"I will cause...the unclean spirit to pass out of the land"

Synopsis

Moses talks about the foreign maidservants that correspond to the Shechinah and that are from the aspect of the poison of death. He says they are the female aspect of Samael, and we learn that Samael and his female used to be servants of God until they made themselves into deities. They became deities because the people on earth worshipped them, and they are materialized in this world among the mixed multitudes. We learn that God will destroy them in the future.

Death Death and the Afterlife Female Matron Samael Shechinah

39. וְאִלֵּין שְׁפָחוֹת נָכְרִיּוֹת, מִסִּטְרָא דְּסַם הַמָּוֶת, נוּקְבָּא דְּסָמָאֵל. דְּשִׁפְחָה הֲוַת לְמַטְרוֹנִיתָא. נוּקְבָּא וְסָמָאֵל אֵל אַחֵר, עֶבֶד הֲוָה לֵיהּ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, לְבָתַר דַּעֲבִידוּ גַּרְמַיְיהוּ אֱלוֹהוּת, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָתִיד לְאַעְבָּר לוֹן מֵעָלְמָא, וּלְמִמְחֵי לוֹן.

Astrology Babel Punishment Sacrifice Stars Tower

40. If you argue that people made them into deities and it was not their own desire, why then were they punished BY BEING DESTROYED FROM THE WORLD? AND HE ANSWERS, when the generation of the Flood and the generation of the Tower of Babel knew of them they burned sacrifices to them and bowed before them. By the power of burning offerings to them and bowing to them, they would descend upon them and do their bidding and speak through the forms THEY MADE. Thus they became deities and idol worship. For that reason the Holy One, blessed be He, intended to wipe them away from the world, NAMELY their images that they worshipped from which they received spirits and images.

40. וְאִי תֵּימְרוּן, אִי בְּנֵי נָשָׁא עַבְדִּין לוֹן אֱלֺהוּת, וְלָא בִּרְעוּתָא דִּלְהוֹן, אֲמַאי אִתְעֲנָשׁוּ. אֶלָּא כַּד הֲווֹ דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל וְדוֹר הַפְלָגָה יַדְעֵי בְּהוֹן, וַהֲווֹ מְקַטְּרִין לוֹן, וְסַגְדִּין לוֹן, וּבְהַהוּא חֵילָא דַּהֲווֹ מְקַטְּרִין לוֹן, וְסַגְדִּין לוֹן, הֲווֹ נַחְתֵּי לְגַבַּיְיהוּ, וְעַבְדֵי רְעוּתַיְיהוּ, וּמְמַלְּלָן בְּהוֹן בְּאִינּוּן צוּלְמִין, הָא אִתְעָבֵידוּ אֱלוֹהוּת וַעֲבוֹדֺת כו"ם. בְּגִין דָּא, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָתִיד לְאַעְבְּרָא לוֹן, וְיִמְחֵי לוֹן מֵעָלְמָא, צוּלְמִין דִּלְהוֹן דַּהֲווֹ פַּלְחִין בְּהוֹן, וְאִשְׁתַּאֲבוּ מִנְּהוֹן רוּחִין וְצוּלְמִין.

Exile Face Female Hatred Idolatry Samael Shechinah

41. When mixed multitudes live in the world, SAMAEL AND HIS FEMALE descend INTO THOSE IMAGES to be materialized in them. THEREFORE the Holy One, blessed be He, will remove them from the world. This is the meaning of the words, "and also I will cause...the unclean spirit to pass out of the land" (Zecharyah 13:2). If you say that during the last exile there is no idol worship because people don't know about them, HE ANSWERS, those among the mixed multitudes who do know anger the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shechinah and Yisrael that are among them. And they have success against the mixed multitudes to fulfill the words, "and repays them that hate Him to their face, to destroy them" (Devarim 7:10).

41. וְכַד אִית בְּעָלְמָא עֵרֶב רַב, נַחְתִּין לְאִתְגַּשְּׁמָא בְּהוֹן, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יַעְבַּר לוֹן מִן עָלְמָא, הה"ד וְאֶת רוּחַ הַטּוּמְאָה אַעֲבִיר מִן הָאָרֶץ. וְאִי תֵּימְרוּן, בְּזִמְנָא דְּגָלוּתָא בַּתְרָאָה, לֵית עכו"ם, בְּגִין דְּלָא יַדְעִין בְּנֵי עָלְמָא בְּהוֹן. וְאִינּוּן דְּיַדְעִין בְּעֵרֶב רַב תַּמָּן, אִשְׁתְּכַח לוֹן דְּמַכְעִיסִין לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּינַיְיהוּ, וְעֵרֶב רַב מַצְלִיחִין בְּהוֹן, לְקַיֵּים מַאי דִּכְתִּיב וּמְשַׁלֵּם לְשׂוֹנְאָיו אֶל פָּנָיו לְהַאֲבִידוֹ.

Angels Form Head Living Creatures Mount Sinai Shepherd Sinai Throne Yeshivah

42. קָמוּ כֻּלְּהוּ תַּנָאִין וַאֲמוֹרָאִין וּבָרִיכוּ לְרַעְיָא מְהֵימָנָא, וְאָמְרוּ לֵיהּ סִינַי סִינַי, מַאן יָכִיל לְמַלְּלָא קֳדָמָךְ, דְּאַנְתְּ בְּדִיּוּקְנָא דְּמָארָךְ, דִּבְזִמְנָא דְּמַלִּיל בְּטוּרָא דְּסִינַי, כָּל חֵיוָן דְּמַלְאָכִין, וְחֵיוָן דְּכֻרְסְיָיא, וְעִלָּאִין וְתַתָּאִין, שַׁתְקוּ, וְלָא אִשְׁתְּכַח דִּבּוּר אָחֳרָא אֶלָּא דִּילֵיהּ. וּבְגִין דְּאַתְּ בְּרֵיהּ בְּדִיּוּקְנָא דִּילֵיהּ, צָרִיךְ לְמִשְׁמַע כֻּלְּהוּ מָארֵי מְתִיבְתָּא מִלִּין מִפּוּמָךְ, אַל תִתֵּן שְׁתִיקָה לְמִלּוּלָךְ.