Daily Zohar # 4234 – Acharei Mot – Goat cleansing

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Zohar Acharei Mot
Continued from previous DZ
#120
Leviticus 16:7
“וְלָקַח אֶת שְׁנֵי הַשְּׂעִירִם וְהֶעֱמִיד אֹתָם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד.”
“He shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.”

We learned that on the day Aaron took the two goats, he awakened the aspects of the two goats above, which are judgments from the male and female sides. The two want to connect with each other and come out to rule the world.
Since the priest brings the two goats in the Holy Temple, the ones above approach each other. Then the lots come out on both sides, The priest that is Chessed gives the lots below. The priest above gives lots, and one of the goats was dedicated to the Holy One, Blessed be He, “גּוֹרָל אֶחָד לַיהוָה”. The goat below, which is the scapegoat, is taken to the desert. The goat with the Holy One above in the center line wanders in the desert above that is the aspect of judgments revealed with the Light of Chokmah. When the two goats above connect and illuminate each other, the judgments from the male and female sides are canceled.

#121
Leviticus 16:21
“וְסָמַךְ אַהֲרֹן אֶת שְׁתֵּי ידו [יָדָיו] עַל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׂעִיר הַחַי וְהִתְוַדָּה עָלָיו אֶת כָּל עֲו‍ֹנֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת כָּל פִּשְׁעֵיהֶם לְכָל חַטֹּאתָם וְנָתַן אֹתָם עַל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׂעִיר וְשִׁלַּח בְּיַד אִישׁ עִתִּי הַמִּדְבָּרָה.”
“Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man.”
Aharon lay his hands on the head of the living goat and confessed upon him. Aaron’s hands are the secret of the Right and Left lines so that the Holy One, blessed be He, who is the Middle line, would accept his actions. Using the words “הַשָּׂעִיר הַחַי” “the living goat” is accurate because it comes to include the goat above that revealed the upper three sefirot of Chokmah, which is called “חַי” (chai) “living”.

#122
“and confessed upon him all the iniquities” as it is written;
Leviticus 5:5
“וְהָיָה כִי יֶאְשַׁם לְאַחַת מֵאֵלֶּה וְהִתְוַדָּה אֲשֶׁר חָטָא עָלֶיהָ.”
“‘And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing;”
The confession of the sin is transferred to the lamb, and the person is cleansed from his sin. When the priest puts his hands on the goat and confesses the sins of Israel, the goat carries the sins with him to the desert.

Lesson;
Just before Yom Kippur, we do Kaparot to transfer our sins to the chicken. We also give Tzedaka to redeem our souls because Tzedaka is the aspect of Chai חי, which is a connection to “Life”. It is a good habit to give Tzedaka when we do something that is not according to the Torah laws. Even a small amount of tzedakah makes a significant cleansing. But we should never buy our sins with money. We give Tzedaka and commit to not repeating the negative action.

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