The Holy Idra Rabah

The Correction of ZA

171. Now establish yourselves and aim the reason to correct the corrections of ZA, how he will be corrected and how he will dress in his corrections, from the corrections of Atik Yomin, the most holy among the holies, the most hidden of all that is hidden, the most hidden of all. Now it is your duty to make a true, beautiful, and handsome judgment, and to correct all the corrections from the basis.

172. The corrections of ZA were established by the corrections of AA, and its corrections expanded from the right, from the left, and from the middle, as is the appearance of man. Man [Adam] indicates the middle line, in whom three lines are included so he would control it, ZA, the spirit of the most concealed of all that is concealed, AA, in order to sit on the throne, Malchut, as it is written, “And on the image of the throne, an image in the likeness of a man on top of it from above.”

“The likeness of a man,” as the face of a man, who consists of all the forms, for the three lines—lion, ox, and eagle—are included in the face of a man from the side of the Malchut in him, since man comprises ZA and Malchut.

Also, “the likeness of a man,” who consists of all the names, since ZA is called HaVaYaH, who consists of all the names. Also, “the likeness of a man,” in whom all the upper and lower worlds are hidden, since he is the middle line that conceals all the worlds from GAR of Hochma because he diminishes the left line so it shines only from below upward. Also, “the likeness of a man,” for he contains all the secrets that were said and established before the world was created, in the seven kings in the world of Tohu, even though they broke and did not exist.

173. Atik of Atiks, SAG of AK, built kings in the world of Nekudim in the self-reception in the Parsa. He engraved kings, the Katnut, and estimated kings, the level of Gadlut. But they did not exist until he repelled them and concealed them for another time, as it is written, “These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom.” The land of Edom is the place of the judgments in the world of Nekudim. But all of them did not exist, as it is written about each one, “And he reigned and died.”

174. Until the white Rosh, Galgalta of AA, Atik of Atiks, was established. When it was established, he corrected all the corrections of below, corrected all the corrections of the upper ones and lower ones. From here, any leader of the nation, if he does not correct himself first, the people cannot be corrected. If he is corrected, everyone is corrected.

175. How do we know this? From Atik Yomin. As long as he was not corrected in his corrections, all those who must be corrected and all the worlds, the seven kings of Nekudim, were ruined, as it is written, “Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom.” “Reigned in Edom,” a place where all the judgments are connected and from which they hang down.

The origin of all the corrections is the correction that the Parsa will no longer be revoked, as with the seven kings of the world of Nekudim. It is a correction of lines in ZAT. After Atik Yomin was corrected with this correction, following him, all the Partzufim were corrected and existed. As long as he was not established in this, the rest of the Partzufim could not be corrected.

176. Bela son of Beor is the decree of the harsh judgment by which a thousand thousands wailers and howlers connect. It is written, “And the name of his city was Dinhavah.” Dinhavah, Din [judgment], Hava [give], as it is written, “The leach has two daughters: Hav! Hav! [give, give].”

The first king from the seven kings of Nekudim who broke is the king of Daat, who is from above downward of the level of looking of the eyes of AVI of Nekudim, which was extended on phase four.

Phase four is Malchut of the quality of harsh judgment. Through the breaking of that king, wailers and howlers came out, as by him, a thousand thousands wailers and howlers connect, since the illumination of Daat is HaVaYaH filled with the letters Aleph. Through it, Hochma, which is called “thousands,” was drawn, as it is written, “And I will teach you wisdom.” Hence, when that great degree broke, several wailers and howlers came out corresponding to it, which wail and howl after her, to the extent of a thousand thousands, according to the extent of her illumination.

177. When the king of Daat rose to settle in his degree, he did not endure, and he could not endure it since it was extended from above downward and passed to the separated BYA, and all the worlds were ruined because Adam was not corrected in the correction of lines in ZAT, and male and female, since the correction of Adam in his form contains everything, and everything can settle in him and exist.

178. Because that correction of Adam was not in them, the seven kings could not endure and settle. They were revoked and departed from that correction they had had in Nekudim until the correction of Adam in the world of correction comes. When the form of that Adam came, they were all engraved in his form and returned to another existence; some of them were perfumed, and some of them were not perfumed at all.

The correction of Adam draws only VAK of Hochma. It follows that those parts of the kings of Nekudim, in which there was GAR of Hochma, were not included or corrected through the correction of Adam in the world of correction. For this reason, some of them were perfumed, the parts in VAK of Hochma, and some of them were not perfumed, the parts in GAR of Hochma.