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Precepts Shepherd Torah Universe Zeir Anpin

84. Introduction by Ra'aya Meheimna (the Faithful Shepherd). "And you shall keep My commandments, and do them" (Vayikra 22:31). We have learned about the commandments of the Master of the Universe, as it is written, "And you shall keep My commandments, and do them." HE ASKS, If they need keeping, WHEN THEN DOES THIS INCLUDE DOING AS WELL, and why DOES IT SAY, "and do them?" Furthermore, HE ASKS, all the commandments in the Torah have two Facets that are one, NAMELY 'remember' and 'keep;' 'remember' is for the Male, NAMELY ZEIR ANPIN, and 'keep' for the Female, MALCHUT, and they are all joined into one. HE ASKS, If 'keep' is for the Female, why is it written, "And you shall keep My commandments," WHICH INDICATES ALL THE PRECEPTS ARE ONLY OF THE ASPECT OF THE FEMALE, NAMELY 'KEEPING?'

84. (הקדמת רעיא מהימנא) וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם מִצְוֹתַי וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אוֹתָם וְגוֹ.' פִּקוּדִין דְּמָארֵי עָלְמָא, הָא תָּנֵינָן. דִּכְתִּיב וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם מִצְוֹתַי וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אוֹתָם. אִי נְטוּרֵי קָא בָּעֵינָן, עֲיבִידָא לָמָּה. תּוּ, כָּל פִּקּוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא אִינּוּן בִּתְרֵין גַּוְונִין דְּאִינּוּן חַד, זָכוֹר וְשָׁמוֹר, זָכוֹר לִדְכוּרָא, וְשָׁמוֹר לְנוּקְבָּא. וְכֻלְּהוּ כְּלָלָא חֲדָא, אִי שָׁמוֹר לְנוּקְבָּא אֲמַאי כְּתִיב וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם מִצְוֹתַי.

Torah Zeir Anpin

85. HE ANSWERS, Everything is within this verse. "And you shall keep" refers to 'keep,' while, "and do them" refers to 'remember.' It all pertains to the same secret. Remembering is doing. Whoever mentions something below causes the doing of that secret above. There are 613 commandments in the Torah, which are the whole of Male and Female, NAMELY 'REMEMBER' AND 'KEEP,' ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, all pertaining to the same secret.

85. אֶלָּא כֹּלָּא בְּהַאי קְרָא, וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם: דָּא שָׁמוֹר. וַעֲשִׂיתֶם: דָּא זָכוֹר, דְּכֹלָּא רָזָא חֲדָא. זְכִירָה דָּא אִיהִי עֲשִׂיָּה, דְּהָא מַאן דְּאַדְכַּר מִלָּה לְתַתָּא, אַתְקִין וְאִתְעָבֵיד הַהוּא רָזָא דִּלְעֵילָּא. פִּקּוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא אִלֵּין אִינּוּן שִׁית מֵאָה וּתְלֵיסָר פִּקוּדִין, דְּאִינּוּן כְּלָלָא דִּדְכַר וְנוּקְבָּא, וְכֹלָּא רָזָא חֲדָא.

Female Waters (Mayin Nukvin) Grades Holy Name Mayin Nukvin (Female Waters) Zeir Anpin

86. "Neither shall you profane My holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Yisrael..." (Vayikra 22:32). This commandment is to sanctify Him daily and raise His sanctity from below upwards, NAMELY, TO RAISE MAYIN NUKVIN FROM BELOW SO AS TO AWAKEN HIS SANCTITY ABOVE, just as He is holy above. Thus His sanctity will rise to the fathers, WHO ARE CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET OF ZEIR ANPIN, and the children, NETZACH, HOD AND YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN, CALLED THE CHILDREN OF YISRAEL. This is the secret of, "but I will be hallowed among the children of Yisrael" above THE CHEST and below THE CHEST. FOR "I WILL BE HALLOWED" REFERS TO CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET OF ZEIR ANPIN, CALLED FATHERS, WHO ARE ABOVE THE CHEST, AND "AMONG THE CHILDREN OF YISRAEL" REFERS TO NETZACH, HOD AND YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN, CALLED THE CHILDREN OF YISRAEL, WHO ARE BELOW THE CHEST OF ZEIR ANPIN. Above in three grades, CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET OF ZEIR ANPIN; below in three grades, NETZACH, HOD AND YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN.

86. וְלֹא תְּחַלְּלוּ אֶת שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹ.' פִּקּוּדָא דָּא, לְקַדְּשָׁא לֵיהּ בְּכָל יוֹמָא, לְסַלְּקָא קְדוּשָׁתֵיהּ מִתַּתָּא לְעֵילָּא, כְּמָה דְּאִיהוּ קַדִּישָׁא לְעֵילָּא, עַד דְּסָלִיק קְדוּשָׁתֵיהּ לַאֲבָהָן וּבְנִין. וְרָזָא דָּא, וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, עֵילָּא וְתַתָּא. עֵילָּא בְּג' דַּרְגִּין. לְתַתָּא בְּג' דַּרְגִּין.

Aba and Ima Grades Holiness (Kedushah) Kedushah (Holiness) Zeir Anpin

87. We have explained ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF sanctity in several places. But as there is sanctity in the highest, WHICH IS SUPERNAL ABA AND IMA, WHO ARE CALLED HOLINESS, so there is sanctity in the middle, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, and sanctity below IN MALCHUT. Everything follows the lower, WHICH MEANS THE ESSENCE IS TO DRAW SANCTITY DOWN TO MALCHUT. The highest sanctity, ABA AND IMA, pertains to one secret, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE HOLINESS THEMSELVES AND ALL THAT PERTAINS TO THEM IS HOLY - the sanctity in the middle and below, ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, IS DIVIDED into three grades that are one. THIS MEANS SANCTITY IS DRAWN THROUGH THREE COLUMNS. SANCTITY IS IN THE RIGHT COLUMN, WHENCE IT IS DRAWN TO ALL COLUMNS - CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET IN ZEIR ANPIN, AND NETZACH, HOD AND YESOD IN MALCHUT.

87. קְדוּשָּׁה הָא, אוֹקִימְנָא בְּכַמָּה דּוּכְתֵּי, אֲבָל כְּמָה דְּאִית קְדוּשָׁה לְעֵילָּא עַל כֹּלָּא, הָכִי אִית קְדוּשָּׁה בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא, קְדוּשָּׁה לְתַתָּא. וְכֹלָּא בְּרָזָא דִּלְתַתָּא, קְדוּשָּׁה דִּלְעֵילָּא לְעֵילָּא, בְּרָזָא חֲדָא. קְדוּשָּׁה בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא וּלְתַתָּא תְּלַת דַּרְגִּין דְּאִינּוּן חַד.

Aba and Ima Flow Grades Holiness (Kedushah) Kedushah (Holiness) Light Tetragrammaton Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

88. HE EXPLAINS HIS WORDS: holy is the highest aspect found at the beginning of all grades, NAMELY ABA AND IMA, WHICH ARE CHOCHMAH, THE TOP OF THE GRADES. IT IS THE SECRET OF YUD OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, AND THOUGH IT IS A HIDDEN ASPECT THAT IS CALLED 'HOLINESS,' WHICH IS NOT DRAWN DOWN, AS YUD HAS NO LEG, THAT IS, EXPANSION, NEVERTHELESS an expansion emerges, shining through a thin hidden path, YESOD OF ABA AND IMA to the middle GRADE, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN. Once it shone upon the middle GRADE, a certain Vav is imprinted WITH THE BOUNTY OF HOLINESS, which shines into the holiness IT RECEIVED, and it is considered holy WITH VAV. From this light an expansion flows down TO MALCHUT, which is the last of the grades, NAMELY THE LAST HEI OF YUD HEI VAV HEI. Once it shone upon the end, a certain Hei OF MALCHUT is imprinted within the light, which is called sanctity WITH AN ADDITIONAL HEI. This has already been explained. THUS, WHEN THE BOUNTY OF SANCTITY ORIGINATES IN SUPERNAL ABA AND IMA, IT IS CALLED HOLINESS (HEB. KODESH). WHEN IT FLOWS TO ZEIR ANPIN, A VAV IS ADDED AND IT IS CALLED HOLY (HEB. KADOSH) WITH VAV. WHEN IT FLOWS TO MALCHUT A HEI IS ADDED AND IT IS CALLED SANCTITY (HEB. KEDUSHAH) WITH HEI.

88. קָדוֹשׁ, אִיהוּ סְטַר עִלָּאָה, דְּאִשְׁתְּכַח רֵאשִׁיתָא לְכָל דַּרְגִּין. ואע"ג דְּאִיהוּ סְטָר טְמִירָא, וְאִקְרֵי קֹדֶשׁ. מִתַּמָּן אִתְפְּשָׁט פְּשִׁיטוּ, דְּנָהִיר בְּחַד שְׁבִילָא דְּקִיקָא טְמִירָא, גּוֹ אֶמְצָעִיתָא. כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְנְהִיר גּוֹ אֶמְצָעִיתָא, כְּדֵין אִתְרְשִׁים חַד ו,' דְּנָהִיר גּוֹ הַאי קֹדֶשׁ, וְאִקְרֵי קָדוֹשׁ. מֵהַאי נְהִירוּ אִתְפְּשַׁט פְּשִׁיטוּ, לְתַתָּא, סוֹפָא דְּכָל דַּרְגִּין. כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְנְהִיר בְּסוֹפָא, כְּדֵין אִתְרֵשִׁים בִּנְהִירוּ, חַד ה,' וְאִקְרֵי קְדוּשָּׁה, וְהָא אוֹקִימְנָא.

Aba and Ima Holiness (Kedushah) Kedushah (Holiness)

89. That which is called 'Holy, holy, holy' should have said 'holiness' AT FIRST, because the secret OF THE FIRST 'HOLY' MEANS THE BEGINNING of everything, NAMELY SUPERNAL ABA AND IMA, WHICH ARE CALLED 'HOLINESS,' since HOLINESS comes from there, AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH THAT HOLINESS IS THE ROOT OF SANCTITY. In that case, why is it called holy above, if there is no Vav there, WHICH INDICATES EXPANSION, AND ONLY YUD THAT DOES NOT EXPAND?

89. וּמַה דְּאִקְרֵי קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ, דְּהָא קֹדֶשׁ מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ, רָזָא דְּרֵאשִׁיתָא דְּכֹלָּא, הוֹאִיל וּמִתַּמָּן אִשְׁתְּכַח, וְאִי הָכִי אֲמַאי אִקְרֵי לְעֵילָּא קָדוֹשׁ, דְּהָא תַּמָּן ו' לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח.