28-BuildforUsaHouseintheAiroftheWorld
[Introduction:Inthelanguageofourrabbi,ofblessedmemory]
Build for us a house in the air of the world, he said a shem [Name], stood and hung between shemaya [heavens] and ar'a [earth]. He said to them, bring out for me livnay [bricks] and tina [clay] from there. They said: And who is there that can bring [it] up there. He said: And who is there that can build a house between shemaya and ar'a.
1. The opponents who despise and revile the fearers of Hashem [the Name, i.e., G-d], this is because they receive Torah [Teaching/Law] from TalmeedayChachamimShaidinYihoodu-in [(Torah) scholars (who are) Jewish Demons, human scholars whose Torah is influenced by demonic forces, as distinct from actual demons who learn Torah; see Zohar Pinchas 252b]. For the TalmeedayChachamimShaidinYihoodu-in, they receive their Torah from the demons who have fallen Torah from the fallen Alefs [the first letter of the Hebrew Alef-bes, also read as Elef, meaning a thousand]. And in these teachings it is written regarding Solomon (I Kings 5:12) "Andhespokethreethousandparablesandhissongwasathousandandfive". For Solomon merited to them in holiness, but TalmeedayChachamimShaidinYihoodu-in receive from them [in the] way of the klipos [husks, i.e., forces of impurity]. And for this, all their speech is in the way of parable, figure of speech, and wonderful reasons, for its root [is] from these fallen teachings aforementioned. And [regarding] these TalmeedayChachamim, it is said (Isaiah 7:9) "Isittoolittleforyoutowearymen,thatyouwearyalsoG-d". For they weary men who come to hear their drash [homily] and their Torah, and men think that they will come to some benefit by their hand—that is, that they will come to know G-d [and] how to serve [Him]. And they, the men, do not attain any benefit, for [the] Torah of these TalmeedayChachamim has no power to guide the person in the good way, for from evil does not become good (see Talmud Bavli, Berachos 29a; Beraishis Rabbah 22:7; Vayikra Rabbah 19:2; and see Shabbat 129a). And not only [that], [but] you weary also G-d, as if [they] weary the Holy One, blessed be He, from helping those who serve Him. It turns out that by means of this, these children of man fall in great heresies and think, Heaven forbid, "G-ddoesnotseeanddoesnotunderstandinthedeedofchildrenofman". By means of this, "ThefearersofHashemtheydonothonor", and [they] revile and shame them. And for this, shame is called service of idols, as it is written (Hosea 9:10) "Andtheyseparatedthemselvestoshame", for the shame and the reviling is made from the heresies.
2. And when there is for fearers of Hashem revilings and shames from these heretics, [the] counsel on this: "Iamatole’a[worm/scarlet]andnotaman,reproachofman" (Psalms 22:7)—for revilings and disgraces, the segula [propitious] for this [is the] aspect of tole’a, that by means of [this] aspect, he conquers his enemies. For tole’a is [the] aspect of emunah [faith], as it is written (Lamentations 4:5) "Thefaithfulupontole’a[scarlet/worm]". And it is [the] aspect of Abraham, that he is head to the believers, as it is written (Genesis 15:6) "AndhebelievedinHashem". And in the aspect of Abraham, that he is [the] aspect of emunah, [he] breaks and nullifies service of idols and the heresies and the disgraces, and prevails over the heretics in [the] aspect of "Inmightyacts,salvationofHisrighthand" (Psalms 20:7). For Abraham, that he is [the] aspect of chesed [lovingkindness], [the] aspect of emunah, [the] aspect of "AndMychesedIwillnotwithhold,andIwillnotfalsifyinMyemunah" (Psalms 89:34)—in the right, [through] this, he prevails over his enemies. For there is made in [the] aspect of "Menofstrengthcladintole’a[scarlet]" (Nahum 2:4). And through this chesed, he rectifies these fallen teachings aforementioned in [the] aspect of "Anddoeschesedtothousands" (Exodus 20:6).
3. And to come to chesed, [it is] impossible to come except by means of that he brings in TalmeedayChachamimtzadikim [righteous Torah scholars] into his house. For the one who brings in guests, TalmeedayChachamim true, into his house, [it is] as if [he] offered continual offerings [temidim] as the saying of our sages, of blessed memory (Talmud Bavli, Berachos 10b): Aholymanpassesoveruscontinual and so on. And in this, the service that he stands over them and serves them, [he] merits to the chesed aforementioned, as the saying (Talmud Bavli, Kesuvos 96a): Everyonewhopreventshisdisciplefromservinghim,[itis]asif[he]preventsfromhimchesed. And for this, the continual was a keves [lamb, root כבש] for from it were rectified the teachings in [the] aspect of "AndIlikeadocilekeves[kevesalluf]" (Jeremiah 11:19). And this is [the] aspect of keves that is kavush [subdued, root כבש] under the hand of his rabbi and serves them. And this tamid [continual, gematria 445] [is] gematria [numerical value] fourteachings [four Alefs, each 111, totaling 444, plus one for the inclusive equals 445], that it is [the] rectification of the teachings as above. And this is "Towhomcontentions,towhomsiach[ranting/invective]" (Proverbs 23:29)—that is, by means of siach [ranting], by means of [TalmeedayChachamim] ShaidinYihoodu-in, by his hand contentions, by his hand comes opposition. And this is what the elders of the house of the furnace said: Buildforusahouseintheairoftheworld. For these children of man who want to arrange their service by means of the Torah that they hear from TalmeedayChachamimShaidinYihoodu-in, and in truth, there is no for them on what they rely, and it is as if they want to build a house in the air, and there is no for them on what they rely, like the demons that fly in the air. And he said shem, and stood between shemaya and ar'a—that is, the true TalmidChacham [Torah scholar], he is between shemaya and ar'a, as its Targum: "Forallintheheavensandintheearth" [that holds in heavens and earth]. And he said, bring out for me livnay and tina from there—for tina enters in their heart of these as above, and there is made their heart a heart of stone. And when the true TalmidChacham sees their evil thought, [he] says to them that they bring out the tina from their heart, that they bring out the tina that is in [the] heart of stone and not deny the Holy One, blessed be He. For the tina and [the] heart of stone [are] from hasam [there, gematria 445], that is, from [the] aspect of the fallen teachings aforementioned, that they are gematria hasam [four Alefs, each 111, totaling 444, plus one for the inclusive equals 445, corresponding to the fallen teachings]. They said: Who is there that can bring up hasam [there, i.e., raise the four fallen Alefs]—that they said to him: Who can raise the fallen teachings. And he replied to them, who is there that can build a house between shemaya and ar'a—that is, who builds his house by means of TalmeedayChachamim true, for there is for them on what they rely, for true TalmeedayChachamim they are [the] foundation of every thing. And who his house is [a] house of meeting for Chachamim [sages], that builds his house in [the] aspect of: "Aholymanpassesoveruscontinual,letusmakeanatticofwall" (II Kings 4:10)—these men elevate the teachings as above.
[4.] And this [is] אבגד [alephbesgimmeldalet]: גד [gimmeldalet], this [is] shemaya and ar'a. ב [bet]—who builds his house between shemaya and ar'a, this [is the] rectification of the teachings. זח [zayinchet]—that is, these children of man who receive their Torah from ShaidinYihoodu-in, that are called by [the] name zayin, [the] aspect of "Tothegoatsthattheycommitinfidelity" (Leviticus 17:7). From them [come] the reviling and the disgraces in [the] aspect of "Andcontemptoffamiliesterrifiesme" (Job 31:34), [the] aspect of chet. הו [hevav]—hoyvay [woe, alas], language of cry and controversy, as above, towhomcontentions,towhomsiach—that is, zayinchet. טי [tetyud]—good hidden in it, for one needs, when he hears Torah from TalmeedayChachamimShaidinYihoodu-in, that he eat the good that is in it, as (Talmud Bavli, Chagigah 15b) Rabbi Meir, [a] pomegranate, found its inside, ate, as it is written (Proverbs 23:24) "Myson,giveyourhearttome" and it is written (Proverbs 22:17) "HearthewordsofChachamimandsetyourhearttomyknowledge". And when he does so, [he] elevates [the] good, the hidden in it, that is, the fallen teachings, and this [is] tet, good hidden in it (Introduction to the Zohar 3a), that you set your heart to the good, the hidden in his words. And by means of this yud—that is, you rectify by means of this the teachings, [the] aspect of "IwillthankYourshemforYouhavedonewonder" (Isaiah 25:1), this aleph and this yud, form of aleph and this yud, language of odeh [I will thank, root ידה], yud, [the] aspect of "Andtheycaststone" (Lamentations 3:53), language of casting, that is, its klipah he threw.
[Untilherethelanguageofourrabbi,ofblessedmemory]
[ExplanationofParashathaTamid]
And we heard from his holy mouth, that this Torah is hinted in it all the intentions that of parashathaTamid [continual offering] that they say in the morning. And he explained to us a little. And see in the intentions, and you will see and understand that all the intentions of parashathaTamid are explained in this Torah aforementioned. For there is explained in the intentions, that tamid subdues klipos of Asiyah [world of action] and so on, that they are [the] aspect of idolatry and so on, and "olah [burnt offering]" gematria shem אבגיתץ [ABG YTZ, numerical value 614] and so on, that is in chesed, and so on, in [the] secret of: "AndAbrahamroseearlyinthemorning" (Genesis 22:3), and it is [the] secret of: "Fearnottole’a" (Isaiah 41:14) and so on, and there is opposite it in the klipah a tole’a that consumes and eats everything and so on, and therefore commanded Hashem, blessed be He, in His mercy to offer olah of tamid to prevail, olah of tamid that is in holiness, that is [the] aspect of tole’a of Jacob, on the tole’a that is in the klipah and so on. And know that every sacrifice of olah, it is in [the] aspect of Leah and so on, and therefore came olah of tamid opposite her, in order to sweeten her judgments in order that [the] impure tole’a not rule and govern, and tole’a shall return to olah. And this is what is written: olahtamid [burnt offering continual], for tamid [is] gematria fourteachings [445, numerical value of four Alefs plus one] that takes Leah and so on, all this is explained in PriEtzChaim, Gate of the Sacrifices, Chapter 4, see there well and scrutinize, and you will see that all this is explained in the Torah aforementioned, for there is explained, that the opponents who revile fearers of Hashem, this is drawn from the fallen teachings, that these teachings in holiness, they are [the] aspect of Leah, and with them is made from this [the] aspect of: "Isittoolittleforyoutowearymen,thatyouwearyalsoG-d", as if [they] weary the Holy One, blessed be He, and so on, for from Leah, is made with them [the] aspect of wearies, for they suck from the hard judgments that are in Leah, from where [the] holding of the hard klipos that they are [the] aspect of idolatry aforementioned. And this is what is explained in this Torah, that they fall in heresy, [the] aspect of idolatry, see there. And the rectification: Iamatole’aandnotaman and so on—that is, [the] aspect of tole’a of holiness that subdues tole’a of klipah. And this [is] what is brought above in this Torah, that it is [the] aspect of Abraham, for so is explained there in the intentions, that tole’a of holiness, [the] aspect of olah of tamid, it is [the] aspect of chesed, [the] aspect of Abraham, [the] aspect of chesed in gevurah [strength]. And this [is] what is brought there, that the main of the rectification [is] by means of that he brings in guests, TalmeedayChachamim, into his house, that is considered as if [he] offered temidim, for tamid [is] gematria fourteachings, for the main of the rectification [is] by means of [the] aspect of sacrifice of tamid, that ascends fourteachings, by means of this are rectified the teachings aforementioned, and [he] merits to [the] aspect of tole’a of holiness, that is [the] aspect of olah of tamid, [the] aspect of chesed to Abraham, see in this Torah and in the intentions well, and you will understand how are included all the intentions of parashathaTamid in this Torah aforementioned.