Daily Zohar # 3832 – Vaera – How to use the good side of the flaming sword

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Zohar Vaera
Continued from previous DZ

#114
Genesis 3:24
“וַיְגָרֶשׁ אֶת הָאָדָם וַיַּשְׁכֵּן מִקֶּדֶם לְגַן עֵדֶן אֶת הַכְּרֻבִים וְאֵת לַהַט הַחֶרֶב הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת לִשְׁמֹר אֶת דֶּרֶךְ עֵץ הַחַיִּים.”
“So He drove out the man, and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.”
The Shechina is called the overturning flaming sword because sometimes she turns to Mercy representing the name יהוה YHVH and the Tree of Life. Sometimes it turns to judgment, representing the name הוה” י HVHY, and the Tree of Knowledge, good and bad. Sometimes representing men, and sometimes women.
If the Shechina unified with Zeir Anpin and ascended to Binah, all judgments in her turn to Mercy. When the Shechina is not connected to the Tree of Life, all aspects of Mercy in her turn to judgments inflicted upon those who don’t follow the Torah.

#115
The Tree of Life stands in the next world, Binah, where all names of judgment turn into Mercy. The world of Malchut is different. When we receive good news, we make the blessing “ברוך הטוב ומטיב” “Blessed is the good and the benefactor (referring to Hashem).” About negative news, we bless “ברוך דיין האמת” “Blessed is the Judge of Truth.”
The world to come is all good because it is in Binah. The flaming sword turns from judgment to Mercy to reward the Tzadikim in the world to come. In Malchut, the flaming sword turns from Mercy to judgment to judge the wicked in this world.

Lesson;
After the sin, Adam (we) was sent away from the Garden of Eden. The flaming sword blocked the entrance to the Garden.
When we follow the Torah, the sword turns to show the side of Mercy, allowing us to enter the Garden of Eden.

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