Daily Zohar # 3454 – Ha’azinu – A perverse and crooked generation

Daily Zohar 3454

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Zohar Ha’azinu

#211
The secrets of the flow of Light were given to those who work the ‘field’, which is righteous that make efforts in Malchut to follow the ways of the Torah in holiness and purity.
The wicked set flaw above as we read;
Deuteronomy 32:5
“שִׁחֵת לוֹ לֹא בָּנָיו מוּמָם דּוֹר עִקֵּשׁ וּפְתַלְתֹּל.”
““They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation.”
The corrupted ways of the wicked cause the blemishes and block the channels of sustenance from above.
Isaiah 59:17
“וַיִּלְבַּשׁ צְדָקָה כַּשִּׁרְיָן וְכוֹבַע יְשׁוּעָה בְּרֹאשׁוֹ וַיִּלְבַּשׁ בִּגְדֵי נָקָם תִּלְבֹּשֶׁת וַיַּעַט כַּמְעִיל קִנְאָה.”
“For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak.”
Rabbi Yitzchak says that when Israel conducts their ways properly and has merits then the Holy One Blessed be He wears “righteousness as a breastplate”. When they are wicked and put a blemish in the upper channels of Light The Holy One wears “garments of vengeance”.

#212
Rabbi Yossi explains that the actions of the wicked block the river that flows from Binah to deliver its light to the three lines of Chessed, Gevurah, and Tiferet. Because of that, they don’t receive the blessings from above.

#213
Psalms 104:35
“יִתַּמּוּ חַטָּאִים מִן הָאָרֶץ וּרְשָׁעִים עוֹד אֵינָם בָּרֲכִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת יְהוָה הַלְלוּ יָהּ.”
“May sinners be consumed from the earth, And the wicked be no more. Bless YH, O my soul! Praise YHVH!”
Rabbi Shimon says that as long as the wicked are the majority in the world, the Holy Name is not blessed in the world. When the wicked are not many then the Holy name is blessed in the world.
Rabbi Aba adds that “A perverse and crooked generation” from the verse above relates to the wicked of the generation that corrupted themselves.

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