NETZACH: MAIN READING OF THE WEEK – THE ZOHAR BOOK
Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 109.
ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson
THE MOTHER LENDS HER CLOTHES
TO HER DAUGHTER
(Continuation)
And this is because Malchut no longer has a question, for MAN is no longer
raised within her, as she has reached perfection (Light of Haya) and is therefore
called “husband” or master (Adon). Hence, the prophet said: BEHOLD THE
ARK OF THE COVENANT, THE MASTER (Adon) OF ALL THE EARTH
(Yehoshua, 3:11). Malchut is called the “Ark,” for ZA, who bestows upon her,
is called the “Covenant.” The Zohar calls Malchut the “Master of all the earth”
or “husband.”
As a result of the letter Hey in the word MA (Mem-Hey), signifying the female
essence, leaving Malchut, for the letter Hey signifies the presence of a question in
Malchut, i.e., the absence of Ohr Hochma, whereas Ohr Hochma brings absolute
knowledge, all questions disappear, and with them the letter Hey. The letter Yod
ascends to the place of Hey, and Malchut assumes the name MI as Ima, which
signifies Malchut’s reception of the name Elokim, as the name Ima.
- Israel receives the last letters (ELEH) from Above, from Bina down to
that place, i.e., to Malchut, who is now called MI, just like the name Bina. I
pronounce the letters ELEH and my whole soul weeps so as to receive these
letters ELEH from Bina into the house of Elokim, which is Malchut. So that
Malchut would be called Elokim, just as Bina is called Elokim. How can I
receive them? “With joyous songs of praise sung in the voice of the Torah, and
festive throngs” (Tehilim, 42:4). Rabbi Elazar said, “My silence has erected the
Temple Above, which is Bina, and the Temple below, which is Malchut. Of
course, as people say, ‘A word is worth a gold coin (Hebrew – Sela), but silence
is worth two.’ So the words ‘a word is worth a gold coin’ mean that I spoke
and came to regret it. Silence, my silence, is worth twice as much, for the two
worlds, Bina and Malchut, were created by this silence. For had I not kept
silent (see item 11), I would not have attained the unity of both worlds.”
After Hey has left MA and Yod ascended in her place, thereby forming MI,
Israel elevates the LAST LETTERS ELEH to Malchut by raising MAN. As we’ve
already explained, in Katnut, ELEH of the Upper One fell to GE of the lower
one. Hence, they refer to the lower one in Gadlut as well. For when B-ZA-M =
ELEH of the Upper One return to its Rosh, they thereby elevate GE of the lower
one, too. The lower one thus acquires the ELEH of the Upper One and the
Light with which they filled themselves in their present Gadlut.
To equalize with the lower one and enter the state of Katnut, the Upper
One deliberately makes Tzimtzum Bet on its AHP. And upon connecting to the
lower one, the Upper One returns to the state of Gadlut, and passes the Light to
that part of the lower one which they’ve both occupied in the state of Katnut.