"Drink water out of your own cistern"

Synopsis

Our realm of Malchut cannot draw in the Light without first arousing desire, and desire is aroused through the building of one's Vessel. According to the Zohar, righteous souls build Vessels through their positive actions and spiritual deeds. This secret is concealed within the story of Noah. The Ark signifies the realm of Malchut. Noah represents the righteous souls. We learn that after Noah built and entered the Ark he was then able to beget offspring to populate the world. Building and entering the Ark is the mystery concerning the awakening of desire in Malchut, and the offspring of Noah pertain to the Light of the Creator that is revealed in our physical realm. We become righteous souls who awaken the desire of Malchut each time we recognize, admit, and thus uproot our own negative traits, transforming them into positive attributes. From this section we receive the ability to act with righteousness, thus arousing the desires of Malchut.

Alphabet Hebrew Alphabet Hebrew Letters Nukva Water Well Zeir Anpin

22. It is written: "Drink water out of your own cistern, and running water out of your own well" (Mishlei 5:15). HE ASKS: Why does it say "your own cistern" first and then "your own well," since a cistern is an empty place without water, while a well is a fountain of running water? (In other words, THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER.) HE ANSWERS: Both are the same, MEANING THAT BOTH REFER TO THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE. But when the poor are attached to that region, MEANING WHEN THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE IS NOT CONNECTED WITH ZEIR ANPIN, WHO IS HER HUSBAND, SHE IS CONSIDERED TO BE POOR AND is called 'a cistern,' with nothing of its own except what is put inside it. This is the letter Dalet, OR THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE WHEN SHE IS NOT CONNECTED WITH ZEIR ANPIN.

22. כְּתִיב שְׁתֵה מַיִם מִבּוֹרְךָ וְנוֹזְלִים מִתּוֹךְ בְּאֵרְךָ, אַמַּאי בּוֹרְךָ בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, וּלְבָתַר בְּאֵרְךָ, דְּהָא בּוֹר לָא אִקְרֵי אֶלָּא רֵיקַנְיָא דְּלָא נְבִיעַ, בְּאֵר: מַיִין דְּנָבְעִין, אֶלָּא כֹּלָא אֲתַר חַד הוּא, אֶלָּא אֲתַר דְּמִסְכְּנֵי אֲחִידָן בֵּיהּ, אִקְרֵי בּוֹר, דְּלֵית לֵיהּ מִדִּילֵיהּ, אֶלָּא מַה דְּיַהֲבִין בְּגַוֵּיהּ, וּמַאן אִיהוּ דלי"ת.

Flow Nukva Righteous Soul, The Well Zeir Anpin

Abraham Chariot David Isaac Water Waters Well

24. A different explanation for the verse, "Drink water out of your own cistern," is that it refers to King David, who wrote: "O that one would give me drink of the water of the cistern of Bethlehem" (II Shmuel 23:15). Here, the words, "running water," refer to Abraham, and "out of (lit. 'from the midst')" refer to Jacob, who is in the center. "FROM THE MIDST" MEANS OUT OF THE CENTER. "Your own well" signifies Isaac, who is called "well of living water." Thus, in this verse, we find a reference to both the sacred Chariot of the Patriarchs, and of King David, who joined them.

24. דָּבָר אַחֵר, שְׁתֵה מַיִם מִבּוֹרְךָ: דָּא דָּוִד מַלְכָּא, דִּכְתִיב בֵּיהּ מִי יַשְׁקֵנִי מַיִם מִבּוֹר בֵּית לֶחֶם. וְנוֹזְלִים: דָּא אַבְרָהָם. מִתּוֹךְ: דָּא יַעֲקֹב, דְּאִיהוּ בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא. בְּאֵרְךָ: דָּא יִצְחָק, דְּאִקְרֵי בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים. הָא בְּהַאי קְרָא אִשְׁתְּכַח רְתִיכָא קַדִּישָׁא עִלָּאָה מֵאֲבָהָן, וְדָוִד מַלְכָּא אִתְחַבַּר עִמְהוֹן.

Congregation Female Female Waters (Mayin Nukvin) Flow Light Male Mayin Nukvin (Female Waters) Mochin Nefesh (Soul) Righteous Ruach (Soul) Soul (Nefesh) Soul (Ruach) Soul, The Waters

25. The passion of the female toward the male is only aroused when he puts the spirit into her. And the flow of Mayin Nukvin (Female Waters) ascends to meet Mayin Duchrin (Male Waters) above. And the Congregation of Yisrael, OR MALCHUT, conceives a longing for the Holy One, blessed be He, only when the spirits of the righteous enter her, IN THE SECRET OF THE FEMALE WATERS. And then do waters flow from within her, THAT ILLUMINATE IN HER BY THE POWER OF THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS, toward the Male Waters, WHICH ARE THE LIGHTS OF THE RIGHT COLUMN. And so, all OF THESE THREE ASPECTS become one passion, one union, and one tie, and this appeases everyone. And it is then that the Holy One, blessed be He, walks among the righteous.

25. תֵּיאוֹבְתָּא דְּנוּקְבָא לְגַבֵּי דְכוּרָא, לָאו אִיהוּ, אֶלָּא כַּד עַיֵּיל רוּחָא בָהּ, וְאַשְׁדַּת מַיָּיא לְקִבְלָא, מַיִּין עִלָּאִין דְּכוּרִין, כָּךְ כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, לָא אִתְעָרַת תֵּיאוֹבְתָּא לְגַבֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אֶלָּא בְּרוּחָא דְצַדִּיקַיָא דְּעָאלִין בְּגַוָּוהּ, וּכְדֵין נָבְעִין מַיָּיא מִגַּוָּוהּ, לְקִבְלָא מַיִּין דִּדְכוּרָא וְכֹלָּא אִתְעֲבִיד תֵּיאוֹבְתָּא חָדָא, וּצְרוֹרָא חָדָא, וְקִשּׂוּרָא חָדָא, וְדָא הוּא רַעֲוָא דְּכֹלָּא, וְטִיּוּלָא דִּמְטַיֵּיל קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בְּנִשְׁמַתְהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָיא.

Ark Earth Garden of Eden Noah Nukva Righteous Soul, The Zeir Anpin

26. Come and behold: all the offspring - THE SOULS - from the Garden of Eden, WHICH IS THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE OF ZEIR ANPIN THAT ENCLOTHES THE SUPERNAL IMA, DO not issue from the Righteous, YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN, until it enters the ark and becomes one with it. And all THE SOULS THAT SHE RECEIVES FROM THE RIGHTEOUS are hidden there FOR A CERTAIN TIME after which they ARE BORN AND leave it. The same applies here. Noah the righteous man did not beget any offspring to populate the world until he entered the ark and all gathered and were concealed in FOR A CERTAIN TIME, after which, they came out. They emerged from the ark to multiply in the world and to survive on earth. Had they not come from the ark, they would not have endured in the world.

26. תָּא חֲזֵי, כָּל אִינוּן תּוֹלְדוֹת דְּגִנְתָּא דְעֵדֶן, לָא נָפְקִין מִצַּדִּיק, אֶלָּא כַּד עַיֵּיל בְּהַאי תֵּבָה בְּחִבּוּרָא חָדָא, וְכֹלָּא גְּנִיזִין בָּהּ. וּלְבָתַר מִינָהּ נָפְקִין. אוֹף הָכָא נֹחַ אִישׁ צַדִּיק, לָא אַפִּיק תּוֹלְדוֹת לְמִפְרֵי בְּעָלְמָא, עַד דְּעָאל לַתֵּיבָה, וְאִתְכְּנַשׁ כֹּלָּא בָּהּ, וַהֲווֹ גְנִיזִין בָּהּ, וּלְבָתַר מִנָּהּ נָפְקוּ לְמִפְרֵי בְּעָלְמָא, וּלְאִתְקָיְימָא בְּאַרְעָא, וְאִלְמָלֵא דְּנָפְקוּ מִגּוֹ תֵּיבָה, לָא אִתְקַיְּימוּ בְּעָלְמָא.

Ark Noah Nukva Waters Well

27. וְכֹלָּא כְּגַוְונָא דִלְעֵילָא, מִגּוֹ תֵּיבָה נָפְקֵי לְעֵילָא, מִגּוֹ תֵּיבָה נָפְקֵי לְתַתָּא, דָּא כְּגַוְונָא דָא וְהָכָא אִתְקַיַּים עָלְמָא וְלָא מִקַּדְמַת דְּנָא, דִּבְגִינֵי כָךְ כְּתִיב וְנוֹזְלִים מִתּוֹךְ בְּאֵרְךָ. וּכְתִיב וַיּוֹלֶד נֹחַ שְׁלשָׁה בָנִים.