Daily Zohar # 3300 – Vayikra – If the priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced
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Hebrew translation:
96. זֶהוּ שֶׁכָּתוּב,(ויקרא כב)וּבַת כֹּהֵן כִּי תִהְיֶה אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה וְגוֹ’. וּבַת כֹּהֵן – זוֹ הַנְּשָׁמָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה שֶׁנִּקְרֵאת בַּת הַמֶּלֶךְ, שֶׁהֲרֵי פֵּרְשׁוּהָ שֶׁהַנְּשָׁמָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה הִיא מִזִּוּוּג שֶׁל הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהַגְּבִירָה יוֹצֵאת. וּמִשּׁוּם כָּךְ, אֵיךְ שֶׁהַגּוּף שֶׁלְּמַטָּה הוּא מִזָּכָר וּנְקֵבָה, אַף כָּךְ הַנְּשָׁמָה לְמַעְלָה. כִּי תִהְיֶה אַלְמָנָה, מֵאוֹתוֹ הַגּוּף שֶׁהִזְדַּוְּגָה בּוֹ, וּמֵת. וּגְרוּשָׁה, שֶׁגֹּרְשָׁה מֵאוֹתוֹ הַחֵלֶק שֶׁל הַשֵּׁם הַקָּדוֹשׁ. וְכָל כָּךְ לָמָּה? מִשּׁוּם שֶׁזֶּרַע אֵין לָהּ לְהִמָּצֵא כְּמוֹ שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה וּלְהִתְקַשֵּׁר בַּשֵּׁם הַקָּדוֹשׁ. וְשָׁבָה אֶל בֵּית אָבִיהָ, מִי וְשָׁבָה? וְשָׁבָה סְתָם, לְהִתְתַּקֵּן כְּמוֹ מִקֹּדֶם. וְאָז וְשָׁבָה אֶל בֵּית אָבִיהָ – זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא. כִּנְעוּרֶיהָ – כְּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה. מִלֶּחֶם אָבִיהָ תֹּאכֵל – לְהִתְעַנֵּג בָּעֹנֶג שֶׁל הַמֶּלֶךְ.
97. מִכָּאן וָהָלְאָה -(שם)וְכָל זָר לֹא יֹאכַל קֹדֶשׁ. מִי הוּא הַזָּר? אוֹתוֹ שֶׁלֹּא(כִבֵּד)הֵקִים אֶת הַשֵּׁם הַקָּדוֹשׁ לְמַטָּה וְאֵין לוֹ בּוֹ חֵלֶק. לֹא יֹאכַל קֹדֶשׁ, אֵין בּוֹ חֵלֶק מֵהָעֹנֶג שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ אֲכִילָה, שֶׁכָּתוּב(שיר ה) אִכְלוּ רֵעִים, אֲכִילָה שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה הִיא הָעֹנֶג שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וְהָעֹנֶג הַזֶּה שָׁרוּי בַּמָּקוֹם שֶׁשָּׁרוּי כַּאֲשֶׁר רֵיחַ הַקָּרְבָּן הָיָה עוֹלֶה.
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Zohar Vayikra
Please read previous study DZ 2992
#95
Bringing children to this world is considered as completing the Holy Name in this world. The Zohar says that he who doesn’t want to do that better if he was never born, because he has no part in the Holy Name. When his soul leaves the world, he must return and make the correction.
#96
Leviticus 22:13
“וּבַת כֹּהֵן כִּי תִהְיֶה אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה וְזֶרַע אֵין לָהּ וְשָׁבָה אֶל בֵּית אָבִיהָ כִּנְעוּרֶיהָ מִלֶּחֶם אָבִיהָ תֹּאכֵל וְכָל זָר לֹא יֹאכַל בּוֹ.”
“But if the priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food; but no outsider shall eat it.”
The ‘Priest’s daughter’ is the aspect of the Holy soul. ‘Widow’ is the state of the soul when it departs from the body at death. ‘Divorced’ is the aspect of disconnection from the Holy Name when ‘she has no child’ that means no continuation in this world.
‘Has returned to her father’s house’ is the state of the soul that can return to be with the Holy One Blessed be He after the correction. ‘She may eat her father’s food’, means that she can enjoys the Light of the Holy.
#97
‘no outsider shall eat it’, means that those with no continuation in this world to complete the Holy Name, cannot enjoy the pleasures of the Light of the Holy that is considered ‘eating’ on a spiritual level.
Lesson;
A married couple is expected to be a father and a mother to represent the יY and the upper הH of the Holy Name. Having children is drawing the ו V and the lower הH of the Holy name to form יהוה YHVH in this world. This action creates the force of continuation in this world.
The main responsibility is on the man because he connects to the first letter Y י. A woman doesn’t have to get married and if she does then she needs to have children. Obviously some men and women may have natural limitations but there are alternatives to resolve the spiritual rule of creating continuation in this world.
It would be too long to cover all situations and solutions and I can answer specific questions in the comments section of this study.
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