The Rose: Part 5
The Seed & the Fruit
Adapted from the Zohar by Peretz Auerbach; click here
for the introduction to the series.
So in the same manner is the lily which sits upon 5 sepals
- resembling the 5 fingers. And this lily [corresponds to] the goblet of
blessing.
There are 5 words from the 2nd " Elo-him"
[mentioned in the Torah] to the 3rd "Elo-him" ["and the spirit
of Elo-him hovered (1) upon (2) the face (3] of the waters (4). And said
(5) Elo-him let there be light" (Gen. 1:3)].
From the third "Elo-him" until the end of the story of
Creation, "light" is mentioned 5 times. These are the roots of the 5 chasadim
of bina, which are given to malchut to shine to the world.
However, G-d did not want the wicked to benefit from this light, so he then took
it away from malchut, and hid the light in yesod....
From here and further the light that was
created and was hidden and included in the covenant [yesod] - these went
into the lily and brought out of her seed.  | | " Those who decide to be righteous thereby attach themselves to the hidden depths of malchut...." | | |
Even though the light was taken away from malchut -
this was only to keep it from being revealed. But the Supernal Emanator shined
the light into the yesod, which shined it (in a hidden way) to malchut.
Those who decide to be righteous thereby attach themselves to the hidden depths
of malchut, automatically opening access to this light.
These 5 chasadim are the spiritual "semen". Yesod
is thus called a tree that makes fruit in malchut. And this fruit is the
souls of the righteous, which are born from the unification of Zeir Anpin
and Nukva.
And this is called "the tree that makes fruit that seed is
in it". And that seed actually endures in the sign of the covenant.
This means to teach us that the spiritual yesod, unlike
its physical counterpart, does not lose when it gives its flow to the malchut.
But these 5 chasadim remain in the yesod afterwards - just like
the candle that lights another remains lit.
And just as the form of the covenant is sown in 42 paired
unifications of that seed, thus is sown the engraved explicit name in the 42
letters of Creation. | | " The concept of covenant means the connection of two sides...." | | |
Here, "the covenant" refers to the "upper covenant", meaning the
supernal mouth of Arich Anpin, which is above Zeir Anpin. The
concept of covenant means the connection of two sides. Both the mouth and
yesod are called "covenant" because through them comes relationship and flow
of one to another. Conceptually, upper and lower spiritual levels are viewed as
form and matter to each other. The mouth, which produces speech, being the more
spiritual type of relationship, is therefore called the "form" of the covenant.
The Zohar here briefly hints at the secret of how the covenant
of the partzufim Zeir Anpin and Nukva came about. The above
partzuf Arich Anpin went through raising up 2 names "Eh-yeh"
each one gematria 21, together 42. The palate reacted by shining down the
name yud- hei- vav (of Ban), which equals 42. Together they formed
these 42 paired unifications from which the seed of the yesod of Arich
Anpin was created.
This root of the 42 paired unifications above
then manifested in the children born (the 6 sefirot of Zeir
Anpin) to the 42-Letter Name. This name is composed of 7 6-letter divisions
- each of them corresponding to one of these sefirot. They are all
included in the sixth one (the yesod) and there manifest as seed. Thus
are the 42 unifications "sown" into Zeir Anpin through the 42 Letter
Name. To proceed to the next entry in this series of articles
on the Zohar, The Rose: Part 6 - click here.
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