Vaetchanan: Chapter 11

Love

Synopsis

Moses now says that it is a commandment to love. He tells us that whoever loves God maintains ten sayings and passes ten tests. We hear about great love and everlasting love, and that the two are one without division. The Faithful Shepherd asserts that love surpasses every other kind of worship there is in the whole world.

Abraham Body Love Soul, The Ten

69. It is a commandment to love. We explained that the love for the Holy One, blessed be He, MEANS that man should love Him with great love as did Abraham, who loved the Holy One, blessed be He, with great love and risked his body and soul for His sake. From this we derived that whoever loves the Holy One, blessed be He, maintains ten sayings, NAMELY TEN SFIROT, above and below. Hence all these ten tests Abraham underwent and withstood correspond to the ten sayings, since every test is one saying, NAMELY ONE SFIRAH. And he was tested by that saying and withstood it.

69. פִּקּוּדָא לְאַהֲבָה, וְהָא אוֹקִימְנָא רְחִימוּ דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דְּבָעֵי ב"נ לְרַחֲמָא לֵיהּ רְחִימוּ סַגֵּי כְּאַבְרָהָם, דְּרָחִים לֵיהּ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בְּכַמָּה רְחִימוּ, וּמָסַר גּוּפֵיהּ וְנַפְשֵׁיהּ לְגַבֵּיהּ. מִכָּאן אוֹלִיפְנָא, מַאן דְּרָחִים לֵיהּ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אִיהוּ מְקַיֵּים עֲשַׂר אֲמִירָן עֵילָּא וְתַתָּא. וְע"ד כָּל אִינּוּן עֶשֶׂר נִסְיוֹנֵי דְּאִתְנַסָּא אַבְרָהָם, וְקָאֵים בְּכֻלְּהוּ לָקֳבֵל עֲשַׂר אֲמִירָן, כָּל נִסְיוֹנָא אֲמִירָא הִיא, וְאִתְנָסָּא בְּהַהוּא אֲמִירָא, וְקָאֵים בֵּיהּ.

Abraham Hands Love Ten Zeir Anpin

70. There are therefore ten tests THAT CORRESPOND TO THE TEN SFIROT, and Abraham withstood them all, because he was attached and cleaved to the right hand of the Holy One, blessed be He that is called great love, NAMELY CHESED OF ZEIR ANPIN. It is called great love because whoever is in that state of love is attached to the supernal world, ZEIR ANPIN. Everlasting love is the secret of the lower world, NAMELY MALCHUT, to which the love of the Holy One, blessed be He, is attached. Everything, GREAT LOVE AND EVERLASTING LOVE, is the same mystery without division BETWEEN THEM. We have now learned the mystery of love that love surpasses every kind of worship in the world. By love the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, is honored above everything, and is blessed. Blessed be He forever and ever. This is the clarification of the secret of love.

70. וְע"ד אִינּוּן עֶשֶׂר נִסְיוֹנֵי, וְכֻלְּהוּ קָאֵים בְּהוּ אַבְרָהָם, בְּגִין דְּאִתְקְשַּׁר וְאִתְדַּבָּק בִּימִינָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דְּאִיהִי אַהֲבָה רַבָּה. מ"ט אִיקְרֵי אַהֲבָה רַבָּה. בְּגִין מַאן דְּקָאֵים בְּהַאי אַהֲבָה, אִתְקְשַּׁר בְּעָלְמָא עִלָּאָה. אַהֲבַת עוֹלָם, דָּא רָזָא דְּעָלְמָא תַּתָּאָה, דְּאִתְקְשַׁר בֵּיהּ רְחִימוּ דִּילֵיהּ, וְכֺלָּא רָזָא חֲדָא, בְּלָא פִּרוּדָא, וְהָא אִתְּמַר רָזָא דְּאַהֲבָה, רְחִימוּ דָּא סָלִיק עַל כָּל פּוּלְחָנִין דְּעָלְמָא, בְּהַאי אִתְיְיקַר שְׁמֵיהּ דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יַתִּיר מִכֺּלָּא, וְאִתְבְּרַךְ. בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמִין, וְרָזָא דְּאַהֲבָה אִתְּמַר.

Grades Sh'ma Yisrael Zeir Anpin

71. It is a commandment to recite the Sh'ma twice every day, once to correspond to the grade of day, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, and once to correspond to the grade of night, WHICH IS MALCHUT, so as to include the grade of night in day and the grade of day in the night. We have already learned this. We therefore need to do this twice daily, once during the day and once at night.

71. פִּקּוּדָא לְמִקְרֵי קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע ב' זִמְנִין בְּכָל יוֹמָא חַד, לָקֳבֵל דַּרְגָּא דִּימָמָא. וְחַד, לָקֳבֵל דַּרְגָּא דְּלֵילְיָא. וּלְאַכְלְלָא בִּימָמָא דַּרְגָּא דְּלֵילְיָא, וּלְאַכְלְלָא בְּלֵילְיָא דַּרְגָּא דִּימָמָא, וְהָא אִתְּמַר. וְע"ד תְּרֵין זִמְנִין בְּכָל יוֹמָא, חַד בִּימָמָא וְחַד בְּלֵילְיָא.

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