Daily Zohar # 4939 – Beresheet – From Chaos to stability using 42 letters

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Zohar Beresheet
Continued from previous DZ
#316
It is written, ‘עַד שֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ בִּמְסִבּוֹ’—’ While the King is at His table’ (Song of Songs 1:12). ‘At His table means to settle in the lower Malchut. This means the King is Yisrael Sava and Tevunah, ‘At his table’, when He is clothed in Malchut and bestows upon her from the secret of that connection and delight of the pleasantness in the supernal Eden, which is the supernal Abba and Imma. They receive from Abba and Imma through that concealed and hidden pathway (שביל הסתום והגנוז), unknown, meaning ‘נְתִיב לֹא־יְדָעוֹ עָיִט’—’ A path that no bird of prey knows’ (Job 28:7, as above, #308). They are filled from them, and the abundance (שפע) comes through the known rivers of Yisrael Sava and Tevunah, which is the secret of the road (אורח) or way (דרך) (as above, #303). Then, ‘נִרְדִּי נָתַן רֵיחוֹ’—’ My nard gave forth its fragrance’ (Song of Songs 1:12), meaning the lower Malchut, for He created the lower world, which is Malchut, in the likeness of the supernal world, which is the world of Binah, meaning Yisrael Sava שמג Tevunah, with all that they received from the supernal Eden. A supernal pleasant fragrance rises from the lower world to rule and act, and Malchut is able to rule and shine with the supernal light.
Notes:
This Zohar passage interprets Song of Songs 1:12, portraying Yisrael Sava and Tevunah (the seven lower sefirot of Binah, centered on Yessod) as the King settling in Malchut (‘at His table’), bestowing abundance (שפע, shefa) from Abba and Imma (supernal Eden) through a hidden pathway (שביל, shvil, Job 28:7). This enables Malchut to shine as the “nard” giving fragrance, mirroring Binah’s world. 
Malchut as “my nard” (נרדי) gives forth fragrance (ריחו), meaning she shines with supernal light, mirroring Binah’s world. Her ability to rule and act reflects the tikkun of her Partzuf (spiritual stature), receiving Chokhmah and Chessed to become like the supernal world (Yisrael Sava and Tevunah).
#317
The world was created in two aspects, which are Z&N (Zeir Anoin and Nukva), meaning through the right and left of the six supernal days, which are Chessed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, and Yessod of Imma (Binah). The six days, meaning six Sefirot of Imma, were made to shine upon Z&N, meaning in the aspect of the right within them, as it is written, ‘כִּי שֵׁשֶׁת־יָמִים עָשָׂה ה’ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ’—’ For in six days Hashem made the heavens and the earth’ (Exodus 20:11), which are Z&N. Through this, Z&N received the right within them. These six supernal days dug pathways and made sixty perforations (נקבים, nekavim) in the great abyss (תהומא רבא), which is the Yessod of Imma. This is the aspect of the left of the six days of Imma, for each one is included of ten, and therefore they dug sixty perforations in it, and all were included in the Yessod of Imma. These sixty perforations are to bring the waters of the rivers (נחלים) into the abyss, meaning to the Yessod of the Nukva of Z” A, called simply the abyss. Through this, Z&N receive the aspect of the left from the six days of Imma, called the waters of the rivers. This is the secret of ‘מִנַּחַל בַּדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁתֶּה עַל־כֵּן יָרִים רֹאשׁ’—’ From a river on the way he will drink; therefore, he will lift up his head’ (Psalms 110:7). Because the world, which is Z&N, drinks from the supernal river, which is the secret of the left of Imma, through the sixty perforations in her Yessod, called the great abyss, therefore, he lifts up his head, meaning he attains the three upper sefirot of Imma, called head. For the left of Imma is the secret of the vessels (כלים) that Z&N attain, and in these vessels, they receive the lights of the upper three from Imma. Without these vessels of Imma, the world would remain in six extremities (sides of Z” A), without the upper three, without a head. Therefore, it is said that the sixty, meaning the sixty perforations in the abyss, were created from the six days of Beresheet, meaning the six supernal days of Imma. They became the peace of the world, meaning that through them, Z&N received the Mochin of the upper three from Imma, which is the secret of the peace of the world.
Notes:
This Zohar passage interprets the creation of the world through Z&N (Zeir Anpin and Nukva, heavens and earth) as receiving divine light from the six supernal days ( six sefirot of Imma, Binah), representing right (Chessed) and left (Gevurah) aspects. The sixty perforations in Yessod of Imma facilitate the flow of Mochin to Z&N, enabling their elevation to G” R, three upper sefirot. 
The sixty perforations, created by Imma’s six days, enable Z&N to receive ג” ר, G” R, called shalom ha-olam (peace of the world), signifying complete rectification (tikkun) through the integration of Chessed (right) and Gevurah (left).
#318
It is written, ‘וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ’—’ And the earth was tohu va’vohu (formless and void)’ (Genesis 1:2). This is because the bitterness and refuse of the fruits that do not ripen on the tree, called unripe fruits (כמרים, komarim), do not depart from them except through their specific absorption, which is the earth, as it is written, ‘That which is unripe in the earth’ (Mishnah, Ma’asrot 4). Likewise, here, the bitterness and the harshness of the judgments of Malchut do not depart from her except through her absorption by Binah, where the attribute of judgment in her is absorbed into the attribute of mercy of Binah, and she is sweetened. This is what is meant by ‘it was at first and was not sustained’. She was already, for the earth (Malchut) was from the beginning and was not sustained, but was tohu va’vohu. Therefore, it is said ‘was’ (היתה), which indicates that she already was, meaning before the integration of Malchut in Binah. And afterward, she was sustained, ‘With 42 letters the world was engraved and sustained’. And afterward, Malchut, which is the world, was sustained, for with the 42 letters the world was engraved and sustained. All of them are the crown of the Holy Name, and all these 42 engravings are to adorn the Holy Name. This means to draw within them the Mochin of the supernal, upper three (ג” ר, G” R) of Imma (Binah), called crowns (עטרות, atarot). This is the secret of ‘צְאֶנָה וּרְאֶינָה בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן בַּמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה בָּעֲטָרָה שֶׁעִטְּרָה־לּוֹ אִמּוֹ’—’Go forth and see, daughters of Zion, King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him’ (Song of Songs 3:11).
Notes:
This Zohar passage interprets Genesis 1:2, “And the earth was tohu va’vohu,” explaining Malchut’s initial chaotic state due to unrectified judgments (דינים, dinim) and her rectification through Binah’s mercy (רחמים, rachamim), facilitated by the 42-letter Name and the Mochin of the upper three (‘three heads’ Gimmel Reishin (G” R). It draws on Song of Songs 3:11 and the Mishnah to illustrate the process. 
Initially, Malchut was but unsustainable (tohu va’vohu) before integration with Binah. The 42-letter Name (מ” ב אותיות, Mem-Bet letters), representing the Mochin of G” R from Imma (Binah), engraves and sustains the world (Malchut), completing her tikkun. These 42 letters are crowns (עטרות, atarot) adorning the Holy Name (Elokim), enabling Malchut to receive Mochin and become stable.

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