An opening and a light cover over the Holy Land
We learn that the hard shell which encompasses the world has an opening over the Holy Land, as long as people are performing the proper service. We are told that the Klipah clogs the brain. Then the discussion moves to an analogy between the shell that covers the world and the shell that covers the brain. When the children of Yisrael were pushed away from the Holy Land, the opening was covered with a holy cover, a delicate curtain, to guard against the Klipah's incursion.The cover prevents the holy presence from descending to earth but it also prevents the strong Klipah from dominating that place. We next learn that the souls of Yisrael who expire there ascend, but the souls of other nations who expire there revolve and finally reach their own side of the impurity. If someone is buried on the day that his soul departs from him in the Holy Land, we are told, the spirit of impurity has no dominion over him at all. The sacrificial limbs and fat must be burned at night on the altar so that the smoke will roll around to the hole in the north and nourish the Other Side, to keep them there. The spirit of impurity cannot dominate the bodies of the righteous that do not take any pleasure in the world. He whose soul departs outside of the Holy Land and who had his body defiled by the impure spirit, the impure spirit is absorbed inside it, remaining there until it returns to dust. The impure spirit never dominated Joseph's body, however. Jacob did not die, and his body remained intact and was embalmed. This, we learn, is because he was the bodily vehicle for the supernal image, or in other words a Chariot for Tiferet.
From this portion we shield ourselves from the negative forces that attempt to dominate our lives. In addition, a portal to the upper world is created, raising our consciousness. Our senses of awareness, our intuition, our mental faculties are heightened, and we see and understand, at last, all that we did not see or grasp before. The power of the ancient sacrifices is resurrected to nourish all the dark forces, keeping them at bay, while the purifying Light embodied by Jacob shines brightly, perfecting the body and refining the soul. This Light vanquishes the Angel of Death and the entire armada of the Other Side.
The Light of the land of Israel permeates our whole world, so that in addition to Jacob's Light, the Resurrection of the Dead will take place with extreme mercy and loving kindness.
269. In the Holy Land, everything is construed in a different way because the strong Klipah THAT IS ATTIRED IN THE EARTH is broken from that place, and does not dominate over it at all. The strong Klipah breaks MORE AND MORE and opens from this side and that side, UNTIL AN ENTRANCE IS FORMED THERE.
269. בְּאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, מְתַתְקְנָא כֹּלָּא בְּגַוְונָא אַחֲרָא, דְּהָא קְלִיפָה תַּקִּיפָא אִתַּבְּרַת מֵהַהוּא אֲתָר, וְלָא שַׁלְטָא בֵּיהּ כְּלַל. קְלִיפָה תַּקִּיפָא אִתַּבְּרַת תְּבִיר, וְאִתְפַּתְחַת מֵהַאי סִטְרָא וּמֵהַאי סִטְרָא.
270. That entrance is in the Holy Land, as long as they are doing the proper service. Due to sins, THE STRONG KLIPAH ON THE SIDES OF the entrance is drawn BACK to this side and that side, until THE SIDES OF the Klipah join together. AND THIS OCCURS ONLY AT THE TIME OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE, AS IT IS WRITTEN BEFORE US. Since the Klipah clogs the brain, the Klipah dominates over them, OVER YISRAEL, and pushes them out of this place.
270. וְהַהִיא פְּתִיחוּ הֲוָה בְּאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, בְּכָל זִמְנָא דְּפָלְחִין פּוּלְחָנָא כַּדְקָא יֵאוֹת. כֵּיוָן דְּגָרְמוּ חוֹבִין, מְשִׁיכוּ הַהוּא פְּתִיחוּ לְהַאי סִטְרָא וּלְהַאי סִטְרָא, עַד דְּאִתְקָרָב קְלִיפָה, כֹּלָּא כַּחֲדָא. כֵּיוָן דְּאַסְתִים קְלִיפָה לְמוֹחָא, כְּדֵין שַׁלְטָא הַהִיא קְלִיפָה עָלַיְיהוּ וְדָחָה לוֹן לְבַר מֵהַהוּא דּוּכְתָּא.
271. Even though it pushed them outside, that strong Klipah cannot dominate in that holy place, NAMELY IN THE HOLY LAND, because it is not its place. If you ask, If Klipah cannot dominate in that holy place, why does it stand desolate, for there is no destruction in the world but for that strong Klipah?
271. וְעכ"ד אע"ג דְּדָּחָה לוֹן לְבַר, לָא יָכִיל הַהִיא קְלִיפָה תַּקִּיפָא לְשַׁלְּטָאָה בְּהַהוּא דּוּכְתָּא קַדִּישָׁא, דְּלָאו אַתְרֵיהּ אִיהוּ. וְאִי תֵּימָא, אִי הָכִי, הוֹאִיל וְלָא יָכִיל הַהִיא קְלִיפָה תַּקִּיפָא לְשַׁלְּטָאָה בְּהַהוּא דּוּכְתָּא קַדִּישָׁא, אֲמַאי קַיְּימָא חָרוּב, דְּהָא חָרְבָּא לָא הֲוֵי בְּעָלְמָא, אֶלָּא מִסִּטְרָא דְּהַהִיא קְלִיפָה תַּקִּיפָא.
272. HE ANSWERS, Assuredly when it was destroyed, it was destroyed only from that side OF THE STRONG KLIPAH, when it clogged the brain, and the Holy One, blessed be He, caused it so that the strong Klipah would not dominate over this place. And when THE KLIPAH pushed away Yisrael from it, that Klipah returned and it reopened as before. Since the holy nation was not there, BECAUSE IT WAS IN EXILE, that opening was covered with a holy cover of a delicate curtain to guard that place, so that the strong Klipah could not clog it. And THE COVER is attached on all sides TO GUARD IT.
272. אֶלָּא וַדַּאי כַּד אִתְחָרַב לָא אִתְחָרַב אֶלָּא מֵהַהוּא סִטְרָא, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאַסְתִים לְמוֹחָא, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָבֵד דְּלָא תִּשְׁלוֹט הַהִיא קְלִיפָה תַּקִּיפָא עַל הַהוּא דּוּכְתָּא. וְכַד דָּחָה לוֹן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל מִנֵּיהּ, הַהִיא קְלִיפָה אִתְהַדְּרַת וְאִתְפַּתְחַת כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין. וּבְגִין דְּעַמָּא קַדִּישָׁא לָא הֲווֹ תַּמָּן, חַפְיָא עַל הַהוּא פְּתִיחוּ, חוּפָּאָה קַדִּישָׁא דְּפָרוֹכְתָּא קְלִישָׁא, לְנַטְרָא הַהוּא אֲתָר, דְּלָא יִסְתוֹם לֵיהּ הַהִיא קְלִיפָה תַּקִּיפָא, וְאָחִיד בְּכָל סִטְרוֹי.
273. That there should be a holy presence on the earth as originally is not possible, because that delicate cover is attached there so that it should not go down, because the holy nation is not there. Therefore, the desolation has not been rebuilt from the day THE EARTH was destroyed. It is not possible for the strong Klipah to dominate, because that light cover is attached on all sides of that opening so that THE KLIPAH should not dominate and should not clog the brain. That light cover, which is from the drawing of the Holy Curtain of above, guards that place.
273. לְמֶהֱוֵי רְבוּת קֻדְשָׁא עַל אַרְעָא כְּמִלְקַדְּמִין, לָא יָכִיל, דְּהָא הַהוּא חוּפָּאָה קְלִישָׁא אָחִיד, דְּלָא יֵחוּת לְתַתָּא, דְּהָא עַמָּא קַדִּישָׁא לָאו תַּמָּן. וְע"ד לָא אִתְבְּנֵי חָרְבַּן, מִיּוֹמָא דְּאִתְחֲרִיבוּ. לְשַׁלְּטָאָה הַהִיא קְלִיפָה תַּקִּיפָא, לָא יַכְלָא, דְּהָא הַהוּא חוּפָּאָה קְלִישָׁה אָחִיד בֵּיהּ בְּכָל סִטְרוֹי בְּהַהוּא פְּתִיחוּ דְּלָא תִּשְׁלוֹט תַּמָּן, וְלָא תַּסְתִּים מוֹחָא, בְּהַהוּא חוּפָּאָה דְּפָרוֹכְתָּא קְלִישָׁא, דְּאִיהוּ מִגּוֹ מְשִׁיכוּ דְּפָרוֹכְתָּא קַדִּישָׁא דִּלְעֵילָּא, דְּנָטִיר הַהוּא אֲתָר.
274. Therefore, when all the souls of the other nations that live in the land of Yisrael depart from the world, THE LAND does not accept them and pushes them outside. They go and float and revolve in many evolutions until they exit from the entire Holy Land, and they circle UNTIL THEY REACH their side of their impurity. All the souls of Yisrael who expire there, ascend. That delicate cover accepts them and enter the supernal Holiness, as every kind seeks its own kind.
274. וּבְגִין כַּךְ, כָּל אִינּוּן נִשְׁמָתִין דִּשְׁאַר עַמִּין, דְּדַיְירִין בְּאַרְעָא, כַּד נָפְקִין מֵהַאי עָלְמָא, לָא מְקַבְּלָא לוֹן, וְדָחֵי לוֹן לְבַר, וְאַזְלִין וְשָׁטאָן וּמִתְגַּלְגְּלִין בְּכַמָּה גִּלְגּוּלִין, עַד דְּנַפְקֵי מִכָּל אַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, וְסָחֲרָן לְסִטְרַיְיהוּ, בִּמְסָאֲבוּ דִּלְהוֹן. וְכָל אִינּוּן נִשְׁמָתִין דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל דְּנָפְקִין תַּמָּן, סַלְּקִין, וְהַהוּא חוּפָּאָה קְלִישָׁא מְקַבְּלָא לוֹן, וְעָאלִין לִקְדוּשָּׂא עִלָּאָה, בְּגִין דְּכָל זִּינָא אַזְלָא לְזִינֵיהּ.
275. The souls of Yisrael who die outside the land of Yisrael, in the domain of that strong Klipah, EACH ONE circles and rolls until it returns to its place and enters the place suitable for it. Happy is the portion of one whose soul departs in the Holy Domain and in that opening in the Holy Land.
275. וְנִשְׁמָתֵיהוֹן דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל דְּנַפְקֵי לְבַר מֵאַרְעָא, בִּרְשׁוּתָא דְּהַהִיא קְלִיפָא תַּקִּיפָא, אַזְלָא וְסָחֲרָא וּמִתְגַּלְגְּלָא, עַד דְּתָבַת לְדּוּכְתָּהָא, וְעָאלַת לַאֲתָר דְּאִתְחָזֵי לָהּ. זַכָּאָה חוּלָקֵיהּ, מַאן דְּנִשְׁמָתֵיהּ נָפְקָא בִּרְשׁוּ קַדִּישָׁא, בְּהַהוּא פְּתִיחוּ דְּאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא.
276. If someone is buried on the day that his soul departs in the Holy Land, the spirit of impurity has no dominion over him at all. Therefore, it says about one who is hanged, "But you shall surely bury him that day, that your land be not defiled" (Devarim 21:23). At night, permission is given to the spirits of impurity to hover about and, although permission is given to them, they cannot enter the Holy Land unless they find there a vessel into which to enter, NAMELY A DEAD BODY.
276. מַאן דְּנִשְׁמָתֵיהּ נַפְקַת בְּאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, אִי אִתְקְבַּר בְּהַהוּא יוֹמָא, לָא שַׁלְטָא עָלֵיהּ רוּחָא מְסַאֲבָא כְּלַל. וְע"ד כְּתִיב בִּצְלִיבָא, כִּי קָבוֹר תִּקְבְּרֶנּוּ בַּיוֹם הַהוּא וְלֹֹא תְטַמֵּא אֶת אַדְמָתְךָ. בְּגִין דִּבְלֵילְיָא אִתְיְהִיב רְשׁוּ לְרוּחַ מְסַאֲבָא לִמְשַׁטְּטָא. וְאע"ג דְּאִתְיְהִיב לוֹן רְשׁוּ, לָא עָאלִין בְּאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, בַּר אִי אַשְׁכְּחָן תַּמָּן מָנָא לְאַעֲלָא בֵּיהּ.
277. The limbs and fat are burned at night ON THE ALTAR to nourish WITH THEIR SMOKE the other kinds, WHICH ARE THE OTHER SIDE. THAT DOES not MEAN that they enter the land TO BE NOURISHED BY THE SMOKE, nor does it draw them into the land. It is rather THE OPPOSITE, in order that the Other Side should not dominate in the land and they should not be drawn to enter there. Therefore, the smoke, OF THE LIMBS AND FAT, would ascend in a crooked WAY and roll outside OF THE LAND OF YISRAEL. It would travel hastily until it entered the hole in the north where lie the habitations of all those of the Other Side. The smoke enters there, and they are all nourished there.
277. אֵבָרִין וּפְדָרִין דְּמִתְאַכְּלָן בְּלֵילְיָא, לְאַתְּזְנָא זִינִין אַחֲרָנִין, לָאו דְּעַיְילִין בְּאַרְעָא, וְלָא לְאַמְשָׁכָא לוֹן בְּאַרְעָא, אֶלָּא, בְּגִין דְּלָא תִּשְׁלוֹט סִטְרָא אַחֲרָא גּוֹ אַרְעָא, וְלָא יִתְמַשְׁכָא לְאַעֲלָא תַּמָּן. וּבְגִין כַּךְ, תְּנָנָא מִנַּיְיהוּ הֲוָה סָלִיק עֲקִימָא, וּמִתְגַּלְגְּלָא לְבַר, וְאָזִיל בִּבְהִילוּ, עַד דְּעָאל לְנוּקְבָּא דְּצָפוֹן, דְּתַמָּן מָדוֹרִין דְּכָל סִטְרִין אַחֲרָנִין, וְתַמָּן עָאל תְּנָנָא, וְכֻלְּהוּ אִתְּזָנוּ תַּמָּן.
278. The smoke OF THE OFFERINGS that ascend during the day would ascend to its place above in a direct path and there was that that was nourished from it, MEANING AS IT IS WRITTEN, "FOR A SWEET SAVOR, AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE TO HASHEM" (SHEMOT 29:41). From that opening, MEANING THE HOLE IN THE NORTH SIDE, all sides of the strong Klipah are nourished, which is outside of the Holy Land, and they are nourished from that coarse smoke OF THE LIMBS AND FAT, as we have established.
278. תְּנָנָא דִּימָמָא, הֲוָה סָלִיק לְדוּכְתֵּיהּ בְּאֹרַח מֵישַׁר, וְאִתְּזָן מַה דְּאִתְּזָן. וּמֵהַהוּא פְּתִיחוּ, אִתְּזָנוּ כָּל סִטְרֵי קְלִיפָה תַּקִּיפָא, דְּאִיהִי לְבַר מֵאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, וּמֵהַהִיא תְּנָנָא גַּסָּה כְּמָה דְּאוֹקִימְנָא.
279. The spirit of impurity does not dominate the bodies of the righteous that were not drawn in this world after the pleasures AND LUST of that strong Klipah, because they did not join with it at all in this world. As the body of the wicked is drawn in this world after that strong Klipah and after its pleasures, delights and embellishments, thus is he defiled after his soul leaves him.
279. גּוּפֵיהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָּיא, דְּלָא אִתְמְשָׁכוּ בְּהַאי עָלְמָא בָּתַר הֲנָאִין דְּהַהִיא קְלִיפָה תַּקִּיפָא, לָא שַׁלְטָא עָלַיְיהוּ רוּחַ מְסָאֲבוּ כְּלָל, דְּהָא לָא אִשְׁתָּתָפוּ אֲבַתְרֵיהּ כְּלוּם בְּהַאי עָלְמָא. כְּמָה דְּגוּפָא דְּרַשִׁיעַיָּיא אִתְמְשָׁךְ בְּהַאי עָלְמָא בָּתַר הַהִיא קְלִיפָה תַּקִּיפָא, וַהֲנָאִין וְעִנּוּגִין דִּילֵיהּ וְתִיקּוּנִין דִּילֵיהּ, הָכִי אִסְתְּאָב, בָּתַר דְּנַפְקָת נִשְׁמָתֵיהּ מִנֵּיהּ.
280. That spirit of impurity cannot dominate the bodies of the righteous that do not have any pleasure in this world, except for the pleasure in performing a commandment and the meals of Shabbat and Holy Days and Festivals, because they have derived no pleasure from it at all and have taken nothing from it. He has our rule over them. Happy is he who has not gained any pleasure from it at all.
280. גּוּפֵיהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָּא, דְּלָא מִתְעַנְּגֵי בְּהַאי עָלְמָא, אֶלָּא מִתַּעֲנוּגֵי דְּמִצְוָה, וּסְעוּדָתֵי שַׁבְּתִין וְחַגִּין וּזְמָנִין, הַהוּא רוּחַ מְסַאֲבָא לָא יָכִיל לְשַׁלְטָאָה עָלַיְיהוּ, דְּהָא לָא אִתְעֲנְּגוּ מִדִילֵיהּ כְּלוּם. וְהוֹאִיל וְלָא נַטְלוּ מִדִילֵיהּ, לֵית לֵיהּ רְשׁוּ עֲלֵיהוֹן כְּלַל. זַכָּאָה אִיהוּ מַאן דְּלָא אִתְהֲנֵי מִדִילֵיהּ כְּלוּם.
281. He whose soul departs outside of the Holy Land and had his body defiled by the impure spirit, the impure spirit is absorbed in it until it returns to dust. If that body that has swallowed that impure spirit is brought up to be buried in the Holy Land, it is written of it: "But when you entered, you defiled My land, and made My heritage an abomination" (Yirmeyah 2:7). It is "My land" as the impure spirit did not have power over it, with that body of yours, in which the impure spirit is absorbed, that you are bringing to bury in My land. You defile it in being defiled in it, IN THE IMPURE BODY, were it not for the Holy One, blessed be He, making a remedy for the land. As soon as that body decays, the Holy One, blessed be He, causes a wind to blow from above and push the impure spirit outside, because He has pity upon the Land.
281. מַאן דְּנִשְׁמָתֵיהּ נָפְקָא לְבַר מֵאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, וְהַהוּא גּוּפָא אִסְתְּאַב בְּהַהוּא רוּחַ מְסָאֲבוּ, הַהוּא רוּחַ מְסָאֲבוּ אִשְׁתְּאִיב בְּגַוֵּיהּ, עַד דְּתָב לֵיהּ עַפְרָא. וְאִי הַהוּא גּוּפָא, דְּאִשְׁתְּאִיב בֵּיהּ הַהוּא רוּחַ מְסַאֲבָא, סַלְּקִין לֵיהּ לְאִתְקַבְּרָא גּוֹ אַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, עָלֵיהּ כְּתִיב, וַתָּבֹאוּ וַתְּטַמְּאוּ אֶת אַרְצִי וְנַחֲלָתִי שַׂמְתֶּם לְתוֹעֵבָה. אַרְצִי, דְּלָא שַׁלְטָא עָלָהּ רוּחַ מְסָאֲבוּ, בְּהַהוּא גּוּפָא דִּלְכוֹן, דְּאִשְׁתְּאִיב בֵּיהּ רוּחַ מְסָאֲבוּ, דְּקָא מַיְיתִין לְקָבְרָא לֵיהּ בְּאַרְצִי, אַתּוּן מְסָאָבִין לָהּ, לְאִסְתָּאֲבָא בֵּיהּ. אִי לָא דְּעָבִיד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַסְוָותָא לְאַרְעָא, דְּהָא כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְבַּלֵי הַהוּא גּוּפָא, נָשִׁיב קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא רוּחָא מִלְּעֵילָּא, וְדָחֵי לֵיהּ לְהַהוּא רוּחַ מְסַאֲבָא לְבַר, דְּהָא אִיהוּ חָס עַל אַרְעֵיהּ.
282. The impure spirit never dominated Joseph's body, even though his soul departed in a foreign domain, NAMELY OUTSIDE OF THE LAND OF YISRAEL. What is the reason? It is because he was not drawn after the impure spirit during his lifetime. Still in all, he did not want them to bring up his body to be buried in the Holy Land, but rather said, "And you shall carry up my bones" (Beresheet 50:25), but not my body.
282. יוֹסֵף, לָא שַׁלִּיט עַל גּוּפֵיהּ רוּחַ מְסַאֲבָא לְעָלְמִין, אע"ג דְּנִשְׁמָתֵיהּ נָפְקָת בִּרְשׁוּ אַחֲרָא. מ"ט. בְּגִין דְּלָא אִתְמְשִׁיךְ בְּחַיּיוֹי בָּתַר רוּחַ מְסַאֲבָא. וְעִם כָּל דָּא, לָא בָּעָא דְּגוּפֵיהּ יְסַלְּקוּן לֵיהּ לְאִתְקַבְּרָא בְּאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, אֶלָּא אָמַר, וְהַעֲלִיתֶם אֶת עַצְמוֹתַי, וְלָא גּוּפִי.
283. Jacob did not die, and his body remained intact constantly. Jacob did not fear the Other Side because his bed was perfect in the perfection of the supernal Light, in the illumination of the twelve tribes and seventy souls. Therefore, he did not fear the Other Side for it could not dominate him and because he was also the body of the supernal Image, MEANING THAT HE WAS A CHARIOT FOR TIFERET, and his beauty was attached in all the sides. All the limbs of Adam were attached to him. Therefore, it is written of him, "But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt" (Beresheet 47:30), MEANING a whole body. Therefore, "the physicians embalmed Yisrael" (Beresheet 50:2) so that his body would remain intact, and this is the way it should BE. The other people of the world whose souls departed in the Holy Land, their souls and bodies are spared from everything.
283. יַעֲקֹב לָא מִית, וְגוּפֵיהּ אִתְקָיָּים בְּקִיּוּמָא תָּדִיר, וְלָא דָּחִיל לְסִטְרָא אַחֲרָא, דְּהָא עַרְסֵיהּ הֲוָה שְׁלִים, בִּשְׁלִימוּ דִּנְהוֹרָא עִלָּאָה, בִּנְהִירוּ דִּתְרֵיסָר שְׁבָטִין, וּבְשִׁבְעִים נֶפֶשׁ, בְּגִין כַּךְ לָא דָּחִיל לְסִטְרָא אַחֲרָא, וְלָא יָכִיל לְשַׁלְּטָאָה עָלֵיהּ. וְתוּ, דְּאִיהוּ גּוּפָא דְּדִיּוּקְנָא עִלָּאָה, דִּשְׁפִּירוּ דִּילֵיהּ אָחִיד לְכָל סִטְרִין, וְכָל אִינּוּן שַׁיְיפִין דְּאָדָם קַדְמָאָה הֲווֹ אֲחִידָן בֵּיהּ. וְע"ד כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ, וְשָׁכַבְתִּי עִם אֲבוֹתַי וּנְשָׂאתַנִי מִמִּצְרַיִם, גּוּפָא שְׁלִים. וְע"ד וַיַּחַנְטוּ הָרוֹפְאִים אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּגוּפֵיהּ יְהֵא קָאֵים בְּקִיּוּמָא. וְהָכִי אִצְטְרִיךְ. שְׁאַר בְּנֵי עָלְמָא דְּנַפְקָת נִשְׁמָתַיְיהוּ בְּאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, נַפְשָׁא וְגוּפָא אִשְׁתֵּזִּיב מִכֹּלָּא.