TUESDAY PRAYER: KETER-MAIN READING OF THE WEEK – THE ZOHAR BOOK

READING: SUNSET MONDAY

Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 147.

ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson

All the letters with all their secret properties, described by those who
understand them, are located in the Temple. All the Upper and lower worlds
are created and function in the framework of their laws-properties, and the
Supernal Name, the Creator’s name HaVaYaH rules over all.
The Mishkan (tabernacle) in the Temple was also designed with the help of
letters, for its builder, Betzalel, knew how to join the letters that made Heaven
and earth. And since he was unique in possessing this wisdom, he was entrusted
with the building of the sanctuary.
As the Creator chose Betzalel Above, so He wished him to be chosen below,
as He said to Moshe Above: “Choose Betzalel.” So Moshe said to his people
below: “The Creator has chosen Betzalel.” For such was Betzalel’s name-property
(Be Tzel El)—“In the Creator’s shadow.”
The Creator is called ZA or the Sefira Tifferet in Partzuf ZA, which shines
upon the Sefira Yesod, called Tzadik (righteous one). Betzalel is called Yesod,
which receives the Light of VAK—an incomplete Light—from Tifferet, which is
hence called “sitting in the shadow,” and, in turn, shining into Malchut. Thus,
like Tifferet, the Sefira Yesod that passes this Light also consists of six Sefirot: Hesed-
Gevura-Tifferet-Netzah-Hod-Yesod.
The name of the letter Tav, “truth,” indicates that in order to reach its
level, its degree, one must attain the property of truth. Therefore, the letter Tav
claimed that with its properties man can fully analyze good and evil, renounce
his impure desires as false, and to the degree that he renounces them, draw
closer to the pure desires (forces), and thereby be certain that he will reach the
goal of creation—correction of all his desires (Gmar Tikkun, end of correction).
This corresponds to the saying: “The Creator is close only to those who
truly ask Him for help.” For only with His help can one achieve correction
and spiritual elevation. However, this help only comes to those who genuinely,
“truly” demand it. As soon as man is able to cry out wholeheartedly for the
Creator’s help, he instantly receives it. And if he does not receive an answer
from the Creator—it is a sign that his request is not yet complete, that he did not
yet fully realize his egoistic nature and properties as worthless, has not yet fully
felt his helplessness and inability to exit and correct his properties by himself.
This is why letter Tav was certain that once man acquires its property of truth,
he will be able to reach the goal.