Daily Zohar # 4937 – Beresheet – Lift up your eyes

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Zohar Beresheet
Continued from previous DZ
#312
The earth received ve-et (וְאֵת) to be nourished from them, and therefore, there is necessarily male (זכר, zachar) and female (נקבה, nekvah) within her. The Vav of ‘ve-et’ (וְאֵת) is the male, for the arrival of the thing to reception is found in the striking* (הכאה) of the male. The snare of smoke is found in the earth, which is the Nukva, as when the flaming fire is drawn and aroused from the left line, it is grasped in the Nukva, and she raises smoke. As it is written, ‘וְהַר סִינַי עָשַׁן כֻּלּוֹ מִפְּנֵי אֲשֶׁר יָרַד עָלָיו ה’ בָּאֵשׁ’—’ And Mount Sinai was all in smoke because Hashem descended upon it in fire’ (Exodus 19:18). This is fire, and this is smoke, meaning that if what descends from above is fire, the lower one receiving it becomes smoke. And it is written, ‘וְאֶת־הָהָר עָשָׁן’—’ And the mountain smoked’ (Exodus 19:18), because when the fire descends below, the smoke and the fire are grasped in each other. Then, everything is under the dominion of the left side, and this is the secret, ‘Even My hand’ (אף ידי), meaning the left hand, which is the secret of fire and smoke, ‘founded the earth’ (Isaiah 48:13, implied), which is the Nukva. ‘And My right hand spanned the heavens’ (Isaiah 48:13), and the right hand, meaning Chessed, measures and makes the heavens, which is Z&A. By the power of the right above, meaning by the power of the right of Binah, for Z&A, called heavens, receives Chessed from Binah. In like manner, the heavens, which are the male (זכר, zachar), meaning Z&A, were made from the right of Binah, and the Nukva was made from the left of Binah. Therefore, it is impossible for the Nukva to exist without the male, being the aspect of fire and smoke from the left side, and she needs the Chessed of the male. For this reason, she is considered in the aspect of male and female together, in the secret of ‘ve-et ha-aretz’ (וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ), as mentioned above. From what is explained here, you will understand that when the Nukva is without the male, all kinds of punishments in the world are drawn from her, being fire and smoke from the left side. All her rectification (tikkun) is to be connected as one with the male, who is the secret of the right, and then all good of the worlds is drawn from her.
Notes:
In Kabbalistic terms, “הכאה” (hakaha, “striking” or “collision”) refers to the dynamic interaction or union (zivug) within the sefirot, particularly in Binah or between Zeir Anpin and Malchut, where a “strike” of divine Light against a vessel or screen (masach) triggers the flow of Mochin or spiritual abundance. This process, rooted in the teachings of the Holy Ari, symbolizes the breaking through of barriers to reveal hidden Light, as in the Zohar’s description of the zivug of striking in Malchut of Binah, enabling the descent of Chokhmah’s illumination while balancing judgment with Chessed (mercy).

#313
It is written, ‘שְׂאוּ מָרוֹם עֵינֵיכֶם וּרְאוּ מִי־בָרָא אֵלֶה’—’Lift up your eyes on high and see who created these’ (Isaiah 40:26). This refers to Binah, called ‘מרום’ (marom, on high), for until this point, meaning until Binah, things were elevated in a manner that there is no questioning. Questioning means the raising of Mayin Nukvin (M” N, feminine waters) for zivug (union), like asking about the rains. This matter begins from Binah, for she is in the aspect of being known (אתיידע), but above her, in Chokhmah, it is not known (לא אתיידע), for Chokhmah is perfected from Keter, called Ayin (אין, Nothingness, refers to the Endless), and therefore she does not stand for questioning like it, which is concealed, deep, and there is no one who can stand to grasp it. The reason for these things is that the Mochin are drawn from the zivug upon Malchut of the key (מפתחא, maftecha), which is rectified in Binah, meaning in her seven lower sefirot, called Yisrael Sava and Tevunah. Therefore, from there begins the questioning, which is the raising of M” N for zivug, for then the Yud (י) emerges from their air (אוירא, avira) and becomes light (אור, ohr). But above her, meaning in Abba v’Imma, called Chokhmah, which are in the aspect of three upper sefirot like Keter, there is no questioning, for they are rectified in Malchut of the lock (מנעולא, man’ula), upon which there is no zivug. Therefore, they are in the aspect of not being known (לא אתיידע), like the Keter of Arich Anpin (A” A), called Ayin, from which Abba v’Imma receive, and this is the secret of pure air (אוירא דכיא), for the Yud does not emerge from their air (אויר). The reason that Keter of Arich Anpin is called Ayin is that it is attached to the head of Atik (Ancient One), for there are three heads, one above the other, and one within the other. ‘One above the other’ refers to the head of Atik, and ‘one within the other’ refers to the Hidden Chokhmah (חכמה סתימאה) of Arich Anpin within his Keter. Thus, they are three heads, one below the other: the first head is the head of Atik; the second head is the Keter of Arich Anpin, called Ayin, and it is intermediate between the head of Atik and the Hidden Chokhmah; the third head is the hidden Chokhmah of Arich Anpin, called Arich Anpin simply.
Notes:
This Zohar passage interprets Isaiah 40:26, “Lift up your eyes on high (מרום),” linking marom (מרום) to Binah, where the process of questioning (שאלה, raising Mayin Nukvin for zivug) begins, as opposed to Chokhmah, which is beyond questioning due to its connection to Keter (Ayin). It introduces the three heads (Atik, Keter of Arich Anpin, hidden Chokhmah), explaining their hierarchy and role in concealing the supernal Light. 
“questioning” is the aspect of raising of Mayin Nukvin (M” N, feminine waters), to have a vessel to receive the upper Light.

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