Zohar Beha'Alotcha - Section 10 - "One Who Comes From the Side of Judgment must Not Grow Hair"

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Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Beha'Lotcha Section 10

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SYNOPSIS:

We hear that whoever comes from the side of Judgment, like the Levites, must not grow hair since that increases Judgment in the world. All powers and Corrections (formations) come from the priests, who are from the right side. And the body that is the Central Column is the essence of everything, connecting left and right.

Pasook 52. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Beha'Lotcha

קַח אֶת הַלְוִיִּם וְגוֹ', הָא אוּקְמוּהָ דְּבָעֵי לְדַכְּאָה לוֹן, וּלְאַמְשָׁכָא לוֹן, לְאִתְקַשְּׁרָא בְּאַתְרַיְיהוּ, בְּגִין דְּאִינּוּן דְּרוֹעָא שְׂמָאלָא, וְסִטְרָא דְּדִינָא, וְכָל מַאן דְּאָתֵי מִסִּטְרָא דְּדִינָא, בָּעֵי דְּלָא יַרְבֵּי שַׂעֲרָא, בְּגִין דְּאַסְגֵּי דִּינָא בְּעָלְמָא. וְעַל דָּא אִתְּתָא כְּהַאי גַּוְונָא, דְּלָא יִתְחֲזֵי שַׂעֲרָא לְבַר, וּבַעְיָיא לְאִתְחַפְּיָיא רֵישֵׁהּ, וּלְכַסֵּי שַׂעְרָהָא, וְאוֹקִימְנָא, וְהָא אִתְּמַר. וּכְדֵין אִתְבָּרְכָן כָּל אִינּוּן דְּאַתְיָין מִסִּטְרָא דְּדִינָא. וְעַל דָּא בְּלֵיוָאֵי כְּתִיב, וְכֹה תַעֲשֶׂה לָהֶם לְטַהֲרָם וְגוֹ', וְהֶעֱבִירוּ תַעַר וְגוֹ'. וְאִתְּמַר לֵיוָאֵי לָא סַלְּקִין לְאַתְרַיְיהוּ, עַד דְּיָרִים לוֹן כַּהֲנָא, בְּגִין דִּימִינָא מַדְבַּר תָּדִיר לִשְׂמָאלָא.

Transliteration

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Translation

"Take the Levites..." (Bemidbar 8:6). It has already been explained that there is a requirement to cleanse them and draw them to connect at their place, IN THE LEFT COLUMN, since they are from the left arm OF GVURAH OF ZEIR ANPIN and the side of Judgment. Whoever comes from the side of Judgment must not grow hair, since it increases Judgment in the world. Consequently, a woman similarly is required to attend to it that her hair should not be visible outside, and she must cover her head and veil her hair. This has been explained and we have already learned it. All those that come from the side of Judgment are then blessed. Therefore, it is written of the Levites: "and thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them...and let them shave..." (Ibid. 7). We have learned that the Levites cannot reach to their assigned place until the priest uplifts them, because the right always leads the left.

chanoch's Commentary

The verse is explaining the title - One who comes from the side of Judgment is coming from the left column. Since the Sefirot are relative this teaches that this idea of not growing your hair has periods of time where it is important to not cut our hair. Some of us are even more connected to the left column during these periods than others. These times can be learned from the Hebrew Calendar.

Pasook 53. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Beha'Alotcha

ר"ש אָמַר, בְּיוֹמָא דְּסַלְּקִין לֵּיוָאֵי בְּדוּכְתַיְיהוּ, בִּתְרֵין פָּרִים. מ"ט פָּרִים. אֶלָּא אִינְהוּ כְּפָרִים, לְקַבְּלָא בִּשְׂמָאלָא לְהַאי פָּרָה דְּאִקְרֵי פָּרָה אֲדוּמָה. כַּהֲנָא כָּל חֵילָא וְכָל תִּקּוּנָא בֵּיהּ תַּלְיָיא, בְּגִין דְּכָל חֵילָא דְּגוּפָא בִּדְרוֹעָא יְמִינָא קַיְּימָא. וְעַל דָּא כַּהֲנָא דְּרוֹעָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כֻּלְּהוּ הֲוֵי. וּבֵיהּ קַיְּימָא לְאַתְקְנָא כֹּלָּא וּלְאַתְקְנָא עָלְמָא וְעִם כָּל דָּא, לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח בִּלְחוֹדוֹי, אֶלָּא בְּגוּפָא וּשְׂמָאלָא, וְגוּפָא עִקָּרָא הוּא דְּכֹלָּא.

Transliteration

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Translation

Rabbi Shimon said: The day that the Levites reached their place, THEY OFFERED FOR SACRIFICE two oxen. Why oxen? HE RESPONDS: They are like oxen, MEANING IN THE LEFT COLUMN, IN THE SECRET OF, "THE FACE OF AN OX ON THE LEFT SIDE" (YECHEZKEL 1:10), to receive with the left this cow that is called a 'red heifer', MEANING MALCHUT OF THE LEFT SIDE. Every power and every Correction (formation) depends on the priest, WHO IS THE RIGHT COLUMN, since the whole power of the body is in the right arm. Therefore, the priest was the right arm of all Yisrael, by which he was ready to arrange everything and sustain the world. In spite of all this, THE RIGHT COLUMN is not alone, but CONNECTED to the body and to the left, THAT IS, WITH THE TWO COLUMNS CENTRAL AND LEFT. And the body, THAT IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN, is the essence of everything, since it unites the two Columns and completes them, and also includes them.

chanoch's Commentary

This pasuk is explaining the major relationship between Chesed Gevurah and Tiferet. Chesed is right column and the pasuk explains the power of the body is in the right column. Yet this power can not be activated without the unity of the other two columns.