The forehead of Zeir Anpin

Synopsis

We are told that whenever it is exposed, the forehead of Zeir Anpin takes revenge on the wicked for their deeds. However, when the forehead of Atika is revealed within the forehead of Zeir Anpin it is a time of goodwill for everyone; this happens during the Minchah service on Shabbat. Rabbi Shimon explains why people are not punished by a celestial court until they are at least twenty years old.

Atika Kadisha Deeds Forehead Prosecution Red Revenge White Wicked Wickedness

131. מִצְחָא דְּגוּלְגַּלְתָּא, מִצְחָא לְאִתְפַּקְּדָא חַיָּיבַיָּא עַל עוֹבָדֵיהוֹן. וְכַד הַאי מִצְחָא אִתְגַּלְיָיא, מִתְעָרִין מָארֵיהוֹן דְּדִינִין, לְאִינּוּן דְּלָא מִתְכַּסְּפִין בְּעוֹבָדֵיהוֹן. הַאי מִצְחָא סוּמָקָא כְּוַורְדָא. וּבְשַׁעֲתָא דְּאִתְגַּלְיָיא מִצְחָא דְּעַתִּיקָא בְּהַאי מִצְחָא, אִתְהַדְּרַת חִוָּורָא כְּתַלְגָּא. וְהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא, עֵת רָצוֹן אִקְרֵי לְכֺלָּא.

Corners Forehead Hebrew Letters Merit Moab Punishment Righteous Wicked Wickedness

Atika Kadisha Body Forehead Hebrew Letters Judgment Light Minchah Shabbat

133. We explained that THE FOREHEAD (HEB. METZACH) is called Netzach using executive letters, CHANGING THE LETTER MEM WITH THE FOLLOWING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, NUN, WHICH INDICATES THAT THE LIGHT OF SUPERNAL NETZACH SHINES ON THE FOREHEAD. And even though Netzach rises to another place, THIS DOES NOT POSE ANY DIFFICULTIES, because other kinds of Netzach spread throughout the body. THE REASON THE FOREHEAD IS CALLED NETZACH IS THAT IT VANQUISHES (HEB. NOTZE'ACH) ALL JUDGMENTS, because on Shabbat during the Minchah service Atika Kadisha exposes its forehead so as not to arouse Judgments, and all Judgments are subdued and quieted and do not manifest.

133. וְאוֹקִימְנָא, דְּאִקְרֵי נֶצַח בְּאַתְוָון רְצוּפִין. וְכַמָּה נְצָחִים הֲווֹ. ואע"ג דְּנֶצַח בְּאַתְרָא אָחֳרָא אִסְתְּלַּק, וְאִית נְצָחִים אָחֳרָנִין דְּמִתְפַּשְּׁטִין בְּכָל גּוּפָא. וּבְגִין דְּשַׁבְּתָא בְּשַׁעֲתָא דִּצְלוֹתָא דְּמִנְחָה, בְּגִין דְּלָא יִתְּעַר דִּינִין, גַּלְיָא עַתִּיקָא קַדִישָׁא מִצְחָא דִּילֵיהּ, וְכָל דִּינִין אִתְכַּפְיָין וְאִשְׁתְּכָכוּ וְלָא אִתְעָבֵידוּ.

Court Forehead Punishment Year

134. 24 courthouses derive from the forehead for all those who are impudent in their actions, as in, "And they say, how does El know? And is there knowledge in the most High" (Tehilim 73:11). HE ASKS, Yet there are twenty courthouses, why add four to them, AND HE ANSWERS THAT four correspond to the four capital punishments allotted by the terrestrial courthouse that derive from up high, so only twenty COURTHOUSES remain. For that reason, one is not punished by a celestial court until he completes his twentieth year, which corresponds to the twenty courthouses. In our concealed B'raita we learned that they correspond to the four books in the Bible.

134. בְּהַאי מִצְחָא תַּלְיָין כ"ד בָּתֵּי דִּינִין, לְכָל אִינּוּן דְּחַצִּיפִין בְּעוֹבָדֵיהוֹן. כְּמָה דִּכְתִּיב, וְאָמְרוּ אֵיכָה יָדַע אֵל וְיֵשׁ דֵּעָה בְעֶלְיוֹן. וְהָא עֶשְׂרִים אִינּוּן, ד' לָמָּה. לָקֳבְלֵיהוֹן דְּד' מִיתוֹת בֵּית דִּינָא לְתַתָּא, דְּתַלְיָין מִלְּעֵילָּא. וְאִשְׁתָּאָרוּ עֶשְׂרִין. ובג"כ לָא מַעֲנִישִׁין בֵּי דִּינָא עִלָּאָה, עַד דְּיַשְׁלִים וְסַלְּקָא לְכ' שְׁנִין, לָקֳבְלֵיהוֹן דְּכ' בָּתֵּי דִּינָא. בְּמַתְנִיתָא סְתִימָאָה דִּילָן תָּנֵינָן, לָקֳבְלֵיהוֹן דְּכ"ד סְפָרִים דְּאִתְכְּלִילָן בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא.