"And the house, when it was in building"

Synopsis

If we make a complete connection to the Light of God, we need only begin a new endeavor and the Light finishes the work on our behalf. This unusual concept can be illustrated by the example of planting a seed. Once the seed is planted, the forces of nature take over, eventually giving birth to a full grown tree. When our connections to the Light are secure and complete, we can plant seeds of positive energy in all areas of our lives. We gain this ability through the metaphysical powers that are emitted through the medium of the Hebrew letters.

Earth Iron Stone

323. Mishnah "And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech" (Beresheet 11:1). Rabbi Shimon began by quoting: "And the house, during its construction, was built of stone made ready before it was brought there, so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was being built" (I Melachim 6:7). HE ASKS IF THE WORDS, "And the house, during its construction,," MEAN THAT THE HOUSE BUILT ITSELF. Could it be that Solomon and all his artisans did not build it? Why does it read, "during its construction?"

323. מַתְנִיתִין. וַיְהִי כָל הָאָרֶץ שָׂפָה אַחַת וּדְבָרִים אֲחָדִים. ר' שִׁמְעוֹן פְּתַח, וְהַבַּיִת בְּהִבָּנוֹתוֹ אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה מַסַּע נִבְנָה וּמַקָּבוֹת וְהַגַּרְזֶן כָּל כְּלֵי בַּרְזֶל לֹא נִשְׁמַע בַּבַּיִת בְּהִבָּנוֹתוֹ. וְהַבַּיִת בְּהִבָּנוֹתוֹ. וְכִי לָא הֲוָה בָּנֵי לֵיהּ שְׁלֹמֹה, וְכָלְהוֹ אוּמָנִין, דַּהֲווֹ תַּמָּן, מַהוּ בְּהִבָּנוֹתוֹ.

Gold (Holy) Temple Miracle

324. We read: "And you shall make a candelabra. In one piece of pure gold shall the candelabra be made" (Shemot 25:31). Now a candelabra is to be made of beaten work, MEANING IF THE ARTISANS ARE TO BEAT THE BAR OF METAL WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER, why does the verse continue, "shall the candelabra be made?" THAT IS TO SAY, SHALL IT BE MADE BY ITSELF! But, of course, IN THE TEMPLE everything happened, and all objects made themselves, by miracles and signs. As soon as the artisans began to work, the art crafted itself, showing them how to work in ways they had not known before THEY STARTED.

324. אֶלָּא, כָּךְ הוּא, כְּמָה דִכְתִיב, מִקְשָׁה תֵּעָשֶׂה הַמְנוֹרָה. אִם הִיא מִקְשָׁה, מַהוּ תֵּעָשֶׂה. אֶלָּא, וַדַּאי כֹּלָּא בְּאָת וְנִיסָּא אִתְעֲבֵיד אִיהוּ מִגַּרְמֵיהּ. כֵּיוָן דְּשָׁרָאן לְמֶעְבַּד עֲבִידְתָּא אוֹלִיף לְאוּמָנִין לְמֶעְבַּד בָּהּ, מַה דְּלֹא הֲווֹ יָדְעִין מִקַּדְמַת דְּנָא.

Blessing Eyes Form

325. מ"ט, בְּגִין דְּבִרְכְתָא דְּקֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, שְׁרָא עַל יְדַיְיהוּ, וְע"ד כְּתִיב, בְּהִבָּנוֹתוֹ, אִיהִי אִתְבְּנֵי מִגַּרְמֵיהּ, דְּהוּא אוֹלְפָא אוּלְפַן לְאוּמָנִין, הֵיאךְ שָׁרָאן לְמֶעְבַּד, וְלָא אִסְתַּלַּק מֵעֵינַיְיהוּ רְשִׁימוּ דְּהַהוּא עֲבִידְתָּא מַמָּשׁ, וּמִסְתַּכְּלָאן בֵּיהּ וְעָבְדֵי, עַד דְּאִתְבְּנֵי כָּל בֵּיתָא.

Camp Nukva Stone

326. In the words "stone made ready (Heb. shlema; lit. 'whole') before it was brought there (Heb. masa; lit. 'journey);" shlema is spelled without a Yud. AS A RESULT, IT CAN BE ALSO PRONOUNCED SHLOMOH (ENG. 'SOLOMON'), AND NOT JUST SHLEMA. THAT REFERS TO THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE, CALLED THE STONE OF THE KING OF PEACE (HEB. SHALOM). Now the word masa indicates that A WHOLE STONE, THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE, TRAVELED FROM ABOVE AND came to dwell upon them and accomplish the work. ANOTHER INTERPRETATION IS THAT THE STONE made the hands "travel" or work involuntarily. For here, it is written masa, just as it appears in the verse, "and for the journeying (masa) of the camps" (Bemidbar 10:2). BECAUSE THE WORD IN THE LATTER VERSE REFERS TO AN ACTION, WE MAY CONCLUDE THAT IN THE FORMER IT ALSO DESCRIBES AN ACTION.

326. אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה מַסַּע נִבְנֶה. שְׁלֵמָה כְּתִיב, חָסֵר יוד, אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה וַדַּאי. מַסַּע: דְּאִתְנְטֵיל וְאַתְיָיא וְשָׁרְיָיא עֲלַיְיהוּ, וְאִתְעֲבֵיד עֲבִידְתָּא. מַסַּע: דְּאַנְטֵיל יָדָן לְמֶעְבַּד, דְּלָא מִדַּעְתַּיְיהוּ. כְּתִיב הָכָא מַסַּע. וּכְתִיב הָתָם וּלְמַסַּע אֶת הַמַּחֲנוֹת.

Iron Miracle

Atzilut Correction Grades Head Thought Torah

328. How pleasant it is to hear the words of the Torah; how good is the lot of he who delves in them and knows how to walk the path of truth, said Rabbi Shimon. So, "the house, when it was in building" MEANS THAT the desire of the Holy One, blessed be He, to be glorified arose from within the Thought and spread forth. IN OTHER WORDS, BINAH, WHICH IS CALLED 'DESIRE,' CAME FROM THE HEAD OF ARICH ANPIN, WHICH IS CALLED 'THOUGHT,' and spread forth from the place that is called 'Concealed Thought.' THAT IS, IT SPREAD FORTH FROM THE 'CONCEALED CHOCHMAH' OF ARICH ANPIN, which is a mystery.

328. אֲמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, כַּמָּה חֲבִיבִין אִינוּן מִלֵּי דְאוֹרַיְיתָא. זַכָּאָה חוּלָקֵיהּ, מַאן דְּאִתְעַסַּק בְּהוֹ, וְיָדַע לְמֵיהַךְ בְּאֹרַח קְשׁוֹט. וְהַבַּיִת בְּהִבָּנוֹתוֹ. כַּד סָלְקָא בִּרְעוּתָא דְּקֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, לְמֶעְבַּד יְקָרָא לִיקָרֵיהּ, סָלְקָא מִגּוֹ מַחֲשָׁבָה רְעוּתָא, לְאִתְפַּשְׁטָא, וְאִתְפַּשְׁטַת מֵאֲתַר דְּאִיהִי מַחֲשָׁבָה סְתִימָא, דְּלָא אִתְיְידַע.

Flow Jeremiah Thought

329. עַד דְּאִתְפַּשְׁטַת וְשַׁרְיָיא לְבֵי גָרוֹן, אֲתַר דְּאִיהוּ נְבִיעַ תָּדִיר, בְּרָזָא דְּאִיהוּ רוּחַ חַיִּים. וּכְדֵין כַּד אִתְפַּשְׁטַת הַהִיא מַחֲשָׁבָה, וְשָׁרְיָא בַּאֲתַר דָּא, אִקְרֵי הַהִיא מַחֲשָׁבָה, אֱלֹקִים חַיִּים. דִּכְתִיב הוּא אֱלֹקִים חַיִּים.

Fire Jacob Thought Water Wind Zeir Anpin

330. עוֹד בָּעָא, לְאִתְפַּשְׁטָא וּלְאִתְגַּלְּיָא, מִתַּמָּן נָפְקוּ, אֶשָׁא וְרוּחָא וּמַיָא, כְּלִילָן כַּחֲדָא, וּנְפַק יַעֲקֹב, גְּבַר שְׁלִים, וְאִיהוּ קוֹל חַד דְּנָפִיק וְאִשְׁתְּמַע. מֵהָכָא, מַחֲשָׁבָה דַּהֲוָה סְתִימָא בַּחֲשַׁאי, אִשְׁתְּמַע לְאִתְגַּלְיָא.

Lips Thought

Aba and Ima Crowns Miracle Nukva Stone Zeir Anpin

332. Speech was an extension OF BINAH, MEANING THAT BINAH WAS DRAWN TO THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE and was formed by the power of the voice. THE VOICE IS ZEIR ANPIN, WHO RECEIVES FROM BINAH AND PASSES ON TO THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE. The words, "And the house, during its construction,," REFER TO THE FACT THAT IT BUILT ITSELF BY SIGNS AND MIRACLES. The verse reads, "when it was in building" and not "when it was built." IF THE PHRASE WAS MEANT TO INDICATE THAT THE HOUSE BUILT ITSELF, IT WOULD HAVE READ, 'AND THE HOUSE WHEN IT WAS BUILT,' WHY DOES IT READ, "during its construction?" AND HE EXPLAINS THAT THIS IS TO TEACH US THAT it is so at all times. "Stone made ready" is THE STONE OF SOLOMON as we said before. It is also written: "with the crown with which his mother crowned him" (Shir Hashirim 3:11), REFERRING TO BINAH, WHICH IS CALLED IMA. THUS, WHEN THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE RECEIVES THESE CROWN, SHE IS CALLED THE STONE OF SOLOMON.

332. כֵּיוָן דְּמָטָא אִתְפַּשְׁטוּתָא דָא, וְאִתְעֲבֵיד דִּבּוּר בִּתְקִיפָא דְּהַהוּא קָלָא, כְּדֵין, וְהַבַּיִת בְּהִבָּנוֹתוֹ. כַּאֲשֶׁר נִבְנָה לֹא כְתִיב, אֶלָּא בְּהִבָּנוֹתוֹ, בְּכָל זִמְנָא וְזִמְנָא. אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה, כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמָר. וּכְתִיב בָּעֲטָרָה שֶׁעִטְרָה לוֹ אִמּוֹ.

Aba and Ima Grades Iron Mochin Nukva Zeir Anpin

333. "It was brought there" INDICATES THAT THE ILLUMINATION OF THE MOCHIN emerged from the internal aspect OF BINAH. THAT IS, ALL THE WORK WAS COMPLETED and came FROM BINAH. It then remained outside IN ZEIR ANPIN, emerging from the upper level - BINAH - and traveling down TO THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE. The "hammers and ax and all other tools of iron" are the lower levels that depend on THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE. They were neither heard nor received by the internal aspect when THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE ascended to unite with the it, ENCLOTHE ABA AND IMA, and be nourished from there. BECAUSE THEY USED THE SHAMIR INSTEAD OF OTHER TOOLS, THEY WERE NOT HEARD. This is why the verse uses the phrase "when it was n building" TO INDICATE THAT IT WAS BUILT WITHOUT ANY OF THE HANDIWORK OF THE LOWER BEINGS.

333. מַסַּע: דְּנַפְקָא מִלְּגוֹ, וְשַׁרְיָא וְנָטֵיל לְבַר, נַפְקָא מִלְּעֵילָא, וְשַׁרְיָא וְנָטֵיל לְתַתָּא. וּמַקָּבוֹת וְהַגַּרְזֶן כָּל כְּלֵי בַּרְזֶל: אִלֵּין שְׁאָר דַּרְגִּין תַּתָּאִין, דְּכָלְהוֹ תַּלְיָין בֵּיהּ, וְלָא אִשְׁתְּמָעוּ, וְלָא אִתְקַבְּלָן לְגוֹ, כַּד אִיהִי סַלְקָא לְאִתְאַחֲדָא לְעֵילָא, וּלְיָנְקָא מִתַּמָּן. וְדָא הוּא בְּהִבָּנוֹתוֹ.

Aba and Ima Blessing Creation Nukva Unity

334. וּכְדֵין כַּד אִיהִי יָנְקָא, כָּלְהוֹ קָיְימֵי בְּחֶדְוָותָא, וְיָנְקִין וְאִתְמַלְיָין בִּרְכָאן. וּכְדֵין, קָיְימִין עָלְמִין כָּלְהוֹ, בְּרָזָא חָדָא, בְּיִחוּדָא חַד, וְלָא הֲוֵי בְּהוֹ בְּכָלְהוֹ עָלְמִין פְּרוּדָא. לְבָתַר דְּנָטְלֵי חוּלַקְהוֹן כָּל חַד וְחַד, כָּלְהוֹ מִתְפַּשְׁטָן וּמִתְפָּרְשָׁן לְסִטְרַיְיהוּ, לְמָה דְאִתְמַנָּן.