Evil admixtures

Synopsis

Many types of negative forces are discussed in this section of the Zohar. These include the nation of Amalek, which is identified as the snake and the evil angel Samael, a name we do not utter. All these negative forces, including the force of death, will be removed from the face of the earth at the end of time - and this section helps us remove the force of death and evil from our own lives.

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290. "And they heard the voice of Hashem Elohim..." (Beresheet 3:8). THIS ALLUDES TO THE TIME when YISRAEL approached Mount Sinai TO RECEIVE THE TORAH, as it is written: "Did ever people hear the voice of Elohim speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?" (Devarim 4:33). WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE IS AN ANALOGY BETWEEN THE VERSES DERIVED FROM THE USE OF THE WORD "HEAR." While the mixed multitude, WHICH COULD NOT BEAR TO HEAR THE VOICE OF ELOHIM, perished, those FROM AMONG THE MIXED MULTITUDE WHO REMAINED ALIVE said AFTERWARDS to Moses, "But let not Elohim speak with us, lest we die" (Shemot 20:19). They then caused the Torah to be forgotten BY BRINGING THE SIN OF THE GOLDEN CALF UPON YISRAEL. THE MIXED MULTITUDE consists of ignorant people, about whom it is written: "Cursed be he that lies with any manner of beast" (Devarim 27:21), because they come from the side of that Serpent, of which it is written: "You are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field" (Beresheet 3:14).

290. וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶת קוֹל ה' אֱלֹקִים וגו', כַּד קְרִיבוּ לְטוּרָא דְסִינַי. הה"ד הֲשָׁמַע עָם קוֹל אֱלֹקִים מְדַבֵּר מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ וגו', וְעֵרֶב רַב מִיתוּ וְאִנוּן הֲווֹ דַּאֲמָרוּ לְמֹשֶׁה וְאַל יְדַבֵּר עִמָּנוּ אֱלֹקִים פֶּן נָמוּת וְאַשְׁכָּחוּ אוֹרַיְיתָא, וְאִלֵּין אִנוּן עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ, דְּאִתְּמָר בְּהוֹן אָרוּר שׁוֹכֵב עִם כָּל בְּהֵמָה. בְּגִין דְּאִנוּן מִסִּטְרָא דְהַהוּא חִוְיָא, דְּאִתְּמָר בֵּיהּ, אָרוּר אַתָּה מִכָּל הַבְּהֵמָה.

Amalek Animals Beasts Bloodshed Death Death and the Afterlife Demons Evil Idolatry Incest Nakedness Samael Serpent Soul, The Wicked Wickedness

291. There are many evil kinds AMONG THE CHILDREN OF YISRAEL THAT ARE CALLED cattle and beasts. One is a mixture from the side of the Serpent and another from the side of the idolatrous nations, who are like animals and wild beasts. There is also a mixed multitude from the side of the evil spirits, which are the souls of the wicked. These are the actual evildoers in the world and there is a mixture of demons, spirits and nightspirits as well. These are all mixed among Yisrael, but none of them is as cursed as Amalek, who is the evil Serpent, a Strange El: The one who uncovers all nakedness in the world. THIS MEANS THAT IT IS THE ROOT OF THE KLIPAH, WHICH CAUSES INCEST (SEXUAL MISCONDUCT) IN THE WORLD. It is the murderer. FROM IT, ALL MURDERS IN THE WORLD ORIGINATE, and its spouse is the potion of death of idol-worship. SO THE THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF IDOL WORSHIP, INCEST AND BLOODSHED DERIVE FROM THE KLIPAH OF AMALEK, WHO IS THE SERPENT AND ANOTHER EL. They are all RELATED TO THE ASPECT OF Samael, who has many different aspects, but they are not the same. SAMAEL, who is from the side of the Serpent, is the most cursed of them all.

291. וְהָא כַּמָּה עִרְבּוּבִין אִנוּן בִּישִׁין בְּעִירָן וְחֵיוָון. אֲבָל אִית עִרְבּוּבְיָא מִסִּטְרָא דְנָחָשׁ, וְאִית עִרְבּוּבְיָא מִסִּטְרָא דְּאוּמֵי עעכו"ם, דְּדָמוּ לְחֵיוָון וּבְעִירָן דְּחַקְלָא. וְאִית עִרְבּוּבְיָא מִסִּטְרָא דְמַזִּיקִין דְּנִשְׁמָתָן דְּחַיָּיבַיָא, אִנוּן מַזִּיקִין דְּעָלְמָא מַמָּשׁ. וְאִית עִרְבּוּבְיָא דְשֵׁדִים וְרוּחִין וְלִילִין וְכֹלָּא מְעוֹרָבִין בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל. וְלָא אִית בְּכָלְהוֹ לַטְיָיא כַּעֲמָלֵק, דְּאִיהוּ חִיוְיָא בִּישָׁא, אֵל אַחֵר, אִיהוּ גָּלוּי לְכָל עֶרְיָין דְּעָלְמָא. רוֹצֵחַ אִיהוּ וּבַת זוּגֵיהּ סַם מָוֶת, ע"ז. וְכֹלָּא סמא"ל וְאִית סמא"ל וְאִית סמא"ל, וְלָאו כָּלְהוֹ שָׁוְיָין, אֲבָל הַהוּא סִטְרָא דְחִיוְיָא אִיהוּ לַטְיָיא עַל כֹּלָּא.

Adam Death Death and the Afterlife Evil Shechinah Sin Temple, The

292. "And Hashem Elohim called to Adam, and said to him, 'Where are you? (Heb. ayecah)" (Beresheet 3:9). THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, hinted to ADAM here that the Temple would be destroyed in the future, and people shall wail in lamentation for it AND CRY: 'Ayecha (where are you)' - which is spelled Aleph-Yud-Caf-Hei. It is written: "How (Heb. eichah) does the city sit solitary..." (Eichah 1:1), WHICH CONTAINS Ei (Aleph-Yud, meaning 'where is') and Coh (Caf-Hei), THE NAME OF THE SHECHINAH THAT RESIDES WITHIN THE TEMPLE. In the future, the Holy One, blessed be He, shall eliminate all kinds of evil from the world, as it is written: "He will destroy death forever" (Yeshayah 25:8), BECAUSE DEATH IS THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL. Then everything shall return to its place, AS IT WAS BEFORE THE SIN OF ADAM FROM WHICH DEATH AND ALL SORTS OF EVIL DEVELOPED, as it is written: "On that day Hashem shall be one, and His Name One" (Zecharyah 14:9).

292. וַיִּקְרָא ה' אֱלֹקִים אֶל הָאָדָם וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אַיֶּכָּה. הָכָא רְמִיז לֵיהּ, דַּעֲתִיד לְחָרְבָא בֵּי מַקְדְּשָׁא, וּלְמִבְכֵּי בָּהּ אַיֶּכָּה, הה"ד אֵיכָה יָשְׁבָה בָדָד, אֵ"י כֹּ"ה. וּלְזִמְנָא דַּאֲתֵי עֲתִיד קָדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְבַעֲרָא כָּל זִינִין בִּישִׁין מֵעָלְמָא, כְּדִכְתִיב בִּלַּע הַמָּוֶת לָנֶצַח. כְּדֵין תָּב כֹּלָּא לְאַתְרֵיהּ. כְּדִכְתִיב בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה ה' אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד.