Daily Zohar # 3901 – Tzav – Keep the fire burning continuously

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Zohar Tzav
Continued from previous DZ

#151
The flesh of the Holy sacrifice burns with fire flames from the side of Gevurah, with the love of Malchut to her husband, Zeir Anpin. Malchut burns night and day with the love of the Shema prayer and its unification.
Isaiah 62:7
“וְאַל תִּתְּנוּ דֳמִי לוֹ עַד יְכוֹנֵן וְעַד יָשִׂים אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַ‍ִם תְּהִלָּה בָּאָרֶץ.”
“And give Him no rest till He establishes And till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.”
He tells the friend to keep the flame of love and the unification of the Shema prayer until the Holy One Blessed be He joins the flame as it is written;
Leviticus 6:6
“אֵשׁ תָּמִיד תּוּקַד עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לֹא תִכְבֶּה.”
“Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.”

Lesson;
Tzadikim keep a continuous unification with the Holy One Blessed be He. Every thought, prayer, and action they have or do, always with the consciousness and knowledge of having the Holy One Blessed be He always with them. They carry the ‘fire’ that the Zohar mentions, and it is as if they are burning themselves on the altar as a Holy sacrifice to Hashem. Their heart burns continuously with love to Hashem because they feel his presence in everything they do. Achieving this level is when miracles start to happen.
King Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, gives us the best advice; keep your certainty because then he will correct our ways to be on the right and righteous path in life.
Proverbs 3:6
“בְּכָל דְּרָכֶיךָ דָעֵהוּ וְהוּא יְיַשֵּׁר אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ.”
“In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.”
Please read and study the entire Proverbs chapter 3 to increase the ‘fire’ in your heart. Text below.

#152
The death of Nadav and Avihu, Aaron’s sons, was justified for several reasons. Mainly, they brought offerings of incense, Ketoret, not at the scheduled time.
Exodus 30:7,8
“וְהִקְטִיר עָלָיו אַהֲרֹן קְטֹרֶת סַמִּים בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר בְּהֵיטִיבוֹ אֶת הַנֵּרֹת יַקְטִירֶנָּה.”
“וּבְהַעֲלֹת אַהֲרֹן אֶת הַנֵּרֹת בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם יַקְטִירֶנָּה קְטֹרֶת תָּמִיד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם.”
“Aaron shall burn on it incense (Ketoret) every morning; when he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.”
“And when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before YHVH throughout your generations.”

The Menorah (Holy candelabra) needed to be lit when the incense is burnt on the altar in the morning and in the afternoon.

The oil in the Menorah represents Chokmah, and the Ketoret represents Binah. They should be together to make the supernal unification of Chokmah and Binah to create the force of Life.
Nadav and Avihu didn’t do that properly, and for that reason, they died.

#153
Only when there is a plague in the world and death is everywhere can the priest use the Ketoret to stop the plague.
Numbers 17:11
“וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל אַהֲרֹן קַח אֶת הַמַּחְתָּה וְתֶן עָלֶיהָ אֵשׁ מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְשִׂים קְטֹרֶת וְהוֹלֵךְ מְהֵרָה אֶל הָעֵדָה וְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיהֶם כִּי יָצָא הַקֶּצֶף מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה הֵחֵל הַנָּגֶף.”
“And Moses said unto Aaron: ‘Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from YHVH the plague is begun.”

Lesson;
We read the Ketoret twice in the morning prayer, At the beginning of the prayer to block the other-side from ‘killing’ our prayer and just before the end of the prayer to protect the Light we receive during the prayer.
We also read the Ketoret in the afternoon to push away the judgments that arise during the afternoon.
We do not read the Ketoret after sundown until after midnight because the other side is in control during this time, and we don’t have the ‘ground’ to use the Ketoret.

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