TUESDAY PRAYER: HESED-MAIN READING OF THE WEEK – THE ZOHAR BOOK
READING: SUNSET MONDAY
Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 173.
ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson
THE LETTERS VAV AND HEY
- The letter Vav entered and said: “It would be good to create the world
with me, for I am a letter from Your Name HaVaYaH (Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey).”
The Creator replied: “Vav, both you and the letter Hey should just be glad to
be contained within My Name. This is why I will not create the world with
your properties.”
Although the letter Yod expressed a similar request, Vav thought that Yod
had been turned down because of its excessive size (spiritual force). This is why
Vav claimed that it would be good to create the world with its properties, i.e.,
according to the letters Vav-Hey in the name HaVaYaH, with the Light of the
Supernal Bina (Ima) of the world of Atzilut.
The Creator responded with the same answer he had given to the letter
Yod—that He restricted it by saying to DaY (Dalet-Yod): “Stop at the letter Shin
and spread no more, so that the impure forces would not cling to you.” Hence,
the letters Vav and Hey are not suitable for the world to be created with their
properties, for even they need protection against the impure forces.
Sefira Tifferet is designated by the big letter Vav (Vav with a head), for it has
all six (Vav) Sefirot: Hesed-Gevura-Tifferet-Netzah-Hod-Yesod. Yesod is the Sefira that is
responsible for passing the Light from ZA to Malchut. This is why it has the same
Light as in Malchut—NHY without HGT, and this is also why Yesod is called the
small Vav (Vav without a head).