HOCHMA: MAIN READING OF THE WEEK – THE ZOHAR BOOK

Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 113.

ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson

THE MOTHER LENDS HER CLOTHES
TO HER DAUGHTER

(Continuation)

This Light is called 600,000, for the degree of Malchut designates units,
the degree of ZA—tens, the degree of YESHSUT—hundreds, the degree of AVI—
thousands, the degree of AA—tens of thousands.
There are two parts in AVI: their own part, where they are regarded as
thousands, and the part from Ohr Hochma that is received from Rosh de AA, where
they are regarded as AA, that is, tens of thousands. However, they cannot be
considered a complete degree of AA, but only as its VAK, for they clothe AA from
the Peh down to the Chazeh. And since VAK = Vav Ketzavot = 6 Sefirot x 10 = 60,
the degree of VAK de AA equals 60 x 10,000 = 600,000.
Therefore, when Malchut ascends to AVI, she receives a complete, perfect
number—600,000, where 60 signifies that it is merely VAK, for Malchut has
not yet reached Rosh de AA and that she still lacks this degree. And the degree
of 10,000 refers to AA, the part that clothes in AVI, for AVI are VAK de AA.
Therefore, Malchut contains the number 600,000.
Thus, two degrees are recorded in Malchut:
– MI, the degree of AVI that clothes in Malchut, through which Malchut
receives the degree of the Upper World and is called accordingly,
while the Light in it is called 600,000.
– MA, the degree of YESHSUT that clothes in Malchut, through which
Malchut has a question, the sensation of lack of Ohr Hochma, and the
request for its reception. Malchut is therefore called the “lower world.”
These two degrees create one Partzuf within Malchut: her part that is above
the Chazeh is clothed in AVI, and her part that is below the Chazeh is clothed in
YESHSUT. Therefore, in the generations, in Malchut’s descendants, each Partzuf
consists of two parts (degrees): from the Upper Part (MI) there is a Light of
600,000, and from the lower part (lower world, MA), there is an absence of
number (perfection) in each descendant.
The phrase, THEY BRING FORTH INNUMERABLE HOSTS is not
interpreted as infinitely big. Rather, “Innumerable” indicates the imperfection
of the Light that is received in the lower part, as it comes from YESHSUT, the
degree that is without a number.
Malchut’s descendants are therefore defined as imperfect, as these two
degrees exist in her as one, and are connected as one. Hence, there are two
degrees in Malchut’s descendants: the Upper One—600,000, and the lower
one—without a number. However, the lower one is defined as supplement to
perfection and is not considered a flaw.