Zohar Behar - Section 11 - Reincarnation

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Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Behar Section 11

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4. Now read chanoch's Commentary or additions to enhance and or modify your own personal understanding.

SYNOPSIS:

We are told about the secret of reincarnation, that light can come out of darkness. Darkness comes out of light when drops of semen are mixed in the daughter of a strange El a man's good should not be mingled with evil. We read how a man can attain a Neshamah through his repentance and study of Torah even if he was reincarnated in a body that consists of good and evil in order to receive punishment. Average people have half their merits below and half their transgressions below; completely evil people have all their transgressions above and their merits below; completely righteous people have all their merits above and their transgressions below.

THE RELEVANCE OF THE PASSAGE:

The relevance of the passage has not yet been revealed.

chanoch's Commentary

This section is describing some general laws of reincarnation. The specific laws appear in Zohar Mishpatim Section 3 - The Saba.

Pasook 64. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Behar

אֶלָּא וַדַּאי הָכָא בְּרָזָא דְּגִלְגּוּלָא, גּוֹלֵל אוֹר מִפְּנֵי חֹשֶׁךְ, עַבְדָּא דְּאַבְרָהָם דְּנָפַק מֵחֹשֶׁךְ, וְדָא זַרְעָא דְּחָם, דַּיוֹ לְעֶבֶד לִהְיוֹת כְּרַבּוֹ דְּאִיהוּ אַבְרָהָם, דְּנָפַק מִתֶּרַח עוֹבֵד עֲ"ז. וְחֹשֶׁךְ מִפְּנֵי אוֹר, דָּא יִשְׁמָעֵאל דְּנָפַק מֵאַבְרָהָם, וְעֵשָׂו מִיִּצְחָק.

Transliteration

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Translation

AND HE REPLIES: Surely this pertains to the secret of reincarnation: 'causes the light to vanish before the darkness', NAMELY Abraham's servant who came out of darkness, the issue of Ham. It suffices for the servant to be like his master, Abraham, who came from the idolatrous Terah, the idol worshiper! HE THEREFORE CAME OUT OF THE CURSED AND DARKNESS AND BECAME BLESSED OF HASHEM LIKE ABRAHAM WHO CAME OUT FROM TERAH, ALSO LIGHT FROM DARKNESS. 'And darkness before the light': this is Ishmael who came out from Abraham, and Esau from Isaac.

chanoch's Commentary

The question being answered is "please explain how can light vanish before darkness"? The pasuk is discussing a midrash that says Abraham came from Terach who was considered an idol worshipper until he did Teshuvah. At the time of Abraham's birth Terach is considered as being a follower of the negative system. Abraham's servant followed this same path coming from the family of Ham who has been cursed by Hashem. Then during their life process HaShem blesses both people for different reasons. Thus these two men are considered Light coming from darkness.

Pasook 65. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Behar

וְרָזָא תַּעֲרוֹבֶת טִפִּין, בַּאֲתַר דְּלָאו דִּילֵיהּ גָּרִים דָּא. מַאן דְּעָרִיב טִפָּה דִּילֵיהּ, בְּשִׁפְחָה מַחֲלַת בַּת יִשְׁמָעֵאל, אוֹ בְּבַת אֵל נֵכָר, דְּאִינּוּן רָע חֹשֶׁךְ, וְטִפָּה דִּילֵיהּ טוֹב אוֹר, וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאוֹר כִּי טוֹב. מְעָרַב טוֹב עִם רָע, עָבַר עַל מֵימְרָא דְּמָארֵיהּ, דְּאָמַר וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ.

Transliteration

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Translation

The mystery of this is that this is caused by the mixture of drops OF SEMEN in a place it does not belong. This is he who mingles his drop with a maid, Machalat, the daughter of Ishmael, WHO IS AN EVIL KLIPAH, or a daughter of a strange El, NAMELY THE DAUGHTER OF THE HEATHEN, who are evil and darkness, while his drop is goodness and light, IN THE SECRET OF THE VERSE, "And Elohim saw the light that it was good" (Beresheet 1:4). He who mingles good with evil transgresses the words of His Master, who said, "but of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, you shall not eat of it" (Beresheet 2:17).

chanoch's Commentary

The Zohar is explaining that this is a law of reincarnation not to have sexual relations with people who do not have souls associated with the Children of Israel. This is my opinion. I also think that one needs to apply these laws of reincarnation to souls not bodies.

Pasook 66. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Behar

קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, בְּהַהוּא דְּעִרֶב, אַרְכִּיב לֵיהּ, וְאַיְיתֵי לֵיהּ בְּגִלְגּוּלָא לְקַבְּלָא עוֹנְשֵׁיהּ. חָזַר בְּתִיּוּבְתָּא, אִשְׁתָּדַּל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְאַפְרִישׁ טוֹב מֵרָע, דְּאִינּוּן אָסוּר וְהֶתֵּר, טוּמְאָה וְטָהֳרָה, כָּשֵׁר וּפָסוּל. בְּדָא אִתְפְּרַשׁ רָע מִטּוֹב, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ וַיִּיצֶר, יִצְירֵהּ לְטָב, וִיצִירָה לְבִישׁ. בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא אַפְרִישׁ לוֹן, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יָרִית לֵיהּ נִשְׁמְתָא מִנֵּיהּ, לְמֶהֱוֵי שַׁלְטָא עַל תַּרְוַויְיהוּ, בְּחַד דְּאִיהוּ אוֹר. עָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. וּבְחַד דְּאִיהוּ חֹשֶׁךְ, עָלְמָא דֵּין. הה"ד וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים.

Transliteration

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Translation

The Holy One, blessed be He, with that which the man mingled, puts him together and reincarnates him so as to receive punishment, THAT IS, HE BRINGS HIM INSIDE A BODY WHICH CONSISTS OF GOOD AND EVIL. If he repents, studies the Torah, and separates good from evil FOR BY STUDYING prohibitions and license, defilement and purity, what is fit and unfit, that evil is separated from good, as it says of Him, "AND HASHEM ELOHIM FORMED (HEB. VAYYITZER) MAN" (BERESHEET 2:7). Vayyitzer IS SPELLED WITH TWO YUD'S, TO SHOW THAT MAN IS TWICE CREATED, a creation for good and a creation for evil. And through the Torah he separates them, and the Holy One, blessed be He, bequeaths him a Soul from Him, so he will rule them both, the one which is GOODNESS AND light, the World to Come, and the other, which is EVIL AND darkness, this world. Hence, it is written: "and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life" (Ibid.).

chanoch's Commentary

The Zohar explains and hints to the reality that our DNA for the body also is an effect of our spiritual actions from previous lifetimes. The pasuk along with Rabbi Ashlag's comments is clear as written.

Pasook 67. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Behar

וּכְפוּם זַכְוָון וְחוֹבִין. כְּמָה דְּאוּקְמוּהָ, הָעוֹשֶׂה מִצְוָה אַחַת מְטִיבִין לוֹ. בֵּינוֹנִי, זַכְוָון וְחוֹבוֹי שְׁקִילִין, פָּלְגוּ זַכְוָון לְתַתָּא וּפַלְגּוּ חוֹבוֹי לְתַתָּא, וְרָזָא ®דָּא מַה שְּׁאֵלָתֵךְ וְיִּנָתֶן לָךְ וּמַה בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ עַד חֲצִי הַמַּלְכוּת וְתֵעָשׂ. צַדִּיק גָּמוּר, כָּל זַכְווֹי לְעֵילָּא, וְחוֹבוֹי לְתַתָּא. רָשָׁע גָּמוּר, חוֹבוֹי לְעֵילָּא, וְזַכְווֹי לְתַתָּא.

Transliteration

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Translation

MAN IS JUDGED according to his merits and evil actions. As we explained, he who does one good deed is treated well. He who is average, is a person whose merits and transgressions are balanced, the half of merits is below and the half of transgressions below. This is the secret of, "What is your petition, and it shall be granted you: and what is your request? Even to half the kingdom it shall be performed" (Esther 5:6). THAT IS, IF THERE BE A HALF KINGDOM, THE HALF OF MERITS, THEN IT SHALL BE PERFORMED; THE PETITION AND REQUEST IS ACCEPTED. In the case of a completely righteous man, all his merits are above and his transgressions below. For a completely evil man, his transgressions are above and his merits are down below.

chanoch's Commentary

This pasuk needs to be contemplated as to what is clearly written.

Pasook 68. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Behar

וב"נ דְּחָב בְּאִתְגַּלְיָיא, בִּתְרֵין דַּרְגִּין אִיהוּ, אִי חָזַר בְּתִיּוּבְתָּא בְּאִתְגַּלְיָיא, בֵּין צַדִּיקַיָּיא, בְּגִין דְּיַדְעִין דִּינוֹי דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְנַטְרִין גַּרְמַיְיהוּ מִלְּמֵחֱטֵי. וּבְאִתְכַּסְּיָיא, בֵּין רַשִׁיעַיָּיא, לְקַיֵּים בְּהוּ וְעֵינֵי רְשָׁעִים תִּכְלֶינָה.

Transliteration

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Translation

The sin of a man who commits it in public pertains to two grades, NAMELY TWO MANNERS. If he does penance in public, THAT IS, ACCORDING TO THE SIN THAT WAS COMMITTED IN PUBLIC, HE IS SEATED IN THAT WORLD among the righteous, who are familiar with the laws of the Holy One, blessed be He, and refrain from sinning. IF HE REPENTS secretly, HE IS NOT SEATED AMONG THE RIGHTEOUS, BECAUSE HIS SIN IS NOT TOTALLY ANNULLED. RATHER, HE IS SEATED among the wicked men, WHO ENVY HIM HIS REPENTANCE, so that the verse will be fulfilled which says, "But the eyes of the wicked shall fail" (Iyov 11: 20).

chanoch's Commentary

In addition to what is being revealed in this clearly written pasuk it is important to realize Teshuvah whether in public or in secret causes a soul to have a seat in "Heaven".