This world is similar to those above

Synopsis

This section tells how the Temple courts of Yisrael are inside the temple mount which is inside Jerusalem which is inside the settlement of all seventy nations which is inside the oceanic sea that God created to surround the whole inhabitable planet. The description goes deeper into the Temple treasures and the altar area and the front entrance hall and the temple and the Holy of Holies and eventually the Ark itself; here is the heart of the land and the world - from here all the organs of the body of the world get their nourishment. The heart and the brain unite. All this is parallel to the structure above in the world of Atzilut. The body organs receive from the heart and the heart receives from the brain. Next the Zohar explains the Chariot of Malchut in its three aspects. Rabbi Chiya concludes by saying that with the same measure that a person measures, he gets measured from above.

Court Creation David Dwellings Jerusalem Sacrifice Sanhedrin Seven Seventy Temple, The

86. Come and see, when the Holy One, blessed be He, created the world, He installed the ocean that surrounds the whole inhabitable world, and the settlement of all seventy nations surrounding Jerusalem. Jerusalem is situated in the center of all this settled area and it surrounds the Temple mount. The Temple mount surrounds all the Temple courts of Yisrael, and these Temple courts encircle the Temple treasuries for congregational sacrifices, MEANING TO SAY, IN TERMS OF IMPORTANCE, which compartments also include the seat of the high court of the Sanhedrin. We have learned that there were no seating privileges in these Temple courts, with the exception made to the kings of the house of David. IN SPITE OF ALL THESE, THEY SURROUNDED THE TEMPLE TREASURIES, WHERE THE SEAT OF THE SANHEDRIN ABIDES. AND HE COUNTS HERE SEVEN ASPECTS, ONE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ONE BEFORE, IN PARALLEL WITH THE SEVEN SFIROT.

86. ת"ח, כַּד בָרָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָלְמָא, אַשְׁרָא לְיַמָּא דְּאוֹקְיָנוּס דְּאַסְחַר כָּל יִשּׁוּבָא דְּעָלְמָא. וְיִשּׁוּבָא דְּכָל שַׁבְעִין אוּמִין כֹּלָּא אַסְחַר לִירוּשְׁלֵם. וִירוּשְׁלֵם בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא דְּכָל יִשּׁוּבָא שַׁרְיָא. וְהִיא אַסְחַרָא לְהַר הַבַּיִת. וְהַר הַבַּיִת אַסְחַר לַעֲזָרוֹת דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל. וְאִינּוּן עֲזָרוֹת סָחֲרָן לְלִשְׁכַּת הַגָּזִית, דְּתַמָּן סַנְהֶדְּרֵי גְּדוֹלָה יַתְבִין. וְתָנֵינָן, לֵית יְשִׁיבָה בַּעֲזָרָה, אֶלָּא לְמַלְכֵי בֵּית דָּוִד בִּלְחוֹדַיְיהוּ.

Aba and Ima Altar Ark Atzilut Body Brain Cherubim (Cherubs) Hands Head Heart Holy of Holies Sacrifice Sanctuary Shechinah Temple, The Zeir Anpin

87. The Temple treasuries for congregational sacrifices surround the altar, and the altar area surrounds the front entrance hall. That hall surrounds the sanctuary and the sanctuary the Holy of Holies, wherein are found the Shechinah and the Ark cover and the Cherubs and the Ark. Here is the heart of the land and the world. From here, all the settled areas, which are the organs of this body - MEANING OF THE WORLD - get their nourishment. This heart, WHICH IS THE SHECHINAH, gets its nourishment from the brain in the head, WHICH IS MALCHUT OF ATZILUT, and they unite with each other. This is what is written: "In the sanctuary, Hashem, which Your hands have established" (Shemot 15:17). It is similar to this high above, IN THE WORLD OF ATZILUT, and THE HEART is in the secret of the supernal King, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN. THE BRAIN ABOVE IS in the secret OF THE BRAIN, the precious and concealed, MEANING THE CONCEALED BRAIN OF ARICH ANPIN, FROM WHICH ZEIR ANPIN, THE SECRET OF THE HEART, RECEIVES THROUGH ABA AND IMA.

87. וְלִשְׁכַּת הַגָּזִית אַסְחַר לַמִּזְבֵּחַ. וְהַמִּזְבֵּחַ אַסְחַר לְבֵית הָאוּלָם. וְהָאוּלָם לָהֵיכָל. וְהֵיכָל לְבֵית קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳדָשִׁים, דְּתַמָּן שְׁכִינָה שַׁרְיָא, וְכַפֹּרֶת וּכְרוּבִים וַאֲרוֹן. וְהָכָא הוּא לִבָּא, דְּכָל אַרְעָא וְעָלְמָא. וּמֵהָכָא אִתְּזָנוּ כָּל אִינּוּן אַתְרֵי דְּיִשּׁוּבָא, דְּאִינּוּן שַׁיְיפִי דְּגוּפָא. וְלִבָּא דָּא אִתְּזָן מִמּוֹחָא דְּרֵישָׁא, וְאִתְאֲחִיד דָּא בְּדָא, הה"ד מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ יְיָ.' כְּגַוְונָא דָּא לְעֵילָּא לְעֵילָּא, וְאִיהוּ בְּרָזָא דְּמַלְכָּא עִלָּאָה, בְּרָזָא יַקִּירָא סְתִימָאָה.

Angels Atzilut Body Brain Camp Chariot Fire Flame Gabriel (Angel) Head Heart Michael (Angel) Refael (Angel) River of Fire (Dinur) Rivers Seas Seven Seventy Shechinah Ten Uriel (Angel) Zohar

88. The upper sea, WHICH IS MALCHUT OF ATZILUT, corresponds to that. IT ALSO CONTAINS THE SAME MENTIONED THREE ASPECTS IN ITS CHARIOT, WHICH ARE THE ASPECT OF THE BODY ORGANS, THE HEART IN THEIR CENTER - FROM WHICH THE BODY ORGANS RECEIVE - AND THE BRAIN IN THE HEAD, FROM WHICH THE HEART RECEIVES. There is a sea above the sea OF THIS WORLD - MEANING TO SAY, JUST LIKE THERE IS A SEA IN THIS WORLD, SO THERE IS ABOVE IN ATZILUT A SEA, WHICH IS MALCHUT. There is also a sea from the sea, THERE IS ADDITIONALLY EVEN A HIGHER SEA ABOVE THE HIGH SEA THAT IS MALCHUT, SINCE BINAH IS ALSO CALLED SEA. NOW THE ZOHAR EXPLAINS THE CHARIOT OF MALCHUT IN ITS THREE ASPECTS, EACH ASPECT INCLUDING SEVERAL ASPECTS. AND HE SAYS, Come and see, the Dinur River (lit. 'of fire'). surrounds several camps OF ANGELS. Across from it emerge seventy aspects OF ANGELS, inscribed with seven torches, WHICH ARE SEVEN SFIROT - CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD, YESOD AND MALCHUT - OF THE FLAME OF GVURAH, WHERE EACH ONE IS COMPRISED OF TEN THAT GUARD THE SHECHINAH. They encircle those who serve on the interior of them, and they surround the four Chariots, WHICH ARE THE SECRET OF THE FOUR ANGELS - MICHAEL, GABRIEL, URIEL, RAPHAEL - WHERE EACH ONE IS COMPRISED OF THREE THAT CARRY MALCHUT. AND UP TO HERE IS THE ASPECT OF THE BODY AND THE EXTERIOR ASPECT OF MALCHUT. They encircle this holy city that reclines over them, WHICH IS MALCHUT OF ATZILUT, THAT IS THE SECRET OF THE HEART IN THEM. EXCEPT THAT SHE TOO SPLITS UP TO SEVERAL ASPECTS, AS HE CONTINUES ON TO SAY.

88. יַמָּא עִלָּאָה לָקֳבֵיל דָּא. דְּאִית יַמָּא לְעֵילָּא מִן יַמָּא, וְיַמָּא מִן יַמָּא. תָּא חֲזֵי, נְהַר דִּינוּר אַסְחַר לְכַמָּה מַשִׁרְיָין. מִקֳבְלֵיהּ שַׁבְעִין סִטְרִין, גְּלִיפִין מִשִּׁבְעָה דְּלִיקִין, וְאִינּוּן סָחֲרָן, לְאִינּוּן שַׁמָּשֵׁי דִּלְגוֹ מִנַּיְיהוּ. וְאִינּוּן סָחֲרִין לְאַרְבַּע רְתִיכִין. וְאִינּוּן סָחֲרָן לְהַהִיא קַרְתָּא דְּקַדִּישָׁא דִּרְבִיעָא עָלַיְיהוּ.

Brain Chambers Court David Flow Grades Head Heart Holy of Holies Judgment Sanhedrin Seven Temple, The Wicked Wickedness Zeir Anpin

89. NOW HE EXPLAINS THAT MALCHUT HERSELF IS DIVIDED UP INTO SEVERAL ASPECTS AND JUST THE INNERMOST PART, THAT IS THE HEART, RECEIVES FROM THE BRAIN, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN. HE SAYS, We learned that there, IN MALCHUT, there are Temple courts within Temple courts. There is no seating in that court, except for the kings of the house of David that reside and sit there, MEANING TO SAY THAT THE KINGS OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID ARE ATTACHED TO IT. The High Court of the Sanhedrin is located in the Treasury Chambers, and the courthouse above them that serves that place, MEANING TO SAY THAT THEY ARE SERVING MALCHUT EXCLUSIVELY AND NOTHING OF THEM IS CARRIED FURTHER DOWN FOR THE LOWER GRADES. Judgment is carried from there to the uppermost holy, MEANING TO SAY THAT THE JUDGMENTS IN THERE THAT FLOW DOWN OVER THE HEADS OF THE WICKED ALONE ARE CONCEIVABLE TO THE MOST HOLY IN THE SECRET MEANING OF WHAT IS WRITTEN: "AND THEY SHALL GO FORTH, AND LOOK UPON THE CARCASSES OF THE MEN..." (YESHAYAH 66:24) until it reaches the area considered the Holy of Holies, WHICH IS THE INNERMOST INTERIOR OF MALCHUT; THAT IS, YESOD OF HER GREATNESS in which everything exists. The heart lies there - that is, the one which is nourished from the upper brain - WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, and they unite with each other.

89. וְתָאנָא, תַּמָּן עֲזָרוֹת לְגוֹ מֵעֲזָרוֹת. וְלֵית יְשִׁיבָה בַּעֲזָרָה דְּתַמָּן, אֶלָּא לְמַלְכֵּיהוֹן דְּבֵית דָּוִד בִּלְחוֹדַיְיהוּ, וְתַמָּן מִשְׁתַּכְחֵי וְיַתְבֵי. וְסַהְנֶדְרֵי גְּדוֹלָה, מִשְׁתַּכְּחֵי תַּמָּן בְּלִשְׁכַּת הַגָּזִית. וְהַהוּא בֵּי דִּינָא עָלַיְיהוּ, דִּמְשַׁמֵּשׁ לַאֲתָר דִּמְשַׁמֵּשׁ. וְדִינָא אִתְיְהִיב מִתַּמָּן, לְקַדִּישִׁין עֶלְיוֹנִין, עַד דְּמָטָא לַאֲתָר דְּאִקְרֵי קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳדָשִׁים, דְּבֵיהּ כֹּלָּא, וְתַמָּן הוּא לִבָּא שַׁרְיָיא, וְדָא אִתְּזָן מִן מוֹחָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וְאִתְאֲחִיד דָּא בְּדָא.

Aba and Ima Atzilut Brain Heart Zeir Anpin

90. HE RETURNS TO THE MATTERS MENTIONED AND DEFINES THEM MORE THOROUGHLY. It is similar up above, IN ATZILUT; and this, THE HEART, accords with the secret meaning of the supernal King THAT IS ZEIR ANPIN, AND THE BRAIN with the secret of the precious concealed BRAIN OF ARICH ANPIN FROM WHICH ZEIR ANPIN RECEIVES THROUGH ABA AND IMA. Consequently, everything is nourished from the higher brain OF ARICH ANPIN, that is hidden from everything. When attention is paid to these matters, IT IS APPARENT that all things are connected to each other.

90. כְּגַוְונָא דָּא לְעֵילָּא לְעֵילָּא, וְאִיהוּ בְּרָזָא דְּמַלְכָּא עִלָּאָה, בְּרָזָא יַקִּירָא סְתִימָאָה. עַד דְּאִשְׁתְּכַח, דְּכֹלָּא אִתְּזָן מִמּוֹחָא עִלָּאָה, סְתִימָאָה דְּכֹלָּא. וְכַד יִסְתַּכְּלוּן מִלֵּי, כֹּלָּא אִתְקְשַׁר דָּא בְּדָא וְדָא בְּדָא.

Aba and Ima Atika Kadisha Brain Flow Heart Wicked Wickedness Zeir Anpin

91. Come and see: When the concealed Atika - THAT IS THE CONCEALED BRAIN OF ARICH ANPIN - shines in the brain - THAT IS ABA - then the brain illuminates the heart - THAT IS ZEIR ANPIN - in the pleasant path of Hashem; THAT IS, THROUGH BINAH CALLED THE PLEASANTNESS OF HASHEM. We have explained that this is "the power of Hashem" (Bemidbar 14:17). Meaning that power flows from Atika Kadisha, who is the most concealed. "Be great" (Ibid.) MEANS that it will grow and increase high above and flow and run down. "According as you have spoken" (Ibid.) is as was explained THAT HE IS LONGSUFFERING BOTH TO THE JUST AND THE WICKED. "Saying" (Ibid.), meaning that the later generations should take lessons from this forever and meaning that they should mention this in times of trouble, and say it in times of abundance. Say what? That is: "Hashem is longsuffering..." (Ibid. 18), and we have already defined these things.

91. ת"ח, כַּד אַנְהִיר עַתִּיקָא סְתִימָא בְּמוֹחָא, וּמוֹחָא אַנְהִיר לְלִבָּא, בְּדֶּרֶך נֹעַם יְיָ.' וְהָא אוֹקִימְנָא, וְדָא הוּא כֹּחַ יְיָ.' הַהוּא חֵילָא דְּאָתֵי מֵעַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא. סְתִימָא דְּכָל סְתִימִין. יִגְדַּל נָא, דְּיִּתְרְבֵּי וְיִסְגֵּי לְעֵילָּא לְעֵילָּא. וְיִתְנְגִיד וְיִתְמְשַׁךְ לְתַתָּא. כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ, כְּמָה דְּאוּקְמוּהָ. לֵאמֹר, לְמֵילַף מֵהָכָא כָּל דָּרִין בַּתְרָאִין, לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמִין. לֵאמֹר, לְמֵימַר לְדָא בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּעַקְתָּא. לְמֵימַר דָּא, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דִּרְוָוחָא. וּמַאי הוּא. יְיָ' אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְגוֹ,' וְהָא אוֹקִימְנָא מִלֵּי.

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92. Rabbi Yitzchak said, Why is "truth" missing here, MEANING THAT "AND ABUNDANT IN LOVE AND TRUTH" (SHEMOT 34:6), IS NOT MENTIONED HERE AS IT IS MENTIONED AT THE THIRTEEN MEASURES IN THE PORTION OF KI TISA. Rabbi Chiya said, THE SPIES caused it to be removed from here - HASHEM AND TRUTH - since they carried on with deception, and with the same measure that a person measures, he is measured FROM ABOVE. Likewise, the other measures were gone, so that Moses could not mention them, SINCE WE FIND HERE ONLY NINE MEASURES OF COMPASSION AND NOT THIRTEEN. This was brought about BY THE SPIES. "I have pardoned according to your word" (Bemidbar 14:20). means actually your word. This was already commented on by the friends and we have learned it.

92. אָמַר ר' יִצְחָק, אֱמֶת אֲמַאי סָלִיק מִכָּאן. אָמַר רִבִּי חִיָּיא, אִינּוּן גָּרְמוּ לֵיהּ דְּאִסְתָּלִיק מִכָּאן, דְּהָא בְּשִׁקְרוּ דִּבְּרוּ גַּרְמַיְיהוּ בְּהַהוּא מִדָּה דב"נ מוֹדֵד בָּהּ, מוֹדְדִין לֵיהּ. וְכֵן שְׁאַר אָחֳרֵי אִסְתְּלָקוּ, דְּלָא יָכִיל מֹשֶׁה לְמֵימְרִינְהוּ, בְּגִין דְּאִינּוּן גָּרְמוּ. סָלַחְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶיךָ, כִּדְבָרֶיךָ מַמָּשׁ, וְהָא אַתְּעֲרוּ חַבְרַיָּיא, וְהָא אִתְּמַר.