MAIN READING OF THE WEEK: The Zohar Book

Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 102.

ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson

THE MOTHER LENDS HER CLOTHES
TO HER DAUGHTER

(Continuation)

(Haya is one type of Ohr Hochma. There is one Light that the Creator
emanates, or rather, the sensation of the Creator we refer to as Light. This
sensation depends on the desires-Kelim in which we feel Him. And since there
are only two types of desires-Kelim, those of “bestowal” and those of “reception,”
there exist only two types of Light, Hassadim and Hochma. However, each of
them includes several subtypes, and Ohr Haya constitutes a particular form of
Ohr Hochma. This is because Hochma is the Light or pleasure that is felt by the
will “to receive,” whereas Hassadim is the pleasure that is felt by the will “to
bestow.” If only the Kelim of bestowal (GE) are present in the Partzuf, it is filled
with Ohr Hassadim; and if it has the strength to receive for the Creator’s sake, it
is filled with Ohr Hochma.) (Do not confuse this with MA, which is used here,
where MA = Malchut with ZA = MA in Gematria).

The Zohar explains that the Light descends from the name Elokim thanks
to the merging of MI and ELEH. ZA is called “Heaven.” YESHSUT is above
Heaven (ZA). There is no MI in Heaven (ZA), only MA. However, after Ohr
Hassadim clothes Ohr Hochma (the Light ELEH = AHP clothes the Light of MA
= GE), all the letters combine and ascend by the name Elokim above Heaven =
ZA = MA to YESHSUT = Bina = MI.

MI (Bina) is above the second restriction, above its ban, as her properties
are higher, better than those to which the restriction extends: the property
of Bina is “not to receive anything,” which is why the ban of the second
restriction—to not receive—simply does not apply to her, for in her essence,
she has no desire to receive.

There remains only the ban of Tzimtzum Aleph, the restriction imposed on
the reception of Light in Malchut herself (Malchut de Malchut), the central point
of all creation, the only creating being. Malchut herself is egoistic, but if she has
a Masach and only receives the Light by means of a Zivug de Hakaa (resistance
to one’s own desire, only for the Creator’s sake) on the desires of bestowal, such
reception does not occur in Malchut, but rather in the first nine Sefirot. Hence,
Malchut can receive the Light in her first nine Sefirot.

In other words, if Malchut has the will (strength) to receive (enjoy) the Light
(pleasure) not for herself, but only because the Creator so desires, then she
receives only this amount of Light (pleasure). In order to receive the Light under
such a condition, Malchut (man’s inclination to pleasure and enjoyment) must
first reject all incoming pleasure, which Malchut perceives to be right there before
her. This is referred to as the Light’s (the pleasure’s) impact against the screen
and its reflection off the screen (the reflection of pleasure by force of will so as
to not receive, in spite of the natural, primordial desire to receive pleasure).