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Adam Book of the Generations of Adam Creation Earth Likenesses Torah

62. Rabbi Yitzchak and Rabbi Yosi were sitting and studying the Torah in Tiberias. Rabbi Shimon passed before them. He asked them, With what are you occupied? They answered him, The verse which we have learned from our master. He said to them, Which is that? They responded, That which is written, "This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that Elohim created man, in the likeness of Elohim He made him" (Beresheet 5:1). And after all, we have learned that the Holy One, blessed be He, showed to Adam all those generations that in the future will be born onto earth, and all the leaders and all the sages that in the future will be present in each and every generation.

62. רַבִּי יִצְחָק וְרַבִּי יוֹסִי, הֲווֹ יַתְבֵי יוֹמָא חַד וְלָעָאן בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא בִּטְבֶרְיָא. אַעְבָּר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, אָמַר לוֹן בְּמַאי עַסְקִיתּוּ, אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ, בְּהַאי קְרָא דְּאוֹלִיפְנָא מִנֵּיהּ דְּמֹר, אָמַר לוֹן מַאי אִיהוּ. אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ, הַאי דִּכְתִּיב זֶה סֵפֶר תוֹלְדוֹת אָדָם בְּיוֹם בְּרוֹא אֱלֹהִים אָדָם בִּדְמוּת אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה אוֹתוֹ. וְהָא אִתְּמַר, דְּאַחְמֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְאָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן, כָּל אִינּוּן דָּרִין דַּהֲווֹ זְמִינִין לְמֵיתֵי לְעָלְמָא, וְכָל אִינּוּן פַּרְנָסִין, וְכָל אִינּוּן חַכִּימִין, דַּהֲווֹ זְמִינִין בְּכָל דָּרָא וְדָרָא.

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63. And this is a secret we have learned. "This is the Book," NAMELY there are two books. There is an upper book and there is a lower book. The lower book is called 'the Book of the Remembrance,' WHICH MEANS the Book of that Remembrance, which is a certain Righteous one, NAMELY YESOD, called "this (Heb. zeh)." AND MALCHUT IS HIS BOOK. In order not to separate them, since they are always together and form one, it is therefore written, "This (Heb. zeh) is the book" - two levels which are one, the principle of Male and Female. FOR "THIS" IS MASCULINE, YESOD, AND THE "BOOK" IS FEMININE, MALCHUT.

63. וְרָזָא אוֹלִיפְנָא, זֶה סֵפֶר. אִית סֵפֶר וְאִית סֵפֶר. סֵפֶר לְעֵילָּא, סֵפֶר לְתַתָּא. סֵפֶר לְתַתָּא אִקְרֵי סֵפֶר הַזִּכָּרוֹן, סֵפֶר דְּהַהוּא זִכָּרוֹן, וְדָא חַד צַדִּיק, וְאִקְרֵי זֶה. וּבְגִין דְּלָא לְאַפְרְשָׁא לוֹן, דְּאִינּוּן תָּדִיר כַּחֲדָא בְּיִחוּדָא חֲדָא, כְּתִיב, זֶה סֵפֶר תְּרֵין דַּרְגִּין דְּאִינּוּן חַד, כְּלָלָא דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא.

Adam Eden Righteous Rivers Soul, The Water Zeir Anpin

64. And this is one principle, all those souls and spirits that fly into human beings, which consist of all the descendants, are assuredly in the secret of the generations of Adam, NAMELY THE DESCENDANTS OF THE UPPER MAN, REFERRING TO ZEIR ANPIN. This is because from this Righteous all the souls fly forth with one desire. And this is the watering of the Garden that this river, which went forth from Eden, gives, as it is written, "And a river went out of Eden to water the Garden" (Beresheet 2:10). THE EXPLANATION, FROM YESOD FLOWED THE SOULS AND SPIRITS OF THE GARDEN, WHICH IS MALCHUT, and this is the secret of Adam, as it is written, "the generations of Adam."

64. וְדָא אִיהוּ כְּלָלָא חֲדָא, דְּכָל אִינּוּן נִשְׁמָתִין וְרוּחִין דְּפַרְחִין בִּבְנֵי נָשָׁא, כְּלָלָא דְּכָל תוֹלְדוֹת, אִינּוּן בְּרָזָא תוֹלְדוֹת אָדָם וַדַּאי. דְּהָא מֵהַהוּא צַדִּיק דְּקָאָמַר, פַּרְחִין אִינּוּן נִשְׁמָתִין בְּתִיאוּבְתָּא חֲדָא, וְדָא אִיהוּ שַׁקְיוּ דְּגִנְתָּא דְּאַשְׁקֵי הַהוּא נָהָר דְּנָפִיק מֵעֵדֶן, דִּכְתִּיב וְנָהָר יוֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַגָּן. וְדָא אִיהוּ רָזָא דְּאָדָם, דִּכְתִּיב תוֹלְדוֹת אָדָם.

Adam Creation Zeir Anpin

65. Afterwards, THE WORDS, "In the day that Elohim created man," refer to the lower man, because there are two men mentioned in this verse. One refers to the secret OF ADAM from above, and one refers to the secret OF ADAM from below. Adam, in the secret of above, WHICH IMPLIES ZEIR ANPIN, is within the mystery of that verse concealed in Male and Female, in one secret. As it is stated, "This is the book," which comprises Male and Female together, AS STATED BEFORE. When they together produced offspring, they were openly called 'man' (Adam), as it is written "the generations of Adam."

65. לְבָתַר בְּיוֹם בְּרוֹא אֱלֹהִים אָדָם, דָּא אָדָם דִּלְתַתָּא, דְּהָא תְּרֵין אָדָם כְּתִיבֵי בְּהַאי קְרָא, חַד רָזָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וְחַד רָזָא דִּלְתַתָּא, אָדָם דְּאִיהוּ רָזָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, אִיהוּ בִּגְנִיזוּ, דְּגָנִיז קְרָא, בִּדְכַר וְנוּקְבָּא בְּרָזָא חֲדָא, דִּכְתִּיב זֶה סֵפֶר, דָּא כְּלָלָא דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא כַּחֲדָא. כֵּיוָן דְּעָבְדוּ תוֹלְדוֹת כַּחֲדָא, קָרָא לוֹן אָדָם, דִּכְתִּיב תוֹלְדוֹת אָדָם.

Adam Creation Likenesses Mirror Soul, The

66. After it was revealed from the first supernal mystery of the verse, NAMELY, IT WAS REVEALED THAT "THIS IS THE BOOK" ALLUDES TO THE SUPERNAL MAN, WHOSE GENERATIONS ARE THE SOULS AND SPIRITS OF HUMAN BEINGS AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, He created the lower man as it is written, "In the day that Elohim created man, in the likeness of Elohim He made him." "In the likeness," MEANS Adam was like a mirror with figures that appear in it; the figures do not stay fixed in the mirror for very long, but fade away from it. It is also HERE, "in the likeness of Elohim."

66. לְבָתַר דְּאִתְגַּלְיָיא מִלְּתָא, מִגּוֹ סְתִימוּ עִלָּאָה קַדְמָאָה דִּקְרָא, בָּרָא אָדָם לְתַתָּא, דִּכְתִּיב בְּיוֹם בְּרוֹא אֱלֹהִים אָדָם בִּדְמוּת אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה אוֹתוֹ. בִּדְמוּת דְּאָדָם אִיהוּ כְּהַאי חֵיזוּ דְּאִתְחָזֵי דִּיּוּקְנִין בֵּיהּ, וְאִינּוּן דִּיּוּקְנִין לָא קַיְימִין בְּהַהוּא חֵיזוּ בְּדִיּוּקְנָא בְּקִיּוּמָא, אֶלָּא מִתְעַבְּרָן מִינֵּיהּ, אוּף הָכִי בִּדְמוּת אֱלֹהִים.

Chariot Creation Female Likenesses Male Torah Zeir Anpin

67. Another interpretation, "In the likeness of Elohim," MEANS the shape of the limbs of male and female, in the secret of back and front. The back is of the secret of "keep," fOR THAT IS A FEMININE ASPECT. The front is the male, in the secret of "remember," WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN. And on these all the commandments of the Torah depend, 613 commandments of the Torah, that are all inclusive. We have learned THAT MAN WAS CREATED after the Creation and before the act of the divine Chariot. And one is dependent upon the other. "In the likeness of Elohim," is in the exact shape OF MALCHUT. So it was explained to me by my master.

67. ד"א, בִּדְמוּת אֱלֹהִים, דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּשַׁיְיפִין דְּכָר וְנוּקְבָּא, בְּרָזָא דְּאָחוֹר וָקֶדֶם. אָחוֹר: בְּרָזָא דְּשָׁמוֹר. וָקֶדֶם: בְּרָזָא דְּזָכוֹר. וּבְאִלֵּין תַּלְיָין כָּל פִּקּוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, שִׁית מְאָה וּתְלֵיסָר פִּקּוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, כְּלָלָא דְּכֹלָּא. וְתָנֵינָן, אָחוֹר לְעוֹבָדָא דִּבְרֵאשִׁית, וָקֶדֶם לְעוֹבָדָא דְּמֶרְכָּבָה. וְכֹלָּא דָּא בְּדָא תַּלְיָא. בִּדְמוּת אֱלֹהִים, בְּהַהוּא דִּיּוּקְנָא מַמָּשׁ, וְהָא אוֹקִים לֵיהּ מֹר.

Book of the Generations of Adam Ears Eyes Face Forehead Hair Hands Lips Seven

68. תּוּ, זֶה סֵפֶר תוֹלְדוֹת אָדָם: לְדִּיּוּקְנִין, בְּרָזֵי דְּדִיּוּקְנִין דְּב"נ, לְאִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעָא בְּאִינּוּן תוֹלְדוֹת דְּב"נ, דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּרָזִין דְּב"נ, בְּשַׂעְרָא, בְּמִצְחָא, בְּעַיְינִין, בְּאַנְפִּין. בְּשִׁפְוָון, וּבְשִׂרְטוּטֵי יְדִין, וּבְאוּדְנִין. בְּאִלֵּין שֶׁבַע בְּנֵי נָשָׁא אִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעָן.