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(This page will be re-formatted for easier reading soon. I apologize for the present mess but the information is too important to delay. RHZ)
BREISHIT- In the beginning
Letters-
Bet-(B) -House, a vessel defined by a floor, a roof and a wall with an open side, similar to our universe that provides us with a floor, a roof, a wall allowing for verticality and an open future.
Bet is the first of the seven double letters, those that are pronounced hard or soft (bet or vet). As seven they each represent a day of the week and reflect the duality of our daily experience. Bet corresponds with the first day;Sunday and is dominated by chachma-wisdom.
Numerical value 2- representing the first emerge of two, the Creator and the Created.
Sefira Correspondence-Chesed-Love. The creation as an act of love.
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Resh-(R)-Head, Beginning, Also one of the seven double letters dominated by shalom-peace, it represents the process of emerging understanding. Numeric-200.
Sefira correspondence-Yesod-foundation.Corresponds to sixth day, friday.
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Aleph -(A)meaning oxen, thousand, teaching, master. It is the first of the Three Mother Letters and represents by its form, the light that shines in all directions and the teaching that as above, so below, and vice versa). The number one teaching us of The Silent Infinite One out of which emerges the other while always remaining connected. sefira correspondence-keter, element of Air.
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Shin-(S)-meaning change, a tooth, representng the symmetrical eternal flame rising to the heights,the third of the mother letters-fire element -correspondence-bina- numeric-300
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Yod-(I)-meaning hand, or to thrust, formed by the smallest point and representing the first particle of creation out of which all else emerged, (the point out of which the big bang banged) Numeric-10. Dominant over action, one of the 12 'pshutot-simple letters- corresponding to Virgo.
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Tav-(T)-meaning seal, impression , the last letter representing the seal of creation.
The Seventh of the double letters, related to Shabbat.Numeric-400.
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Six letters-six days of creation
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Within it this Mila contains the words;
Bara-B<R<A:created
Berosh-B<R<A<S:in the head, in the beginning
Next letter Yod-(perhaps in the Head was the Yod-the principle of tiny point expanding through the power of the ten)
Bar Esh-B<R< , A<S: a pure fire
First two letter and last two letters make up the word BRIT-covenant
and the middle two letter is AISH-fire.
BREISHIT-Our created home, a covenant of fire that emerged from the Divine Mind.
MILA YOMI 2: BARA
>
>simple meaning :Created.
>
>Letters: Same as the first three of Breishit , bara is the verb imbedded in
>Breishit.
>BET< REISH<ALEPH
>
>In the Divine Mind, there is the one (aleph)
>In the beginning, there is one
>
>BAR (beit,reish)<ALEPH
>Bar means pure, child of, wheat, grain.
>This creation is a pure creation of the One. It is the sustenance of the
>One,
>the manifestation of the One in another form.
>
>----------
>Conceptual Meaning:
>The verb is leebro-to create. Used in Torah only for Divine Activity.
>And relates to a particular step in the process of creation.
>The world called Briya.
>
>Kabbala teaches of the unfolding creation that emanated from the Creator.
>The process of emanation is described as originating in the En Sof-The
>Infinite. To create the finite, the Divine allowed a space to be within the
>Divine ; the Bet-House of the Universe and filled that home with the
>Creation.
>
>As Adin Steinsaltz explains in 13 Petalled Rose,(one of the best English
>books on Kabbala) "Creation is an emanation from the divine light; its
>secret is not the coming into existence of something new, but the
>transmutation of the divine reality into something defined and limited-into
>a world.(p.36)
>
>{This next paragraph is tangential, but important tothe context, skip it if
>you want.}The first 'world' in the transmutation process is called
>ATZILUT-Emanation.
>While it is a realm that has an independent existence (Atzilut) is "of
such
>absolute clarity and transparency tht no concealment of any essence
>whatsoever is possible, and that consequently essences do not exhibit any
>particular self at all...there is no hiding of the revealed divinity by
>(any) fence or screen that sets things apart." (p. 22)
>
>The second step is called BRIYA-Creation. At the root of that is our word
>BARA.
>It is that point of creation in which the mind becomes consciously engaged
>with a specific content. "The world of creation is a world of pure mind.
>This mind quality ...is not a merely intellectual essence but rather
>expresses itself as the power and capacity to grasp things with genuine
>inner understanding; it is, in other words, the mind as creator as well as
>that which registers and absorbs knowledge. (p.17)
>
>Samson Raphael Hirsch (excellent commentary for word analysis) looks at
>cognated roots related to bara and explains that 'bara' contains the
>underlying conception of bringing something out into the open.
>
>--------
>BARA-The second word (related to the second world) describes the Creation
as
>experienced in the Divine Mind before manifesting further, unfolding more.
>It takes us back to that moment in which the thought of creation emerged
>from the Divine Mind into the open space that became our universe.
MILA YOMI 3: ELOHIM
>Meaning; GOD (whatever that is)
>
>Important word.
>There is a principle in Torah study that the first time that something
>appears is significant and somehow a teaching on all the later times it
>is used. This first time that Elohim ,which is the first of the two
>primary Divine Names, appears
>is therefore important and contains alot.
>More than we know, but here is some of what we can learn in this awesome
>Mila.
>
>Letters:
>ALEPH(A)-the ONE
>(Alpha in Greek AlphaBeta, becoming A in AlphaBet)
>
>LAMED (L)-12th letter, first appearance, one of the twelve simple letters
>that correspond to the 12 months of the year, 12 signs of the Zodiac, as
>defined in Sefer Yetzira where these 22 letters are first introduced
>Kabbalistically) 12 tribes.
>
>Lamed is Tishrei-, constellation-Maaznaim:Scales,( came to be called later
>Libra) So in the month of Tishrei during Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur we
>weigh our deeds. The ruling energy is Tashmish:coition (?, don't ask me how
>to explain this) Its numeric is 30.
>It means to learn, and to teach. Formed as a 'tower sprouting in the air"
is
>depicts the process of learning as we reach up for understanding and bring
>it down into our activities.
>
>(To be complete Sefer Yetzira also teaches of the 12 correspondences of
>something called 'manhigim benefesh zachar venekeva: twelve directors in
the
>Soul, male and female'. It then lists twelve body parts. which I don't yet
>know how to understand, any thoughts?) Anyway Lamed corresponds to
mara:gall
>ladder.
>Lambda in Greek , L in English.
>---------------------
>
>HEH: (E)-fifth letter, first appearance in Torah, second letter after Yod
in
>the Divine Name, (Yod appeared in Breishit, and now the second letter of
the
>name is introduced in the scroll.)
>The first of the twelve simple letters, corresponds to Nisan,
>constellation -tleh:ram (Aries)
>Ruling energy- Sicha:speech.
>(Regel smol be nefesh: left leg in the soul. (?))
>Numeric is 5.
>Epsilon in Greek, becoming E
>
>And so in Nisan, which we are bidden to count as the first of the months,
>we return to PeSach (the mouth speaks) and practice the commandment
>of speaking of the liberation from Egypt's narrowness.
>
>Heh means to take seed "heh lachem zera-take for yourself seed and sow the
>earth," (Genesis 47:23).
>
>Rabbi Itzchak Ginsburgh in 'The Alef-Beit' (extraordinary book) explains
>"Heh expresses revelation of self in the act of giving of oneself to
>another."
>The Heh as the last letter of the YHVH represents the world of
>Assiya of Action.
>As the second letter of the YHVH represents the world of
>Briya-cosnciousness.
>
>Somehow the Heh which is often silent is that first
>intimation of revelation of the Divine Presence that we sense as our
>consciousness grows and begins to seek beyond the material.
>-------------
>YOD (Y), actually more actually represented as I (capital I) Yod was called
>Iota in Greek and then I in English -second appearance in Torah.
>--------------
>MEM (M) , first appearance in Torah. (Mu in greek, M in
>English) -Thirteenth letter. Second of the three mothers letters, means
>water, numeric 40. Forty days of flood, wandering, weeks of conception.
>In Kabbala it represents the fountain of wisdom., 'the power of flow from
>the superconscious source'. (beten:belly in the soul).
>
>--------------------------
>Words contained
>
>AL (pronounced EL)- a Divine Name in itself and as part of EL Shaddai,
means
>strength, force, connected to Allah-Muslim name for El.
>
>also preposition meaning 'to 'as in towards
>
>A,L,E- pronounced Eileh, meaning 'these'
>
>IM-pronounced eem- denotes plurality.(yood mem at the end of a word
>pluralizes it)
>
>Kabbala reads this Name as speaking of 'eileh-yood-im, these Yoods- these
>particles of existence that collectively are the creation..
>Literally also can be read as "eileh-im:these pluralized or else these
>thises". All the thises that make up this existence.
>
>The first three letters, A,L,E, is the word Alah: oath, curse, covenant.
>Also contains the words AL HAYAM:to the ocean. (Never noticed that before).
>--------------------
>
>Significantly ELOHIM is the only Divine name in the first chapter of
>Genesis:the Creation story.
>Sefer Yetzira points out that it appears 32 times in the creation account
>and is the Source for the 32 wondrous paths of wisdom that the Divine
>Engraved in creating this existence.
>
>These thirty two paths are important to know of because they make up the
>Tree of Life and so I'll quote directly from Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan's
>masterful and important commentary on Sefer Yetzira.
>
>"These 32 paths are manifest as the 10 digits and 22 letters of the Hebrew
>alphabet. The 10 digits are also manifest in the Ten Sefirot, which are the
>most basic concepts of existence...According to the Kabbalists, these 32
>paths are alluded to in the Torah by the 32 times that God's name appears
in
>the account of creation in the first chapter of Genesis.
>
>In this account, the expression 'God said ' appears 10 times and these are
>the Ten Sayings with which the world was created. These Ten Sayings
parallel
>the Ten Sefirot. The first saying is said to be the verse "In the beginning
>God created the Heaven and the Earth." Even though 'God said' does not
>appear here, it is implied and understood.
>
>The other 22 times that Elohim appears in this account then parallel the 22
>letters of the alphabet. Thre three times in which the expression "God
made'
>appears parallel the three Mothers, the seven repititions of 'God saw'
>parallel the seven Doubles. The remaining twelve names parallel the twelve
>Elementals (or Simple Letters).
>
>In general none of the names of God refer to the Creator. The Creator is
>only referred to as Ain Sof, which means the Infinite Being, or simply, the
>Infinite. The names used in scripture and elsewhere merely refer to the
>various ways through which God manifests Himself (his word) in creation.
>Elohim...refers to the manifestation of delineation and definition. Each of
>the 32 paths therefore served to delineate and define a particular aspect
of
>creation. " (P. 7,8)
>
>
>Significantly the Gematria of ELOHIM is 86 corresponding to 'hateva: the
>natural', whoe gematria is also 86)
>
>In Exodus it is used to refer to a law court in which disputants are
>bidden to bring their dispute
>"ad haelohim-to the judges". Similarly Elohim is understood to denote the
>Divine In the attribute of Justice, Midat HaDin, (Ruler, Director, Law
>Giver, Judge.)
>
>So it seems we can understand ELOHIM as the Creator of our natural world,
>the universe, a place of natural cause and effect. Meeting us through these
>dynamics, reflecting back to us our with mathematical precision.
>Perhaps teaching us (AL-the Aleph that Teaches) by the particular
collection
>of thises that each of our lives consists of.
>
>BREISHIT BARA ELOHIM: Normally read In the beginning, God created.
>Kabbalists however read the firsts three words of the Torah as "In the
>beginning was created Elohim. "
>
>The Creator is Absolute, Pure Love. In order to allow existence meaning and
>experience, the Divine One enclothed that Infinite Love into ELOHIM - the
>One Who We Meet In All The Yoods Of Existence.
>
>The first creation of the Infinite was the aspect of the Divine that
>created a natural order, multiplicity somehow balanced, united with the
One.
>Beginning a process of cause and effect that integrates with all
existence,
>physical, emotional, moral, mental and spiritual.
>
>This Creation Emerging from the Aleph (first letter of El) seeding the
>natural world with countless Yoods, watering it with the Light of the En
>Sof.
>
>May we be blessed to know with all our beings the Divine Nature of each
>particle of Life.
MILA YOMI 4: ET
>------
>Means: THE
>----
>Letters
>ALEPH -the first letter of the Aleph Bet
>TAV-the last letter of the AlephBet
>------
>
>This is the first creative act of Elohim.
>
>As the Kabbalists read this verse.
>"In the beginning Elohim created ET'
>
>What is the nature of that creation?
>We are taught that the universe was created through the letters of the
>AlephBet .
>In fact the word for letter or sign , is pronounced OT
>and is spelled ALEPH< VOV<TAV, basically the word ET with the Vov in the
>middle.
>OT-sign is therefore the means for making something known. It is not the
>thing itself but leads to it.
>
>
>Elohim wished to fill the space opened in the midst of the Infinite.
>The YOD was the primary tool but it needed to particularize.
>Elohim:'These YOODIM ' (see Mila Yomi 3) needed to materialize.
>
>Where to begin?
>The first point , the YOD begins to grow..
>Aleph is formed by a Yod that joins a Vov (which in itself is an elongated
>Yod) and connects with a lower Yod.
>Bet begins with a Yod that stretches to form a roof and then wall and then
a
>base.
>And so on, each letter of the AlephBet is calligraphically and
halachically
>an expansion of the Yod into a particular form.
>TAV, the final letter is formed by a Yod that extends up in a Vov and
>shapes itself into a frame;
>sealing that which is contained with it. The Tav is the stamp and seal of
>all the previous letters.
>
>The Aleph Bet is thus the journey of the Yod through the conceptual
>creation.
>The Yod materializing and unfolding in manifold ways is this "olam-world" .
>Collectively it is the tapestry of existence that Elohim has placed us
in.
>
>The physical creation is preceded by the conceptual creation.
>Sefer Yetzira teaches us kol-sound is carried by ruach-breath then
shaped
>into dibur-speech.
>Sounds emerging as letters joined to form words.
>When they are spoken out they enter independent existence.
>In Hebrew the word for speech ,dibbur (dalet, bet, resh) is the same
>as the word for thing, davar (also dalet,bet ,resh).
>
>So too, to create this independent universe , Elohim spoke words that
>wondrously materialized.
>The thirty two wondrous paths, 10 numbers and 22 letters.
>
>"Twenty two Foundation letters:
>The Creator Engraved, Carved , Permuted, Weighed, Transformed them.
>And with them Depicted all that was formed and all that would be formed."
>(Sefer Yetzira2:2)
>
>The general was first created, the specific emerged out of it.
>And so ET contains within it all twenty two letters,
>
>ET: The THE of existence out which all else would follow:
>
>-------------------------------
>BeShalom and thank you for interest and willingness to read the Torah so
>slowly.
MILA YOMI 5 : HASHAMAYIM
>
>Meaning: The Heavens
>
>Letters-
>
>HEH (E)- the, definite article preceding noun, "The definite article Ha,
>the, preceding heaven and earth indicates that the heaven and earth created
>on the first day are 'the' heaven and 'the' earth in their present
>forms-the heavens with their constellations, and the earth with its fruit
>yielding potential. "
>(Malbim, quoted in Artscroll)
>
>SHIN(S)- connoting dissonance-'the shin hisses' (yetzira)-corresponding to
>bina-understanding
>
>MEM(M)-connoting the harmonic- 'mem hums'(yetzira)-corresponding to
>chachma-wisdom
> -the oscillation between shin and mem is one of the primary
>meditation practices of Sefer Yetzira
>YOD (I)
>
>MEM(M)
>
>-------------------------------
>
>Words contained:
>
>ShaM-there ( as in over there)
> -also SheM-name (also HaSheM- the name)
>
> -connected to root laSeeM- to place, to put (something somewhere), to
cause
>to be, to appoint, to turn into,
>
>
>MayIM-water:- Yod sorrounded by Mem on both sides. Mem which means water
>has a numeric of 40 . Forty seah's-cubits of water to make a mikvah, 40
>weeks of gestation in amniotic fluid, 40 days of the flood, 40 years of
>wandering in desert -the lack of water)
>
>MayIM can be broken down to Mee Yam-from the ocean
>--------------
>ShaMayIM- means sky and/ or heaven
>
>-can be read as ShaM-IM- the word 'there' pluralized (yod, mem at the end
>of a word pluralizes it)
>- the 'theres'- all that has turned 'into out there'
> - all the extra terrestial worlds, "water below the (rakiah) sky and water
>above the sky" (Gen. 6:7)
>(Malbim- relates to division between two similar substances, water below is
>liquid,water above is vapor)
>
>-----
>Talmud reads it as the merging of two words (overlapping the first MEM)
>SheM MayIM- the name is water
>----
>-and ShaM MayIM- there are the waters
>.---------
>Sham Yam-there the ocean
>---------------------
>Kaplan connects it to ShaMaM-; to be desolate, deserted, depopulated,
empty,
>astonished
>---------------------
>
>She-that is MayIM- water
>
> ------------------
>
>Also read Talmudically as compound of "eS ooMayIM"- fire and water.
>Not a bad simplification of the physics of what's happening out there.
>
>-----------
>Conceptual Meaning:
>
>ShaM- Out there is that which sustains us, the great mystery of the waters
>above us has always engaged our sense of wonder. These huge expanses that
>seem to stretch for ever.
>
>Our investigation has brought us some understanding of the fires that are
>always burning in the stars.
>We know that explosions far, far away in the universe are sending us their
>emanations, their particles.
>These are carried through the heavenly waters and enter our lower waters.
>They nurture us, seed us, enabling life to occur.
>(If we don't ruin the protective filter that protects us)
>
> Our lives are sustained by this flow that sorrounds us.
>
>We are MIShtoMeM- astonished when we contemplate the vastness of the
>heavenly bodies.
>
>HASHAMAYIM-
>
>>From the Infinite the finite begins to emerge,.
>First placing there the birthing waters of existence.
>All that is will be born and sustained in this life giving vessel.
>All that is out there-Sham, all the Yoods that fill the expanses enable us
>and define us.
>
>The YOD is the seed that fills the Mem- the water above and below.
>These life sustaining waters that make it possible for dry inanimate
matter
>to sprout life.
>
>The handiwork of ELOHIM has begun to take material form.
>
>--------
>
>
MILA YOMI 6 : VE'ET
>
>Meaning: VE is 'and' .
> ET means "an object is about to appear"
> (the object, in case you didn't read ahead is the earth)
>
>
>Letters
>
>VAV (V) - first appearance in Torah, sixth letter of Aleph Bet
>(corresponds to F)
> -third letter of Divine Name, YOD< HEH<VAV<HEH
> -second of twelve elemental letters
> - dominant over hirhur:thought
> -Iyar in the months
> -Shor-Bull (Taurus) in zodiac
> -right kidney in the soul
> -numeric is 6
> -is the 22nd letter since the Bet of Breishit.
>
>VAV means hook- the hooks that joined the pillars of the Tabernacle
together
>are called vaveem- vovs
>(Exodus 27 and elsewhere , these vovei amudim-hooks of the pillars are
>mentioned six times.
>
>It is called Kabbalistically the Tree of LIfe. It resembes a human
standing
>upright.
>VAV is the letter of connection-ot hachibur. The secret of the VAV
>kabbalistically is the first ray of light that emerged from the En Sof-the
>Infinite. This expansion of the YOD into a line demonstrates the capacity
to
>connect and to join. It expresses the Divinity that is piercing through
the
>essence of all creation. G-d reaching to us.
>
>As a letter of the Divine Name, the 'child' of YOD and HEH, it is related
>to the world of Yetzira:Formation, the world of the heart and emotions.
>That which joins us together. And in our love of the Divine we reach to
>G-d.
>In our human love we join G-d to us.
>
>It has an important function in the Hebrew language. Not only does it
>serve the join the various parts of the physical world together, it can
also
>join past, present and future. VAV Hahipuch-The VAV of conversion is a
>'conversive prefix' that change a verb form that is in the past into one
>that is in the future, and turn a future verb into a past. Reminding us
that
>in the Divine creation all time is linked together. In connection with the
>Eternal we experience timelessness.
>
>Its numerical value (6) signifies the capacity to unite the six direction
of
>three dimensional space. The VAV is the pillar in which right, left, front,
>back, up and down converge.
>(Interestingly there are six alephs in the first verse of the Torah )
>
>-----
>
>"ET is 'ribui-includer' , it extends the conception, shamayim:heavens to
>include all the heavenly bodies and the aretz:earth to include all that is
>on earth, which are just the effects which heaven and earth
>charateristically imprint on us." (Hirsch, p. 4)
>
>Zohar-VeEt indicates the firm union of male and female.
>
>
>
>Conceptual Meaning
>
>"The first VAV of the Toran 'shamayim ve-et ha haretz':heaven and earth,
>serves to join spirit and matter, heaven and the earth, throughout
Creation.
>This VAV, which appears at the beginning of the sixth word of the Torah, is
>the twenty-second letter of the verse. It alludes to the power to connect
>and interrelate all twenty two individual powers of Creation, the twenty
two
>letters of the Hebrew." (Ginsburgh, the Alef-Beit, p. 94)
>
>
>VE'ET- The Creator is now ready to create the vessel that will be the
>'ground'. The materialization of the Divine Will is about to unfold. The
>Divine Heart Wishes to Manifest a vessel to receive and experience the
>peleh-the wonder of life.
>
>( (Significantly ,peleh- peh, lamed, aleph which means 'wonder' is the word
>Aleph, aleph, lamed, peh, spelled backwards). The wonder of creation is
>actually the peh-the outsidemouth of the aleph. As we reach further and
>learn more (lamed) we reach the silent Aleph that is at the core of all
>existence. The thirty two wondrous -pleeyot (root word peleh) paths of
>creation (Yetzira !:! are actually the Aleph unfolding and 'speaking' to us
>in manifold connected way. ))
>
>The Divine reaches out. The YOOD (central letter of SHAMAYIM) extends forth
>from the "shamayim:the waters out there" . It becomes a VAV as it forms a
>line that connects all that it touches with its source and with every other
>part of that line. This line, this ray of Divine Light is a conduit into
>our vessel and is a constant presence that unites all the material world.
>This is the VAV that emerges from the Divine Heart. It is the Tree of LIfe
>that brought and brings life to us.
>
>Inviting us, to VAV each other (sorry) and make of this earth a Tabernacle
>by joining our hearts together.
>Each one of us is a VAV with the capacity to join heaven and earth.
>----------------------------------
>
>"All we need is VAV"
MILA YOMI 7 ; HA'ARETZ
>
>Meaning: The Earth
>
>Letters
>
>HEH (H)- the
>ALEPH (A)
>RESH(R)
>TZADI (TZ) -first appearance in Torah, often called tzadik (kuf is the
>letter following it in aleph bet)
> -11th of 12 elementals, corresponds to month of Shevat, zodiac-
>Deli:the water drawer (Aquarius)
> -dominant over taste, stomach as soul or body part
> -'tzadi' means to hunt
> -'tzaddik' means righteous
> -also related to 'tzad:side'
> -shaped more like aleph than any other letter, as such it is
the
>mate of the aleph (the twenty two letter are paired into eleven 'form
>mates', the two letters whose forms most closely resemble one another)
> - 'the power to actualize potential which is ever present
within
>the actualized becomes conscious' (Ginsburgh)
> -"formed as a yud enwedged in the upper right side of a
bent-over
>nun. In general, the yud and the nun represent the two dimensions of form
>and matter present, simultaneously, in all created reality. The point of
the
>yud, pure form, shapes the nun of matter into its intended form. The tzadik
>(righteous person)
>is in touch with the inner pure form of all reality, is able to shape
>reality according with their will, as is said
>"The tzadik decrees and the Holy One realizes." Ginsburgh, p. 269
> -numeric 90, (represents total consciousness)
> -the tzadik is hunting in order to redeem and elevate the 288
fallen
>sparks of the breaking of the vessels (Ginsburgh p. 267
>
>-----------------
>Words contained with it:
>
>HaAleph-The One
>RaTz- runs
>
>ARETZ :is derived from the root ratz:run
> -for all people 'run' upon it - from cradle to grave (Lekach
>Tov)
> -allludes to the running of tahe oriting spheres which
circle
>it (Radak)
> -perpetual motion
>
>also derived from ratzaz: which means 'that which is compressed' (a
>reference to the earth's density as compared to the atmosphere (Ibn Caspi)
>{above comments drawn from Artscroll Commentary)
>
>-also connected to word 'RaTZon' : will
>
>-also at the root of english word 'earth', ea='aleph, r=resh, th=tzadik
>
>
>Conceptual Meaning
>
>"The greatest peleh:wonder is the power of the Creator to enter even into
>material things." (Sfat Emet)
>
>The Divine Mind of the One (ALEPH, RESH) creates a material vessel in
which
>the TZADIK has the experience of seperate independent life in order to
>participate in the rectification of existence (and feel worthy of the
Garden
>of Delight). Before we did our own breaking and fixing we somehow didn't
>feel that we deserve
>all that God wishes for us. (Big mistake, if you ask me.)
>
>Through our efforts, through our challenge of manifesting the highest here
>on this plane (the work of the TZADIK) we can walk back to 'etz hachayim'
>proud.
>As the Torah teaches "Tzedek, tzedek teerdof- righteousness, righteousness,
>pursue.
>
>This earth is the RaTZon-will of the ALEPH-The One. We created in the
TZelem
>(another tzadik starting word) Image of the Divine are placed in an earthly
>vessel, in which we "RaTZ': run around projecting our RaTzon: will on the
>earth (or at least that part of it that we focus our activities into) .
>Through our ratzon we shape much of the earth.
>
>Will we shape it according to our TZADIK: righteousness nature or according
>to other less noble (and less life enhancing) priorities? Will will ever
>get out of this 'ratz' race that has us running frantically life? Or...?
>
>The Divine Will manifested this material experience as an opportunity to
>share love with others, to share consciousness with other total conscious
>beings (boring talking to only rocks).
>
>We, bnei/bnot ADAM-the children of the Human, have been gifted with this
>consciousness. It offers us an opportunity to be extraordinary vessels of
>light, and fulfill our destiny as conscious partners with the Creator.
>Through our will we can damage many things in this earthly frame; or we can
>effect extraordinary miracles with our actions and pursuits that are an
>expression of our will.
>
>The literature of Kabbala is extensive on the importance and centrality of
>RaTZon:will as our primary tool on this planet. It is connected to
>Keter:Crown sephira as the spark of the soul that is enclothed by thought,
>emotion and action as its unfolds to its manifestation.
>
>In a certain way our will is always being manifested, we often may not be
>totally conscious of what are inner will truly is. The Tzadik is the one
who
>consciously directs their will to the highest and thus enabling the Divine
>Will to "shachanti betocham":Dwell within us, here on earth.
>
>
>To paraphrase Rav Kook:
>'The righteous one does not complain about confusion, they add
>understanding,
>the righteous does not complain of injustice, they add justice,'
>or in other words (mine) the righteous does not complain of darkness, they
>add light.
>
>HA'ARETZ: This materialized vessel, in which 'will' directs much of what
>occurs is our playing field for this adventure of consciousness and
>experience. As part of it, we are invited to manifest the light and love of
>the ALEPH: The One right here on earth.
>
>Ken Yehee Ratzon:May this be the Will
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