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Chassadim Directions Flood Flow Hands Lights Love Rivers Seven Tfilin Waters Zeir Anpin

40. Rabbi Elazar cited more verses and said: "Many waters cannot quench love nor can the floods drown it" (Shir Hashirim 8:7). "Many waters," refers to the right arm, WHICH IS CHESED, with which one should bind the Tefilin on the left hand to carry out that which is written in the verse: "And His right hand embraces me" (Shir Hashirim 2:6). FOR THERE IS NO ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH OF THE LEFT SIDE UNLESS IT IS COMBINED WITH THE CHASSADIM OF THE RIGHT SIDE. There is also another explanation. "Many waters" refers to the supernal river, WHICH IS BINAH, from which issue lights in every direction, TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND TO THE LEFT. All of them flow and emerge from it, as it is written: "Than the noise of many waters" (Tehilim 93:4), MEANING from "the noise of many waters," WHICH ARE THE SEVEN SFIROT OF ZEIR ANPIN, SEVEN VOICES that come out and flow FROM THE SUPERNAL RIVER, WHICH IS BINAH. "The floods" ARE THE SFIROT OF ZEIR ANPIN, as it is written: "The floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their roaring" (Tehilim 93:3), NAMELY, THE SFIROT OF ZEIR ANPIN.

40. תּוּ פָּתַח וְאָמַר. מַיִם רַבִּים לֹא יוּכְלוּ לְכַבּוֹת וְגוֹ.' מַיִם רַבִּים דָּא דְּרוֹעָא יְמִינָא, דְּבָעֵי לְקַשְּׁרָא בֵּיהּ קִשְׁרָא דִּתְפִלָּה עַל דְּרוֹעָא שְׂמָאלָא, לְקַיְּימָא וִימִינוֹ תְּחַבְּקֵנִי. ד"א, מַיִם רַבִּים, דָּא הוּא נָהָר עִלָּאָה, דְּמִנֵּיהּ נָפְקִין נַהֲרִין לְכָל עִבָר, וְכֻלְּהוּ נַגְדִּין וְאִתְמַשְּׁכָן מִנֵּיהּ. כד"א, מִקּוֹלוֹת מַיִם רַבִּים. מֵאִינּוּן קוֹלוֹת דְּמַיִם רַבִּים, דְּנַפְקָן וְאִתְמַשְּׁכָן מִנֵּיהּ. וּנְהָרוֹת, כד"א, נָשְׂאוּ נְהָרוֹת וְגוֹ.'

Blessing Chassadim Congregation Hands Head Light Love Mochin Unity

41. "If a man would give all the substance of his house for love..." (Shir Hashirim 8:7) - with which the Congregation of Yisrael love the Holy One, blessed be He - "It would be utterly scorned (lit. 'they will scorn him')" (Ibid.). HE ASKS: IT IS WRITTEN that "they will scorn him." It should have been written, 'He will scorn him.' What does "they" mean? HE EXPLAINS THAT, "If a man would give," is the Holy One, blessed be He, and, "all the substance of his house," IS ALL THE ILLUMINATIONS OF THE MOCHIN HE HAS, as it is written: "filled with all precious and pleasant riches" (Mishlei 24:4). "For love," IS THE LOVE of the Congregation of Yisrael for Him, WHICH IS THE LOVE OF THE RIGHT SIDE - NAMELY, THE UNREVEALED CHASSADIM. Yet, He will not be united with her, NAMELY, WITH THE LOWER CHOCHMAH IN HER, BY POURING ON HER NOT THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH, BUT THE UNREVEALED CHASSADIM, WHICH ARE "ALL THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS HOUSE." Then, "they will scorn him;" all those battalions and legions above WILL SCORN those "precious and pleasant riches," WHICH ARE CHASSADIM, for they do not desire them, except when the Congregation of Yisrael associate with the Holy One, blessed be He. She is crowned with Him, FOR HE SPREADS CHOCHMAH UPON HER AND THAT CHOCHMAH IN HER IS CLOTHED IN HIS CHASSADIM. Then all the battalions and all the worlds are full of joy, light and blessings, as it is written: "His left hand is under my head," FOR IT IS THE SECRET OF THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH. "And His right hand embraces me" IS THE SECRET OF THE UNITY OF CHOCHMAH WITH CHASSADIM.

41. אִם יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶת כָּל הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ בָּאַהֲבָה, דְּרָחִים כ"י לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, יָבוּזוּ לוֹ. בּוֹז יָבוּזוּ לוֹ, יָבוּז מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ, מַאי יָבוּזוּ לוֹ. אֶלָּא, אִם יִתֵּן אִישׁ, דָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. אֶת כָּל הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ, כד"א כָּל הוֹן יָקָר וְנָעִים. בְּאַהֲבָה, דִּכ"י לְגַבֵּיהּ, וְלָא לְאִתְקַשְּׁרָא בַּהֲדָהּ, בּוֹז יָבוּזוּ לוֹ, כָּל אִינּוּן אוּכְלוּסִין וְכָל אִינּוּן מַשִׁרְיָין דִּלְעֵילָּא, לְהַהוּא הוֹן יָקָר, דְּהָא לֵית רְעוּתָא לְכֻלְּהוּ אֶלָּא בְּשַׁעֲתָא דִּכ"י מִתְקַשְּׁרָא בֵּיהּ בְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וּמִתְעַטְּרָא בַּהֲדֵיהּ, כְּדֵין כָּל אִינּוּן אוּכְלוּסִין, וְכָל אִינּוּן מַשִׁרְיָין, וְכֻלְּהוּ עָלְמִין כֻּלְּהוּ בְּחֵדוּ, בִּנְהִירוּ, בְּבִרְכָּאן, וְעַל דָּא אָמַר שְׂמֺאלוֹ תַּחַת לְרֺאשִׁי וִימִינוֹ תְּחַבְּקֵנִי.

Atonement Chassadim Congregation Destruction Fire Grades Hands Head Love Offering Sacrifice Seven Seventy Sixth Day, The Sukkot Tfilin Water Wine Zeir Anpin

42. (A) When a man puts Tefilin on his hand, he should stretch out his left hand, ON WHICH CHOCHMAH IS POURED, to receive the Congregation of Yisrael, WHICH IS MALCHUT. He should make a tie with his right HAND and embrace her WITH THE CHASSADIM OF THE RIGHT, SO THAT CHOCHMAH WILL BE COMBINED WITH CHASSADIM to fulfill that which is written in the verse: "His left hand is under my head and His right hand embraces me," so as to copy the supernal model and be adorned in everything, WITH BOTH CHOCHMAH AND CHASSADIM. That man is then whole in everything, in the supernal sanctity, and the Holy One, blessed be He, calls him: "Yisrael in whom I will be glorified" (Yeshayah 49:3).

(B) Tosefta (Addendum). "It would be utterly scorned (Heb. buz)" (Shir Hashirim 8:7). What is 'buz?' IT IS THE INITIALS OF Bet (= 2), the second day, Vav (= 6), the sixth day, and Zayin (= 7) the seventh day of Sukkot (the Holiday of Booths), on which water and wine were poured, FOR WATER IS THE SECRET OF CHASSADIM AND WINE IS THE SECRET OF CHOCHMAH. During the seven days of Sukkot, Yisrael sacrificed seventy bulls to atone for the seventy SUPERNAL MINISTERS who are in charge of THE SEVENTY NATIONS. THIS IS THE SECRET OF THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LEFT. THE NATIONS HAVE ONLY THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LEFT, AND YISRAEL DID THIS in order to prevent the destruction of the world by them. Hence, it is written: "And on the fifteenth day...you shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire" (Bemidbar 29:12-13). End of Tosefta (Addendum).

42. (א). מַאן דְּאָנַח תְּפִלִּין, כַּד מָנַח תְּפִלָּה שֶׁל יַד, בָּעֵי לְאוֹשָטָא דְּרוֹעָא שְׂמָאלָא, לְקַבְּלָא לָהּ לִכ"י, וּלְקַשְּׁרָא קִשְׁרָא עִם יְמִינָא, בְּגִין לְחַבְּקָא לָהּ, לְקַיְּימָא דִּכְתִּיב, שְׂמֺאלוֹ תַּחַת לְרֺאשִׁי וִימִינוֹ תְּחַבְּקֵנִי. לְאִתְחֲזָאָה בַּר נָשׁ כְּגַוְונָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וּלְאִתְעַטְּרָא בְּכֺלָּא, וּכְדֵין ב"נ שְׁלִים בְּכֺלָּא, בִּקְדוּשָּׁה עִלָּאָה. וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא קָארֵי עָלֵיהּ, יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר בְּךָ אֶתְפָּאָר.

(תוספתא) (ב). בּוֹז יָבוּזוּ לוֹ. מַאי בּוֹז. יוֹמָא תִּנְיָינָא וְיוֹמָא שְׁתִּיתָאָה וְיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה דְּסוּכּוֹת, דִּבְהוֹן הֲווֹ מְנַסְּכֵי מַיִם וְיַיִן. דְּז' יוֹמִין דְּסוּכּוֹת, בְּהוֹן הֲווֹ מַקְרִיבִין יִשְׂרָאֵל, ע' פָּרִים, לְכַפְּרָא עַל שִׁבְעִין מְמָנָן, בְּגִין דְּלָא יִשְׁתְּאַר עָלְמָא חָרוּב מִנַּיְיהוּ, הה"ד וּבַחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם וְגוֹ' וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם עוֹלָה אִשֵּׁה וְגוֹ.' (ע"כ תוספתא)