The appendix of the liver, gall, trachea, esophagus and the Shofar

Synopsis

Rav Hamnuna talks about the iniquity of Lilit and Samael, saying that they are the liver and the appendix, and that from them emerge the gall that is the sword of the Angel of Death. On Rosh Hashanah the gall wanders the world collecting up sins, and all of Yisrael are in trouble; this is when they blow the Shofar.

Relevance

Extraordinary notions relating to heart disease, human behavior, healing, and world peace emerge from this ancient passage. According to the Zohar, our reactive emotions, notably anger and rage, manifest in our liver and its appendage. A remarkable insight is then presented in verse 364: "From the liver and the appendage, WHICH ARE SAMAEL AND LILIT, emerges the gall, which is the sword of the Angel of Death, from which come bitter drops to kill human beings."

In verse 365, the Zohar says that the gall: "...overcomes the arteries of the heart and all the arteries in the limbs of the body..." Interestingly, gall is defined by Merriam Webster's Dictionary as both "bile" and "bitterness of spirit" or "rancor." This definition reinforces the Kabbalistic viewpoint that a vital connection exists between human behavior and physical health. Moreover, it is the liver that secretes gall (bile), and its primary component is cholesterol. High levels of cholesterol are a major cause of atherosclerosis, the hardening and blockage of arteries, one of the most frequent causes of heart disease and death.

[Verse 365] Moses talks about the participation of the body - the trachea, the lungs, the arteries, the breath, the esophagus and the mouth - in the blowing of the Shofar. He says that the Satan has no control on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Yisrael's strength is in the voice, not in eating and drinking like everyone else in the world, and it is necessary to awaken the voice with the ten Shofar verses.

All the anger and negative reflexive emotions that we've expressed throughout the year are used by the negative angel Lilit during Rosh Hashanah as an indictment against us. The ensuing judgment manifests as illness and heart-related diseases. The Shofar is used to purify us, to remove the force of Satan from our arteries and cardiovascular system. Metaphysically, it works like this: The esophagus is spelled VAV SHIN TET (Veshet) ושט. However, the Zohar explains that when we are overly self-indulgent, allowing our ego and selfish desires to grow incessantly, the letter VAV ו also grows and extends into the letter NUN ן. The letters that spell esophagus are now rearranged to spell SATAN (SIN, TET, NUT) שטן. This effect is rooted in an event that took place in the Torah, in the Book of Numbers. The Children of Israel were given manna from Heaven, a spiritual substance that could taste like the finest meal one could imagine. However, a consciousness of certainty in the manna's power was the prerequisite. The Israelites did not possess this state of mind and could therefore, not connect to this spiritual energy. They demanded and received physical meat. The Satan infiltrated their bodies while the meat was in their teeth, indicating their total connection to physicality. The Zohar states that when our own physical desires run rampant and we choose the physical world over the spiritual, the Satan again overcomes "all the limbs and the arteries" for all the 365 days of the solar year. There is, however, recourse for the repentant heart - and it is found in the instrument of the Shofar, the trachea, and the event of Yom Kippur.

The trachea is a windpipe, just like the Shofar which is a musical windpipe. The Shofar correlates to the realm of Binah, where there is so much pleasure and fulfillment that there is no need for food and drink. Likewise, the trachea is not utilized when we eat or drink. Like the Shofar, only air enters our trachea. On Yom Kippur, there is also no eating and drinking, signifying Binah and the unimaginable spiritual nourishment that it provides. The numerical value of the "The Satan" השטן is 364, which is one number short of the 365 days of the year. This is the one day of the year when Satan is banished from our world - Yom Kippur!

Blowing the Shofar and observing Yom Kippur reestablishes our connection to Binah. The NUN in the word SATAN is reduced in size - just as we reduce our desire to consume food and drink on Yom Kippur - and it reverts back into a VAV to again spell esophagus in Hebrew. Satan and the force of death are now extracted from our arteries and limbs.

This splendid passage recalls the energy of Yom Kippur and it sounds the Shofar on our behalf to heal our hearts, liver, arteries, trachea, esophagus, and limbs. Good cholesterol levels rise while bad cholesterol levels decrease. Our blood is cleansed of toxins. The arteries are cleared of deadly deposits and plaque. Yisrael, the cosmic counterpart of the human heart, also functions as the heart of mankind. Yisrael's relationship to the rest of the world is like the heart's arteries that carry blood and oxygen to the rest of the body. The nations of the world correspond to the body's organs and limbs. Hence, the same way that the heart now supplies purified blood to nourish the body, Yisrael furnishes Light to aid all the nations of the world as a result of our meditation. Furthermore, conflicts and barriers between Yisrael and all nations are henceforth eliminated, clearing the way for global harmony and lasting peace. As Satan is absent from the world on Yom Kippur, the Light generated from this passage now banishes Satan from the other 364 days of the solar calendar, paving the way for the Messiah to arrive in our day.

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362. It is written: "the appendix of the liver" (Vayikra 9:10), and also: "the appendix above the liver" (Vayikra 3:4). "The appendix of the liver" MEANS a woman of harlotry, THAT IS LILIT, who comes out and emerges from the liver, THAT IS SAMAEL, to mislead people and denounce them, and she leaves the male to practice prostitution. And that is why IT IS WRITTEN: "the appendix of the liver;" "the appendix above the liver" MEANS THAT, after her fornications, she rises above him. She has "a harlot's forehead" (Yirmeyah 3:3) and subdues her husband, who is SAMAEL, WHO IS CALLED 'liver,' with the anger of the gall, being a quarrelsome and anger-prone wife who rules over her male. THUS "The harlot's forehead" has control over the liver, WHICH IS SAMAEL, BECAUSE SHE IS a quarrelsome, angry woman AND IS THEREFORE CALLED "THE APPENDIX ABOVE THE LIVER."

362. כְּתִיב הַיּוֹתֶרֶת מִן הַכָּבֵד. וּכְתִיב וְאֶת הַיּוֹתֶרֶת עַל הַכָּבֵד. יוֹתֶרֶת מִן הַכָּבֵד, דָּא אֵשֶׁת זְנוּנִים, דְּאַזְלָא וְנָפְקָא מִן הַכָּבֵד, לְאַסְטָאָה בְּנֵי עָלְמָא, וּלְאַסְטְנָא עָלַיְיהוּ. וְשַׁבְקַת לִדְכוּרָא, לְמֶעְבַּד זְנוּנִים. ובג"ד הַיּוֹתֶרֶת מִן הַכָּבֵד, יוֹתֶרֶת עַל הַכָּבֵד. בָּתַר דְּעַבְדַת נִיאוּפָא, אִסְתָּלָקַת עָלֵיהּ. מֵצַח אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה. אִתְגַּבְּרַת עַל בַּעְלָהּ דְּאִיהוּ כָּבֵד, בְּכַעַס דְּמָרָה, אֵשֶׁת מְדָנִים, וָכַעַס, דְּשַׁלְטָא אִיהִי עַל דְּכוּרָא דִּילָהּ. מֵצַח אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה שַׁלְטָא עַל הַכָּבֵד, אֵשֶׁת מְדָנִים וָכַעַס.

Forehead Harlotry Liver Male Point Samael

363. "The appendix of the liver:" BECAUSE SHE emerges from the liver, WHO, AS EXPLAINED ABOVE, IS SAMAEL HER HUSBAND, in order to harm the whole world and practice adultery with all. She then mounts the male, with "a harlot's forehead," audaciously, and she is then above the liver. Also, she is called "the appendix of the liver," from another point of view, for after she has gone out to play prostitute with all, she gives the leftovers to her husband, and this is the meaning of "the appendix of the liver," appendix IS DERIVED FROM LEFTOVERS.

363. יוֹתֶרֶת מִן הַכָּבֵד, מִן הַכָּבֵד נָפְקָא לְאַבְאָשָׁא לְכָל עָלְמָא, וּלְמֶעְבַּד נִיאוּפִין עִם כֹּלָּא. לְבָתַר אִיהִי סַלְּקָא לְגַבֵּי דְּכוֹרָא, מֶצַח אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה, בְּעַזּוּתָא דְּאַנְפִּין, וּכְדֵין אִיהִי עַל הַכָּבֵד. וְעוֹד, יוֹתֶרֶת מִן הַכָּבֵד אִתְקְרִיאַת מִסִּטְרָא אַחֲרָא, בָּתַר דְּנַפְקַת לְנַאֲפָא עִם כֹּלָּא, יְהִיבַת שִׁיּוּרִין לְבַעְלָהּ, וְהַאי אִיהִי יוֹתֶרֶת מִן הַכָּבֵד.

Angel of Death Angels Candles Death Death and the Afterlife Gall Lilit Liver Rosh Hashanah Samael Shechinah Shepherd Shofar Sin Soul, The Sword

364. From the liver and the appendix, WHICH ARE SAMAEL AND LILIT, emerges the gall, which is the sword of the Angel of Death, from which come bitter drops to kill people. It is written: "Her end is bitter (Heb. marah) as wormwood" (Mishlei 5:4). And THE GALL (HEB. MARAHA) is hanging over the liver, all sickness and death coming from it, FROM THE KLIPAH THAT IS CALLED 'GALL.' And on that day of Rosh Hashanah, she prowls through the world, collecting up all the sins that are in the world. And then all the parts, which are Yisrael, are in trouble, FOR YISRAEL are the parts of the Shechinah, AS IT IS SAID: "The soul of man is the candle of Hashem" (Mishlei 20:27), WHICH MEANS THAT THE SOUL OF MAN IS DERIVED FROM THE CANDLE OF HASHEM, which is the holy Shechinah. And then, ON ROSH HASHANAH, all Yisrael are in trouble, so they take a Shofar to awaken with it those calls: T'kiah, Sh'varim, T'ruah.

364. מִגּוֹ כָּבֵד, וְיוֹתֶרֶת דִּילָהּ, נַפְקַת מָרָה, וְאִיהִי חַרְבָּא דְּמַלְאָךְ הַמָּוֶת, דְּנַפְקוּ מִנָּהּ טִפִּין מְרִירָן לְקַטְלָא בְּנֵי נָשָׁא. הה"ד, וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כַלַּעֲנָה. וְאִיהִי תַּלְיָא בַּכָּבֵד, כָּל מַרְעִין וּמוֹתָא בֵּיהּ תַּלְיָין. וְהַהוּא יוֹמָא דר"ה מְשַׁטְּטָא בְּעָלְמָא, לְמִכְנַשׁ כָּל חוֹבֵי עָלְמָא וּכְדֵין כָּל אֵבָרִין דְּאִינּוּן יִשְׂרָאֵל, אִינּוּן בְּעָאקוּ, דְּאִינּוּן אֵבָרֵי דְּמַטְרוֹנִיתָא, נֵר יְיָ' נִשְׁמַת אָדָם, שְׁכִינְתָּא קַדִּישָׁא. וּכְדֵין כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעָאקוּ, וְנַטְלֵי שׁוֹפָר לְאַתְּעָרָא בֵּיהּ הַהוּא תְּקִיעָה וּשְׁבָרִים וּתְרוּעָה.

Body Breath Chassadim Esophagus Gall Heart Lungs Mochin Shepherd Shofar Trachea

365. Ra'aya Meheimna (the Faithful Shepherd). The Faithful Shepherd said: Certain it is that since the limbs and the arteries of the heart, that are likened to Yisrael, are in trouble, they have to awaken in the trachea pipe, which is the secret of the Shofar, this being the windpipe connected to the lung. Since the lobes of the lung are unable to quiet the anger of the gall, which overcomes the arteries of the heart and all the arteries in the limbs of the body, that breath, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF CHASSADIM that blows in them, rises in the trachea, which is a Shofar, namely the World to Come. FOR A SHOFAR IS THE SECRET OF BINAH THAT IS CALLED 'THE WORLD TO COME.' And so it has been taught: The esophagus is like this world, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF MALCHUT, eating and drinking in it, NAMELY THE MOCHIN OF CHASSADIM AND CHOCHMAH THAT ARE TERMED EATING AND DRINKING. The trachea is likened to the World to Come, WHICH IS BINAH, for there is no eating and drinking pertain to it, FOR THOSE MOCHIN ARE NOT DISCLOSED THERE IN BINAH, BUT IN MALCHUT.

365. (רעיא מהימנא) אָמַר רַעְיָא מְהֵימָנָא, וַדַּאי בָּתַר דְּאֵבָרִים וְעַרְקִין דְּלִבָּא, דְּדַמְיָין לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, אִינּוּן בְּעָאקוּ. צְרִיכִין לְאַתְּעָרָא בְּקָנֶה, דְּאִיהוּ שׁוֹפָר. וְדָא קָנֶה דְּרֵיאָה. בָּתַר דְּכַנְפֵי רֵיאָה לָא יַכְלִין לְשַׁכְּכָא רוּגְזָא דְּמָרָה דְּאִתְגַּבַּרְתּ עַל עַרְקִין דְּלִבָּא, וְעַל כָּל עַרְקִין דְּאֵבָרִים דְּגוּפָא. הַהוּא רוּחָא דְּנָשִׁיב בְּהוֹן, סָלִיק בְּקָנֶה, דְּאִיהוּ שׁוֹפָר, עָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. דְּהָכִי אוֹקְמוּהָ, וֶשֶׁט, דּוֹמֶה לְעָלְמָא דֵּין, דְּבֵיהּ אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה. קָנֶה, דּוֹמֶה לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי, דְּלֵית בֵּיהּ אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה.

Atonement Food Other Side Precepts Satan, The Trachea Year Yom Kippur

366. And after the Vav of esophagus (Heb. veshet - Vav Shin Tet) has wandered off (HEB. shat - Shin Tet), because of the great amount of eating that it robbed, it grew longer, AND THE VAV BECAME A FINAL NUN and becomes the Satan (Sin Tet Nun). Who caused that? "The people wandered about (Heb. shatu) and gathered..." (Bemidbar 11:8), 'SHATU,' CAN BE DERIVED FROM THE WORD 'SH'TUT' (ENG. 'STUPIDITY'). FOR THAT ONE brought about their stupidity in that they intermingled with the foolish mixed multitude whose craving was for food and drink and robbery and violence, "For the violence done to the poor, for the sighing of the needy" (Tehilim 12:6). They went astray with a bent Nun, for they ate without grinding it. And what is written about them? "And while the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of Hashem was inflamed against the people" (Bemidbar 11:33). For the Vav of shatu (Shin Tet Vav), wandered about, expanded AND BECAME A FINAL NUN, THUS MAKING THE SATAN. And he whose spirit is bowed down is as a BENT Nun, THAT IS TO SAY THAT THE SANCTITY HAD BECOME A BENT NUN, BUT THE OTHER SIDE A STRAIGHT FINAL NUN. And the result of this was that the Satan spread through eating and drinking and overcame all the limbs and the arteries with the 365 negative precepts, FOR ALL 365 DAYS OF THE SOLAR YEAR. And this is as the numerical value of Hasatan (the Satan), minus one, which is THE DAY OF Yom Kippur WHICH HE DOES NOT HAVE, on which there is no eating and drinking. THUS THE SATAN HAS NO CONTROL ON YOM KIPPUR, AND IS SHORT ONE DAY OF THE FULL 365.

366. וּלְבָתַר דְּשָׁט ו' מִן וֶשֶׁט, בְּרִבּוּי אֲכִילָה דְּגֶזֶל אִתְאֲרָךְ וְאִתְעָבֵיד שָׂטָן. וּמַאן גָּרִים דָּא. שָׁטוּ הָעָם וְלָקְטוּ שָׁטוּתָא דִּלְהוֹן, דְּאִתְעָרְבוּ בְּעֵרֶב רַב שַׁטְיָין, דְּתַאֲוָה דִּלְהוֹן אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה דְּגֶזֶל וְחָמָס, דְּשׁוֹד עֲנִיִּים וְאֶנְקַת אֶבְיוֹנִים. בְּנוּן כְּפוּפָה שַׁטְיָין, דְּאַכְלִין בְּלָא טְחִינָה. מַה כְּתִיב בְּהוּ, הַבָּשָׂר עוֹדֶנּוּ בֵּין שִׁינֵּיהֶם טֶרֶם יִכָּרֵת וְאַף יְיָ' חָרָה בָעָם. אִתְפְּשַׁט ו' דְּשָׁטוּ, אִיהוּ דְּרוּחֵיהּ כָּפוּף, וְאִיהוּ נ.' וְדָא גָּרַם דְּאִתְפְּשַׁט שָׂטָן בַּאֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה, וְאִתְגְּבָּר עַל כָּל אֵבָרִין וְעַרְקִין בְּשׂ"ה לֹא תַּעֲשֶׂה. כְּחוּשְׁבָּן הַשָּׂטָ"ן חָסֵר חַד, דָּא יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים, דְּלֵית בֵּיהּ אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה.

Atonement Dreams Lungs Mercy Mishnah Shofar Suffering Thirteen Thirteen Attributes of Mercy Trachea Wisdom

367. AND YOM KIPPUR is like the trachea OF THE LUNG, WHICH IS BINAH AND THE WORLD TO COME, AS ABOVE. And it is Vav, the son (Heb. ben) of Yud Hei. And in respect thereof, the sages of the Mishnah taught: "He who sees a reed (Heb. kaneh) in a dream, attains wisdom, for it says "Get (Heb. k'neh) wisdom, get understanding" (Mishlei 4:5). For there is no kaneh that is less than both, namely, Yud Chochmah, Hei Binah, FOR THERE IS NO BINAH WITHOUT CHOCHMAH AND NO CHOCHMAH WITHOUT BINAH. And this is why they should awaken the Shofar, for it is a trachea, AS ABOVE, which is the World to Come, a long world, THAT RECEIVES FROM ARICH (ENG. 'LONG') ANPIN, from whom come the thirteen attributes of Mercy, which are in numerical value Vav-Aleph-Vav, of which the Aleph is THE SECRET OF Erech (Eng. 'long'), and the two Vavs are THE SECRET OF Apayim (Eng. 'suffering,' lit. 'two noses').

367. וְאִיהוּ כְּגַוְונָא דְּקָנֶה, וְאִיהוּ ו' בֶּן יָ"הּ, מִן בִּינָה. וּבְגִינֵיהּ אוּקְמוּהָ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, הָרוֹאֶה קָנֶה בַּחֲלוֹם, זוֹכֶה לַחָכְמָה. הה"ד, קְנֵה חָכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה. דְּלֵית קָנֶה דְּאִיהוּ פָּחוּת מִתַּרְוַויְיהוּ, דְּאִינּוּן י' חָכְמָה, ה' בִּינָה. ובג"ד, צָרִיךְ לְאִתְּעָרָא בַּשּׁוֹפָר, דְּאִיהוּ קָנֶה, עָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי, עוֹלָם אָרוֹךְ, אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם, דְּמִשְׁתַּכְּחֵי מִינֵּיהּ י"ג מְכִילִין דְּרַחֲמֵי, כְּחוּשְׁבָן וָא"ו, א' אֶרֶךְ, ו' ו' אַפַּיִם.

Abraham Body Fire Hebrew Letters Isaac Jacob Kesher Prayer Shechinah

368. And Supernal Ima is T'kiah from the side of Abraham, WHO IS CHESED. Sh'varim are from the side of Isaac, WHO IS GVURAH. T'ruah is from the side of Jacob, WHO IS TIFERET. The lower Shechinah, WHICH IS MALCHUT, is the link (Heb. kesher - Kof Shin Resh) between them all, FOR SHE RECEIVES THEM ALL. AND THE WORD KESHER IS FORMED FROM THE INITIAL LETTERS OF T'KIAH, SH'VARIM, T'RUAH, WHERE T'kiah is Kof, Sh'varim is Shin, and T'ruah is Resh. And all of them are sounded thrice in the Shechinah, as it is written: 'They proclaim You thrice holy.' For the voice cannot come out OF THE BODY other than through the mouth. So here, too, the Shechinah must not be separated from the Holy One, blessed be He, for about the Holy One, blessed be He, it is said: "The voice of Hashem hews out flames of fire" (Tehilim 29:7). And the Shechinah is "the prayer of every mouth." And these are the mnemonics: Kof Shin Resh Kof, Kof Shin Kof, Kof Resh Kof. AND THE BLOWS ARE EXPLAINED ABOVE. End of Ra'aya Meheimna (the Faithful Shepherd).

368. וְאִימָּא עִלָּאָה אִיהִי תְּקִיעָה, מִסִּטְרָא דְּאַבְרָהָם. שְׁבָרִים, מִסִּטְרָא דְּיִצְחָק. תְּרוּעָה, מִסִּטְרָא דְּיַעֲקֹב. שְׁכִינְתָּא תַּתָּאָה, קֶשֶׁר דְּכֻלְּהוּ. דְּהַיְינוּ: ק' תְּקִיעָה. ש' שְׁבָרִים. ר' תְּרוּעָה. וְכֻלְּהוּ מְשֻׁלָּשִׁין לְגַבֵּי שְׁכִינְתָּא, הה"ד, קְדוּשָּׁה לְךָ יְשַׁלֵּשׁוּ. דְּלֵית קָלָא יָכִיל לְנָפְקָא לְבַר, אֶלָּא מִן הַפֶּה. אוֹף הָכִי, לֵית לְאַפְרְשָׁא שְׁכִינְתָּא מִן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ, קוֹל יְיָ' חוֹצֵב לַהֲבוֹת אֵשׁ. וּשְׁכִינְתָּא תְּפִלַּת כָּל פֶּה. וְאִינּוּן סִימָנִין, קשר"ק קש"ק קר"ק. (עד כאן רעיא מהימנא)

Judgment Mercy Shepherd Shofar

Chassadim Creation Esophagus Jacob Mochin Satan, The Shepherd Shofar Strength Ten Torah Zeir Anpin

370. Ra'aya Meheimna (the Faithful Shepherd). And in the first compilation, the Faithful Shepherd said that through this the Satan was mitigated and the final Nun of veshet (Eng. 'esophagus' - Vav Shin Tet), was folded AND IT RETURNED TO BE A VAV. Where THE ESOPHAGUS became the Satan, it is now put back, and becomes an esophagus again, as it was. This is because "the voice is the voice of Jacob" (Beresheet 27:22), for Yisrael have no power through eating and drinking, as do the other nations who inherit this world, whose strength lies in eating and drinking. But AS FOR YISRAEL, their strength is in the voice, which is the World to Come, a long world that was created with the letter Yud. And since the voice of the Shofar WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE MOCHIN OF ZEIR ANPIN THAT ARE CALLED 'VOICE,' WHICH RECEIVES FROM SHOFAR, WHICH IS BINAH, emerges from it, FROM THE YUD WHICH IS CHOCHMAH, the sages said: 'One may not blow less than...ten Shofar verses' NAMELY CORRESPONDING TO THE LETTER YUD (= 10). For with the letter Yud a long world is certainly made, which is Vav, the World to Come, NAMELY THAT RECEIVES MOCHIN OF THE WORLD TO COME, AS ABOVE. And with the letter Hei He created this world, which is small Hei, NAMELY MALCHUT, in which there is eating and drinking of the Torah, NAMELY THE MOCHIN OF CHOCHMAH AND CHASSADIM THAT ARE CALLED 'EATING' AND 'DRINKING.'

370. (רעיא מהימנא) וּבְחִבּוּרָא קַדְמָאָה, אָמַר רַעְיָא מְהֵימָנָא, בְּהַאי אִתְבְּסַם שָׂטָן, וְקָמִיט נוּ"ן מִן וֶשֶׁט, מַה דַּהֲוָה שָׂטָן לְפָנִים, תָּב לַאֲחוֹרָא, וְאִתְהַדָּר וֶשֶׁט, כִּדְבְּקַדְמֵיתָא. בְּגִין דְּהַקּוֹל קוֹל יַעֲקֹב. יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵית חֵילֵיהוֹן בַּאֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה, כִּשְׁאַר עַמִּין, דְּיַרְתִין עָלְמָא דֵּין, דְּחֵילֵיהוֹן בַּאֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה. אֶלָּא חֵילֵיהוֹן בְּקוֹל דָּא, דְּאִיהוּ עָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי, עוֹלָם אָרוֹךְ, דְּאִתְבְּרֵי בְּאָת יוֹ"ד, וּבְגִין דְּקוֹל שׁוֹפָר מִנֵּיהּ נָפִיק, אָמְרוּ רַבָּנָן אֵין פּוֹחֲתִין מֵעֲשָׂרָה שׁוֹפָרוֹת. וּבְאוֹת י' וַדַּאי, אִתְעָבֵיד עוֹלָם אָרוֹךְ, דְּאִיהוּ ו' עָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי וּבְאָת ה,' בָּרָא עָלְמָא דֵּין, דְּאִיהִי ה' זְעֵירָא, דְּבָהּ אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא.

Breath Hebrew Letters Judgment Nefesh (Soul) Oath Shofar Soul (Nefesh) Soul, The Ten Tetragrammaton Void Vow Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH) Zeir Anpin

371. And there is yet another secret. For after the decree is enacted in the two letters Hei Hei, which are the two courts OF BINAH AND OF MALCHUT, who is able to rescind the decree of both of them, IF NOT Yud Vav OF YUD HEI VAV HEI. For the letter Hei OF YUD HEI VAV HEI is Supernal Ima, BINAH, and Yud is father, CHOCHMAH. And what is written? "Every vow and every binding oath to afflict the soul (which is Hei THAT IS CALLED 'SOUL,' HEB. NEFESH), "her husband may let it stand or her husband may make it void" (Bemidbar 30:14). HERE YUD IS THE HUSBAND OF THE FIRST HEI, WHICH IS BINAH, AND VAV IS THE HUSBAND OF THE SECOND HEI, WHICH IS MALCHUT. THUS THE YUD AND VAV CAN RESCIND THE DECREE OF THE TWO HEIS. It is thus necessary to awaken the voice, that is Vav, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, with the ten Shofar verses, that are Yud, IN ORDER TO ANNUL THE JUDGMENTS OF THE TWO HEIS, WHICH ARE BINAH AND MALCHUT. And the main thing is that each of the Shofar sequences should be sounded in one breath, in the mouth, which is the tenth PART of ten, (THE SEQUENCES BEING T'KIAH, SH'VARIM, T'RUAH, T'KIAH; TEKI'AH, SH'VARIM, T'KIAH; AND FOR T'KIAH, T'RUAH, T'KIAH).

371. וְעוֹד רָזָא אַחֲרָא, בָּתַר דְּאִתְגְּזַר גְּזֵרָה בִּתְרֵין אַתְוָון, דְּאִינּוּן ה' ה,' תְּרֵין בָּתֵּי דִּינִין, מַאן יָכִיל לְבַטְּלָא גְּזֵרָה דְּתַרְוַויְיהוּ. י"ו. דְּאָת הֵ"א אִימָּא עִלָּאָה. י' אָב. וּמַה כְּתִיב, כָּל נֵדֶר וְכָל שְׁבוּעַת אִסָּר לְעַנוֹת נָפֶשׁ, דְּאִיהִי ה,' אִישָׁהּ יְקִימֶנּוּ וְאִישָׁהּ יְפֵרֶנּוּ. ובג"ד, צָרִיךְ לְאַתְּעָרָא קָלָא דְּאִיהוּ ו,' בַּעֲשָׂרָה שׁוֹפָרוֹת, דְּאִינּוּן י.' וְעִקָּרָא דִּלְהוֹן בִּנְשִׁימָה אַחַת, כָּל סִימָן וְסִימָן, בַּפֶּה, דְּאִיהִי י' מֵעֲשָׂרָה.

Angels Hands Prophets Shechinah Torah

372. מִיַּד דְּשָׁמְעוּ מִלִּין ר"ש וְכָל חַבְרַיָּיא, אָמְרוּ, בְּרִיךְ אֱלָהָא דְּזָכֵינָא לְמִשְׁמַע מִלִּין, מֵהַהוּא דְּאִתְקְרֵי רַבָּן שֶׁל נְבִיאִים, רַבָּן דַּחֲכָמִים, רַבָּן דְּמַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת, דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ מְדַבֵּר עַל פּוּמוֹי, וְכָתַב עַל יְדוֹי רָזִין אִלֵּין, דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּמָעוּ כְּוָותַיְיהוּ מִמַּתָּן תּוֹרָה, וְעַד כְּעַן.

Earth Head Heaven Redemption and Salvation Shepherd

373. THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERD said TO RABBI SHIMON: Holy Luminary, complete the matters of the secrets of the first compilation, by expounding on them, for the heads of all of the celestial Yeshivot and the heads of all the Yeshivot below are waiting to hear these words from your mouth, with your clarifications. For thereby will rejoicing and redemption awaken in heaven above and on the earth below. "Give no rest" (Yeshayah 62:7), neither you nor any of your friends. End of Ra'aya Meheimna (the Faithful Shepherd).

373. א"ל, בּוֹצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא, אַשְׁלִים מִלּוּלֵי דְּרָזִין דְּחִבּוּרָא קַדְמָאָה, לְפָרְשָׁא לוֹן, דְּהָא כָּל מָארֵי מְתִיבְתָּאן דִּלְעֵילָּא, וּמָארֵי מְתִיבְתָּאן דִּלְתַּתָּא, כֻּלְּהוּ מְזוּמָנִין לְמִשְׁמַע מִלִּין אִלֵּין מִפּוּמָךְ, וּפִירוּשִׁין דִּילָךְ. דְּהָא חֶדְוָה וּפוּרְקָנָא, יִתְּעַר בְּהוֹן לְעֵילָּא וְתַתָּא. אַל תִּתְּנוּ דֳּמִי, לֹא אַנְתְּ, וְכָל סִיעָתָא דִּילָךְ. (עד כאן רעיא מהימנא)