"But if a priest's daughter be married to a stranger"

Synopsis

We learn from Rabbi Aba that when God completed the world below, He wished to complete the body of man with the soul, so He created him male and female. Only when a man joins with his wife and they have a son and daughter is man complete in the likeness of above. If a man does not have children his soul does not join the Holy Name when he dies. Rabbi Aba tells us that "a priest's daughter" is the holy soul, because it issued from the union of Zeir Anpin and Malchut. He adds that "no stranger shall eat of it" means that anyone who did not have children will not be able to partake of the supernal delight in God.

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92. פָּתַח רִבִּי אַבָּא וְאָמַר, כְּתִיב וּבַת כֹּהֵן כִּי תִהְיֶה אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה וְזֶרַע אֵין לָהּ וְגוֹ,' זַכָּאָה חוּלָקֵיהוֹן דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מִכָּל עַמִּין עע"ז, דְּהָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא כַּד בָּרָא עָלְמָא, לָא בָּרָא לֵיהּ אֶלָּא בְּגִינֵיהוֹן דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּגִין דִּיְקַבְּלוּן אוֹרַיְיתָא בְּטוּרָא דְּסִינַי, וְיִתְדָּכוּן בְּכֹלָּא, וְיִשְׁתַּכְּחוּן זַכָּאִין קָמֵיהּ.

Body Breath Earth Female Ground Head Likenesses Male Soul, The

93. Come and see: When this world was completed in Yisrael as above, NAMELY LIKE THE UPPER MALE AND FEMALE, and Adam was placed on earth with his head reaching the top of the sky, the Holy One, blessed be He, wanted to complete the holy soul from above downward, so that they would be united and connected to each other, the SOUL WITH THE BODY AND THE BODY WITH THE SOUL. Hence, it says, "And Hashem Elohim formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath (lit: 'soul') of life" (Beresheet 2:7), so that they would cleave to one another, and he would be complete in the likeness of above and prepare himself in this way.

93. תָּא חֲזֵי, כַּד אִשְׁתְּלִים הַאי עָלְמָא בְּהוּ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, כְּגַוְונָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וְהַהוּא אָדָם אִתְנְעִיץ בְּאַרְעָא, וְרוּמֵיהּ מָטֵי עַד צֵית שְׁמַיָא, בָּעָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְאַשְׁלְמָא נִשְׁמְתָא קַדִּישָׁא מֵעֵילָּא לְתַתָּא, בְּגִין דְּיִתְאֲחִיד וְיִתְקְשָׁר דָּא בְּדָא, הה"ד וַיִּיצֶר יְיָ' אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן הָאֲדָמָה וְגוֹ.' לְמֶהֱוֵי קָשִׁיר דָּא בְּדָא, וְיִשְׁתְּכַּח שְׁלִים כְּגַוְונָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וִיְשַׁלֶם וִיתַקֵּן גַּרְמֵיהּ הָכֵי.

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94. ובג"כ בָּרָא לֵיהּ דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא, לְמֶהֱוֵי שְׁלִים. וְאֵימָתַי אִקְרֵי ב"נ שְׁלִים כְּגַוְונָא דִּלְעֵילָּא בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאִזְדְּוָּוג בְּבַת זוּגֵיהּ בְּאַחֲדוּתָא בְּחֶדְוָותָא בִּרְעוּתָא, וְיַפִּיק מִנֵּיהּ וּמִנוּקְבֵיהּ בֵּן וּבַת. וּכְדֵין הוּא בַּר נָשׁ שְׁלִים כְּגַוְונָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וְאַשְׁלִים הוּא לְתַתָּא, כְּגַוְונָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא עִלָּאָה, וּכְדֵין אִתְקְרֵי שְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא עִלָּאָה עָלֵיהּ.

Daughter Holy Name Likenesses Soul, The

95. וּבַר נָשׁ דְּלָא בָּעֵי לְאַשְׁלְמָא שְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא לְתַתָּא, טַב לֵיהּ דְּלָא אִתְבְּרֵי, דְּהָא לֵית לֵיהּ חוּלָקָא כְּלַל בִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא. וְכַד נָפִיק נִשְׁמָתֵיהּ מִנֵּיהּ, לָא אִתְאַחֲדָא בֵּיהּ כְּלַל, דְּהָא אַזְעָרַא דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּמָארֵיהּ עַד דְּאִתְקַשְּׁרָא וְאִתְתַּקְּנַת בְּכֹלָּא.

Body Bread Children Daughter Female Holy Name Likenesses Male Priests Soul, The Zeir Anpin

96. This is the meaning of: "But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child..." "A priest's daughter" is the holy soul, called a King's daughter, for the holy soul issues from the union of the King and Queen, ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, as we have explained. As the body below is composed of male and female, the soul above TOGETHER WITH THE BODY, IS MALE AND FEMALE, THE SOUL BEING FEMALE AND THE BODY MALE. THIS IS THE MEANING OF THE WORDS: "be a widow;" NAMELY, THE SOUL WOULD BE WIDOWED without the body to which she cleaved, for it died; "or divorced," for it was divorced from its portion in the Holy Name. And all this is for what reason? Because it would "have no child" in whom it may find the likeness above with which to attach itself to the Holy Name, AS EXPLAINED BEFORE. THEREFORE, it "has returned to her father's house" (Vayikra 22:13). What is "returned?" Just 'returned,' namely it corrects itself as it used to be before DESCENDING INTO A BODY. Then it "has returned to her father's house:" This is the Holy One, blessed be He, "as in her youth" (Ibid.) as before, AFTER IT IS RIGHTED, "she shall eat of her father's bread" (Ibid.) and delight in the delights of the King.

96. הה"ד וּבַת כֹּהֵן כִּי תִּהְיֶה אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה וְגוֹ.' וּבַת כֹּהֵן, דָּא נִשְׁמְתָא קַדִּישָׁא, דְּאִתְקְרֵי בְּרַתָּא דְּמַלְכָּא, דְּהָא אוּקְמוּהָ דְּנִשְׁמְתָא קַדִּישָׁא מִזִוּוּגָא דְּמַלְכָּא וּמַטְרוֹנִיתָא נַפְקַת. וּבְגִינֵי כַּךְ הֵיךְ גּוּפָא דִּלְתַתָּא מִדְּכָר וְנוּקְבָּא, אוּף הָכִי נִשְׁמְתָא לְעֵילָּא. כִּי תִּהְיֶה אַלְמָנָה מֵהַהוּא גּוּפָא דְּאִזְדַּוְּוגַת בֵּיהּ, וּמִית. וּגְרוּשָׁה, דְּאִתְתַּרְכַת מֵהַהוּא חוּלָקָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא. וְכָל כַּךְ לָמָּה, בְּגִין דְּזֶרַע אֵין לָהּ לְאִשְׁתַּכְּחָא כְּגַוְונָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וּלְאִתְקַשְּׁרָא בִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא. וְשָׁבָה אֶל בֵּית אָבִיהָ, מַאן וְשָׁבָה. וְשָׁבָה סְתָם, לְאִתְתַּקְנָא כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין. וּכְדֵין וְשָׁבָה אֶל בֵּית אָבִיהָ, דָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. כִּנְעוּרֶיהָ: כִּקַדְמֵיתָא. מִלֶּחֶם אָבִיהָ תֹּאכֵל, לְאִתְעַנְּגָא בְּעִנּוּגָא דְּמַלְכָּא.

Daughter Holiness (Kedushah) Holy Name Kedushah (Holiness) Offering

97. From now on, "no stranger shall eat of it (lit. 'holiness')"(Ibid.), who is a stranger - he who did not establish the Holy Name below, NAMELY DID NOT BEGET A SON AND A DAUGHTER, has no part in it. 'Shall not eat of it:' He has no part in the supernal pleasure, which has THE ASPECT OF eating, as written, "Eat, O dear ones" (Shir Hashirim 5:1), referring to supernal eating, the delight of the Holy One, blessed be He. This delight dwells wherever DELIGHT dwells, when the savor of the offering would rise.

97. מִכָּאן וּלְהָלְאָה, וְכָל זָר לֹא יֹאכַל קֹדֶשׁ. מַאן הוּא זָר. הַהוּא דְּלָא אוֹקִים שְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא דְּתַתָּא, וְלֵית לֵיהּ בֵּיהּ חוּלָקָא. לֹא יֹאכַל קֹדֶשׁ, לֵית בֵּיהּ חוּלָקָא מֵעִנּוּגָא דִּלְעֵילָּא דְּאִית בֵּיהּ אֲכִילָה, דִּכְתִּיב אִכְלוּ רֵעִים, אֲכִילָה דִּלְעֵילָּא, עִנּוּגָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא הֲוֵי, וְהַאי עִנּוּגָא שַׁרְיָא, בַּאֲתַר דְּשַׁרְיָא כַּד רֵיחָא דְּקָרְבְּנָא הֲוָה סָלִיק.