Morning Lesson December 30, 2022 Transcription

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Part 1:

Zohar for All. "Introduction of The Book of Zohar". Hochma [Hochma], on which the World Stands. #40.

1. (00:28) Rav’s Introduction: Yes just like he said to Rabash before we started to study the Introduction of the Zohar with him that this introduction includes the whole Book of Zohar in it because all in all the wisdom of Kabbalah explains to us how the Creator, which is the upper force, created all the degrees within which His force cascades and comes to us to the lower world to this lower degree in order for us, on the way back from the lower world to the upper world, will be able to ascend. And this is what the entire wisdom of Kabbalah tells us about, the Book of Zohar tells us this, especially this introduction although it seemingly covers the the whole wisdom of Kabbalah and the whole Book of Zohar, but also tries to explain to us the whole matter of the degrees, the descent of the lights and vessels from the Creator, from the world of Ein Sof, to our world please, and also the article is also very special, Hochma on the which the world stands.

Reading (01:50) Zohar for All, Introduction of the Book of Zohar, Hochma Wisdom on Which the World Stands

2. S. (08:48) What is this Hochma of the 32 paths of Bina?

R. Bina needs that light of Hochma to have what to bestow. You cannot bestow the light of Hassadim, the light of Hassadim comes from within, it’s the desire of the vessel itself, but the bestowal from above down you can only that which to fill the vessels meaning the light of Hochma hence, Hochma which bestows the light of Hochma bestows it through 32 paths.

We will see this number 32 many times and where it comes from, 32 paths of Hochma we have within which the light of Hochma comes down from Hochma to Bina to the lower ones. Why does it descend this way? Because you cannot receive Hochma in a direct manner rather only as it is clothed by  the light of Hassadim and in order to bestow, then in the desire of the upper one to bestow and the desire to receive from the lower one, just like a guest and a host the same example, it turns out that the lower can receive and the Hochma the wisdom that he receives this is called the Hochma of the 32 paths, that's it.

S. What does it mean to pass on the light of Hochma to the lower ones?

R. For them to be able to receive in order to bestow. It’s under the condition that they are ready through the correction of their vessels to receive in order to bestow and that’s how it illuminates for them the light of Hochma. They receive it in order to bestow and are filled with their vessels in order to bestow to the upper one so all their reception is in order to bestow to the upper one.They perform a restriction, a screen, reflected light, and in the reflected light they begin to receive the light of Hochma in order to bestow contentment to the Creator, pleasure, delight.

S. I pass on the light of Hochma?

R. If you are in the correct way of course you could then you would be in as one vessel and each and everyone will be able to pass to the other what he has and all together you will connect in reception and giving to one another and then in the connection between you you will pass this to the Creator.

S. In order to pass it on to my friends and to ask that we’ll have the same screen?

R. You need to ask for them and to do so for them.

3. S. (12:26) To continue from the previous article we read, can I ask a question?

R. No, by this you will confuse the others.

4. S. (12:51) What does this mean this Hochma that emerged from the Rosh of the Bina of Arich Anpin?

R. The light of Hochma cannot pass from the upper to the lower one but it is clothed the light of Bina in the light of bestowal with the in the intention in order to bestow, therefore it always exits from one degree to the next, the light of Hochma only as it is clothed with the light of Bina, because to begin with there was restriction upon it where it is prohibited to bestow the light of Hochma to just like that a desire, rather the desire has to go through corrections in the form of corrections of adaptation to the light. For the light of Hochma to enter a vessel it has to find the bestowing vessel and then according to equivalence of a form with the upper light when it bestows to the lower one and with a lower vessel that wants to bestow to the upper one the light of Hochma can bestow and exit the upper one and fill the lower.

S. At some point he says that both world's came out of these six VAK, what are these?

R. HGT NHY are the six edges of Zeir Anpin which receive the light of VAK from the Hochma through Bina .

5. S. (15:02) What does it mean the reception of Mochin?

R. The light of Hochma is called Mochin.

6. S. (15:21) It’s written the lower that rises to the upper one becomes like Him. How by the aid of the Zohar we grow to acquire the quality of bestowal; a new nature?

R. How do you through the book of Zohar receive a new nature? Because you are receiving the influence, the illumination of the light of Hochma or the light of Hochma and you are trying to receive it, you are trying to open yourself so the light of Hochma can enter you and bestow in you.

How is this possible? Through the connection between us to the extent we connect between us, each by this seemingly opens himself to the light of Hassadim and then between us there is already a certain connection of the light of Hassadim because we are certain that without this we cannot advance and then we open ourselves to the light of Hochma through the light of Hassadim and the light of Hochma enters into the light of Hassidim and it fills us; it fills our common kli.

The light cannot enter, the light of Hochma cannot enter one vessel, rather only under the conditions that this vessel is connected to other vessels and bestows to them. This is a sign that they received in order to bestow and this way we receive and we are filled and feel in the light of Hochma that is in us the Creator and this is the Hochma which spreads in us.

7. S. (17:31) In the 5th paragraph, he writes that Hochma of AA and Aba of Atzilut set themselves up as a kind of male and female through the Malchut that rose to them in the place of Bina. What does it mean that they set themselves up as a kind of male and female?

R. The male is bestowing and the female is the one that receives. The female has a deficiency to receive and the male there’s a deficiency to bestow.

8. S. (18:21) What is the difference between AA and ZA?

R. The AA is a great Hochma, it is a big system and the ZA is a small Hochma, the small illumination of Hochma. Therefore, the AA can bestow the light of Hochma to ZA, it performs this through Bina which adapts between the AA and ZA.

Reading continues.(19:15) “Thus, all the worlds come out of those six edges..”

9. R. (19:44) Meaning the kelim that emerge from Bina are the great letters; the big letters.

Reading on. (19:50)

10. R. (21:59) This means that there is an action in Bina in which besides her existing in order to bestow to ZON in ZA and Nukva, she needs in addition to emerge from her place to diminish herself and to adapt herself for ZON and then she can bestow to them.

11. S. (22:20) What are the conditions to attain Hochma?

R. For you to have sufficient light of Hassadim, the light of Bina that can clothe the light of Hochma with the intention of in order to bestow.

Reading on. (22:45)

12. R. (23:00) Barah meaning outside of, “Bar” in Barah.

Reading on. (23:03)

13. R. (24:30) By this we conclude this article that we have learnt that Hochma upon which the world stands and we are going to move on.

14. S. (24:45) I wanted to ask what is this term Beresheet we frequently see?

R. This is the first word in the Torah, which is called beginning. Just like the first word in any language, as the Bible starts it is Beresheet. First the Creator created, so the first word is Beresheet in the Torah as well. First the Creator created this beginning, meaning from the head starting from the head, Rosh, and it means Beresheet, at the beginning, at the head of things; in advance.

S. So here it is talking about some kind of inner term that ZA made Hochma: what is there in this condition of Beresheet?

R. What is in the word Beresheet, we will learn. There are many interpretations and explanations of it but all together he says that it is at the beginning; in the beginning.

S. So this is how it starts, the creation?

R. Yes, this is the beginning of creation, Barah it means outside of, that outside of the Creator He created something, something that emerges outside of the Creator to the created beings. Therefore, the Creator is called the degree of Keter and Hochma, and Bina already emerges outwards thanks to their son, as it is called, in order to give birth, to beget and to care for her children, to the lower ones, to people.

15. S. (27:09) What connection do we need to build in the ten in order to draw the light of Hochma into our vessels and what is the secret of Beresheet?

R. The light of Hochma can be drawn only after we have between us a connection and we want in this connection to receive the light of Hochma, to receive the revelation of the Creator between us because the light of Hochma is called the revelation of the Creator to the created beings. Hence, if we connect in the group and want to have a mutual connection between us where each wants only good for the others and the good means to bestow and to reveal, disclose the Creator to others. Then we by this this, between us are in a connection that is called Arvut, Arvut and then in this connection we care for one another so that each and everyone will have the revelation of the Creator.

If we connect this way, then between us a certain field is created which is completely and mutual bestowal upon each other and this is called a place that the Creator has blessed, ‘a field that the Creator has blessed’ and this is how we connect between us and build a place for the revelation of the Creator to us in order to bring Him contentment.

16. S. (29:35) I wanted to know what is the root of all of these processes we are reading about?

R. The desire of the Creator to bestow to the created beings. 

S. From before there were created beings?

R. Why before? Now He is arranging them and you could say He creates them and educates them and fills them and it is all being done from above; from the Creator.

S. How to operate from them?

R. We do not know how to operate. He operates them for now, for the time being only the Creator is operating them and later the lower ones, when they receive the light of Hochma, the light of Hassidim from Him they will be able to discern between them and understand, to decide what is demanded of them and this is how they will advance and understand how they need to act towards each and every one of them and towards the Creator together.

S. What are we supposed to call the Creator in all this?

R. To the Upper one from which we receive, He is called The Creator.

S. It is not ZA or anything?

R.You do not know what ZA and what above that is. You are just calling him the upper One, from which you are being cared for and which you receive from and you call it Creator.

17. S. (31:30) Regarding equivalence of form, the upper One lowers Himself in order to allow the lower one to receive and to rise like a mother lowers herself towards the child for the child to understand what the mother is explaining and this is a gradual process we are learning that each time there is a small part that is given?

R. Yes, of course we are always under the bestowal of the upper One who divvies out portions to us in order to bestow so we will not err and not fail.

S. Then like a child that wants to continue this connection with the mother, he hasn’t even digested what he’s been given from her, so how do I keep connection with what the group has already received?

R. In spirituality we have to even receive that small portion in order to bestow so you'll see how difficult it is, how this is so not simple. How it requires an immense effort and then gradually you adapt yourself to Ima, to the mother.

S. They use this meaning that all the time we have to think about Ima, mother?

R. Yes, of course this is called in order to bestow.

18. S. (33:10) They say that He created 6 edges. They are created points without a Rosh and this word created means blocking. What, how can we use this blocking? What does it mean in our ten, what do we have to do to overcome the blocking?

R. That is probably a higher up degree which we receive from it. We want to receive from it in a disclosed way, in an embrace, in unification but for the time being we are in a state in which there is no open connection between us and therefore it is called the upper one which is concealed but if we raise to it,what we call Mayin Nukva, MAN, the light of Hassadim then we open it up and it begins to bestow upon us. We give Him the clothing of the reflected light and then in this reflected light He can bestow the light of Hochma.

19. S. (34:40) What is the Hochma on which the world stands? Does it mean that the world is the material form of Hochma?

R. No, no, no, it does not speak about our material word no,not at all connected to our world whatsoever. It is a spiritual part in the person and each and every person there is a spiritual part and then that spiritual part can receive filling and it is upon that we are talking. That spiritual part in each person that he wants to develop, in order to start with that part to connect to the Creator and to draw it, to open it up, to get to know the connections between us and with the Creator. As much as we connect more we have a greater connection with the Creator and this way we will advance.

20. S. (36:08) When Bina is in VAK in order to connect with ZON, in that moment she can use the Rosh of ZA and its qualities?

R. Yes, it is like a mother talking to her baby, not with words but all kinds of sounds. She awakens him with all kinds of sounds and talks like a little girl and that baby understands, as if understands but it is closer to him and that is how the upper One and the lower one are connected but later it already changes; it improves.

S. Is this dialogue the means of MAN of the lower one and the MAD of the upper One? Is it the MAN that drives this dialogue?

R. Precisely, you will see it also in our life as well.

21. S. (37:30) Is the purpose of creation to create Arvut between all people?

R. Yes, precisely, that we will connect together as one man and then we will be called Adam.

22. S. (38:00) The question is: you said earlier that if we attain the connection and Arvut between us in the ten, if we have this connection on the level of Arvut, then we would receive a Kli that is worthy of receiving this initial light. If we attain this, is it entering Lishma?

R. Yes.

23. S. (39:50) Does this mean that in the connection is the correction?

R. Of course the correction is in the connection. This is what we are learning from the beginning when we begin the wisdom of Kabbalah. That the entire corruption is in this that the system that was all as one man, Adam, it broke and shattered into many parts and the entire correction is that we have to gather all these parts together.

S. Then we connect between us we do the correction?

R. Yes, of course,even now when we are coming closer between us but it is still not a spiritual nearing but it is still towards correction.

24. S. (40:12) If there are two people who came to connection, can the others also draw that light of Hochma if the others are not ready yet and if not then how can these two people who have reached connection pass the light of Hochma to the rest?

R. Let's say that two people from a group reach connection and between them there is already some upper illumination, some upper light because they are connected, then they can influence the others to also enter into connection and then in this it becomes easier for the others to be in connection because those who already are in it can give example, can influence them, can draw them after them, just like we do in this world. The rules of connection are rules of the upper and the lower worlds, the same thing. Let's help each other, then we will all succeed.

25. S. (41:55) I heard you say that there’s much in the word Beresheet. Do the letters have something to do with this? Is there a significance of the letters in the word Beresheet?

R. Yes, but this is not for now. We will learn it later on that each letter, why it is precisely depicted this way and drawn this way. How it can be in connection with other letters, specifically with some and not others.

These are the rules of connection of the system of creation. These are not just letters that each is just writing something one before the other however the person feels like it. No, rather because each and every letter is a force that operates in reality so if I want to express these forces I need to know what each and every letter does in nature, how much it's force operates in nature and how it can connect with other forces and other letters and then how much these letters can be one near the other, before or after the others, and so on. Here we have truly all these combinations of letters that in this we can truly build a new system.

S. Is the word Beresheet the first point of connection of these forces?

R. Yes,yes,yes, this is how we are going to learn this. Gradually how we can build the system of nature above our nature. How we will be able to organize our nature from above and then correct the nature of this world to activate it more correctly and better from anew, truly and then we will see what the Creator wants from us.

26. S. (44:45) What does Hochma change? How is it different from Daat, knowledge, how is Hochma different from knowledge and how is it that we present it?

R. There are a few fundamental things we have to understand here. Ultimately everything that we need is in the connection between us in order to correct the shattering and in this we correct everything.

Just what is demanded from us is not like from ordinary people in this world, rather that we need to know what we are doing that we will ask of the Creator, that we will activate Him and pray to him together but ordinary people in their ordinary actions, even without knowing exactly what they are doing, they will also connect to the correction of the world. It is like we see in this world that there are those who are managers and there are those who are the workers, who are doing the actions and there’s many degrees between all this.

27. S. (46:14) In every part, there is a spiritual part that the Creator can come to in every creature?

R. Yes, of course in each and every created being and we are talking about the created beings on the speaking level on the degree of Adam that has to resemble the Creator. Of course they have the same part, the same space that the person needs to fill with the sensation of the Creator.

28. S. (46:50) Is the fact that we do not understand the words bring us closer together because the ego is kept in the dark, It has no access to the words?

R. Yes, it all depends on how devoted you are to this work.

S. It doesn't make any difference if we understand the words or not because when we bring it together it is a completely different language and then the thinking has no power over it?

R. We will advance and then you will see more;don't make any decisions right now.

29. S. (47:55) Now we are learning the laws and foundations of creation. Where here is there a place for the imaginary reality that has been mentioned?

R. This is what we depict to ourselves.

S. Are you talking about imagination?

R. What a person depicts to himself as of today that he is in some space, in some dimension.

S. I don't understand.

R. I cannot really explain anything more, think about these words if you do not have sufficient imagination to understand these words. I do not know how to continue.