Two Sets of Three, Plus One
Gate of Reincarnations: Chapter Five, Section 4
Translation by Yitzchok bar Chaim;
explanation by Shabtai Teicher
If the Nefesh is not rectified in the first
three gilgulim, then there will be another set of three gilgulim
together with the ibur of a tzadik.
The verse says: All these things G-d does, two or
three times with a man (Job 33:29).
This verse was already mentioned in Section 2 in
conjunction with another, "...Visit the sins of the fathers on the children
for three and four (generations)." We learned that a maximum of four Nefashot
can come into a single body at one time, whether in gilgul or in ibur.
One is the main or host Nefesh and the other three are gilgulim
or iburim. This verse, "All these things G-d does, two or three
times with a man" was also mentioned there, seemingly, as a secondary
source to the rule of quantitative limitation. Now, the Rav will give it a new
interpretation.  | | " It must come back...but not alone since it lacks the ability to become rectified (on its own)" | | |
In the first three gilgulim, the Nefesh of
a person reincarnates by itself without any partnership in the body. However,
if after these three times his Nefesh is still not rectified, it must
come back an additional three times, but not alone since it lacks the ability
to become rectified (on its own).
The first three gilgulim have proven, so to
speak, that he cannot make it on his own.
Therefore, it returns together "with a man."
This is a righteous tzadik who will come as an ibur to help him
and direct him in the right direction.
The "man" that is mentioned in the verse
refers to the soul of a tzadik who comes as an ibur to assist the
host and direct him in the right path.
Therefore, the verse does not say "three
times," which would seemingly refer to the first three times, but rather
"two or three times...."
The Hebrew phrase that is translated "two or
three times" is "pa'amayim shalosh". A literally accurate
meaning of these words is "twice three."
This teaches that during a second set of three gilgulim
he will have a "man" as a partner with him.
Since he did not succeed in the first set of three gilgulim,
he gets a second set of three gilgulim. In this second set, however, he
also gets an ibur, the soul of a tzadik, to help him. To link to the previous article in this reincarnation series,
Ibur and Growth, click here
To link to the next article in this reincarnation series,
Connected Levels of Soul, click here
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