"The one lamb you shall offer in the morning"

Synopsis

The sages taught that one should not pry into the secrets of God or mysteries of the world, and so the secrets of the Torah must be kept covered up and hidden from the wicked and the ignorant. We are reminded of the role and importance of Scripture, Mishnah, Talmud and Kabbalah.

Relevance

The potent mystical wisdom of the Zohar is shielded from the eyes of the wicked who only seek to use these spiritual forces for negative purposes. Thus, any traces of wickedness are purged from our hearts so that we may always merit closeness to this deep well of wisdom. The mystical Light that is cast from these verses overwhelms and cleanses the negative energy created by those who propagate evil, immorality, and sexual perversion in the world.

In verse 246, the Zohar states: "Happy are the organs that are sanctified at the time of intercourse, for they are called 'the wood of the burnt offering'" These words project Light that heals our sexual reproductive organs, imbuing them with divine blessing. Ailments associated with Sexual Dysfunction afflicting both males and females such as Impotence and Inhibited Desire Disorder are remedied here. Our consciousness is raised, deepening our understanding of the great spiritual potential that sexual relations offer us. The Zohar's reference to the importance and role of Scripture, Mishnah, Talmud, and Kabbalah concerns the building of a Vessel (Female Waters) that can receive and hold the Light of the Creator. Thus, this passage constructs a Vessel so that Divine Energy fills us and all Creation with boundless Light.

Body Lambs Morning Sacrifice Torah

244. "The one lamb (Heb. keves) you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer towards evening" (Shemot 29:39 and Bemidbar 28:4). And about the hidden matters (Heb. kivshi) of the Merciful One, the sages have taught: 'Why do you probe into the secrets of the Merciful One?,' THE MEANING OF WHICH is: Matters that are of the mysteries of the world, let them be concealed under your dress. Just as clothes cover the body, so also must the secrets of the Torah be kept covered up, and this applies even more to the secret of the sacrifices, which are like a wife drawing near to her husband, WHICH IS WHY A SACRIFICE IS CALLED 'KORBAN,' FROM THE SAME ROOT AS THE WORD KIRVAH, MEANING NEARNESS.

244. אֶת הַכֶּבֶשׂ הָאֶחָד תַּעֲשֶׂה בַבֹּקֶר וְאֵת הַכֶּבֶשׂ הַשֵּׁנִי תַּעֲשֶׂה בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם. דְּאִיהוּ רָזָא דְּכִבְשֵׁי דְּרַחֲמָנָא, דְּאוֹקְמוּהָ עָלַיְיהוּ רַבָּנָן, גַּבֵּי כִּבְשֵׁי דְּרַחֲמָנָא לָמָּה לָךְ. אֶלָּא מִלִּין דִּיהוֹן תְּחוֹת כִּבְשׁוֹנֵי דְּעָלְמָא, יֵהוֹן מְכוּסִין תְּחוֹת לְבוּשָׁךְ. מַה לְבוּשׁ אִיהוּ מְכַסֶּה עַל גּוּפָא, אוֹף הָכִי צָרִיךְ לְכַסָּאָה רָזִין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. כ"ש רָזִין דְּקָרְבְּנִין, דְּאִינּוּן כְּגַוְונָא דִּקְרִיבוּ דְּאִתְּתָא לְגַבֵּי בַּעְלָהּ.

Daughter Earth Evil Evil Inclination Food Good Inclination Incest Sacrifice Shechinah Slavery Wicked Wickedness

245. And just as the proximity of the two of them, OF HUSBAND AND WIFE, has to be in concealment, so also must the sacrifice be concealed from the wicked, the impudent, the immoral and practicioners of incest, who have no shame and no modesty. And there are bastards of a number of sorts, children of incest, of those who have intercourse during menstruation (Heb. nidah). NIDAH MEANS THAT Hei, WHICH IS THE SHECHINAH WHO IS CALLED 'HEI,' has moved (Heb. nad) away from her, and in her place is a bondwoman, daughter of a strange El, a prostitute. And this is a secret of: "For three things the earth is disquieted...for a slave when he becomes king; and a fool when he is filled with food...and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress" (Mishlei 30:21-23). For the Hei has moved away from its place, which is the Queen and is the Good Inclination, and in her stead has come in a handmaid, the Evil Inclination.

245. וּמַה קְרִיבוּ דְּתַרְוַויְיהוּ צָרִיךְ בְּאִתְכַּסְּיָא. אוֹף הָכִי צָרִיךְ קָרְבָּן לְכַסָּאָה לוֹן, מִבְּנֵי עַרְיָין רַשִׁיעַיָּיא חֲצוּפִין, דְּלֵית לוֹן בֹּשֶׁת פָּנִים וְלָא עֲנָוָה. וְכַמָּה מִינֵי מַמְזְרִין אִינּוּן, בְּנֵי עֲרָיוֹת, בְּנֵי נִדָּה, דְּנָד ה' מִנָּהּ, וְאִשְׁתְּכַח בְּאַתְרָהּ. שִׁפְחָה בַּת אֵל נֵכָר זוֹנָה. וְהַאי אִיהוּ רָזָא, תַּחַת שָׁלֹשׁ רָגְזָה אֶרֶץ וְגוֹ,' תַּחַת עֶבֶד כִּי יִמְלוֹךְ וְנָבָל כִּי יִשְׂבַּע לָחֶם וְשִׁפְחָה כִּי תִּירַשׁ גְּבִירְתָּהּ. דְּנָד ה' מֵאַתְרָאָה, דְּאִיהִי מַטְרוֹנִיתָא, יצה"ט. וְעָאלָא בְּאַתְרָהָא שִׁפְחָה יצה"ר.

Blood Fire Lambs Light Morning Offering Plagues Priests Seven Tetragrammaton Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

246. And the secret of the matter is to be found in the verse: "It seems to me there is as it were a plague in the house" (Vayikra 14:35), namely, the impure blood of menstruation. Just as in the one case, OF THE PLAGUE, "then the priest shall shut him up for seven days" (Vayikra 13:21), so also in the other: "she shall be seven days in her menstrual impurity" (Vayikra 15:19). Happy are the organs that are sanctified at the time of intercourse, for they are called 'the wood of the burnt offering,' for they are engulfed by holy fires from the Name Yud Hei Vav Hei, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, who takes hold of their fire. And for this reason IT IS WRITTEN: "Wherefore glorify Hashem in the regions of light" (Yeshayah 24:15). Thus the mysteries (Aramaic kevesh) of the Merciful One are: "The one lamb (Heb. keves) you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer towards evening."

246. וְרָזָא דְּמִלָּה, כְּנֶגַע נִרְאָה לִי בַּבָּיִת, הַיְינוּ דָּם טָמֵא דְּנִדָּה. וּמַה הָתָם וְהִסְגִּירוֹ הַכֹּהֵן שִׁבְעַת יָמִים. אוֹף הָכִי שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תִּהְיֶה בְנִדָּתָהּ. זַכָּאִין אִינּוּן אֵבָרִים דְּמִתְקַדְּשֵׁי בְּשָׁעַת תַּשְׁמִישׁ, דְּאִינּוּן עֲצֵי הָעוֹלָה, דַּאֲחִידָן בְּהוֹן אֶשִּׁין קַדִּישִׁין, שֵׁם יְדֹוָד דְּאָחִיד בְּאֶשִׁין דִּלְהוֹן. ובג"ד בָּאוּרִים כַּבְּדוּ יְיָ' ע"כ כִּבְשֵׁי דְּרַחֲמָנָא, הַיְינוּ אֶת הַכֶּבֶשׂ הָאֶחָד תַּעֲשֶׂה בַבֹּקֶר וְאֵת הַכֶּבֶשׂ הַשֵּׁנִי תַּעֲשֶׂה בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם.

Adonai Brain Mishnah Oil Righteous Ten Waters

247. And the end of the verse continues: "and a tenth part of an efah of fine flour" (Bemidbar 28:5). That is, happy is he who draws down from his brain a drop of clean refined flour without impurity and waste, AT THE TIME OF THE MATING, and this is hinted at in the letter Yud of Adonai, AND THAT IS WHY IT SAYS 'A TENTH PART' that includes the ten Sfirot. And she is to be "mingled with a fourth part of a hin of beaten oil" (Ibid.). That is, it is mingled from FOUR, NAMELY, Scripture, Mishnah, Talmud, and Kabbalah, ON WHICH THE RIGHTEOUS BEAT THEMSELVES AND SO RAISE UP THE FEMALE WATERS FOR ITS UNION.

247. שְׁלִימוּ דִּקְרָא, וַעֲשִׂירִית הָאֵיפָה סֹלֶת. זַכָּאָה אִיהוּ מַאן דְּאַנְגִּיד מִמוֹחֵיהּ, טִפָּה סֹלֶת נְקִיָּה בְּלָא פְּסוֹלֶת. וְאִיהִי רְמִיזָא בְּאָת י' מִן אֲדֹנָ"י, כְּלִילָא בַּעֲשַׂר סְפִירָאן. דְּאִיהִי בְּלוּלָה בְּשֶׁמֶן כָּתִית רְבִיעִית הַהִין. וְאִיהִי בְּלוּלָה, בַמִּקְרָא, בַּמִּשְׁנָה, בַּתַּלְמוּד, בְּקַבָּלָה.