Daily Zohar # 3618 – Tazria – The wise king with seven names
Hebrew translation:
97. אֶלָּא כָּךְ לָמַדְנוּ, מִי חָכָם כְּמוֹ שְׁלֹמֹה, שֶׁבְּשֶׁבַע דְּרָגוֹת שֶׁל חָכְמָה נִקְרָא כְּמוֹ שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה. שִׁשָּׁה יָמִים לְמַעְלָה, שְׁבִיעִי עֶלְיוֹן עֲלֵיהֶם. שִׁשָּׁה יָמִים לְמַטָּה, שְׁבִיעִי עֲלֵיהֶם. שֵׁשׁ דְּרָגוֹת לַכִּסֵּא, הוּא עַל הַכִּסֵּא, שֶׁכָּתוּב וַיֵּשֶׁב שְׁלֹמֹה עַל כִּסֵּא ה’ לְמֶלֶךְ. שִׁבְעָה כְתָרִים שֶׁל יָמִים לְמַעְלָה, וְאָז כְּנֶגְדָּם שִׁבְעָה שֵׁמוֹת לִשְׁלֹמֹה, לְהַרְאוֹת בּוֹ הַחָכְמָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה. וּמִשּׁוּם כָּךְ נִקְרָא שִׁבְעָה שֵׁמוֹת: שְׁלֹמֹה. יְדִידְיָה. אָגוּר. בֶּן יָקֶה. לְמוּאֵל. אִיתִיאֵל. קֹהֶלֶת.
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Zohar Tazria
#96
Ecclesiastes 2:13
“וְרָאִיתִי אָנִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ יִתְרוֹן לַחָכְמָה מִן הַסִּכְלוּת כִּיתְרוֹן הָאוֹר מִן הַחֹשֶׁךְ.”
“Then I saw that wisdom excels folly As light excels darkness.”
Rabbi Chiya quotes this verse and says that he looked in several places in the wisdom of King Solomon and saw that he concealed his words in the Holy palace. We look at this verse and ask ourselves why he said “Then I saw”, when any person in the world even without wisdom can tell that wisdom is better than foolishness as light is better than darkness. Why King Solomon praised himself saying “I saw”.
#97
We learned that King Solomon had seven levels of wisdom that correspond to the seven lower sefirot from Chessed to Malchut. That is the secret of the lower wisdom, which is the level of Solomon. The secret is that the six days above are the six sefirot of Zeir Anpin and the seventh above them is Binah.
King Solomon sits on a throne of six levels as we read in
1 Chronicle 29:23
“וַיֵּשֶׁב שְׁלֹמֹה עַל כִּסֵּא יְהוָה לְמֶלֶךְ תַּחַת דָּוִיד אָבִיו וַיַּצְלַח וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֵלָיו כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל.”
“Then Solomon sat on the throne of YHVH as king instead of David his father, and prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.”
There are seven crowns above for the seven sefirot and there are seven names to Solomon corresponding to the seven sefirot to express the Holy Wisdom. For that reason, he was called in seven names; Solomon, Yedidya, Agur, Ben Yaka, Lemuel, Itiel, and Kohelet.
Lesson;
The explanation to paragraph #96 would be in the following studies.
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