Daily Zohar # 4678 – Acharei Mot – The place to live and die

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Zohar Acharei Mot
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Rabbi Shimon was purifying the streets of Tiberias, and for every deceased person who was buried there, he would raise them and purify the land. We learned it is written: “וַתָּבֹאוּ וַתְּטַמְּאוּ אֶת אַרְצִי וְנַחֲלָתִי שַׂמְתֶּם לְתוֹעֵבָה” “You came and defiled My land…” (Jeremiah 2:7). Rabbi Yehuda said, “Blessed is his portion, he who merits in his life to make his dwelling in the Holy Land, for everyone who deserves it draws upon themselves the dew of heaven from above that descends upon the land. Anyone who merits connecting in his life with this Holy Land will also merit being connected afterward to the upper Holy Land, which is the attribute of Malchut.

Notes:
The physical and spiritual levels are intertwined, and dwelling in the Holy Land allows for a unique flow of the upper Light, bridging the lower and upper levels. The idea of Malchut as the final emanation from which blessings flow down suggests that those who connect with the Holy Land have access to a higher Light.
Rabbi Shimon’s role as a purifier of the land from impurities hints at his ability to connect upper and lower.

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And anyone who did not merit, during their life, to live in the Holy Land and is brought to be buried there, about them it is written: “וְנַחֲלָתִי שַׂמְתֶּם לְתוֹעֵבָה” “You have made My inheritance an abomination” (Jeremiah 2:7).
Their spirit departs under the authority of another, a foreign force and their body comes under the authority of the Holy Land. It is as if they have turned holiness into profaneness and profaneness into holiness. Anyone who merits that their soul departs in the Holy Land, their sins are forgiven. They merit to be connected under the wings of the Shechinah, as it is written: “וְכִפֶּר אַדְמָתוֹ עַמּוֹ” “And He will atone for His land and His people” (Deuteronomy 32:43). Not only this but if they merit in their life to live in the Holy Land, they merit to have the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) constantly rest upon them. And anyone who lives under the authority of the other side, meaning outside the Land of Israel, draws a spirit of another side upon himself.

Notes:
This passage addresses the spiritual significance of living and dying in the Holy Land (Israel). It contrasts the spiritual outcomes for those who merit to live in Israel during their lifetime with those who do not and are only brought there for burial after death.
In essence, the text emphasizes the profound spiritual bond between the Holy Land and those who dwell in it. Living in Israel leads to a constant connection with divine inspiration while living outside of it puts one at a spiritual distance from holiness. The ultimate reward for those who die in Israel is not only atonement but also protection and nurturing under the “wings of the Shechinah,” meaning divine care and grace.

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