Top, trunk and path

Synopsis

Because some of this section is missing it cannot all be summarized. It begins with a discussion about the name "Yud Hei Vav Hei our Elohim Yud Hei Vav Hei." We learn that the children of Yisrael have the Hebrew alphabet and language, and that higher secrets can be understood from the form of the letters; this understanding is not available to people of other nations, who have scripts that are merely inventions or agreements among them. The Zohar turns to the supernal creation of Zeir Anpin and Malchut, and lastly to the secret explanation of "And the number of the fourth part of Yisrael."

Aba and Ima Air Rocks Tetragrammaton Unity Yishai Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

344. All the complete unity is here IN THE NAMES "Yud Hei Vav Hei our Elohim Yud Hei Vav Hei," because its secret is "from the top of the rocks" (Bemidbar 23:9) THAT IS SUPERNAL ABA. It was unified with the top, the trunk and path. Yud Hei Vav Hei is the highest peak of air that ascends, MEANING "TOP OF THE ROCKS" THAT IS ABA; our Elohim is the trunk, as it is written: "The stem of Yishai" (Yeshayah 11:1), NAMELY BINAH. Yud Hei Vav Hei is the lower path, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, VAV. By this secret, it was properly united with it and, because it spread out into it, INTO THE VAV, the path, IN THE SECRET MEANING OF THE STEP OUTWARD, there is a need...(MISSING THE CONTINUATION) the secret that was clarified in the two Yeshivot.

344. כָּל יִחוּדָא שְׁלִים, הָכָא אִיהוּ. יְיָ' אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְיָ.' דְּהָא רָזָא דִּילֵיהּ, מֵרֹאשׁ צוּרִים אִיהוּ, וְאִתְיָיחֵד בְּרֵישָׁא, בְּגִזְעָא וּשְׁבִילָא. יְיָ:' דָּא רֵישָׁא עִלָּאָה, אֲוִירָא דְּסַלְּקָא. אֱלֹהֵינוּ: דָּא גִּזְעָא, דְּאִתְּמַר גֶּזַע יִשַׁי. יְיָ:' דָּא שְׁבִילָא דִּלְתַּתָּא. וְעַל רָזָא דָּא אִתְיָיחָד בֵּיהּ כַּדְּקָא יָאוּת. וּבְגִין דְּאִתְמְתַח בֵּיהּ שְׁבִילָא אִצְטְרִיךְ. רָזָא דְּאִתְגְּזַר בִּתְרֵי מְתִיבְתֵּי.

345. Happy is your lot, Rabbi Shimon, that you merited the higher matters of your Master. Your Master is pleased with you. How much the measure of the expansion of this path is by higher measurement, in the top, the trunk and the path, and they were attired in this extension. Therefore, the first extension is the measure of the six ends and everything was unified into this letter. Due to this, it properly "shall dwell alone..."(BECAUSE THE BEGINNING IS MISSING, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN IT).

345. זַכָּאָה חוּלָקָךְ רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, דְּזָכִית לְמִלִּין עִלָּאִין דְּמָארִיךְ, וּמָארָךְ אִתְרְעֵי בָּךְ, כַּמָּה שִׁיעוּרָא דִּמְתִיחָן דִּשְׁבִילָא דָּא בְּשִׁיעוּרָא עִלָּאָה, דְּרֵישָׁא וְגִזְעָא וּשְׁבִילָא, וְאִתְלַבְּשָׁן בִּמְתִּיחוּ דָּא. וְעַ"ד מְתִיחוּ דְּא,' שִׁיעוּרָא דְּשִׁית סִטְרִין. וְכֹלָּא אִתְיָחַד בְּהַאי אָת, ובג"כ, לְבָדָד יִשְׁכּוֹן כַּדְּקָא יָאוּת.

Form Vanity

346. "And shall not be reckoned among the nations" (Ibid.): Yisrael have a script and a language. In each letter, it is possible to observe the form and proper depiction, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE HIGHER SECRETS IN THEM. However, it "shall not be reckoned among the nations," because they do not possess the script and language, ORIGINALLY DEPICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIGHER FORMS. They have nothing by which to observe and know anything, THROUGH THE SHAPE OF THEIR SCRIPT, because "they are vanity, the work of delusion" (Yirmayah 10:15), SINCE THEIR SCRIPT AND LANGUAGES ARE MERELY AGREEMENTS, WHEREBY PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED UPON A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT. This secret "shall not be reckoned" in their way of thinking and observation, OF THEIR LETTER FORMS, because they do not have a script. Happy are Yisrael.

346. וּבָגוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב, יִשְׂרָאֵל אִית לוֹן כְּתָב וְלָשׁוֹן. וּבְכָל אָת, יַכְלִין לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בְּדִיּוּקְנָא וְצִיּוּרָא כַּדְּקָא יָאוּת. אֲבָל בַּגּוֹיִם עכו"ם, לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב. רָזָא דְּנָא, בְּגִין דְּלֵית לוֹן כְּתָב וְלָשׁוֹן, וְלֵית לוֹן לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא וּלְמִנְדַּע כְּלוּם, דְּהָא הֶבֶל הֵמָּה מַעֲשֵׂה תַּעְתּוּעִים. וְלָא יִתְחָשָׁב רָזָא דְּנָא בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה וּבְאַסְתַּכְּלוּתָא דִּלְהוֹן, הוֹאִיל וְלֵית לוֹן כְּתָב. זַכָּאִין אִינּוּן יִשְׂרָאֵל.

Aba and Ima Air Chambers Female Form Jacob Point Yisrael Saba Zeir Anpin

347. "Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Yisrael" (Bemidbar 23:10). That higher point, WHICH IS SUPERNAL ABA AND IMA, which top, trunk and path, ARE THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END, MEANING CHOCHMAH, BINAH, DA'AT, CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD AND YESOD, is hidden. It is not available for questioning. From the moment it began to be built and to become a chamber in accordance with His wish and be referred to as "Who," THAT IS YISRAEL-SABA AND TEVUNAH, its form OF ABA AND IMA began to be actually built, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN. FOLLOWING THAT, it produced his female, MEANING MALCHUT, in the form of His mother, THAT IS YISRAEL-SABA AND TEVUNAH, WHICH IS BINAH.

347. מִי מָנָה עֲפַר יַעֲקֹב וּמִסְפָּר אֶת רוֹבַע יִשְׂרָאֵל. הַהוּא נְקוּדָה עִלָּאָה, רֵישָׁא וְגִזְעָא וּשְׁבִילָא, בִּטְמִירוּ אִיהוּ, וְלָא קַיְּימָא לְשָׁאֲלָא לְבַר. אֲבָל מִשַּׁעֲתָּא דְּשָׁארִי לְאִתְבָּנָאָה, וּלְמֶעְבַּד הֵיכָלָא בִּרְעוּתֵיהּ, וְאִקְרֵי מִ"י, שָׁארִי לְאִתְבָּנָאָה, דִּיּוּקְנָא, דִּילֵיהּ מַמָּשׁ. אַפִיק נוּקְבָּא דִּילֵיהּ, בְּדִיּוּקְנָא דְּאִמֵּיהּ.

Chambers Daniel Directions Female Yisrael Saba Zeir Anpin

348. What is this "Who?" It is the top, the trunk and the path, MEANING THE TOP, MIDDLE AND END, WHICH ARE CHOCHMAH, BINAH, DA'AT, CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD AND YESOD OF YISRAEL- SABA AND TEVUNAH, that spreads out, so that a chamber may be built by extension. It built in two directions, TO ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, so that even though it took out Yisrael that is Vav, ZEIR ANPIN, it ALSO took out the female together and invited her to itself. "Who can count (Heb. manah)" MEANS, as it says, "And the king appointed them (Heb. vayeman)" (Daniel 1:5), AND ALSO "sending choice portions (Heb. manot)" (Ester 9:22), MEANING THAT "WHO," WHICH IS YISRAEL-SABA AND TEVUNAH, gave him, ZEIR ANPIN, a very valuable gift, WHICH IS MALCHUT, and let it out together with him. In the same extension that it expanded, it took both of them out together in the same moment.

348. מַאי מִי. דָּא רֵישָׁא וְגִזְעָא וּשְׁבִילָא. וְאִתְפָּשַּׁט לְאִתְבָּנָאָה בִּפְשִׁיטוּ דְּחַד הֵיכָלָא, לִתְרֵין סִטְרִין בָּאנֵי. ואע"ג דְּאַפִּיק לְיִשְׂרָאֵל. דְּאִיהוּ ו,' אוֹף הָכִי אַפִּיק לְנוּקְבָּא דִּילֵיהּ כַּחֲדָא, וְאַזְמְנָהּ לְגַבֵּיהּ. מָנָה, כד"א וַיְמַן לָהֶם הַמֶּלֶךְ וּמִשְׁלוֹחַ מָנוֹת. יָהַב לֵיהּ נְבַזְבְּזָא רַב וְיַקִּירָא, וְאַפִּיק לָהּ כַּחֲדָא מִנֵּיהּ. בְּהַהוּא פְּשִׁיטוּ דְּאִתְפְּשַׁט אַפִּיק תַּרְוַויְיהוּ כַּחֲדָא, בְּשַׁעֲתָא חֲדָא.

Body Brit (Covenant) Covenant (Brit) Jacob Zeir Anpin

349. The secret meaning of, "And the number of the fourth part of Yisrael" is passed on for your sake, Rabbi. Praised is your lot. "The fourth part of Yisrael" MEANS one quarter of the measure of Yisrael, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN CALLED 'YISRAEL' that is the covenant, MEANING YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN. Why is it referred to by "fourth part?" Because in the measure of the body is four covenants. The member of the covenant is a quarter in measuring the body and all of it is produced by "who" THAT IS BINAH. THEREFORE, IT SAYS, "WHO CAN COUNT THE DUST OF JACOB, AND THE NUMBER OF THE FOURTH PART OF YISRAEL," BECAUSE "WHO" HAS BROUGHT FORTH EVERYTHING.

349. וּמִסְפָּר אֶת רוֹבַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, רוֹבַע יִשְׂרָאֵל רָזָא דָּא בְּגִינָךְ ר' אִתְמְסַר, זַכָּאָה חוּלָקָךְ. רוֹבַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, רְבִיעִית, מִן מְדִידוּ דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, אִיהוּ בְּרִית. אֲמַאי אִקְרֵי רוֹבַע. אֶלָּא שִׁיעוּרָא דְּגוּפָא אַרְבַּע בְּרִיתוֹת הֲוֵי בְּשִׁיעוּרָא דִּילֵיהּ. וּבְרִית רוֹבַע אִיהוּ בְּשִׁיעוּרָא דִּמְדִידוּ דְּגוּפָא. כֹּלָּא אַפִּיק מִי.