TUESDAY PRAYER: HOD-MAIN READING OF THE WEEK – THE ZOHAR BOOK
READING: SUNSET MONDAY
Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 148.
ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson
But the Creator answered her that it is not worthy of becoming the basis
of creation, for the forces of judgment that would arise from it would be so
strong that even the complete righteous, who fulfilled the entire Torah from
Aleph to Tav (A to Z) and reached the property of truth, will nevertheless be
punished by it, for they have not destroyed all the sinners, as it is written in
the Talmud (Shabbat, 55).
Furthermore, the Creator declines its request, for it is also the seal of
death, as its power brought death to this world. For man is bound to die, as the
serpent forged its seal and deceived Adam in his understanding of the Tree of
Knowledge. This is why the world cannot exist with its properties.
THE LETTER SHIN
- The letter Shin appeared before the Creator and said: “Maker of the
world, it befits the world to be created with me, for Your own name Shadday
begins with me.” The Creator replied: “You are fine, handsome, and truthful,
but since the letters (properties) of the word Sheker (falsehood) took you to
be with them, I cannot create the world with your properties, for SheKeR
(falsehood) exists only because the letters Kuf and Reish took you.”
Malchut consists of ten Sefirot and has two endings:
1) If she has only her own properties, she contains all ten Sefirot, from
Keter de Malchut to Malchut de Malchut. In this case she firmly restricts
the diffusion of Light and is designated by the letter Tav;
2) If Ima-Bina of the world of Atzilut fills Malchut with her Light, Partzuf
Malchut ends not in the Sefira Malchut, but in the Sefira Yesod, and is
designated by the letter Shin.
The three tips of the letter Shin are called its crown and signify the Light of
Bina, Ohr Hassadim (the Light of Mercy), which descends from Partzuf Ima-Bina
into Partzuf Malchut. This Light of Bina, Ohr Hassadim (the Light of Mercy),
creates new altruistic properties in Malchut, altruistic intentions to receive the
Light for the Creator’s sake, after which Partzuf Malchut can receive the Ohr
Hochma (Light of Wisdom) from ZA (Talmud, Sanhedrin, 22). When bonded
so, ZA and Malchut are called “husband and wife,” and the Light that Malchut
receives from ZA is called “100 blessings.”
This new ending of Partzuf Malchut in the Sefira Yesod instead of in the Sefira
Malchut is therefore called Yesod de Nukva or “the central point of existence,”
for all that exists in the world originates from it and exists thanks to it. Partzuf
Malchut is the sum of all the creatures, and we are all its parts. All the worlds
and all that inhabit them constitute various parts of Partzuf Malchut of the
world of Atzilut.