Daily Zohar # 5017 – Vayishlach – No longer Jacob vs no longer Abram

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Zohar Vayishlach
Continued from previous DZ
#171
He answered him: I already told you at the beginning: just as the Holy One, blessed be He, is sometimes called YHVH and sometimes called Elohim — according to the level, as explained above — so too Jacob is sometimes called Israel and sometimes called Jacob; everything depends on known levels.
The meaning is: when he possesses the three upper sefirot (ג”ר– Chokhmah, Binah, Daat) and a head, he is called Israel; when he is only the six lower sefirot (ו”ק) without a head, he is called Jacob.
And what is written “לֹא יִקָּרֵא שִׁמְךָ עוֹד יַעֲקֹב”, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob” (Genesis 35:10), means: he will no longer remain solely with the name Jacob, but will have two names, Jacob and Israel, according to the level.
Notes:
This resolves the question raised in #170. Jacob/Israel bears two names reflecting two spiritual states:
Israel = full stature (Gadlut) with head (Chokhmah-Binah-Daat).
Jacob Yacob = small stature (Katnut), only the six lower sefirot without head.
The promise “no longer Jacob” does not abolish the name Jacob; it means Jacob will never again be limited to the incomplete state. From now on, he will always possess both levels and both names.
#172
If so, it is written: “וְלֹא יִקָּרֵא עוֹד אֶת שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָם וְהָיָה שְׁמְךָ אַבְרָהָם”, “Your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham” (Genesis 17:5). The meaning is not that he would be called by both names Abram and Abraham, but only Abraham.
He answered him: There it is written “וְהָיָה שְׁמְךָ אַבְרָהָם”, “and your name shall be Abraham,” therefore he remained with that name alone. But here it is not written ”וְהָיָה”, but “כִּי אִם יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיֶה שְׁמֶךָ”, “but Israel shall be your name” (Genesis 35:10). It does not say “וְהָיָה שְׁמְךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל”, “and your name shall be Israel.” According to this wording, it is sufficient that he be called Israel even once, all the more so that he be called sometimes Jacob and sometimes Israel. Certainly the verse “כִּי אִם יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיֶה שְׁמֶךָ” is fulfilled.
And when his sons were adorned with priests and Levites and were elevated to upper levels, then he was permanently adorned with the name Israel.
Notes:
This Zohar resolves the final objection (#171). Abraham’s name-change includes וְהָיָה (“shall be”), making Abraham his sole name. Jacob’s change uses כִּי אִם…יִהְיֶה without וְהָיָה, meaning Israel becomes his primary name, yet Jacob remains valid. Once his descendants were established as priests and Levites (upper levels), the name Israel became his constant designation.

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