Chayei Sarah: Chapter 2

And Dumah rises, and receives the reckoning

Synopsis

The Zohar describes disturbing details concerning the fate awaiting the wicked at the time of the Resurrection of the Dead, emphasizing the urgent need for all of us to replace our bad deeds with good ones immediately.

Relevance

Intellectual blockages in our consciousness prevent us from completely accepting and beholding the truth of the World to Come and the gravity of our erring actions. Though we might accept the notion of a Creator and other spiritual principles on a purely intellectual level, internalizing and living these truths is a much more difficult task, and the basis of our spiritual work. The intent of this passage is to remove impediments and doubts, opening our eyes to spiritual truths and stimulating greater awareness. As we become more devout in our pursuit of righteousness, the desire to replace our bad actions with good ones becomes an intrinsic part of our nature. This process is furthered by the Light emanating from this portion.

Body Ears Grades Klipot (Shells – Negativity) Mishnah Mountains Rocks Shells (Klipot) Voice

9. Tosefta (Addendum). "And Sarah's life was..." The body of the Mishnah, NAMELY ITS ESSENCE, WAS LONG AND IS NOW ABRIDGED. We, WHO ARE VERSED IN THE MISHNAH, were close TO THE INNER SIDE OF THE GRADE and heard a voice that travels down from above and expands throughout the world. This voice uproots mountains and smashes strong rocks, NAMELY ITS ILLUMINATION UPROOTS AND SMASHES ALL THE KLIPOT. Great spirits rise, and ears are open.

9. (תּוֹסֶפְתָּא) וַיִּהְיוּ חַיֵּי שָׂרָה. גּוּפָא דְמַתְנִיתִין, אֲנַן קְרֵיבִין הֲוֵינָא, שְׁמַעְנָא קָלָא מִתְהַפֵּךְ מֵעֵילָא לְתַתָּא, אִתְפַּשְׁטַת בְּעַלְמָא, קָל מְתַבַּר טוּרִין, וּמְתַבַּר טִנָּרִין תַּקִּיפִין, עִלְעוּלִין רַבְרְבִין סָלְקִין, אוּדְנָנָא פְּתִיחָן.

Gates Nukva Voice

10. As THE VOICE TRAVELS TO THREE PLACES, it says, Cut off a portion, how the still ones, who are still sleeping, maintain their guard and stand in position. The king, NUKVA, guards the gates, as the ruler over many armies stands by his post.

10. הֲוָה אָמַר בְּמַטַלְנוֹי קוּץ קוּצִיתָא, דְּמִיכָן דְּמִימִין דְּשִׂינְתָּא בְּחוֹרֵיהוֹן, קַיְימִין בְּקִיוּמֵיהוֹן. מַלְכָּא דִּמְמַלְּלָא, נַטְרֵי תַּרְעִין, שְׂלִיטָא דְּחָיַלִין סַגִּיאִין, קָם בְּקִיוּמֵיהּ.

Dumah (Angel) Dust Wicked Wickedness

11. Nobody notices or knows that the book is open, and is written in by a name (is this correct?), and Dumah rises to receive the reckoning. The dwellers of dust, NAMELY THE WICKED, go back outside. The good part, THE CENTRAL COLUMN, THAT IS YESOD, WHICH IS CALLED GOOD, APPROCHES, to be counted among them, but they do not wish for rolling and reversing (what does rolling and reversing mean?) .

11. כֻּלְּהוּ לָא מַרְגְּשָׁן, וְלָא יָדְעֵי דְּסִפְרָא פְּתִיחַ, וּבִשְׁמָא אֶכְתּוֹב, וְדוּמָה קָאֵים, וְנָטֵיל בְּחוּשְׁבְּנָא, וְדָיְירֵי עַפְרָא תָּיְיבִין לְבַר, וְקָרֵיב טַב לְאִתְמְנָאָה בְּהוֹ, לָא תְּאֵיבִין, גִּלְגּוּלָא וְהִפּוּךְ.

Angels Book of Dumah Dumah (Angel) Metatron Resurrection Sichon Wicked Wickedness

12. BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT THE ROLLING AND REVERSING ?, they fall and do not come back to life. THUS, the wicked are wiped from the book of Dumah. Who then shall claim them AT THE TIME OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, AS IT IS SAID THAT AT THE TIME OF THE RESURRECTION, THE ANGEL METATRON WILL RECEIVE A NOTE AT THE CEMETERIES FROM DUMAH. WHO WILL CLAIM THOSE WICKED WHO ARE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE RECKONING OF DUMAH AT THE RESURRECTION? And who will care for their accounts? THIS ALLUDES TO THE HARSH KLIPAH NAMED "SICHON," WHO DOES THE RECKONING AND CORRESPONDS TO "DUMAH," FOR "DUMAH" MEANS SILENCE, WHILE "SICHON" MEANS CONVERSATION OR TALKING. Woe to them, woe to their lives, woe to their pains. For them, the verse says, "Let them be blotted out of the Book of the Living" (Tehilim 69:29). End of Tosefta (Addendum).

12. נָפְלִין וְלָא קָיְימִין, אִתְמְחוּן חַיָּיבִין מִסִּפְרָא דְדוּמָה, מַאן יִתְּבַע לוֹן, וּמַאן יָתֵיב בְּחוּשְׁבַּנְהוֹן, וַוי לוֹן, וַוי לְחַיֵּיהוֹן, וַוי לְרִגְשֵׁיהוֹן, בְּגִינְהוֹן אִתְקְרֵי, יִמָּחוּ מִסֵּפֶר חַיִּים וגו'. (עד כאן תוספתא)

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