Excerpts from

The Zohar
for

Rosh Hashanah
and

the Shofar

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EMOR
Rosh Hashanah
‫רעיא מהימנא‬

ָ‫ וְ הָ א א ּו ְקמ ּוה‬.‫ימנָא‬
ְ ‫ ְּכמָ ה ְ ּדאו ִֹק‬,‫ ְ ּדה ּוא יוֹמָ א ְ ּד ִדינָא לְ עָלְ מָ א‬,‫שנָה‬ ָ ּ ׁ ַ‫ראש ה‬
ׁ ‫ לִ ְתק ֹו ַע ׁשוֹפָ ר ְ ּב‬,‫ ִּפ ּק ּו ָדא ָ ּדא‬.'‫חד ׁש וְ ג ֹו‬
ֶ ַ‫יעי ְ ּב ֶאחָ ד ל‬
ִ ‫חד ׁש הַ ׁ ּ ְש ִב‬ֶ ‫ ּ ַב‬.206
‫ ְ ּדהַ ה ּוא‬,‫ידנָא ְ ּבגִ ין‬
ָ ‫ וְ ָק ֵאים עָלְ מָ א ִ ּב‬,‫יה‬
ּ ‫ ְ ּדהַ אי ִאיה ּו יוֹמָ א ְ ּד ִסיהֲ ָרא ִא ְת ּ ַכ ּ ֵסי ּ ֵב‬.‫ וְ הָ א ִא ְּתמַ ר‬.‫חד ׁש ׁשוֹפָ ר ּ ַב ּ ֶכסֶ ה לְ יוֹם חַ ּגֵנ ּו‬ ֶ ַ‫ ִּת ְקע ּו ב‬,‫ִ ּד ְכ ִּתיב‬
.‫ לְ ִמ ְת ּ ַבע ִ ּדינָא עַל עָלְ מָ א‬,‫ש ְריָא‬
ַ ׁ ‫ אֲ תַ ר ְ ּד ִדינָא‬,‫ חָ פֵ י וְ כַ ּ ֵסי וְ ַאנְ עָל ִּפ ְתחָ א עַל מַ לְ ּ ָכא‬,‫ְמ ַק ְט ְרגָא‬

Ra’aya Meheimna (the Faithful Shepherd)

206. “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month” (Vayikra 23:24). This commandment is to blow
the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah, which is Judgment day to the world as we explained. We explained the words,
“Blow a Shofar at the new moon, at the full moon (or: ‘covering’) on our feast day” (Tehilim 81:4). We
learned that this day is a day when the moon, MALCHUT, is covered and the world is under Judgment. For
the prosecutor covers and hides and locks the entrance to the King, WHO IS ZEIR ANPIN, AND THE MOON
IS a place where Judgment abides to demand justice from the world.

‫יך ה ּוא‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ ָ ׁ ‫ש ּוֵי ק ּו ְד‬

ַ ׁ ,‫ידא ְ ּדהַ אי ְמ ַק ְט ְרגָא‬ ָ ‫ ֶא ּ ָלא ַו ַ ּדאי ִ ּב‬.‫יה ְר ׁש ּו לְ הַ ה ּוא ְמ ַק ְט ְרגָא לְ חַ ּ ָפ ָאה ּולְ ִמ ְת ּ ַבע ִ ּדינָא‬ ּ ֵ‫יהיב ל‬ ִ ְ‫יך ִא ְתי‬ְ ‫ ֵא‬,‫ וְ ִאי ּ ֵתימָ א‬.207
,‫יה‬ּ ‫יה ַק ּ ֵמ‬ּ ֵ‫ש ּוֵי ל‬ַ ׁ ְ‫יה ו‬ּ ֵ‫יך ה ּוא עָבֵ ד ל‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ָ ׁ ‫ ְ ּדהָ א ק ּו ְד‬,‫יה ּ ָכל ִ ּדינִ ין ְ ּדעָלְ מָ א‬ ּ ‫ לְ ִמ ְת ּ ַבע ַק ּ ֵמ‬,‫יה יוֹמָ א יְ ִדיעָא‬ ּ ֵ‫ש ּוֵי ל‬
ַ ׁ ְ‫ ו‬,‫לְ ִמ ְת ּ ַבע ִ ּדינָא עַל ּ ָכל עָלְ מָ א‬
,‫ָשה לְ הַ אי ְמ ַק ְט ְרגָא‬ ָ ׂ ‫ ע‬.‫ָשה‬ ָ ׂ ‫ מַ אי ע‬.‫ש ִ ּי ְרא ּו ִמ ְ ּלפָ נָיו‬
ֶ ׁ ‫ָשה‬ ָ ׂ ‫ וְ הָ אֱ ל ֹ ִהים ע‬,‫ וְ ָרזָא ָ ּדא‬.‫ש ְריָא עַל ּכ ּ ָלא‬ ַ ׁ ְ‫ ו‬,‫יך ה ּוא סַ ְ ּל ָקא‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ָ ׁ ‫לְ מֶ הֱ וֵי ְ ּד ִחיל ּו ְ ּדק ּו ְד‬
‫ ְ ּדתָ בַ ע חוֹבֵ י‬,‫ וְ ָדא ִאיה ּו סַ נְ ִט ָירא‬.‫שא ְ ּב ִריך ה ּוא ּכ ּ ָלא‬ ְ ָ ׁ ‫ וְ כָ ל ָ ּדא ְ ּבגִ ין ְ ּדיִ ְדחֲ ל ּון ִמ ַּק ּ ֵמי ק ּו ְד‬.‫ לְ מֶ הֱ וֵי סַ יְ יפָ א ׁ ִש ָננָא עַל ּ ָכל עָלְ מָ א‬,‫יה‬ ּ ‫יה ַק ּ ֵמ‬
ּ ֵ‫וְ ַא ְת ִקין ל‬
.‫ ּכ ּ ָלא ְּכמָ ה ְ ּדנ ִָפיק ִמן ִ ּדינָא‬,‫ָשא וְ ָק ִטיל לוֹן וְ ַאלְ ֵקי לוֹן‬ ָ ׁ ‫ וְ תָ ִפיס ְ ּבנֵי נ‬,‫ וְ תָ בַ ע ִ ּדינָא‬,‫ָשא‬ ָ ׁ ‫ְ ּבנֵי נ‬

207. You may wonder how the prosecutor was given permission to cover THE LIGHT OF MALCHUT and
demand punishment. AND HE ANSWERS, Surely the Holy One, blessed be He, allowed the prosecutor to
demand justice from the whole world. He allotted him a specific day in which to demand all the
punishments in the world, for the Holy One, blessed be He, made him and placed him before Himself, so
the fear of the Holy One, blessed be He, will increase and rest on everyone. This is the secret of, “and
Elohim does it, so that men should fear before Him” (Kohelet 3:14). What is “does”? He did this
prosecutor and made him before Himself to be a sharp sword over the whole world, all for the reason that
all will fear the Holy One, blessed be He. He oversees and prosecutes the sins of people, demands
punishment and seizes people; kills them and strikes them, all just as it was decided in court.

‫ ּולְ ִמ ְת ּ ַבע‬,‫ ּו ְפלוֹנִ י עָבַ ר עַל ּ ַכ ְך‬,‫ ְּפלוֹנִ י עֲבַ ד ּ ַכ ְך‬,‫יה ְר ׁש ּו לְ ַא ְד ְּכ ָרא ַק ּ ֵמי ּ ֵבי ִ ּדינָא‬ ּ ֵ‫יהיב ל‬ ִ ְ‫ ְ ּד ִא ְתי‬,‫ ְּכגַוְ ונָא ְ ּדהַ ה ּוא ְממ ּונֶה ּ ֵבית ִ ּדין ִ ּדלְ תַ ּ ָתא‬.208
‫ וְ לֵ ית ְר ׁש ּו‬,‫ עַד ְ ּדיִ גְ זְ ר ּון ִ ּדינָא עַל ּ ָכל מַ ה ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ּ ָתבַ ע‬,‫ לְ ַאנְ עֲלָ א עַל ּ ֵבי ִ ּדינָא ִּפ ְתחָ א‬,‫יהיב לְ הַ ה ּוא ְממ ּונֶה ּ ֵבית ִ ּדין‬ ִ ְ‫ ְר ׁש ּו ִא ְתי‬,‫ ּו ְתנָן‬.‫עָלַ יְ יה ּו ִ ּדינָא‬
.‫ ּולְ ִמנְ ַ ּדע ְ ּד ִאית ִ ּדין וְ ִאית ַ ּד ּיָין‬,‫ וְ ִאיה ּו ּ ָבעֵי ְ ּדעָלְ מָ א יִ ְת ְק ּיַים ְ ּב ִדינָא‬.‫ ְ ּבגִ ין ִּכי אֲ נִ י יְ ָי' אוֹהֵ ב ִמ ׁ ְש ּ ָפט‬.‫יה‬
ּ ֵ‫לְ בֵ ית ֵ ּדין לְ ַד ְחיָיא ל‬

208. It is like the minister appointed over the terrestrial court, who was given permission to mention
before the court that so and so did this, and so and so transgressed that, and to demand punishment. We
learned that the minister appointed over the court was given permission to lock the entrance to the court
until verdicts will be meted out to all his persecution. The court is not allowed to decline him, because,
“For I Hashem love justice” (Yeshayah 61:8), and He wants the world to be maintained by judgment, so as
to make known that there is judgment and there is a judge. ALL THIS APPLIES TO THE TERRESTRIAL
COURT.
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,‫יה ְר ׁש ּו‬
ּ ֵ‫יהיב ל‬
ִ ְ‫ ּו ְבהַ אי יוֹמָ א ִא ְתי‬.‫ עַל ּ ָכל ְ ּבנֵי עָלְ מָ א‬,‫ ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ּ ָתבַ ע ִ ּדינָא ַק ּ ֵמי מַ לְ ּ ָכא‬,‫יה לְ הַ אי‬ ּ ‫יך ה ּוא ַק ּ ֵמ‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬
ָ ׁ ‫ש ּוֵי ק ּו ְד‬
ַ ׁ ‫ ְּכהַ אי ּגַוְ ונָא‬.209
ְ
‫ לָ א‬,‫שא ְ ּב ִריך ה ּוא‬ ָ ׁ ‫כלא ִא ְת ְּגלֵ י ַק ּ ֵמי ק ּו ְד‬
ָ ּ ‫ וְ ַאף עַל ּגַב ְ ּד‬.‫ עַד ְ ּדיִ ְת ְּגזַר ִ ּדינָא עַל ּ ָכל ְ ּבנֵי עָלְ מָ א‬,‫ וְ ִסיהֲ ָרא ִא ְתחַ ְּפיָיא לְ ג ֹו‬,‫לְ כַ ּ ָס ָאה ִּפ ְתחָ א ְ ּדמַ לְ ּ ָכא‬
.‫ּ ָבעֵי ֶא ּ ָלא ְ ּב ִדינָא‬

209. The Holy One, blessed be He, did the same. He placed before Him that PROSECUTOR who demands
punishment before the King for all the people in the world. On that day, he is given permission to cover
the entrance of the King, ZEIR ANPIN, and the moon, MALCHUT, is hidden inside until punishment is
meted out to all the people in the world. Though everything is revealed before the Holy One, blessed be
He, He nevertheless desires nothing but according to Judgment.

‫ ּ ָכל חַ ד וְ חַ ד ְּכפ ּום‬,‫ וְ תָ בַ ע ִ ּדינָא עַל ּ ָכל עוֹבָ ֵדי ְ ּבנֵי עָלְ מָ א‬,‫ וְ סַ נְ ִט ָירא ָאתָ א‬,‫ ַא ְת ִקין ּכ ּו ְר ְסיָא ְ ּד ִדינָא ְ ּבהַ אי יוֹמָ א‬,‫ֵילָא וְ תַ ּ ָתא‬ ּ ‫ ּכ ּלָא ְּכגַוְ ונָא חֲ ָדא ע‬.210
,'‫ וְ כַ ּ ָמה ִאי ּנ ּון עֵינֵי יְ ָי‬.‫ש ּ ְטטֵ י ְ ּבכָ ל עָלְ מָ א‬
ַ ׁ ‫ ְ ּד ִאי ּנ ּון ְמ‬,'‫ וְ ִא ּלֵין ִאי ּנ ּון עֵינֵי יי‬.‫ וְ סַ הֲ ִדין ַא ְתיָין וְ סָ הֲ ֵדי עַל ּ ָכל עוֹבָ ֵדי ְ ּבנֵי עָלְ מָ א‬.‫ ּו ְכפ ּום מַ ה ַ ּדעֲבַ ד‬,‫ָא ְרחוֹי‬
.‫ וְ חָ מָ אן ּ ָכל עוֹבָ ֵדי ְ ּבנֵי עָלְ מָ א‬,‫ש ְטטֵ י ְ ּבכָ ל עָלְ מָ א‬
ַ ׁ ‫ ְ ּד ָקא ַאזְלֵי ּו ְמ‬,‫ְ ּדלֵית לוֹן ח ּו ׁ ְש ּ ָבנָא‬

210. Everything operates in the same way above and below. On that day, THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE
HE, fixes the throne of Judgment, and the administrator comes and demands justice for all the deeds of
the people in the world, each according to his ways and deeds. Witnesses come and testify to all the deeds of the
people in the world, and these WITNESSES ARE CALLED the eyes of Hashem that roam throughout the whole
world and see the deeds of the people in the world.

,‫יחין וְ חָ מָ אן ּ ָכל מַ ה ְ ּד ִאי ּנ ּון ע ְַב ִ ּדין‬

ִ ‫ ּומַ ׁ ְש ִּג‬,‫ימין ִא ּ ֵלין סַ הֲ ֵדי מַ לְ ּ ָכא‬ ִ ְ‫ ְ ּדהָ א לְ ג ּ ַַביְ יה ּו ַקי‬,‫יחין וְ לָ א ִמ ְס ּ ַת ְּכלִ ין ְ ּבעוֹבָ ֵדיהוֹן‬
ִ ‫ וַוי לְ ִאי ּנ ּון ְ ּדלָ א מַ ׁ ְש ִּג‬.211
‫ וְ הָ א הָ כָ א‬.‫ ְּפלוֹנִ י עֲבַ ד ּ ַכ ְך‬,‫ ְּפלוֹנִ י עָבַ ר ִ ּדינָא‬,‫ וְ תָ בַ ע ִ ּדינָא‬,‫ וְ הַ אי סַ נְ ִט ָירא ָק ֵאים ָק ּ ֵמי מַ לְ ּ ָכא‬.‫ ְ ּדהָ א ִאי ּנ ּון סַ לְ ֵקי וְ סָ הֲ ֵדי ַק ּ ֵמי מַ לְ ּ ָכא‬,‫וְ ָקאֲ ְמ ֵרי‬
.‫ ְּכ ֵדין ִאי ּנ ּון סַ הֲ ֵדי סַ הֲ ד ּותָ א‬.‫ לֵ ית לוֹן ְר ׁש ּו לְ סַ הֲ ָדא‬,‫ש ִאיל לוֹן‬ ָ ׁ ‫יך ה ּוא לָ א‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ָ ׁ ‫ וְ עַד ְ ּדק ּו ְד‬.‫סַ הֲ ֵדי‬

211. Woe to those who do not care and do not observe their doings, for the witnesses of the King stand by
them, observe and see whatever they do or say. They ascend and testify before the King. The
administrator stands before the King and demands punishment: so and so transgressed the law and so and
so did that; here are the witnesses. As long as the Holy One, blessed be He, does not ask them, they have
no permission to testify. WHEN HE ASKS THEM, they deliver their testimony.

‫ וְ לָ ִהיט‬,‫שא ִמ ְת ּגַלְ ְּגלָ א ְ ּבפַ לְ ָקא‬

ָ ּ ׁ ‫ וְ הַ אי ֶא‬,‫ָורא‬ ָ ‫שא ִח ּו‬ ָ ּ ׁ ‫ הֵ יכָ לָ א ָ ּדא מַ לְ יָא ֶא‬.‫ ְ ּבבֵ י מַ לְ ּ ָכא ִאית חַ ד הֵ יכָ לָ א‬.‫כלא ַא ְכ ִּתיב ַק ּ ֵמי מַ לְ ּ ָכא ְ ּב ִפ ְת ָקא‬ ָ ּ ְ‫ ו‬.212
‫ימין ּ ָת ִדיר‬ ִ ְ‫ ְּת ֵרין סו ְֹפ ִרין ַקי‬.‫ ְ ּדלָ א ּ ָפ ִסיק לְ עָלְ ִמין‬,‫שא א ּוכָ מָ א‬ ָ ּ ׁ ‫ מַ לְ יָא ֶא‬,‫ ִאית הֵ יכָ לָ א אוֹחֲ ָרא‬,‫ לְ ג ֹו הַ אי הֵ יכָ לָ א‬.‫יבין וְ הַ אי לָ א ּ ָפ ִסיק לְ עָלְ ִמין‬ ִ ‫ׁ ְש ִב‬
‫שא‬ָ ּ ׁ ‫יה ְ ּבהַ ה ּוא ֶא‬ּ ֵ‫ וְ כַ ְתבֵ י עָל‬,‫ָורא‬ ָ ‫שא ִח ּו‬ָ ּ ׁ ‫ ִאי ּנ ּון סו ְֹפ ִרין נ ְַטלִ ין מֵ הַ ה ּוא ּ ַפלְ ָקא ְ ּד ֶא‬.‫ סָ הֲ ִדין ּ ָכל סַ הֲ ֵדי ַק ּ ֵמי מַ לְ ּ ָכא‬,‫שעֲתָ א ְ ּד ִדינָא‬
ַ ׁ ‫ ְ ּב‬.‫יה מַ לְ ּ ָכא‬ ּ ‫ַק ּ ֵמ‬
.‫א ּוכָ מָ א‬

212. Everything is put in writing before the King. In the King’s house there is a certain chamber, full of
white fire. This fire rolls in a circle with burning sparks and never ceases. Inside this chamber there is
another chamber, full of black fire, which never ceases. Two scribes stand before the King at all times.
During trials, all witnesses testify before the King. The scribes take from the circle of white fire and write
THE VERDICT on it with the black circle.

,‫ מַ לְ ּ ָכא י ִָתיב‬,‫ וְ ִאי לָ או‬.‫ ִּפ ְת ִקין נִ ְק ָר ִעין‬,‫ ִאי יָהַ ְדר ּון‬.‫ ִ ּדלְ מָ א ּ ֵבין ּ ַכ ְך ּובֵ ין ּ ַכ ְך יְ הַ ְדר ּון ִ ּב ְת ׁש ּובָ ה‬,‫ עַד זִ ְמנָא יְ ִדיעָא‬,‫ ּו ְכ ֵדין מַ לְ ּ ָכא ַא ְח ִמיץ ִ ּדינָא‬.213
‫ וְ ִאי לָ או‬.‫ יָא ּות‬,‫יה זְ כ ּות‬ּ ֵ‫ ִאי ִאית מַ אן ְ ּדיוֹלִ יף עָל‬,‫יה זְ כ ּות‬ ּ ֵ‫ מַ אן יוֹלִ יף עָל‬,‫ ְּפלוֹנִ י עֲבַ ד ּ ַכ ְך‬,‫ ּ ָכר ֹוזָא ָקם וְ כָ ִריז‬,‫יה‬ ּ ‫וְ כָ ל ִאי ּנ ּון ְ ּדבֵ י זְ כ ּותָ א ַקיְ ימֵ י ַק ּ ֵמ‬
.‫הָ א ִא ְת ְמסַ ר לְ סַ נְ ִט ָירא‬
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213. The King then holds the verdict for some time, in case they will repent in the meantime. If they
returned IN REPENTANCE, the writings are torn up. If not, the King sits and all the defenders stand before
Him. The crier stands and announces, so and so did this; who shall defend him? If there is someone to
defend him, it is well. Otherwise, he is given to the administrator FOR PUNISHMENT.

‫כלא ע ֲִביד‬ ְ ‫ ַאמַ אי ִא ְצ ְט ִר‬,‫יך ה ּוא‬

ָ ּ ‫ ֶא ּ ָלא לְ ַאחֲ ז ָָאה ְ ּד‬.‫ יְ הֵ א ִּפ ְט ָרא ְ ּדפ ּומָ א לִ ְבנֵי עָלְ מָ א‬,‫ ֶא ּ ָלא ְ ּבגִ ין ְ ּדלָ א‬.‫יך לְ כָ ל ָ ּדא‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ ָ ׁ ‫כלא י ַָדע ק ּו ְד‬ ָ ּ ְ‫ ו‬.214
,‫ מַ אן ְ ּדבָ עֵי לְ ִא ְס ּ ַת ְּכלָ א‬,‫ וַאֲ ִפילּ ּו לְ מַ אן ְ ּדלָ א י ְַדעֵי‬,‫ ִא ְת ְמסַ ר לְ חַ ִּכימֵ י‬,‫ הַ אי‬.‫ וְ ִאי ּ ֵתימָ א ְמנָלָ ן‬.‫ֵיה‬
ּ ‫יה מַ אן ְ ּד ִא ׁ ְש ְּתזִ יב ִמן ִ ּדינ‬ ּ ‫ וְ נִ יחָ א ַק ּ ֵמ‬,‫ארח ְק ׁשוֹט‬ ַ ‫ְ ּב‬
ְ
‫ ּכ ּ ָלא ִאיה ּו‬,‫שא ְ ּב ִריך ה ּוא ְ ּב ַא ְרעָא‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ּ ָכל מַ ה ְ ּדפָ ִקיד ק ּו ְד‬,‫ ְ ּדהָ א ּכ ּ ָלא ְּכגַוְ ונָא חֲ ָדא‬,‫ וְ י ֵַדע ְ ּבמַ ה ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ְ ּב ִס ְת ָרא‬,‫י ׁ ְַש ּגַח ְ ּבמַ ה ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ְ ּב ִא ְת ּגַלְ יָא‬
.‫ֵילא‬
ָ ּ ‫ְּכגַוְ ונָא ִ ּדלְ ע‬

214. HE Yet the Holy One, blessed be He, knows everything, why does He need all this? AND HE
ASKS,
ANSWERS, This is so that people will have no excuse, but rather to show that He does everything
truthfully. He prefers it when one is saved from His punishment. You may ask whence we know that.
THIS was given to the sages, and even those who do not know, whoever may wish to see, may see what is
divulged BELOW IN THIS WORLD, and thus know what is a mystery ABOVE, since everything follows the
same pattern. For whatever the Holy One, blessed be He, does in the ways of the world, is in the likeness
of above.

‫ וְ ַאף עַל ּגַב‬.‫ וְ תָ בַ ע ִ ּדינָא‬,‫ סַ נְ ִט ָירא ָקא ָאתֵ י וְ חָ ּ ֵפי ִּפ ְתחָ א ְ ּדמַ לְ ּ ָכא‬,‫ ּומַ לְ ּ ָכא י ִָתיב ְ ּבכ ּו ְר ְסיָיא ְ ּד ִדינָא‬,‫ ִאיה ּו יוֹמָ א ְ ּד ִדינָא‬,‫ יוֹמָ א דר"ה‬.215
‫שעֲתָ א ְ ּדסַ נְ ִט ָירא ָקם‬
ַ ׁ ‫ ּו ְב‬.‫ לִ ְר ִחימ ּו ְ ּד ִדינָא‬,‫ נָצַ ח ְר ִחימ ּו ִ ּד ְבנוֹי‬.‫ ִּכי אֲ נִ י יְ ָי' אוֹהֵ ב ִמ ׁ ְש ּ ָפט‬,‫ ְּכמָ ה ְ ּד ַא ְּת ָאמֵ ר‬,‫יה לְ ִדינָא‬ ּ ֵ‫יך ה ּוא ָר ִחים ל‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ ָ ׁ ‫ְ ּדק ּו ְד‬
.‫ ְ ּבהַ ה ּוא ׁשוֹפָ ר‬,‫ֵילא‬ָ ּ ‫ ְ ּבגִ ין לְ ִא ְּתע ָָרא ַרחֲ מֵ י ִמ ּ ַת ּ ָתא לְ ע‬,‫ ּ ָפ ִקיד לְ ִמ ְת ַקע ּ ַב ׁ ּשוֹפָ ר‬,‫לְ ִמ ְטעַן ִמ ִ ּלין עָלַ יְ יה ּו‬

215. The day of Rosh Hashanah is Judgment day, and the King sits on the throne of Judgment. The
administrator comes and covers the entrance to the King and demands punishment. Even though the
Holy One, blessed be He, loves judgment, as written, “For I Hashem love justice,” the love of His
children overcame the love of judgment. When the administrator rises to speak about them, THE HOLY
ONE, BLESSED BE HE, commanded to blow the Shofar in order to rouse love from below upward by
that Shofar.

‫ֵילא‬
ָ ּ ‫ ּ ַכד הַ ה ּוא ָקלָ א ִא ְּתעַר מֵ ע‬,‫ֵילא‬
ָ ּ ‫ וְ ִא ְּתעַר ָקלָ א ָאחֳ ָרא לְ ע‬,‫ וְ ִא ְתעָבֵ יד ִמ ּנַיְ יה ּו ָקלָ א חֲ ָדא‬,‫שא וְ ר ּוחָ א ּומַ ּיָא‬ ָ ּ ׁ ‫ ְּכלִ ילָ א ְ ּב ֶא‬,‫ סַ ְ ּל ָקא הַ ה ּוא ָקלָ א‬.216
.‫ ְּכ ֵדין ּ ָכל טַ עֲנוֹת ְ ּד ָקא טָ ִעין הַ ה ּוא ְמ ַק ְט ְרגָא ִמ ְתע ְַר ְ ּבבֵ י‬,‫ּו ִמ ּ ַת ּ ָתא‬

216. The sound rises, included of fire, wind and water, WHICH CORRESPOND TO CHESED, GVURAH
AND TIFERET, that merge into one sound. Another sound from above is roused before it, WHICH IS THE
CENTRAL COLUMN THAT JOINS LEFT AND RIGHT. When that sound is roused from above and from
below, all the charges the prosecutors raise are confused.

‫שעֲתָ א‬ַ ׁ ‫ ְ ּדהָ א ְ ּבהַ ִהיא‬,‫ ּ ָכל חַ ד ְּכפ ּום או ְֹרחוֹי‬,‫יה ּ ַת ְב ׁ ִשילִ ין ְ ּדכָ ל עָלְ מָ א‬
ּ ֵ‫ לְ ַא ְטעֲמָ א ל‬,‫ֵשו‬ ָ ׂ ‫ וְ ָק ֵרי לְ ע‬,‫ נ ִָפיק יִ ְצחָ ק ִ ּבלְ חוֹדוֹי‬,‫שנָה‬ ָ ּ ׁ ַ‫ראש ה‬ ׁ ‫ ְ ּביוֹמָ א ְ ּד‬.217
‫ֲשה לִ י‬
ֵ ׂ ‫ וְ ָאמַ ר וְ צ ּו ָדה לִ י צָ יִ דה ַוע‬,‫ֵשו‬
ָ ׂ ‫ וְ ָק ֵרי לְ ע‬,‫יה ְ ּד ִדינָא‬
ּ ֵ‫ש ִכיב עַל ע ְַרס‬ ְ
ָ ׁ ְ‫ ו‬,‫ וְ ִא ְת ְּפ ַר ׁש‬,‫שך ַא ּ ֵפי ִ ּב ְריָין‬ָ ׁ ‫ֵיה מַ אן ְ ּד ַא ְח‬
ּ ‫ ְ ּדנ ִָפיק ִמ ּנ‬,‫ו ִַּת ְכהֶ ן ָ עֵינָיו מֵ ְראוֹת‬
.‫יאה ִ ּלי‬
ָ ‫מַ ְטע ּ ִַמים וְ הָ ִב‬

217. On the day of Rosh Hashanah, Isaac comes out alone, THAT IS, THE LEFT COLUMN REIGNS
WITHOUT THE RIGHT, WITHOUT THE JOINING OF THE CENTRAL COLUMN, WHICH ARE ABRAHAM
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AND JACOB. He calls Esau, THE OTHER SIDE, to give him dishes to eat of the whole world, according
to their deeds, NAMELY, TO DEMAND PUNISHMENT FOR THE ACTIONS OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD. For at that time, “his eyes were dim, so that he could not see” (Beresheet 27:1), because he that
darkens people’s faces comes out from him – THAT IS, THE PROSECUTOR IS DRAWN FROM THE LEFT,
WHEN IT IS WITHOUT THE RIGHT. He is separated FROM THE RIGHT AND CENTRAL COLUMN, lies on
the couch of Judgment and calls Esau, WHO IS THE OTHER SIDE AND THE PROSECUTOR. And he said,
“catch me some venison; and make me savory food” (Ibid. 3-4) FROM THE EVIL DEEDS OF PEOPLE,
“and bring it to me” (Ibid.).

‫ לְ ִא ְּתע ָָרא ִאיה ּו ְ ּב ִאי ּנ ּון‬,‫יה‬

ּ ֵ‫ידת ל‬ ַ ‫ ּו ְפ ִק‬.‫ ְ ּבנ ָּה ְר ִחימָ א ְ ּד ִא ְּת ְמסַ ר לָ ּה ִמ ּיוֹמָ א ְ ּד ִא ְת ְ ּב ֵרי עָלְ מָ א‬,‫ש ּה‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ְר ִחימָ א ְ ּדנ ְַפ‬,‫ וְ ִר ְב ָקה ָא ְמ ָרה ֶאל ַיעֲקב ְ ּבנ ָּה‬.218
,‫יה‬ ּ ‫ וְ ִא ְּתעַר ַיעֲקב לְ ג ּ ֵַב‬,‫ וְ הַ ּקוֹל קוֹל ַיעֲקב ְ ּבהַ ה ּוא ׁשוֹפָ ר ְ ּד ָקא סָ לִ יק‬,‫ ּו ִמ ְתלְ ּ ַב ׁש ִ ּב ְצל ֹו ִתין ּובָ ע ּו ִתין‬,‫ וְ ַיעֲקב ִא ְּתעַר ִמ ּ ַת ּ ָתא‬.‫יה‬ ּ ֵ‫מַ ְטע ּ ִַמים ִ ּדיל‬
‫ ָרזָא‬,‫ יַיִ ן ְ ּדה ּוא חֵ יד ּו ְ ּדלִ ּ ָבא‬,‫ ָ ּדא יַיִ ן ְ ּד ִמנְ ְט ָרא‬,‫ ַו ּיָבֵ א ל ֹו יַיִ ן‬,‫יה‬ ּ ‫ ּ ֵכי ָון ְ ּד ִא ְת ְּכלִ יל ּ ַבהֲ ֵד‬.‫ וְ ִא ְת ְּכלִ יל ָ ּדא ְ ּב ָדא‬,‫ ַו ּי ַּג ֵׁש ל ֹו ַויּאכַ ל‬,‫יה‬
ּ ‫וְ ִא ְת ְק ִריב ּ ַבהֲ ֵד‬
.‫כלא ִאיה ּו ַרחֲ מֵ י‬ ָ ּ ְ‫ ו‬,‫ וְ חַ ֵ ּדי לִ ּ ָבא‬,‫ נַח ר ּוגְ זָא‬,‫ וַיְ בָ רֲ כֵ ה ּו‬.‫ ְצלו ִֹתין ְ ּדסַ ְ ּל ִקין ּובָ ע ּו ִתין‬,‫ ְּכ ֵדין ַו ּי ַָרח ֶאת ֵריחַ ְ ּבג ָָדיו‬,‫ְ ּדעָלְ מָ א ְ ּד ָאתֵ י‬

218. “And Rivkah spoke to Jacob her son…” (Ibid. 6), her heart’s beloved, her beloved son given to her
since the world was created. She orders him to rouse himself with his own dishes. Jacob awakens below,
dons prayers and petitions, and “The voice is Jacob’s voice” (Ibid. 22), with the celestial Shofar.
SUPERNAL Jacob awakens, WHO IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN, towards him, ISAAC, and approaches him,
BY JOINING HIM WITH ABRAHAM, WHO IS THE RIGHT. “And he brought it near to him, and he did eat”
(Ibid. 25), WHICH MEANS they were incorporated within each other, AND THE MOCHIN SHONE, THE
SECRET OF EATING. Once THE CENTRAL COLUMN was included in him, “he brought him wine” (Ibid.),
the preserved wine, NAMELY, THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH THAT SHINES FROM BELOW
UPWARDS, FIXED BY THE CENTRAL COLUMN. The wine rejoices the heart, the secret of the World to
Come, NAMELY THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH THAT IS DRAWN FROM BINAH CALLED THE
WORLD TO COME. Then, “he smelt the smell of his garments” (Ibid. 27), THAT IS, the ascending prayers
and petitions, “and blessed him” (Ibid.). THAT MEANS anger abated, the heart rejoiced and everything is
full of Mercy.
‫ ְ ּבחֶ ְדוָה‬,‫ וְ יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל נ ְָפ ִקין ִמן ִ ּדינָא‬.‫ וְ לָ א ִא ׁ ְש ְּתכָ ח ּו ּ ַת ּ ָמן‬,‫ ִא ְת ּ ָב ְדר ּו‬,‫ ּ ָכל ִאי ּנ ּון חַ ּיָילִ ין וְ ת ּו ְק ִפין וְ ר ּוגְ זִ ין ַ ּדהֲ ו ֹו זְ ִמינִ ין‬,‫ ּ ֵכי ָון ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ִא ְת ְּכלִ יל ְ ּב ַיעֲקב‬.219
‫ טָ ִעין ט ֹו ֲענֵי מֵ עוֹבָ ֵדי‬,‫ֵשו ָא ִחיו ּ ָבא ִמ ֵ ּציד ֹו‬ ָ ׂ ‫ וְ ע‬,‫ ּו ְב ִב ְר ּ ָכאן ִע ּ ָל ִאין‬,‫ ְ ּבחֶ ְדוָה‬,‫ ְ ּביוֹמָ א ָ ּדא‬,‫ וַיְ ִהי ַא ְך יָצא יָצָ א ַיעֲקב מֵ ֵאת ְּפנֵי יִ ְצחָ ק ָא ִביו‬.‫ּו ְב ִב ְר ּ ָכאן‬
‫ וְ יאכַ ל ּ ַכמָ ה עוֹבָ ִדין‬,‫ יִ ְּתעַר ְ ּב ִדינוֹי‬,‫ ַו ּיָבֵ א לְ ָא ִביו ַויּאמֶ ר יָק ּום ָא ִבי‬,‫ ַא ְת ִקין סַ הֲ ֵדי‬.‫ֵיה לְ ִמ ְטעָן טַ עֲנוֹת‬ ּ ‫ישנ‬
ָ ׁ ִ‫ חַ ִדיד ל‬,‫ ַו ַּיע ַׂש ּגַם ה ּוא מַ ְטע ּ ִַמים‬,‫ְ ּדעָלְ מָ א‬
.‫ישין ְ ּדכָ ל עָלְ מָ א ְ ּד ָקא ַא ׁ ְש ּ ַכ ְחנָא‬ִ ׁ ‫ִ ּב‬

219. Once he is incorporated in Jacob, all the awaiting powers, harsh Judgments and anger dispersed and
were no longer present there. Yisrael emerged from Judgment with happiness and blessings. “and Jacob
was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father,” on that day, with joy and celestial blessings,
“that Esau his brother came in from his hunting” (Ibid. 30), loaded with burdens of the deeds of the world
TO DENOUNCE THEM. “And he also had made savory food” (Ibid. 31), sharpening his tongue to give
charges and prepare testimony, “and brought it to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise,”
rousing himself with his Judgment, “and eat” (Ibid.) the many evil deeds DONE in the whole world that I
have found.

‫ ְ ּבכַ ּ ָמה‬,‫ ַויּאמֶ ר ִמי ֵאפוֹא ה ּוא הַ ָ ּצד צַ יִ ד‬.‫ ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ְ ּבחֶ ְדוָה‬,‫שא ִמ ְּכלָ לָ א ְ ּד ַיעֲקב‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ְ ּדהָ א לָ א י ִָכיל לְ ִא ְת ּ ָפ ְר‬,‫ ַו ּיֶחֱ ַרד יִ ְצחָ ק חֲ ָר ָדה ְּגדוֹלָ ה עַד ְמאד‬.220
ָ ׂ ‫ ִּכ ׁ ְשמ ֹו ַע ע‬.‫ וָאוֹכַ ל ִמ ּ ָכל ְ ּבטֶ ֶרם ּ ָתבא וָאֲ בָ רֲ כֵ ה ּו ּגַם ּ ָבר ּו ְך יִ ְהיֶה‬,‫ְצלו ִֹתין ּובָ ע ּו ִתין‬
‫ ְ ּדחָ מֵ י ְ ּדהָ א צֵ יד ֹו לָ א‬.'‫ֵשו ֶאת ִ ּד ְב ֵרי יִ ְצחָ ק ָא ִביו ַו ִ ּי ְצעַק ְצע ָָקה וְ ג ֹו‬
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,‫ֵשו ֶאת ַיעֲקב‬
ָ ׂ ‫ ַו ִ ּי ׂ ְשטוֹם ע‬.‫יה ִמ ּכ ּ ָלא‬
ּ ֵ‫ ִה ּנֵה ִמ ׁ ְשמַ ּנֵי הָ ָא ֶרץ וְ ג ֹו' ִא ּ ֵלין ּ ַת ִ ּק ִיפין וְ א ּו ְכל ּו ִסין ִד ׁ ְש ָאר ע ּ ִַמין וְ ָדא ַק ׁ ְשיָא ל‬,‫יה‬
ּ ֵ‫ עַד לְ בָ תַ ר ְ ּד ָאמַ ר ל‬.‫הֲ וָה ְּכל ּום‬
.‫יה ּ ָת ִדיר‬
ּ ֵ‫ ּולְ ַק ְט ֵרגָא ל‬,‫יה‬
ּ ‫לְ מֵ יזָל אֲ בַ ְת ֵר‬

220. “And Isaac trembled very much…” (Ibid. 33), for he could not be separated from being incorporated in
Jacob, who abides in joy, “and said, Who then is he that has taken venison” by many prayers and petitions,
“and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Moreover, he shall be blessed. And when
Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceedingly bitter cry” (Ibid. 33-34), because he
saw that his venison was worthless. Eventually he said to him, “Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness
of the earth…” (Ibid. 39), the mighty men and the multitudes of the other people. This was hardest for him,
“And Esau hated Jacob” (Ibid. 41), following him and constantly denouncing him.

‫ ְּכ ֵדין‬,‫ עַד ְ ּד ָאתֵ י ָי"ה‬,‫יה ְ ּבתַ עֲנִ יתָ א‬ ּ ֵ‫ש ּוֵי ּג ְַרמ‬
ַ ׁ ,‫ ּ ָתב ְ ּב ִת ּי ּו ְב ּ ָתא‬.‫ֵיה‬
ּ ‫ ע ִָריק לְ ִא ׁ ְש ְּתזָבָ א ִמ ּנ‬,‫ וְ ַיעֲקב ָאזִ יל ְ ּב ִאי ּנ ּון יו ִֹמין ְ ּדבֵ ין ר"ה לְ יוֹם הַ ִּכ ּפ ּו ִרים‬.221
.‫ ִמ ּיַד ַו ִ ּי ָירא ַיעֲקב ְמאד ַו ּיֵיצֶ ר ל ֹו וְ ַא ְס ּגֵי ִ ּב ְצלו ִֹתין ּובָ ע ּו ִתין‬,‫ ּ ֻכ ְ ּלה ּו ְמ ַק ְט ְרגֵי זְ ִמינִ ין לְ ַק ְט ְרגָא לוֹן‬,‫ וְ ִע ּמ ֹו ַא ְר ּ ַבע מֵ אוֹת ִא ׁיש‬,‫ֵשו ּ ָבא‬ ָ ׂ ‫י ְַדעֵי יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל ְ ּדע‬
‫ ִּכי ָאמַ ר אֲ כַ ְּפ ָרה פָ נָיו ּ ַב ּ ִמנְ חָ ה הַ הוֹלֶ כֶ ת לְ פָ נָי ַו ִ ּי ַּקח ִמן הַ ּ ָבא ְביָד ֹו‬,‫ עַד ְ ּדנ ִָטיל עֵיטָ א וְ ָאמַ ר‬.'‫ַויּאמֶ ר ַיעֲקב אֱ לֹהֵ י ָא ִבי ַא ְב ָרהָ ם וֵאלהֵ י ָא ִבי וְ ג ֹו‬
.'‫ֶש ִרים ְרחֵ לִ ים מָ אתַ יִ ם וְ ג ֹו‬
ְ ׂ ‫ ִע ִ ּזים מָ אתַ יִ ם ּו ְתי ׁ ִָשים ע‬,'‫ִמנְ חָ ה וְ ג ֹו‬

221. Jacob goes the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and flees so as to be saved from him.
He repents and fasts until Yom Kippur. Then Yisrael know that Esau comes with four hundred people, all
prosecutors ready to denounce them. Forthwith, “Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed” (Beresheet
32:8), and raised many prayers and petitions, “And Jacob said, O Elohim of my father Abraham, and
Elohim of my father…” (Ibid. 10), until he reached a decision, saying, “For he said, I will appease him
with the present that goes before me” (Ibid. 21), “and took of that which came to his hand a present…two
hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes…” (Ibid. 14-15).

‫ מַ אן‬,‫ ּ ָתנֵינָן‬.‫ ַא ְר ִּכיב עַל נָחָ ׁש ְּכ ִמין ּגָמָ ל‬,‫שעֲתָ א ְ ּדפַ ּ ֵתי סָ מָ ֵא"ל לְ ָא ָדם‬ַ ׁ ‫ ְ ּב‬,‫ ְּכ ִמין ּגָמָ ל‬,‫ ְּגמַ ִ ּלים ה ּוא נָחָ ׁש‬.‫יה‬ ּ ֵ‫ ּ ַכ ְך ה ּוא ִס ְט ָרא ִ ּדיל‬,'‫ ְּגמַ ִ ּלים וְ ג ֹו‬.222
.‫כלא חַ ד‬ ָ ּ ְ‫ ו‬.‫ וְ ִא ׁ ְש ְּתזִ יב ִמי ּנ ָּה‬,‫יה ִמ ְ ּלמַ ְעלָ ה‬
ּ ֵ‫ ִמיתָ ה נִ ְקנְ סָ ה עָל‬,‫יה‬
ּ ֵ‫ְ ּדחָ מֵ י ּגָמָ ל ְ ּבחֶ לְ מ‬

222. “camels…” (Ibid. 16). Such is his side, LIKE CAMELS. Camels are the PRIMORDIAL serpent THAT
WAS like a camel. When THE ANGEL Samael tempted Adam TO EAT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF
GOOD AND EVIL, he was riding on a camel-like serpent. We learned that whoever sees a camel in his
dream was punished by death from above but was saved from it. It is all the same, WHICH MEANS THAT
THE CAMEL AND THE SERPENT THAT DELIVERED DEATH TO THE WORLD ARE THE SAME THING.

‫ֵשו‬
ָ ׂ ‫ָשב ּ ַביוֹם הַ ה ּוא ע‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ְּכ ֵדין ַו ּי‬.‫ ַיעֲבָ ר נָא אֲ דוֹנִ י לִ ְפנֵי ע ְַב ּד ֹו‬.‫יה‬ ּ ֵ‫יה וְ ע ּו ְקצ‬ ּ ‫ש‬
ֵ ׁ ‫ וְ ַיעֲקב לָ א ּ ָבעָא ּד ּו ְב‬,‫ֵשו ַא ּפ ְטרו ֹּפוֹסָ א ְ ּד ַיעֲקב‬ ָ ׂ ‫ ַא ְה ָ ּדר ע‬,‫ ּו ְכ ֵדין‬.223
‫ ּ ֵכי ָון ְ ּדהַ ה ּוא ְמ ַק ְט ְרגָא ָאזַל‬.‫ וְ ִכ ּ ֵפר עָלַ יְ יה ּו‬,‫ש ִביק לְ חוֹבֵ יהוֹן‬ ְ
ָ ׁ ‫שא ְ ּב ִריך ה ּוא‬ ָ ׁ ‫ וְ ק ּו ְד‬.‫ישא‬
ָ ׁ ‫ ְ ּדהָ א ִא ְת ְּפ ַר ׁש מֵ ע ּ ַָמא ַק ִ ּד‬,‫שעַת נְ ִעילָ ה‬ ַ ׁ ‫ ְ ּב‬.‫ ֵאימָ תַ י‬.‫לְ ַד ְר ּכ ֹו‬
‫שם‬ ֵ ׁ ‫ עַל ּ ֵכן ָק ָרא‬.'‫ וְ ַיעֲקב נָסַ ע סֻ ּכתָ ה ַו ִ ּיבֶ ן לוֹן ּ ָביִ ת וְ ג ֹו‬,‫ מַ ה ְּכ ִתיב‬,‫יך ה ּוא לְ מֶ ְח ֵ ּדי ִ ּב ְבנוֹי‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ָ ׁ ‫ ּ ָבעֵי ק ּו ְד‬,‫ וְ ִא ְת ְּפ ַר ׁש ִמ ּנַיְ יה ּו‬,‫ְ ּבהַ ה ּוא ּדוֹר ֹונָא‬
.‫ ז ּ ַָכ ָאה ח ּולָ ֵקיהוֹן ְ ּבהַ אי עָלְ מָ א ּו ְבעָלְ מָ א ְ ּד ָאתֵ י‬.‫יך ה ּוא חַ ֵ ּדי ִ ּב ְבנוֹי‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ ָ ׁ ‫ וק ּו ְד‬,‫ הָ א ִא ׁ ְש ּ ֵתזִ יב ּו ִמן ְמ ַק ְט ְרגָא‬,‫ ּ ֵכי ָון ְ ּדי ְַתבֵ י ּ ַב ּ ֻס ּכוֹת‬,‫הַ ּ ָמקוֹם ס ּו ּכוֹת‬

.‫ע"כ רעיא מהימנא‬

223. Esau then reverted to be Jacob’s defender, yet Jacob wanted neither his honey nor his sting, BUT
SAID, “Let my master, I pray you, pass over before his servant” (Beresheet 33:14). Then, “Esau returned
that day on his way to Seir” (Ibid. 16). When WAS THAT? During the Neilah prayer, since then he parted
from the holy nation, and the Holy One, blessed be He, forgives their iniquities and atones for them. Once
the prosecutor left with the gift and separated from them, the Holy One, blessed be He, wishes to rejoice
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with His children. It is then written, “And Jacob journeyed to Sukkot, and built him a house…therefore
the name of the place is called Sukkot” (Ibid. 17). Since Yisrael dwelt in Sukkot, they were saved from the
prosecutor and the Holy One, blessed be He, rejoiced in His children. Happy is their lot in this world and
in the World to Come.

End of Ra’aya Meheimna

PINCHAS

59. Rosh Hashanah

‫ָשאתָ ֲעוֹן‬ ָ ׂ ‫ לְ בָ תַ ר וְ ַא ּ ָתה נ‬.'‫אתי או ִֹדיע ֲָך וְ ג ֹו‬ ִ ‫ חַ ּ ָט‬,‫ הה"ד‬.‫ וְ כָ ל מַ ה ְ ּדעָבֵ יד ִ ּב ְפ ָרט‬,‫שיְ יפָ א‬ ַ ׁ ְ‫שיְ יפָ א ו‬
ַ ׁ ‫שא חו ִֹבין ְ ּדכָ ל‬ ָ ׁ ‫יך לוֹן לְ פָ ְר‬ ְ ‫ וע"ד ִא ְצ ְט ִר‬.356
‫ אֲ בָ ל ְ ּב ִצ ּב ּור‬,‫ ְ ּד ִאי ּ ֵתימָ א הַ אי ְ ּבי ִָחיד‬,'‫ חָ טָ אנ ּו ִּכי ָעז ְַבנ ּו ֶאת יְ ָי‬,‫ ְ ּביִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל ְּכ ִתיב‬.'‫ ִ ּד ְכ ִתיב ָא ּנָא חָ טָ א הָ עָם הַ ּזֶה וְ ג ֹו‬,‫שה‬ ֶ ׁ ‫ ִמ ּמ‬.‫ ְמנָלָ ן‬.‫אתי סֶ לָ ה‬
ִ ‫חָ ּ ָט‬
‫ מַ אן‬.‫ מ"ט‬.'‫ ּו ְכ ִתיב ַו ַּיע ֲׂש ּו לָ הֶ ם וְ ג ֹו‬.'‫משה ֶאל יְ ָי' וְ ג ֹו‬ ֶ ׁ ‫ָשב‬
ָ ׁ ‫ הָ א ְּכ ִתיב ַו ּי‬,‫ אֲ בָ ל ׁ ְשלִ יחָ א ִ ּדלְ הוֹן לָ א‬,‫ וְ ִאי ּ ֵתימָ א הָ א ְ ּב ִצ ּב ּור‬.‫ הָ א ְּכ ִתיב ְק ָרא ָ ּדא‬.‫לָ א‬
.‫יה‬ ּ ֵ‫ וְ לָ א ִא ְת ָ ּדן עַל ּפ ּומ‬,‫יה‬
ּ ֵ‫ ְ ּבגִ ין דב"נ ָק ִריב לְ ג ְַרמ‬,‫ֵיה‬ ּ ‫ ּ ֵבי ִ ּדינָא ְ ּב ֵדילִ ין ִמי ּנ‬,‫יה‬ ּ ֵ‫ִ ּד ְמפָ ֵר ׁש חוֹב‬

356. This is why the sins of every limb have to be expounded, and everything that he did in detail, as it is
written: “I acknowledge my sin to You” (Tehilim 32:5). And this same verse concludes: “and You forgave
the iniquity of my sin. Se’la.” How do we know this? We know it from Moses, for it is written: “This
people has sinned a great sin” (Ibid. 31). And about Yisrael is written: “We have sinned because we have
forsaken Hashem” (I Shmuel 12:10). Should you suggest THAT THE VERSE ABOUT MOSES refers to an
individual alone, while in public one does not HAVE TO SPECIFY ONE’S SINS, then the other verse “WE
HAVE SINNED BECAUSE WE HAVE FORSAKEN HASHEM” comes to teach the opposite, FOR IT IS SAID
IN PUBLIC. And should you agree that it is to be in public, but that it is not the cantor WHO HAS TO
DETAIL THE SINS, the opposite is suggested, as it is written: “And Moses returned to Hashem and said:
This people has sinned a great sin...and have made them an Elohim of gold.” What is the reason? It is
because the heavenly court leaves alone the person who expounds his own sins AND DOES NOT FIND HIM
GUILTY. Because a man may be considered as one of his own close relatives, AND A RELATIVE IS
UNACCEPTABLE AS A WITNESS. He is, THEREFORE, not judged according to his OWN testimony.

ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬
‫יך‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ְּכ ֵדין ק ּו ְד‬.‫ וְ לָ א י ִָהיב ּד ּו ְכתָ א לְ ַאחֲ ָרא לְ מֵ ימַ ר‬,‫ֵימא‬
ָ ּ ‫ ְ ּדבַ ר נ ָׁש י ְַק ִדים וְ י‬.‫יה חוֹבָ א מ ּומָ א‬
ּ ֵ‫ש ִביק לִ ְמ ַק ְט ְרגָא לְ אוֹלְ פָ א עָל‬
ָ ׁ ‫ לָ א‬,‫ וְ ת ּו‬.357
.‫ ּומו ֶֹדה וְ ע ֹוזֵב יְ ר ּוחָ ם‬,‫ הה"ד‬,‫יה‬ּ ֵ‫ה ּוא מָ ִחיל ל‬
357. Moreover, he does not let the prosecutor teach guilt and fault about him, because the person himself
comes first and tells all, leaving nothing for anyone else to mention. Then the Holy One, blessed be He,
forgives him, as it is written: “But whoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy” (Mishlei 28:13).

‫ ְּתנָן ּו ִמ ׁ ְש ּ ַפט‬.‫ ְ ּדלִ יפ ּו ׁש ַרחֲ מֵ י‬,‫יה‬

ּ ‫ וְ יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל עָאלִ ין ְ ּב ַק ְדמֵ יתָ א ְ ּב ִדינָא ַק ּ ֵמ‬.‫ידן ּ ָכל עָלְ מָ א‬ ָ ֵ‫ לְ מ‬,‫ ְמתַ ְ ּקנִ ין ּ ֵבי ִ ּדינָא ּכ ּו ְר ְסיָיא לְ מַ לְ ּ ָכא‬,‫ ְ ּביוֹמֵ י דר"ה‬.358
.‫ ְ ּד ִמ ְתחַ ְ ּב ָרן ּ ַכחֲ ָדא‬,‫ ְ ּבגִ ין ְ ּד ִאי ּנ ּון ְּת ֵרי ּ ֵבי ִ ּדינָא‬.‫ אֲ מַ אי ְּת ֵרי יו ִֹמין‬.‫ ֶא ּ ָלא הָ נֵי ְּת ֵרי יו ִֹמין דר"ה‬.‫ יוֹם ְ ּביוֹמ ֹו מַ אי ה ּוא‬,‫ע ַּמ ֹו יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל ְ ּדבַ ר יוֹם ְ ּביוֹמ ֹו‬
.‫ וְ תַ ְרוַויְ יה ּו ִמ ׁ ְש ּ ַת ְכחֵ י‬,‫ ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ַר ְפיָא‬,‫ ְ ּב ִדינָא ּ ַת ּ ָת ָאה‬,‫ ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ַק ׁ ְשיָא‬,‫ִ ּדינָא ִע ּ ָל ָאה‬

358. On the days of Rosh Hashanah, the court prepares a throne for the King to judge the whole world.
Yisrael come in first to be judged before Him, so that Mercy will multiply, NAMELY BEFORE ANGER IS
AROUSED AT THE SINNERS OF THE WORLD. It is written “that He maintain…the cause of His people
Yisrael, as each day may require” (I Melachim 8:59). What is the meaning of “as each day may require”?

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THE MEANING IS the two days of Rosh Hashanah. And why are there two days? Because they are two
courts joined together. There is the upper Judgment, which is harsh, and the lower Judgment that is
lenient, and both of them exist.

‫ ְּתלַ ת ְּת ִב ִירין ְ ּד ִאיה ּו‬.‫ יְ לָ ל ּותָ א ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ִ ּדינָא ּ ַת ִ ּקיפָ א‬,‫ וְ לָ א י ְַדעֵי ְ ּדתַ ְרוַויְ יה ּו ִא ְצ ְט ִריכ ּו‬,‫ ָרזָא ִ ּדיבָ בָ א וִ ילָ ל ּותָ א‬,‫ וְ עַל ָ ּדא לָ א י ְַדעֵי הָ נֵי ּ ַב ְבלָ ֵאי‬.359
.‫ארח ְק ׁשוֹט‬ ַ ְ‫כלא נ ְָפ ִקין ל‬ ָ ּ ְ‫ ו‬.‫ וְ ע ְַב ֵדינָן ּ ַת ְרוַויְ יה ּו‬,‫ וַאֲ נָן י ְַדעֵינָן‬.‫ וְ ע ְַב ִדין ּ ַת ְרוַויְ יה ּו‬,‫ ִאי ּנ ּון לָ א י ְַדעֵי‬.‫ ְּגנ ּוחֵ י ּ ָגנַח ַר ְפ ָיא‬,‫ִ ּדינָא ַר ְפיָא‬

359. And in this respect the Babylonians did not know the secret of the Sh’varim and T’ruah and that both
of them are required. The T’ruah is strict Judgment. The three notes of the Sh’varim are lenient Judgment,
AND IT IS LIKE someone who groans FROM HIS HEART, which is soft. They did not know WHICH OF
THE TWO WAS REQUIRED, AND they THEREFORE had both of them. But we know BOTH, THAT BOTH
OF THEM ARE REQUIRED, and do both OF THEM. And everything comes out by the way of truth.

‫ ָ ּדא‬:‫ ּ ַב ּ ֶכסֶ ה‬.‫חד ׁש‬ ֶ ‫ ְ ּד ִא ְק ֵרי‬,‫ ָ ּדא ּ ֵבי ִ ּדינָא ַר ְפיָא‬.‫חד ׁש‬ ֶ ַ‫ מַ אי ב‬,‫חד ׁש ׁשוֹפָ ר‬ ֶ ַ‫ ִּת ְקע ּו ב‬.‫חד ׁש ׁשוֹפָ ר ּ ַב ּ ֶכסֶ ה לְ יוֹם חַ גֵנ ּו‬ ֶ ַ‫ ִּת ְקע ּו ב‬,‫ ּ ָפתַ ח וְ ָאמַ ר‬.360
‫ וְ תַ ְרוַויְ יה ּו‬.‫ ָ ּדא ִ ּדינָא ְ ּב ַרחֲ מֵ י‬,‫ ּו ִמ ׁ ְש ּ ָפט‬.‫ ָ ּדא ִ ּדינָא ַר ְפיָא‬,‫ ִּכי חק‬.‫ ְ ּדלָ או ִאיה ּו ִ ּדינָא ְ ּב ִא ְת ּגַלְ יָיא‬,‫ ִ ּדינָא ְ ּד ִא ְת ּ ַכ ְסיָיא ּ ָת ִדיר‬.‫ ּ ַפחַ ד יִ ְצחָ ק‬,‫ִ ּדינָא ַק ׁ ְשיָא‬
.‫ וְ תַ ְרוַויְ יה ּו ְ ּב ָרזָא חֲ ָדא‬,‫ בג"כ ְּת ֵרין יו ִֹמין‬.‫ִאי ּנ ּון ּ ַכחֲ ָדא‬

360. He began by quoting: “Blow the horn at the new moon, in concealment for our feast day. For it is a
statute for Yisrael...an ordinance of the Elohim of Jacob” (Tehilim 81:4-5). What is “Blow the horn at the
new moon”? It means lenient Judgment, that is called “new moon.” And what is “in concealment”? This is
harsh Judgment, which is ALSO TERMED ‘the fear of Isaac’. It is a Judgment that is concealed permanently,
NAMELY THE MANULA, which is not judgment openly. “For it is a statute” refers to lenient Judgment. “an
ordinance” refers to Judgment CONTAINED with Mercy, and the two of them are there together, and this is
why there are two days OF ROSH HASHANAH, both of which are of the same principle.
,‫ישא‬ָ ׁ ‫ימין ְ ּד ַדיְ ִירין ּ ַבאֲ וִ ָירא ְ ּד ַא ְרעָא ַק ִד‬ ִ ‫ ְ ּבגִ ין חַ ִּכ‬.‫ ֶא ּ ָלא יו ְֹדעֵי ְתר ּועָה‬,‫ א ֹו ּתו ְֹקעֵי ְתר ּועָה‬,‫ לָ א ְּכ ִתיב ׁש ְמעֵי‬,'‫ ַא ׁ ְש ֵרי הָ עָם יו ְֹדעֵי ְתר ּועָה וְ ג ֹו‬.361
,‫יה‬
ּ ‫ לְ מֵ יעַל ַק ּ ֵמ‬,‫אריהוֹן‬ ֵ ָ‫ ְ ּדי ְַד ִעין ָרזִ ין ִעלָ ִאין ְ ּדמ‬,‫ מַ אן ע ּ ַָמא ְּכיִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל‬.‫שבֶ ט ּ ַב ְרזֶל‬ ֵ ׁ ‫ ְּכמָ ה ִ ּד ְכ ִּתיב ְּתר ֹועֵם ְ ּב‬,‫ ָרזָא ִ ּד ְתר ּועָה‬.‫ִאי ּנ ּון ְידעֵי ְתר ּועָה‬
ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬
‫יך‬ ָ ׁ ‫ וְ ָדא אוֹר ַק ְדמָ ָאה ְ ּדגָנִ יז ק ּו ְד‬.‫יך ה ּוא‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬
ָ ׁ ‫ יִ ְת ָק ְרב ּון לְ מֵ יהַ ְך ְ ּבאוֹר ּ ָפנָיו ְדק ּו ְד‬,‫ וְ כָ ל ִאי ּנ ּון ְ ּדי ְַדעֵי ָרזָא ִ ּד ְתר ּועָה‬.‫יה‬
ּ ‫ש ָרא ּ ֵב‬
ַ ׁ ‫ּולְ ִא ְת ְ ּק‬
ְ ‫ וע"ד ִא ְצ ְט ִר‬.‫יק ּיָיא‬
.‫יך לְ ִמנְ ַ ּדע לָ ּה‬ ַ ‫ה ּוא לְ צַ ִ ּד‬

361. “Happy is the people that know the joyful note (Heb. T’ruah)” (Tehilim 89:15). It does not say “that
hear,” nor does it say “that blow the sounds OF A T’RUAH,” but “that know.” This is because ONLY the
sages who dwell in the atmosphere of the holy land are the ones who know T’ruah. The secret of the
T’ruah is as it is written: “You shall break them (Heb. teroem) with a rod of iron” (Tehilim 2:9). What
people is there like Yisrael, who know the heavenly secrets of their Master and enter in before Him and
associate with Him. And all those who know the secret of the T’ruah will draw near and walk in the light
of the countenance of the Holy One, blessed be He, because this is the first light that the Holy One,
blessed be He, hid for the righteous. This is why it is necessary to know it, THE T’RUAH.

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 Shofar
BEHA'ALOTCHA

‫יסין‬
ִ ‫ארי ְּת ִר‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬
ֵ ָ‫יך ה ּוא וְ כַ ּ ָמה מ‬ ָ ׁ ‫יחין ְ ּבהַ ה ּוא יוֹמָ א ַק ּ ֵמי ק ּו ְד‬
ִ ִ‫ וְ כ ְ ֻּלה ּו ׁ ְשל‬,‫אריהוֹן ִ ּדיבָ בָ א וִ ילָ לָ א‬
ֵ ָ‫ מ‬,‫אריהוֹן ְ ּד ִדינִ ין‬
ֵ ָ‫ ִא ּ ֵלין מ‬,‫ עַל הָ ֵרי אֲ ָר ָרט‬.18

.‫ ְ ּב ִדינָא ְ ּדעָלְ מָ א‬,‫ וְ כ ְ ֻּלה ּו ַקיְ ימֵ י ְּתחוֹת הַ ה ּוא ּכ ְֻר ְסיָיא‬,‫ִא ְּתעֲר ּו ְ ּבהַ אי יוֹמָ א‬

18. “…upon the mountains of Ararat...” ARARAT IS DERIVED FROM ARUR (ENG. ‘CURSED’),
INDICATING those Prosecutors, who whine and wail, and all those emissaries THAT ARE PRESENT on that
day before the Holy One, blessed be He. How many shielding ones are wakened on that day. And they all
stand under that Throne when the world is on trial.

‫ וְ כָ ל‬.‫ ּו ְמהַ ּ ֵפ ְך ִ ּדינָא לְ ַרחֲ מֵ י‬,‫יך ה ּוא חָ יֵיס עָלַ יְ יה ּו‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ָ ׁ ‫ וְ ק ּו ְד‬,‫ וְ תַ ְק ִעין ּ ַב ׁ ּשוֹפָ ר‬,‫יה‬
ּ ‫ ּובָ עָאן ּו ִמ ְתחַ ְ ּננָן ַק ּ ֵמ‬,‫ וְ יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל ְמצַ לָ אן ְצלוֹתָ א ְ ּבהַ ה ּוא יוֹמָ א‬.19
,‫יה ִ ּב ְתר ּועָה‬ ּ ‫ וִ יכַ ּוֵון ּ ֵב‬,‫ ְ ּדי ַָדע ִע ָּק ָרא ְ ּד ִמ ּ ָלה‬,‫ ְ ּדהַ ה ּוא ְ ּדתָ ַקע‬,‫ ַא ׁ ְש ֵרי הָ עָם יו ְֹדעֵי ְתר ּועָה וע"ד ּ ָבעֵינָא ְ ּבהַ ה ּוא יוֹמָ א‬,‫ ּ ָפ ְתחֵ י וְ ָא ְמ ֵרי‬,‫ִע ּ ָל ֵאי וְ תַ ּ ָת ֵאי‬
.‫ וְ הָ א ִא ְּתמַ ר‬,‫ וְ לָ א ְּכ ִתיב ּתו ְֹקעֵי ְּתר ּועָה‬,‫ ַא ׁ ְש ֵרי הָ עָם יו ְֹדעֵי ְתר ּועָה‬,‫ וע"ד ְּכ ִתיב‬,‫וְ י ְַע ִ ּביד ִמ ּ ָלה ְ ּבחָ ְכ ְמתָ א‬

19. And Yisrael put forth their prayers on that day and beg and beseech before Him, and blow the Shofar.
The Holy One, blessed be He, has mercy for them and reverses Judgment to Mercy. All the upper and lower
beings say, “happy is the people that know the joyful note” (Tehilim 89:16). It is therefore required on that
day that whoever blows should be familiar with the main SECRETS OF THE matters; he should concentrate
on the blowing and expedite the matters with the HIGHEST wisdom. Therefore, it is written: “Happy is the
people that know the joyful note,” and not: ‘that blow the joyful note’. We have already explained this.

EMOR
Blowing the Shofar .32
.‫ ְ ּדמַ ְת ּ ָבר ׁש ּולְ טָ נ ּותָ א ִמ ּ ָכל ע ְַב ִ ּדין‬,‫שלְ ׁ ְשלָ ִאין‬
ַ ׁ ‫ ְ ּדמַ ְת ּ ָבר‬,‫ ֶא ּ ָלא ׁשוֹפָ ר‬.‫ ׁשוֹפָ ר ְּתר ּועָה אֲ מַ אי‬,'‫יעי וְ ג ֹו‬
ִ ‫חד ׁש הַ ׁ ּ ְש ִב‬
ֶ ‫ ְּכ ִתיב וְ הַ עֲבַ ְר ּ ָת ׁשוֹפָ ר ְּתר ּועָה ּ ַב‬.82
,‫ וְ לָ א ֶק ֶרן‬,‫ וְ ַע"ד ׁשוֹפָ ר‬,‫כלא ּ ָבעֵי לְ ַאחֲ ז ָָאה עוֹבָ ָדא‬ ָ ּ ‫ ּו ְב‬.‫ ְ ּדהָ א יוֹמָ א ּג ִָרים‬,‫כלא‬
ָ ּ ְ‫ לְ ַאחֲ ז ָָאה חֵ יר ּו ל‬,‫ וְ לָ א ּ ָכ ִפיף‬,‫ּובַ ְעיָא לְ ַאחֲ ז ָָאה ׁשוֹפָ ר ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ּ ָפ ׁ ִשיט‬
.‫ְ ּבגִ ין לְ ַאחֲ ז ָָאה מַ אן ה ּוא אֲ תַ ר ְ ּד ִא ְק ֵרי ׁשוֹפָ ר‬

82. It is written, “Then shall you cause the Shofar to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month”
(Vayikra 25:9). HE ASKS, Why sound the Shofar, AND ANSWERS, The Shofar breaks the fetters OF
THOSE IMPRISONED IN THE CHAINS OF ENSLAVEMENT, which breaks the power on all slaves. FOR
‘SOUND’ IS DERIVED FROM BREAKING. One should display a simple, THAT IS, STRAIGHT, Shofar, not
curved, to indicate freedom to all, which that day has brought about. It behooves one always to
demonstrate a deed BELOW TO AWAKEN A CORRESPONDING ONE ABOVE. Hence a Shofar is used rather
than a horn, to indicate whence it comes, a place called Shofar, SINCE A SHOFAR IS THE SECRET OF
BINAH AND A HORN THE SECRET OF MALCHUT.

‫יך ה ּוא ָק ִריב לוֹן‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬

ָ ׁ ‫ ְ ּדק ּו ְד‬,‫ ז ּ ַָכ ִאין ִאי ּנ ּון יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל‬.‫חד ׁש ׁשוֹפָ ר ּ ַב ּ ֶכסֶ ה לְ יוֹם חַ ּגֵנ ּו‬
ֶ ַ‫ ִּת ְקע ּו ב‬,‫ ר' יִ ְצחָ ק ּ ָפתַ ח‬,‫חד ׁש‬
ֶ ַ‫יעי ְ ּב ֶאחָ ד ל‬
ִ ‫חד ׁש הַ ׁ ּ ְש ִב‬
ֶ ‫ ּ ַב‬.187
ֹ
‫ֹש ַע ֶאל ּ ָכל הָ עָם ּכה ָאמַ ר ה' אֱ להֵ י יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל‬ ֻ ׁ ‫ ַויּאמֶ ר יְ הו‬,‫ הה"ד‬,‫יה‬ ּ ‫יקא ָק ִריב לוֹן לְ ג ּ ֵַב‬ ָ ‫ ּומֵ אֲ תַ ר ְר ִח‬,‫ וְ ִא ְת ְרעֵי ְ ּבה ּו‬,‫ ִמן ּ ָכל א ּו ִמין עע"ז‬,‫יה‬ ּ ‫לְ ג ּ ֵַב‬

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‫ ו ֶָא ַּקח ֶאת אֲ ִביכֶ ם ֶאת ַא ְב ָרהָ ם‬,‫ ּו ְכ ִתיב‬,‫יה‬
ּ ‫ וְ ָק ִריב לוֹן לְ ג ּ ֵַב‬,‫יקא ִא ְת ְרעֵי ְ ּבה ּו‬ ָ ‫ ְ ּדהָ א מֵ אֲ תַ ר ְר ִח‬,‫ לְ ַאחֲ ז ָָאה‬.‫ְ ּבעֵבֶ ר הַ ּנָהָ ר י ׁ ְָשב ּו אֲ בוֹתֵ יכֶ ם מֵ עוֹלָ ם‬
.‫ֹש ַע‬
ֻ ׁ ‫ש ּ ֵכן יְ הו‬
ֶ ׁ ‫ וְ כָ ל‬,‫ וְ ִכי ּ ָכל יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל לָ א הֲ ו ֹו י ְַדעֵי ָ ּדא‬,‫ הָ נֵי ְק ָר ֵאי ִאית לְ ִא ְס ּ ַת ְּכלָ א ְ ּבה ּו‬.'‫מֵ עֵבֶ ר הַ ּנָהָ ר וְ ג ֹו‬

187. “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month” (Vayikra 23:24). Rabbi Yitzchak opened with,
“Blow a Shofar at the new moon, at the full moon on our feast day” (Tehilim 81:4). Happy are Yisrael whom
the Holy One, blessed be He, draw near rather than all the nations in the world, and chose them. From afar
He drew them near. This is the meaning of, “And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Hashem Elohim of
Yisrael, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the river in old time” (Yehoshua 24:2), to indicate that He
desired them from a distant place and drew them near Him. It is also written, “And I took your father
Abraham from the other side of the river…” (Ibid. 3). We have to examine these verses. Did not the whole
of Yisrael know this and Joshua all the more? WHY THE NEED TO SAY, “THUS SAYS HASHEM…”?
‫יהי‬
ִ ‫ וְ עַל ָ ּדא ִא‬,‫ישא ִהיא‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ְ ּבגִ ין ְ ּדאו ַֹריְ יתָ א ּכ ּולָ ּה ׁ ְשמָ א ַק ִ ּד‬,‫ישא סָ ִתים וְ גַלְ יָא‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ְּכמָ ה ִ ּד ׁ ְשמָ א ַק ִ ּד‬,‫ ֶא ּ ָלא או ַֹריְ יתָ א ּכ ּולָ ּה סָ ִתים וְ גַלְ יָא‬.188
,‫יך ְ ּביִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ִטיב ּו סַ ִּגי עֲבַ ד ק ּו ְד‬,‫ ֶא ּ ָלא ַו ַ ּדאי ְס ִתימָ א ְ ּד ִמ ּ ָלה‬.'‫ אֲ מַ אי ְּכ ִתיב ּכה ָאמַ ר יְ ָי‬,‫ֹש ַע הֲ ו ֹו י ְַדעֵי‬ ֻ ׁ ‫ ִאי יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל וִ יהו‬.‫סָ ִתיםוְ גַלְ יָא‬
‫ ְ ּבגִ ין‬,‫ ּב ּו ִצינָא ְ ּדכָ ל ּב ּו ִצינִ ין‬,‫ישא‬ ָ ׁ ‫ וְ ַא ִּפיק לוֹן ִמ ּג ֹו נַהֲ ָרא ִע ּ ָל ָאה י ִ ַּק ָירא ַק ִ ּד‬,‫יה‬
ּ ‫ר‬ֵ ‫יק‬
ָ ִ‫ל‬ ‫ה‬ ‫א‬
ָ ‫ל‬
ָ ּ ‫ע‬
ִ ‫א‬ ‫יש‬
ָ ‫ד‬
ׁ ּ ִ ‫ק‬
ַ ‫א‬ ָ‫יכ‬‫ת‬ִ ‫ר‬ְ ‫ֹן‬
‫ו‬ ‫ל‬ ‫יד‬ ֵ‫ וְ עָב‬,‫ְ ּד ִא ְת ְרעֵי ְ ּבה ּו ּ ַבאֲ בָ הָ תָ א‬
.‫ידע‬
ַ ְ‫ וְ ִא ְתי‬,‫ הַ ה ּוא נָהָ ר ְ ּד ִא ׁ ְש ְּתמו ַֹדע‬:‫ הַ ּנָהָ ר‬.‫ ּכה ָאמַ ר יְ ָי' ְ ּבעֵבֶ ר הַ ּנָהָ ר י ׁ ְָשב ּו אֲ בוֹתֵ יכֶ ם מֵ עוֹלָ ם‬,‫ הֲ ָדא ה ּוא ִ ּד ְכ ִּתיב‬.‫ְ ּדיִ ְתע ּ ֲָטר ְ ּבה ּו‬

188. The whole Torah is both hidden and revealed just like the Holy Name, which is hidden and revealed,
SPELLED AS YUD HEI VAV HEI BUT PRONOUNCED ADONAI. This is because the whole Torah is the
Holy Name, which is why it is hidden and revealed. WE ASKED, If Yisrael and Joshua knew this, why is it
written, “Thus says Hashem”? HE ANSWERS, Surely the secret meaning is that the Holy One, blessed be
He, did great kindness with Yisrael in choosing the patriarchs, making them into a lofty holy Chariot for
His glory. He brought them from the supernal, precious and holy river, the luminary of all luminaries,
NAMELY BINAH, in order to be adorned by them. This is the meaning of, “Your fathers dwelt on the other
side of the river in old time.” The river IS that one specific river, NAMELY BINAH.

‫ ְ ּבעֵבֶ ר הַ ּנָהָ ר י ׁ ְָשב ּו‬,‫ וְ עַל ָ ּדא‬.‫ ֶא ּ ָלא הַ ה ּוא נָהָ ר עוֹלָ ם ִא ְק ֵרי‬,‫ מֵ עֵבֶ ר הַ ּנָהָ ר מֵ עוֹלָ ם‬.‫ ֶא ּ ָלא לְ ַאחֲ ז ָָאה חָ ְכ ְמתָ א‬.‫ מַ אי ָקא ּ ָבעֵי הָ כָ א‬,‫ מֵ עוֹלָ ם‬.189
.‫ ו ֶָא ַּקח ֶאת אֲ ִביכֶ ם ֶאת ַא ְב ָרהָ ם מֵ עֵבֶ ר הַ ּנָהָ ר מַ אי ָקא מַ יְ ֵירי‬.‫יך ה ּוא לְ יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ ָ ׁ ‫ לְ ַאחֲ ז ָָאה ִטיב ּו ּו ְק ׁש ֹוט ְ ּדעָבֵ ד ק ּו ְד‬,‫אֲ בוֹתֵ יכֶ ם מֵ עוֹלָ ם‬
.‫יה ְ ּב ִס ְט ֵריה לְ ִא ְת ּ ַת ְ ּקפָ א‬
ּ ‫ ְּכמ ֹו יִ ְצחָ ק ְ ּד ִא ְת ְ ּדבַ ק ּ ֵב‬,‫יה ְ ּבהַ ה ּוא נָהָ ר‬ּ ‫ֶא ּ ָלא ַא ְב ָרהָ ם לָ א ִא ְת ְ ּדבַ ק ּ ֵב‬

189. THE VERSE SAYS,

“in old time (also: ‘from the world’).” HE ASKS, What does this convey, AND
ANSWERS, This indicates Chochmah on the other side of the river, NAMELY from the world, since that
river is called world. BINAH IS ALSO CALLED WORLD, AND HENCE “FROM THE WORLD” HAS THE
SAME MEANING AS ACROSS THE RIVER. Hence IT SAYS, “Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the
river from the world,” to show the kindness and truth the Holy One, blessed be He did for Yisrael IN
THIS, SINCE, “I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river.” HE ASKS, What does THE
VERSE teach us IN SAYING, “AND I TOOK YOUR FATHER ABRAHAM FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
RIVER,” AND NOT SAYING, ‘AND I TOOK ISAAC’? HE ANSWERS, Abraham did not cleave to that river
like Isaac did, who was attached to his own aspect to draw strength.

‫ ְּכ ֵדין ִע ּ ָל ִאין וְ תַ ּ ָת ִאין‬,‫ וְ כַ ד יִ ְצחָ ק ִא ְת ּ ָת ַּקף ְ ּב ִדינוֹי‬.‫יה‬ ּ ‫ וְ ִא ְת ּ ָת ָקפ ּו ּ ֵב‬,‫יה‬

ּ ‫ ִ ּדינִ ין נ ְָפ ֵקי ִמ ִּס ְט ֵר‬,‫ ַאף עַל ּגַב ְ ּדלָ או ִאיה ּו ִ ּדינָא‬,‫ הַ אי נָהָ ר‬,‫ ּ ָתא חֲ זֵי‬.190
‫חד ׁש ׁשוֹפָ ר ּ ַב ּ ֶכסֶ ה לְ יוֹם‬ ֶ ַ‫ ִּת ְקע ּו ב‬,‫ ְּכ ֵדין‬,‫ וְ ָד ִאין עָלְ מָ א‬,‫ישא י ִָתיב עַל ּכ ּו ְר ְסיָיא ְ ּד ִדינָא‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ּומַ לְ ּ ָכא ַק ִ ּד‬,‫ וְ כ ּו ְר ְסיָיא ְ ּד ִדינָא ִא ְת ּ ָת ַּקן‬,‫ִמ ְת ּ ַכ ְ ּנפֵ י לְ ִדינָא‬
.‫ ּ ַב ׁ ּשוֹפָ ר‬.‫ ּו ְב ּ ָמה‬.‫ ּולְ תַ ְ ּקנָא ּכ ּו ְר ְסיָיא ְ ּד ַרחֲ מֵ י‬,‫ ְ ּדי ְַד ִעין לְ סַ ְ ּל ָקא ּכ ּו ְר ְסיָיא ְ ּד ִדינָא‬,‫ ז ּ ַָכ ִאין ִאי ּנ ּון יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל‬.‫חַ ּגֵנ ּו‬

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190. Come and see, even though this river, BINAH, is not in Judgment, SINCE BINAH IS THE ATTRIBUTE
OF MERCY, NEVERTHELESS Judgments come out from its side, AND JUDGMENTS are strengthened in
it. When Isaac grows strong in his Judgments FROM THERE, the higher and lower beings are gathered for
Judgment, the throne of Judgment, WHICH IS THE ATTRIBUTE OF JUDGMENT IN MALCHUT, is
prepared, and the Holy King, ZEIR ANPIN, sits on the throne of Judgment and sentences the world. Then,
“Blow a Shofar at the new moon, at the full moon on our feast day.” BY THE SHOFAR THE ATTRIBUTE
OF JUDGMENT TURNS INTO THE ATTRIBUTE OF MERCY. Happy are Yisrael who know how to remove
the throne of Judgment and prepare the throne of mercy. How DO THEY DO IT? By the Shofar.
‫ש ְבנָא‬ ַ ּ ׁ ְ‫ וְ עַד ּ ָכאן לָ א ִא ְתי‬,‫ מַ אי ָקא מַ יְ ֵירי‬,‫ש ִאילְ נָא עַל הַ אי ׁשוֹפָ ר‬ ָ ׁ ‫יאין‬ ִ ‫ הָ א זִ ְמנִ ין סַ ִּג‬,‫יה‬
ּ ֵ‫ ָאמַ ר ל‬,‫יה ְ ּד ִר ִ ּבי ׁ ִש ְמעוֹן‬ ּ ‫ ִר ִ ּבי ַא ּ ָבא הֲ וָה י ִָתיב ַק ּ ֵמ‬.191
,‫ידע ְ ּב ָאן אֲ תַ ר ִאיה ּו‬ ַ ְ‫ ְ ּבגִ ין ְ ּד ֶק ֶרן הָ א ִא ְתי‬.‫ וְ לָ א ֶק ֶרן‬,‫ ׁשוֹפָ ר‬,‫ ְ ּדיִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל ּ ַב ְעיָין ְ ּביוֹמָ א ְ ּד ִדינָא‬,‫ ַו ַ ּדאי הַ אי ה ּוא ְ ּב ִר ָירא ְ ּד ִמ ּ ָלה‬,‫יה‬ ּ ֵ‫ ָאמַ ר ל‬.‫יה‬ ּ ‫ּ ֵב‬
.‫ימין‬ ִ ‫ ּ ָבעֵינָן לְ ַאחֲ ז ָָאה ּולְ ַא ְתע ֲָרא ִמ ִ ּלין ְס ִת‬,‫ ְ ּב ִמ ִ ּלין ּו ְבעוֹבָ ָדא‬,‫ אֲ בָ ל הָ א ּ ָתנֵינָן‬.‫ּולְ ִא ְת ַ ּד ְ ּב ָקא ִ ּדינָא לָ א ּ ָבעֵינָא‬

191. Rabbi Aba was sitting before Rabbi Shimon. He said to him, I have asked many times about the purpose
of the Shofar, but never felt settled about it. He said to him, Surely this is its clear meaning. Yisrael need a
Shofar rather than a horn on the day of Judgment, for the place of origin of the horn is known TO INDICATE
MALCHUT, THE ATTRIBUTE OF JUDGMENT, and we should not arouse Judgment. IT IS NOT SO WITH THE
SHOFAR THAT ALLUDES TO BINAH, WHICH IS MERCY. Indeed we learned that we need to indicate and
rouse hidden things by deed, NAMELY, BY THE BLOWING OF THE SHOFAR AND ITS BLESSING.

‫ וְ ָדא‬,‫ וְ כ ְֻר ְסוָון ִא ְת ְּת ָקנ ּו לְ בֵ י ִ ּדינָא‬,‫ ְּכ ֵדין ִ ּדינָא ִא ְּתעַר‬,‫ ִא ְס ּ ַת ּ ָלק וְ לָ א נ ִָהיר לִ ְבנִ ין‬,‫יה‬
ּ ‫כלא ּ ֵב‬ ָ ּ ‫ ִ ּדנְ ִהיר ּו ְ ּד‬,‫ ּ ַכד הַ ה ּוא ׁשוֹפָ ר ִע ּ ָל ָאה‬,‫ ּ ָתא חֲ זֵי‬.192
,‫ ְּכ ֵדין יִ ְצחָ ק ִא ְת ּ ָת ַּקף‬,‫ ְ ּדלָ א יַנְ ָקא לִ ְבנִ ין‬,‫ ּ ַכד ִא ְס ְּתלַ ק הַ ה ּוא ׁשוֹפָ ר ּגָדוֹל‬,‫יה ַ ּדאֲ בָ הָ ן‬ ּ ‫ ּת ּו ׁ ְש ּ ַב ְח ּ ֵת‬,‫יה ְ ּדיִ ְצחָ ק‬
ּ ֵ‫ ּת ּו ְקפ‬,‫ ֵאיל ֹו ְ ּדיִ ְצחָ ק ִא ְק ֵרי‬,‫ׁשוֹפָ ר‬
.‫וְ ִא ְת ּ ָת ַּקן לְ ִדינָא ְ ּבעָלְ מָ א‬

192. Come and see, if the supernal Shofar, which includes all lights, is gone and does not shine upon the
children, ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, Judgment is roused and thrones are prepared for the courthouse.
The Shofar, BINAH, is called Isaac’s ram, NAMELY Isaac’s strength, SINCE ‘RAM’ IS DERIVED FROM
STRENGTH. It gives importance to the patriarchs, CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET THAT RECEIVE ALL
THEIR IMPORTANCE FROM THAT SHOFAR, BINAH. When the great Shofar is gone and does not shine
on the children, ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, Isaac grows strong and prepares himself to judge the world.

‫ ְּכ ֵדין ִא ְּתעַר ׁשוֹפָ ָרא‬,‫ֵילא‬ ָ ּ ‫ וְ הַ ה ּוא ָקלָ א סָ לִ יק לְ ע‬,‫ ּ ַב ְעיָין לְ נַגְ ָ ּדא קוֹל ׁשוֹפָ ר ִמ ּ ַת ּ ָתא‬,‫יבין מֵ חֲ טָ ֵאיהוֹן‬ ִ ְ‫ָשא ּ ַתי‬ ָ ׁ ‫ וְ כַ ד ִא ְּתעַר הַ אי ׁשוֹפָ ר וְ כַ ד ְ ּבנֵי נ‬.193
‫ ִאי ּנ ּון‬,‫ ּולְ ַא ּ ָפ ָקא ְ ּבהַ אי ׁשוֹפָ ר לְ תַ ּ ָתא‬,‫ לְ ִא ְּתע ָָרא ׁשוֹפָ ָרא ָאחֳ ָרא‬,‫ ּובָ עֵינָן לְ ַאחֲ ז ָָאה עוֹבָ ָדא ְ ּב ׁשוֹפָ ר‬.‫ וְ ִא ְס ּ ַת ּ ָלק ִ ּדינָא‬,‫ וְ ִא ְּתעַר ַרחֲ מֵ י‬,‫ָאחֳ ָרא ִע ּ ָל ָאה‬
.‫ יִ ְּתעֲר ּון לְ נ ְָפ ָקא‬,‫ ִ ּד ְכלִ ילָ ן ּכ ְ ֻּלה ּו ְ ּבהַ ה ּוא ׁשוֹפָ ר ִע ּ ָל ָאה‬,‫ֵילא‬ ָ ּ ‫ לְ ַאחֲ ז ָָאה ְ ּדכָ ל ִאי ּנ ּון ָקלִ ין ִ ּדלְ ע‬,‫ַקלֵ י‬

193. When that Shofar is roused and people repent of their sins, the sound of the Shofar should resound
from below. The sound arises up and then another, supernal Shofar is roused, WHICH IS BINAH. Mercy is
awakened and Judgment is gone. A deed must be displayed by THE BLOWING OF the Shofar, in order to
awaken another Shofar, BINAH, and to draw from the lower Shofar all those sounds, T’KIAH, SH’VARIM,
T’RUAH, T’KIAH, ETC., to show that all the celestial sounds included in the higher Shofar, THE THREE
DETAILED COLUMNS INCLUDED IN BINAH, will be roused to emerge FROM BINAH TO ZEIR ANPIN
AND MALCHUT.

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‫יה ְ ּבגִ ין לְ ַא ְתע ֲָרא‬
ּ ‫ לְ כַ ְ ּוונָא ּ ֵב‬,‫ ּולְ סַ ְ ּד ָרא ָקלִ ין‬,‫ וְ עַל ָ ּדא ּ ָבעֵינָן לְ ז ּ ְַמנָא ׁשוֹפָ ר ְ ּביוֹמָ א ָ ּדא‬,‫ֵילא‬
ָ ּ ‫ יָהֲ ִבין יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל חֵ ילָ א לְ ע‬,‫ ּו ְבהָ נֵי ָקלִ ין ִ ּדלְ תַ ּ ָתא‬.194
.‫ֵילא‬
ָ ּ ‫יה ְּכלִ ילָ ן ַקלֵ י לְ ע‬ּ ֵ‫ ְ ּדב‬,‫ׁשוֹפָ ר ָאחֳ ָרא‬

194. By the sounds below Yisrael give strength above. Hence a Shofar needs to be summoned on that day,
to arrange the sounds, NAMELY THE PATTERNS OF T’KIAH SH’VARIM T’RUAH T’KIAH, ETC. to meditate
on it so as to rouse another Shofar, BINAH, in which all the upper sounds, CHESED, GVURAH AND
TIFERET OF ZEIR ANPIN are included.
,‫ וְ ִא ְתע ּ ַָטר‬,‫יה‬
ּ ‫יש‬ֵ ׁ ‫ש ְריָא ְ ּב ֵר‬
ַ ׁ ְ‫ ו‬,‫יה ְ ּד ַא ְב ָרהָ ם‬
ּ ‫ ּומָ טֵ י לְ ג ּ ֵַב‬,‫ וְ ִא ְת ּ ָב ַקע ּ ֵבין ט ּו ֵרי ָרמָ ֵאי‬,‫יעין‬
ִ ‫ סָ לִ יק ְר ִק‬,‫ֵילא‬ ָ ּ ‫ ּו ִמ ְתע ּ ַָטר לְ ע‬,‫ ָקלָ א נ ִָפיק‬,‫ ִס ְד ָרא ַק ְדמָ ָאה‬.195
,‫ וְ ַא ְת ִקן לְ כ ּו ְר ְסיָיא‬,‫ ִא ְּתעַר וְ ִא ְתע ּ ַָטר ַא ְב ָרהָ ם‬,‫שעֲתָ א ְ ּדהַ ה ּוא ָקלָ א ַק ְדמָ ָאה סָ לִ יק‬ ַ ׁ ‫ ְ ּב‬,‫ ּו ְב ִס ְפ ָרא ְ ּד ַא ּג ְַד ּ ָתא ּ ָתנֵינָן‬.‫ וְ ַא ְת ִקן לְ כ ּו ְר ְסיָיא‬,‫וְ ִא ְּתעַר ה ּוא‬
.‫יה ַא ּ ָבא‬ּ ֵ‫ּ ַפ ְק ִדין עָל‬

195. In the first sequence OF THE THREE SEQUENCES, T’KIAH SH’VARIM T’RUAH T’KIAH, ETC., a
sound reverberates, adorned above IN BINAH. It rises through firmaments to be cleft between the high
mountains. FROM THERE comes Abraham, CHESED OF ZEIR ANPIN, to dwell at its top. He is adorned,
is roused and prepares the throne TO BE A THRONE OF MERCY. In the book of Agadah, we learned that
when the first sound rises, Abraham awakens. He is adorned and prepares the throne. Aba is summoned
upon him.

‫ וְ כָ ל ִ ּדינִ ין ְ ּד ִא ְתע ְַרעַן‬,‫ ּו ְכ ֵדין סַ ְ ּל ָקא‬.‫ הַ ה ּוא ָקלָא ְּת ִב ָירא ְ ּבת ּו ְקפוֹי‬,‫ וְ ָדא ִס ְד ָרא ִּתנְ יָינָא‬.‫ ּ ַת ִ ּקיפָ א לְ ּ ַת ְב ָרא ּת ּו ְקפֵ י ְרגִ יזִ ין‬,‫ סַ ְ ּל ָקא ִּתנְ יָינָא‬,‫ ַא ְ ּדהָ ִכי‬.196
‫ וְ תָ בַ ר ּת ּו ְק ּ ָפא‬,‫ ְּכ ֵדין ִא ְת ּ ַכ ְפיָא‬,‫יה‬ּ ‫ וְ חָ מֵ י לְ ַא ְב ָרהָ ם ְמתַ ֵּקן לְ כ ּו ְר ְסיָיא לְ ַק ְ ּיימָ א ַק ּ ֵמ‬,‫ ּ ֵכי ָון ְ ּדיִ ְצחָ ק ִא ְּתעַר‬.‫יה ְ ּדיִ ְצחָ ק‬
ּ ‫ עַד ְ ּדסָ לִ יק לְ ַא ְת ֵר‬,‫יה ִא ְּת ּ ָבר ּו‬
ּ ֵ‫ָקמ‬
‫ ַא ׁ ְש ֵרי הָ עָם יו ְֹדעֵי‬,‫ הֲ ָדא ה ּוא ִ ּד ְכ ִּתיב‬,‫ ְ ּבגִ ין לְ ּ ַת ְב ָרא חֵ ילָ א וְ ּת ּו ְק ּ ָפא ְ ּד ִדינָא ַק ׁ ְשיָא‬,‫ לְ כַ ְ ּוונָא לִ ּ ָבא ּו ְרע ּותָ א‬,‫ ּ ָבעֵי מַ אן ְ ּדתָ ַקע‬,‫ ּו ְבהַ אי‬.‫ַק ׁ ְשיָא‬
.‫ יו ְֹדעֵי ְתר ּועָה ַו ַ ּדאי‬,‫ְתר ּועָה‬

196. In the meantime the second sound resonates. It is strong to break harsh Judgments. This is the second
sequence OF T’KIAH SH’VARIM T’RUAH T’KIAH. The sound breaks with its strength. It rises TO BINAH and
all Judgments that meet THERE are broken before it, until they rise to where Isaac is. When Isaac is roused
and sees Abraham preparing the throne OF MERCY to stand before it, he is subdued and breaks the harsh
Judgment. Whoever blows should meditate in heart and desire upon this, in order to break that power and
the strength of the harsh Judgment. This is the meaning of, “Happy is the people that know the joyful note
(Heb. t’ruah)” (Tehilim 89:16). T’RUAH IS DERIVED FROM BREAKING. Assuredly they know T’ruah.

‫ וְ חָ מֵ י‬,‫יה ְ ּד ַיעֲקב וְ ַיעֲקב ִא ְּתעַר‬ ּ ‫יש‬

ֵ ׁ ‫ ּומָ טֵ י הַ ה ּוא ָקלָ א לְ ֵר‬,‫ וְ ַרחֲ מֵ י ִמ ְתע ֲָרן‬,‫יעין‬
ִ ‫ ּובָ ַקע ּ ָכל ִאי ּנ ּון ְר ִק‬,‫ וְ סָ לִ יק‬,‫ ָקלָ א נ ִָפיק‬,‫ ִס ְד ָרא ְּתלִ יתָ ָאה‬.197
‫ וְ הָ נֵי‬.‫ מֵ הַ אי ִס ְט ָרא וְ לָ א י ְַכלִ ין ּת ּו ְקפוֹי לְ נ ְָפ ָקא לְ בַ ר‬,‫ וְ ָדא‬,‫ ָ ּדא מֵ הַ אי ִס ְט ָרא‬,‫יה ְ ּביִ ְצחָ ק‬
ּ ‫ידן ּ ַת ְרוַויְ יה ּו ּ ֵב‬
ָ ‫ ְּכ ֵדין אֲ ִח‬,‫לְ ַא ְב ָרהָ ם ְמ ְת ּ ַת ֵּקן ְ ּבגִ יסָ א ָאחֳ ָרא‬
.‫ ּכ ְ ֻּלה ּו ִס ְד ָרא חַ ד‬,‫ְּתלָ תָ א ִס ְד ִרין‬

197. In the third sequence OF T’KIAH SH’VARIM T’RUAH T’KIAH, a sound emerges and rises. It cleaves all
firmaments and mercy is aroused. ALL THIS OCCURS IN BINAH AND FROM THERE that sound reaches
Jacob’s head. Jacob wakes up and sees Abraham preparing on the other side. Then both hold Isaac from
one side, THE RIGHT, and the other, THE CENTER, and the power OF THE JUDGMENT OF THE LEFT
cannot come out. All these three sequences are all one sequence.

‫יה לְ ַא ְב ָרהָ ם‬
ּ ֵ‫ש ְריָין וְ ַקיְ ימָ ן ל‬
ַ ׁ ‫ לַ אֲ תַ ר ְ ּדת ּו ְקפֵ יהוֹן ְ ּדיִ ְצחָ ק‬,‫יה לְ תַ ּ ָתא‬
ּ ֵ‫ וְ נָגִ יד ל‬,‫יה‬
ּ ‫ וְ נ ִָטיל לְ ַא ְב ָרהָ ם מֵ ַא ְת ֵר‬,‫ וְ סָ לִ יק‬,‫ ָקלָ א נ ִָפיק‬,‫ ִס ְד ָרא ָאחֳ ָרא‬.198
.‫ְ ּב ַגוַויְ יה ּו‬

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198. As for the other sequence OF THE THREE TIMES T’KIAH SH’VARIM T’KIAH, a sound reverberates,
rises, takes Abraham from his place and draws him down to where the powers of Isaac dwell. They
maintain Abraham among them.

‫ ֶא ּ ָלא ְ ּדהַ ה ּוא ָקלָ א לָ או ִאיה ּו לְ ג ּ ֵַבי יִ ְצחָ ק‬,‫ לָ א ְ ּדחָ לִ ׁיש הַ ה ּוא ָקלָ א ְ ּדתָ ַקע‬,‫ לָ א ּ ַת ִ ּקיפָ א ְּכ ַק ְדמָ ָאה‬,‫ נ ִָפיק ָקלָ א ְּת ִב ָירא‬,‫ ִס ְד ָרא ִּתנְ יָינָא‬.199
‫ וְ ִא ְת ּ ַכ ְפיָין‬,‫ וְ כ ְ ֻּלה ּו חָ מָ אן לְ ַא ְב ָרהָ ם לְ ג ּ ַַביְ יה ּו‬,‫ ְ ּד ִאי ּנ ּון ְרפ ּויִ ין י ִַּתיר‬,‫ ֶא ּ ָלא לְ ג ּ ֵַבי ִאי ּנ ּון ּ ֵבי ִ ּדינָא ִ ּדלְ תַ ּ ָתא‬,‫ש ְריָא‬
ַ ׁ ‫ ְ ּדתַ ּ ָמן ּת ּו ְק ּ ָפא ּ ַת ִ ּקיפָ א‬,‫ְ ּב ַק ְדמֵ יתָ א‬
.‫יה‬ּ ‫ַק ּ ֵמ‬

199. In the second sequence OF T’KIAH SH’VARIM T’KIAH, a broken sound reverberates, not as strong as
the first. It is not because the sound he blew is weak, but it is not directed at Isaac as before, where there is
great strength. But THIS SOUND is meant for the lower courthouse, WHERE JUDGMENTS are more lax.
They all see Abraham by them and are subdued before him.

‫ וְ ָק ֵאים‬,‫ש ְריָין‬ ַ ׁ ‫יה לְ תַ ּ ָתא לְ הַ ה ּוא אֲ תַ ר ְ ּד ִאי ּנ ּון ְּגב ּו ָראן‬ ּ ֵ‫ וְ נָגִ יד ל‬,‫יה ְ ּד ַיעֲקב‬ ּ ‫יש‬
ֵ ׁ ‫ וְ ִא ְתע ּ ַָטר ְ ּב ֵר‬,‫ וְ סָ לִ יק‬,‫ ָקלָ א נ ִָפיק‬,‫ ִס ְד ָרא ְּתלִ יתָ ָאה‬,‫ ַא ְ ּדהָ ִכי‬.200
‫ וְ הָ נֵי ּכ ְ ֻּלה ּו ִס ְד ָרא‬.‫ ּו ִמ ׁ ְש ּ ַת ְכ ִחין ְ ּב ַא ְת ַריְ יה ּו‬,‫ ְּכ ֵדין ִא ְת ּ ַכ ְפיָין ּכ ְ ֻּלה ּו‬.‫ וְ ִאי ּנ ּון ְ ּב ֶא ְמצָ ִעיתָ א‬,‫ וְ ַיעֲקב מֵ הַ אי ִס ְט ָרא‬,‫ ַא ְב ָרהָ ם מֵ הַ אי ִס ְט ָרא‬,‫לָ ֳּק ְבלַ יְ יה ּו‬
.‫ָאחֳ ָרא ִּתנְ יָינָא‬

200. Then comes the third sequence OF T’KIAH SH’VARIM T’KIAH. A sound emerges and rises. It is
crowned on the head of Jacob and draws him down to where the Judgments of the left dwell. Before it
stand Abraham on the one side and Jacob on the other. There are GVUROT inside the two of them, which
are then subdued and SHINE where they are. All THREE SEQUENCES are another, INCLUSIVE sequence.
‫ וְ לָ א יִ ּפ ּוק‬,‫יה‬
ּ ‫יה ּ ַבאֲ ְת ֵר‬
ּ ֵ‫ ְ ּבגִ ין ְ ּדהַ אי ּ ָבעֵי לְ י ׁ ּ ְַש ָרא ל‬.‫ַישבָ א ּ ֵבינַיְ יה ּו לְ יִ ְצחָ ק ְּכ ִמ ְ ּל ַק ְ ּד ִמין‬
ְ ׁ ‫ ּולְ י‬,‫ ְ ּדבַ ְעיָיא לְ סַ ְ ּל ָקא לוֹן לְ ַא ְת ַריְ יה ּו‬,‫ ִס ְד ָרא ּ ַב ְת ָר ָאה‬.201
.‫ וְ ַרחֲ ִמין ִא ְּתעֲר ּו‬,‫ ְּכ ֵדין ִ ּדינִ ין ּכ ְ ֻּלה ּו ִא ְת ּ ַכ ְפיָין‬,‫ְ ּבת ּו ְקפוֹי לְ בַ ר‬

201. The last, INCLUSIVE sequence IS THREE TIMES T’KIAH T’RUAH T’KIAH. These need to raise them
to their places and settle Isaac among them as before. For that reason, they need to place him in his place
IN SUCH A WAY that he will not come out through the power OF HIS GVUROT. All Judgments are
subdued then and Mercy awakens.
‫ ְּכ ֵדין ּ ַכד יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל ְמתַ ְ ּקנֵי ּו ְמסַ ְ ּד ֵרי ָקלִ ין ִ ּב ְרע ּותָ א ְ ּדלִ ּ ָבא‬.‫אריהוֹן‬ ֵ ָ‫ ּולְ מֶ ְה ַדר ְ ּב ִת ּי ּו ְב ּ ָתא ָקמֵ י מ‬,‫ עַל ָ ּדא ּ ָבעֵי לְ כַ ְ ּוונָא לִ ּ ָבא ּו ְרע ּותָ א ְ ּבהָ נֵי ַקלֵ י‬.202
‫ ּו ְכ ֵדין חֵ יד ּו‬,‫ וְ כ ּו ְר ְסיָיא ָאחֳ ָרא ְר ִמי ּו‬.‫ וְ ִא ְת ּ ָת ַּקן ּכ ּ ָלא‬,‫יה לְ ַיעֲקב‬ ּ ֵ‫ ְמע ּ ְַט ָרא ל‬,‫ וְ כַ ד ַא ְה ָ ּדר‬,‫ ַא ְה ָ ּדר הַ ה ּוא ׁשוֹפָ ר ִע ּ ָל ָאה‬,‫ ְ ּב ׁשוֹפָ ָרא ָ ּדא‬,‫ּ ַכ ְד ָקא יָא ּות‬
,‫ ִמ ִ ּדינָא לְ ַרחֲ מֵ י‬,‫אריהוֹן‬ ֵ ָ‫שכָ א לְ מ‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ְ ּדי ְַד ִעין לְ נַגְ ָ ּדא ּולְ ַא ְמ‬,‫ ז ּ ַָכ ָאה ח ּולָ ֵקיהוֹן ְ ּדיִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל‬.‫יך ה ּוא ְמ ַרחֵ ם עַל עָלְ מָ א‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ ָ ׁ ‫ וְ ק ּו ְד‬,‫כלא‬
ָ ּ ‫ִא ׁ ְש ְּתכַ ח ְ ּב‬
.‫ּולְ תַ ְ ּקנָא ּכ ְ ֻּלה ּו עָלְ ִמין עַל יְ ַדיְ יה ּו‬

202. For that reason it behooves us to meditate and concentrate on these sounds OF THREE TIMES
T’KIAH SHVARIM T’RUAH T’KIAH, THREE TIMES T’KIAH SH’VARIM T’KIAH AND THREE TIMES
T’KIAH T’RUAH T’KIAH. And they need to repent before their Master. Then, when Yisrael ready
themselves and arrange these sounds willingly and properly with this LOWER Shofar, BINAH, the upper
Shofar SHINES again. When it SHINES again, it adorns Jacob, ZEIR ANPIN, and everything is established.
A different throne, THE THRONE OF MERCY, is placed. Joy abounds everywhere and the Holy One,
blessed be He has mercy upon the world. Happy is the lot of Yisrael, who know how to direct and draw
their Master from Judgment to Mercy, and establish the worlds by their handiwork.

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‫ ּ ַכ ְך ה ּוא לְ תַ ּ ָתא‬.‫ וְ ִדינִ ין ַק ׁ ְשיָין ִא ְת ּ ַכ ְפיָין וְ עָאלִ ין לְ ד ּו ְכ ּ ַתיְ יה ּו‬,‫ ּו ְכמָ ה ְ ּד ַרחֲ ִמין ִמ ְתע ִָרין‬,‫יחין ְ ּביוֹמָ א ָ ּדא‬ ִ ‫ ְּתלָ תָ א ִס ְפ ִרין ְּפ ִת‬,‫ לָ ֳקבֵ ל ָ ּדא‬,‫ ת"ח‬.203
‫ ְ ּד ִאי ּנ ּון ִ ּדינִ ין ַק ׁ ְשיָין ְ ּד ִא ְת ּ ַכ ְפיָין וְ ִא ְתעֲבָ ר ּו‬,‫ש ִעים ְּגמ ּו ִרים‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ִא ּ ֵלין ִאי ּנ ּון ְר‬.‫ ּומַ אן ִאי ּנ ּון‬.‫ ִ ּדינִ ין ַק ׁ ְשיָין ִא ְת ּ ַכ ְפיָין וְ ִא ְתעֲבָ ר ּו מֵ עָלְ מָ א‬,‫ֵילא‬
ָ ּ ‫ְּכגַוְ ונָא ִ ּדלְ ע‬
.‫ַוחנָא ְ ּבהָ נֵי ִמילֵ י‬ְ ‫ש ִאילְ נָא וְ ַרו‬ ְ
ָ ׁ ‫ ְ ּב ִריך ַרחֲ מָ נָא ְ ּד‬,‫ ַו ַ ּדאי ָ ּדא ה ּוא ְ ּב ִר ָירא ְ ּד ִמ ּ ָלה‬,‫ א"ר ַא ּ ָבא‬.'‫ וְ עַל ָ ּדא נִ ְכ ּ ָת ִבים וְ נֶחֱ ּ ָת ִמים וְ כ ּו‬.‫מֵ עָלְ מָ א‬

203. Come and see, in correspondence to this, THE THREE SEQUENCES OF THE SHOFAR, THE THREE
COLUMNS, three books are open on that day. ONE IS FOR THE WHOLLY RIGHTEOUS, THE SECRET OF
THE RIGHT COLUMN, ONE FOR THE WHOLLY EVIL, THE SECRET OF THE HARSH JUDGMENT ON
THE LEFT COLUMN, AND ONE FOR THE MEDIOCRE, THE SECRET OF THE CENTRAL COLUMN. Just
as THROUGH THE BLOWING OF THE SHOFAR Mercy awakens and harsh Judgments are subdued and
return to their place, it is below as it is above. The harsh Judgments BELOW are subdued and removed
from the world. These are the wholly wicked, who are harsh Judgments. They are subdued, and removed
from the world. By that they are written and sentenced to death immediately. THE WHOLLY RIGHTEOUS,
A CHARIOT TO THE RIGHT, ARE WRITTEN TO LIFE IMMEDIATELY AND THE MEDIOCRE, WHO ARE A
CHARIOT TO THE CENTRAL COLUMN, ARE IN SUSPENSE UNTIL YOM KIPPUR, WHEN IT IS
COMPLETED THROUGH THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH IN BINAH, THE LIGHT OF LIFE. Rabbi
Aba said, Surely this is the clear meaning of the matter. Blessed is the Merciful that I have asked and
attained these matters.

‫ ְ ּבגִ ין ְ ּדיִ ְּתעַר ִמ ּ ָלה‬,‫ ְ ּבעוֹבָ ָדא‬.‫ ְ ּבמָ ה‬,‫ יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל ע ְַב ִ ּדין זִ ּ ָכרוֹן לְ תַ ּ ָתא‬,‫ לְ כַ ְ ּוונָא לִ ּ ָבא ּו ְרע ּותָ א‬,‫ זִ ּ ָכרוֹן ע ְַב ֵ ּדינָן‬,‫ ְּכ ִתיב זִ ְכרוֹן ְּתר ּועָה‬,‫ א"ר יְ ה ּו ָדה‬.204
.‫ֵילא‬ָ ּ ‫ְּכהַ ה ּוא ּגַוְ ונָא לְ ע‬

204. Rabbi Yehuda said, It is written, “a memorial of blowing” (Vayikra 23:24), WHICH MEANS we are
reminded to direct the heart and wish IN THE MANNER MENTIONED ABOVE. Yisrael perform a memorial
below, by the deed OF BLOWING THE SHOFAR so that a similar thing will be roused above.

‫ ְּכ ֵדין‬,‫שא לָ א נ ִָהיר‬ ְ ֵ‫ וְ ה‬.‫יה ִסיהֲ ָרא‬

ָ ׁ ‫ וְ ׁ ִש ּ ְמ‬,‫ ּ ַכד ַק ְ ּיימָ א ִעיבָ א‬,‫ ֶא ּ ָלא‬.‫יך ִא ְת ּ ַכ ְסיָא‬ ּ ‫ ְּכ ִתיב ּ ַב ּ ֶכסֶ ה לְ יוֹם חַ ּגֵנ ּו ְ ּד ְא ְת ּ ַכ ְסיָא ּ ֵב‬,‫ ָאמַ ר ר' ֶאלְ ָעזָר‬.205
,‫ ְ ּבהֵ "א‬,‫ וְ עַל ָ ּדא ּ ַב ּ ֶכסֶ ה לְ יוֹם חַ ּגֵנ ּו‬.‫ כ"ש ִסיהֲ ָרא ְ ּד ִא ְת ּ ַכ ְּסיָא וְ לָ א נְ ִה ָירא‬,‫שא לָ א נ ִָהיר‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ִמ ַּק ּ ֵמי ִעיבָ א ׁ ִש ְמ‬,‫ וְ עַל ָ ּדא‬.‫ וְ לָ א נ ִָהיר‬,‫ִסיהֲ ָרא ִא ְת ּ ַכ ְסיָא‬
ָ
.‫ ִ ּד ְכ ִּתיב ַא ׁ ְש ֵרי הָ עָם יו ְֹדעֵי ְתר ּועָה ְּכ ֵדין יְ ָי' ְ ּבאוֹר ּ ָפנֶיך יְ הַ ּ ֵלכ ּון‬,‫ ּו ְב ָקל ׁשוֹפָ ָרא‬,‫ ּכ ּ ָלא ְ ּב ִת ּי ּו ְב ּ ָתא‬.‫ ּו ְבמָ ה נ ִָהיר‬.‫ְ ּד ְא ְת ּ ַכ ְסיָא ִסיהֲ ָרא‬

205. Rabbi Elazar said, It is written, “at the full moon (also: ‘the covering’) on our feast day.” THIS IS
BECAUSE the moon, MALCHUT, was covered on it, FOR ON ROSH HASHANAH THE MOON IS HIDDEN.
HE ASKS, How is it covered, AND ANSWERS, When there is a cloud UNDERNEATH THE SUN and the
sun, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, does not shine, the moon is covered, WHICH MEANS it does not shine,
SINCE THERE IS NO ONE FROM WHICH TO RECEIVE LIGHT, FOR WHATEVER MALCHUT HAS, SHE
RECEIVES FROM ZEIR ANPIN. Therefore, if because of the clouds, WHICH INDICATE JUDGMENTS, the
sun, ZEIR ANPIN, cannot shine, the moon all the more is hidden and cannot illuminate. Hence, in “at the
covering (Heb. keseh) on our feast day,” KESEH IS SPELLED WITH Hei IN FINAL POSITION, TO INDICATE
THAT the moon is covered BECAUSE OF JUDGMENTS. How can everything, BOTH ZEIR ANPIN AND
MALCHUT, shine? Through repentance and the sound of the Shofar, as written, “Happy is the people that
know the joyful note.” Then, “they shall walk, Hashem, in the light of Your countenance” (Tehilim 89:16).

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 VAYERA
‫ וְ כַ ד‬,‫ וְ יָכֵ יל לְ נַזְ ָקא עָלְ מָ א‬,‫ישא‬
ָ ׁ ‫שלְ טָ א הַ אי ִחיוְ יָא ִ ּב‬
ָ ׁ ,‫ ְ ּדהָ א ְּכ ֵדין‬,‫ ְּכ ִתיב ִּת ְקע ּו בַ חֹ ֶד ׁש ׁשוֹפָ ר ּ ַב ּ ֶכסֶ ה לְ יוֹם חַ ּגֵנ ּו ְ ּד ִא ְת ּ ַכ ְסיָא ִסיהֲ ָרא‬,‫ ּ ָתא חֲ זֵי‬.384
‫ ּ ָבעֵי‬,‫ ְ ּביוֹם ר"ה‬,‫ וְ עַל ָ ּדא‬,‫ ְ ּדלָ א יִ ְת ְק ַרב ּ ַת ּ ָמן‬,‫ וְ ִא ְתעֲבַ ר‬,‫שלְ טָ ָאה‬ַ ׁ ְ‫ וְ לָ א יָכֵ יל ל‬,‫ וְ ִאיה ּו ִא ְתע ְַר ּ ֵבב‬,‫ וְ ִא ְתעֲבָ ַרת ִמ ּ ַת ּ ָמן‬,‫ סָ לְ ָקא ִסיהֲ ָרא‬,‫ִמ ְתע ֵָרי ַרחֲ מֵ י‬
.‫ וְ לָ א יְ ַדע ְּכל ּום‬,‫יה‬ ּ ֵ‫ ְּכמַ אן ְ ּד ִא ְתעַר ִמ ׁ ּ ִשנְ ת‬,‫יה‬
ּ ֵ‫לְ ע ְַר ְ ּבבָ א ל‬

384. Come and behold. It is written: “Blow the Shofar at the new moon, at the time appointed (lit. ‘when
the moon is covered’) on our solemn feast day,” (Tehilim 81:4) when the moon, WHICH IS MALCHUT, is
covered, because at that time, AS A RESULT OF THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LEFT, that evil Serpent
prevails and may bring harm to the world. But when Mercy is aroused BY BLOWING THE SHOFAR, the
moon rises and moves away FROM THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LEFT. THUS, THE SATAN is confused
and loses control. Then he is removed FROM THE MOON and never comes near again. This is why on
Rosh Hashanah (New Year), THE SATAN IS dumbfounded, as is a person who has just been awakened
and is still half asleep.

TETZAVEH
”Blow a Shofar at the new moon“ .11
‫ וְ כַ ד ִאיה ּו ִא ְּתעַר ִס ְט ָרא‬,‫ לְ ִא ְּתע ָָרא ִ ּדינָא ִע ּ ָל ָאה ּ ַת ִ ּקיפָ א‬,‫ הַ ׁ ְש ּ ָתא ִאיה ּו זִ ְמנָא‬,‫חד ׁש ׁשוֹפָ ר ּ ַב ּ ֶכסֶ ה לְ יוֹם חַ ּגֵנ ּו‬ ֶ ַ‫ ִּת ְקע ּו ב‬,‫ ּ ָפתַ ח הַ ה ּוא סָ בָ א וְ ָאמַ ר‬.88
‫ ְּכ ֵדין ּ ָכל עָלְ מָ א ִאיה ּו‬.‫ וְ ִא ְתמַ לְ יָא ִמ ִּס ְט ָרא ְ ּד ִדינָא‬,‫ ְ ּדלָ א נ ִָהיר נְ הו ָֹרא‬,‫ סָ לִ יק וְ חַ ְפיָא לְ ִסיהֲ ָרא‬,‫ וְ כֵ י ָון ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ִא ְת ּ ָת ַּקף‬,‫יה‬ ּ ‫ַאחֲ ָרא ִא ְת ּ ָת ַּקף ּ ַבהֲ ֵד‬
.‫ידן‬ ָ ֵ‫ ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ּ ָבעֵי לְ מ‬,‫כלא‬
ָ ּ ‫יה ְ ּד‬
ּ ‫אר‬
ֵ ָ‫ לְ מ‬,‫ ַא ְת ִקינ ּו ּכ ּו ְר ְסיָא ְ ּד ִדינָא‬,‫יעין‬ ִ ‫ וְ כָ ר ֹוזָא ּ ָכ ִריז ְ ּבכ ְ ֻּלה ּו ְר ִק‬,‫ ִע ּ ָל ִאין וְ תַ ּ ָת ִאין‬,‫ְ ּב ִדינָא‬

88. The old sage opened the discussion, saying: “Blow a Shofar at the new moon, at the full moon (lit. ‘the
covering’) on our feast day” (Tehilim 81:4). Now is the time for the supernal Harsh Judgment to awaken.
When it awakens, the Other Side is strengthened by it. Once the Other Side grows strong, it rises and
covers the moon, WHICH IS MALCHUT, so it does not radiate any light but is filled from the aspect of
Judgment. Then the whole world is under Judgment, both higher and lower beings, and a proclamation is
issued throughout all the firmaments: “Prepare the Throne of Judgment for the Master over everything,
for He wishes to Judge.”

.‫ ּכ ְ ֻּלה ּו ּ ַתלְ יָין ִ ּב ׁ ְש ִביע ָָאה‬,‫ ֶא ּ ָלא ּ ָכל ָרזִ ין וְ כָ ל ִקד ּו ׁ ִשין י ִַק ִירין‬.‫ אֲ מַ אי ִא ְּתעַר ִ ּדינָא ִע ּ ָל ָאה ְ ּביוֹמָ א ָ ּדא‬,‫ וְ ִא ְתנְ ִהיר לוֹן ְ ּבמַ ְד ְ ּב ָרא‬,‫ וְ ָרזָא הָ כָ א‬.89
‫ לְ חַ ְד ּת ּותֵ י‬,‫ וְ כַ ד מָ טֵ י זִ ְמנָא‬.‫ וְ כָ ל ִ ּב ְר ּ ָכאן‬,‫ וְ כָ ל ִקד ּו ׁ ִשין‬,‫ֵיה נַהֲ ִרין ּ ָכל ּב ּו ִצינִ ין‬ ּ ‫ ִמ ּנ‬.‫ ְ ּד ִא ְק ֵרי עָלְ מָ א ְ ּד ָאתֵ י‬,‫ עָלְ מָ א ִע ּ ָל ָאה‬,‫וְ הַ ה ּוא ׁ ְש ִביע ָָאה ִע ּ ָל ָאה‬
‫ ִאי ִאי ּנ ּון‬,‫ סַ ְ ּל ִקין ִמ ּג ֹו ּ ַת ּ ָת ֵאי‬,‫ וְ כָ ל ִאי ּנ ּון ִּת ּק ּונִ ים לְ ִא ְת ַק ְ ּיימָ א ּכ ְ ֻּלהוֹן‬,‫ ּ ָבעָא לְ ַא ׁ ְש ּגָחָ א ְבכָ ל ִּת ּק ּונָא ְ ּדעָלְ ִמין ּכ ְ ֻּלה ּו‬,‫ִ ּב ְר ּ ָכאן וְ ִק ּד ּו ׁ ִשין לְ ַאנְ הֲ ָרא‬
.‫ ְּכ ֵדין ִא ְּתעַר ִ ּדינָא‬,‫ָיבין ִמ ּג ֹו ז ּ ַָכ ִאין‬
ִ ‫שן חַ ּי‬ ָ ׁ ‫ עַד ְ ּד ִא ְת ּ ָפ ְר‬,‫ ְּכ ֵדין ַק ְ ּיימָ א ְ ּדלָ א נ ִָהיר‬,‫ וְ ִאי לָ א ּ ַכ ׁ ְש ָראן‬.‫ּ ַכ ׁ ְש ָראן‬

89. There is a secret here, which shone upon us in the wilderness. Why did supernal Judgment awaken on
this day? HE ANSWERS: All the precious secrets and holy acts stem from the seventh, WHICH IS
MALCHUT, and that supernal seventh, which is the supernal world that is called ‘the World to Come’,
NAMELY BINAH. All the candles, sanctifications and blessings shine ON MALCHUT from there. When the
time arrives to renew the blessings and holy acts so they will shine, one should observe the corrections of
all the worlds, IN ORDER TO RENEW THE BLESSINGS AND SANCTIFICATIONS. All the acts of correction
that preserve the worlds rise from the lower beings if their deeds are suitable. If they are not right,

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SCANNING DIRECTION
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MALCHUT remains without illumination until the wicked are separated from the righteous, and then
Judgment awakens.

‫ וְ חַ ְפיָא‬.‫ ּולְ כָ ל ּ ַת ְכלִ ית ה ּוא חו ֵֹקר‬,‫ָלֵיה ְּכ ִתיב‬

ּ ‫ ְ ּבגִין ְ ּדע‬.‫ חַ ּיָיבַ ּיָא‬,‫לֵיה ִאי ּנ ּון‬
ּ ‫ ְ ּבגִין ְ ּדיִ נ ְָתנ ּון‬,‫ וְ ִא ׁ ְש ְּתכַ ח ְמ ַק ְט ְרגָא‬,‫חֲרא‬ ָ ‫ ִא ְת ּ ָת ַּקף ִס ְט ָרא ַא‬,‫ ּומֵ הַ ה ּוא ִ ּדינָא‬.90
.‫ לְ אוֹבָ ָדא לְ עוֹבָ ֵדי יְ דוֹי‬,‫יך ה ּוא‬ ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬ָ ׁ ‫יה ְ ּדק ּו ְד‬ּ ‫ ְ ּבגִין ְ ּדלֵית ִּתיא ּו ְב ּ ֵת‬.‫ אֲמַ אי לָא מָ ְס ָרא לוֹן ִ ּב ָידא ִ ּד ְמ ַק ְט ְרגָא‬,‫יהֲרא‬ ָ ‫לְ ִס‬

90. From that Judgment, the Other Side is strengthened, and the Accuser is present so that the wicked be
given over to him, for it is written of him: “And searches out all perfection” (Iyov 28:3), and covers the
moon so it will not shine. Why does He not give over THE WICKED to the Accuser? Because the Holy
One, blessed be He, does not wish to destroy the works of His hands.

ְ ‫שא ְ ּב ִר‬
‫ ִ ּד ְכ ִּתיב ִּת ְקע ּו‬,‫יך ה ּוא י ִָהיב לְ יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל‬ ָ ׁ ‫ ּ ַבר ְ ּבהַ ה ּוא עֵיטָ א ְ ּדק ּו ְד‬,‫ ְ ּדלָ א י ִָכיל לְ ִא ּ ָת ְ ּב ָרא‬,‫ ַק ְ ּיימָ א ְקלִ יפָ א ּ ַת ִ ּקיפָ א‬,‫ וְ הַ ה ּוא ִס ְט ָרא ַאחֲ ָרא‬.91
.‫ וְ לָ א נ ִָהיר‬,‫ ְ ּבגִ ין לְ ּ ַת ְב ָרא הַ ה ּוא ִּכ ּ ֵסה ְ ּד ִא ְתחֲ ְפיָא ִסיהֲ ָרא‬.‫חד ׁש ׁשוֹפָ ר ּ ַב ּ ֶכסֶ ה לְ יוֹם חַ ּגֵנ ּו‬
ֶ ַ‫ב‬

91. In the Other Side there is a hard Klipah that is impossible to break, except with the counsel the Holy
One, blessed be He, gave the children of Yisrael, as written: “Blow a Shofar at the new moon, at the full
moon (lit. ‘the covering’) on our feast day” (Tehilim 81:4) in order to break that cover with which the
moon is covered, WHICH IS MALCHUT, so it does not shine.
,‫ עַד ְ ּדסַ ְ ּל ָקא לְ ג ּ ֵַבי הַ ה ּוא ִטנ ָָרא ּ ַת ִ ּקיפָ א‬,‫יעין‬ִ ‫ ּובָ ַקע ְר ִק‬,‫ ּ ָבטַ ׁש ּ ַבאֲ וִ ָירא‬,‫ הַ ה ּוא ַק ּ ָלא ְ ּדנ ִָפיק ִמ ׁ ּשוֹפָ ר‬,‫ וְ כַ ד ִמ ְּתע ֲֵרי יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל לְ תַ ּ ָתא ְ ּב ׁשוֹפָ ר‬.92
‫ וְ ַא ְע ּ ַבר הַ ה ּוא‬,‫ ְּכ ֵדין הַ ה ּוא ַק ּ ָלא ַק ְ ּיימָ א‬.‫ ִא ְתע ְַרבָ ב‬,‫ֵילא‬ ָ ּ ‫ ְּכ ֵדין הַ ה ּוא ְ ּדסָ לִ יק וְ ַק ְ ּיימָ א לְ ע‬,‫ וְ ַא ׁ ְש ּ ַכח ִא ְתעֲר ּותָ א ְ ּד ַרחֲ מֵ י‬,‫ ַא ׁ ְש ּגַח‬,‫ְ ּדחָ פֵ י לְ ִסיהֲ ָרא‬
‫ ַרחֲ מֵ י‬,‫ וְ ַא ְתע ְָרע ּו ָקלָ א ְ ּב ָקלָ א‬,‫ וְ ַא ִּפיק ָקלָ א ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ַרחֲ מֵ י‬,‫ ִא ְּתעַר ׁשו ְֹפ ָרא ַאחֲ ָרא ִע ּ ָל ָאה‬,‫ֵילא‬ ָ ּ ‫ הָ ִכי נָמֵ י לְ ע‬,‫ וְ כֵ י ָון ִ ּדלְ תַ ּ ָתא ַא ְּתעָר ּו ַרחֲ מֵ י‬,‫ִ ּדינָא‬
.‫ֵילא‬
ָ ּ ‫ ִא ְּתעַר הָ ִכי נָמֵ י לְ ע‬,‫ ּו ְב ִא ְתעָר ּותָ א ִ ּדלְ תַ ּ ָתא‬,‫ְ ּב ַרחֲ מֵ י‬
92. When the children of Yisrael awaken below by the blow of the Shofar, the sound that emanates from
the Shofar blasts the air and splits firmaments until it rises to that hard rock, NAMELY THE OTHER SIDE,
that covers the moon. It observes and brings forth an awakening of Mercy. Then THE OTHER SIDE that
rises and remains above COVERING THE MOON is confounded. That sound stands and removes that
Judgment FROM MALCHUT. Since Mercy has awakened below, IN MALCHUT, another supernal shofar
also awakens above, WHICH IS BINAH, and produces a sound, NAMELY THE MOCHIN OF ZEIR ANPIN
THAT IS CALLED ‘SOUND’, which is Mercy. Sound meets sound, mercy meets mercy, because by the lower
awakening there is also an awakening above.

‫ וְ ה ּוא ִא ְק ֵרי‬,‫ ַק ְ ּיימָ א לְ ַק ְ ּבלָ א ּ ָת ִדיר‬,‫ עָלְ מָ א ּ ַת ּ ָת ָאה‬,‫ ּ ָתא חֲ זֵי‬.‫ הָ ִכי נָמֵ י‬,‫ א ֹו ִא ְּתעָר ּותָ א ִ ּדלְ תַ ּ ָתא לְ ַא ְתע ֲָרא‬,‫יך י ִָכיל ָקלָ א ִ ּדלְ תַ ּ ָתא‬ ְ ֵ‫ ה‬,‫ וְ ִאי ּ ֵתימָ א‬.93
‫ וְ ִאי‬.‫ֵילא‬
ָ ּ ‫יה ִמלְ ע‬
ּ ֵ‫ל‬ ‫ין‬‫ר‬ִ ֲ‫ַה‬
‫נ‬ ‫י‬‫כ‬ִ ָ‫ה‬ ‫ין‬‫ד‬ֵ ‫כ‬ּ ְ , ‫א‬ ‫ת‬
ָ ‫ת‬ַ
ּ ּ ‫מ‬ ִ ‫ין‬‫פ‬ִ ְ‫נ‬ ‫א‬
ַ
ּ ּ ּ ‫ד‬ְ ‫ו‬‫יר‬‫ה‬ִ ְ‫נ‬ ‫ב‬
ּ ִ ‫א‬ ָ‫ימ‬‫י‬ּ ְ ‫ק‬
ַ ‫ו‬
ּ ‫יה‬‫א‬ִ ‫י‬‫א‬ִ . ‫א‬ ָ‫ימ‬‫י‬ּ ְ ‫ק‬
ַ ‫ו‬
ּ ‫יה‬‫א‬ִ ‫ד‬
ּ ְ ‫ָא‬
‫נ‬ ‫ו‬ ְ‫ַו‬
‫ג‬ ‫כ‬
ּ ְ ‫א‬ ‫ל‬ָ ּ ‫א‬
ֶ , ‫יה‬
ּ ֵ‫ל‬ ‫יב‬ ‫ָה‬
ִ ‫י‬ ‫א‬ ָ‫ל‬ ‫ה‬ ‫א‬ָ ‫ל‬
ָ ּ ‫ע‬
ִ ‫ וְ עָלְ מָ א‬.‫ֶאבֶ ן טָ בָ א‬
.‫יה‬ ּ ֵ‫יה ִ ּדינָא ְ ּב ָק ְבל‬ּ ֵ‫ יַהֲ ִבין ל‬,‫ִאיה ּו ַק ְ ּיימָ א ּ ַבע ֲִציב ּו‬

93. You may ask how a sound below or an awakening below awaken THAT WHICH CORRESPONDS TO IT
ABOVE. Come and behold: the Lower World, WHICH IS MALCHUT, is always ready to receive and is
called a ‘precious stone’. The Upper World, WHICH IS BINAH, gives it according to its state. If its state is
of a shiny countenance from below, in the same manner it is shone upon from above, but if it is in
sadness, it is correspondingly given Judgment.

,‫יהי ִא ְתע ּ ְַט ָרת‬ ִ ‫ ְּכגַוְ ונָא ְ ּד ִא‬,‫ הָ ִכי נָמֵ י הַ אי עָלְ מָ א ּ ַת ּ ָת ָאה‬.‫יה חֶ ְדוָה ַאחֲ ָרא ִע ּ ָל ָאה‬ ְ ‫ מָ ׁ ִש‬,‫ חֶ ְד ָוה ְ ּדב"נ‬.‫ ִע ְבד ּו ֶאת יְ ָי' ְ ּב ׂ ִש ְמחָ ה‬,‫ ְּכגַוְ ונָא ָ ּדא‬.94
ּ ‫יך לְ ג ּ ֵַב‬
‫ ּובָ טַ ׁש‬,‫ֵילא‬ ָ ּ ‫ וְ סַ ְ ּל ָקא לְ ע‬,‫ וְ ִא ְתעָבֵ יד חַ ד‬,‫שא ּומַ יָא וְ ר ּוחָ א‬ ָ ּ ׁ ‫ וְ ַא ְתע ֲֵרי ּ ַב ׁ ּשוֹפָ ר ָקלָ א ְ ּד ִאיה ּו ּ ָכלִ יל ְ ּב ֶא‬,‫ בג"כ ְמ ַק ְ ּדמֵ י יִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל‬.‫ֵילא‬ ָ ּ ‫יך ִמלְ ע‬ ְ ‫הָ ִכי ַא ְמ ׁ ִש‬
.‫ֵילא‬ָ ּ ‫יך ִמ ְ ּלע‬ ְ ‫ הָ ִכי מָ ׁ ִש‬,‫יאת‬ ָ ִ‫ ּו ְכ ֵדין ְּכמָ ה ְ ּד ִא ְתחַ ז‬,‫ וְ ִא ְצ ְט ּ ַבע ְ ּב ִאי ּנ ּון ּגַוְ ונִ ין ְ ּדהַ אי ָקלָ א‬,‫ְ ּבהַ אי ֶאבֶ ן טָ בָ א‬
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94. Similarly, “Serve Hashem with gladness” (Tehilim 100:2), because human gladness draws another,
supernal gladness. Thus, just as the Lower World, NAMELY MALCHUT, is crowned, so it draws from
above. Therefore, the children of Yisrael are early to rouse with the Shofar a sound, which is combined of
fire, water and air – NAMELY, THE CENTRAL COLUMN, WHICH IS COMBINED OF THREE COLUMNS.
They become one, which rises and strikes that precious stone that is colored with these three colors –
WHICH ARE WHITE, RED AND GREEN, WHICH ARE THREE COLUMNS COMBINED in this sound – and
then it draws from above as it deserves.

.‫ ּו ְכ ֵדין ִא ְתע ְַר ּ ָבב ִס ְט ָרא ַאחֲ ָרא‬.‫ֵילא‬ ָ ּ ‫ ִמ ּ ַת ּ ָתא ּו ִמ ְ ּלע‬,‫ וְ ִא ְת ְּכלִ ילָ א ְ ּב ַרחֲ מֵ י‬,‫ש ְריָין עָלָ ּה‬ ַ ׁ ְ‫ ו‬,‫ֵילא‬
ָ ּ ‫ ַרחֲ מֵ י נ ְַפ ֵקי ִמ ְ ּלע‬.‫ וְ כֵ י ָון ְ ּד ִא ּ ַת ְקנַת ְ ּבהַ אי ָק ּ ָלא‬.95
.‫ֵילא‬ ָ ּ ‫ ּו ִבנְ ִהיר ּו ִ ּדלְ ע‬,‫ ִ ּבנְ ִהיר ּו ִ ּדלְ תַ ּ ָתא‬,‫ ִמ ּ ָכל ִס ְט ִרין‬,‫ ַק ְ ּיימָ א ִ ּבנְ ִהיר ּו ְ ּד ַאנְ ִּפין‬,‫ וְ הַ אי ֶאבֶ ן טָ בָ א‬.‫ וְ לָ א י ִָכיל לְ ַק ְט ְרגָא‬,‫יה‬
ּ ‫וְ ִא ְתחַ ּ ָל ׁש ּ ֻת ְק ּ ֵפ‬

95. Once MALCHUT has been perfected with this sound FROM BELOW, Mercy emerges from above and
dwells upon Her, and She becomes included in Mercy from below and above. Then the Other Side is
confounded, and its power is weakened and it cannot accuse. This precious stone, WHICH IS MALCHUT,
remains with radiant countenance in every direction, with illumination from below and illumination from
above.

BALAK - ZOHAR CHADASH

‫ וְ ָדא ִא ְיק ָרא‬.‫ הָ א ְּתר ּועָה ְּת ִקיעָה ּו ְתר ּועָה ּ ַכחֲ ָדא‬,‫ ִא ְמ ִרי‬.‫ ְּת ִקיעָה‬,‫ימי ַאל ִּת ָיר ִאי‬
ִ ‫ הָ ִר‬.‫ ְּתר ּועָה‬, ַ‫ימי בַ ּכח‬
ִ ‫ ָ ּדא הָ ִר‬.‫ ִא ְמ ִרי‬,‫ימי‬ ִ ‫ הָ ִר‬,‫ימי‬
ִ ‫ הָ ִר‬.120
.‫ ׁשוֹפָ ר מֵ הַ ה ּוא ְּתר ּועָה ִ ּדלְ עֵילָ א‬.‫ׁשוֹפָ ר ְּתר ּועָה‬

120. “lift up…lift up…say”: THAT IS MENTIONED IN THE ABOVE VERSE. “lift up…with strength”: that
is the T’ruah. “lift it up, be not afraid”: that is the T’kiah. “say”: that is T’ruah, T’kiah, and T’ruah all
together. And this, MALCHUT THAT ADVANCED TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, is called the Shofar
sound of T’ruah. That is the Shofar of that T’ruah sound that is above.

‫ הה"ד וַיְ ִהי קוֹל הַ ׁ ּשוֹפָ ר‬,‫ ִא ְ ּק ֵרי ׁשוֹפָ ר הוֹלֵ ְך ּג ֹו ְּתנ ּועָה ְ ּדב ּו ִצינָא‬,‫ֵירא ָ ּדא‬ ָ ‫ ׁשוֹפָ ר זְ ע‬.‫ ְ ּבגִ ין ְ ּד ִאית ָאחֳ ָרא ְ ּד ִא ְק ֵרי ׁשוֹפָ ר ּגָדוֹל‬,‫ֵירא‬ ָ ‫ ׁשוֹפָ ר זְ ע‬.121
,‫יתעַר ְ ּביוֹמָ א ְדאו ַֹריְ יתָ א‬
ְ ‫ וְ הַ אי ִאיה ּו ְ ּד ִא‬,‫שב ּועוֹת‬ ָ ‫ אֲ בָ ל ָ ּדא זְ ע‬.‫ וְ לָ א הוֹלֵ ְך‬,‫ ְ ּבגִ ין ְ ּד ָאחֳ ָרא ִאיה ּו ׁשוֹפָ ר ּגָנִ יז וְ טָ ִמיר‬.‫הוֹלֵ ְך‬
ָ ׁ ‫ ִאיה ּו הָ כָ א ְ ּביוֹמָ א ְ ּד‬,‫ֵירא‬
.‫שב ּועוֹת‬ ָ ׁ ‫ְ ּביוֹמָ א ְד‬

121. And this one is the small Shofar sound, since there is another one that is called the great Shofar, THAT
IS BINAH. This small Shofar is considered a Shofar sound moving to the movement of the candle, THAT
IS MALCHUT, and that is what is written: “And then the voice of the Shofar sounded louder and louder”
(Shemot 19:19), since the other one, THE GREAT SHOFAR is a Shofar that is hidden and covered, and is
not in movement. But this small one is here on the day of Shavuot, since THIS is the one that was aroused
on the day when the Torah was given, on Shavuot, AS IS MENTIONED THERE: “AND THEN THE VOICE
OF THE SHOFAR SOUNDED LOUDER AND LOUDER.”

,‫ ּומֵ הַ ה ּוא ָקלָ א‬.‫ וְ יֵית ּון לְ ג ּ ַָב ּה‬,‫ וְ יִ ְס ּ ַת ְ ּלק ּון ְ ּבר ּוחָ א‬,‫ יִ ְתעָר ּון אֲ בָ הָ ן ִמ ּג ֹו ְמע ְַר ּ ָתא‬,‫יתעַר ִ ּב ְתר ּועָה ּו ְת ִקיעָה ּו ְתר ּועָה‬ ְ ‫ ְ ּד ִא‬,‫ ְ ּב ִא ְתעָר ּו ְ ּדהַ אי ׁשוֹפָ ר‬.122
‫ וַאֲ בָ הָ ן‬.‫ישא‬
ָ ׁ ‫ ְ ּד ִאינ ּון ַק ּ ֵמי מַ לְ ּ ָכא ַק ִ ּד‬,‫ סָ לְ ִקין ְצלו ִֹתין ְ ּדיִ ׂ ְש ָר ֵאל ְ ּבכָ ל אֲ תַ ר‬,‫ ְ ּבהַ ה ּוא יוֹמָ א‬.‫ וְ יִ ְס ּ ַת ְ ּל ִקין מֵ עָלְ מָ א‬,‫ישא יְ מ ּות ּון‬ ָ ׁ ‫ָיבין ְ ּב ַא ְרעָא ַק ִ ּד‬ ִ ‫ּ ַכ ּ ָמה חַ ּי‬
‫ ּומָ ׁ ִשיחַ יִ ְתעַר‬.‫ֹשה‬ ֶ ׁ ‫ וְ יֵיעֲל ּון ּ ָכלְ ה ֹו ּג ֹו ְמע ְַר ּ ָתא ְדמ‬.‫יה‬ ּ ‫ וְ ִאינ ּון ּ ֵב‬,‫ וְ תַ ּ ָמן יִ ְס ּ ַת ּ ֵכל ּ ַבאֲ בָ הָ ן‬.‫ֹשה סָ לֵ יק ּ ַבהֲ ַד ְ ּייה ּו‬
ֶ ׁ ‫ ּומ‬.‫ וִ יהוֹן ְ ּבהַ ה ּוא ט ּו ָרא‬,‫יֵית ּון ּ ַכחֲ ָדא‬
.‫ וְ יִ ְתחַ ְ ּבר ּון ּ ָכלְ הוֹן ְ ּבהַ אי יוֹמָ א‬,‫לְ ג ּ ַַביְ יה ּו‬

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122. With the awakening of this Shofar, that was awakened by the T’ruah - T’kiah - T’ruah, the Patriarchs
will awaken from inside the cave, and will rise in the spirit, and come to her. And from that sound, many
wicked people in the holy land will die, and disappear from the world. On that day, the prayers of Yisrael
will ascend, wherever they are, before the Holy King, and the Patriarchs will come together and will be
present at that mountain. And Moses will rise with them, and there he will look at the Patriarchs, and THE
PATRIARCHS WILL GAZE at him, and they will all ascend to Moses’ cave. And Messiah will rise towards
them, and all will join together on this day.

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