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Donkeys Heaven Ox Precepts Shabbat Tfilin Torah

56. All should rest from their work ON SHABBAT AND HOLIDAYS, EACH ACCORDING TO ITS OWN ASPECT, like the ox that carries a yoke, and a donkey that carries a burden. This is also the case among those WHO TAKE UPON THEMSELVES the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven, such as Tefilin - THEY ARE EXEMPT ON SHABBAT AND HOLIDAYS, or the yoke of a heathen kingdom; EVERYBODY, according to their actions, have rest from their work. For he who is not occupied with the Torah and the precepts takes upon himself the yoke of a heathen kingdom, while he who is occupied in the Torah and precepts takes upon himself the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven, which is the last Hei OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, called the 'Kingdom of Heaven'!

56. וְאִית הַשְׁבָּתַת מְלָאכָה, כְּגוֹן שׁוֹר, דְּאִית לֵיהּ עוֹל. וַחֲמוֹר, דְּאִית לֵיהּ מַשְׂאוֹי. בֵּין עוֹל מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם, כְּגוֹן תְּפִילִין. בֵּין עוֹל מַלְכוּת עכו"ם, כְּפוּם עוֹבָדַיְיהוּ, בְּאִלֵּין יוֹמִין אִית לוֹן הַשְׁבָּתַת מְלָאכָה וְנַיְיחָא. מַאן דְּלָא אִתְעֲסַּק בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא וּבְפִקּוּדִין, אִית לֵיהּ עוֹל מַלְכוּת עכו"ם. וּמַאן דְּאִתְעֲסָּק בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא וּבְפִקּוּדִין, אִית לוֹן עוֹל מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם, דְּאִיהִי ה' בַּתְרָאָה, מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם אִתְקְרִיאַת.

Asiyah Brit (Covenant) Briyah Camp Covenant (Brit) Creation Daughter Earth Egypt Heaven Hebrew Letters Klipot (Shells – Negativity) Neshamah (Soul) Precepts Samael Serpent Shabbat Shells (Klipot) Soul (Neshamah) Tablets Tfilin Worlds Yetzirah

57. Surely it is the yoke of the precepts, since all creatures that are in heaven and earth were created by it, AS THE WHOLE REALITY OF THE THREE WORLDS BRIYAH, YETZIRAH, ASIYAH CAME OUT OF MALCHUT. Hence, it says, "These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created (BeHibaram)" (Beresheet 2:4), which has the letters BeHei-Bra'am (lit. 'He created them with Hei'). At the coming of Shabbat or a holiday, Binah descends, which is Yud-Hei-Vav - CHOCHMAH, BINAH, AND DA'AT OF BINAH - upon Hei, which is the Kingdom of Heaven, WHICH IS THEN an additional Neshamah. And She, BINAH, is "engraved (Heb. charut) upon the tablets" (Shemot 32:16). THE TABLETS ARE MALCHUT, AND THE INSPIRATION OF BINAH UPON HER GIVES HER FREEDOM (HEB. CHERUT) FROM ALL THE KLIPOT. SHE IS THE SECRET OF "I am," of the Exodus, NAMELY THE WORDS, "I AM HASHEM YOUR ELOHIM, WHO HAS BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT" (SHEMOT 20:2). BINAH spread Her wings upon the Daughter, MALCHUT, and upon Her camps, and they have rest. It says of the camps of Samael and the Serpent: "And all people of the earth shall see that you are called by the Name of Hashem; and they shall be afraid of you" (Devarim 28:10). THE NAME OF HASHEM IS THE SIGN OF THE TEFILIN, BUT the sign of the Tefilin, the sign of the Shabbat, the sign of holidays, and the sign of the Covenant are all the same. IT SAYS OF ALL OF THEM: "AND ALL PEOPLE OF THE EARTH SHALL SEE THAT YOU ARE CALLED BY THE NAME OF HASHEM."

57. עוֹל מִצְוֹת אִיהִי וַדַּאי, בְּגִין דְּבָהּ אִתְבְּרִיאוּ כָּל בִּרְיָין דִּשְׁמַיָּא וְאַרְעָא, הה"ד אֵלֶּה תוֹלְדוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ בְּהִבָּרְאָם. בְּה' בְּרָאָם. וְכַד יֵיתֵי שַׁבָּת וי"ט, נַחְתַּת בִּינָה דְּאִיהוּ יד"ו, עַל ה,' דְּאִיהִי מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם נְשָׁמָה יְתֵירָה, וְאִיהוּ חָרוּת עַל הַלּוּחוֹת. אָנֹכִי בִּיצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם, וּפְרִישַׁת גַּדְפָהָא עַל בְּרַתָּא, וְעַל מַשִּׁרְיָין דִּילָהּ, וְאִית לוֹן נַיְיחָא. וְאִתְּמַר בְּמַשִּׁרְיָין דְּסָמָאֵ"ל וְנָחָשׁ, וְרָאוּ כָּל עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ כִּי שֵׁם יְיָ' נִקְרָא עָלֶיךָ וְיָרְאוּ מִמֶּךָ, אוֹת תְּפִלִין וְאוֹת שַׁבָּת , וְאוֹת דְּיוֹמִין טָבִין, וְאוֹת בְּרִית כֻּלְּהוּ שְׁקִילִין.

Angels Crowns Donkeys Head Metatron Ox Precepts Shabbat Shadai Slavery Zeir Anpin

58. There is the sign of the name Shadai, THE ANGEL Metatron, CALLED 'a servant.' Several servants follow him. They are in charge over those who observe the precepts for the sake of a reward, OVER WHOM Metatron and his legions are in charge. Of them, it is written: "That your ox and your donkey may rest; and your slave and handmaid" (Shemot 23:12). Those who do not observe the precepts for the sake of a reward are the children of the King and Queen, ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, and on weekdays they are crowns and diadems on the heads of the mentioned servants. Of them, it says: "he that makes use of the crown shall perish," FOR HE WHO MAKES USE OF THOSE CHILDREN, WHO ARE DIADEMS TO THE SERVANTS, DEPARTS AND PASSES AWAY FROM THE WORLD. The stranger who approaches them, THOSE SONS, shall die, SINCE ON WEEKDAYS THEY ARE considered as Shabbat in relations to the servants.

58. וְאִית אוֹת דְּשַׁדַּ"י, דְּאִיהוּ מְטַטְרוֹ"ן עֶבֶד, וְכַמָּה עַבָדִין תַּלְיָין מִנֵּיהּ, דִּמְמָנָא עַל אִלֵּין דְּעַבְדִין פִּקּוּדֵי עַל מְנָת לְקַבֵּל פְּרָס. מְטַטְרוֹ"ן וּמַשִּׁרְיָין דִּילֵיהּ מְמָנָן עָלַיְיהוּ. בְּגִינַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר, לְמַעַן יָנוּחַ שׁוֹרְךָ וַחֲמוֹרֶךָ וְעַבְדְךָ וַאֲמָתְךָ. אֲבָל אִינּוּן דְּעַבְדִין פִּקוּדִין שֶׁלֹֹּא עַל מְנָת לְקַבֵּל פְּרָס, אִינּוּן בְּנוֹי דְּמַלְכָּא וּמַטְרוֹנִיתָא. וְאִינּוּן כִּתְרִין וְתָגִין עַל רֵישָׁא, דְּעַבָדִין בְּיוֹמִין דְּחוֹל. וּבְגִינַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר וּדְאִשְׁתַּמַּשׁ בְּתָגָא חֲלָף, וְהַזָּר הַקָּרֵב לְגַבַּיְיהוּ יוּמַת. דְּשַׁבָּתּוֹת אִתְקְרִיאוּ לְגַבֵּי עַבָדִין.

Egypt Pharaoh, The Precepts Rosh Hashanah Slavery Tfilin Torah Wicked Wickedness

59. For this reason WE RECITE, ON MUSAF OF ROSH HASHANAH (THE JEWISH NEW YEAR), 'either as children or as servants.' 'Either as children,' as it says: "You are the children of Hashem your Elohim" (Devarim 14:1), or 'as servants,' AS WRITTEN, "For to Me the children of Yisrael are servants" (Vayikra 25:55), and not the other nations. Those wicked who are not occupied in the Torah and the precepts, and do not take upon themselves the yoke of the Torah and the yoke of the Tefilin and the other precepts, are servants to the nations of the world that enslave them, as in: "We were the slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt" (Devarim 6:21).

59. ובג"ד, אִם כְּבָנִים אִם כַּעֲבָדִים. אִם כְּבָנִים, דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן בָּנִים אַתֶּם לַיְיָ' אֱלֹהֵיכֶם. אִם כַּעֲבָדִים, כִּי לִי בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲבָדִים וְלָא שְׁאָר אוּמִין. אַבָל אִינּוּן חַיָיבַיָא דְּלָא מִשְׁתַּדְּלִין בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא וּמִצְוֹת, וְלֵית עָלַיְיהוּ עוֹל תּוֹרָה וְעוֹל תְּפִלִין, וּשְׁאָר פִּקוּדִין, אִינּוּן עֲבָדִין לְאוּמִין דְּעָלְמָא, וּמִשְׁתַּעֲבְּדִין בְּהוּ. כְּגוֹן עֲבָדִים הָיִינוּ לְפַרְעֹה בְּמִצְרָיִם.

Donkeys Egypt Horses Ox Precepts Shabbat Torah

60. If they observe the Shabbat and holidays, it says of them: "And Hashem our Elohim brought us out of Egypt" (Ibid.). The verse that says of them: "That your ox and your donkey may rest," shall be fulfilled, SINCE THEY ARE like donkeys in relation to the Torah and the precepts. "And the son of your handmaid and your cattle...may be refreshed." The ignorant are called 'cattle.' For after one makes himself under THE ASPECT OF a man of the Torah, this verse shall be fulfilled: "Hashem, You preserve man and beast" (Tehilim 36:7). THAT IS, this will be fulfilled if he is like a horse which is patient, and does not kick him when his master rides on it; SO SHOULD HE BEHAVE, LIKE A HORSE UNDER THE KNOWLEDGEABLE STUDENT OF THE TORAH.

60. וְאִי נַטְרֵי שַׁבָּתוֹת וְיָמִים טוֹבִים, אִתְּמַר בְּהוּ וַיוֹצִיאֵנוּ יְיָ' אֱלֹהֵינוּ. וְיִתְקַיָּים בְּהוּ, לְמַעַן יָנוּחַ שׁוֹרְךָ וַחֲמוֹרֶךָ, חֲמוֹר בַּתוֹרָה וּבְמִצְוֹת, וְיִנָּפֵשׁ בֶּן אֲמָתְךָ וּבְהֶמְתֶּךָ, עַם הָאָרֶץ בְּהֵמָה אִקְרֵי. וּלְבָתַר דְּיֵיעוּל גַּרְמֵיהּ תְּחוֹת אָדָם בַּתּוֹרָה, יִתְקַיָּים בֵּיהּ אָדָם וּבְהֵמָה תּוֹשִׁיעַ יְיָ.' אִם הוּא כַּסּוּס דְּרָכִיב עָלֵיהּ מָארֵיהּ, וְסָבִיל לֵיהּ, וְלָא מְבָעֵט מָארֵיהּ.

Angel of Death Angels Dogs Precepts Samael Shabbat

61. Why should the ignorant be patient with a wise student? Since the Torah scholar is like the Shabbat day, he should BE AS ONE who has nothing of his own, AS THE WEEKDAYS MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR SHABBAT AND SHABBAT HAS NOTHING. If the ignorant man is generous toward him with his money and is in the habit of doing his wish, to attend upon him and observe the precepts as he desires, "Hashem, you preserve man and beast," shall be fulfilled in him. He will preserve him from theft and robbery and from the Angel of Death, so that he will have no power to slaughter him with his blemished knife. Whatever is slaughtered with a blemished knife is a carcass not slaughtered ritually, of which it is written: "You shall cast it to the dogs" (Shemot 22:30), which is Samael, WHO IS CALLED 'A DOG.'

61. וּמַאי סְבִילוּ דְּעַם הָאָרֶץ לְת"ח. בְּגִין, דת"ח כְּיּוֹם שַׁבָּת צָרִיךְ אִיהוּ, דְּלֵית לֵיהּ מִדִּילֵיהּ, וְאִי עַם הָאָרֶץ סָבִיל לֵיהּ בְּמָמוֹנֵיהּ, וְאִתְנְהִיג בֵּיהּ כְּפוּם רְעוּתֵיהּ לְשַׁמְּשָׁא לֵיהּ, וּלְאִתְנָהֲגָא בְּפִקּוּדִין כְּפוּם רְעוּתֵיהּ, יִתְקַיֵּים בֵּיהּ אָדָם וּבְהֵמָה תּוֹשִׁיעַ יְיָ.' יוֹשִׁיעַ לֵיהּ מִשּׁוֹד וּגְזֵלָה, יוֹשִׁיעַ לֵיהּ מִמַּלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת, דְּלָא שַׁלִּיט עָלֵיהּ, וְיִשְׁחָט לֵיהּ בְּסַכִּין פָּגוּם דִּילֵיהּ. וְכָל מַאן דְּשָׁחִיט בְּסַכִּין פָּגוּם, נְבֵלָה אִיהוּ, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ לַכֶּלֶב תַּשְׁלִיכוּן אוֹתוֹ, דְּאִיהוּ סָמָאֵ"ל.

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