🌕 THURSDAY PRAYER: GEVURAH-KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה

READING: BETWEEN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND DAWN WEDNESDAY

KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה : 🌳

– PRAYER OF CONCESSION ON FULL MOON

ACT OF GRATITUDE: READING OF AN EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK OF SHAMATI

AND THEY SEWED FIG-LEAVES
I heard on Shavat, 26, February 16, 1947

There is no counsel to exit that state, except as it is written,
“and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles.”
Girdles refer to forces of the body that joined in the form a shade
of Kedusha. It means that although now they do not have Light,
since the abundance departed due to the sin, they still overcome
in serving the Creator by mere force, above reason, which is
called “by force.”
It is written, “And they heard the voice of the Lord, etc.,
and the man and his wife hid themselves,” meaning they went
into the shade. This is the meaning of “and Moses hid his
face,” meaning Adam ha Rishon (The First Man) did the same
as did Moses.
“And said unto him: ‘Where art thou?’ And he said: ‘I
heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I
was naked; and I hid myself.’” Naked means stripped off the
Upper Light.
The Creator asked, what is the reason that you came to the
shade, called, “and I hid myself” for I am naked? Is it because of
a shade of Kedusha or because of a sin? The Creator asked him:
“Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that
thou shouldest not eat?” meaning because of a sin.

-Baal HaSulam, Shamati, page 128

POSTED IN ARVUT BY: Celina Syuy