Daily Zohar # 5034 – Miketz – Riders on white donkeys

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Zohar Miketz
Continued from previous DZ
#230
Another interpretation: “הַבֹּקֶר אוֹר”, “In the morning light” (Genesis 44:3). This is the morning of Abraham, that is, the dominion of the right. “וְהָאֲנָשִׁים שֻׁלְּחוּ”, “the men were sent off.” These are the accusers who were ruling at night. “הֵמָּה וַחֲמֹרֵיהֶם”, “they and their donkeys,” they are the donkeys appointed over those who transgress law and custom to take vengeance from them, that is, the white guardians mentioned above, which come from the side of impurity, for they are not holy. And they do not rule, and they are not seen at the coming of the morning.
And these donkeys appointed over those who transgress the laws of faith that we mentioned are in the aspect of donkeys, for a female donkey and a male donkey are of one kind. And therefore the verse calls them “הֵמָּה וַחֲמֹרֵיהֶם”, “they and their donkeys.”
Notes:
Their “donkeys” signify impurity’s male-female aspect. Morning light ends their dominion, reflecting mercy’s victory over judgment.  Abraham’s morning light (הַבֹּקֶר אוֹר) disperses impure accusers and donkey-spirits (הֵמָּה וַחֲמֹרֵיהֶם), ending night’s judgment.
#231
For there is no upper level without right and left, mercy and judgment, levels upon levels, holy from the side of holiness, and impure from the side of impurity. And they are all levels upon levels, these upon those.
The meaning is: It was difficult for him — behold, we find in the verse that white donkeys are from the side of holiness, as it is written: “רֹכְבֵי אֲתֹנוֹת צְחֹרוֹת יֹשְׁבֵי עַל מָדִין”, “Riders on white donkeys, sitting on saddlecloths” (Judges 5:10). So how is it said here that they are from the left side and are not holy? And upon this, he says: There is no upper level, etc. That there are white donkeys from the side of holiness and the right, and there are white donkeys from the side of impurity and the left.
Notes:
This Zohar resolves the apparent contradiction about white donkeys: some are holy (right side, mercy), others impure (left side, judgment). Every upper level contains both right (holy) and left (impure) aspects, with levels upon levels. This continues #230’s theme of night’s impure donkey spirits versus their holy counterparts.
#232
And in every place where the morning of Abraham is aroused in the world, all the powers of the left withdraw and do not rule, because they have no existence on the right side but only on the left side. And therefore, in the morning, when the dominion of the right arrives, they are forced to withdraw. And the Holy One, blessed be He, made day and night to conduct each one according to its proper aspect. For by day the conduct of the right, and by night the conduct of the left.

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