TIFERET: MAIN READING OF THE WEEK – THE ZOHAR BOOK

Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 139.

ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson

And the Creator consented to create the world with the letter Bet, with its
property; for it has no impure counterpart, only Bet presents an opportunity
to carry out an analysis between good and evil, to determine when man works
for himself and when he works for the Creator’s sake. Therefore, only by its
force, by its property can the world exist: so as to extract from the “mixture”
of one’s desires only what’s pure, and elevate them above the impure, down to
complete eradication of the latter, and the consequent attainment of complete
correction of one’s nature.
As it follows from The Zohar, only the Creator’s help, called “a blessing,” is
the force of man’s salvation, the only thing capable of freeing him from the rule
of the impure forces. And this force, called “blessing,” descends only upon those
that advance along the right path.
The right path is a combination of three conditions: (i) one’s efforts in
studying (only!) genuine Kabbalistic sources; (ii) contact with a true Kabbalist,
whom he accepts as his teacher; and (iii) contact with like-minded people, who
seek spiritual elevation. A more detailed explanation will be provided to serious
students only.
All twenty-two letters are divided into three degrees: Bina, Zeir Anpin (ZA),
and Malchut, since there are no Kelim (letters) above Bina. Twenty-two letters in
Bina are called “big,” twenty-two letters in ZA are called “medium,” and twentytwo
letters in Malchut are called “small.”
Each of the three Sefirot of Bina, ZA, and Malchut are further divided into
three degrees: The twenty-two letters of Bina contain their own Bina, ZA, and
Malchut. Likewise, ZA has his own ten Sefirot, in which his Bina, ZA, and Malchut
also contain twenty-two letters. The same applies to Malchut.
The twenty-two letters of each degree are divided into three types. The letters
from Aleph to Tet (1–9) are considered units; these are the nine Sefirot of Bina.
The letters from Yod to Tzadik (10–90) are considered tens; these are the nine
Sefirot of ZA. And finally, the four letters Kuf, Reish, Shin and Tav (100–400) are
considered hundreds; and these are the four Sefirot of Malchut, since Malchut is
located below and downwards of Chazeh de ZA, which corresponds in height to
the four Sefirot of ZA.
Bina, units, big letters, nine letters: Aleph, Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Hey, Vav,
Zayin, Chet, Tet.