Devoting one's possessions to the priest

Synopsis

Moses speaks about anger, saying that there is deadly poison in rage, and that when one is angry it is the same as if he is an idol worshipper. Therefore the person who sins in anger must give his offering to the priest because the priest is compassion and blessing and will cause the anger in the left to be subdued and replaced with mercy.

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46. The next precept after this one relates to someone who devotes his possessions to the priest. This is what is written: "everything devoted in Yisrael shall be yours" (Bemidbar 18:14). That is the secret meaning of: "everything that opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring to Hashem, whether it be of men or beasts" (Ibid. 15). Womb (Rechem; Resh- Chet-Mem) AMOUNTS TO RESH-MEM-CHET (= 248) by resetting the letters, like the number of 248 limbs and organs of a man, about whom it is said: "in wrath remember mercy (Heb. rachem)" (Chavakuk 3:2). After a person sins in anger and dedicates this beast to Him, another El, a serpent, dwells ON IT, as it says, "you are cursed above all cattle" (Beresheet 3:14), and he is to the left of man. Therefore, the Holy One, blessed be He, commanded that IT be given to the priest, who is compassion and blessing, in order to subdue the anger, SINCE in that person the bitterness is stirred, which is the sword of the Angel of Death. THEREFORE, the right is awakened toward him with compassion, and the anger in the left is subdued. And so when angry, have compassion; "in wrath remember mercy."

46. פִּקּוּדָא בָּתַר דָּא, לָדוּן בְּמַחֲרִים נְכָסָיו לַכֹּהֵן, הה"ד כָּל חֶרֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לְךָ יִהְיֶה. וְרָזָא דָּא כָּל פֶּטֶר רֶחֶם לְכָל בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר יַקְרִיבוּ לַיְיָ' בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה. רֶחֶם: בְּהִיפוּךְ אַתְוָון כְּחוּשְׁבַּן רמ"ח אֵבָרִים דב"נ, עָלַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר בְּרֹגֶז רַחֵם תִּזְכּוֹר. בָּתַר דְּכָעִיס ב"נ, וּמַחֲרִים הַהוּא בְּעִירָא לְגַבֵיהּ, הָא שַׁרְיָא אֵל אַחֵר נָחָשׁ, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ, אָרוּר אַתָּה מִכָּל הַבְּהֵמָה, וְאִיהוּ לִשְׂמָאלָא דב"נ. בְּגִין דָּא מָנֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, לְמֵיהַב לְכַהֲנָא, דְּאִיהוּ רַחֲמֵי בְּרָכָה, לְאִתְכַּפְיָיא רֹגֶז, דְּאִתְּעַר בְּהַהוּא ב"נ מָרָה, חַרְבָּא דְּמַלְאָךְ הַמָּוֶת, וְאִתְּעַר יְמִינָא לְגַבֵּיהּ בְּרַחֲמֵי, וְאִתְכַּפְיָיא רוּגְזָא דִּשְׂמָאלָא, וְהַאי אִיהוּ בְּרֹגֶז רַחֵם תִּזְכּוֹר.

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47. When one is angry, there is deadly poison in his rage. About him, the masters of the Mishnah have stated: Whoever is angry, it is as if he is an idol-worshipper, since the Other Side burns the person and by giving that beast to the priest, that possession separates from him. Samael, a strange El, consecrated destruction, and his female is a curse that is contained in all the curses mentioned in the book of Devarim. The Holy One, blessed be He, granted blessings throughout the Torah and all the blessings are from the right, to which the priest holds on. Due to this, any consecration needs to be given to the priest, who burns it in fire and destroys it from the world. The fire of the left gets calmed in the right, which is water, and "then the king's wrath was pacified" (Ester 7:10) through it.

47. מַאן דְּכָעִיס, דְּאִית לֵיהּ בְּכַעַס סַם הַמָּוֶת, דְּעָלֵיהּ אוּקְמוּהָ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, כָּל הַכּוֹעֵס כְּאִילּוּ עוֹבֵד עֲ"ז. בְּגִין דְּסִטְרָא אַחֲרָא אִתּוֹקְדַת בב"נ. וּבְהַהִיא בְּעִירָא דְּיָהִיב לְכַהֲנָא אִתְפְּרַשׁ חֵרֶם מִנֵּיהּ, וְסָמָאֵל אֵל אַחֵר חֵרֶם, וְנוּקְבָּא דִּילֵיהּ קְלָלָה, כְּלוּלָה מִכֹּל קְלָלוֹת שְׁבַּמִשְׁנֶה תּוֹרָה. וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בָּרִיך בְּכָל אוֹרַיְיתָא כֹּלָא, וְכָל בִּרְכָאן מִימִינָא, דְּאָחִיד בָּהּ כֹּהֵן. וּבְגִין דָּא כָּל חֵרֶם צָרִיךְ לְמֵיהַב לֵיהּ לְכַהֲנָא, דְּאִיהוּ אָכִיל לֵיהּ בְּנוּרָא, וְשֵׁצֵי לֵיהּ מֵעָלְמָא, וְשָׁכִיךְ אֶשָּׁא מִשְּׂמָאלָא בִּימִינָא, דְּאִיהוּ מַיָּיא, וּבֵיהּ וַחֲמַת הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׁכָכָה.