HESED: MAIN READING OF THE WEEK: The Zohar Book
Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 105.
ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson
THE MOTHER LENDS HER CLOTHES
TO HER DAUGHTER
(Continuation)
As a result of Malchut’s descent, Bina purifies herself from all restrictions and
limitations and returns to receiving Ohr Hochma. And after the Ohr Hassadim
clothes the Ohr Hochma, MI shines in ELEH and the name Elokim is revealed,
meaning that Ohr Hochma shines.
The structure of the name Elokim cannot be found in MA, for the lower
boundary of Heaven (Malchut herself) is limited by Tzimtzum Aleph—the ban
imposed on the reception of Ohr Hochma, and by Tzimtzum Bet’s 6,000-year long
prohibition on the usage of the desires of reception. Hence, The Zohar tells us
that the name Elokim was created with MI, and not with MA, by the property
received by Malchut upon her ascent to Bina.
- But as the letters ELEH descend from Above, from Bina down to Malchut,
for the mother temporarily lends her clothes to her daughter and adorns her
with her own adornments, the name Elokim descends from Bina (mother)
to Malchut (daughter). When does she adorn her with her own adornments?
When she sees the male essence before her. It is then written of her, “Three
times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord Creator” (Shemot,
34:23). For Malchut is then called by the male name “Master.” As it is written:
“Behold the Ark of the Union, the Master of all the earth” (Yehoshua, 3:11).
The Torah is the Union and the Ark is Malchut, called by the male name
“Master.” For she received the Kelim (properties, desires) called “clothes,”
and the Light called “adornments” from her mother, Bina. The letter Hey
(A from MA) then leaves MA (Mem + Hey) and the letter Yod (I) enters in
its stead, and just like Bina, Malchut assumes the name MI. And then she
adorns herself with male clothes, with the clothes of Bina, to accept all the
husbands of Israel.
As it is written (item 13), Tzimtzum Bet is in force from the Rosh of AA
downwards, for Malchut of AA ascended to Bina and created all the lower
Partzufim of the world of Atzilut in the property of Tzimtzum Bet. Thus, each
Partzuf of AA, AVI and ZON has only two Sefirot K-H, and three Sefirot B-ZA-M
separated themselves (their properties) from that degree, and moved to a lower
one (their properties became equal to it). This is how B-ZA-M (AHP of Partzuf
AA) fell to Sefirot K-H (GE) of Partzuf AVI, B-ZA-M (AHP of Partzuf AVI) fell to
Sefirot K-H (GE) of Partzuf ZON, and B-ZA-M (AHP of Partzuf ZON) fell below
Parsa to the worlds of BYA.
Sefirot K-H (GE) that remained in their degree in their Partzuf are called
MI, and Sefirot B-ZA-M that separated (in their properties) and descended (by
equivalence in properties) to a lower Partzuf are called ELEH.