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

READING: SUNSET MONDAY

Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 179-180.

ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson

THE SUPERNAL WISDOM

40. Rabbi Yudai asked, “What does the word BERESHEET mean?” It is
    the wisdom, upon which the world, ZA, is established to enter the concealed
    supernal secrets, namely the Light of Bina. Here are the six Supernal and
    great properties, VAK de Bina, from which everything emerges. The six river
    mouths, VAK de ZA, that flow into the Great Sea (Malchut) were formed from
    them. The word BERESHEET consists of the words BARAH (created) and
    SHEET (Aramaic: six), meaning that six properties were created. Who created
    them? He who is unmentioned, concealed, and unknown: Arich Anpin.
    There are two types of Ohr Hochma (Light of Wisdom) in the world of Atzilut:
41. The original Light, Ohr Hochma of AA, called “the concealed Ohr
    Hochma.” This Light of Hochma is present only in Partzuf AA and
    does not spread to the lower Partzufim.
42. Ohr Hochma that descends via thirty-two paths from Bina, who ascended
    to Rosh de AA to receive Ohr Hochma and pass it to ZA. Hence, the
    word Beresheet means Be-Resheet, with-Hochma. However, this is not
    the true Ohr Hochma that is concealed in AA, but rather the Light that
    descends via thirty-two paths from Bina to ZA and sustains ZON.
    It is written that the world is established on the “concealed supernal secrets,”
    for when ZON (called “world”) receive the Light of Hochma of thirty-two paths,
    they ascend to AVI, the concealed supernal secrets. Hence, it is said that ZON
    enter the concealed supernal secrets and attain the degree of AVI, as the lower
    one that ascends to the Upper One becomes equal to it in its properties.
    The word BERESHEET, besides being divided into BE-RESHEET, is also
    divided into BARAH-SHEET (in Hebrew, both words are spelled the same),
    which translates as CREATED SIX—created six Sefirot (properties), called VAK
    (abbreviation of the words Vav Ketzavot, six extremities/properties of ZA, from
    which all creatures emerge).
43. The Sefira Bina fulfills the function of the Sefira Hochma, the source of Ohr
44. Hochma for ZA. Because Malchut ascended to Bina, and Bina departed from Rosh
45. de AA and became like its Guf (body), she cannot receive the Ohr Hochma of AA.
46. But then, thanks to the MAN raised by the lower ones, human beings who
47. are spiritually present in the worlds of BYA, Bina returns to Rosh de AA, receives
48. Ohr Hochma from AA, passes it to ZON, and ZON pass it to all the worlds. It
49. follows that all the worlds emerged from these six properties (extremities), into
50. which Bina was divided.
51. It is therefore written that all six riverheads originate from Bina, and descend
52. into the Great Sea. Bina’s division into six properties, VAK, when she exits Rosh
53. de AA, is called “six sources,” for this is only a source of Light for ZA. But then,
54. when Bina returns to Rosh de AA, they become Ohr Hochma, called the rivers that
55. descend to Partzuf ZA.
56. And they are called “six rivers,” as it is written: “He will drink off the brook
57. in the way; therefore, will he lift up the head” (Tehilim, 110:7). Afterwards, ZA
58. passes this Light into the Great Sea, to his Nukva. The rivers and brooks signify
59. the Light of ZA. VAK de Bina is considered the sources of the Light of Wisdom,
60. Hochma, for it emerged from Bina in the form of VAK with the sole purpose of
61. creating a source of Light for ZON. And had Bina not emerged, ZON would
62. have had no chance of receiving the Light.
63. The word Beresheet has several meanings: Bere = Barah—created six properties
64. without Ohr Hochma, as the word Barah signifies concealment. Hence, the word
65. Beresheet has two meanings:
66. Hochma, as the word Resheet means Hochma.
67. Barah Sheet, which shows how the Sefira Hochma was divided into six
    parts without a Rosh, without Ohr Hochma. These six parts are the
    source of Light for ZON (called the “world”), and these six parts of ZA
    together with Malchut are called the “seven days of creation.”
    However, since the word Barah is inside the word Beresheet, this means that
    it was created by “Him who is concealed and unknown,” i.e., the concealed
    Hochma of Arich Anpin, for it expelled Bina from its Rosh and turned her into
    VAK. In other words, it created the six parts described in Beresheet.
    Beresheet designates Hochma. The Light cannot descend to ZA until Ima-Bina
    comes outside, for because of Tzimtzum Bet, ZAT de Bina fell to ZON. Hence, when
    Bina is in Gadlut, ZA receives Ohr Hochma in his Kelim, the desires of Bina. The word
    Barah in Beresheet = Barah Sheet also means Bar (Hebrew, to exit, to transcend).