Daily Zohar # 2018 – Vaera – What you get is what you see
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Hebrew translation:
30. פָּתַח רַבִּי אַבָּא וְאָמַר, (שמואל-א כה) וַאֲמַרְתֶּם כֹּה לֶחָי וְאַתָּה שָׁלוֹם וּבֵיתְךָ שָׁלוֹם וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לְךָ שָׁלוֹם. וַאֲמַרְתֶּם כֹּה לֶחָי, וְכִי דָוִד לֹא הָיָה יוֹדֵעַ בּוֹ בְּנָבָל שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר בִּשְׁבִילוֹ וַאֲמַרְתֶּם כֹּה לֶחָי? אֶלָּא אוֹתוֹ יוֹם, יוֹם טוֹב שֶׁל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה הָיָה, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא יוֹשֵׁב בְּדִין עַל הָעוֹלָם, וּבִשְׁבִיל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא הוּא אָמַר וַאֲמַרְתֶּם כֹּה לֶחָי, לִקְשֹׁר כֹּה לֶחָי, שֶׁכָּל הַחַיִּים תְּלוּיִים בּוֹ. וְאַתָּה שָׁלוֹם, מַה זֶּה וְאַתָּה? אַתָּה הָיָה צָרִיךְ (לִכְתֹּב)! אֶלָּא וְאַתָּה, הַכֹּל לַקָּדוֹשׁ-בָּרוּךְ-הוּא אָמַר, כְּדֵי לִקְשֹׁר קֶשֶׁר הָאֱמוּנָה וְכָרָאוּי.
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Zohar Vaera
Exodus 6:3
“וָאֵרָא, אֶל-אַבְרָהָם אֶל-יִצְחָק וְאֶל-יַעֲקֹב–בְּאֵל שַׁדָּי; וּשְׁמִי יְהוָה, לֹא נוֹדַעְתִּי לָהֶם”
“I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name YHVH I did not make myself known to them.”
This verse focuses on the different level of revelations between Moses and the Patriarchs. The secret is in the hidden and visible Lights. The visible Lights relate to the seven lower sefirot and the hidden are the upper three.
The world of tikkun is about the process of the lower seven sefirot. Even though the Patriarchs were channels for the Tree of Life, it wasn’t complete until Joseph, Moses and Aaron did their work. When the lower levels were in place, meaning Chessed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod and Yessod a connection to the upper three sefirot became possible. But the key to the upper levels is through Da’at, which means ‘knowledge’. Protecting the eyes from connecting to negativity and desires for the self of the material world is a key to higher spiritual elevation, understanding and seeing beyond the illusions of this world. That was Moses’s level. He saw the pure energy that activates everything below while the Patriarchs saw the truth as is or will be manifested in this world.
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