Daily Zohar # 5295 – Chayei Sarah – Upper and lower Tefillin

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Zohar Chayei Sarah
Continued from previous DZ
#192
We have learned that the tefillin contain upper secrets and their likenesses. And in it, from the chest and below, where Malchut is, there are three chariots, in the likeness of the holy upper ones, which are the secrets of the three letters of His holy Name “יהו” Yod-Hei-Vav. For there are three chariots, which are the three letters Yod-Hei-Vav. Four portions rule over the four letters of His holy Name. And of this is the secret of the “ש” Shin of three crowns and the “ש” Shin of four crowns, whose meaning is that three kings rule in the body, that is, from the chest and below, which are opposite the Shin of three heads. The tefillin of the Holy One, blessed be He, above, which are the tefillin of the head and the tefillin of the hand, and they are four portions, which are opposite the Shin of four heads.
The meaning: He explains the difference between the upper chariot above the chest and the lower chariot below the chest. That is, as it is said in the adjacent teaching, that in the lower chariot the face of man is lacking, which is the secret of the lower Hei of the Name “הויה” (Havayah). And it is found that in the lower chariot there are only the three letters Yod-Hei-Vav, and the lower Hei is lacking. And only in the chariot above the chest are all four letters. And this is what he says: that there are in it only three chariots, which are the secret of the three letters of His holy Name Havayah, Yod-Hei-Vav, which are the secret of Chochmah, Binah, Tiferet, and Malchut is lacking, which is the lower Hei. And they are included one in the other and are considered as three times Yod-Hei-Vav, which are three chariots, after they ascend to the union that is in the upper chariot, as above in the adjacent teaching. The four portions that are in the tefillin are the secret of Chochmah- Binah -Tiferet -Malchut, and they rule over the four letters of “הויה” Havayah, for the four letters of Havayah are Chochmah -Binah -Tiferet -Malchut, as is known. And he says that this is the secret of the Shin of three crowns and of four crowns: that the Shin of three crowns hints at the aspect of the lower chariot, which has from itself only the three letters Yod-Hei-Vav and lacks the lower Hei, and it is the secret of the three kings that rule in the body from the chest and below, which are Netzach -Hod -Yessod, and they are called kings because from the chest and below everything belongs to Malchut. And the Shin of four crowns hints at the aspect of the upper chariot, which has the four letters of Havayah in completeness. And it is the secret of the four portions of the tefillin.
Notes:

In the tefillin from the chest and below, where Malchut is, there are three chariots corresponding to the three letters Yod-Hei-Vav. The four portions correspond to the four letters of the Name. The Shin of three crowns hints at the lower chariot that lacks the lower Hei, and the Shin of four crowns hints at the upper chariot that has all four letters.
#193
The heart rides, in the likeness, as upon the lower chariot, and the lower one, which is the secret of the Nukva, rides. Further we have learned that this chariot of the arm is below, that is the Nukva, the secret of the tefillin of the hand, which is called the arm, and the heart, which is the aspect from the chest and above, rides in the likeness that is below the chest. All the hosts of the heavens were delivered into its hand to gather them. And so the heart rides below, and all the members of the body were delivered into its hand.

The meaning: for the revelation of the shining of Chochmah is called riding upon the chariot. And therefore only Malchut is the one that rides, for in her the revelation is practiced. And as explained above in the adjacent teaching, the upper chariot from the chest and above is the aspect of covered Chassadim, but the place of the union is not in the lower chariot; see there. And it is found that the main revelation of Chochmah is necessarily in the upper chariot, but not for itself, only in order to bestow to the lower chariot. And the Malchut of the upper chariot that is above the chest is called, because of this, the heart, after the name of the thirty-two paths of Chochmah that are revealed in it. And therefore there are two aspects of the revelation of Chochmah in the heart. One, when it is above the chest in its place, then the Chochmah is not revealed for itself, only in order to bestow to the lower chariot. Two, when the lower chariot ascends and is included in it and receives from it the Chochmah, and it is considered that this Malchut, that is the heart, descends with them below the chest, and reveals there the shining of Chochmah below.

And this is what he says, the heart rides in the likeness of the lower chariot, that is the first aspect of the revelation of Chochmah, which is not for its own need, and therefore it is considered that it shines in the likeness of the lower chariot, that is only to bestow, and not an actual shining for itself. And he says the reason, that it is because the lower one rides, for only in the lower chariot that is below the chest does actual riding belong. And this is what he says further, we have learned that this riding of the arm, which is the secret of the tefillin of the hand, that is Malchut, is practiced only below the chest. And the heart rides in Chochmah above the chest, that is in the likeness as below, for it needs to bestow Chochmah below to the lower chariot. And because it does not shine for itself, it is not considered in it as an actual shining, as above. At the time that the Chochmah is revealed in it, all the hosts of the heavens were delivered into its hand, for the shining of Chochmah includes and gathers under it all the levels. So too the heart rides below, that is the revelation of Chochmah from the second aspect above, that the heart is included in the lower chariot and is drawn with them and comes and shines below the chest. And all the levels of the body were delivered into its hands, that is from the chest and below. From the chest and above of Zeir Anpin is considered the aspect of Zeir Anpin, which is called the heavens, and therefore all the levels that depend there are called the hosts of the heavens. And from the chest and below of Zeir Anpin is considered the aspect of the Nukva, which is called the body, and the levels that depend there are called the members of the body.
Notes:
The heart rides upon the lower chariot, and the Nukva rides. The chariot of the arm is the tefillin of the hand, below the chest, and the heart from the chest and above rides in its likeness. The revelation of Chochmah is called riding, and it belongs to Malchut. There are two aspects: the heart above the chest bestows without shining for itself, and when the lower chariot ascends the heart descends with it and reveals Chochmah below. Then all the hosts of the heavens, or the members of the body, are delivered into its hand.

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