"You shall not follow a multitude to do evil"

Synopsis

We are told that a judge who does not render a truthful verdict is equivalent to having given dominion of the world to Samael. When a judge is about to render judgment, Gehenom is open before him on the left, a sword (the Angel of Death) is at his neck, Samael stands behind him, the Garden of Eden is open to the right, and the Tree of Life is open above his head. Depending on his judgment he is killed and punished, or rewarded, as appropriate. We learn that the judgment of the kingdom is the law, the law that is in the heart, and as we have already been told, 'the heart sees.' The eyes of God, the Judge, are open upon man, and "he looks in at the windows."

Chariot Court Daniel Evil Gehenom (Hell) Ground Hell (Gehenom) Living Creatures Pillar Samael Shechinah Torah Zeir Anpin

429. "You shall not follow a multitude to do evil...to incline after a multitude to pervert justice" (Shemot 23:2). HE EXPLAINS, A multitude is no less than three. If the judicial court lacks three members, you are not bound by its judicial decisions. The court represents the Shechinah; with three are the living creatures of the Chariot, NAMELY CHESED, GVURAH, AND TIFERET. THE SHECHINAH IS CALLED THE 'Law of Torah,' Truthful law, the middle pillar, NAMELY ZEIR ANPIN REFERRED TO AS 'TRUTH;' SHECHINAH IS HIS PROMULGATED LAW. A judge that does not render a truthful verdict is equivalent to having given dominion of the world to Samael. "...And it cast down the truth to the ground..." (Daniel 8:12) REFERRING TO ZEIR ANPIN who cast the Shechinah with him, causing Gehenom (which is the mate of Samael) to rise with Samael. Instead of rendering true justice, he encourages falsehood. The truthful Justice is considered the middle pillar, while falsehood is Gehenom and Samael.

429. לֹא תִהְיֶה אַחֲרֵי רַבִּים לְרָעוֹת וְגוֹ,' אַחֲרֵי רַבִּים לְהַטּוֹת. אַחֲרֵי רַבִּים לְהַטּוֹת, לֵית רַבִּים פָּחוּת מִג' וְאִי לֵית בֵּית דִּין בְּג,' לֵית לְהַטּוֹת בָּתַר דִּינֵיהּ. בֵּית דִּין: שְׁכִינְתָּא. בְּג:' תְּלַת חִיוָן דְּמֶרְכַּבְתָּא דִּילָהּ, וְאִיהִי דִּין תּוֹרָה דִּין אֱמֶת, עַמּוּדָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא. וְכָל דַּיָּין דְּלָא דָּן דִּין אֱמֶת לַאֲמִתּוֹ, דָּא אִיהוּ כְּאִילּוּ אַשְׁלִיט סָמָאֵ"ל בְּעָלְמָא. וְתַשְׁלֵךְ אֱמֶת אַרְצָה, וְאַפִּיל שְׁכִינְתָּא עִמֵּיהּ, וְיָקִים גֵּיהִנָּם, בַּת זוּגֵיהּ דְּסָמָאֵ"ל, עִם סָמָאֵ"ל. בַּאֲתָר דְּדִין אֱמֶת, יוֹקִים שְׂפַת שָׁקֶר. דִּין אֱמֶת, עַמּוּדָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא. שְׂפַת שָׁקֶר גֵּיהִנָּם וְסָמָאֵ"ל.

Angel of Death Angels Garden of Eden Gehenom (Hell) Head Hell (Gehenom) Judgment Samael Sword Tree Tree of Life

430. וּבג"ד, כַּד דַּיָּין דָּן דִּין, גֵּיהִנָּם פְּתוּחָה לְפָנָיו מִשְּׂמֹאלוֹ, בַּת זוּגֵיהּ דְּסָמָאֵ"ל. וְחֶרֶב עַל צַוָּארוֹ, מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת. סָמָאֵ"ל מֵאֲחוֹרוֹי מֵעַל צַוָּארֵיהּ. וְגַן עֵדֶן פָּתוּחַ לִימִינֵיהּ, וְעֵץ הַחַיִּים פָּתוּחַ לְקַמֵּיהּ, עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ.

Angel of Death Angels Creation Garden of Eden Gehenom (Hell) Hell (Gehenom) Judges Judgment Torah Tree Tree of Life

431. If he delivers a false judgment, the Angel of Death seizes him and slays him and later burns him in Gehenom. If he judges truthfully, the Holy One, blessed be He, brings him into the Garden of Eden and gives him a taste of the Tree of Life, as it is written about him, "and take also of the Tree of Life, and eating, live forever" (Beresheet 3:22). "Forever," as it is created by the Torah, of which it is written, "She is a Tree of Life to those who lay hold on Her" (Mishlei 3:18); a Tree of Life, Tiferet - its life is Chochmah and Binah, the life of the king indeed.

431. אִי דָּן דִּינָא דְּשִׁקְרָא, שָׁלִיט עָלֵיהּ מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת, וְשָׁחִיט לֵיהּ, וּלְבָתַר אוֹקִיד לֵיהּ בַּגֵּיהִנָּם. וְאִי דָּן דִּין אֱמֶת, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יֵיעוּל לֵיהּ לְגַן עֵדֶן, וְאַטְעִים לֵיהּ מֵאִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי, דִּכְתִּיב עָלֵיהּ, וְלָקַח גַּם מֵעֵץ הַחַיִּים וְאָכַל וָחַי לְעוֹלָם. דְּאִתְבְּרֵי בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ, עֵץ חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ. עֵץ חַיִּים, תִּפְאֶרֶת. חַיִּים דִּילֵיהּ חָכְמָה וּבִינָה. חַיֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ וַדַּאי.

Earth Eyes Heart Job Judgment

432. וּלְעוֹלָם, דִּינָא דְּמַלְכוּתָא, דִּינָא. וְדִינָא בַּלֵּב, וְאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ, הַלֵּב רוֹאֶה. וּבְגִין דָּא, אֵין לוֹ לַדַּיָּין אֶלָּא מַה שֶׁעֵינָיו רוֹאוֹת. וְהָכָא לֵית דַּיָּין, אֶלָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. מַה שֶׁעֵינָיו רוֹאוֹת, כִּי יְיָ' עֵינָיו מְשׁוֹטְטוֹת. עֵינָיו עַל דַּרְכֵי אִישׁ.

Aba and Ima Body Deeds Ears Eyes Female Hands Head Hebrew Letters Precepts Seven Shechinah Windows

433. Through them "...He looks in at the windows..." (Shir Hashirim 2:9), MEANING through the seven openings of man, two eyes, two ears, two nostrils and mouth. Behold the seven SFIROT of supernal Ima. So He examines deeds with seven from the standpoint of the lower Shechinah: the two hands and neck, WHICH ARE three, with body and the sex organ, NAMELY TIFERET AND YESOD, are five, and WITH two legs, seven - BEING THE SEVEN SFIROT OF THE LOWER SHECHINAH. TWO LETTERS OF THE NAME Yud-Hei THAT ARE IN THE FIRST THREE, FULLY SPELLED AS Yud-Vav-Dalet, Hei-Aleph, EQUAL SEVEN LETTERS. With these seven letters He examines the seven openings of the head. They are called openings after the female (derived from aperture), DENOTING THE SUPERNAL IMA whose openings are open to receive. The two letters Vav-Hei IN THE BODY, MEANING LOWER SHECHINAH, FULLY SPELLED AS VAV-ALEPH-VAV, HEI-ALEPH, EQUAL SEVEN LETTERS. With these seven letters, He examines the seven lower limbs; HANDS, NECK, AND SO ON. They compliment the body with which to perform the precepts.

433. וּבְהוֹן, מַשְׁגִּיחַ מִן הַחַלּוֹנוֹת. בְּז' נוּקְבִין דְּבַר נָשׁ, בִּתְרֵין עַיְינִין, וּתְרֵין אוּדְנִין, וּתְרֵין נוּקְבִין דְּחוֹטָמָא, וּפוּמָא. הָא ז' דְּאִמָא עִלָּאָה. וְהָכִי בְּעוֹבָדוֹי אִסְתָּכַּל בְּשֶׁבַע, מִסִּטְרָא דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא תַּתָּאָה, בְּב' יְדִין וְצַוָּאר תְּלַת, וְגוּף וּבְרִית תְּרֵין, הָא חֲמֵשׁ. תְּרֵין רַגְלִין, הָא שֶׁבַע. יָ"הּ, יוּ"ד הֵ"א, בִּשְׁבַע אַתְוָון דִּילֵיהּ, אִסְתָּכַּל בְּשֶׁבַע נוּקְבִין דְּרֵישָׁא, נְקָבִים: עַל שֵׁם נְקֵבָה, דִּנְקָבֶיהָ פְּתוּחוֹת לְקַבֵּל. ו"ה, וא"ו ה"א, בִּשְׁבַע אַתְוָון דִּילֵיהּ, אִסְתָּכַּל בְּשִׁבְעָה אֵבָרִין דִּלְתַתָּא, דְּאִינּוּן תִּקּוּנָא דְּגוּפָא, דִּבְּהוֹן עֲשִׂיַּית הַמִּצְוֹת.

Body Bone Flesh Garments Hundred Job Other Side Precepts Shechinah Sinew Skin Tents Torah Zeir Anpin

434. The wife OF ZEIR ANPIN, DENOTING SHECHINAH, is like the body - AS THE BODY OF MAN BELOW IS DRAWN FROM HER - and after the precepts, it is called 'limbs,' DENOTING THE TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT LIMBS. After the Shechinah, it is called 'body.' Because from the Other Side THE BODY MEANS ONLY the garments, such as skin and flesh, as written, "You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have knit me together with bones and sinews" (Iyov 10:11). Wherever the Shechinah is not, the body OF LOWER MAN is called but 'the garment of man,' DENOTING ZEIR ANPIN, alluding to Torah CALLED 'MAN,' as it is written, "This is the Torah: when a man dies in a tent" (Bemidbar 19:14), and, "according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house" (Yeshayah 44:13). Where there is a precept, DENOTING SHECHINAH, SO THE BODY OF LOWER MAN is called "the body of man" - just as we find the expression, the essentials of Halachah and sentences of laws, WHICH ARE NAMES OF THE SHECHINAH.

434. אִשְׁתּוֹ כְּגוּפוֹ דַּמְיָא. וְעַל שֵׁם פִּקּוּדִין, אִתְקְרִיאוּ אֵבָרִים. עַל שֵׁם שְׁכִינְתָּא, גּוּפָא. דְּמִסְטְרָא אַחֲרָא לְבוּשָׁא, דְּאִינּוּן עוֹר וּבָשָׂר. הה"ד, עוֹר וּבָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁנִי וּבַעֲצָמוֹת וְגִידִים תְּסוֹכְכֵנִי, בַּאֲתַר דְּלֵית שְׁכִינְתָּא, הַהוּא גּוּפָא לָא אִתְקְרֵי, אֶלָּא לְבוּשָׁא דְּאָדָם. דְּאִיהוּ תּוֹרָה, זֹאת הַתּוֹרָה אָדָם כִּי יָמוּת בְּאֹהֶל. כְּתִפְאֶרֶת אָדָם לָשֶׁבֶת בָּיִת. וּבַאֲתַר דְּתַּמָּן מִצְוָה, אִתְקְרֵי גּוּפָא דְּאָדָם, כְּגוֹן גּוּפִי הֲלָכוֹת, וּפִסְקֵי דִּינִין.

Aba and Ima Joseph Judges Mochin Righteous Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

435. The Holy One, blessed be He, is Judge - DENOTING the Central Column, BEING ZEIR ANPIN, from the standpoint of Binah, MEANING THE MOCHIN OF THE FIRST THREE SFIROT DRAWN FROM BINAH - being Yud Hei Vav Hei, he is REFERRED TO AS MAGISTRATE. Judge IS CALLED SO from the aspect of Malchut. An officer is the ruler, as it is written, "And Joseph was the governor" (Beresheet 42:6). All the Sfirot are Judges from the standpoint of Ima Supernal, BEING BINAH, wherein ARE THE MOCHIN as Tiferet, THAT IS DRAWN FROM IT is the Judge, WHEREIN ARE INCLUDED ALL SFIROT. These ARE officers from Malchut, FROM WHICH COMES RULERSHIP, and the righteous one rules from there.

435. קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא שׁוֹפֵט, עַמּוּדָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא. מִסִּטְרָא דְּבִינָה, דְּאִיהוּ יְדֹוָ"ד. דַּיָּין, מִסִּטְרָא דְּמַלְכוּת. שׁוֹטֵר, הוּא שַׁלִּיט, וְיוֹסֵף הוּא הַשַּׁלִּיט. וְכָל סְפִירָין, אִינּוּן שׁוֹפְטִים, מִסִּטְרָא דְּאִמָא עִלָּאָה, דְּתִפְאֶרֶת שׁוֹפֵט. וְאִינּוּן שׁוֹטְרִים, מִסִּטְרָא דְּמַלְכוּת. דְּצַדִּיק מִתַּמָּן שׁוֹטֵר וּמוֹשֵׁל.