Zohar Vaetchanan - Section 9 - Upper Union and Lower Union

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Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Vaetchanan Section 9

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SYNOPSIS:

We are told that the purpose of the recital of the Sh'ma is to unify the name of God. The unification perfects the ministers and officers of 248 worlds, all called body parts. We hear about the 613 commandments in the lilies and the secret of "the apple tree among the trees of the wood."

Pasook 61. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Vaetchanan

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְיָ' אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְיָ' אֶחָד, פִּקּוּדָא דָּא, לְיַחֲדָא שְׁמֵיהּ דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בְּכָל יוֹמָא, דְּהָא כְּמָה דִּמְיַיחֲדֵי שְׁמָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְתַתָּא, הָכִי אִתְיָיחָד שְׁמֵיהּ לְעֵילָּא. אִשְׁתְּכַח קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יְחִידָאי עֵילָּא וְתַתָּא. מַאן דִּמְיַיחֵד שְׁמֵיהּ דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, יְשַׁוֵּי לִבֵּיהּ וּרְעוּתֵיהּ בְּהַהוּא יִחוּדָא דְּקָאַמְרָן, וִיחַבֵּר כָּל שַׁיְיפוֹי בְּהוּא יִחוּדָא לְמֶהֱוֵי כֻּלְּהוּ אֶחָד. כְּמָה דְּשַׁוֵּי כָּל שַׁיְיפוֹי בְּרָזָא דְּחָד, הָכִי לְעֵילָּא מְחַבֵּר כָּל שַׁיְיפִין עִלָּאִין בְּהַהוּא יִחוּדָא, לְמֶהֱוֵי כֻּלְּהוּ חַד.

Transliteration

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Translation

"Hear, O Yisrael, Hashem our Elohim; Hashem is one" (Devarim 6:4). The commandment is to declare the unity of the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, below; for as the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, is unified below, so it is unified above. Thus the Holy One, blessed be He, is one and only above and below. Whoever declares the unity of the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, should direct his attention and will to the meditation (lit. 'unification') we mentioned, NAMELY UNITE HIS NAME BELOW, and connect all His limbs, NAMELY THE SFIROT by means of the meditation so that they will all become one. For as one arranges all the limbs OF THE NAME according to a mystery below, so one connects all the supernal limbs by means of that meditation so they will all become one.

chanoch's Commentary

When one says the words Shema Israel HaShem Elokeinu HaShem Echad, there are many meditations. This is one meditation / unification that is being referred here as a unification that unites below since you are thinking it as you say each word. Say Shema Israel - think Keter; Say HaShem - think Chochmah; Say Elokeinu - think Binah; Say HaShem - think Zeir Anpin; Say and lengthen Echaddddddddddddd - think Keter Chochmah Binah Zeir Anpin and Malchut of Malchut. Prior to saying these six words meditate on the 4 deaths - Fire - Hanging - Sword Thrust - Stoning. Know that in the modern world Fire is the death by chemical injection that burns. Also burning pain of any type. Hanging is the death and illness of C.O.P.D. and Emphysema. Sword Thrust is death and injury by bullets. Stoning is related to death and experience of being crushed by an building falling on one during an earthquake. Each death listed on a death certificate will fit one of these 4 deaths. The reason we contemplate these 4 deaths in advance of the unity is so that we will not have to experience any of these forms of death in this - our physical lifetimes.

Pasook 62. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Vaetchanan

בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאָתֵי ב"נ לְיַיחְדָא שְׁמָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, כָּל חֵילֵי שְׁמַיָא כֻּלְּהוּ, קַיְימִין שׁוּרִין שׁוּרִין, בְּגִין לְאִתְתַּקְנָא וּלְאִתְכַּלְּלָא כֻּלְּהוּ בְּהַהוּא יִחוּדָא, לְמֵיקָם בְּרָזָא דְּחָד בְּיִחוּדָא חֲדָא. כֻּלְּהוּ מִתְתַּקְּנָן בְּתִקּוּנֵיהוֹן כַּדְקָא יָאוּת. בְּהַאי שַׁעֲתָא קַיְּימָא חַד מְמָנָא שַׁמָשָׁא, דְּקַיְּימָא תְּחוֹת רמ"ח עָלְמִין, וְכֻלְּהוּ אִקְרוּן שַׁיְיפִין דְּגוּפָא. וְדָא אִקְרֵי הלני"ו, קַיְּימָא מְחַכָּה לְהַהוּא יִחוּדָא, וְדָא אִיהוּ מְלַקֵּט שׁוֹשַׁנִּים, כד"א וְלִלְקוֹט שׁוֹשַׁנִּים. דְּאִינּוּן שַׁיְיפִין דְּגוּפָא.

Transliteration

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Translation

When man is about to unite the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, all the hosts of heaven stand in rows so as to be established and reach perfection by means of that meditation, to be founded by one mystery and meditation. They are all properly established BY THAT MEDITATION. At that time, there is a minister and officer situated under 248 worlds, all called body parts. This OFFICER is called Halanu, and stands awaiting that unification. He is the gatherer of lilies, as written, "to gather lilies" (Shir Hashirim 6:2), which are the body parts.

chanoch's Commentary

Actually Officer Halanu gathers soul parts.

Pasook 63. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Vaetchanan

שַׁיְיפִין עִלָּאִין לָקִיט לוֹן שְׁמָא עִלָּאָה, בְּרָזָא דְּיִחוּדָא דְּקָא אִתְיָיחָד בְּרָזָא דְּמ"ב שְׁמָהָן. וְלָקִיט כָּל אִינּוּן שׁוֹשַׁנִּים עִלָּאִין, וְשַׁמָּשָׁא דָּא לָקִיט כָּל אִינּוּן תַּתָּאִין, דִּי כֻּלְּהוּ מְמָנָן בִּכְלָלָא דְּע"ב שְׁמָהָן, וְאִתְלְקִּיטוּ כֻּלְּהוּ בְּהַהוּא יִחוּדָא, וְאִתְעָבֵידוּ כֻּלְּהוּ גּוּפָא חֲדָא. בְּרָזָא חֲדָא. וְהַהוּא יִחוּדָא סַלְּקָא, וְקָא מְיַיחֵד כֺּלָּא בִּתְרֵין סִטְרִין בְּיִחוּדָא חֲדָא. בְּהַהוּא שַׁעֲתָא מִתְלַקְּטִין שַׁיְיפִין כֻּלְּהוּ, וּמִתְחַבְּרָן בְּחִבּוּרָא חֲדָא, לְמֶהֱוֵי כֻּלְּהוּ בְּרָזָא דְּחָד, עֵילָּא וְתַתָּא, בְּרָזָא דַּיְדֺוָד אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד.

Transliteration

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Translation

The Supernal Name gathers the supernal body parts according to the meditation that is unified by means of the 42 names. It gathers all those supernal lilies. This officer gathers all the lower, which are all ministers, into 72 names. They are all gathered by that meditation and all become one body, according to the same mystery. That meditation rises and unites everything in the two sides into one unity. At that time all body parts are gathered and connected into one, so they will all be according to the same meaning above and below, according to the secret of, "Hashem shall be one, and His name One" (Zecharyah 14:9).

chanoch's Commentary

Most Jewish groups consider the Shema Israel as three paragraphs plus the first 2 Verses. The Kabbalah based on this pasook sees the Shema as 4 paragraphs plus the first 2 Verses. The pasuk is explaining that the first paragraph called Vayahavta which has 42 words. This is followed by a paragraph of 72 words. The fourth paragraph also has 72 words. The third paragraph has 50 words representing the 50 Gates of positivity associated with Binah. Thus we see that there are 12 words in the first two verses and then 42 + 72 + 50 + 72 which equals 248. This is equal to the number of positive Mitzvot and the number of body parts in the human body and soul.

Pasook 64. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Vaetchanan

וְע"ד מַאֲרִיכִין בְּאֶחָד, בִּתְרֵי אַתְוָון. לְמִלְקַּט שׁוֹשַׁנִּים, לְאִתְיַיחֲדָא בְּרָזָא דְּאֶחָד בְּיִחוּדָא שְׁלִים. כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְיַיחֲדָן שַׁיְיפִין כֻּלְּהוּ, בְּרָזָא חֲדָא דְּיִחוּדָא חֲדָא, כְּדֵין אִתְקְרֵי כֺּלָּא קָרְבָּן שְׁלִים. וְעַל רָזָא דָּא, אָעִיל לֵיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בג"ע לְאָדָם קַדְמָאָה, כְּמָה דִּכְתִּיב לְעָבְדָהּ וּלְשָׁמְרָהּ. וְתָנֵינָן, דְּאִלֵּין אִינּוּן קָרְבְּנִין תְּרֵין, רָזָא דַּיְדֹוָד אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד. דְּאִינּוּן קָרְבְּנִין כְּתִיב, וְלִלְקוֹט שׁוֹשַׁנִּים. אִלֵּין שַׁיְיפִין דִּתְרֵין סִטְרִין, דְּאִינּוּן חַד.

Transliteration

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Translation

For that reason in the word 'Echad (Eng. 'one')' the pronunciation of two letters Chet and Dalet is lengthened, to gather lilies so as to be united by means of the same mystery by the complete meditation. Once all body parts are united according to the same secret of the same meditation, everything is considered a peace (or: 'whole') offering. For that secret reason the Holy One, blessed be He, entered Adam into the Garden of Eden, as written, "to till it and to keep it" (Beresheet 2:15). We learned that these are the two offerings, according to the secret of, "Hashem shall be one, and His name One." For in reference to these offerings it is written, "to gather lilies." These are the body parts of the two sides that are one.

chanoch's Commentary

Every aspect of the body is unified through the saying of the full Shema Israel. This is the Kavenah required to achieve the unified whole of the components of the body and soul.

Pasook 65. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Vaetchanan

שׁוֹשַׁנִּים רָזָא אִיהוּ. דְּכַד מִתְחַבְּרָן כָּל אִינּוּן שַׁיְיפִין כַּחֲדָא, לְמֶהֱוֵי כֻּלְּהוּ בְּיִחוּדָא חֲדָא, רָזָא דְּקָרְבָּן, כְּדֵין מִתְעַטֵּר קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בַּעֲטָרָה בְּרֵישָׁא דְּכֶתֶם פָּז, לְמֶהֱוֵי בִּיקָרוֹי מִתְעַטְּרָא. וְרָזָא דָּא הֲוֵי דִּכְתִּיב שׁוֹשַׁנִּים, רָזָא דְּכָל אִינּוּן שַׁיְיפִין דְּעֵילָּא וְתַתָּא. וְרָזָא דְּהַהוּא פָּז, עִטּוּרָא דְּמִתְעַטְּרָא וְסַלְּקָא מִבֵּינַיְיהוּ, וְכֺלָּא אִיהוּ בֵּיהּ.

Transliteration

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Translation

The lilies are a mystery. When these body parts are connected together so as to be all one by means of one meditation according to the secret of the offering, the Holy One, blessed be He, is adorned with a crown of fine gold, so as to be adorned with His honor. This is the meaning behind the word lilies, which are the secret of all the body parts above and below. The secret of that gold is that it is a crown that is adorned and rises from among them. There is everything in them, IN THE LILIES.

chanoch's Commentary

This pasuk is clear as written. It is important to realize that the Hebrew word for Lilly is Shoshanah which is cognate - sounds like Hoshanah which translates as appreciation and thankfulness. This is the additional offering being referred to along with the meditation.

Pasook 66. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Vaetchanan

בְּהָנֵי שׁוֹשַׁנִּים אִית בָּהּ שִׁית מְאָה וּתְלֵיסָר פִּקּוּדִין, דְּאִינּוּן שַׁיְיפִין דִּתְרֵין סִטְרִין, רָזָא דַּיְדֹוָד אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד. וְאִית בֵּיהּ סְלִיקוּ דְּהַהוּא פָּז, דְּקָא סָלִיק מִבֵּינַיְיהוּ. וּבְכָל אֲתָר דְּאִינּוּן מִשְׁתַּכְּחִין, הַהוּא סְלִיקוּ עִלָּאָה אִשְׁתְּכַח מִבֵּינַיְיהוּ לְאִסְתַּלְּקָא. וְרָזָא דָּא תַּפּוּחַ בַּעֲצֵי הַיַּעַר. וְשׁוֹשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֹחִים. דָּא וְדָא אִצְטְרִיךְ לְאִסְתַּלְּקָא כַּחֲדָא בְּיִחוּדָא שְׁלִים. זַכָּאָה אִיהוּ מַאן דְּקָרִיב קָרְבְּנִין אִלֵּין, וַדַּאי לְרַעֲוָא לֵיהּ בְּהַאי עָלְמָא וּבְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי.

Transliteration

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Translation

There are 613 commandments in these lilies, which are the body parts of the two sides, according to the secret of, "Hashem shall be one, and His name One." Among them is the ascent of that gold that rises from among them. Wherever they are, THAT IS, THE UNIFICATION OF THE BODY PARTS OF BOTH SIDES, that supernal ascent of THE CROWN OF gold rises from among them. This is the secret of "the apple tree among the trees of the wood" (Shir Hashirim 2:3), and, "the lily among thorns" (Ibid. 2), as both the one and the other should rise as one by the complete meditation. Happy is he who sacrifices these offerings, NAMELY, PERFORMS THESE MEDITATIONS. Surely, it is favorable to him both in this world and the World to Come.

chanoch's Commentary

It is now clear what needs to be done when saying the Shema Israel. There are many additional meditations and Kavenah that are taught in the class on the Shema.