Dalet,
final
Mem,
Open
to
Hey,
Hey
546.
“And
behold,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
him,
saying,
‘This
one
shall
not
be
your
heir,
but
one
who
will
come
from
your
own
body
shall
be
your
heir.’”
Abraham,
who
was
walking
in
wholeness
before
the
holy
king,
how
did
he
not
believe
the
words
of
the
Creator
who
said
that
he
would
have
sons,
for
it
is
written,
“To
your
descendants
I
will
give
this
land,”
and
afterwards
He
said,
“and
a
member
of
my
household
will
be
my
heir”?
How
did
he
not
believe
the
Creator?
547.
However,
in
the
beginning
of
the
verse,
it
is
written,
“seeing
I
go
childless,”
and
afterwards,
it
is
written,
“You
have
given
me
no
offspring,
and
a
member
of
my
household
will
be
my
heir.”
However,
in
the
beginning,
Abraham
believed
in
the
Creator,
but
then
he
looked
in
the
stars
and
the
signs,
and
saw
that
he
would
not
have
a
son.
This
is
why
he
said
“I
go
childless,’
since
until
then,
he
was
still
not
adhered
in
adhesion
with
his
master.
548.
When
it
is
written,
“and
he
took
him
out,”
taking
him
outside
that
road,
and
drew
him
near
to
His
work,
to
know
other
ways
of
the
wisdom,
and
took
him
out
of
those
guesses
of
fortunes,
and
said
to
him,
“Abram
does
not
beget;
Abraham
begets.”
This
is
the
meaning
of
the
words,
“And
your
name
shall
no
more
be
called
Abram,
but
your
name
shall
be
Abraham,
for
I
have
made
you
the
father
[Av]
of
many
nations.”
549.
Abraham
begets
because
in
all
the
letters,
there
is
not
a
letter
that
is
established
for
bearing
except
for
the
letter
Hey.
This
letter
is
established
so
as
to
bear
fruits
and
offspring
more
than
all
the
other
letters,
and
this
is
why
she
is
open
on
all
sides.
550.
But
was
it
needed
to
add
this
letter
to
Abraham?
After
all,
she
is
not
his,
since
Hey
everywhere
is
a
female,
and
it
would
be
appropriate
for
this
letter
to
be
inscribed
to
Sarah,
within
her,
since
she
is
a
female,
and
not
to
Abraham.
551.
However,
there
are
two
letters
in
the
name
HaVaYaH—one
higher
and
one
lower,
the
male
world,
Bina,
and
the
bottom
world,
the
female,
Malchut.
When
the
Hey
was
added
in
Abraham,
the
first
light,
Hesed,
as
that
Hey
was
wrapped
in
him,
he
went
out
and
bore
fruits.
Abraham
was
inscribed
in
that
high
degree
of
his
through
the
power
of
the
first
Hey,
Bina,
since
the
first
light
has
no
power,
except
for
the
first
Hey,
Bina,
the
male,
the
root
of
Hesed.
Because
of
it,
the
first
light
took
with
it
the
letter
Hey
and
settled
in
its
degree,
in
its
name,
and
the
first
light
went
up
to
make
offspring.
552.
Two
letters
are
inscribed
here,
which
rise
to
the
upper
world:
the
Hey-Mem
of
Abraham.
The
letter
Mem
is
from
the
upper
world,
Bina,
and
the
Hey
is
also
from
the
upper
world.
What
is
the
difference
between
the
letter
Mem
and
the
letter
Hey,
since
they
are
both
from
the
upper
world?
553.
When
everything
is
concealed
in
the
upper
thought,
Bina,
and
she
is
a
dot
that
does
not
expand
and
is
concealed
within,
all
those
upper
trails
and
hidden
letters
were
all
concealed
in
the
letter
[final]
Mem.
All
the
upper
trails
and
letters
were
concealed
and
incorporated
in
this
letter
since
when
it
came
up
in
the
desire
to
be
revealed
and
bring
out
offspring,
that
letter
Mem
opened
and
became
a
Hey.
That
Bina
is
YESHSUT.
In
the
beginning,
two
lines
right
and
left
came
out
in
YESHSUT.
At
that
time,
all
her
lights
were
concealed
due
to
the
dispute
that
there
was
between
the
right
and
the
left.
Then
she
was
regarded
as
a
blocked
Mem
[ם],
which
is
blocked
on
all
sides
and
cannot
shine.
When
ZA
rose
for
MAN,
he
decided
and
made
peace
between
the
two
lines,
and
they
united
with
each
other.
At
that
time,
her
lights
were
opened,
and
then
it
is
considered
that
the
blocked
Mem
opened
and
became
a
Hey
[ה],
open
on
every
side.
554.
The
letter
Hey
did
not
change
from
the
letter
Mem
except
in
that
Bina
was
opened
in
order
to
bring
out
offspring
and
be
revealed
in
secret,
since
this
letter
is
not
revealed
and
is
not
mentioned
because
of
the
illumination
of
Hochma
that
was
revealed
in
her.
She
is
revealed
in
her
place
only
after
she
bestows
it
to
ZA
and
Malchut.
Although
she
is
in
hiding,
she
is
the
root
of
the
revelation,
for
without
her,
there
would
not
be
any
revealing
in
the
worlds.
For
this
reason,
when
she
was
revealed
and
became
open
through
the
middle
line,
she
became
ready
to
give
birth.
555.
As
long
as
she
was
not
in
the
opening
of
the
Hey,
everything
was
concealed
within
her
in
the
letter
Mem.
After
she
was
opened,
she
bore
offspring
in
the
letter
Hey.
556.
These
offspring
do
not
come
out
to
be
revealed,
except
in
one
organ,
a
holy
organ
that
was
established
in
it,
Yesod.
It
enters
the
bottom
Hey
of
HaVaYaH,
draws
the
abundance
from
Bina,
and
brings
it
to
Malchut.
It
exits
from
the
first
Hey
and
enters
in
the
bottom
Hey,
in
that
organ
that
was
established
in
the
bottom
Hey.
557.
When
Bina
opened
and
the
first
Hey
was
added,
Bina
was
established
in
passion,
and
that
organ,
the
righteous
of
the
world,
Yesod,
was
established
on
her.
For
this
reason,
when
that
organ
was
established
in
passion
from
Bina,
the
Hey
was
added
in
Abraham.
When
that
organ
was
not
in
passion
because
Bina
was
only
Mem,
it
is
to
show
that
he
is
not
about
to
beget.
558.
Abram
has
the
letters
Aleph-Bet-Reish
Mem.
He
does
not
beget
because
the
phase
of
Mem
is
blocked,
and
is
not
poised
to
give
birth.
When
a
Hey
was
added,
that
blocked
Mem
was
opened,
a
Hey
was
added,
and
stands
in
that
organ
to
make
offspring.
This
is
Abraham,
Aleph-Bet-Reish
Hey-Mem;
this
one
gives
birth
and
bears
fruit.
559.
For
this
reason,
Abram
does
not
beget,
Abraham
begets.
Because
that
organ
from
Abram
was
not
corrected
until
the
Hey
came,
and
in
every
place,
the
Hey
is
poised
for
offspring
and
for
fruits,
hence,
the
name
caused.
560.
How
do
we
know
that
that
organ
was
established
only
through
the
letter
Hey?
When
his
name
was
Abram,
that
organ
was
not
circumcised
and
was
not
corrected.
Afterwards,
when
the
Hey
came
into
the
name
Abram,
that
organ
was
corrected
and
circumcised,
to
make
offspring
in
that
bottom
Hey,
Malchut.
As
long
as
the
upper
world,
Bina,
was
blocked
in
the
letter
Mem,
that
organ
was
not
corrected
and
the
foreskin
stood
without
circumcision.
561.
Due
to
the
foreskin,
the
bottom
degree,
Malchut,
is
in
the
letter
Dalet,
which
implies
Dalut
[meagerness]
and
poverty.
This
is
so
because
when
the
upper
world,
Bina,
is
blocked
in
the
letter
Mem,
the
bottom
world,
Malchut,
is
in
poverty,
in
the
letter
Dalet,
since
she
has
no
one
from
whom
to
receive.
562.
When
the
upper
world
was
opened
from
the
blocked
letter
Mem
and
the
Hey
was
made,
the
circumcision
was
established
and
the
foreskin
was
removed.
When
that
covenant
was
established,
these
two
letters
exit,
and
two
other
letters
enter.
The
two
letters
Dalet-Mem
exit,
Dalet
of
Malchut
and
Mem
of
Bina,
and
instead
of
them,
two
other
letters
Hey
enter,
one
for
Malchut
and
one
for
Bina.
563.
Every
circumcision
in
which
Dalet-Mem
[Dam
(blood)]
does
not
come
out
is
not
a
circumcision.
This
is
so
because
the
blood
of
the
circumcision
implies
the
two
letters
Dalet
Mem
which
exit
due
to
the
circumcision,
as
these
two
letters
Dalet-Mem
pass,
and
two
other
letters
enter
instead
of
them:
The
first
Hey
enters
instead
of
the
letter
Mem,
and
the
bottom
Hey
enters
instead
of
the
letter
Dalet,
and
then
everything
is
poised
for
giving
birth.
564.
It
is
written,
“For
the
increase
of
government
and
for
endless
peace,
on
the
throne
of
David
and
on
his
kingdom,
to
prepare
it
and
support
it.”
The
Mem
is
final
in
the
letters
“For
the
increase.”
When
the
letter
Mem
has
much
governance,
which
increased
in
upper
Gadlut
[greatness/adulthood],
since
the
blocked
Mem
has
been
opened
and
become
Hey,
then
there
is
no
end
to
peace.
“For
peace”
is
the
foundation
of
the
world
from
which
the
foreskin
has
been
removed,
the
shell
that
is
called
“the
end
of
all
flesh.”
Hence,
indeed
there
is
no
end
to
peace,
since
the
shell
called
“end”
has
passed
away,
and
peace,
Yesod,
sits
on
the
throne
of
David,
Malchut,
and
on
his
kingdom,
to
prepare
it
and
support
it
with
sentence
and
with
justice.
565.
All
this
is
when
the
closed
Mem
has
been
opened
and
become
a
Hey.
At
that
time,
the
foreskin
is
removed
and
the
Dalet
is
removed
from
Malchut,
as
it
is
written,
“This
is
the
blood
of
the
covenant
which
the
Lord
has
made,”
meaning
that
we
must
extract
from
him
the
blood
of
the
circumcision
[also
“covenant”],
which
are
these
two
letters.
566.
It
is
implied
about
this
that
Abraham
has
the
letters
Aleph-Bet-Reish
Hey-Mem,
since
the
letter
Mem
has
been
opened
so
he
would
use
that
organ
in
the
world
below,
in
Malchut.
This
is
why
Isaac
did
not
emerge
from
him
until
the
foreskin
had
been
removed
from
that
holy,
upper
organ.
And
because
of
it,
everything
that
the
Creator
did
on
earth
is
all
in
service
such
as
the
upper
one,
such
as
the
root
of
that
thing
that
is
below,
to
show
that
He
elicited
all
the
names
with
sublime
wisdom,
such
as
below,
all
as
it
should
be.
567.
“And
behold,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
him:
‘This
man
shall
not
be
your
heir.’”
Eliezer
was
worthy
of
inheriting
him
because
he
was
an
educated
slave.
“And
Abram
said,
‘Behold,
You
have
given
me
no
offspring,
and
a
member
of
my
household
is
inheriting
me,’”
since
he
looked
in
the
wisdom
of
the
stars
and
saw
that
he
would
not
beget.
When
Abraham
was
circumcised,
he
was
completely
completed
in
the
letter
Hey,
which
was
opened
from
the
letter
Mem,
and
the
letter
Dalet,
too,
became
Hey,
and
then
Abraham
went
into
the
path
of
the
upper
Hochma
and
moved
from
that
other
way
of
stars
and
signs.
568.
When
there
was
a
foreskin
in
him,
when
he
was
uncircumcised,
the
Creator
did
not
appear
to
him,
but
only
in
a
vision,
since
the
upper
world
was
hidden
in
the
letter
Mem,
and
the
lower
world,
Malchut,
was
in
poverty
in
the
letter
Dalet.
When
the
upper
world
opened
in
the
letter
Hey
and
the
foreskin
was
removed
from
Abraham,
and
the
letter
Dalet
was
removed
from
the
lower
world,
it
is
written,
“And
the
Lord
appeared
to
him.”
At
that
time,
everything
was
revealed
to
him
and
opened
before
him,
which
was
not
so
before.
569.
Just
so,
as
long
as
righteous
ones
and
pious
ones
proliferate
in
the
world,
everything
is
revealed
and
open.
When
King
Solomon
was
building
the
Temple
and
all
of
Israel
were
righteous
and
pious,
as
still
as
wine
on
its
yeast,
everything
opened
and
this
singing
was
revealed
above
and
below.
570.
At
that
time,
it
is
written,
“To
my
mare
among
the
chariots
of
Pharaoh,
I
likened
you,
my
wife.”
As
the
horses
in
Pharaoh’s
chariots
were
armed
with
every
weapon,
you,
too,
were
clothed
in
several
weapons,
to
make
war.
As
Pharaoh’s
horses
were
loaded
with
several
tools
of
war,
with
rocks,
arrows,
slingshots,
and
Kisurin,
which
is
a
kind
of
tool
of
war,
all
loaded
so
as
to
make
war.
You,
too,
are
so;
I
burdened
you
with
all
sorts
of
tools
of
war,
to
make
war
against
Egypt,
to
be
sanctified
through
you
before
the
eyes
of
everyone,
and
to
make
war
against
them.
571.
Now
I
see
you
in
a
different
way,
in
several
appropriate
and
beautiful
corrections.
Your
cheeks
have
been
embellished
with
turtledoves,
with
the
two
letters
Hey,
with
the
first
Hey
and
the
bottom
Hey,
since
everything
has
been
opened
and
revealed
to
you.
The
first
Hey,
Bina,
is
delighted
with
you,
and
she
is
comely
with
respect
to
you
and
opens.
And
you,
Malchut,
the
bottom
Hey,
moved
from
the
letter
Dalet
and
entered
the
letter
bottom
Hey,
and
these
two
have
been
made
comely
and
were
established
for
you,
the
two
letters
Hey,
which
are
turtledoves,
the
written
Torah
and
the
oral
Torah.
It
is
written
about
them,
“Your
cheeks
have
been
embellished
with
turtledoves.”
“Your
neck
with
strings
of
jewels,”
with
high
corrections
of
all
the
sources
that
have
been
established
for
you.
572.
This
is
what
He
reminds
her
with
fondness
and
much
love,
since
His
passion
is
for
her,
and
to
comfort
her
and
appease
her,
and
to
show
her
much
love.
This
is
why
He
said
to
her,
“We
will
make
for
you
turtledoves
of
gold
with
dots
of
silver.”
Henceforth,
you
should
add
beauty
upon
beauty,
corrections
upon
corrections.