The totality of Man

334. We have learned that all these formations of above that are in the holy body, which is the whole of man, are derived one from the other and are attached to each other. They irrigate each other like the blood that runs with the flow of the veins in this direction and that direction, from this area to that area, and they irrigate the body. HERE TOO, they irrigate each other and illuminate each other until they enlighten all the worlds, and are blessed for their sake.

335. We have learned that all these Sfirot which were not included in the body, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN, BUT ARE DRAWN FROM THE LEFT COLUMN, are all abominable and unclean, and defile everyone that gets near to them, in order to find out things from them.

336. We have learned what the desire OF THESE KLIPOT is for the students of the Torah. HE REPLIES: This is since they observe in them a holy body and they wish to be included, MEANING TO NOURISH from that body. You might say, Yet there are angels not included in the body. HE ANSWERS: No. If they were, heaven forbid, outside of the wholeness of the holy body, THAT IS THE SECRET OF THE CENTRAL COLUMN, they would not have been holy and they could not have endured, since it is written: "His body also was like the beryl" (Daniel 10:6), and: "And their rims were full of eyes" (Yechezkel 1:18:) and "the man Gabriel" (Daniel 9:21). SO YOU SEE that all are incorporated in the whole of man, IN THE CENTRAL COLUMN, except those that are not part of the body, BUT ARE FROM THE LEFT COLUMN, who are unclean and defile all those that will get near to them.

337. We have learned that all these are from the spirit of the left side that was not mitigated in man, WHO IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN, ZEIR ANPIN. They left the whole holy body and did not adhere to it. Therefore, they are all unclean. They go wandering in the world and reach the depression of the great abyss, WHERE CAIN WAS SUBMERGED, to adhere to the primordial Judgment that is called Cain that was expelled from the general body below SINCE IT WAS OF THE LEFT WITHOUT A RIGHT. They flutter and wander throughout the world, and fly and do not get attached to the wholeness of the body, THAT IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN. Therefore, they are outside of all the camps above and below and are defiled. About them, it is written: "Outside of the camp shall his habitation be" (Vayikra 13:46).

338. With the spirit that is called Abel, which is further mollified through the whole holy body, other SPIRITS emanate that are more mitigated and they adhere, yet do not adhere to the body. All are suspended in the air and they emanate from the corpus of defiled spirits, as mentioned above. They hear whatever they hear above and from them it gets known TO THE SPIRITS below, because they divulge everything to them.

339. We have learned in the hidden book that, as soon as the whole of man, the holy body, was appeased above, which is composed of male and female, MEANING ZEIR ANPIN AND ITS FEMININE PRINCIPLE, they were joined for a third time. Overall perfume emerged, THAT IS SETH, and the worlds above and below were improved. From here on, the world of above and below was perfected, WHICH IS MALE AND FEMALE from the aspect of the holy body, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN. And the worlds were bound and got attached to each other and became one body, WHICH IS SETH. The spirit got drawn and entered that body; throughout the worlds, only one is seen. "Holy, holy, holy, is Hashem, Tzva'ot: the whole earth is full of his glory" (Yeshayah 6:3), since all is one body, SINCE THREE TIMES HOLY IS THE SECRET OF THE THREE COLUMNS THAT INCORPORATED INTO ONE.

340. We have learned that as soon as ZEIR ANPIN AND HIS FEMININE PRINCIPLE appeased each other, Judgment was connected with Mercy and the female was soothed by the male, THAT IS ZEIR ANPIN. Therefore, they could not go on one without the other. This is similar to the palm tree that does not continue AND PRODUCE FRUITS one without the other, FEMALE TREE WITHOUT THE MALE TREE. About this, we have learned that whoever excludes himself in this world from general humanity, THAT IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN, thereafter, when he exits from this world, he does not enter into the realm of man. This is referred to as the holy body, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN AND BRIYAH, YETZIRAH AND ASIYAH OF HOLINESS. Rather he enters in these that are not called man, THAT IS, BRIYAH, YETZIRAH AND ASIYAH OF DEFILEMENT, which were expelled from the totality of the body, THAT IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN.

341. We have learned: "We will make you necklets of gold studded with silver" (Shir Hashirim 1:11), meaning that Judgment CALLED GOLD, WHICH IS THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH OF THE LEFT, was spiced with Mercy, THAT IS CALLED STUDS OF SILVER, MEANING THAT CHOCHMAH WAS CLOTHED WITH CHASSADIM, so there is no Judgment that has no Mercy in it, SINCE THEY ARE INCLUDED IN ONE ANOTHER. About this, it is written: "Your cheeks would be comely with rows of jewels, your neck with strings of beads" (Ibid. 10). "Rows of jewels" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS in the verse, "necklets of gold," WHICH ARE FROM THE LEFT. "Strings of beads" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS in the verse, "studded with silver," MEANING RIGHT, CHESED. "Your neck" is of the totality of the female, which is the Matron, WHICH IS MALCHUT, since THE NECK contains the celestial Temple, WHICH IS YESOD OF MALCHUT. The terrestrial Jerusalem and the temple IN IT ARE ALSO CALLED THE NECK. All this takes place after THE FEMALE is mollified by the male and the wholeness of man is formed. This is the whole of Faith. Why Faith? It is because within it, IN THE TOTALITY OF MAN, there is all the perfection of Faith.

342. We have learned that when the soul of whoever is called man left him, and he died, it is not permitted to have him stay in the house and rest overnight on the ground, so as not to put the honor of that body to shame, BEING A BODY WITHOUT A SOUL. It is written: "Nevertheless man abides not in honor" (Tehilim 49:13). Man who is the most honored "abides not" AFTER DEATH. What is the reason? It is because if they do that, "he is like the beasts that perish" (Ibid.). THAT IS, AFTER DEATH HE IS LIKE THE BEASTS. Just like animals were never part of humans, WHICH IS WHY no Holy Spirit is apparent upon them, here too A DEAD MAN is just like an animal, a body without a spirit. Therefore, this body that is most precious of all should not be put to shame.

343. We have learned in the hidden book that whoever keeps this holy body overnight, when it is devoid of spirit, makes a flaw in the everlasting body, THAT IS THE UPPERMOST MAN. It is therefore not permitted to have it stay overnight in a holy place, in the land where righteousness resides, THAT IS THE LAND OF YISRAEL WHERE IT IS WRITTEN: "HIS BODY SHALL NOT REMAIN ALL NIGHT...THAT YOUR LAND BE NOT DEFILED" (DEVARIM 21:23). This precious body is referred to as the image of the King. If one lets it stay overnight, it WOULD APPEAR TO BE like one of the animals, THAT IS, WITHOUT SPIRIT LIKE A BEAST, AS MENTIONED ABOVE.

344. We have learned: "The sons of Elohim saw that the daughters of men (lit. 'man') were fair" (Beresheet 6:2). These are the ones that were hidden, MEANING THEY WERE DISTANCED FROM HOLINESS, and fell into a crevice of the great abyss, THAT IS AS MENTIONED ABOVE. 'The daughters of men,' that certain man. THIS IS ZEIR ANPIN, THEY BEING AN ASPECT OF ABEL; HE SAYS ABOUT THEM ABOVE THAT THEY ARE MOLLIFIED FURTHER THROUGH THE WHOLE OF THE HOLY BODY, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN. It is written: "And they bore children to them; the same were mighty men of old (lit. 'the world')" (Ibid. 4), MEANING TO SAY THAT THEY ARE from the one that was called "the world" as we have learned concerning the days of the world, ZEIR ANPIN, EXCEPT THAT THEY ARE FROM THE OTHER SIDE, THAT SOMETIMES THEY BOND TO ZEIR ANPIN AND SOMETIMES NOT. THEY ADHERE TO THE BODY YET THEY DO NOT ADHERE. ALL ARE SUSPENDED IN THE AIR. "Men of renown (lit. 'name')" (Beresheet 6:4), MEANING OF MALCHUT, THAT IS REFERRED TO AS NAME, AND THEY ARE NOT FROM ZEIR ANPIN REFERRED TO AS WORLD. THESE ARE THE SPIRITS OF the left that do not improve by being part of man. THEREFORE, spirits and demons get out into the world from them, to adhere to the wicked.

345. "There were Nefilim (lit. 'fallen ones') in the earth" (Ibid.). This excludes the other ones that were not on the earth at that time, THAT ARE NOT OF THE ASPECT OF MALCHUT REFERRED TO AS EARTH. The fallen ones are Aza and Aza'el, who were on the earth. THEY ARE OF THE ASPECT OF SPIRITS OF THE LEFT, WHICH DO NOT BOND TO THE BODY AT ALL, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN BUT TO MALCHUT REFERRED TO AS EARTH, WHICH IS THE LEFT. The sons of Elohim were not on the earth, WHICH IS MALCHUT, BUT THEY WERE ATTACHED, YET NOT ATTACHED, TO THE HOLY BODY THAT IS ZEIR ANPIN, AS MENTIONED ABOVE. This is a secret that we have learned.

346. It is written: "And Hashem repented that he made man on the earth" (Ibid. 6). THIS excludes the man above that was not on earth, MEANING THAT HE IS NOT FROM THE ASPECT OF MALCHUT CALLED EARTH. THE ENTIRE PUNISHMENT OF THE FLOOD WAS ONLY FROM THE ASPECT OF MALCHUT, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF EARTH, BUT NOT ANYTHING ABOVE IT. "And Hashem repented:" that is said of Zeir Anpin. "And it grieved him at his heart" (Ibid.): it does not say that he was grieved, but rather "it grieved Him," since it grieved only him, as this is dependent upon him. THAT IS TO SAY, THE DEEDS OF THE LOWER BEINGS REACH ZEIR ANPIN, to exclude those who are not grieved. BY THE DEEDS OF THE LOWER BEINGS, SINCE THE LOWER BEINGS DO NOT HARM THEM. THAT REFERS TO ABOVE ZEIR ANPIN. "At his heart:" It does not say, 'In his heart,' but rather "At his heart," as someone that is grieved for his master. This alludes to the heart of all hearts, WHICH IS ARICH ANPIN THAT IS CLOTHED IN THE INNERMOST OF ZEIR ANPIN.

347. "And Hashem said, 'I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth...'" (Ibid. 7). "From the face of the earth" comes to exclude man from above MALCHUT THAT IS CALLED EARTH. You might say only man below exclusively, AND THE MAN ABOVE WAS NOT FLAWED AT ALL AS A RESULT OF THIS, but you cannot exclude OR DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ONE AND THE OTHER at all, since one cannot exist without the other. WHEN THE MAN BELOW IS OBLITERATED, THE MAN ABOVE IS ALSO FLAWED.

348. If wisdom hidden from all, THAT IS IF CHOCHMAH OF ARICH ANPIN WOULD HAVE ILLUMINATED TO MALCHUT, everything would have been fixed to its original form, AND THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A FLOOD. It is written: "I, wisdom, dwell with prudence" (Mishlei 8:12). Do not read it as "dwell with," but rather 'cause to dwell.'

349. If not for the Correction (formation) of man, the world would not have lasted. This is what is written: "Hashem by wisdom founded the earth" (Mishlei 3:19), and: "But Noah found favor in the eyes of Hashem" (Beresheet 6:8).

350. We have learned that all the brains flow from that brain, THAT IS IN CONCEALED CHOCHMAH. Chochmah is inclusive of everything. This is concealed Chochmah, with which man's form was established and strengthened, so that everything should be settled in an orderly way, each one in its place. This is what is written: "Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten rulers" (Kohelet 7:19). THAT IS THE TEN SFIROT that are the perfect establishment of man. The man is their inmost formation, SINCE THE BRAINS THAT ARE IN THE INMOST PART ARE REFERRED TO AS MAN, with which the spirit is sustained.

351. All the perfect Faith of the one who stands on the throne is apparent with this forming of man, as it is written: "The likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it" (Yechezkel 1:26) and "One like a son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him" (Daniel 7:13). Until here, the matters are vague and the reasons are obvious. Praised is the lot of the one who is aware and observes to understand them, and does not err in them. These matters were given only to those who sat on the seat of justice and the reapers of the field that entered and were able to leave, as it is written: "For the ways of Hashem are right, and the just do walk in them: but the transgressors shall stumble in them" (Hoshea 14:10).

352. We have learned that Rabbi Shimon cried and raised his voice and said: If only with our words that were revealed here, our friends would have been hidden in the chamber of the World to Come, and would have passed away from this world, it would have been proper and good, since they would not have been revealed to any one in this world. He then repented and said: I regret what I said, BUT RATHER THEY SHOULD DESERVE TO LIVE LONGER IN THIS WORLD. It is apparent to the most ancient amont the ancient ones, the most concealed of all concealed, that I have not done this for my honor and not for the honor of my family and not for the honor of these friends. It is only that they should not err in his ways and should not enter with shame into the gates of his palace, so they will not be prevented FROM ENTERING. Praised is my lot with them in the World to Come.