Zohar Pinchas - Section 3 - Completely and Incompletely Righteous

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Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Pinchas Section 3

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

SYNOPSIS:

In this section we learn that a completely righteous person is allowed to challenge an evil person, but an incompletely righteous person is not. The latter is defined as someone who did evil deeds himself in his first incarnation but now in this incarnation has done only good deeds. These good deeds are required to repair his earlier bad deeds. Rabbi Shimon says that even one who is not destined for greatness can achieve it through dedication to the Holy Name, as did Pinchas.

THE RELEVANCE OF THE PASSAGE:

The effects of our sins, committed this life and past, are henceforth remedied. The darkness generated by our iniquities vanishes as lambent flames of Light are dispersed into the present and distant past. This illumination, which traverses time itself, cleanses us, completes us, and makes us whole and righteous in the eyes of the Creator. Moreover, we are protected from the deeds of the wicked. And although spiritual greatness may not have been in our destiny, we attain it now in the act of embracing this holy book and remaining steadfast in our commitment to the Light. We imbue our fellow man with holiness, correcting the transgressions of all humanity, and thus commencing our Final Redemption with untold benevolence. All of this is achieved upon the merit of the true Righteous, including Pinchas, Nadab, and Abihu, who desire nothing less for us.

Pasook 8. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Pinchas

תָּנֵינָן צַדִּיק גָּמוּר, אֵינוֹ נִדְחֶה. וְצַדִּיק שֶׁאֵינוֹ גָּמוּר, נִדְחֶה. מַאן הוּא צַדִּיק גָּמוּר, וּמַאן הוּא צַדִּיק שֶׁאֵינוֹ גָּמוּר, וְכִי מַאן דְּלָא שְׁלִים בְּמִלּוֹי, צַדִּיק אִקְרֵי. אֶלָּא, צַדִּיק גָּמוּר, יְדִיעַ, דְּהָא לָא נָטִיל גִּלְגוּלִין עַקִימִּין, וּבְאַחֲסַנְתֵּיה בָּנֵי בִּנְיָין, וְאַתְקִין שׁוּרִין, וְחָצַב בֵּירִין, וְנָטַע אִילָנִין.

Transliteration

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Translation

We have learned: A totally righteous person is not put off BY AN EVIL PERSON AND MAY CHALLENGE HIM, but one who is not totally righteous is held back AND IS FORBIDDEN TO CHALLENGE AN EVIL PERSON. HE ASKS, Who is totally righteous? And who is incompletely righteous? And could it be that one who is not perfect in his deeds is nevertheless called 'righteous', THAT IS, THAT YOU REFER TO HIM AS AN INCOMPLETE RIGHTEOUS? FOR SOMEONE WHO IS LACKING IN HIS DEEDS, ACCORDING TO HOW THEY SHOULD BE, OUGHT TO BE CALLED 'EVIL'. HE ANSWERS, it is known that a totally righteous person is one who has not undergone crooked incarnations THAT IS, HE IS NOT INCARNATED and within his OWN inheritance he constructs edifices, puts up walls, digs wells and plants trees. THAT IS TO SAY, ALL THE GOOD DEEDS THAT HE DID PERTAIN TO HIM, FOR HE HAS NO NEED OF IMPROVING OTHERS.

chanoch's Commentary

Most people, having learned from the western society that they live within, look to improve other people. This is how we are taught to perceive the world. The problems are created by other people and we judge them and expect them to change. We even try to assist them in that change. The truth is while we are helping other people change we are not doing our own spiritual assessment. The pasuk is telling us that a completely righteous person never looks to judge another person and stays focused on the things that they need to improve. AND removes what they don't like from their actions which eventually means they remove that root from their internal consciousness as well.

Pasook 9. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Pinchas

צַדִיק שֶׁאֵינוֹ גָּמוּר, דְּבָנֵי בִּנְיָין בְּאַחֲסַנְתָּא אָחֳרָא, חָפַר בָּהּ בֵּירִין, וְאַעְדָּר, הָא אַתְקִין אַבְנֵי יְסוֹדָא כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין, וְאַעְמַל בָּהּ, וְלָא יָדַע אִי אִשְׁתְּאַר דִּילֵיהּ. מִסִּטְרָא דִּילֵיהּ, טַב וְצַדִיק אִקְרֵי. וּמִסִּטְרָא דְּהַהוּא אַחֲסַנְתָּא, לָאו הָכִי.

Transliteration

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Translation

An incompletely righteous person IS one who constructs edifices on someone else's inheritance, THAT IS TO SAY, WHOSE SOUL IS ON ITS SECOND INCARNATION BECAUSE HE WAS WICKED THE FIRST TIME, WITH THE RESULT THAT ALL HIS GOOD DEEDS ARE NEEDED TO REPAIR THE SOUL FROM THE FIRST TIME THAT IT CAME INTO THE WORLD, AND SO HIS EDIFICES ARE BUILT WITHIN SOMEONE ELSE'S INHERITANCE. He digs wells within it and cultivates it, restores the foundation stones to the way they were, and labors there, but does not know whether it will remain his. For in terms of himself, THAT IS, ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS IN THIS INCARNATION, he is good, and is considered righteous person. But in terms of the legacy, THAT IS, IN TERMS OF HIS DEEDS ON THE FIRST TIME HE CAME INTO THE WORLD, he is not so. THAT IS TO SAY, HE HAS NOT YET REMEDIED THE EFFECTS OF THE SINS COMMITTED THE FIRST TIME.

chanoch's Commentary

In our Advanced Reincarnation class we learn that when someone does not complete his tikune the first time he incarnates then he is at risk that in subsequent incarnations he will complete these mistakes but the body he is in at the time may not receive the merit for this action and become resurrected. He may become righteous in this lifetime but those actions will accrue to the merit of his next reincarnation or to someone else.

Pasook 10. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Pinchas

לב"נ דְּבָנֵי בִּנְיָין שְׁפִּירָן, יָאָן לְמֵחֱזֵי, אִסְתָּכַּל בִּיסוֹדָא, וְחָמֵי לֵיהּ שְׁקִיעַ עֲקִימָא מִכָל סִטְרִין. הָא בִּנְיָינָא לָא שְׁלִים, עַד דְּסָתַר לֵיהּ, וְאַתְקִין לֵיהּ כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין. מִסִּטְרָא דְּהַהוּא בִּנְיָינָא דִּילֵיהּ, אִשְׁתְּכַח טַב וְשַׁפִּיר. מִסִּטְרָא דִּיְסוֹדָא, בִּישׁ וְעָקִים. וּבְגִין כַּךְ, לָא אִקְרֵי עוֹבָדָא שְׁלִים, לָא אִקְרֵי בִּנְיָינָא שְׁלִים. בג"כ צַדִיק שֶׁאֵינוֹ גָּמוּר אִקְרֵי, וְנִדְחֶה. וע"ד כְּבַלַּע רָשָׁע צַדִּיק מִמֶּנּוּ.

Transliteration

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Translation

HE IS LIKENED TO a man who constructs beautiful and attractive buildings. Look at the foundation and see how it is sunken and twisted in all directions. The building will not be perfect until he has demolished it and rebuilt it as it was, NAMELY, AS IT SHOULD BE. Thus in terms of the superstructure of the building that he constructed, everything was good and fine but in terms of the edifice's foundation it is bad and twisted, and for this reason is not referred to as a perfect deed, and not considered a perfect building. AND SO IT IS WITH THE INCARNATED MAN. ALTHOUGH IN TERMS OF HIS DEEDS HE IS RIGHTEOUS, NEVERTHELESS, SINCE HE HAS NOT YET REMEDIED THE EFFECTS OF THE SINS HE COMMITTED THE FIRST TIME THAT HE CAME INTO THE WORLD, he is called 'an incompletely righteous person' because of it and he is held back BY A WICKED MAN. And about this SCRIPTURE SAYS, "when the wicked devours the man that is more righteous than he" (Chavakuk 1:13).

chanoch's Commentary

This pasuk is teaching us about the process. When you are in the process you are not yet complete so you can be complete and perfect at this moment of the process and still not be perfect and complete in the whole process. The process will allow you to make further mistakes as well as fix some of the earlier mistakes. Each person in the world today is considered an incomplete righteous person.

Pasook 11. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Pinchas

ת"ח, מַאן דִּמְקַנֵּא לִשְׁמָא קַדִישָׁא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דַּאֲפִילּוּ לָא יִזְכֵי לַגְּדּוּלָה, וְלָא אִתְחֲזֵי לָהּ, רָוַוח לָהּ וְנָטִיל לָהּ. פִּנְחָס לָא אִתְחֲזֵי לֵיהּ בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא, וּבְגִין דְּקִנֵּא לִשְׁמָא דְּמָארֵיהּ, רָוַוח לְכֹלָּא, וְסָלִיק לְכֹלָּא, וְאִתְתָּקַּן בֵּיהּ כֹּלָּא וְזָכָה לְאִשְׁתַּמְּשָׁא בִּכְהוּנָה עִלָּאָה. מֵהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא, פִּנְחָס בֶּן אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן, דְּאַשְׁלִים לִתְרֵין דַּרְגִּין, בְּגִין דְּקַנֵּא לִשְׁמָא דְּמָארֵיהּ, דְּאִתְתְּקַן מַה דְּאִתְעַקָּם.

Transliteration

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Translation

Come and see: One who is zealous for the Holy Name of the Holy One, blessed be He, even if he is not designated for greatness and is not worthy of it, he earns it and gains it. Pinchas was not worthy OF THE PRIESTHOOD at that time, but because he was zealous for the name of his Master, he earned everything and rose to the highest position, and everything was put right within him, and he was privileged to serve in the supreme priesthood. From then on he was referred to as Pinchas the son of Elazar, the son of Aaron the priest, WITH THE WORD 'SON' OCCURRING TWICE since he completed two levels, THAT IS, HE MADE GOOD FOR HIMSELF AND ALSO FOR THE SOULS OF NADAV AND ABIHU WHICH HAD INCARNATED IN HIM, WHO ARE THE SONS OF AARON AND IT IS THEREFORE WRITTEN "THE SON OF ELAZAR, THE SON OF AARON." And this was because he was zealous for the name of his Master and put the wrong right, FOR HE CORRECTED HIMSELF AND ALSO THE ASPECT OF THE SOULS OF NADAV AND ABIHU THAT WERE INCARNATED IN HIM.

chanoch's Commentary

I refer you to class 80 and 81 of our advanced reincarnation to understand how this pasuk applies to our actual physical world as well as the metaphorical levels associated with this pasuk.