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

READING: SUNSET MONDAY

Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 163-164.

ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson

THE LETTERS OF MEM AND LAMED

30. The letter Mem entered and said: “Master of the world, it would be good
    for You to create the world by me, for Melech (King) is called by me.” The
    Creator replied: “That is so, but I shall not create the world by you, for the
    world needs a King. Return to your place. Also, I shall not create the world
    with the letters Lamed and Chaf that form the word MeLeCH (King), as the
    world cannot exist without a King.”
    The letter Mem is the Sefira Hesed in ZA, which receives the Light from its
    corresponding Sefira Hesed in Bina. When, in addition to the Light of Mercy
    in his small state, ZA receives the Light of Wisdom and becomes big, his Sefirot
    HGT turn into Sefirot Hochma-Bina-Daat (HBD). In other words, Hesed in ZA
    ascends and becomes Hochma, thereby revealing a new Light, the Light of
    Hochma, the Light of the Creator’s face.
    This is why the letter Mem claimed that it was suitable for the world to be
    created by it, for it reveals the Creator’s Light to the world, thereby eliminating
    any risk of impure forces clinging to it, and so the world is guaranteed
    complete correction.
    But the Creator answered that it is forbidden to reveal this Light to the
    world, for the world needs for this great Light to first clothe itself in the three
    letters of the word MeLeCH. In other words, the great Light may be revealed in
    the world only if Mem joins with the letters Lamed and Chaf. So the Creator said,
    “Go and join with them.”
    Mem in the word Melech is Hesed. Lamed is Bina, which passes the Light
    to ZA. The letter Chaf is Malchut, Nukva of ZA, for there cannot be a Melech
    (King) without Malchut (Kingdom). Also, all of the Light becomes revealed only
    thanks to Malchut.
    In this case, Malchut shines from ZA in three places:
    1) Malchut becomes a Kisseh (throne) for a King (ZA). A Kisseh derives from
    Kissui (cover, concealment), so it is designated by the bent letter Chaf.
    2) Malchut clothes ZA. Because the great Light is revealed only to Israel,
    Malchut clothes ZA, and when her kingdom is revealed, ZA frees
    himself from her garment and throws it over all the nations of the
    world, idolaters, and the Light of his face pours upon Israel. And all
    the righteous then point their finger at the Creator and say: “This is
    the Creator, to whom I aspired!” This diffusion of Light is designated
    by the letter Chaf.
    3) Malchut becomes a crown on the head of ZA. And this is the property
    of the letter Chaf, of Keter (crown of ZA).