Daily Zohar # 3451 – Ha’azinu – For you are a holy people to YHVH your God

Daily Zohar 3451

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Hebrew translation:

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Zohar Ha’azinu

#202
Rabbi Yossi says “How Israel is loved by the Holy One Blessed be He”. He called them ‘קָדוֹשׁ’ ‘Holy’ and ‘קֹדֶשׁ’ ‘Holiness’, as we read in the two verses below.
Deuteronomy 14:2
“כִּי עַם קָדוֹשׁ אַתָּה לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וּבְךָ בָּחַר יְהוָה לִהְיוֹת לוֹ לְעַם סְגֻלָּה מִכֹּל הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר עַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה.”
“For you are a holy (קָדוֹשׁ) people to YHVH your God, and YHVH has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.”

Jeremiah 2:3
“קֹדֶשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל לַיהוָה רֵאשִׁית תְּבוּאָתֹה כָּל אֹכְלָיו יֶאְשָׁמוּ רָעָה תָּבֹא אֲלֵיהֶם נְאֻם יְהוָה.”
“Israel was holiness (קֹדֶשׁ) to YHVH, The firstfruits of His increase. All that devour him will offend; Disaster will come upon them,” says YHVH.’ ””
He asks what’s the difference between the two words ‘קָדוֹשׁ’ and ‘קֹדֶשׁ’ and Rabbi Aba answers that ‘קֹדֶשׁ’ ‘Holiness’ is above all because it is on the level of Chokmah. When the three ‘holy’ ‘קָדוֹשׁ’ ‘קָדוֹשׁ’ ‘קָדוֹשׁ’ that represent the three lines of Chessed, Gevurah, and Tiferet join they are gathered into the supernal place that is called ‘קֹדֶשׁ’ ‘Holiness’, which is the supernal Chokmah.

#203
The children of Israel adorned with the three ‘קָדוֹשׁ’ and receive the supernal Chokmah that is called ‘רֵאשִׁית תְּבוּאָתֹה’ ‘firstfruits’. The last letter ‘ה’ is added to the word but not needed for the correct spelling. It implies the connection of ‘firstfruits’ to Malchut.
‘All that devour him will offend’ means that ‘קֹדֶשׁ’ holiness’ is for Israel because they connect to ‘קָדוֹשׁ’ ‘Holy’.
Leviticus 22:10
“וְכָל זָר לֹא יֹאכַל קֹדֶשׁ תּוֹשַׁב כֹּהֵן וְשָׂכִיר לֹא יֹאכַל קֹדֶשׁ.”
“‘No outsider shall eat the (קֹדֶשׁ) holy offering; one who dwells with the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat the holy thing.”

#204
The beginning is in Chokmah, and the ending of everything is in Malchut. They are both included in ‘קֹדֶשׁ’ ‘holiness’. When the supernal Chokmah illuminates, the moon that has the aspect of the Malchut is in full light. It has the aspect of the wisdom of King Solomon.
1 Kings 5:10
“וַתֵּרֶב חָכְמַת שְׁלֹמֹה מֵחָכְמַת כָּל בְּנֵי קֶדֶם וּמִכֹּל חָכְמַת מִצְרָיִם.”
“And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.”
When Malchut is blessed from Yessod and fully illuminated, it is called ‘קֹדֶשׁ’ ‘Holiness’. When Malchut lacks the complete Light It is called The ‘Holy Spirit’ ‘רוח הקדש’ and not ‘קֹדֶשׁ’ like the supernal Chokmah.

#205
When Malchut is blessed from Yessod and nurses the lower levels, she is called ‘Mother’ like the Mother above, Binah. Then Malchut is called ‘קדש הקדשים’ ‘Holy of Holies’, because Yessod that is ‘קֹדֶשׁ’ ‘Holiness’ with the bride, Malchut that is called ‘קדשים’ ‘Holies’ become ‘Holy of Holies’.
Songs 4:8 “אִתִּי מִלְּבָנוֹן כַּלָּה” “Come with me from Lebanon, my bride”.
Lebanon is ‘עדן’ ‘Eden’ that is the supernal Chokmah. The root for the word ‘לבנון’ ‘Lebanon’ is ‘לבן’ that means ‘white’. It represents the ‘whiteness’ of Chokmah that illuminates in Chessed that is white.
Chokmah delivers Light to Malchut from Binah, which is the river that comes out of Eden (Genesis 2:10).

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