The Seven Days of Creation

85. On the first day, Hesed, He did His work to shine for them, as it is written, “And all the people of Israel had light,” and also, “And the Lord walks before them by day,” as it was in Egypt.

On the second day, Gevura, He divided Israel from the Egyptians, as it is written, “And let it divide between water and water,” and it is written, “And the one did not come near the other all that night.”

86. On the third day, Tifferet, He took them through the sea. It is written, “And God said, ‘Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.’”

87. The light that was created on the first day, Hesed, the sun and the moon shine from it on the fourth day, Netzah. Both of them are right line, and it is written about them, “And the Lord walks before them by day in a pillar of smoke, to guide them on the way.” ZA is called “sun.” “And by night, in a pillar of fire to give them light,” meaning Malchut, who is called “moon.”

88. On the second day, the sea was created, as it is written, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water.” The fifth day elicited the fish of the sea from the sea. The fish of the fifth day depend on the second day, since both are in the left line.

89. The third day, Tifferet, comprises the first and second days. It is the degree of Jacob, eagle, the middle line, which consists of water and fire, right and left. And the sixth day, Yesod, depends on the third day, Tifferet, since both are in the middle line, and in it, the man was created from the dust that is on the third day, Tifferet.

90. The first day, Abraham, Hesed, is the right line. Opposite him in the same line is Netzah. Aaron the priest—whose face shines like the sun—corresponds to Netzah, the fourth day. Netzah depends on Hesed since both are on the right line, one below the other, as it is written, “At Your right are pleasures forevermore [Netzah],” for Netzah [forever] is incorporated in “Your right,” in Hesed.

91. The second day is Isaac, whose degree is Gevura, the left line. Corresponding it on the same line is the fifth day, Hod, the degree of David.

92. The third day is Jacob, the middle line, corresponding to that line, the sixth day, Solomon, who is Yesod. Solomon has the words of “Shalom [peace/wholeness] of the Lord,” and Shalom is Yesod. It is written about Yesod, “Behold, I give him My covenant of peace,” since Yesod is called “covenant” and is called “peace.”

93. The day of Shabbat [Sabbath] is Malchut, the degree of Ben [son of] Yod-Hey, which is Vav of HaVaYaH, ZA, the tree of life, whose duration is five hundred years, which are the five Sefirot HGT NH by which he reaches the Sefirot of Yesod. The Sefira Yesod is not a new Sefira, but rather contains HGT NH, to connect with the letter Hey, Malchut, to bestow these five Sefirot upon Malchut. The day of Shabbat is Moses, the degree of Bina. You find that the day of Shabbat is Malchut, Yesod, and Bina.

We could ask why The Zohar takes a different order here in the seven righteous that correspond to the seven Sefirot, since it says everywhere that NH are Moses and Aaron, Joseph is Yesod, and David is Malchut, while here it regards Aaron as Netzah, David as Hod, Solomon as Yesod, and Moses as Malchut and Bina, since the order is not the same in all the degrees, and there are several other orders in this.

94. The day of Shabbat contains all six days. “And on the seventh day, God concluded” is the first day. “His work” is the fourth day, “and rested on the seventh day” is the second day, “from all His work, which He had done” is the fifth day, in which the Temple was ruined. There was no construction on the fifth millennium, as there was no hint or visit to redemption. “And sanctified it” is the third day, “because in it, He rested from all His work,” is the sixth day.

95. “Which God has created to do” means He still needs to do. However, this is the bodies for the souls of the wicked, for whom the Creator did not want to make bodies that would incarnate and clothe in bodies in the world, but rather, they all wander about.

96. The Shabbat of everyone and the rest of everyone will be Moses, similar to Ben [son of] Yod-Hey, ZA. His mate is Malchut, Shabbat, of whom it is written, “and His kingship rules over all,” ruling over the works mentioned on the day of Shabbat, as it is written, “And on the seventh day, He rested from all His work.”

97a. It is not as the fools think, that the Creator worked, or that He labored to do His work, and rested on the seventh day, like a person who had labored in his work, and after he completed it, he rested. Rather, throughout the time when the Shechina [Divinity] is in exile, it is written, “And the dove found no resting place,” meaning she did not find for herself a righteous from whom she would find peace of mind and contentment.

97b. Her peace of mind and contentment are those righteous in whom she comes down and dresses, like Abraham and Aaron and his descendants, Hesed and Netzah, Isaac and David and his descendants, Gevura and Hod, and Jacob and Solomon and his descendants, Tifferet and Yesod.

It is written about them, “And on the seventh day, God concluded the work that He had done, and rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done, and God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.” They contain the six days, and the seventh day contains all six days, and it is everyone’s rest.

98. The seventh day, Moses, which contains everyone, all six righteous, the Shechina rests in it out of everyone. This is the meaning of “And on the seventh day, He rested,” God’s rest, the Shechina, who is called God. It is not written, “And the Lord [HaVaYaH] rested,” ZA, since the mother, the Shechina, labors with the children, she is with the children in exile until it can be said that she has returned from her labor, and not ZA, as it is written, “For your crimes, your mother was sent away,” the Shechina, who went down to exile with Israel.

99. For this reason, the four elements—fire, wind, water, and dust—corresponding the four animals—lion, ox, eagle, and man—HG TM, each does its work. Lion is Hesed. The ox is as red as a rose, leans to the left, takes the color fire, and makes depictions and drawings in man. His place is in the heart, and he is Gevura.