Wednesday, February 26, 2014

“You Are Family” p:55

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Wednesday 26 Adar I, 5774 


Page 55

At below midpoint of page – (line begins: "lemalchus...”) For text, click: Here.

The principle is that the Zohar identifies 2 worlds. A upper and lower kingdom.

What does Torah mean by 'king'? The wold thinks of a despot. But here with king the torah means the supreme presence of the Jewish people. The prophet bows to the king. The king is representative of something supreme.

The way we have become accustomed to think, despite all the learning we have done, we think of each entity in the world having to fight for its survival. There is not a sense of reality each to himself. But actually each person belongs here. He is more than an invited guest. He is a member of the family. Son of the king.


And where does each person get this right? From the king. From the king who is supreme. His greatness is such that he actually represents his greatness, not just remaining remote.


His name is called upon the people. He recognizes them all. He provides a dignity for everything.

The king reveals, of his glory, upon his subjects. This affects everything. How you walk, talk, sit, fight, - everything.

And here's where you can start to see the similarity between binah and malchus. Binah exposes the inner content of chochmah. And then there is malchus that exposes the content of all the other sphirot. And these are the higher king (binah) and the lower king (malchus).

And the flow from binah to malchus is blessing/bracha. This is revealing what has been provided for at a higher level.

Binah recognizes the content of chochmah/wisdom. It realizes 'there is a profound reality here'. A reality, in contrast to a concept. In this way binah represents kesser/crown, more than chochmah does. The beginning of the 'download' into actuality (presence in the world) is binah.

And this actualizing is representative of the 'First Presence'. Binah says to chochmah, “you see the truth, and I will bring it into presence”.



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