HESED: MAIN READING OF THE WEEK – THE ZOHAR BOOK

Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 126.

ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson

Kabbalists, those who ascend to the spiritual world and thus establish direct
contact with the Creator, convey this information to us using four languages:

1. The language of the TaNaKh (Torah—Pentateuch, Nevi’im—Prophets,
   Ketuvim—Writings/Hagiographa). This is the language of the
   written Torah.
2. The language of laws.
3. The language of legends.
4. The language of Sefirot and Partzufim—the language of Kabbalah.
   All the languages speak about the same thing—the attainment of the Creator
   by us, those living in this world. For this is the sole purpose of our creation, and
   according to the Creator’s design, we must devote all of our physical, mental,
   and spiritual abilities only to it. And if we were to aspire only to this, we would
   naturally use our language only for this purpose. After all, everything that is
   given to us is only for the fulfillment of this exclusive goal—the attainment of the
   sensation of the Creator, while still in this life.
   And this is why the first language mastered by humankind was Hebrew.
   However, as they distanced from fulfilling their mission, humankind conceived
   other languages. All the other languages in the world have their inner meaning,
   too, but since their alphabets were not revealed to us by Kabbalists, we study the
   spiritual forces depicted in the Hebrew alphabet, the source of all the others.
   Every Partzuf is divided into two parts: right and left. The right part consists of
   Ramach = Reish – Mem – Chet = 248 parts (organs) filled with the Light of Hassadim;
   and the left part consists of Shasah = Shin – Samech – Hey = 365 parts (tendons)
   filled with the Light of Hochma. ZA is called a “voice”; he is generally the Light of
   Hassadim. But when he joins with Malchut, called “speech,” Malchut receives the
   Light of Hassadim with Hochma from ZA, and thus “speech” is formed.
   The seven primary Sefirot of ZA are called “Seven Heavens.” The seventy
   names of ZA originate from the 70 (7 x 10) Sefirot of ZA. ZA himself is called
   “Heaven” and Malchut is called “earth.” The Sefirot of ZA are also called Ruach,
   owing to the Light of Ruach within them, which ascends to Bina (ears) and
   transforms into sound: Hochma in the left ear and Hassadim in the right.
   There is a difference between language and alphabet, as in our world there
   are people who can speak, but cannot read or write. The most ancient spoken
   language is that of the TaNaKh, which dates back to Adam. The language of laws
   originated from it, followed by the language of legends. All of these languages
   combined and each of them in particular are used in our holy scriptures.
   The language of Kabbalah was the last to develop. It is the most difficult
   language, since proper understanding of it requires sensing the spiritual categories that this language narrates. Kabbalah is also the most precise language of all. It is the only language that can accurately render all the spiritual information.