TUESDAY PRAYER: GEVURAH-MAIN READING OF THE WEEK – THE ZOHAR BOOK
READING: SUNSET MONDAY
Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 184.
ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson
Subsequently, AA created AVI and confirmed the absence of Ohr Hochma in
them, due to the absence of AHP de Kelim. These AHP are the HALL in which
the entire Light of Hochma is concealed (GAR de Neshama, GAR de Haya, and
GAR de Yechida). This KEY IS KEPT HIDDEN IN A HALL: Bina is a hall for
Ohr Hochma. Malchut ascends to GAR de Bina (AVI) and rules there, but the
absence of Ohr Hochma is not felt there, for the properties of AVI want only Ohr
Hassadim; this is what is important to them, as it completely substitutes the Ohr
Hochma. And VAK de Bina is ruled by the key, Ateret Yesod.
IN THAT KEY, FOR IT LOCKS AND UNLOCKS EVERYTHING—
concealments and revelations are made by Malchut that stands in NE: when
Malchut ascends to NE she conceals Ohr Hochma, since in such a case, the Partzuf
remains without its Kelim of AHP—it cannot use its desires to “receive” for the
Creator’s sake. Consequently, it contains no Ohr Hochma, for Ohr Hochma can
only be received in Kelim de AHP.
And when a Partzuf receives strength from Above to resist the egoistic
desires of reception of its Kelim de AHP, and can receive for the Creator’s sake,
this means that it has acquired a screen against its desires, and can also work
with them for the Creator. It then brings its Malchut back from the NE to the
Peh. Put differently, it elevates its Kelim (desires of AHP) to the Rosh and begins
to calculate how much Light it can receive within them for the Creator’s sake.
However, the received pleasure must not be too great, or it will make the Partzuf
enjoy it egoistically. Afterwards, the Partzuf receives Ohr Hochma in its Guf.
Thus, only Malchut that stands in NE allows or forbids the Light from
entering the Partzuf. And since she must let the Light into the Partzuf in ZAT
(where the rule belongs not to Malchut that ascended to NE, but to Ateret Yesod,
called “key”), whereas the GAR of each Partzuf remain with Ohr Hassadim (they
desire only the Light of Hassadim), letting the Light in or preventing it from
entering the Partzuf depends only on the key, and not on Malchut herself.
- That hall conceals tremendous treasures piled one upon the other. And
there are fifty tightly closed gates in that hall, which are meant to block
access to the Light. They were divided into four sides and became forty-nine
gates, for one gate has no side, and it is unknown whether it exists above or
below. Hence, it remained closed.