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Leprosy Mochin Plagues Sanctuary Serpent Sin Temple, The Women

93. We learned that when the PRIMORDIAL serpent begins to be revealed, the supports, NETZACH AND HOD, and the edifices, THE MOCHIN, are gone and removed FROM MALCHUT, and the fierce serpent comes and injects filth, the Temple is considered defiled. What is the Temple? It is as we learned, "and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession" (Vayikra 14:34), and, "Now the serpent was craftier... And he said to the woman" (Beresheet 3:1), the actual woman, to which the place of the Temple is attached, WHICH IS MALCHUT. Hence, "because he has defiled the sanctuary of Hashem" (Bemidbar 19:20), by his sins, because THROUGH HIS SINS the fierce serpent is revealed.

93. תָּאנֵי, כַּד שָׁאֲרִי חִוְיָא לְאִתְגַּלָּאָה, מִסְתַּלְּקִין סַמְכִין וּבִנְיָינִין וּמִתְעַבְּרִין, וְאָתֵי חִוְיָא תַּקִּיפָא וְאָטִיל זוּהֲמָא, וּכְדֵין אִשְׁתְּכַח מַקְדְּשָׁא מִסְאָב, מַאן מַקְדְּשָׁא. כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמַר וְנָתַתִּי נֶגַע צָרַעַת בְּבֵית אֶרֶץ אֲחוּזָּתְכֶם. וּכְתִיב וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֺּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְיָ' אֱלֹהִים וַיֺּאמֶר אֶל הָאִשָּׁה. אֶל הָאִשָּׁה מַמָּשׁ, דְּאֲתַר מַקְדְּשָׁא אִתְאֲחִיד בְּגַוָּוהּ, וְהַיְינוּ אֶת מִקְדַּשׁ יְיָ' טִמֵּא בְּגִין חוֹבוֹי, מִשּׁוּם דְּאִתְגַּלְיָא חִוְיָא תַּקִּיפָא.

Evil Head Job Judgment Lights Mercy Seas Serpent Sin Soul, The Women

94. What are his sins? They are the evil tongue. For because of evil tongue, the PRIMORDIAL serpent appears both above and below, as it is written, "And Hashem sent venomous (Heb. Seraphim) serpents among the people" (Bemidbar 21:6). It is not spelled as 'sorfim (Eng. 'burning')' or 'serufim (Eng. 'burnt'),' but rather Seraphim. Who are the Seraphim? HE ANSWERS, IT ALLUDES TO THE PRIMORDIAL SERPENT. THE REASON IT SAYS SERPENTS IN THE PLURAL IS THAT IT RESEMBLES the words, "the heads of the sea monsters" (Tehilim 74:13), two of them, one attached above and another attached below IN THIS WORLD. It is also written, "Seraphim stood above Him" (Yeshayah 6:2), above Him assuredly, NAMELY as in the verse, "to present themselves before (lit. 'above') Hashem" (Iyov 1:6), WHICH MEANS AGAINST HASHEM. FOR THE SONS OF ELOHIM ARE JUDGMENTS, AND HASHEM IS MERCY. HERE TOO, "ABOVE HIM" IS LIKE 'AGAINST HIM.' Then everything is closed, AS ALL THE LIGHTS ARE SHUT, and there is none to open, SINCE THEN THE SERPENT COMES AND INJECTS FILTH IN THE ROOT OF THE SOUL OF THE SINNER IN MALCHUT, WHICH IS CONSIDERED ADULTERY. Hence it is written, "Likewise the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done nothing wrong" (Mishlei 30:20). What is adulterous? Actual ADULTEROUS surely, OF WHICH IT IS SAID, "she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done nothing wrong."

94. מַאן חוֹבוֹי. דָּא לִישָׁנָא בִּישָׁא, דִּבְגִין לִישָׁנָא בִּישָׁא, חִוְיָא אִזְדָּמַן, בֵּין לְעֵילָּא בֵּין לְתַתָּא, דִּכְתִּיב וַיְשַׁלַּח יְיָ' בָּעָם אֵת הַנְּחָשִׁים הַשְּׂרָפִים. הַשׂוֹרְפִים אוֹ הַשְׂרוּפִים לָא כְּתִיב, אֶלָּא הַשְּׂרָפִים, מַאן שְׂרָפִים. דִּכְתִּיב רָאשֵׁי תַנִּינִים תְּרֵי, חַד אִתְאֲחִיד לְעֵילָּא, וְחַד לְתַתָּא וּכְתִיב שְׂרָפִים עוֹמְדִים מִמַּעַל לוֹ, מִמַּעַל לוֹ וַדַּאי, כד"א לְהִתְיַצֵּב עַל יְיָ,' וּכְדֵין סְגִירוּ בְּכֺלָּא, וְלֵית מַאן דְּפָתַח, וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ אִשָּׁה מְנָאָפֶת אָכְלָה וּמָחֲתָה פִיהָ וְגוֹ,' מַאי מְנָאָפֶת. מְנָאָפֶת מַמָּשׁ וַדַּאי, אָכְלָה וּמָחֲתָה פִיהָ וְאָמְרָה לֹא פָעַלְתִּי אָוֶן.

Serpent Sin

95. אָמַר רִבִּי חִיָּיא אָמַר ר' יִצְחָק, בִּרְעוּתָא דְּכֺלָּא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח לְתַתָּא, אֶלָּא בְּגִין דְּאִשְׁתְּכַח לְעֵילָּא. וּלְעֵילָּא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח, אֶלָּא כַּד אִשְׁתְּכַח לְתַתָּא בְּחוֹבֵי עָלְמָא, דְּיַלְפֵינָן דְּכֺלָּא תַּלְיָיא הַאי בְּהַאי, וְהַאי בְּהַאי.