📕 TUESDAY PRAYER: BINAH-MAIN READING OF THE WEEK – THE ZOHAR BOOK
READING: SUNSET MONDAY
Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 252
ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson
The Torah speaks not of man, but of the Light that disappeared and
concealed itself. Hence, it is defined as “slain.” Gone is the great Light, with
which Moshe shone upon Israel. And this Light is called the “Egyptian,” for
in Egypt Moshe was born, grew up, and attained the great Supernal Light, the
Light that delivered Israel from Egypt.
- A man of mirror. It is written, mirror and man, as it is written, a Godly
man, the husband of that mirror, of the Creator’s glory, Malchut. For with
this degree he merited ruling over the entire land in all of his desire—a feat
unmatched by any other.
The difference between Moshe and the other prophets is that Moshe is the
foundation of ZA, as he constructs and passes the Light from ZA to Malchut,
whereas the other prophets are the foundation of Malchut, and receive from
her. Hence, it is written of him: “Godly man,” the husband of Malchut, called
the “Creator’s greatness.” And why is Moshe called the husband of Malchut?
Because he attained the level of ZA and gives the Light to Malchut. Therefore, it
is written that his attainments are beyond anyone else’s, for the other prophets
receive from Malchut, and are therefore ruled by her.
He who attains Malchut receives from her. The degree called Moshe means
that he who attains it gives the Light to Malchut, instead of receiving from her.
Yet, how can this be? How can one possibly rise above Malchut if all our souls
originate from her and exist in the worlds of BYA? This indicates the state of
ascent above Malchut, which is how Moshe ascends to Bina. - This is the Creator’s staff that was delivered to him, as it is written,
“With the Creator’s staff in my hand.” This is the staff that was created on
the evening of the sixth day of the creation, before Shabbat. And His Holy
Name is contained in it. And with this staff Moshe sinned by striking it
twice against the rock. The Creator said to him: “Moshe, it is not for this
purpose that I have not given you My staff; thus, it will no longer be in your
possession henceforth.”
The words “evening” and “twilight” signify the state of mitigation of Malchut’s
strictness by the properties of Bina to an extent that it becomes impossible to
distinguish Malchut from Bina. This is because on Shabbat, Malchut ascends to
AVI and becomes Bina. However, on the twilight of Shabbat, Malchut is not
yet Bina, but is no longer Malchut (everything in the book speaks only of the
properties of spiritual objects, for nothing but desires exists in the spiritual
worlds. Only in our world are desires clothed in physical bodies).