NETZACH: MAIN READING OF THE WEEK – THE ZOHAR BOOK

Main Reading for PRAYER OF MANY, today with ENGLISH ZOHAR READING, page 117.

ARVUT OF : Robin Anderson

THE LETTERS OF RABBI HAMNUNA-SABA

2. Rabbi Hamnuna-Saba said: “In the first four words of the Torah, IN THE
   BEGINNING THE CREATOR CREATED Et – Beresheet Barah Elokim
   Et, the first two words begin with the letter Bet, and the following two begin
   with Aleph” (The letter Aleph is pronounced both as “A” and “E”). It is said
   that when the Creator thought to create the world, all of the letters were still
   concealed, and even 2,000 years before the creation of the world, the Creator
   gazed into the letters and played with them.
   In the language of Kabbalah, the same sentence appears in the following
   way: when the Creator (Bina) decided to create the world (ZON of the world
   of Atzilut), the Kelim of ZON (Zeir Anpin and Nukva) were still in Bina. Hochma
   and Bina (Aba ve Ima – AVI) are called 2,000 years. Before the creation of the
   world (the birth of ZON), all the letters (the Kelim of ZON) existed in AVI in
   the form of MAN, and MAN always stimulates a desire in the Upper One to
   attend to it.
   With regard to the lower Partzuf, the Upper One is called the Creator,
   for it truly begets it, and whatever the lower one receives, comes directly from
   its Upper One. Moreover, one may say that this is all that the Upper One
   desires, its entire existence is meant exclusively for the lower one. Therefore,
   the Upper One always waits for the lower one’s genuine request for the desire
   to ascend spiritually, which is called MAN. Provided this desire is sincere, the
   Upper One immediately responds and passes the powerful Light of correction
   to the lower one.
   Since the lower one is ZON of the world of Atzilut, and all that is below
   this Partzuf (all the worlds of ABYA and our world) is considered a part
   of it, AVI of the world of Atzilut constitute the Upper Partzuf. The desires
   and properties of ZON are called “letters,” and here The Zohar explains the
   properties that ZON (the spiritual worlds and our world, we ourselves) were
   created with, which properties are desirable, which require correction, and
   how this correction is achieved.