"I am Hashem your Elohim," part two

504. "And Elohim spoke all these words, saying..." (Shemot 20:1); "...all these words..." means that THE TEN UTTERANCES contain everything that there is, above and below.

505. "I," signifies the mystery of the supernal world, NAMELY, THE NUKVA WHICH IS PLACED FROM THE CHEST ABOVE OF ZEIR ANPIN. This is the secret of the Holy Name, Yud-Hei-Vav, BEING THE THREE COLUMNS CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET, WHICH THE NUKVA RECEIVES FROM ZEIR ANPIN. "I," MALCHUT, was first revealed and LATER concealed. She was revealed in the Holy Secret of the Throne, BINAH, FOR MALCHUT WAS THE FOURTH LEG OF THE THRONE, and the moon, MALCHUT, was then in perfect unity WITH ZEIR ANPIN - WHICH MEANS THAT BOTH MALCHUT AND ZEIR ANPIN WERE EQUAL AND WERE UNDER THE SAME CROWN. AND SHE IS HIDDEN when the sun, ZEIR ANPIN, rules. And the moon receives its light from it, not having THEN any praise OF ITS OWN, except the praise of light which ZEIR ANPIN radiates upon it, THUS ITS OWN ASPECT IS HIDDEN. THIS HAPPENED AFTER THE MOON WAS DIMINISHED.

506. "I," SIGNIFIES MALCHUT WHEN SHE IS completing part of the perfection of the Lower Throne - MEANING THAT AFTER SHE WAS DIMINISHED AND DESCENDED FROM ABOVE THE CHEST TO BELOW THE CHEST, AND WAS ESTABLISHED THERE AS THE PRINCIPLE OF THE LOWER THRONE, all the holy living creatures departed from her. Then, being in perfection and beauty, when her Husband, ZEIR ANPIN, comes to her, she is called "I."

507. "I" is the secret WHICH CONTAINS everything together, BY INCLUDING ALL THE 22 LETTERS, AND THE 32 PATHS OF CHOCHMAH, WHICH MEANS all THE 22 letters in the 32 paths of the Torah that permeate from the supernal secret, NAMELY FROM CHOCHMAH. From this "I" all the upper and lower secrets are suspended. "I" contains the secret of the reward kept for the righteous who are the Torah keepers and await Him. Through this "I," they have faith in the world to come. This is derived from, "I am Pharaoh" (Beresheet 41:44), THESE WORDS SAID IN ORDER TO ASSURE JOSEPH THAT HIS PROMISE WILL BE KEPT.

508. The two commandments "I" (Heb. Anochi), and, "You shall have no" (Shemot 20:3), contain the secret of the Torah which is "Remember the Shabbat" (Shemot 20:8), and "Keep the Shabbat" (Devarim 5:12). "I" SIGNIFIES THE SECRET OF "REMEMBER," AND "YOU SHALL HAVE NO," SIGNIFIES THE SECRET OF "KEEP." "I" contains the concealed and kept secret of all the grades of the supernal world, BEING THE YUD, HEI AND VAV united together, AS MENTIONED ABOVE. And when the word "I" had been uttered, all were united within one secret, FOR "I" SIGNIFIES THE UNITY OF ALL THE GRADES.

509. The word "I (Heb. Anochi)" contains the secret of the two thrones WHICH ARE THE SUPERNAL THRONE, BINAH HAVING MALCHUT AS A FOURTH LEG, AND THE LOWER THRONE, BEING MALCHUT HERSELF AFTER BECOMING DIMINISHED, AS MENTIONED ABOVE. Ani, Aleph Nun-Yud (Ani=I) OF "ANOCHI," ALLUDES to the Lower Throne, and the letter Caf of the word "Anochi," ALLUDES to the Supernal Throne.

510. The word "Anochi" INDICATES that the Temple is purified, WHICH IS MALCHUT, and that no stranger has approached it. The Temple alone radiated its light, for then the Evil Inclination was removed from the world and the Holy One, blessed be He, alone was exalted in glory. Then the words, "I am Hashem your Elohim," were uttered, having the complete secret folded in His Holy Name. The letter Aleph OF "ANOCHI" INDICATES the unification of the secret of the Holy Name together with its grades into one, as its secret is the letter Vav OF YUD HEI VAV HEI. The letter Nun IN THE WORD "ANOCHI" INDICATES the secret of standing in awe of the Holy One, blessed be He, knowing that there is a judge and Judgment, the righteous will be rewarded, and the wicked will be punished, for its secret is the lower Hei IN THE NAME YUD HEI VAV HEI.

511. The letter Caf IN THE WORD "ANOCHI" signifies that one should sanctify the Holy Name daily, sanctify oneself through holy grades, and say the everyday prayers to Him to raise the supreme crown, the secret of the Upper Throne, NAMELY BINAH, in a proper manner above the supernal living creatures - WHICH ARE CHESED AND GVURAH, TIFERET AND MALCHUT, FROM THE CHEST ABOVE OF ZEIR ANPIN, AND THE FOUR LEGS OF THE THRONE, WHOSE FOURTH LIVING CREATURE AND FOURTH LEG IS MALCHUT. Its secret is the supernal Hei OF THE NAME YUD HEI VAV HEI, WHICH IS BINAH. SINCE MALCHUT IS THE FOURTH LEG OF THE SUPERNAL THRONE, WHICH IS BINAH, SHE IS CONSIDERED AS PERTAINING TO BINAH AND TO THE UPPER HEI OF YUD HEI VAV HEI.

512. The letter Yud IN THE WORD "ANOCHI" INDICATES that one should study the Torah day and night, and circumcise his son on the eighth day, and sanctify the firstborn, and put on Tefilin, and wear the fringes (Heb. Tzitzit), and affix a Mezuzah, and surrender his life to cleave to the Holy One, blessed be He, with his whole heart. These are the twelve supernal commandments - WHICH ARE ALLUDED TO BY THE WORD "ANOCHI," which include 236 other commandments, BRINGING IT TO 248 POSITIVE COMMANDMENTS - which are included in the words "Remember the Shabbat." FOR "REMEMBER" INCLUDES 248 POSITIVE COMMANDMENTS, AND "KEEP" INCLUDES THE 365 NEGATIVE COMMANDMENTS. This letter is not interchangeable with another place, AS THE ALEPH, NUN AND CAF OF ANOCHI, WHICH ARE INTERCHANGEABLE WITH HEI, VAV AND HEI OF YUD HEI VAV HEI. For the letter Yud signifies the supernal secret of the whole Torah, MEANING THAT IT IS THE SECRET OF THE LOWER CHOCHMAH WHICH UNITES WITH THE LETTER YUD OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, THE SECRET OF THE UPPER CHOCHMAH. THEREFORE, THIS IS NOT A CHANGE OF PLACE. Those twelve COMMANDMENTS include the twelve attributes of Mercy which are derived from them. And one rules THEM ALL, WHICH IS THE ESSENCE OF MALCHUT WHICH IS CALLED "ANOCHI," bringing it to thirteen, CORRESPONDING TO THE THIRTEEN ATTRIBUTES OF MERCY.

513. The commandment "You shall have no other Elohim" (Shemot 20:3), signifies the secret of "keep," which includes the 365 NEGATIVE PRECEPTS in the Torah. The letter Lamed IN "YOU SHALL HAVE NO (HEB. LO, LAMED-ALEPH)" contains the secret of not worshipping or paying respect to other Elohim. The letter Lamed has the form of a tower rising up in the air. One should not be tempted to build A CASTLE to other Elohim, in the secret of building a tower, AS IN THE TIME OF THE GENERATION OF THE TOWER OF BABYLON. Lamed shows that one should not look at the images of idol worshipping, nor think about it, neither bowing, nor subduing oneself to other Elohim.

514. The letter Aleph IN THE COMMANDMENT, "YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER ELOHIM," indicates that one should not replace his Master with other Elohim; he should not even meditate on the existence of another deity besides Him; he should not take counsel from a necromancer or a soothsayer through the medium of the image of man or any other form; he is not to ask of the dead; he is not to practice magic; and he should not swear in another deity's name. Up to this point are the other twelve COMMANDMENTS, the precepts INCLUDED in "keep." From them come the other 353 precepts of "keep," included in these twelve, BRINGING IT TO 365. This is the secret of the word "Anochi," AND, "YOU SHALL HAVE NO."

515. Rabbi Shimon said, We have learned that the word "Anochi" (lit. 'I') includes the above and the below, the upper and lower beings. It includes the holy living creatures. All is included in the secret of "Anochi." "You shall have no," refers to the secret below, of the twelve lower living creatures IN MALCHUT.

516. "You shall not make for yourself any carved idol (Heb. pesel)," alludes to the dross (Heb. pesolet) of that lofty place, NAMELY, THE LEFT SIDE OF HOLINESS, pesel being the refuse of Holiness, the secret of other Elohim, as it is written, "And I looked and behold, a storm wind came out of the north" (Yechezkel 1:4). THE NORTH IS THE SECRET OF THE LEFT SIDE OF HOLINESS. "...Any likeness of any thing..." (Shemot 20:4) as it is written, "a fire flaring up" (Yechezkel 1:4). "For I Hashem your Elohim," so that your heart should be directed upwards, and it should not descend below and approach the portal OF THE OTHER SIDE. He is "a jealous El," for in that place lies jealousy.

517. This is the secret of, "For three things the earth is disquieted" (Mishlei 30:21), which are, "You shall not make for yourself," "a carved idol," and, "any likeness of any thing." For these "the earth is disquieted."

518. It is written, "Punishing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation" (Shemot 20:5). HE WAS PRESENTED WITH THE DIFFICULTY OF THE WORDS, "NOR THE CHILDREN BE PUT TO DEATH FOR THE FATHERS" (II MELACHIM 14:6). AND HE ANSWERS THAT this is the same tree, THE SAME SOUL coming once, twice, thrice, four times, WHICH MEANS IT HAD BEEN INCARNATED AND COME IN FOUR BODIES, being punished for the first sins IN THE FOURTH REINCARNATION. For the father, the son, the third and fourth generations, NAMELY THESE FOUR INCARNATIONS, are one, BEING ONE SOUL that has not done its correction or cared to attend to it. IT IS THEREFORE PUNISHED FOR THE SINS IN THE FIRST INCARNATIONS. The reverse is also true. A tree well established THROUGH INCARNATIONS stands firm, AND OF IT, IT IS WRITTEN, "But showing mercy..." (Shemot 20:5).