📕 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 221

ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson

69. And this reverse man then flies across the empty firmament, traversing
    6,000 Parsaot in one bound. And as soon as this empty firmament stops,
    an impure woman emerges at once, seizes onto this empty firmament, and
    partakes in it. She leaves it and slays hundreds of thousands, for as long as she
    remains in this firmament, she has the authority and power to fly and traverse
    the whole world in an instant.
    All that stems from the empty firmament stems from the impure force, which
    is correspondingly opposite the Supernal, holy wisdom of Ohr Hochma. The
    Sefira Hochma equals 1,000, and so it is written that it flies across the firmament
    in 6,000 = six Sefirot HGT NHY of Partzuf Hochma, each of which equals 1,000.
    After the new heavens of the impure male part, called the “empty heavens,”
    were completed, the power of its female half, Nukva (“the great abyss”), was
    revealed. Her force attacked the firmament with falsehood by the Creator’s
    name; she soared through the sky, and the heavens were then called Tohu.
    Since Nukva of the impure forces partakes in this firmament, she becomes
    stronger and grows even more than the male level of the impure part. This is
    because the male impure part reaches up to VAK of Hochma, which equals 6,000
    Parsaot, whereas Nukva grows to the full ten Sefirot, i.e., the entire world.
    Therefore, she is immensely powerful and can destroy many, for, as Rashi
    says, “The Creator created one opposite the other.” And just as new, Holy
    Heavens and lands are created thanks to the MAN raised by the righteous, new,
    impure heavens and lands are created through the MAN raised by those who do
    not know exactly how one should work for the Creator.
70. It is written of it: “Do not facilitate fruitless transgression.” Transgression
    is related to the male part, and is as heavy as wagon shafts. What is this
    transgression? It is the impure Nukva. With reins she draws the male impure
    part to fruitlessness. And then, as a result, a transgression is committed, as
    the male part draws itself towards this Nukva, who grows strong and flies off
    to slay people. And many does she slay. And who is it that caused all this? It
    is those that study the Torah, but do not attain Ohrah and Morah (Light and
    bestowal). May the Creator be merciful to them!
    As was already mentioned above, the male impure part is not as evil as the
    female part. This is so because it makes itself similar to the holy part of the
    creature; hence, it is called fruitless. However, due to this similarity, it has great
    power to ensnare man, as, for example, just as the sages do, it encourages people
    to study the Torah. Yet, its goals are different from that of the Creator; it wants
    to receive wisdom (Hochma), and not to become altruistic.