Shemini השמיני

The essence - energy of Parasha Shemini

Commentary from the year 5778

The actual word is HaShemini which translates as "the 8th". What is the inner meaning of the word "the 8th"? The Torah is the Tree of Life. As such the question above causes us to relate to the Tree of Life. The answer relates to are you climbing the Tree or coming down. If climbing the answer is "The 8th" is the Sefirah Binah. If you are coming down then "The 8th" can be Malchut. Malchut translates as Kingdom. Malchut ultimately is our physical world. Binah is the "world that is coming" or the usual statement is "the world to come". The "world to come" is a world that is always in the future. The "world that is coming" is a world in a process to becoming into existence. Ultimately the Malchut will become Binah. That is the goal of Creation - to return to the state of existence of Adam and Chavah before the sin of eating from the Tree of Knowledge and once this is achieved the world of Malchut will elevate to the world of Binah. The only path for the elevation of Malchut to Binah is through the central column. That is why the Parasha of Shemini has two connections to the middle of the Torah. These middles - one of words - Leviticus 10:16 - and one of letters - Leviticus 11:42 - allow us to make connections to the Central Column. The middle word is "Darosh". Darosh translates as "inquired". When one reads the English translation of this verse it appears to us as a simple understanding about an argument between Moshe and Aaron's sons. The problem is that their is a duplication of the word Darosh. The first Darosh relates to the Schechina making an inquiry. The second Darosh clearly applies to Moshe's inquiry. The Shechina represents Malchut and Moshe is a chariot for Zeir Anpin. To understand the central column it is important to study the word Darosh - דרש. Looking at the 3 letters we have "door" + "head" + "passion". Darosh, like the central column, is "a doorway to unifying the head and the heart". The other Central Column is a large letter Vav in the middle of the word Gachon - גחון. Gachon translates as "belly". It appears in the description of detestable insects, as it relates to the laws of Kashrut. Kabbalah teaches that the letter Vav relates to Zeir Anpin and the central column of the Tree of Life. In my opinion the missing Vav's in the word Darosh comes from the large Vav in Gachon. That is why only one letter Vav is needed to be two letter Vav's. The more one learns about the central column the greater will be your ability tgo maintain your connection to the central column and balance in your life. This is my opinion. Verse Kabbalistic Analysis: For Parasha Shemini - Levitucus Chapter 9 Verse 1 ויהי ביום השמיני קרא משה לאהרן ולבניו ולזקני ישראל Translation: And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; Transliteration: Vayihi Vayom HaShemini Kara Moshe LaAharon Velavnin Velazkani Yisrael. Numbers from this verse: 9 words - connects to the Sefirot of Yesod or Chochmah. Yesod is the foundation and Chochmah is wisdom. Usually the number of letters will indicate which Sefira. 42 Letters - connects to Creation and the Ana Bekoach. Thus the Sefira is Yesod the foundation. Shiluv Tool: First Letters. This is my intuitive connection. You need to do this for yourself as well ובהקמלווי The gematria of this sequence is 205. 205 is the gematria of "mountain" and the month of "Adar" as well as as the phrases "HaShem comes from Sinai" and also "and the Righteous". The small gematria of the first letters is 34. 34 connects to the Hebrew word for "poor" or "lack". The normal gematria is when the letters position within the Alef Bet is recognized and this style of a number is called normal gematria. The normal gematria of this verse is 6+2+5+19+13+12+6+6+10 = 69. 69 connects to the Hebrew words for "tin" and "Myrtle". Shiluv Tool: Final Letters This is my intuitive connection. You need to do this for yourself as well. יםיאהןויל The gematria of these letters is 162. 162 connects to the Tribe of Benjamin and the phrases "Voice of HaShem" - "To HaShem is the Kingdom" - "All the Servants of HaShem". The small gematria of the final letters is 27. 27 is the gematria of all the Hebrew letters including the final letters. The normal gematria of these final letters is 10+13+10+1+5+14+6+10+12=81. 81 is the gematria of Anochi = "I" when referring to HaShem and Moshe. Also it is the gematria of the Hebrew word "here" as well as "throne" and "vision". Please email yeshshem@hotmail.com with your own meanings to these letters as acronyms. Your meanings will be added to the parasha page along with the attribution unless you request that there not be an attribution posted. It is important that the above is not misinterpreted. There is only one God and He/She/It is the God of the Children of Israel. Always feel and show respect - fear, awe for God whose Name is יהוה Included in this name are all of the attributes that a human being perceives as belonging to HaShem, including Elohim - Shadai - myriads of other Names.

Commentary from the year 5777

Parasha Shemini:

The word Shemini translates as the number 8 or 8th. It refers to the Sefira of Binah which translates as "Understanding". Binah also represents "The Mother" which is actually a code word for Creation.

Within this parasha there are 2 middles. One middle is related to the words of the Torah and the other Middle is the number of letters of the Torah. These 2 middles actually allow us to connect to the balance point of life, known in Kabbalah, as the Center Column.

This parasha provides the energy of the Central Column. This is why it has a vaccine against death. The sons of Aaron die in this Parasha yet in truth they do not die they wait to reincarnate into Pinchas and then to Samuel the Prophet and ultimately Eliyahu - Elijah the Prophet who is tasked with observing every Brit Milah on the 8th day of each boys life.

Do you see the connection between the Name of the Parasha and the Brit Milah?

Other physical essences of the Central Column written in this Parasha are:

1. This Parasha occurs during the month of Nissan - both in the historically record and in the readings in our generation. Nissan allows us to control the months of the year which can only occur when we are in the Central Column - balance.

2. The Readings about various sacrifices teach us that we need to make a personal sacrifice of our animal selves in order to connect or reconnect to the Central Column or the energy of Balance.

3. When we read about Aaron performing the sacrifices we can relate to our own spiritual work where we need to have the consciousness of sharing with other people in order to connect or reconnect to the Central Column - Balance.

3. Death of Nadav and Avihu 2 of the 4 sons of Aaron HaCohen Gadol - Hight Priest.

4. When Moshe instructs Aaron and His remaining 2 sons to not to be under the influence teaches us to not allow ourselves to come under the influence of any physical or spiritual substance.

5. Moses becomes embroiled in a dispute with the Kohenim - Priests as to the best way to do the actions of sacrifice. This teaches us to remember that our own arguments are with others who are also right - correct in their truth. This is a way to remain in a central column - balanced consciousness.

6. Eating Kosher is a necessary aspect of retaining connection to the Central Column. This applies to all human beings whatever their spiritual truth.

7. The reading specifies some of the ways people become impure. This teaches us that we always need to assume we have become contaminated and strive to regain our connection to the Central Column - our balanced consciousness.

The number of Verses in the Parasha

There are 91 Verses in the Parasha. This number represents the unity of the spiritual and physical worlds. The code word that the sages gave us is עבדיה. This word translates as "Serve Yood Hai" or "Work for Yood Hai". It can also be "Slave to HaShem". Remember Yood Hai represents Yah - the upper world in the Name of HaShem.

Recommended Daily Study for the Parasha

Sunday

  • Parasha Vayikra - Chok Israel - Yom Echad - Sunday
  • English Translation of the Portion of Zohar for Sunday

    Based on Zohar

    Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from the Zohar selection in Hok L'Yisrael

  • Parasha - Vayikra Israel - Yom Echad - Sunday - Zohar English Translation
  • Monday

  • Parasha Vayikra - Chok Israel - Yom Shaini - Monday
  • English Translation of the Portion of Zohar for Monday

    Based on Zohar

    Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from the Zohar selection in Hok L'Yisrael

  • Parasha Vayikra - Chok Israel - Yom Shaini - Monday - English Translation of Daily Zohar from Chok Israel.
  • Tuesday

  • Parasha Vayikra - Chok Israel - Yom Shelishi - Tuesday
  • English Translation of the Portion of Zohar for Tuesday

    Based on Zohar

    Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from the Zohar selection in Hok L'Yisrael

  • Parasha Vayikra - Chok Israel - Yom Shaini - Tuesday - English Translation of Daily Zohar from Chok Israel.
  • Wednesday

  • Parasha Vayikra - Chok Israel - Yom Revii - Wednesday
  • English Translation of the Portion of Zohar for Wednesday

    Based on Zohar

    Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from the Zohar selection in Hok L'Yisrael

  • Parasha Vayikra - Chok Israel - Yom Shaini - Wednesday - English Translation of Daily Zohar from Chok Israel.
  • Thursday

  • Parasha Vayikra - Chok Israel - Yom HaMishi - Thursday
  • English Translation of the Portion of Zohar for Thursday

    Based on Zohar

    Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from the Zohar selection in Hok L'Yisrael

  • Parasha Vayikra - Chok Israel - Yom HaMishi - Thursday - English Translation of Daily Zohar from Chok Israel.
  • Thursday_Evening

  • Parasha Vayikra - Chok Israel - Lailah Shishi - Thursday Evening
  • Friday

  • Parasha - Chok Israel - Parasha Vayikra - Yom Shishi - Friday
  • English Translation of the Portion of Zohar for Friday

    Based on Zohar

    Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from the Zohar selection in Hok L'Yisrael

  • Parasha Vayikra - Chok Israel - HaShishi - Friday - English Translation of Daily Zohar from Chok Israel.
  • This page is continuously being added to as the statistics are developed for each Parasha. Just as the Torah is infinite, the statistics for the Torah are unlimited. Each statistic is part of what the Torah teaches. . . Spiritual Laws and Mitzvoth. As each item is revealed the explanation will be added.