If Adam had not sinned, he would not have begotten any offspring

Synopsis

From the time of Adam's sin, the children born into our world retain an aspect of the Evil Inclination within their essence. This section helps prevent this evil presence from occurring in new children. Moreover, these words weaken and remove this negative influence from our children as we meditate upon the pages.

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35. Come and behold: if Adam had brought generations with him from the Garden of Eden, they would have lived for generations. And the light of the moon, WHICH REFERS TO THE LIGHT OF MALCHUT, would have never been darkened. And all would have lived forever; and not even the angels above could have stood before them and borne their light, brilliance and wisdom. As it is written: "In the image of Elohim He created him" (Beresheet 1:27). But because he was the cause of the sin, he had to leave the Garden of Eden and bear children outside. So his generations did not last BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT FIT.

35. תָּא חֲזֵי, אִלּוּ אַפִּיק אָדָם תּוֹלְדוֹת, מִגִּנְתָּא דְעֵדֶן, לָא יִשְׁתֵּצוּן לְדָרֵי דָרִין, וְלָא אִתְחַשַּׁךְ נְהוֹרָא דְסִיהֲרָא לְעָלְמִין, וְכָלְהוֹ הֲווֹ קָיְימִין לְעָלְמִין, וַאֲפִילּוּ מַלְאֲכֵי עִלָּאִי, לָא קָיְימֵי קָמַיְיהוּ, בִּנְהוֹרָא וְזִיוָא וְחָכְמְתָא, כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹקִים בָּרָא אוֹתוֹ, אֲבָל כֵּיוָן דְּגָרֵים חֶטְאָה, וּנְפַק אִיהוּ מִגִּנְתָּא דְעֵדֶן, וַעֲבַד תּוֹלְדוֹת לְבַר, לָא אִתְקָיְימוּ.

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36. Rabbi Chizkiyah then asked: How could they have begotten offspring there - IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN? Had the Evil Inclination not been drawn down on him and he sinned, he would have dwelled alone in the world and would have not begotten any offspring! The same applies to Yisrael; had they not sinned by the golden calf and drawn upon themselves the Evil Inclination AFTER ACCEPTING THE TORAH, they also would have never borne any offspring, and no new generations would have come into the world. THE MAIN POINT IS THAT THE POWER OF MATING DERIVES MAINLY FROM THE EVIL INCLINATION. SO WITHOUT THE EVIL INCLINATION THERE CAN BE NO OFFSPRING.

36. אֲמַר רַבִּי חִזְקִיָּה, וְכֵי הֵיךְ יָכְלִין לְמֶעְבַּד תּוֹלְדוֹת תַּמָּן, דְּהָא אִלְּמָלֵא לָא אִתְמְשֵׁיךְ עֲלֵיהּ יֵצֶר הָרָע וְחָטָא, אִתְקַיַּים אִיהוּ בְּעָלְמָא בִּלְחוֹדוֹי, וְלָא יַעֲבֵיד תּוֹלְדוֹת. כְּגַוְונָא דָא, אִלְּמָלֵא דְּחָבוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֶגְלָא, וְאַמְשִׁיכוּ עֲלַיְיהוּ יֵצֶר הָרָע, לָא עֲבָדוּ תּוֹלְדוֹת לְעָלְמִין, וְלָא יֵיתוּן דָּרִין אָחֳרָנִין לְעָלְמָא.

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37. אֲמַר לֵיהּ אִלְמָלֵא לֹא חָטָא אָדָם, לָא עָבִיד תּוֹלְדוֹת כְּגַוְונָא דָא מִסִּטְרָא דְּיֵצֶר הָרָע, אֲבָל עָבִיד תּוֹלְדוֹת מִסִּטְרָא דְּרוּחָא קַדִּישָׁא, דְּהַשְׁתָּא לָא עָבֵיד תּוֹלְדוֹת אֶלָּא מִסִּטְרָא דְּיֵצֶר הָרָע, וּבְגִין דְּכָל תּוֹלְדוֹת דִּבְנֵי נָשָׁא, כָּלְהוֹ מִסִּטְרָא דְּיֵצֶר הָרָע, בְּגִין כָּךְ לֵּית לוֹן קִיּוּם, וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹן לְאִתְקָיְימָא, דְּסִטְרָא אָחֳרָא אִתְעָרַב בְּהוֹ.

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38. But if Adam had not sinned and had not been driven out of the Garden of Eden, he would have begotten offspring from the side of the Spirit of the holy of holies. And they would have been as the supreme angels, and lived generations upon generations as angels do above. THIS MEANS THAT THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF MATING: ONE IS THE SPIRITUAL MATING OF THE ANGELS; THE SECOND IS THE MATING OF YESOD FOR THE SOULS. THAT NEED FOR THE EVIL INCLINATION RELATES ONLY TO THE MATING OF YESOD AND NOT TO THE SPIRITUAL MATING THAT COMES FROM THE SIDE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. But because he sinned and begot children outside the Garden of Eden and he did not merit to beget them in the Garden of Eden, therefore they did not survive even only to take root in this world until Noah came and went into the ark. And from the ark all descending generations of mankind emerged and spread to all four corners of the earth.

38. אֲבָל אִלְּמָלֵא לֹא חָטָא אָדָם, וְלָא אִתְתָּרַךְ מִגִּנְתָּא דְעֵדֶן, הֲוָה עָבִיד תּוֹלְדוֹת מִסִּטְרָא דְּרוּחַ קוּדְשָׁא דְּקַדִּישִׁין, כְּמַלְאֲכֵי עִלָּאִין קָיְימִין לְדָרֵי דָרִין כְּגַוְונָא דִלְעֵילָא, כֵּיוָן דְּחָטָא וְאוֹלִיד בְּנִין לְבַר מִגִּנְתָּא דְעֵדֶן, וְלָא זָכָה לְאַפָּקָא לוֹן מִגִּנְתָּא, לָא אִתְקָיְימוּ, אֲפִילּוּ לְאִשְׁתְּרָשָׁא בְּעָלְמָא דָא, עַד דְּאָתָא נֹחַ דְּאִיהוּ צַדִּיק, וְעָאל בַּתֵּיבָה, וּמִן תֵּיבָה נָפְקוּ כָּל דָּרִין דְּעָלְמָא, וּמִתַּמָּן אִתְבַּדְּרוּ לְכָל אַרְבַּע רוּחֵי עָלְמָא.