Yitro: Chapter 32

"Remember the Shabbat day to keep it holy," part two

Synopsis

We are reminded that the Sabbath includes the whole Torah, and he who keeps the Sabbath is considered to have kept the entire Torah.

This section talks about 'remember' and 'keep,' and the three grades - the supernal Sabbath, the Sabbath day, and Sabbath night - that include all the secrets of the whole Torah: The Law, the Prophets and the Writings.

Body Covenant (Brit) Shabbat Shepherd Torah

527. "Remember the Shabbat day, to keep it holy" (Shemot 20:8). This is the secret of the Holy Covenant, WHICH IS YESOD, for in this Covenant lie all the sources of the limbs of the body, and it comprises everything. In the same manner, the Shabbat day includes all the Torah, all of its secrets originate in it. And he who keeps the Shabbat is considered as one who keeps the whole Torah.

527. זָכוֹר אֶת יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ דָּא אִיהוּ רָזָא דִּבְרִית קַדִּישָׁא. וּבְגִין דִּבְּהַאי בְּרִית קַיְימִין כָּל מְקוֹרִין דְּשַׁיְיפֵי גּוּפָא, וְאִיהוּ כָּלַל כֹּלָּא. כְּגַוְונָא, דָּא שַׁבָּת אִיהוּ כְּלָלָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְכָל רָזִין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא בֵּיהּ תַּלְיָין, וְקִיּוּמָא דְּשַׁבָּת, כְּקִיּוּמָא דְּכָל אוֹרַיְיתָא, מַאן דְּנָטִיר שַׁבָּת, כְּאִילּוּ נָטִיר אוֹרַיְיתָא כֻּלָּא.

Praise Shabbat Torah

528. Ra'aya Meheimna (the Faithful Shepherd). The twenty-fourth commandment is to remember the Shabbat day, as written, "Remember the Shabbat day, to keep it holy." We have explained the secret of Shabbat in many places. It is to be remembered as the day of the world's rest, and it includes the whole Torah, and he who keeps the Shabbat is considered as one who keeps the whole Torah. We have already learned that a man who remembers the Shabbat has to sanctify it in all manners of sanctifications. He who remembers the King has to praise Him, and he who remembers the Shabbat day, has to sanctify it, as we have already learned.

528. (רעיא מהימנא) פִּקּוּדָא כ"ד, לְמֶהֱוֵי דָּכִיר יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת, כד"א זָכוֹר אֶת יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ. רָזָא דְּשַׁבָּת, הָא אוֹקִימְנָא בְּכָל אִינּוּן דּוּכְתֵּי, יוֹמָא דּוּכְרָנָא דְּנַיְיחָא דְּעָלְמָא וְאִיהוּ כְּלָלָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. וּמַאן דְּנָטִיר שַׁבָּת, כְּאִילּוּ נָטִיר אוֹרַיְיתָא כֻּלָּא. וְהָא אִתְּמַר, דּוּכְרָנָא דְּשַׁבָּת, לְקַדְּשָׁא לֵיהּ בְּכָל זִינֵי קְדוּשִׁין. מַאן דְּאִדְכַּר לְמַלְכָּא, אִצְטְרִיךְ לְבָרְכָא לֵיהּ, מַאן דְּאִדְכַּר שַׁבָּת, צָרִיךְ לְקַדְּשָׁא לֵיהּ וְהָא אִתְּמַר.

Faith Grades Head Keter Shabbat Zeir Anpin

529. "Remember" applies to the Male, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, and "keep" applies to the Female, WHICH IS MALCHUT. The Shabbat day is the secret of the whole Faith which is suspended from the supernal head, WHICH IS KETER, to the bottom of all the grades. Shabbat is everything.

529. זָכוֹר לִדְכוּרָא אִיהוּ. שָׁמוֹר אִיהוּ לְנוּקְבָּא. יוֹם שַׁבָּת, רָזָא דְּכָל מְהֵימָנוּתָא, דְּתַלְיָא מֵרֵישָׁא עִלָּאָה, עַד סוֹפָא דְּכָל דַּרְגִּין, שַׁבָּת אִיהוּ כֹּלָּא.

Grades Shabbat Zeir Anpin

530. There are three grades and all of them are called Shabbat. These are the supernal Shabbat, WHICH IS BINAH, Shabbat day, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, and Shabbat night, WHICH IS MALCHUT. All of them are called Shabbat, and when the time comes for one of them to rule, all the others are invited to rule with it. And when it is manifested in the world, all come to be with it.

530. תְּלַת דַּרְגִּין אִינּוּן, וְכֻלְּהוּ אִקְרוּן שַׁבָּת. שַׁבָּת עִלָּאָה. שַׁבָּת דְּיוֹמָא. שַׁבָּת דְּלֵילְיָא. וְכֻלְּהוּ חַד וְאִקְרֵי כֹּלָּא שַׁבָּת. וְכָל חַד, כַּד אִיהוּ שַׁלְטָא, נָטִיל לְחַבְרוֹי, וְזָמִין לוֹן בַּהֲדֵיהּ, בְּהַהוּא שׁוּלְטָנוּ דִּילֵיהּ. וְכַד הַאי אָתֵי לְעָלְמָא כֻּלְּהוּ אַתְיָין וּזְמִינִין בַּהֲדֵיהּ.

Meals Shabbat

531. When the time of SHABBAT night comes, it invites the Shabbat day to its palace, and they are both hidden. Once it comes, the supernal Shabbat is drawn over it, and all of them are concealed in the palace of the SHABBAT night. Therefore, the meal on SHABBAT night is as significant as the one during the Shabbat day.

531. כַּד אָתֵי לֵילְיָא, זַמִין בַּהֲדֵיהּ לְשַׁבָּת דִּימָמָא, וְזַמִין לֵיהּ בְּהֵיכָלֵיהּ, וְאִתְטָמַּר בַּהֲדֵיהּ. כֵּיוָן דְהַאי אַתְיָא, שַׁבָּת עִלָּאָה אִתְמְשָׁךְ עָלֵיהּ, וְכֻלְּהוּ גְּנִיזִין בְּהֵיכְלָא דְּלֵילְיָא וּבג"ד סְעוּדָתָא דְּלֵילְיָא חָמוּר כִּדְבִימָמָא.

Grades Shabbat Torah Zeir Anpin

532. When the time of SHABBAT day comes, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, it invites the other two, the supernal and the lower grades - the one which illuminates, NAMELY BINAH, and the one which is illuminated from it, NAMELY MALCHUT. All these three grades together are called 'Shabbat' and rule on the day of Shabbat, and they include and are the secrets of the whole Torah: The Law, the Prophets and The Writings. And he who keeps the Shabbat keeps the whole Torah.

532. כַּד אָתֵי יְמָמָא, זַמִין בַּהֲדֵיהּ לִתְרֵין אִלֵּין אַחֲרָנִין, דַּרְגָּא עִלָּאָה וְדַרְגָּא תַּתָּאָה, דָּא דְּאַנְהִיר לֵיהּ, וְדָא דְּאִתְנְהִיר מִנֵיהּ. וְכֹלָּא כַּחֲדָא אִקְרֵי שַׁבָּת, וְשַׁלְטִין בְּיוֹמָא דְּשַׁבָּת. וְאִלֵּין תְּלַת דַּרְגִּין, אִינּוּן כְּלָלָא וְרָזָא דְּכָל אוֹרַיְיתָא, תּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב, נְבִיאִים וּכְתוּבִים. מַאן דְּנָטִיר שַׁבָּת, נָטִיר אוֹרַיְיתָא כֻּלָּא.

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