Trumah: Chapter 44

Blue, part two

Synopsis

All the colors are good if they are seen in a dream, except blue, because it is a throne for executing Judgment of the soul. When the person sees this blue, we learn, he becomes afraid and remembers all the commandments of his Master, and guards himself from sins for fear of the serpent. Therefore, there is blue in the tabernacle. Rabbi Isaac next asks about mercy, and Rabbi Shimon answers that the colors are improved when the cherubs turn their faces toward each other. At that time, even green turns to gold. When the colors are changed, Malchut transforms from Judgment to Mercy and from Mercy to Justice, all according to the changing of the colors.

Relevance

The colors of Creation burst forth. And as they transmute into various shades, tones, and hues, so too does judgment transform into countless acts of the sweetest mercy towards all mankind. We acquire a deep-seated love for our neighbor as all of Malchut is corrected and transformed.

Colors Dreams Grades Judgment Sin Soul, The Throne White

481. All the colors are good IF THEY ARE SEEN in a dream except blue, because it is a throne, MEANING MALCHUT, for executing Judgment of the souls. HE QUESTIONS, But this level, WHICH IS MALCHUT, is white, AS YOU SAY that it receives FROM YESOD THAT IS CALLED 'THE SON OF CHUR,' WHICH MEANS WHITE, MEANING CHESED. HE ANSWERS, At the time that it stands to judge souls, BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF THE LOWER BEINGS, it has the color blue, as we have already established.

481. כָּל גַּוְונִין טָבִין לְחֶלְמָא, בַּר תִּכְלָא, כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמַר. בְּגִין דְּאִיהוּ כֻּרְסְיָיא, לְמֵידָן דִּינִין דְּנִשְׁמָתִין. וְהָא הַאי דַּרְגָּא חִוָּורָא אִיהוּ. אֶלָּא בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּקַיְּימָא בְּדִינֵי דְּנַפְשָׁאן, כְּדִין אִיהוּ גָּוֶון תִּכְלָא. וְהָא אוֹקִימְנָא.

Colors Fear Serpent Sin

482. When the person sees this color, MEANING BLUE, he is reminded to do all the commandments of his Master as by the brass serpent. For at the moment they saw it, they feared the Holy One, blessed be He, and guarded themselves against all sins. When this fear came over them, they were immediately cured. What caused them to fear the Holy One, blessed be He? It was that serpent, that whip that they saw. Here also, about blue is written, "That you may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Hashem" (Bemidbar 15:39), which means from the fear of Him. Therefore, there was blue in the tabernacle.

482. בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּחָמֵי בַּר נָשׁ לְהַאי גָּוֶון, אִדְכַּר בַּר נָשׁ לְמֶעְבַּד פִּקּוּדִין דְּמָארֵיהּ. כְּגַוְונָא דִּנְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דַּהֲווֹ חֲמָאן לֵיהּ, הֲווֹ דַּחֲלֵי מִקַּמֵּי דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וּמְנַטְרָן גַּרְמַיְיהוּ מִכָּל חוֹבִין, וּבְשַׁעֲתָא דְּהַהוּא דְּחִילוּ דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא סַלְּקָא עָלַיְיהוּ, מִיָּד אִתָּסְיָין. מַאן גָּרִים לוֹן לְדַּחֲלָא מִקָּמֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, הַהוּא נָחָשׁ, הַהִיא רְצוּעָה דְּמִסְתַכְּלָן בָּהּ. אוּף הָכִי תְּכֵלֶת וּרְאִיתֶם אוֹתוֹ וּזְּכַרְתֶּם אֶת כָּל מִצְוֹת יְיָ.' מֵהַהוּא דְּחִילוּ דִּילֵיהּ, וְעַל דָּא תְּכֵלֶת בְּמַשְׁכְּנָא.

Cherubim (Cherubs) Colors Face Female Gold Judgment Male Mercy Throne

483. Rabbi Yitzchak said, This remark of my master that blue is the Throne of Judgment, and when MALCHUT has this color, it is then a throne to judge on it capital law, ACCORDING TO THIS, when is MALCHUT in Mercy? He said to him, When the Cherubs, WHICH ARE THE SECRET OF MALE AND FEMALE, turn their faces to each other and look face to face, all the colors are improved and the color blue turns into another color. The color green also turns into the color gold.

483. אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק, הַאי דְּאָמַר מַר תְּכֵלֶת כֻּרְסְיָיא דְּדִינָא אִיהִי, וְכַד אִיהִי קַיְּימָא בְּגַוְונָא דָּא, כְּדֵין אִיהִי כֻּרְסְיָיא לְמֵידָן דִּינֵי נַפְשָׁאן. אֵימָתַי אִיהִי בְּרַחֲמֵי. אָמַר לֵיהּ, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דִּכְרוּבִים מְהַדְרָן אַנְפַּיְיהוּ דָּא עִם דָּא, וּמִסְתַּכְּלָן אַנְפִּין בְּאַנְפִּין. כֵּיוָן דְּאִינּוּן כְּרוּבִים מִסְתַּכְּלָן אַנְפִּין בְּאַנְפִּין כְּדֵין כָּל גַּוְונִין מִתְתַּקְנָן, וְאִתְהַפָּךְ גָּוֶון תִּכְלָא לְגָוֶון אַחֲרָא. מִתְהַפָּךְ גָּוֶון יָרוֹק, לְגָוֶון זָהָב.

Colors Judgment Mercy

484. When the colors are changed, MALCHUT then changes from Judgment to Mercy and from Mercy to Judgment, all according to the changing of the colors. As the children of Yisrael arrange themselves before the Holy One, blessed be He, so is everything arranged, and so is it set ABOVE. Therefore, it is written, "Yisrael, in whom I will be glorified" (Yeshayah 49:3), for in these colors included one within the other IS the beauty of everything.

484. וְעַל דָּא, בְּהִפּוּכָא דִּגְוָונִין, אִתְהַפַּךְ מִדִּינָא לְרַחֲמֵי, וְכֵן מֵרַחֲמֵי לְדִינָא, וְכֹלָּא בְּהִפּוּכָא דִּגְוָונִין. כְּמָה דִּמְסַדְרִין יִשְׂרָאֵל תִּקּוּנַיְיהוּ לְגַבֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, הָכִי קַיָּימָא כֹּלָּא, וְהָכִי אִתְסָדַר. וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר בְּךָ אֶתְפָּאָר, בְּאִינּוּן גַּוְונִין דִּכְלִילָן דָּא בְּדָא, שְׁפִירוּ דְּכֻלְּהוּ.

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