Apr
20
2009
Mishpatim – 5768 – Slavery or Freedom? What is your choice?
Posted by Zion in Exodus, tags: TorahSlavery or Freedom? What is your choice?
Archive for the “Exodus” CategoryThe book of Exodus
Vaera and Bo – a little light pushes away a lot of darkness Terumah deals with the materials, measurements and methods that were needed to build the Tebernacle. The discussion on the parasha is one of the longest in the Zohar and it gives us the real meaning behind the simple story. Most of the articles in Zohar Terumah discuss the connection between Binah and Malchut. Rabbi Shimon said that when G-d created the world (level of Malchut, represented by the last letter "ה" of the Tetragrammaton, "יקוק"), it was in the same process as Above (Binah, represented by the first "ה" of "יקוק").
Apr
20
2009
Tezaveh – Blood on the clothings of the High PriestPosted by Zion in Exodus, tags: TorahThe Kohen\’s work was actually for us. He used to put himself in great risk going into the Holy of Holies to draw the light for us and for the whole world. If the Kohen didn\’t do his work correctly then he would die in the Holy of Holies.
When the Kohen went into the Holy, he had to focus his consciousness in the action to draw the light to the world. This had to be on pure spiritual form because if his body created limitation and if for one split second he thought of him self then the great energy of the Light would burn them. We know that before the destruction of the temples, the Kohanim would die almost every year.
There is an article in the Zohar Tezaveh that talks about walking in the desert and snakes. The Zohar says that G-d directed us to the desert in order to give us the opportunity to fight the snake and control him. The first sin was with the snake and therefore at the beginning of everything we do he always waits for us. In Genesis 4:7 we read “…לַפֶּתַח חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ”, “sin couched at the door”. Why does the Zohar connect the snake with Tezaveh? וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה קַח-לְךָ סַמִּים, נָטָף וּשְׁחֵלֶת וְחֶלְבְּנָה, סַמִּים, וּלְבֹנָה זַכָּה: בַּד בְּבַד, יִהְיֶה.וְעָשִׂיתָ אֹתָהּ קְטֹרֶת, רֹקַח מַעֲשֵׂה רוֹקֵחַ, מְמֻלָּח, טָהוֹר קֹדֶשׁ.וְשָׁחַקְתָּ מִמֶּנָּה, הָדֵק, וְנָתַתָּה מִמֶּנָּה לִפְנֵי הָעֵדֻת בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, אֲשֶׁר אִוָּעֵד לְךָ שָׁמָּה; קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים, תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם. The first three verses with 39 words and relates to the making of the holy anointing oil “שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת-קֹדֶשׁ”. The second set of three verses with 42 words relate to making of the incense “קְטֹרֶת”. The two elements are made only for the priests while serving in the Holy Tabernacle. Anyone else who dares to connect to the oil or to the Incense cut himself from the Light. Genesis is the story code for the thought of creation and setting up the forces that drive our universe. We saw that Abraham disconnected from his roots to connect to the light. Isaac feared G-d to build the desire to connect. Jacob completed the top three connections with his devotion to be with the light without falling to the negativity. The twelve sons created inner paths for the light and Joseph created the channel from the upper to lower. The Israelites left Egypt with a lot of gold, silver and clothing, arriving the sea shore and the Egyptians coming behind them with their top warriors. They got panicked and started crying to G-d. (Exodus 14:11) They said to Moses, "Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? 12 Didn\’t we say to you in Egypt, \’Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians\’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!". “אִם-יְהוָה, לֹא-יִבְנֶה בַיִת שָׁוְא עָמְלוּ בוֹנָיו בּוֹ” Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. (Psalms 127:1) Bezalel and Oholiab completed the job of building the Tabernacle. The Zohar explains that Bezalel whose name means, in the shadow of G-d, utilized the Hebrew letters to create all that he needed. It was mind over matter, the supreme alchemy, using the “chemistry” of the Alef Bet. Rabbi Shimon reveals us in the Zohar that the letters are divided into groups of threes. There are two male letters and one female letter in each group. There are nine females and eighteen males. Total of twenty seven letters (22 base + 5 finals). The nine females are the final four, which are “קרשת” and the five final letters that are “םןץףך”. There are supernal letters that come from Binah (the eighth sefirah) and letters from the level of Malchut. Mishpatim – 5767 – Reincarnation |
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