Pinchas: Chapter 112

Fine flour, average flour and waste matter

Synopsis

Moses says that God gives His finest food to those He loves who are on the side of the Tree of Life; He gives His average food to the angels, or sages of Mishnah; and he gives the waste food to the evil spirits and demons.

Angels Bread Demons Evil Fire Food Horses Offering Sacrifice Table Tree Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil Tree of Life

762. What does the Holy One, blessed be He, do with this gift? HE IS like a king who eats at his own table, and every type is served at the table: fine flour, medium flour, and waste matter, and he distributes from his table to all those sitting at the banquet, through his appointees, to each one as befits him. He commands that bread made out of fine flour that the king eats be given to those he loves who are near to him as it is written: "My offering, the provision of My sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savor to Me" (Bemidbar 28:2), namely: "the offerings of Hashem made by fire, and His dues shall they eat" (Devarim 18:1). And THIS FOOD is from the side of the Tree of Life AND IS, THEREFORE, CLEAN FINE FLOUR, WITHOUT ANY WASTE MATTER AT ALL. But from the side of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, IN WHICH THERE IS WASTE MATTER, which is the average flour, He commanded to be given to the angels, while the waste matter HE GIVES to the evil spirits and demons who serve the horses and riders of the King.

762. קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מַאי עָבֵיד מֵהַהוּא דּוֹרוֹנָא. לְמַלְכָּא דְּאָכִיל עַל פָּתוֹרָא. דְּקַרְבִין עַל פָּתוֹרֵיהּ מִכָּל מִין וָמִין, סֺלֶת, וּבֵינוֹנִי, וּפְסוֹלֶת. וְאִיהוּ פָּלִיג מִפָּתוֹרֵיהּ, לְכָל מָארֵי סְעוּדָתָא, לְכָל חַד כַּדְּקָא יָאוּת, עַל יְדֵי מְמָנָן דִּילֵיהּ. וּמֵהַהוּא נַהֲמָא, דְּאִיהוּ סֺלֶת, דְּמַלְכָּא אָכִיל, אִיהוּ מָנֵי לְמֵיהַב לְאִינּוּן דִּרְחִימִין גַּבֵּיהּ. הה"ד, אֶת קָרְבָּנִי לַחְמִי לְאִשַּׁי רֵיחַ נִחוֹחִי. דְּהַיְינוּ אִשֵּׁי יְיָ' וְנַחֲלָתוֹ יֺאכֵלוּן הַאי אִיהוּ מִסִּטְרָא דְּאִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי. אֲבָל מִסִּטְרָא דְּעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע, מַנִי לְמֵיהַב בֵּינוֹנִי, לְמַלְאָכִים. וּפְסוֹלֶת לַשֵּׁדִין וּמַזִּיקִין, דְּאִינּוּן מְשַׁמְּשִׁין לְסוּסְוָון וּלְפָרַשְׁיָין דְּמַלְכָּא.

Angels Demons Evil Hebrew Letters Mishnah Shadai

763. And here, too, THE MEDIUM FLOUR IS GIVEN to the King's horsemen, namely the sages of Mishnah, who are as the angels, and their servants are the Jewish spirits (Heb. shed, Shin Dalet) marked by the sign of Shadai, NAMELY WITH THE LETTERS SHIN DALET OF SHADAI (SHIN-DALET- YUD). And there are also evil spirits and demons from the side of impurity that are called 'idol-worshipping spirit', for "The Elohim has made the one as well as the other" (Kohelet 7:14).

763. וְאוֹף הָכִי דְּפָרָשִׁין דְּמַלְכָּא, הֲווֹ מָארֵי מִשְׁנָה, דְּאִינּוּן כְּמַלְאָכִים. מְשַׁמְּשִׁין לוֹן שֵׁדִים יְהוּדָאֵי, דְּאִינּוּן רְשִׁימִין בְּאוֹת שַׁדַּי, וְאִית שֵׁדִּין וּמַזִּיקִין מִסִּטְרָא דִּמְסָאֳבוּ, דְּאִתְקְרִיאוּ שֵׁדִים עכו"ם. וְזֶה לְעוּמַת זֶה עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים.

Angels Animals Hosts Joseph Mishnah Oral Law Torah Written Law

764. And for this reason the sages of the Mishnah said: There are three kinds of them, OF THE SPIRITS OF THE JEWS. One kind are like ministering angels, the second kind are like human beings and the third kind are like animals, and some of them are scholars in the Written Law and the Oral Law. And he who is called 'Joseph the spirit' is so called because he was sired by a spirit. And it was not for nothing that the sages of the Mishnah said: If the rabbi is similar to an angel of Hashem Tzva'ot, let them seek Torah from his mouth. FOR THE SAGES OF THE MISHNAH ARE LIKE ANGELS. And Asmodeus, the king OF THE SPIRITS, and all his family are, it has been taught, Jewish spirits, for they were subdued by the Torah and the names of the Torah.

764. וּבְגִין דָּא אָמְרוּ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, דְּאִינּוּן ג' מִינִין מִינַּיְיהוּ, חַד מִין דִּלְהוֹן כְּמַלְאָכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת. וּמִין תִּנְיָינָא, כִּבְנֵי אָדָם. וּמִין תְּלִיתָאי, כִּבְעִירָן. וְאִית בְּהוֹן חַכִּימִין בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא דְּבִכְתָב וְדִבְעַל פֶּה. אִתְקְרֵי יוֹסֵף שִׁידָא, עַל שֵׁם דְּאוֹלִיד לֵיהּ שֵׁד. וְלָאו לְמַגָּנָא אָמְרוּ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, אִם הָרַב דּוֹמֶה לְמַלְאַךְ יְיָ' צְבָאוֹת תּוֹרָה יְבַקְשׁוּ מִפִּיהוּ. וְאַשְׁמְדָאי מַלְכָּא, הוּא וְכָל מִשְׁפַּחְתֵּיהּ, הָא אוֹקִימְנָא דְּאִינּוּן שֵׁדִּין יְהוּדָאִין, דְּאִתְכַּפְיָין בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וּבִשְׁמָהָן דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא.

Aaron Sacrifice

765. And because the sons of Aaron arranged their sacrifices, this is why they were punished, for even though all the sacrifices are offered to the King, THE KING distributes them to each one, as befits him, and takes for Himself what befits Him. End of Ra'aya Meheimna (the Faithful Shepherd).

765. וּבְנֵי אַהֲרֺן, בְּגִין דַּעֲרִיכוּ קָרְבְּנֵהוֹן, בְּגִין דָּא אִתְעֲנָשׁוּ, דְּכֻלְּהוּ קָרְבְּנִין אע"ג דְּאִתְקְרִיבוּ לְגַבֵּי מַלְכָּא, אִיהוּ פָּלִיג לוֹן לְכָל חַד כַּדְּקָא חֲזֵי. וְנָטַל לְחוּלָקֵיהּ מַה דְּאִתְחֲזֵי לֵיהּ. (ע"כ רעיא מהימנא)

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