Daily Zohar 1564

Daily Zohar 1564

Holy Zohar text. Daily Zohar -1564
Hebrew translation:

2. זֶהוּ שֶׁכָּתוּב (משלי לא) דָּרְשָׁה צֶמֶר וּפִשְׁתִּים וַתַּעַשׂ בְּחֵפֶץ כַּפֶּיהָ. וְכָתוּב בְּיָדֶיהָ טָווּ, מַה זֶּה טָווּ? אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, טָווּ בְדִין, טָווּ בְרַחֲמִים. אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק, לָמָּה נִקְרְאָה אִשָּׁה? אָמַר לוֹ, שֶׁכְּלוּלָה בְדִין, וּכְלוּלָה בְרַחֲמִים.:

Zohar Matot

Proverb 31:13
“דָּרְשָׁה, צֶמֶר וּפִשְׁתִּים; וַתַּעַשׂ, בְּחֵפֶץ כַּפֶּיהָ.”
“She looks for wool and flax And works with her hands in delight.”

The Zohar quotes a verse from the last chapter of Proverbs. The last 22 verses in this chapter follow the sequence of the Hebrew Alef-Bet. The sages made it part of our Shabbat connection and we sing it on Friday nights before the Kidush of the first meal. It is know as the song “Woman of Valor”. The 22 verses reveal the qualities and attributes of Malchut and the Shechina. On Friday night we connect Malchut to Binah, which is the aspect of Light (Binah) and Vessel (Malchut).

Wool is the aspect of Right, Chessed and mercy. It comes from pure animal. Flax threads is the aspect of the left column and it comes from vegetation. A ‘Woman of Valor’ takes wool, Right column and Flax, Left Column and brings them together to sweeten judgments in Malchut.

Woman, אשה, in Hebrew has the letters of אש that means ‘fire’ and ה for Binah and mercy. Fire has the power of transformation and women have the ability to do so on the level of Malchut.

woman of valor

Women have the power of transform everything on the material level but we must remember that a woman can build when her vessel ה connects to Binah and a women can burn and destroy if her vessel ה desire is locked on the level of Malchut and the material world.
Zohar study and sharing elevate women (and men) to the level of the creative force that is Binah.

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