Zohar Beha'Alotcha Section 1 - Bridegroom Comes Out from His Chamber

It is recommended to read the Section of Zohar prior to reading the Synopsis

Zohar Commentary on the Parasha BEHA'ALOTCHA

SYNOPSIS:

Rabbi Yehuda begins by saying that the children of Yisrael are blessed because God granted them the Torah of Truth, a Tree of Life, for all her words are life. He describes how the light of the sun, Zeir Anpin, illuminates and spreads from the top through the trunk, strengthening the right and then the left.

Pasook 1.from the Zohar Commentary on the Parasha Beha'Alotcha

וַיְדַבֵּר יְיָ' אֶל מֹשֶׁה לֵאמֹר. דַּבֵּר אֶל אַהֲרֹן וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו בְּהַעֲלוֹתְךָ אֶת הַנֵּרוֹת וְגוֹ', רִבִּי יְהוּדָה פָּתַח, וְהוּא כְּחָתָן יוֹצֵא מֵחוּפָּתוֹ וְגוֹ'. זַכָּאָה חוּלָקֵיהוֹן דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אִתְרְעֵי בְּהוֹן, וְיָהַב לְהוֹן אוֹרַיְיתָא דִּקְשׁוֹט, אִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי, דְּבֵיהּ בַּר נָשׁ יָרִית חַיִּין לְהַאי עָלְמָא, וְחַיִּין לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. דְּכָל מַאן דְּאִשְׁתְּדַל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא וְאָחִיד בָּהּ, אִית לֵיהּ חַיִּין. וְכָל מַאן דְּשָׁבִיק מִלֵּי דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְאִתְפְּרַשׁ מֵאוֹרַיְיתָא, כְּאִלּוּ מִתְפְּרַשׁ מֵחַיִּין, בְּגִין דְּהִיא חַיִּין, וְכָל מִלּוֹי חַיִּין, הה"ד כִּי חַיִּים הֵם וְגוֹ'. וּכְתִיב רִפְאוּת תְּהִי לְשָׁרֶךָ וְגוֹ'.

"And Hashem spoke to Moses, saying, 'Speak to Aaron, and say to him: When you kindle the lamps...'" (Bemidbar 8:1-2). Rabbi Yehuda opened the discussion saying, "which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber..." (Tehilim 19:6). Praised is the lot of Yisrael that the Holy One, blessed be He, favored them and granted them the Torah of Truth, a Tree of Life by which a person inherits life for this world and life for the World to Come. Whoever tries to learn Torah and holds to her has life. Whoever leaves the words of the Torah and separates from the Torah is as if he took leave of life, since she is life and all her words are life, as it is written: "for they are life..." (Mishlei 4:22), and: "I shall be health to your navel..." (Ibid. 3:8).

chanoch's Commentary

Torah is Life. All one has to do is hold onto the Tree of LIfe which is the Torah. All one has to do is memorize a 7 word Pasook and constantly remember to say it and repeat it and say it once again. Where ever you are; Where ever you go; What ever you do; Can you say the following: Beraishit Bara Elohim Et HaShamayim Vet HaAretz. This is the first verse in the Torah. It has 7 words and 28 letters. It does not have all of the letters in the Alef Bet; Yet it has 5 Alef's so it does have the letters it is missing since these Alefin include all of the letters since the sound of the Alef is to inhale in order to exhale all of the other letters. Here is another less complicated way to say the verse. Bet Bet Alef Alef Hay Vav Hay. ב ב א א ה ו ה Or you can say the following Tav Alef Mem Tav Mem Tav Tzadi ת א ם ת ם ת ץ . These two Hebrew sequences are the first and last letters of each word in the verse. All of these are Kabbalah tools. When you say any of these sequences or word verses you are connecting to all of the energy of the Torah itself, which is the Tree of Life. As the Zohar pasook says the Torah is life. Are you willing to connect to the Tree of Life?

Pasook 2. from the Zohar Commentary on the Parasha Beha'Alotcha

ת"ח, אִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי, אָחִיד מֵעֵילָּא לְתַתָּא. וְהַאי שִׁמְשָׁא דְּנָהִיר לְכֹלָּא, נְהוֹרָא דִּילֵיהּ שָׁארִי מֵרֵישָׁא, וְאִתְפָשַּׁט בְּגוּפָא דְּאִילָנָא בְּאֹרַח מֵישָׁר, ב' סִטְרִין אֲחִידָן בֵּיהּ, חַד לַצָּפוֹן, וְחַד לַדָּרוֹם. חַד יְמִינָא, וְחַד שְׂמָאלָא. בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּשִׁמְשָׁא נָהִיר כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמַר, מֵהַהוּא גּוּפָא דְּאִילָנָא, אַתְקִיף לִדְרוֹעָא דִּימִינָא, וְאַנְהִיר בְּתוּקְפֵּיהּ. וּמִתּוּקְפֵּיהּ נָהִיר שְׂמָאלָא, וְאִתְכְּלִיל בִּנְהוֹרֵיהּ.

Come and behold: the Tree of Life, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, is attached from above downwards. The light of this sun, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, that shines upon all, begins from the top, THAT IS, CHOCHMAH, BINAH AND DA'AT, and spreads to the trunk of the tree, WHICH IS TIFERET, in a straight path. Two sides are attached to it, one to the north and one to the south, one right, WHICH IS CHESED, and one left, WHICH IS GVURAH. When the sun illuminates from the trunk of the tree, as we have learned, it FIRST strengthens the right arm, WHICH IS CHESED, and shines with force. From that force OF THE RIGHT, the left illuminates, WHICH IS GVURAH, and is included in its light.

chanoch's Commentary

This Zohar pasook is teaching us that when we say the first letters of the words of a verse we are connecting to Chesed. When we say the last letters we are connecting to Gevurah. When we put them together as written below we connect to Tiferet which is the balance point.

Here is another less complicated way to say the verse. Bet Bet Alef Alef Hay Vav Hay. ב ב א א ה ו ה Or you can say the following Tav Alef Mem Tav Mem Tav Tzadi ת א ם ת ם ת ץ . These two Hebrew sequences are the first and last letters of each word in the verse. This is the sequence that puts Chesed and Gevurah together and connects to Tiferet. Bet Tav Bet Alef Alef Mem Alef Tav Hay Mem Vav Tav Hay Tzadi, ב ת ב א א ם א ת ה ם ו ת ה ץ. All of these are Kabbalah tools.

Pasook 3. from the Zohar Commentary on the Parasha Beha'Alotcha

וְהוּא כְּחָתָן יוֹצֵא מֵחֻפָּתוֹ, מַאן אִיהוּ חֻפָּתוֹ. דָּא אִיהוּ עֲטָרָה שֶׁעִטְּרָה לּוֹ אִמּוֹ בְּיוֹם חֲתֻנָּתּוֹ. יוֹצֵא מֵחֻפָּתוֹ, דָּא אִיהוּ רֵישָׁא דְּכָל נְהוֹרָא כד"א בַּקְרָא דַּאֲבַּתְרֵיהּ, מִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם מוֹצָאוֹ, דָּא שֵׁירוּתָא דְּכֹלָּא, דְּאִקְרֵי מִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם. וּכְדֵין, נָפִיק כְּחָתָן מַמָּשׁ, כַּד נָפִיק לְאַעְרְעָא לְכַלָּתֵיהּ, רְחִימָתָא דְּנַפְשׁוֹי, וּפָרִישׂ דְּרוֹעוֹי, וּמְקַבֵּל לָהּ.

"which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber." HE ASKS: What is his chamber? HE RESPONDS: That is "the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding" (Shir Hashirim 3:11). THESE ARE THE MOCHIN CHOCHMAH, BINAH AND DA'AT THAT HE RECEIVED FROM HIS MOTHER, WHO IS BINAH. "coming out of his chamber" that is the top of all the light, MEANING CHOCHMAH, BINAH AND DA'AT, as you say in the following scripture: "His going forth is from the end of the heaven" (Tehilim 19:7). This is the beginning of everything that is referred to as 'the end of the heaven', MEANING BINAH, FROM WHICH EMERGES AND BEGINS ZEIR ANPIN, REFERRED TO AS 'HEAVENS'. Then he emerges. Like a real bridegroom when he goes out to meet his soul beloved bride, he stretches out his arms, WHICH ARE CHESED AND GVURAH, and receives her.

This verse in the Zohar is hinting at two letter sequences that are referred to as Crown's of the Torah. There are 24 crowns, one each for each book of the Torah. If you count the books of the Torah you will find that there are 27 since the Christian Monks split the Book of Kings, Samuel, and Chronicles into two books each. These crowns have all of the energy of each book. The Kabbalists have taught us to use these crowns on the night of Shavuot and also on the Keter during Shabbat and also on the Keter of the prayers during the various Holidays. These Crowns are shortcuts to receive the energy of the Torah.

Pasook 4.from the Zohar Commentary on Parasha Beha'Alotcha

כְּהַאי גַּוְונָא וְהוּא כְּחָתָן יוֹצֵא מֵחֻפָּתוֹ, אַזְלָא שִׁמְשָׁא וְאִתְפָשַּׁט לְגַבֵּי מַעֲרָב, כֵּיוָן דְּמַעֲרָב אִתְקְרִיב, סְטָר צָפוֹן אִתְּעַר לְקֳבְלֵיהּ בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, וְקָרִיב לְמַעֲרָב, וְזָוִיג לֵיהּ בְּאַתְרֵיהּ, כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמַר דִּכְתִּיב, שְׂמֹאלוֹ תַּחַת לְרֹאשִׁי. וּלְבָתַר סְטָר דָּרוֹם דְּאִיהוּ יְמִינָא, דִּכְתִּיב וִימִינוֹ תְּחַבְּקֵנִי. כְּדֵין יָשִׂישׂ כְּגִבּוֹר לָרוּץ אֹרַח, לְאַנְהָרָא סִיהֲרָא וְאוֹקְמוּהָ. ת"ח, בְּהַעֲלוֹתְךָ אֶת הַנֵּרוֹת, אִלֵּין בּוֹצִינִין עִלָּאִין, דְּכֻלְּהוּ נְהִירִין כַּחֲדָא מִן שִׁמְשָׁא.

Similar is the verse, "which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber." The sun, ZEIR ANPIN, continues to spread to the west, WHICH IS MALCHUT. As soon as the west gets nearer, the north side is the first to be aroused toward it, THAT IS GVURAH, and approaches to the west. It joins it at that place. As we have learned, THE BEGINNING OF ZEIR ANPIN COUPLING IS ON THE LEFT, WHICH IS GVURAH. THAT IS THE SECRET OF RECONCILIATION AND GETTING PERMISSION, as is written: "His left hand is under my head" (Shir Hashirim 2:6). Following that is the south side, which is right, MEANING CHESED, as is written: "And His right hand embraces me" (Ibid.). Then it "rejoices like a strong man to run a race" (Tehilim 19:6), to illuminate the moon FROM THE CENTRAL COLUMN, THAT IS YESOD. And this has been explained. Come and behold: "when you kindle the lamps"; these are the loftiest candles, WHICH ARE THE SFIROT OF MALCHUT, which all shine brightly in unison from the sun, which is Zeir Anpin.