shechinah, CALLED 'chanting and singing to Hashem.' 24, OF THE TWENTY-FOUR WATCHES, together with chants and hymns amounts to26, as the numerical value of Yud Hei Vav Hei. AND THE COMMANDMENT that follows it is the commandment of the daily incense to the Holy One, blessed be He. And the burning of the incense is like a sacrifice.

39. וּמִתַּמָּן פִּקּוּדָא לִירָא מִן הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, וְאִיהוּ מִצְוַת עֲבוֹדַת הַלְּוִיִּם בַּמִקְדָּשׁ בְּכ"ד מִשְׁמָרוֹת לְוִיִּם דִּבְהוֹן לְוִיִּם בְּשִׁירָה וּבְזִמְרָה הֲווֹ מְזַמְּרִין קֳדָמָךְ, לְסַלְּקָא שְׁכִינְתָּא דְּאִיהִי שִׁירָה וְזִמְרָה בְּהוֹן לַיְיָ.' כ"ד עִם שִׁירָה וְזִמְרָה כ"ו, כְּחוּשְׁבָן יְדֹוָ"ד. וַאֲבַתְרֵיהּ פִּקּוּדָא אִיהִי מִצְוַת קְטֹרֶת תָּמִיד לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וּקְטֹרֶת כְּקָרְבְּנָא.

Altar Angel of Death Angels Atonement Body Evil Evil Inclination Gehenom (Hell) Hell (Gehenom) North Offering Sin Soul, The

40. "And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into its pieces" (Vayikra 1:6). The limbs and the fats that are consumed all night UPON THE ALTAR atone for the limbs of the body OF THE SACRIFICING MAN and his soul, so that they will not burn in Gehenom, nor be delivered into the hand of the Angel of Death. Since man sins by the Evil Inclination, the northern one, OF WHICH IT SAYS, "BUT I WILL REMOVE FAR OFF FROM YOU THE NORTHERN ONE" (YOEL 2:20), it is slaughtered on the north side to save him from that northern one.

40. וְהִפְשִׁיט אֶת הָעוֹלָה וְנִתַּח אוֹתָהּ לִנְתָחֶיהָ. וְאֵמוּרִין וּפְדָרִין דְּאִינּוּן מִתְאַכְּלִין כָּל הַלַּיְלָה, אִינּוּן כַּפָּרָה דְּאֵבָרִין דְּגוּפָא דִּילֵיהּ וְנַפְשֵׁיהּ, דְּלָא יִתּוֹקְדוּן בְּגֵיהִנָּם, וְלָא יִתְמַסְּרוּן בִּידָא דְּמַלְאָךְ הַמָּוֶת, וּבְגִין דְּב"נ חָב בְּיֵצֶר הָרָע, דְּאִיהוּ צְפּוֹנִי , הָכִי שְׁחִיטָתוֹ בַּצָפוֹן לְשֵׁזָבָא לֵיהּ מֵהַהוּא צְפוֹנִי.