The difference between Tam and Tamim

Synopsis

Rabbi Ila'i explains why Abraham was referred to as Tamim (perfect) while Jacob was referred to as Tam (perfect) and says that the difference has to do with the fact that Jacob was more perfect, being circumcised. With the wholeness of male and female together, Tam takes the letter aleph to become Emet, truth, as in "You will show truth to Jacob." When Abraham circumcised himself he entered into Tam and also into its levels that are together called Yam, ocean, thus becoming Tamim that combines the letters of both; thus he was connected with the right. Everyone should contain the holy levels and be Tam Yam in order to be able to accept the aleph, the secret of Jacob, to become Emet or truth. Rabbi Ila'i tells us how Malchut is covered on the outside with blue that was taken from the ocean so that those who look at her with the evil eye will draw the blue color that is judgment; internally, however, all the colors sparkle in her and are embroidered with the light of Chochmah. Similarly the man who wears the blue tzitzit becomes Tamim every day. He becomes elevated afterward to higher levels by the wearing of the Tefilin, to the levels of Zeir Anpin. It now appears that seven days have passed since the righteous rabbis began their supernal experience, and Rabbi Ila'i now tells them the explanation of the six sections of the mysterious riddle they heard earlier.

Abraham Circumcision Jacob

117. Rabbi Ila'i opened the discussion saying, "You shall be perfect (Heb. tamim). with Hashem your Elohim" (Devarim 18:13). HE ASKS: What is the difference between Tam (lit. 'perfect') and Tamim (lit. 'perfect'). HE RESPONDS: By Abraham, it is written: "Walk before Me, and be perfect (Heb. tamim)" (Beresheet 17:1). By Jacob, who was more perfected, it is written: "And Jacob was a plain (perfect - tam) man" (Beresheet 25:27). Why was he called a perfect man? Since no refuse was left with him, as the uncovering of the membrane at circumcision was performed on him.

117. פָּתַח ר' אִילָאִי וְאָמַר, תָּמִים תִּהְיֶה עִם יְיָ' אֱלֹהֶיךָ. מַה בֵּין תָּם לְתָמִים. בְאַבְרָהָם כְּתִיב, הִתְהַלֵּךְ לְפָנַי וֶהְיֵה תָמִים. יַעֲקֹב דְּאִשְׁתְּלִים יַתִּיר, כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ, וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָּם. אֲמַאי אִקְרֵי אִישׁ תָּם. בְּגִין דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּאַר בֵּיהּ פְּסוֹלֶת כְּלַל, דְּהָא פְּרִיעָה הֲוָה בֵּיהּ.

Brit (Covenant) Chariot Covenant (Brit) Face Jacob Lion Ox Purification Soil Throne

118. HE INQUIRES: How did he perform that membrane uncovering and become cleansed from that refuse? HE RESPONDS: That area that strengthens the refuse within - WHICH EXISTS where the membrane is - is an ox, WHICH IS the left image of His throne. FOR IN THE CHARIOT OF THE THRONE ARE THE FACE OF THE LION TO THE RIGHT AND THE FACE OF THE OX TO THE LEFT. That ox is referred to as an ox that has not gored (Heb. tam), since there exists an impression of that Covenant of circumcision in the Chariot of that throne. Therefore, this ox is called an unblemished ox. Jacob is connected with it and with this ox, he has performed the membrane uncovering and has removed the soil of that refuse entirely.

118. בְּמָה אִתְפְּרַע, וְאִתְדַכֵּי מֵהַהוּא פְּסוֹלֶת בְּגִין דְּהַהוּא אֲתָר דְּאַתְקִיף לִפְסוֹלֶת, דִּלְגוֹ אֲתָר דִּפְרִיעָה שָׁארִי, אִיהוּ שׁוֹר, דִּיּוּקְנָא דִּשְׂמָאלָא דְּכֻרְסַיָא דִּילֵיהּ. וְהַהוּא שׁוֹר, אִקְרֵי שׁוֹר תָּם. דְּהָא רְתִיכָא דְּכֻרְסְיָא, רְשִׁימָא דִּבְרִית אִית בֵּיהּ. וע"ד, הַאי שׁוֹר אִקְרֵי תָּם. וְיַעֲקֹב אָחִיד בֵּיהּ בְּגַוֵּויהּ, וּבְהַאי שׁוֹר עָבֵיד פְּרִיעָה, וְאַעְבַּר זוּהֲמָא דִּפְסּוֹלֶת כֻּלָּא.

Bezalel Brit (Covenant) Covenant (Brit) Firstborn Jacob Joseph Other Side Ox Rachel Sarah

119. In the Baraita of Betzalel, it is written: "And Elohim remembered Rachel" (Beresheet 30:22). HE INQUIRES: About Sarah, it is written "visited," as in: "AND HASHEM VISITED SARAH" (BERESHEET 21:1), but about Rachel, it is written "remembered." Why? HE RESPONDS: "Remember," WHICH IS THE SECRET OF YESOD, is impressed on Jacob, who was a complete Covenant, when Joseph was born. How WAS THIS PERFECT COVENANT ACHIEVED? It is when he took with him the ox that assails the Other Side, WHICH ASSAILS AND DESTROYS THE SOILED REFUSE OF THE OX THAT GORED THRICE THAT DWELLS WITHIN THAT MEMBRANE TO BE REMOVED, AS MENTIONED NEARBY. Therefore, Joseph is referred to as "the firstling of his herd" (Devarim 33:17), meaning the ox's firstborn that Jacob took and that pushed aside that ox OF THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH IS THE OX THAT GORED THRICE.

119. בְּמַתְנִיתָא דִּבְצַלְאֵל כְּתִיב, וַיִּזְכּוֹר אֱלֹהִים אֶת רָחֵל. בְשָׂרָה כְּתִיב פְּקִידָה, וּבְרָחֵל כְּתִיב זְכִירָה, אֲמַאי. בְּגִין דְּזָכוֹר אִתְרְשִׁים בְּיַעֲקֹב, דְּאִיהוּ בְּרִית שְׁלִים, כַּד אִתְיְילִד יוֹסֵף. וּבְמָּה. כַּד נָטַל שׁוֹר בַּהֲדֵיהּ, דְּלָא יַתְקִיף לְסִטְרָא אַחֲרָא. ובג"כ, אִתְקְרֵי יוֹסֵף בְּכוֹר שׁוֹר, בְּכוֹר דְּהַהוּא שׁוֹר דְּנָטַל יַעֲקֹב בְּכוֹר שׁוֹרוֹ, וְדָחֵי לְהַהוּא שׁוֹר.

Demons Destruction Door Evil Grades Jacob Judgment Lock Ox Prosecution Skin

120. The unblemished (Heb. tam) ox, MEANING "and Jacob was a plain (Heb. tam) man" MEANS a sovereign ruler, the master of the house within which that unblemished ox dwells; THAT IS, MALCHUT FROM WHICH IS DRAWN THE UNBLEMISHED OX. Because there exists an ox that has gored thrice on the side of the foreskin and the skin of the uncovered membrane, MEANING THE ENTIRE FORESKIN AND THE REFUSE THAT IS ABSORBED IN THE SKIN OF THE MEMBRANE THAT GETS UNCOVERED, many prosecutors emanate and result from it down to the lowest level that is referred to as 'She'iyah,' that HARMFUL DEMON, which fells the houses that are empty of people. All result from that ox who gored thrice when joined with the evil donkey. Therefore, "you shall not plow with an ox and an donkey together" (Devarim 22:10) in order not to incite them.

120. שׁוֹר תָּם, וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָּם. רִבּוֹן וְשָׁלִיט, מָארֵיהּ דְּבֵיתָא, דְּהַהוּא שׁוֹר תָּם שָׁארִי בְּגַוֵּויהּ. בְּגִין דְּאִית שׁוֹר מוּעָד בִּסְטָר עָרְלָה פְּרִיעָה. וְכַמָּה גַּרְדִּינֵי נִימוּסִין נַפְקִין מִנֵּיהּ, עַד דַּרְגָּא בַּתְרַיְיתָא דְּאִקְרֵי שְׁאִיָ"ה. הַהוּא דְּאָפִיל בֵּיתִין דְּעָלְמָא, דְּלָא דַּיְירִין בְּהוּ בְּנֵי נָשָׁא. וְכֻלְּהוּ נַפְקָא מֵהַהוּא שׁוֹר מוּעָד. וְדָא בְּחִבּוּרָא דַּחֲמוֹר בִּישָׁא. ובג"כ לֹא תַחֲרוֹשׁ בְּשׁוֹר וּבַחֲמוֹר יַחְדָּיו. בְּגִין דְּלָא לְאַתְּעָרָא לְהוּ.

Bezalel Emet (Truth) Female Hebrew Letters Jacob Male Metatron Truth (Emet) Yeshivah

121. In the Yeshivah of Betzalel and also in the two Yeshivot, MEANING IN THE YESHIVAH OF METATRON AND THE YESHIVAH OF THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, THEY SAID THAT "And Jacob was a plain (Heb. tam) man" MEANS the husband of that Tam, WHICH IS MALCHUT. Who is he, THE HUSBAND OF TAM? That is the Aleph, which is part of the secret of Vav, FULLY SPELLED VAV-ALEPH-VAV, SINCE JACOB IS THE SECRET OF ALEPH AND MALCHUT IS THE SECRET OF TAM. When they include male and female together, Jacob takes all these letters - ALEPH, TAM - THE SECRET of Aleph Tav Mem. These are THE LETTERS OF emet (Eng. 'truth') and it is written: "You will show truth to Jacob" (Michah 7:20), SINCE TRUTH combines the male and female together, AND THEN they are in complete perfection.

121. וּבְהַהוּא מְתִיבְתָּא דִּבְצַלְאֵל, וְכֵן בִּתְרֵין מְתִיבְתָּא, וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָּם. בַּעְלָהּ דְּהַהוּא תָּם. וּמַאן אִיהוּ א' רָזָא דְּוָ"ו. וְכַד הֲווֹ כְּלַל דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא כַּחֲדָא, כְּדֵין נָטִיל כָּל אַתְוָון אִלֵּין את"ם, וְאִיהוּ אֶמֶ"ת. תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב, כְּלַל דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא כַּחֲדָא, שְׁלִימוּ דְּכֹלָּא.

Abraham Circumcision Grades Hebrew Letters

Emet (Truth) Grades Jacob Klipot (Shells – Negativity) Shells (Klipot) Truth (Emet)

123. "You shall be perfect (Heb. tamim) with Hashem your Elohim," certainly. Just like He is Tamim in one principle, SINCE YAM WAS INCLUDED IN TAM, AS MENTIONED. You, too, be perfect (Heb. tamim) with Him, with Him certainly. Through what does a person become Tamim? - THAT IS by being Tam Yam IN ONE COMBINATION. As we explained about Tam, all the holy levels OF MALCHUT THAT IS REFERRED TO AS TAM are called Yam and never separate from it. You likewise remove from yourself all the foreign levels, and connect yourself with Tamim. Thus you shall have in you the holy levels, which are the secret of Yam and the holy level Tam, THAT SHOULD BE READY to accept AFTERWARDS the Aleph, which is the secret of Jacob. AND THE COMBINATION, EMET, WILL BE MADE, AS WE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. Every day man must be Tam Yam, in exactly the same way.

123. תָּמִים תִּהְיֶה עִם יְיָ' אֱלֹהֶיךָ וַדַּאי, כְּמָה דְּאִיהוּ תָּמִים כְּלָלָא חֲדָא, אוֹף אַנְתְּ תְּהֵא עִמֵּיהּ תָּמִים, עִמֵּיהּ וַדַּאי. בְּמָה אִתְעָבֵיד בַּר נָשׁ תָּמִים, דִּיְהֵא תָּ"ם יָם. תָּם כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמַר. יָ"ם כָּל אִינּוּן דַּרְגִּין קַדִּישִׁין דִּילֵיהּ אִקְרוּן יָ"ם, וְלָא אִתְפָּרְשָׁן מִנֵיהּ לְעָלְמִין. אוּף אַנְתְּ כְּגַוְונָא דָא, לְאַעֲדָאָה מִנָךְ דַּרְגִין נוּכְרָאִין, וּלְאִתְקְשְּׁרָא בְּתָמִים, לְמֶיהֱוֵי בָּךְ דַּרְגִין קַדִּישִׁין, רָזָא דְּיָם, וְדַרְגָּא קַדִּישָׁא, תָּ"ם. לְקַבְּלָא א' רָזָא דְּיַעֲקֹב. ב"נ אִצְטְרִיךְ לְמֶהֱוֵי בְּכָל יוֹמָא, תָּ"ם יָ"ם. כְּגַוְונָא דָּא מַמָּשׁ.

Astrology Colors Corners Directions Evil Eyes Female Fish Judgment Klipot (Shells – Negativity) Light Linen Lock Male Moon Red Seas Seventy Shells (Klipot) Sun Twelve White Year Yeshivah Zeir Anpin

124. (A) Someone explained in the Yeshivah that the holy moon, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF MALCHUT, is white in color, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE LIGHT OF CHESED. All the colors sparkle within her and get embroidered, MEANING ALSO THE LIGHT OF CHOCHMAH, and she has the same as that actual beauty and whiteness of the sun, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF ZEIR ANPIN. In that ocean OF MALCHUT within a period of seventy years, a certain fish emerges and takes out from it the color blue, and she takes this dye and prepares it and covers herself from outside with that color.

(B) It is not that the blue color is her dress, WHICH IS WHY SHE WEARS IT AS AN OUTER GARMENT, since IT IS WRITTEN: "Her clothing is fine linen and purple" (Mishlei 31:22), BUT BLUE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR HER DRESS. However, this color IS ONLY an exterior cover OVER MALCHUT. Similar to this, it was at the Tabernacle that is entirely of beautiful embroidery internally and after that: "And shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue" (Bemidbar 4:6) ON THE OUTSIDE. What is the reason? It is because below this ocean, WHICH IS MALCHUT, there are depths of the sea, WHICH ARE KLIPOT that are comprised of male and female. They have an evil eye with which to stare and, when they stare AT MALCHUT - MEANING THAT THEY WISH TO DRAW ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH FROM HER FROM ABOVE DOWNWARD IN THE MANNER OF THE KLIPOT - the blue color is ready for their eyes. Their eyes cannot affect MALCHUT AND THAT IS ONLY EXTERNALLY. HOWEVER, she is fixed internally by all embroidery colors, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF WHITE, RED AND GREEN, as is proper FOR CONTINUATION OF CHOCHMAH. They spread to the four sides of the world.

124. (א) הַשְׁתָּא פָּרִישׁ מַאן דְּפָרִישׁ, בִּמְתִיבְתָּא, דְּסִיהֲרָא קַדִּישָׁא שַׁפִּירָא, אִיהוּ בְּחִוָּורוּ, וְכָל גַּוְונִין מְנַצְצָן בָּהּ וּמְרֻקָּמָן, וְאִיהוּ כְּהַהוּא שְׁפִּירוּ וְחִוָּורוּ דְּשִׁמְשָׁא מַמָּשׁ. וּבְהַהוּא יַמָּא דִּילָהּ, גּוֹ שַׁבְעִין שְׁנִין, נָפְקָא נוּנָא חֲדָא, וְאַפִּיק מִנֵּיהּ גָּוֶון תְּכֵלֶת, וְאִיהִי נַטְלָא גָּוֶון דָּא, וְתַקִּינַת לֵיהּ, וְאִתְחַפְּיָיא לְבַר בְּהַאי גָּוֶון.

(ב) לָאו דְּהַאי גָּוֶון לְבוּשָׁא דִּילָהּ, דְּהָא שֵׁשׁ וְאַרְגָּמָן לְבוּשָׁהּ. אֲבָל חוּפָּאָה דִּלְבַר הַאי גָּוֶון הוּא. כְּגַוְונָא דָּא הֲוָה מַשְׁכְּנָא, דְּכוּלֵיהּ בִּשְׁפִירוּ מְרֻקָּמָא לְגוֹ, וּלְבָתַר וּפָרְשׂוּ בֶגֶד כְּלִיל תְּכֵלֶת. מ"ט. בְּגִין דִּתְחוֹת יָם דָּא, אִית מְצוּלוֹת יָ"ם, כְּלַל דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא, וְאִית לוֹן עֵינָא בִּישָׁא לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא, וְכַד מִסְתַּכְּלִין, זַמִּין לְעֵינַיְיהוּ גָּוֶון תְּכֵלָא, וְלָא יַכְלָא עֵינַיְיהוּ לְשַׁלְּטָאָה, וְאִיהִי אִתְתְּקָנַת לְגוֹ, בְּכָל גְּוָונִין מְרֻקָּמָן כַּדְּקָא יָאוּת, מִתְתָּחְמָן לְד' סִטְרִין דְּעָלְמָא.

Colors Corners Correction (Tikun) Evil Eyes Fish Garments Grades Ox Seas Seventy Tikun (Correction) Tzitzit

125. Likewise, a man who wears Tzitzit (lit. 'fringed garment') becomes tamim every day. HE RECEIVES THE ASPECT OF Tam OF MALCHUT with the four corners OF THE GARMENT that are properly made. THE ASPECT OF Yam HE RECEIVES FROM MALCHUT with the blue OF THE TZITZIT THAT IS THE SECRET of the fish of seventy levels in the sea, AS MENTIONED, so that the Evil Side will not be able to harm him with the evil eye when it stares at this person, MEANING HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DRAW HIM TO THE DOMINION OF THE OX THAT GORED THRICE, SINCE THE BLUE PREVENTS THEM. Then he is Tam Yam with Hashem his Elohim in one preparation, SINCE MALCHUT TOO IS ESTABLISHED AND COVERED EXTERNALLY WITH THE BLUE COLOR, AS MENTIONED - she above and he below.

125. כְּגַוְונָא דָּא ב"נ דְּלָבִישׁ צִיצִית, אִתְעָבֵיד בְּכָל יוֹמָא תָּמִים. תָּ"ם, בְּד' כְּנָפַיִם מְתֻקְּנָן כַּדְּקָא יָאוּת. יָ"ם, בְּהַהוּא תְּכֵלֶת דְּנוּנָא, דְּשַׁבְעִין דַּרְגִּין דְּיַמָּא, סִטְרָא בִּישָׁא כַּד אִסְתָּכַּל בְּהַאי בַּר נָשׁ לָא יָכִיל לְאַבְאָשָׁא לֵיהּ בְּעֵינָא בִּישָׁא. וּכְדֵין אִיהוּ תָּם יָ"ם, עִם יְיָ' אֱלֹהָיו מַמָּשׁ, בְּתִקּוּנָא חֲדָא, אִיהִי לְעֵילָּא, וְאִיהוּ לְתַתָּא.

Grades Tfilin Tzitzit Zeir Anpin

126. Following this, MALCHUT ascends to higher levels, THAT IS, TO THE LEVELS OF ZEIR ANPIN. So, the person also is elevated afterward with the Tefilin to higher levels OF ZEIR ANPIN. About this, it is said: "You shall be perfect (Heb. tamim) with Hashem your Elohim," with Him definitely. Certainly at once, at one moment MALCHUT is fixed above - FIRSTLY, BY TAM YAM, AND AFTERWARDS, IN A UNION WITH ZEIR ANPIN. A person is prepared likewise below. FIRSTLY, HE IS MADE READY BY THE TZITZIT, WHICH IS THE LEVEL OF TAM YAM, AND THEN BY THE TEFILIN, WHICH IS THE LEVEL OF ZEIR ANPIN.

126. לְבָתַר אִסְתָּלָקַת אִיהִי גּוֹ דַּרְגִּין עִלָּאִין. אוֹף הָכִי בַּר נָשׁ, אִסְתַּלָּק אִיהוּ לְבָתַר בִּתְפִלִין, גּוֹ דַּרְגִּין עִלָּאִין. וע"ד תָּמִים תִּהְיֶה עִם יְיָ' אֱלֹהֶיךָ, עִמֵּיהּ וַדַּאי. וַדַּאי בְּשַׁעֲתָא חֲדָא, בְּרִגְעָא חֲדָא, אִיהִי אִתָּקְנָת לְעֵילָּא, וב"נ אִתָּקָן לְתַתָּא.

Face Praise

127. Rabbi Ila'i said, All these over here, MEANING THE GENERATION OF THE WILDERNESS, prepare in a similar way, so each one is Tam Yam with Hashem. About this secret, IT IS SAID, "In this wilderness they shall be consumed (Heb. yitamu)" (Bemidbar 14:35), MEANING THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE THE ASPECT OF TAM. If you shall think that when this was said it meant for ill, AND NOT TO PRAISE THEM, most certainly this is so. IT IS NO PRAISE TO THEM, since they should have each striven to be Tamim with Hashem in the Holy Land, in a place where the Holy One, blessed be He, dwells face to face together WITH MALCHUT. And now, there, each one is Tamim in this wilderness outside, a place distant FROM THE HOLY LAND, where MALCHUT does not look face to face to be with Hashem as required. "And there they shall die" means as you saw them doing every day, THAT THEY DIE AND ARE REVIVED.

127. א"ר אִילָאִי, כָּל אִלֵּין דְּהָכָא, כְּגַוְונָא דָּא מְתַקְּנָן, לְמֶהֱוֵי כָּל חַד תָּמִים עִם יְיָ.' וְעַל רָזָא דָּא, בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה יִתַּמּוּ. אִי תֵּימְרוּן דְּכַד אִתְּמַר לְבִישׁ אִתְּמַר, הָכִי הוּא וַדַּאי, דַּהֲוָה לוֹן לְמֶהֱוֵי כָּל חַד תָּמִים עִם יְיָ' בְּאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, אֲתָר דַּיְיָ' שָׁארִי תַּמָּן, לְמֶהֱוֵי אַפִּין בְּאַפִּין כַּחֲדָא עִמֵּיהּ, וְהַשְׁתָּא כָּל חַד הֱוֵי תָּמִים בְּמַדְבְּרָא דָּא לְבַר, אֲתָר רָחִיק מִתַּמָּן, דְּלָא יִסְתָּכַּל אַנְפִּין בְּאַנְפִּין בַּהֲדֵּיהּ לְמֶהֱוֵי עִם יְיָ' כַּדְּקָא יָאוּת. וְשָׁם יָמוּתוּ, כְּמָה דַּחֲמִיתוּן דְּעַבְדִּין בְּכָל יוֹמָא.

Caves Moses Prophets Righteous Seven Yeshivah

128. Praised is your lot, holy friends, that you have merited all this. You will not find anyone there in those other two caves of yours, because they are in the Yeshivah of Moses. They sit from afar and, therefore, it says about Moses: "Very meek, more so than all the men" (Bemidbar 12:3), since the greatest prophet saw fit to receive them into his Yeshivah. Behold, from the day THAT THOSE RIGHTEOUS began to see all this to that time, seven days had already passed. They have not looked at this world at all, MEANING TO SAY THAT THEY WERE COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM ALL THAT IS MATERIAL.

128. זַכָּאָה חוּלָקְכוֹן חַבְרַיָּיא קַדִּישִׁין, דְּזָכִיתוּן לְכָל הַאי. הָנֵי תְּרֵי מְעַרְתֵי אַחֲרָנִין דִּילְכוּ, דְּלָא תִּשְׁכְּחוּ כָּל דָּא תַּמָּן, דְּאִינּוּן גּוֹ מְתִיבְתָּא דְּמֹשֶׁה, יַתְבֵי מֵרָחִיק. וע"ד כְּתִיב בְּמֹשֶׁה, עָנָו מְאֹד מִכָּל הָאָדָם. וּנְבִיאָה עִלָּאָה, קַבִּיל לוֹן לִמְתִיבְתָּא דִּילֵיהּ, מִיּוֹמָא דְּשָׁארֵי לְמֵחֱמֵי כָּל דָּא, עַד הַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא שִׁבְעָה יוֹמִין. וְהָא לָא הֲווֹ מִסְתַּכְּלִין בְּהַאי עָלְמָא כְּלוּם.

Bezalel Lights Righteous Tetragrammaton Wisdom Yud Hei Vav Hei (YHVH)

129. אָמַר לוֹן רִבִּי אִילָאִי, זַכָּאִין קַדִּישִׁין, אֵימָא לְכוּ מִלִּין דִּשְׁמַעְתּוּן. וּמִלָּה קַדְמָאָה כַּד תִּנְדְּעוּן מְדִידוּ דְּמִשְׁחָתָא, בִּשְׁמָא גְּלִיפָא מְפֹרָשׁ, תִּנְדְּעוּן דִּבְצַלְאֵל רְבִיעָאָה אִיהוּ, דִּנְהוֹרִין עִלָּאִין. דִּכְתִּיב, וָאֲמַלֵּא אוֹתוֹ רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים בְּחָכְמָה וּבִתְבוּנָה וּבְדַעַת. מַאן דְּלָא אִסְתָּכַּל חָמֵי וְאִתְפְּתַח.

Evil Eyes Point Prayer Resurrection Serpent Torah Tree

130. NOW HE EXPLAINS THE SECOND POINT THAT IS MENTIONED ABOVE, SAYING WHOEVER DOES NOT GAZE SEES, AND HIS EYESIGHT IS RESTORED WITH GREAT CLARITY. Whoever does not look at these three concealed matters - what is above, what is below, what is before and what is after - IT SEEMS THAT HE COUNTS WHAT WILL BE AND WHAT WAS AS ONE ITEM - he is destined to regain sight in the Torah and open his eyes through it. THE THIRD ITEM: A tree of eighteen, as it bends, so it will stand upright and endure, MEANING the man's spine, THAT CONSISTS OF EIGHTEEN VERTEBRAE, when he bends it before his Master, MEANING WHEN HE STOOPS IN THE PRAYER OF MODIM (WE GIVE THANKS), he will stand upright and will endure at the revival of the dead. If he does not stoop at Modim, he becomes a snake and has no resurrection in the future to come. THAT IS WHAT IS SAID THERE: 'AND IF HE DOES NOT BEND, AN EVIL SNAKE CONSUMES HIM.'

130. מַאן דְּלָא אִסְתָּכַּל, בְּאִינּוּן תְּלַת מִלִּין טְמִירִין, מַה לְעֵילָּא, מַה לְתַתָּא וְכוּ.' זַמִּין אִיהוּ לְאִתְּפַתְחָא בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וּלְפַקְחָא עַיְינִין בָּהּ. אִילָנָא דְּתַמְנֵי סְרֵי, שִׁדְרָתוֹ דב"נ, כַּד כָּפִיף קַמֵּי מָארֵיהּ, יִזְקוֹף וְיִתְקְיָּים לִתְחִיַּית מֵתַיָּיא. אִי לָא כָּפִיף בְּמוֹדִים, אִתְעָבֵיד חִוְיָא, וְלֵית לֵיהּ תְּקוּמָה לְהַהוּא זִמְנָא.

Cherubim (Cherubs) Children Circumcision Door Heart Offering Point Prayer

131. THE FOURTH POINT: Whoever proceeds between the two Cherubs inward, THAT IS, whoever enters a measure of two doors inside the synagogue is attached to his Master, and his wishes are fulfilled. THE FIFTH POINT: Whoever contemplates his prayer and searches it - THAT IS TO SAY, HE THINKS IN HIS HEART THAT HIS REQUEST MUST BE GRANTED SINCE HE PRAYS WITH INTENTION - is far from being granted the wish he requested. THE SIXTH POINT: A child offering is the most perfect to be accepted, MEANING when a person brings his son to school and to circumcision, which is an acceptably perfect offering. From here on, my beloved, go your way.

131. מַאן דְּעָאל בֵּין תְּרֵין כְּרוּבִים לְגוֹ. מַאן דְּעָאל שִׁיעוּר תְּרֵין פִּתְחִין, לְגוֹ בֵּי כְּנִשְׁתָּא, אִתְדַּבָּק בְּמָארֵיהּ, וּרְעוּתֵיהּ אִתְעָבֵיד. מַאן דִּמְעַיֵין בִּצְלוֹתֵיהּ, וְאִסְתָּכַּל בָּהּ, רָחִיק מֵרְעוּתֵיהּ דְּשָׁאִיל. קָרְבְּנָא דְּרַבְיָא, כַּד קָרֵב ב"נ בְּרֵיהּ לְבֵי סַפְרָא, אוֹ לְמִילָה, דָּא קָרְבְּנָא שְׁלִים לְאִתְקַבְלָא. מִכָּאן וּלְהָלְאָה רְחִימִין, זִילוּ.