Zohar Emor Section 2 - "When a Man is About to Go to That World"

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Zohar Commentary Section 2 on Parasha EMOR

SYNOPSIS:

The Zohar give us description what happens when a peson is about to leave this world.

Pasook 5. from Zohar Commentary on Parasha Emor

תָּא חֲזֵי, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּבַר נָשׁ קָאֵים לְמֵיהַךְ לְהַהוּא עָלְמָא, וְהוּא בְּבֵי מַרְעֵיהּ, אַתְיָין עָלֵיהּ ג' שְׁלוּחִין, וְחָמֵי תַּמָּן, מַה דְּלָא יָכִיל בַּר נָשׁ לְמֵחֱמֵי כַּד אִיהוּ בְּהַאי עָלְמָא. וְהַהוּא יוֹמָא, יוֹמָא דְּדִינָא עִלָּאָה הוּא, דְּמַלְכָּא בָּעֵי פִּקְדוֹנָא דִּילֵיהּ. זַכָּאָה הַהוּא בַּר נָשׁ, דְּפִקְדוֹנֵיהּ אָתִיב לְמַלְכָּא כְּמָה דְּאִתְיְיהִיב לֵיהּ בְּגַוֵיהּ. אִי הַהוּא פִּקְדוֹנָא אִתְטְנָּף בְּטִנּוּפֵי גּוּפָא, מַה יֵימָּא לְמָארֵי פִּקְדוֹנָא.

Come and see, when a man is about to go to that world, and is on his sickbed, three messengers come to him. He sees there what one cannot see while in this world. That day is Judgment day, when the King asks for His deposit BACK, NAMELY THE SOUL. Happy is the man who returns the deposit to the King as it was given him, THAT IS, UNDAMAGED. If that deposit was soiled with bodily filth, what shall he say to the owner of the deposit?

chanoch's Commentary

In the Torah Parasha of Mishpatim there are significant regulations about a paid holder of a deposit and an unpaid holder of a deposit. These verses are referring to this process of the soul leaving the body since we are all holders of deposits. The deposit is our soul - the deposit is also our body but less so since it is physical and not eternal like the soul.

Who are the three messengers? What about someone who is not on his sickbed - someone who dies suddenly? There is no such thing as sudden death. We just have to learn how to hear our still small voice within clearly. Do you want to do this contact us at yeshshem.com. We teach how to have a personal experience of the Creator at the level you wish it to be. Remember this is a process of spiritual growth. That is the purpose of the physical world.

Most people "fear" Judgment day as the pasook calls it. This is because the soul knows that it is not yet perfected and complete. We need to ask each day what do we need to do to complete ourselves. Then we will not be fearing judgment day we will welcome it as our just effects of our causitive actions. Contemplate this well so that you start to ask these dream questions to get your answers. If you do not know what a dream question is all about write to us at yeshshem.com.

Pasook 6. from Zohar Commentary on Parasha Emor

זָקַף עֵינוֹי, וְחָמֵי לְמַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת קָאֵים קַמֵּיהּ, וְסַיְיפֵיהּ שְׁלִיפָא בִּידֵיהּ, קַסְטַּר בְּקַטְרִין, בְּקוּטְמָא דְּהַהוּא בַּר נָשׁ. וְלֵית לָהּ לְנַפְשָׁא קַשְׁיוּ בְּכֹלָּא, כִּפְרִישׁוּ דִּילָהּ מִן גּוּפָא. וּבַר נָשׁ לָא מִית, עַד דְּחָמֵי לִשְׁכִינְתָּא, וּמִגּוֹ סְגִיאוּת תִּיאוּבְתָּא דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא, נַפְשָׁא נַפְקַת לְקַבְּלָא לִשְׁכִינְתָּא. בָּתַר דְּנָפְקָא, מַאן אִיהִי נַפְשָׁא דְּאִתְדַּבָּק בָּהּ וְתִתְקַבֵּל בְּגַוָּוהּ וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ לְהָנֵי מִלֵי.

He lifts up his eyes and sees the Angel of Death standing before him with his sword drawn in his hand, the destroying angel in charge of breaking that man. Nothing is harder for the soul than its separation from the body. The man does not die until he sees the Shechinah. Through much yearning for the Shechinah the soul leaves THE BODY to welcome the Shechinah. After THE SOUL has left THE BODY, what soul CAN cleave to the Shechinah and be received within Her? These matters have been explained.

chanoch adds: The first messenger is the Angel of Death. This is actually a misnomer. The Angel of Death is not the cause of this man's death. His own actions are the cause of his death. So what is the purpose of this messenger? Is the Shechinah a second messenger? Let us read on to find out.

Pasook 7. from the Zohar Commentary from the Parasha Emor

בָּתַר דְּנָפְקָא נַפְשָׁא מִן גּוּפָא, וְאִשְׁתְּאַר גּוּפָא בְּלָא רוּחָא, אָסִיר לְמִשְׁבַּק לֵיהּ בְּלָא קְבוּרָתָא, דִּכְתִּיב לֹא תָלִין נִבְלָתוֹ עַל הָעֵץ כִּי קָבֹר תִּקְבְּרֶנוּ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא. בְּגִין דְּמֵיתָא דְּיִשְׁתָּהֵי כ"ד שָׁעוֹת, דְּאִינּוּן יוֹמַם וָלַיְלָה, בְּלָא קְבוּרָתָא, יָהִיב חַלִישׁוּתָא בְּשַׁיְיפוֹי דִּרְתִיכָא, וּמְעַכֵב עַבִידְתָּא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מלעבד דְּאֶפְשָׁר דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא גָּזַר עָלֵיהּ, בְּגִין לְמֵיתֵיהּ בְּגִלְגּוּלָא אָחֳרָא, מִיַּד בְּהַהוּא יוֹמָא דְּאִתְפְּטָר, לְאוֹטָבָא לֵיהּ. וְכָל זִמְנָא דְּלָא אִתְקְבַר גּוּפָא, נִשְׁמְתָא לָאו עָאלַת קָמֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְלָא יַכְלָא לְמֶהֱוֵי בְּגוּפָא אָחֳרָא, בְּגִלְגּוּלָא תִּנְיָנָא, דְּלָא יָהֲבִין לְנִשְׁמְתָא גּוּפָא אָחֳרָא, עַד דְּיִתְקְבָר קַדְמָאָה. וְדָא דָּמֵי לְבַר נָשׁ דְּמִיתָא אִתְּתֵיהּ, לָא אִתְחֲזֵי לֵיהּ, לְמֵיסַב אִתְּתָא אָחֳרָא, עַד דְּקָבִיר לְּקַדְמֵיתָא, וּבְגִין דָּא אָמְרָה אוֹרַיְיתָא, לֹא תָלִין נִבְלָתוֹ עַל הָעֵץ.

After the soul has left the body, and it remains spiritless, it is forbidden to leave it unburied, as written, "his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day" (Devarim 21:23). For a corpse remaining unburied for 24 hours, a day and a night, causes the parts of the Chariot, WHICH IS ALLUDED TO BY THAT MAN, to weaken, and detains the actions of the Holy One, blessed be He, from being carried out. For the Holy One, blessed be He, may have decreed upon him another incarnation at once, on the very day he died, in order to help him. But as long as the body is not buried, the soul does not come before the Holy One, blessed be He, nor can it be in another body in another incarnation, for a soul is not given another body until the first one is buried. This resembles a man whose wife died. He is not qualified to marry another wife before he buries the first one. Hence the Torah said, "his body shall not remain all night upon the tree."

chanoch's Commentary

There are physical reasons for a quick burial especially in Israel. An empty vessel will be filled with a negative spiritual entity. In the Land of Israel the bodies are buried within a few hours. There are no autopsies. The need to know why someone dies is less important than the need to reincarnate. This is teaching us about spiritual being the cause. Unfortunately we have not yet truly learn this lesson.

Pasook 8. from the Zohar Commentary on Parasha Emor

דָּבָר אַחֵר, כַּד אִתְפָּרְשָׁא נִשְׁמְתָא מִן גּוּפָא, וּבַעְיָא לְמֵיזָל לְהַהוּא עָלְמָא, לָא תֵּיעוּל לְהַהוּא עָלְמָא, עַד דְּיָהֲבִין לָהּ גּוּפָא אָחֳרָא מִנְּהוֹרָא, וּלְבָתַר יַכְלָא לְמֵיעַל. וּמֵאֵלִיָּהוּ תִּנְדַּע, דַּהֲווֹ לֵיהּ תְּרֵין גּוּפִין, חַד דְּבֵיהּ אִתְחֲזֵי לְתַתָּא לִבְנֵי נָשָׁא, וְחַד דְּבֵיהּ אִתְחֲזֵי לְעֵילָּא, בֵּין מַלְאֲכִין עִלָּאִין קַדִישִׁין. וְכָל כַּמָּה דְּגוּפָא לָא אִתְקְבַר, צַעֲרָא הוּא לְנִשְׁמְתָא, וְרוּחַ מִסְאֲבָא אִזְדְּמַן לְשַׁרְיָיא עֲלוֹי, וּלְסַאָבָא לְהַהוּא גּוּפָא.