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Through the lulav, we draw down supernal consciousness
Before
Rosh Hashanah, Zeir Anpin and
Nukva are connected back-to-back. Thus, Zeir
Anpin must be put to sleep; his
intellectual facilities must ascend to Imma, rendering him unconscious.
Afterwards, He and Nukva are
face-to-face and their "reuniting" progresses step by step.
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Kabbalah illustrates the mystical roots of the Four Species of Sukkot.
The mitzva of the Four Species of Sukkot requires 1 etrog, 1 lulav, 3 hadas branches and 2 willow branches. Thus there are actually 7 in all, alluding to the seven sefirot that build the world, as Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai explains.
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Kabbalah teaches that the roof of the sukkah channels divine consciousness.
While the explicit reason for dwelling in a sukkah during the holiday of Sukkot is to commemorate the miraculous exodus from Egypt and G-d's shelter as we traveled through the desert, the Ari explains that the sukkah serves as a model of the spiritual worlds and conduit for expanded consciousness, channeling divine benevolence into the Lower Realms.
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