📕 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 229

ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson

Meanwhile, during the 6,000 years, the Creator elevates Malchut to Bina, and
as a result, she receives Supernal Adornments, greater than the ones she had had
in the world of AK. For there she acted as the end of all Sefirot, but now she has
risen to act in the place of GAR, in AVI, which are called “holy of holies.”
If Malchut is in Yesod, the lack of Ohr Hochma is felt. But if Malchut ascends
to AVI (where Ohr Hassadim is present, and there is absolutely no need for Ohr
Hochma), this state is defined as perfect.
Malchut is called “fear,” for she was restricted to refrain from receiving the
Creator’s Light within her desire to receive pleasure. Therefore, she does not
receive the Light from Above within her desire to receive pleasure. Instead,
she receives the Light only in Ohr Hozer (Returning Light), when she refuses
to use her egoism.
This occurs in the following way: first, Ohr Yashar (Direct Light) comes from
the Creator to Malchut and wishes to enter her (Malchut feels both the delight
and her own desire to receive and enjoy it). Secondly, by wishing to be like the
Creator, Malchut repels the Light (prohibits herself from receiving the delight).
This renunciation of egoistic pleasure is called Ohr Hozer (Returning Light),
because Malchut repels the Light (pleasure) from her. Thirdly, after Malchut
has created Ohr Hozer, she begins to receive Ohr Yashar in it (her new desire
to receive only because the Creator wants her to). This reception is possible
because Malchut has an anti-egoistic force, will power, called a screen.
The spiritual world is a realm of sensations, desires, and forces, not vested
in shells-garments, like the corporeal bodies in our world. Similarly, all the
characters depicted in Kabbalah do not designate any images; rather, they
demonstrate interactions of forces and properties.
Therefore, a circle implies that the Light shines completely unrestrictedly in
every place and to the same extent, so there can be no change in its radiance.
A square or a rectangle indicates restrictions, which create differences between
the sides: right and left, top and bottom. Hence, the head has a round shape
with regard to the rectangular shape of the body, for the Rosh (head) is free of
restrictions, but VAK (body) are not.
Shabbat is a spiritual state, when ZON ascend to AVI and clothe them. As
a result, the lower Shabbat (ZON) and the Upper Shabbat (AVI) merge into one.The Upper Shabbat (AVI) is designated by a circle, and the lower Shabbat (ZON)
is designated by a square. On Shabbat, ZON merge with AVI, depicted as the
square’s ascent and insertion into the circle.