The Mother (Ima) lends Her clothes to Her daughter

Synopsis

The Zohar explains that, during the process of Creation, the Sfirah [level] of Malchut had to borrow vessels from the Upper Level, a realm known as Binah, in order to facilitate the creation of our physical realm. Malchut alone lacked the ability to arouse and draw the Light necessary to construct our physical dimension. When our own vessels are not worthy or capable of generating Light on their own, the spiritual forces transmitted through the letters of this story give us the ability to actually draw down vessels from the Upper Worlds.

Chassadim Creation Earth Fingers Garments Heavens Hosts Light Mi (Who) Zeir Anpin

16. Rabbi Shimon said, So accordingly, the heavens and their hosts were created by Mah, WHICH REFERS TO MALCHUT. As it is written: "When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers (Tehilim 8:4). BUT BEFORE THIS, it is written, "How (Heb. mah) majestic is Your name in all the earth, who have set Your glory above the heavens" (Ibid. 2). The heavens were created by the name Mah, WHICH IS MALCHUT. HOWEVER, THE PHRASE "above the heavens" REFERS TO BINAH, which is called Mi, AND IS ABOVE ZEIR ANPIN, WHICH IS CALLED THE HEAVENS. THE MEANING OF THIS IS that it amounts to the name of ELOHIM. He created a light for His light. This means that He created the light of Chassadim as a precious garment for the light of Chochmah, that is in the name of Mi and they enclothed each other. Then MALCHUT mounted to the supernal Name ELOHIM, WHICH IS THE NAME OF BINAH. That is why the phrase, "In the beginning Elohim created" (Beresheet 1:1), REFERS TO the upper Elohim, WHICH IS BINAH AND NOT MALCHUT. Mah, WHICH IS MALCHUT, is not there and is not constructed, ACCORDING TO THE SECRET OF MI AND ELEH THAT WE HAVE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.

16. אָמַר רָבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, עַל דָּא, שְׁמַיָא וְחֵילֵיהוֹן בַּמֶּ"ה אִתְבְּרִיאוּ, דִּכְתִיב כִּי אֶרְאֶה שָׁמֶיךָ מַעֲשֵׁה אֶצְבְּעוֹתֶיךָ וגו' וּכְתִיב מָ"ה אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׂר תְּנָה הוֹדְךָ עַל הַשָּׁמָיִם, עַל הַשָּׁמַיִם אִיהוּ לְסַלְקָא בִּשְׁמָא. בְּגִין דְּבָרָא נְהוֹרָא לִנְהוֹרֵיהּ, וְאִתְלַבַּשׁ דָּא בְדָא וְסָלֵיק בִּשְׁמָא עִלָּאָה. וְעַל דָּא בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים. דָּא אֱלֹהִים עִלָּאָה, דְּהָא מָ"ה לָא הֲוֲי הָכֵי וְלָא אִתְבְּנֵי.

Aba and Ima Ark Ark of the Covenant Brit (Covenant) Covenant (Brit) Daughter Earth Face Hebrew Letters Male Mi (Who) Vessels

17. When the letters Aleph-Lamed-Hei are drawn from above, FROM BINAH, downward TO MALCHUT, it is as if a Mother (Ima) lends Her clothes to Her daughter and adorned her with Her own adornments. THE NAME OF ELOHIM IS THUS DRAWN DOWN FROM BINAH, WHO IS IMA, TO THE DAUGHTER, WHO IS MALCHUT. And when does She properly adorn her? When all the males appear before her. AND THEN, It is written CONCERNING HER that "all you males shall appear before the Master, Hashem" (Shemot 34:23). Because MALCHUT is called "Master" IN THE MASCULINE GENDER. As it is written: "Behold, the ark of the covenant OF the Master of all the earth" (Yehoshua 3:11). HERE THE VERSE DESCRIBES MALCHUT, WHICH IS THE "ARK OF THE COVENANT" BY USING THE NAME OF THE MASTER OF ALL THE EARTH, WHICH IS A MASCULINE NAME. THIS IS SO, BECAUSE SHE HAS RECEIVED THE VESSELS, WHICH ARE CALLED 'CLOTHES' AND THE MOCHIN, WHICH ARE CALLED ADORNMENTS, FROM HER MOTHER WHO IS BINAH. Then the letter Hei LEAVES THE NAME MAH, and is replaced by the letter Yud. NOW MALCHUT IS CALLED MI, JUST LIKE BINAH. Then she dresses up in male clothes, NAMELY THE CLOTHES OF BINAH, TO CORRESPOND TO ALL THE MALES OF YISRAEL.

17. אֶלָּא בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאִתְמַשְּׁכָן אַתְוָון אִלֵּין אֵלֶּ"ה מִלְּעֵילָא לְתַתָּא, וְאִמָּא אוֹזִיפַת לִבְרַתָּא מֵאִנְהָא, וְקַשִּׁיטָא לַהּ בְּקִישׂוּטָהָא. וְאֵימָתַי קַשִׁיטָא לַהּ בְּקִישׁוּטָהָא כִּדְקָא חָזֵי. בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאִתְחֲזוֹן קַמֵּהּ כָּל דְּכוּרָא, דִּכְתִיב אֶל פְּנֵי הָאָדוֹן ה', וְדָא אִקְרֵי אָדוֹן, כד"א הִנֵּה אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית אֲדוֹן כָּל הָאָרֶץ. כְּדֵין נַפְקַת ה' וְאָעֵילַת י', וְאִתְקַשִּׁיטַת בְּמָאנֵי דְכוּרָא לְקָבְלֵיהוֹן דְּכָל דְּכַר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל.

Creation Hebrew Letters (Holy) Temple House Mi (Who) Praise Silence Soul, The Temple, The Voice

18. And the other letters, SPECIFICALLY ALEPH-LAMED-HEI, are drawn down by Yisrael from above; FROM BINAH down to this place; DOWN TO MALCHUT WHICH IS NOW CALLED MI, JUST LIKE BINAH. "When I remember these (Eleh)" (Tehilim. 42:5) MEANS when I utter these letters with my mouth and I shed tears voluntarily to draw down these letters, Eleh from Binah, and then I was "leading them" (Ibid.), from above - FROM BINAH - "to the house of Elohim" (Ibid.), WHICH IS MALCHUT. SO THAT MALCHUT would be CALLED Elohim, just like BINAH. And with what SHALL I DRAW THEM? "With the voice of joy and praise, a crowd keeping holiday" (Ibid.). Rabbi Elazar said, My silence has built the Temple on high, WHICH IS BINAH, and the Temple below, WHICH IS MALCHUT. And surely it is LIKE THE PROVERB, 'a word is worth one sela (coin), and silence (is worth) two'. So the words 'a word is worth one sela' REFER TO what I have said and clarified, but the words 'silence (is worth) two' REFERS TO MY SILENCE, WHICH IS WORTH TWICE AS MUCH. WHY? Because by my being silent, two worlds were created and constructed together. THESE WORLDS ARE BINAH AND MALCHUT. IF I HAD NOT KEPT SILENT, I WOULD NOT HAVE ACHIEVED THE UNISON OF THESE TWO WORLDS.

18. וְאַתְוָון אָחֳרָנִין מָשְׁכָן לוֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעֵילָא לְגַבֵּי אֲתַר דָּא: אֵלֶּה אֶזְכְּרָה, אַדְכַּרְנָא בְּפוּמָאי, וְשָׁפֵיכְנָא דִּמְעָאי בִּרְעוּת נַפְשִׁי, בְּגִין לְאַמְשָׁכָא אַתְוָון אִלֵּין, וּכְדֵין אֱדַדֵּם מֵעֵילָא עַד בֵּית אֱלֹהִים, לְמֶהֱוֵי אֱלֹהִים כְּגַוְונָא דִילֵיהּ. וּבְמַאי בְּקוֹל רִנָּה וְתוֹדָה הָמוֹן חוֹגֵג. אָמַר רָבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, שְׁתִיקָא דִילִי בְּנָה מַקְדְּשָׁא לְעֵילָא, וּבְנָה מַקְדְּשָׁא לְתַתָּא. וּבְוַדַּאי מִלָּה בְּסֶלַע, מִשְׁתּוֹקָא בִּתְרֵין. מִלָּה בְּסֶלַע, מַה דַּאֲמַרְנָא וְאִתְעַרְנָא בֵיהּ, מִשְׁתּוֹקָא בִּשְׁתַּיִם מַה דְּשָׁתֵיקְנָא, דְּאִבְרוֹ וְאִיבְנוֹ תְּרֵין עָלְמִין כַּחֲדָא.

Astrology Bread Earth Grades Hosts Mi (Who) Stars

19. Rabbi Shimon said, from here onward we shall complete the text. As it is written, "That brings out their host by number" (Yeshayah 40:26), BECAUSE there are two grades, and each one has to be recorded, THAT IS, DEFINED: The first called Mah is the lower one; the second called Mi is the upper one. Now the upper grade is recorded with the words, "that brings out (Heb. hamotzi) their host by number." NOTE THAT THE DEFINITE ARTICLE HEI IN THE WORD Hamotzi ALLUDES TO that which is known and there is no other like it, NAMELY MI. Similarly in the phrase, "who brings forth (Heb. hamotzi) bread from the earth" THE DEFINITE ARTICLE HEI IN Hamotzi ALLUDES TO the one that is known - the one of the lower grade, NAMELY MAH. And all is one, BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH ON THE SAME LEVEL OF MALCHUT, WHERE THE UPPER ONE IS MI OF MALCHUT AND THE LOWER ONE IS MAH OF MALCHUT. So, "HE THAT BRINGS OUT...by number," MEANS THAT THE NUMBER 600,000 REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF STARS that stand together and bring forth the hosts according to their types, which are innumerable.

19. אֲמַר ר' שִׁמְעוֹן מִכָּאן וּלְהָלְאָה שְׁלִימוּ דִקְרָא, דִּכְתִיב הַמּוֹצִיא בְּמִסְפָּר צְבָאָם, תְּרֵין דַּרְגִּין אִינוּן, דְּאִיצְטְרִיךְ לְמֶהֱוֵי רְשִׁים כָּל חַד מִינַיְיהוּ, חַד דָּא דְּאִתָּמַר מָ"ה, וְחַד מִ"י, דָא עִלָּאָה, וְדָא תַתָּאָה: דָּא עִלָּאָה רָשִׁים וַאֲמַר הַמּוֹצִיא בְּמִסְפַּר צְבָאָם, הַמּוֹצִיא, הַהוּא דְּאִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע וְלֵית כַּוָּותֵיהּ. כְּגַוְונָא דָא, הַמּוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ, הַמּוֹצִיא, הַהוּא דְאִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע, דָּא דַרְגָא תַתָּאָה, וְכֹלָא חַד. בְּמִסְפַּר שִׁתִּין רִבּוֹא אִינוּן דְּקַיָּימִין כַּחֲדָא וְאַפִּיקוּ חֵילִין לְזִינַיְיהוּ דְּלֵית לוֹן חֻשְׁבְּנָא.

Bezalel Chassadim Chassidim Creation Garments Grades Hebrew Letters Hosts Mi (Who)

20. All of them, whether these 600,000 or all their hosts, WHICH ARE INNUMERABLE, shall be called by the name. What is meant by "called by the name" (Devarim 28:10)? If you say that He calls them by their names, it is not so. Because had it been so, He should have said, "be CALLED by His name." Rather, when this grade does not amount to the name ELOHIM, but is called Mi, it does not beget (any offspring) and does not bring forth those concealed inside it according to their kinds. Although all of them were hidden inside it, MEANING THAT EVEN THOUGH THE LETTERS ALEPH- LAMED-HEI HAVE ALREADY ASCENDED, THEY ARE STILL LACKING THE 'PRECIOUS GARMENT' OF CHASSADIM. SO THEY ARE STILL CONCEALED AND DO NOT AMOUNT TO THE NAME ELOHIM. Because He created THE LETTERS, Aleph-Lamed-Hei, and they amount to His name, MEANING THAT THEY ARE ENCLOTHED WITH THE 'PRECIOUS GARMENTS' OF CHASSIDIM, THEN THE LETTERS ALEPH-LAMED-HEI JOIN THE LETTERS MEM and Yud, and are called Elohim. Thus, by the power of this name He brought them forth in all perfection. And this is the meaning of the phrase, "called by the name," WHICH MEANS by His own name did He call and bring forth each and every species to exist in perfection. AND THEN IT IS WRITTEN: "THAT BRINGS OUT THEIR HOST BY NUMBER, HE CALLS THEM ALL BY NAMES" (YESHAYAH 40:26), REFERRING TO THE NAME OF THE PERFECTION, THAT IS, ELOHIM. The same appears here, WHERE IT IS WRITTEN, "See, I have called by name" (Shemot 31:2), WHICH MEANS, "I have bestowed My name on Bezalel," so that Bezalel's existence reaches perfection.

20. לְכֻלָּם, בֵּין אִינוּן שִׁתִּין, בֵּין כָּל חֵילִין דִּילְהוֹן, בְּשֵׂם יִקְרָא. מַאי בְּשֵׂם יִקְרָא. אִי תֵימָא דְּקָרָא לוֹן בִּשְׁמָהַתְהוֹן, לָאו הָכֵי הוּא, דְא"כ בִּשְׁמוֹ מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ. אֶלָּא בְּזִמְנָא דְדַרְגָא דָא לָא סָלֵיק בִּשְׁמָא וְאִקְרֵי מִ"י, לָא אוֹלִיד וְלָא אַפֵּיק טְמִירִין לְזִינֵיהּ, אַף עַל גָּב דְּכָלְהוֹ הֲווֹ טְמִירִין בֵּיהּ, כֵּיוָן דְּבָרָא אֵלֶּ"ה, וְאִסְתַּלַּק בִּשְׁמֵיהּ, וְאִקְרֵי אֱלֹהִים, כְּדֵין בְּחֵילָא דִּשְׁמָא דָא, אַפֵּיק לוֹן בִּשְׁלִימוּ, וְדָא הוּא בְּשֵׁם יִקְרָא, בְּהַהוּא שֵׁם דִּילֵיהּ, קְרָא וְאַפֵּיק כָּל זִינָא וְזִינָא לְאִתְקַיְימָא בִּשְׁלֵימוּתֵיהּ. כְּגַוְונָא דָא רְאֵה קָרָאתִי בְשֵׂם: אַדְכַּרְנָא שְׁמִי לְאִתְקְיָימָא בְּצַלְאֵל עַל קִיּוּם אַשְׁלָמוּתֵיהּ.

Astrology Grades Mi (Who) Punishment Sin Stars

21. "Of the greatness of His might" (Yeshayah 40:26). HE ASKS: What is the meaning of "of the greatness of His might?" AND HE REPLIES: This is the supreme grade where all desires rise up in Him. And they ascend through a hidden and secret path... "because He is strong in power" (Ibid.). This is the secret of the supernal world CALLED MI that rose up to the name Elohim. As we have stated, the phrase "no one is missing" REFERS to the 600,000 that He brought forth by the power of this name. And because "no one is missing" FROM THE NUMBER 600,000, it follows that in every place that Yisrael died and were punished for their sins, they were AFTERWARD numbered. And no one was ever missing from the 600,000, to keep the balance BETWEEN THE UPPER AND THE LOWER WORLDS. Just as no one was missing FROM THE NUMBER 600,000 above, no one was missing FROM THIS NUMBER below.

21. מֵרוֹב אוֹנִים, מַאי מֵרוֹב אוֹנִים, דָּא רֵישׁ דַּרְגִּין, דִּסְלִיקוּ בֵיהּ כָּל רְעוּתִין וְאִסְתַּלָּקוּ בֵיהּ בְאֹרַח סָתִים. וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ, דָּא רָזָא דְּעָלְמָא עִלָּאָה, דְּאִסְתַּלַּק בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים כִּדְקָאַמְרָן. אִישׁ לֹא נֶעְדָּר, מֵאִינוּן שִׁתִּין רִבּוֹא דַּאֲפֵיק בְּחֵילָא דִשְׁמָא, וּבְגִין דְּאִישׁ לֹא נֶעְדָּר, בְּכָל אֲתַר דְּמִיתוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאִתְעֲנָשׁוּ בְּחוֹבַיְיהוֹ, אִתְמְנוּן וְלָא אַעֲדַר מֵאִינוּן שִׁתִּין רִבּוֹא אֲפִילוּ חָד, בְּגִין לְמֶהֱוֵי כֹּלָא דְיוֹקְנָא חֲדָא: כְּמָה דְּאִישׁ לָא נֶעְדַּר לְעֵילָא, אוֹף הָכֵי לָא נֶעְדַּר לְתַתָּא.