One must not start anything on Monday or Wednesday

Synopsis

We learn of the astrological reasons for not starting anything on a Monday or a Wednesday. Both the children of Yisrael and the children of Ishmael calculate according to the moon, but Yisrael are attached to its good part and the children of Ishmael to its evil part. We are told that the dominion of both Saturn and Shabbat is on the seventh day, the day of rest. People should not start things on Mondays or Wednesdays because Gehenom was created on the second day and the eclipse of the luminaries on the fourth day.

Abraham Astrology Creation Esau Evil Gehenom (Hell) Hell (Gehenom) Mars Moon Planets Saturn Stars Sun

112. Regarding it Abraham was told, "Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house" (Beresheet 12:1), namely, from your nativity, WHICH IS THE ASTROLOGY OF STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS, from those houses of the moon, of Saturn, or Mars - since it says of Mars, Saturn and the moon that one must not start things on Monday and Wednesday, because Mars has in itself the redness of the sun, WHICH INDICATES Gehenom, Esau's mother, who was born on the second day OF THE WORKS OF CREATION, WHICH IS WHY WE DO NOT START ON MONDAY. The moon is both good and evil, good when it shines FULLY and evil when it is in ITS DAYS OF wane.

112. עָלֵיהּ אִתְּמַר לְאַבְרָהָם, לֵךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וּמִבֵּית אָבִיךָ, בֵּית מוֹלָד דִּילָךְ, מֵאִלֵּין בָּתֵּי סִיהֲרָא, אוֹ בָּתֵּי שַׁבְּתַאי, אוֹ בָּתֵי מַאֲדִים. דְּבָתֵי מַאֲדִים וּבָתֵי שַׁבְּתַאי וּלְבָנָה, עָלַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר, אֵין מַתְחִילִין בב"ד. דְּמַאֲדִים סוּמָקוּ דְּחַמָּה, גֵּיהִנָּם, אִימָּא דְּעֵשָׂו, דְּאִתְיְילִידַת בְּיוֹמָא תִּנְיָינָא. וְסִיהֲרָא, אִיהוּ טוֹב וָרָע, טוֹב בְּמִילּוּאָהּ. וְרַע בְּחֶסְרוֹנָהּ.

Astrology Creation Curse Evil Ishmael Lights Lilit Moon Planets Righteous Saturn Stars Wicked Wickedness Wisdom

113. Since THE MOON comprehends good and evil, Yisrael calculate according to it and the children of Ishmael calculate according to it. YISRAEL ARE ATTACHED TO ITS GOOD PART AND THE CHILDREN OF ISHMAEL TO ITS EVIL PART. When it is eclipsed during its fullness, WHICH IS ITS GOOD PART, it is a bad sign for Yisrael, and when it is eclipsed during its waning it is a bad sign for the Ishmaelites. Of it, IT IS WRITTEN, "for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish" (Yeshayah 29:14), namely the wisdom of the Ishmaelites, "and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid" (Ibid.), because they do not know about the creation OF THE STARS but of their customs, according to changes in the world and their calculation. The moon was created on the fourth day OF THE WORKS OF CREATION and when it is waning, when there is poverty, Lilit was created, who is Saturn, which is hunger and thirst and the eclipse of the luminaries. It says of her, "Let there be lights (Heb. me'orot)" (Beresheet 1:14) spelled without Vav, WHICH MEANS A CURSE, AS IT IS WRITTEN, "The curse (Heb. me'erat) of Hashem is in the house of the wicked" (Mishlei 3:33), AND ALSO, "but the sinner shall be caught by her" (Kohelet 7:26) and the righteous, "shall escape from her" (Ibid.). THIS IS WHY WE DO NOT START THINGS ON WEDNESDAY.

113. וּבְגִין דְּאִיהִי כְּלִילָא מִטּוֹב וָרָע, מוֹנִין בָּהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמוֹנִין בָּהּ בְּנֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל. וְכַד לָקַת בְּמִלּוּאָה, סִימָנָא לָא טַב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל. וְכַד לָקַת בְּחֶסְרוֹנָהּ, סִימַן רָע לַיִשְׁמְעֵאלִים. וּבְהַאי וְאָבְדָה חָכְמַת חֲכָמָיו, חָכְמָה דְּיִשְׁמְעֵאלִים, וּבִינַת נְבוֹנִים תִּסְתַּתָּר, דְּאִינּוּן לָא יַדְעִין בִּבְרִיאָתָן, אֶלָּא בְּשִׁמוּשָׁא דִּילְהוֹן, כְּפִי שִׁנּוּי עָלְמָא בַּהֲלִיכָתָן וְשִׁימּוּשָׁן. וְסִיהֲרָא אִתְבְּרִיאַת בְּיוֹמָא רְבִיעָאָה, וּבְחֶסְרוֹנָה דִּילָהּ עֲנִיּוּת, אִתְבְּרִיאַת לִילִית, שַׁבְּתַאי, דְּאִיהוּ רָעָב וְצִמָאוֹן וְלָקוּתָא דִּנְהוֹרִין. עָלָהּ אִתְּמַר, יְהִי מְאֺרֺת חָסֵר. מְאֵרַת יְיָ' בְּבֵית רָשָׁע. וְחוֹטֵא יִלָּכֶד בָּהּ, בְּבֵית הַסֺּהַר דִּילָהּ, וְצַדִיק יִמָּלֵט מִמֶּנָּה.

Astrology Cholam Creation Darkness Daughter Dots Gehenom (Hell) Hell (Gehenom) Mars Moon Planets Red Saturn Shabbat Stars Sun

114. There is another star, which is a small dot over the moon, which is a luminary. This is the dot Cholam CALLED a King's daughter, Queen Shabbat. And the dominion of both SATURN (HEB. SHABTAI) AND SHABBAT is on the seventh day, of which it says, "that your manservant and your maidservant may rest" (Devarim 5:14). For the order of their creation is not like the order of calculation. This is why the sun and Mars, which are red and OF THE ASPECT OF Gehenom, were created on the second day OF THE WORKS OF CREATION, and the moon and Saturn were created on the fourth day OF THE WORKS OF CREATION, SINCE SATURN INDICATES hunger and darkness. This is why we do not start on Monday or Wednesday, since Gehenom was created on the second day and the eclipse of the luminaries on the fourth day.

114. וְאִית כֺּכָבָא אַחֲרָא, נְקוּדָּה זְעֵירָא, נָקוּד עַל סִיהֲרָא דְּאִיהוּ מְאֺרֺת, וְדָא חוֹלָם, בַּת מֶלֶךְ, שַׁבָּת מַלְכְּתָא. דְּשֻׁלְטָנוּתָא דְּתַרְוַויְיהוּ בְּיוֹם שְׁבִיעִי, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ, לְמַעַן יָנוּח עַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתְךָ. דְּסֵדֶר בְּרִיאָתָן לָאו כְּסֵדֶר שִׁמּוּשָׁן. וּבג"ד חַמָּ"ה וּמַ"אֲדִים סוּמָקֵי דְּגֵיהִנָּם, אִתְבְּרִיאוּ בְּיוֹמָא תִּנְיָינָא. לְבָנָה שַׁבְּתַאי, אִתְבְּרִיאוּ בְּיוֹמָא רְבִיעָאָה, כַּפְנָא וַחֲשׁוֹכָא. וּבג"ד אֵין מַתְחִילִין בב"ד, בְּגִין דְּגֵיהִנָּם אִתְבְּרֵי בְּיוֹמָא תִּנְיָינָא, וְלָקוּתָא דִּנְהוֹרִין בְּיוֹמָא רְבִיעָאָה.