And
the
Lord
Appeared
to
Him
1)
It
is
written,
“The
buds
appear
on
the
earth,
the
time
of
pruning
has
arrived,
and
the
voice
of
the
turtledove
is
heard
in
our
land.”
When
the
Creator
created
the
world,
He
placed
in
the
earth
all
the
power
it
deserves,
but
it
did
not
bear
fruit
until
man
was
created.
When
man
was
created,
everything
appeared
in
the
world,
and
the
land
revealed
its
fruits
and
forces
that
were
deposited
in
it.
And
then
the
buds
appear
on
the
earth.
2)
Similarly,
the
heavens
did
not
endow
the
earth
with
force
until
man
came,
as
it
is
written,
“No
shrub
of
the
field
was
yet
in
the
earth,
and
no
herb
of
the
field
had
yet
sprouted,
for
the
Lord
God
had
not
sent
rain
upon
the
earth.”
Thus,
all
these
offshoots
were
concealed
in
it
and
not
revealed,
and
the
heavens
halted
and
did
not
pour
rain
upon
the
earth
since
there
was
no
man
to
till
the
ground,
for
he
had
not
yet
been
found
and
was
not
created.
Thus,
everything
was
delayed
from
appearing
because
of
him.
When
man
appeared,
the
buds
immediately
appeared
in
the
land,
and
the
hidden
forces
appeared
and
were
placed
in
it.
3)
“The
time
for
singing
[in
Hebrew
it
also
means
pruning]
has
arrived,”
for
the
midnight
correction
has
been
corrected,
of
song
and
praises,
to
sing
before
the
Creator.
This
did
not
exist
prior
to
man’s
creation.
“And
the
voice
of
the
turtledove
was
heard
in
our
land.”
This
is
the
speaking
of
the
Creator,
who
was
not
present
in
the
world
prior
to
man’s
creation.
When
man
was
present,
everything
was
present.
4)
After
he
sinned,
everything
departed
from
the
world
and
the
land
was
cursed,
as
it
is
written,
“Cursed
is
the
ground
because
of
you.”
It
is
also
written,
“When
you
till
the
land,”
and
also,
“Thorns
and
thistles
it
shall
grow
for
you.”
5)
Noah
came
to
the
world
and
established
axes
and
files
in
the
world,
meaning
built
tools
for
tilling
the
land.
This
is
why
it
is
written
about
him,
“This
one
shall
comfort
us
in
our
work
and
in
the
toil
of
our
hands,
from
the
ground
that
the
Lord
has
cursed,”
for
he
will
give
us
tools
and
will
rid
us
of
the
toil
of
our
hands,
which
was
our
share
thus
far.
Afterwards,
it
is
written,
“And
he
drank
from
the
wine
and
was
drunken;
and
he
was
uncovered
in
his
tent.”
And
then
the
people
of
the
world
came,
sinned
before
the
Creator,
and
the
forces
of
the
earth
withdrew
as
in
the
beginning.
This
means
that
all
of
Noah’s
corrections
were
canceled
until
the
arrival
of
Abraham.
6)
When
Abraham
came,
the
buds
promptly
appeared
in
the
land,
for
all
the
forces
of
the
earth
were
corrected
and
appeared.
“The
time
of
pruning
has
arrived,”
when
the
Creator
told
him
to
circumcise
himself.
Pruning
means
cutting
off,
cutting
off
the
foreskin.
Since
it
was
time
for
that
covenant
to
be
in
Abraham,
who
was
circumcised,
the
verse
“The
buds
appeared
on
the
earth”
came
true
in
him
and
the
world
existed.
Then
the
Creator’s
speech
revealed
before
him,
as
it
is
written,
“And
the
Lord
appeared
to
him,”
after
he
was
circumcised.
7)
Before
Abraham
was
circumcised,
the
Creator
did
not
speak
to
him,
except
from
an
inferior
degree
called
from
the
Chazeh,
the
Nukva
while
she
is
still
in
illumination
of
the
left.
It
is
written,
“The
Lord
spoke
unto
Abram
in
a
vision”
[“vision”
contains
the
word
Chazeh
in
Hebrew].
And
the
upper
degrees
of
ZA
did
not
connect
to
the
degree
of
Nukva.
Since
he
was
circumcised,
the
buds,
the
lower
degrees,
immediately
appeared
in
the
land,
meaning
the
bottom
degree,
from
the
Chazeh,
elicited
and
corrected
them
so
that
all
the
upper
degrees
would
bond
in
her.
Like
the
two
lines—right
and
left—in
YESHSUT,
they
do
not
make
a
coupling
and
become
incorporated
in
one
another
unless
through
the
level
of
Hassadim
that
emerges
on
the
MAN
of
ZA,
which
determines
between
them
and
incorporates
them
in
one
another.
Once
ZON
rise
to
YESHSUT
to
receive
Mochin
from
them,
ZA
becomes
the
right
line
there,
and
the
Nukva
becomes
the
left
line.
Then
they
separate
from
one
another
as
do
the
two
lines—right
and
left—until
MAN
rises
to
them
through
the
souls
of
the
righteous,
and
the
level
of
Hassadim
emerges
on
these
MAN
of
the
righteous
and
makes
ZON
make
a
coupling.
When
ZON
separate
from
one
another,
the
Nukva
is
called
“vision”
because
the
translation
of
seeing
is
vision,
and
a
translated
word
in
the
verse
indicates
posterior
Mochin,
and
these
Mochin
of
the
left
line
in
the
Nukva
prior
to
the
coupling
with
ZA
are
posterior
Mochin.
And
before
Abraham
raised
MAN
to
ZON
in
the
Mitzva
[commandment]
of
the
circumcision,
ZA
was
not
in
a
coupling
with
the
Nukva,
and
they
were
separated
from
each
other
because
ZA
is
in
the
right
line
and
Nukva
is
in
the
left
line,
and
they
are
disputed
with
each
other.
Since
he
raised
MAN
through
the
Mitzva
of
the
circumcision,
the
buds
immediately
appeared
in
the
earth,
meaning
the
screen
on
which
the
coupling
by
striking
was
made,
which
elicits
the
level
of
Hassadim
in
the
middle
line,
which
decides
and
unites
the
two
lines—right
and
left—with
one
another.
These
phases
of
the
screen
are
called
“buds”
because
they
appeared
in
the
earth,
in
Nukva,
by
the
force
of
the
MAN,
the
commandment
of
circumcision.
These
forces
emerged
and
appeared
in
the
Nukva,
and
she
corrected
herself
through
them
with
a
screen
that
is
ready
for
a
coupling,
to
elicit
the
level
of
Hassadim
that
copulates
her
with
the
ZON.
8)
“The
time
of
pruning
has
arrived,”
the
time
of
cutting
off
the
bad
branches
has
come,
the
branches
of
the
foreskin,
since
this
shell
governed
before
he
was
circumcised.
It
was
as
it
is
written,
“A
quarrelsome
man
spreads
strife.”
“And
the
voice
of
the
turtledove
was
heard
in
our
land”
is
the
voice
that
comes
out
of
the
one
that
is
the
most
internal,
the
voice,
ZA.
The
most
internal
of
all
is
Ima,
from
whom
ZA
was
emanated
and
emerged.
And
that
voice,
ZA,
is
heard
in
our
land,
which
is
the
Nukva.
Thus,
ZA
made
a
coupling
with
the
Nukva
through
the
MAN
from
the
Mitzva
of
circumcision,
and
this
is
the
voice
that
cuts
the
word
into
speech,
that
has
“a
cutting
of
speech”
[accent]
and
makes
her
perfection.
ZA
is
called
“voice”
and
Nukva
is
called
“speech,”
for
ZA
corrects
the
Nukva
and
makes
her
utterly
perfect.
9)
As
long
as
Abraham
was
not
circumcised,
the
degree
of
the
Nukva
was
upon
him.
When
he
was
circumcised,
it
is
written,
“The
Lord
appeared
to
him.”
10)
“And
the
Lord
appeared
to
him,”
meaning
he
appeared
to
that
degree
that
was
speaking
to
him.
In
other
words,
ZA,
HaVaYaH,
appeared
to
him,
to
the
Nukva.
This
did
not
happen
before
he
was
circumcised
because
then
she
was
separated
from
ZA.
And
now
the
voice,
ZA,
appeared
and
joined
with
the
speech,
the
Nukva,
when
he
spoke
unto
Abraham.
Now
Abraham
receives
from
the
coupling
of
ZON
and
has
become
a
Merkava
[assembly]
for
both
of
them.
This
is
why
it
writes
here,
“And
the
Lord
appeared
to
him,”
indicating
the
coupling
of
ZON
together.
11)
“While
he
was
sitting
at
the
tent
door.”
He
means
Nukva.
Sitting
at
the
tent
door
means
becoming
an
opening
for
all
the
degrees.
“And
the
Lord
appeared
to
him”
means
that
the
voice,
ZA,
was
heard
and
connected
with
speech,
which
is
Malchut,
and
appeared
in
it.
12)
“While
he
was
sitting
at
the
tent
door.”
He
means
the
upper
world,
Ima,
which
is
poised
to
shine
over
him,
on
the
Nukva,
called
“the
tent
door,”
meaning
she
has
become
an
opening
for
the
lights.
“In
the
heat
of
the
day”
means
that
the
right,
Hesed—the
degree
to
which
Abraham
connected—illuminated.
“In
the
heat
of
the
day”
means
that
when
one
degree
comes
near
another
degree
with
desire,
ZA
to
Nukva,
it
is
said
about
them,
“In
the
heat
of
the
day.”
13)
Until
Abraham
was
circumcised,
he
was
blocked.
He
could
not
receive
the
upper
lights.
When
he
was
circumcised,
everything
appeared,
meaning
all
the
lights
appeared
to
him,
since
his
blockade
was
opened
and
the
Shechina
was
upon
him
in
whole.
“While
he
was
sitting
at
the
tent
door
in
the
heat
of
the
day.”
This
is
the
upper
world,
Bina,
which
lies
on
the
lower
world,
the
Nukva.
“In
the
heat
of
the
day,”
when
the
desire
of
one
righteous,
Yesod
of
ZA,
is
to
be
in
the
lower
world,
Nukva.
This
means
that
when
there
is
coupling
of
ZON,
the
Mochin
of
Bina
are
in
the
Nukva.
14)
Immediately
after
the
coupling
of
ZON
took
place,
it
is
written,
“He
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked,
behold,
three
men
were
standing
opposite
him,”
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob—HGT
of
ZA,
standing
on
the
same
degree,
the
Nukva,
from
whom
she
suckles
and
feeds.
15)
Then,
“When
he
saw
them,
he
ran
from
the
tent
door
to
meet
them,”
since
the
desire
of
the
lower
degree,
Nukva,
is
to
bond
with
the
HGT,
and
her
joy
is
to
follow
them.
Hence,
“he
saw”
and
“he
ran”
refers
to
the
Nukva,
who
wished
to
bond
with
them.
“And
bowed
himself
to
the
earth,”
to
be
corrected
and
become
a
throne
for
them,
for
the
Nukva
to
be
a
throne
for
HGT
of
ZA,
so
they
will
be
over
her
like
a
man
sitting
on
a
chair.
16)
The
Creator
made
King
David,
the
Nukva,
into
one
of
the
legs
of
the
upper
throne,
like
the
patriarchs.
The
upper
throne
is
Bina;
the
patriarchs,
HGT,
are
the
three
legs
of
the
throne.
ZA
established
the
Nukva,
King
David,
to
be
as
the
fourth
leg
of
the
throne.
Thus,
the
Nukva
is
at
the
same
degree
as
the
patriarchs,
HGT,
since
she
has
been
established
as
a
leg
of
the
throne,
like
them.
And
although
she
is
a
throne
to
the
patriarchs,
how
was
she
established
at
the
same
degree
with
the
patriarchs,
to
complete
the
four
legs
of
the
throne?
This
was
only
while
she
connected
with
them
into
being
one
leg,
established
in
the
upper
throne.
From
there,
King
David
received
kingship
over
Israel
in
Hebron
for
seven
years,
to
bond
with
HGT.
First,
the
Nukva
is
built
in
the
two
great
lights,
at
the
same
level
with
ZA
and
behind
him.
At
that
time,
both
use
the
same
crown,
Bina—ZA
receiving
the
right,
and
Nukva,
the
left
side
of
Bina.
At
this
time,
ZON
are
considered
her
four
legs,
and
she
is
called
the
“upper
throne.”
HGT
of
ZA
are
the
three
legs
of
the
throne,
and
the
Nukva
is
the
fourth
leg.
Thus,
they
are
both
equal.
However,
these
Mochin
are
considered
only
posterior
Mochin
for
the
Nukva.
To
be
built
in
anterior
Mochin,
she
diminishes
into
the
small
light
and
can
then
receive
anterior
Mochin
from
ZA.
In
that
respect,
she
becomes
a
throne
to
ZA,
below
it,
in
a
way
that
there
are
two
times
for
the
Nukva:
first
at
the
same
level
with
ZA,
and
then
she
wanes
and
becomes
smaller
than
him.
During
the
time
of
anterior
Mochin,
she
is
smaller
than
him
and
is
regarded
as
a
throne
to
HGT
of
ZA.
But
at
the
time
of
posterior
Mochin,
when
she
connects
with
HGT
of
ZA
at
the
same
level,
she
is
then
one
leg,
equally
established
in
the
upper
throne
with
HGT
of
ZA.
This
is
so
because
then
they
are
both
equal
in
the
upper
throne,
Bina.
Had
Nukva
not
received
the
posterior
Mochin
in
the
form
of
the
two
great
lights
to
begin
with,
she
would
not
have
been
able
to
receive
the
anterior
Mochin
afterwards.
Malchut
of
Hebron
is
posterior
Mochin,
and
Malchut
of
the
whole
of
Israel
is
anterior
Mochin.
Had
King
David
not
received
the
Malchut
of
Hebron
first,
posterior
Mochin,
he
would
not
have
been
worthy
of
receiving
the
Malchut
of
the
whole
of
Israel
at
all,
the
anterior
Mochin.
This
is
because
first,
she
needs
to
connect
at
an
equal
level
with
the
HGT
from
the
posterior.
Without
that,
Malchut
would
not
be
able
to
receive
completion,
which
is
anterior
Mochin.
17)
“And
the
Lord
appeared
to
him
by
the
Oaks
of
Mamre,”
and
not
in
some
other
place
because
Mamre
gave
him
advice
about
the
circumcision.
When
the
Creator
told
Abraham
to
circumcise
himself,
Abraham
went
to
consult
his
friends.
Aner
told
him,
“You
are
over
ninety
years
old;
you
will
torment
yourself.”
18)
Mamre
told
him,
“Remember
the
day
when
the
Chaldees
threw
you
in
the
furnace,
and
that
famine
that
the
world
endured,
as
it
is
written,
‘And
there
was
a
famine
in
the
land;
and
Abram
went
down
into
Egypt,’
and
those
kings
that
your
men
chased
and
which
you
struck.
The
Creator
saved
you
from
all
of
them
and
none
could
harm
you.
Rise
up
and
do
as
your
Master
commands.”
The
Creator
said
to
Mamre,
“You
advised
him
in
favor
of
the
circumcision;
thus,
I
will
appear
only
in
your
abode,
in
Oaks
of
Mamre.”