Kedoshim: Chapter 6

A firstborn son

Synopsis

Rabbi Shimon says that the brothers of a firstborn son are obligated to honor him because he is the eldest. He talks about being the child of God in the level of all three worlds - Briyah, Yetzirah and Asiyah.

Abel Adam Angels Cain Children Evil Firstborn Light Metatron Moses Serpent Shepherd Soul, The Torah Tree Tree of Life

55. Rabbi Shimon commenced, saying: Despite all this, being the firstborn son, ALLUDING TO THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERD, all his brothers are obligated to honor him, as it is written: "Honor your father" (Shemot 20:12). And the sages have established that the particle "Et (lit. 'the')" includes your older brother, WHOM YOU NEED TO HONOR. In every aspect it is explained in the Torah regarding you; "for that (Heb. beshagam)" (Beresheet 6:3), namely Abel, INDICATES THAT MOSES WAS THE SOUL OF ABEL. Adam had no son before him, AS CAIN IS FROM THE ASPECT OF THE SERPENT, AND ABEL FROM THE ASPECT OF ADAM. The sages established that "beshagam" is Moses, SINCE BESHAGAM HAS THE SAME NUMERICAL VALUE AS MOSES, the son to the King in every respect. You are the firstborn from the aspect of the Tree of Life of Good and Evil. You are good, as the verses state: "And Elohim saw the light, that it was good" (Beresheet 1:4); "and when she saw that he was a goodly child" (Shemot 2:2). THIS MEANS THE ANGEL METATRON IS CALLED THE 'TREE OF LIFE OF GOOD AND EVIL,' AND MOSES IS THE GOOD ASPECT THEREOF.

55. פָּתַח ר"ש וְאָמַר, עִם כָּל דָּא, בְּרָא בּוּכְרָא חַיָּיבִין כָּל אֲחוּי בִּיקָרֵיהּ, דְּהָא כְּתִיב כַּבֵּד אֶת אָבִיךָ, וְאוּקְמוּהָ רַבָּנָן, אֶת לְרַבּוֹת אָחִיךְ הַגָּדוֹל. וַאֲפִילּוּ מִכָּל סִטְרָא אִיהוּ מְפֹרָשׁ עֲלָךְ בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, בְּשַׁגַּ"ם זֶה הֶבֶל. וְלָא הֲוָה לְאָדָם קַדְמָאָה בְּרָא קַדְמָאָה מִנֵּיהּ, וְאוּקְמוּהָ רַבָּנָן, בְּשַׁגַּם, זֶה מֹשֶׁה. דִּבְּרָא דְּמַלְכָּא בְּכָל אֲתַר, אַנְתְּ בּוּכְרָא מִסִּטְרָא דְּאִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי דְּטוֹב וָרָע, אַנְתְּ הוּא טוֹב. הה"ד וַיַרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאוֹר כִּי טוֹב, וַתֵּרֶא אוֹתוֹ כִּי טוֹב הוּא.

Atzilut Briyah Hosts Metatron Precepts Shechinah Torah Tree Worlds

56. And from there, the Holy One, blessed be He, called you 'faithful servant,' SINCE SERVANT COMES FROM THE ASPECT OF METATRON. Later you were promoted to be king, as the verse states: "And he was a king in Yeshurun" (Devarim 33:5). Then you were a member of the most high household. YOU WERE a king from the aspect of Malchut of Briyah; a member of the household from the aspect of Binah of Briyah. Now you are a king from the aspect of the Tree of Malchut of Atzilut, a member of the household from the aspect of Yud-Hei, Tiferet of Atzilut. Fortunate is your lot. What brought this about for you? Your studious involvement in Torah and the precept to unify the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shechinah, to bring the King to His post over His hosts on high and on Yisrael below.

56. וּמִתַּמָּן קָרָא יָתָךְ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עֶבֶד נֶאֱמָן. לְבָתַר סְלִיקַת לְמֶהֱוֵי מַלְכָּא, הה"ד וַיְהִי בִישׁוּרוּן מֶלֶךְ. לְבָתַר בֶּן בַּיִת לְעֵילָּא. מֶלֶךְ מִסִּטְרָא דְּמַלְכוּת דִּבְרִיאָה. בֶּן בַּיִת, מִסִּטְרָא דְּבִינָה דִּבְרִיאָה. כְּעַן אַנְתְּ מֶלֶךְ, מִסִּטְרָא דְּאִילָנָא דְּמַלְכוּת דַּאֲצִילוּת. בֶּן בַּיִת, מִסִּטְרָא דְּבֶ"ן יָ"הּ, תִּפְאֶרֶת דַּאֲצִילוּת, זַכָּאָה חוּלָקָךְ. וּמַאן גָּרִים לָךְ דָּא, בְּגִין דְּאִשְׁתְּדָּלוּתָךְ בַּתּוֹרָה וּבַמִצְוָה, לְיַחֲדָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, לְאַעֲלָא מַלְכָּא עַל אַתְרֵיהּ, וְעַל מַשִׁרְיָיתֵיהּ לְעֵילָּא, וְעַל יִשְׂרָאֵל לְתַתָּא.

Asiyah Atzilut Briyah Creation Shechinah Soul, The Worlds Yetzirah Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)

57. Because of this, they all inherit from Him souls of Atzilut, and are thus called 'His children,' of the Name Yud Hei Vav Hei of Atzilut where there exists no division or mutilation. At first, it is mentioned about them that they are children of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shechinah, from the aspect of Yud Hei Vav Hei of the world of Briyah, as it is written concerning him, "EVERY ONE THAT IS CALLED BY MY NAME: for I have created him FOR MY GLORY, I have formed him; yea, I have made him" (Yeshayah 43:7), MEANING THAT HE CREATED HIM FROM THE ASPECT OF YUD HEI VAV HEI OF BRIYAH, FORMED HIM FROM YETZIRAH, AND ALSO MADE HIM FROM THE ASPECT OF ASIYAH. NOW THEY HAVE BECOME children of Yud Hei Vav Hei of Atzilut.

57. וּבְגִין כַּךְ יָרְתִין כֻּלְּהוּ נִשְׁמָתִין דַּאֲצִילוּת מִנֵּיהּ, וְאִתְקְרִיאוּ בְּנִין דִּילֵיהּ, מִשֵׁם יְדֹוָ"ד דַּאֲצִילוּת, דְּלֵית תַּמָּן פִּרוּד וְקִצוּץ. דִּבְקַדְמֵיתָא אִתְּמַר בְּהוּ בְּנִין לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, מִצַּד יְהֹוָ"ה דִּבְרִיאָה, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ בְּרָאתִיו יְצַרְתִּיו אַף עֲשִׂיתִיו, וּכְעַן בָּנִים לַיְדֹוָ"ד דַּאֲצִילוּת.

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