Studies

GEHENNOM

This is a study on Gehenom, I am looking up every reference to Gehenom in my software program of the Zohar. The first reference says "the angel presiding over Gehenom is Duma, and there are tens of thousands of angels of destruction under him. He stands at its door. But those who have carefully guarded the sign of the Holy covenant he has no power to touch."

Concerning Gehenom, the Zohar says that "this is a warning to man, not to utter with his mouth words that might suggest evil thoughts, because when you do that you cause to sin the scared body on which is stamped the Holy covenant." I suggest to you that, that is the mind of Christ. That the Mind of Christ is the scared body in which you stamp the Holy covenant.

Then the Zohar says "for he who does this, he who utters with his mouth words that suggest evil thoughts, is dragged into Gehenom." What this says to me is that Gehenom is a state of being in your carnal mind.

The next occasion in the Zohar of the term Gehenom is as follows, "wherefore God should be angry at thy voice and destroy the work of thy hands." I.e. which means the flesh of the holy covenant which the man has defiled, and which as a punishment is stretched in Gehenom at the hand of Duma." If the body of the holy covenant is the Mid of Christ I would say the flesh of the Holy covenant is the man that the min of Christ is in, and I could see that the man himself is defiled, buy in cautious words. I do not understand this punishment of being stretched in Gehenom at the hand of Duma. I do not understand the context of being stretched so we will just go on.

The next reference is to the torches of Gehenom, but there is not more information in this context. Hopefully we will hear more about that.

I just did a search in the Zohar on the "torches of Gehenom," and that phrase only appears once with no further information.

Next reference is to the "fire of Gehenom." I am going to do a study strictly on the "fire of Gehenom." We see that Gehenom is a fiery outburst of witchcraft destruction. The carnal mind enters in with separation. Separation in other words the two people are not longer in agreement. Then discord comes in, just hard feelings, then Gehenom was created, I am sorry then wrath, and violence. I think according, I just did a study on wrath and violence but I put it on a different tape. According to that I would say separation enters in, then the people they fall out of agreement in the mind, they quarrel, then wrath which is violent is given birth too.

Gehenom is a manifestation of the carnal mind that is violent, and attacking witchcraft. That is what I would say. Gehenom is a manifestation of the carnal mind that is beyond quarreling, it is a separation beyond quarrelling. It is a raging violent, raging spiritual violence that can come out in words. You do not have to be physically attacking any body. It is a raging spiritual violence that comes forth.

The Zohar say the "fire of Gehenom," so that would be the wrath. Wrath powered by spiritual power consumes and destroys. Or consumes and destroys all the angels that revolted against their master.

Likewise all that have vanished away and do not endure and are consumed by fire. have been, have experienced the fires of Gehenom. This really sounds like to me like the "lake of Fire."

The next reference to Gehenom in the Zohar is Gehenom as the blazing fire.

Right now more or less we are doing a side study on the fires of Gehenom. So here is the next reference to the word "fire" and Gehenom. It is talking about the Hebrew letters engraving the waters of the creation and the separation of the waters by the firmament. This is what the Zohar says, "and the waters continued going up and down until this firmament came into being and separated them. A division took place on the second day on which was created Gehenom which is a blazing fire, and which is destined to rest on the heads of sinners."

We see that Gehenom at this point appears to me what the New Testament calls the Lake of Fire, we now find out that it was created on the second day. What comes to mind is one of the Psalms that says, "do good to your enemy is causes coals of fire to be placed on their heads." Let me see if I can find that Scripture. Proverbs 25 Verse 22. Let me start with Verse 21, "if thine enemy be hungry give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty give him water to drink for you shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward you."

What this appears to be saying is that if you are good to your enemies, the end result is corrective judgment falls upon them, and Christ, and the reward that you get is that Christ is built in you for having a Godly response to having some one sin against you. As I look at the list of Scriptures that came up in response to my search. I see there is a lot of talk of coals of fire, and just fiery judgment. I now believe that when ever we read about fire in the Scripture in the context of judgment or coals of fire it is really talking about the Fires of Gehenom, that manifestation of Hell that is the wrath or the spiritual power of God coming forth to deal with your sin to burn up you sin.

I see Psalms 140:10 says, "let them be cast in to fire, into deep pits." now sheal is the pit. I think I did read something in the Zohar, I do not know if I put it on this tape or not. I read it in this study that Gehenom comes out of Sheal, so Gehenom is the spiritual fire that burns up the sin, which arises out of sheal, which is the pit. The sheal is a level or a grade of the carnal mind. I also read in this study but I do not think I put it on the tape that Korah and his family when they fell down in to the under the ground alive they went into Sheal. I have always known what happened to Korah and the people with him is that they lost their Christ mind and they fell down into their carnal mind. I see here a witness that Hell is a condition of mind and that the condition that are mind is in, produces the circumstances of our life.

If we are in hellish conditions in circumstances in our life, that is an indication where our mind is, that our mind is in a hellish condition. Now if you repented to the Lord and the circumstance of your life are still Hellish, all is means is that you have not been fully delivered from Hell yet. If you do not have a relationship with the Lord, and you are in poverty or you are in physical pain, or if you have any kind of distress or destruction in your life, you need to know that your mind is in a condition of negativity, that has produced that condition in your life.

We are told that there are a category of beings that are unfinished that they are not completed above neither are they completed below. The reason that they are not completed, that the Zohar, at least this translation of the Zohar gives. Is that they were not completed below therefore they cannot be completed above. I do not understand that, because to me, my understanding is that what ever is completed above must manifest in completion below and this says the exact opposite. I am waiting for the Lord to explain that to me. In any event, the term the fire of Gehenom is used with regard to those creatures.

The Zohar says they became a great danger to the world because with them the whole of the left side roused itself, and the Fire of Gehenom began to flash. We now know that the fire of Gehenom flashes. I believe the flaming sword that guards the entrance to Eden is a flashing sword. To me that is one more witness that this fire of Gehenom is the "Lake of Fire," which destroys sins thus which purifies us. If this is true the flashing sword that turns every which way before the entrance way to the Garden of Eden, is a flashing fire, the flashing fire of Gehenom. Which is the Lake of Fire, that exposes sins and destroys it so that we can be purified to enter into the Garden.

The Zohar tells us that twelve months is the fixed term of punishment in Gehenom for the guilty. I do not know what that means. 12 months is one solely year I do not know what that would mean concerning the Jewish calendar, even so one year I do not know what that means.

I know that in the book of Revelation there are Scriptures that refer to one year. That would have to be another study. The Zohar continues to says, seeing that seeing for six month the wicked in Gehenom are punished by water, and another six months by fire. Well it is talking about Noah's flood. Asking the question "why did the waters prevail for 12 months?" We are going to stay on this subject. 
The punishments of Gehenom water and fire are let loosed together. it is my understanding that Chokhmah is water and Binah is the fire. So this would be like saying the judgments that come form Chokhmah and the judgments that come form Binah were let loose at the same time. That must have been a horrible horrible experience, because I know that the judgments of Binah alone are very powerful. To have the two of them together wow.

Rain descended upon them from above and at the same time scalding waters hot as fire gushed up from below. I am nit sure what this means. Rain descended from above, if what I just said is correct, that would mean that Chokhmah came down from above, the waters of Chokhmah. The judgment of wisdom and scalding waters hot as fire gushed up from below. i do not know what to make out of that because I once had a revelation that Binah... I think that there are Scriptures that say Binah is the terrible ice.

Sometimes the waters are hot and sometimes they are cold. The story where read that where Binah is the terrible ice, talks about the melting of her waters. So she is not always relating to man in the same state, where fore I would imagine it would be possible that her waters could be scalding at some time. What also is interesting is that Jesus talks about desiring us to be boiling waters and not lukewarm. He refers to us as waters, so we are the offspring of wisdom. I do not have anymore revelation on this at this moment.

Then the Zohar says that the punishment for the people that lived at the time of the flood was the same of that is in Gehenom. Which judgment consists of fire and water. It continued that way until they were utterly destroyed. Another reference of Gehenom being both fire and water inflicted upon the sinners that are there. The Zohar continues to say the punishment if sinners in Gehenom last twelve months after which the Holy One raises them out of Gehenom where they have undergone purification. Another witness to me that this is the purifying Lake of Fire that burns up our carnal mind.

Continuing with the Zohar text " they remain there sitting at the gate of Gehenom," now this is after they have been purified.

I really see myself in this position right now. "they remain sitting at the gate of Gehenom, and when they sinners enter there to be punished, they besiege mercy on them." Brethren this is the sons of God interceding for the sinners of the world.

"In time the Holy one take pity on them and causes them to be brought to a certain place reserved for them." Jesus said "I go to make a place for you." "from that day onward the body rests in the dust, and the soul is accorded her proper place. Well Jesus said He was going to give us rest in the flesh, although it does not sound that way in the Zohar. Well we do not know what body it is talking about. It could be talking about the mind, The mind is a body. It could be talking about the mind of Christ. I do not know, but we do receive peace while we are still in the flesh which is the dust, and out soul is accorded her proper place.

What is the proper place of our soul? The soul is the personality and her proper place is at the right hand of Jesus Christ, we are to be the bride of Jesus Christ.

Talking about the flood again, the Zohar says "cold water descended from above, while seething water bubbled up from below mingled with fire. Water mingled with fire. I know Binah is the fire, it sounds like Binah is fire and water, and she is a mixture of Chokhmah and Binah. I guess her fiery side boils the water. We also know that Jesus Christ, not Jesus Christ, but Christ int he individual is boiling, Satan's waters in the individual. Binah is fire and water, that could be the mixture of the spirit of Christ and the waters of the individual that are being boiled. That is interesting.

The text of the Zohar continues on "they thus underwent the two punishments regularly meted out from on high." Ok I am going to stop here let us go on t the next reference.

We now see a reference that says again Gehenom, the sinners are punished in Gehenom for twelve months, half with fire and half with snow. Water in another form. When they go in to the fire they say "this is really Gehenom." When they go into the snow they say "this is the real winter of the Almighty.'
Now that is really interesting because I always thought that the winter was Satan's territory. That the cold was Satan's territory. I think that I read somewhere that the snow burns. I thought I read that somewhere in the Zohar but I am not sure. When they go into the Judgment of the snow they say "this is the real winter of the Almighty." I guess the winter is a period of Judgment because the almighty is signified by heat.

I had a revelation at one time that the snow was the sons of God, and the sons of God are bringing judgments, so it doe all add up. "They begin by exclaiming alas and then they exclaim woe." We know that there are three woes in the book of Revelation. This is interesting the Zohar says "and then they exclaimed woe, the supreme punishment is with snow.

Not so Israel for who is it written, she is not afraid of the snow." Her household. Israel is not afraid of the sons of God, or righteous judgment. Because all of her household is clothed with scarlet." The Zohar says that the word scarlet may be red, that the Hebrew word translated 
"scarlet" maybe red a little differently. Which means two, instead of scarlet it means "two" it says that refers to the pairs of percepts such as circumcision. This is all works of the law.

The word scarlet may also be taken to indicate the robe of judgment. Which is assume for punishment of idolaters. We see that Israel is not afraid of the judgment of the sons of God. All of her household is clothed with scarlet, that means they are already under judgment. You see went you are under the judgment of the Lord Jesus Christ. When you are under the corrective judgment of the sons of God, or when you are judging your own sins, you do not have to worry about the sons of God coming to judge your sins.

This next reference to the Fire of Gehenom we are told that Moses was not subject to that fire, he approached the burning bush and he was not consumed. This is the first time that I ever recognized that burning bush as Moses' own carnal mind being a flamed with the judgment of God that purified it so that he could speak to the Lord.

We have now completed commenting on all of the places in the Zohar where it talks about the fire of Gehenom and we are returning to our regular study just in the word Gehenom. I will comment here that those wicked in Gehenom will acknowledge the justice of the Holy one. So once again we see a witness that Gehenom is a corrective judgment which produces repentance and wisdom, praise God.

We read in the Zohar "when the left awoke, there awoke discord, and through that discord the wrathful fire was reinforced and there emerged from it the Gehenom which those originated from the left and continues there. We see that discord, now we read in another place first comes separation, then comes discord, then comes the wrathful fire, that is the spiritual fire that shoots out with power. That is not just anger, that is anger that comes forth with power, and that wrathful fire was reinforced. What does that mean? It means that another spirit joined it self to it to it, possibly. The righteousness of God, the judgment of Binah.

Then the Zohar says "and there emerged from it, "from what, from the reinforced wrathful fire.. Gehenom, and Gehenom is the corrective judgment, so the wrathful fire might be Gevurah which destroys, but when Binah is joined to it. When Tiferet is joined to that, Gevurah, we see corrective judgment.

Here we see that the central column is the third day. The Zohar tells us that in the work of creation there was an antagonism of the left against the right. The division between them allowed the Gehenom to emerged an fasten itself to the left.

The Zohar says that when darkness asserted itself, that is the serpent I presume. "When darkness asserted itself, it did so with fury and created Gehenom, and created fiery judgment which attached itself to it." Gehenom was attached to the fury of the darkness.

We have a sentence in the Zohar that sounds like sheal is an aspect of Gehenom. The Zohar says " as soon as the Sabbath ends, there ascends from Gehenom from the grade called sheal, a party of evil spirits who strive to mingle among the seed of Israel and attain power over them. This sounds to me like Gehenom contains many grades, and the Lord just brought to my memory an aspect of the Zohar that I read the other day that says there are many stories in Gehenom.

That really excited me because of that dream I had all those years ago, where I was looking out a window, and I saw below me, a great reservoir of tumultuous waters. I looked up and there was a high rise building an office building. All I saw was the windows, it went up so high that I could not see the top of it. I could see people looking out the window in several of the stories. I forget a lot of my dreams but that dream I could never forget. Eventually I came to under stand that I was looking at the reservoir of power that were available.

Today the thought just came in to mind that that reservoir is the power of Christ. It is the branch of the tree of the power that is available. The building with all the people looking out of it, I had believed that that was Jacobs ladder climbing higher and higher grades leading to heaven. Reading this about Gehenom I am inclined to think that high rise building represented all the grades of Gehenom because I am certainly coming out of Gehenom. My life has been extremely difficult an painful, I am only alive by the grace of God. I defiantly have ascended, I am way higher that I was when I first came to the Lord. I do believe that in compared to the scheme of things I am still very low.

Right now I am fighting off a sore throat I still get sick, and I still have some trouble with anger, and frequently unrealistic, inappropriate anger, so I still have problems with my personality, and I am not at all satisfied with the measure of power that I had. I would like to be able to heal people and I would like to be able to have a greater political impact than I do, so I know that I am not all that high. Compared to the church I have power, the church is dead. I do have some power, but I know I am now where near, I am not even in the ball park to say that I have arrived.

Now I understand that that apartment building that I saw in that dream were the many stories or the many grades of Gehenom, and I read in a passage right in this study, it is probably on this tape, well it may not be on this tape, I am switching back and forth between this tape, I am trying to keep it strictly for Gehenom, and another tape. I did see something in this particular study that said that "after a soul is purified in the fire of Gehenom which I believe to be the corrective judgment of the lake of fire, that that soul is delivered from Gehenom and that soul becomes an intercessor and an encourager for other souls going into Gehenom. I am in that place now. I do not know if I can say that I am delivered from Gehenom or not, I would not think so. But I believe that I can be experiencing both manifestations of Gehenom right now. That I still am in Gehenom and also some areas delivered from Gehenom enough to be a comfort and a guide to people that are passing that way, then eventually the Zohar says the person that is delivered from Gehenom their body rests into the dust. To me that means the peace that Jesus promised us.

Peace of mind, which is a cessation of conflict between the carnal mind and the Christ mind. The only way that could happen is if the Christ mind wins. The body comes to rest and the soul goes tot he place appointed for it, I believe if the personality joins with the Christ, marries Christ. According to this revelation the top of that building of which I could not see in my dream.

This is an addendum 571 pregnancy suckling and childhood part 10.

THE ZOHAR

by

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

with

The Sulam commentary

of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag

THE FIRST EVER UNABRIDGED ENGLISH TRANSLATION

WITH COMMENTARY

NOTES & COMMENTS

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Sheila R. Vitale

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VOL. I

PROLOGUE

1.  The Lilly - P. 78

Thirteen Attributes of Mercy.  The spiritual forces that protect and watch over us. When judgments are decreed against us, these 13 forces can safeguard us from their influence.

            They are transmitted into our physical world through the first thirteen words of the Torah.  When judgments are decreed against us, these 13 forces can safeguard us from their influence. We begin to be protected at the very moment that we begin to browse and behold the mystical shapes of the Aramaic text, and to learn the spiritual insights of the it.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: The Lord Jesus is the personification of the thirteen attributes of Mercy.  Remember, there is a "spiritual Israel," which consists of all true worshipers, both Jew and Gentile (Galations 6:16). ] 

1.  Lilly Amongst the Thorns. The Community of Israel, which is Malkhut.  As the Lilly [which has thirteen petals] among the thorns is tinged with red and white, so is the Community of Israel affected by the qualities of Judgment and Mercy.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: Remember that Malkhut is the spiritual chameleon.  Malkhut Manifests whatever combination of Sefirot she is filled up with with.  Malkhut filled up with the fully balanced 10 Sefirot is the Kingdom of God in the Earth, but when Malkhut is filled up with the left side alone (Binah, Gevurah and Hod), she is Satan's Seat.

            The text of the Zohar reads "Because there is a Lilly; and there is a Lilly."  If the Lilly signifies the Community of Israel, which is Malkhut, then the second Lilly must be Satan's seat.] ****(End of Comment)

            Thus, between the first mention of the Name Elohim [in the beginning Elohim created, Genesis 1:1], to the second mention of the name Elohim, there are thirteen Hebrew words in the verse which translate as, "the, heaven, and the, earth, and the earth, was, without form, and void, and darkness, was upon, the face, of the deep, and the spirit."  These words surround and guard the Community of Israel.

2.  Five Rigid Leaves. 

a.  Elohim Is mentioned a third time (Elohim Moved upon, Genesis 1:2) to signify the five rigid leaves that surround the lilly.These five leaves represent the five gates of salvation, the five fingers, and the cup of benediction [blessing].

            From the second to the third mention of the Name Elohim there are five Hebrew words which translate as "moved, over, the surface, of the waters, and said."  These words parallel the five leaves.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: Remember that leaves signify the individual members of humanity, and the relationship to YHVH/Christ Jesus, the Tree of Life.  According to the Zohar, the five leaves surround the Community of Israel and, being the five gates of salvation, sustain them.  These five leaves, which are five gates to eternal life, are the true five-fold ministry of Christ Jesus.  They are not the servants of Jesus Christ who are under the influence of the Holy Spirit, but the true sons who have the nature of the Lord Jesus.]****(End of Comment)

b.  Light.  Let there be light...  After this light was created it was concealed and enclosed within that Brit (covenant) that entered the Lilly (community of Israel) and fructified (to make useful) it.)

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: The light is the seed of Christ that made Israel useful to the Lord. 

            I used to think that Israel only had an imputed Christ, but I now believe that they received the grafted Christ, which departed from them when they failed to distinguish between the Christ and the carnal mind within them.  Israel could not believe that their true nature was evil.  They knew about the evil inclination, but perceived it as something apart from themselves. How can I say this?  Because they crucified the one who overcame.

            The Lord has already revealed to us that this was Moses' problem.  Also, how could the Jew be grafted back into their own tree if they had never been grafted in, in the first place.  I could never understand how the Lord would cut off anyone "because of unbelief," but I now understand that this lack of belief is not speaking about Jesus, as Messiah.  It is speaking about the inability of the Jew to believe that their own nature was inherently evil (Romans 11:19-23).

             And is this not the same problem that holds the Church back today?  Will the Church, too, be cut off because of unbelief?  The Lord will not cut them off. The Lord would never cut anyone off. Their own carnal mind will cut off the Christ within them from the Lord Jesus, their only hope of eternal life, when they refuse to acknowledge, war against, and overcome their own evil nature.]****(End of Comment)   

3. The Brit. The Brit (covenant) is sown by 42 matings from the same seed.  In the same manner, the engraved and holy Name is sown by the 42 letters that describe the act of creation.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: The seed contains all 10 Sefirot. "Matings" signify the interactions between the head (Abba and Imma) which bring forth Ze'ir Anpin, the Son, and between Ze'ir Anpin and the female, Malkhut/Nukva, the daughter of Abba and Imma and the Wife of Ze'ir Anpin, and all the other interactions that I have not yet learned about.]****(End of Comment)   

2. The Blossoms/[Flower] Buds (P. 80)

            The budding and blossoming of a flower reflects the process of creation that unfolds in the Upper World as well as in the Local World, which is our physical universe. The original thought of creation contains the whole creation, including its final and complete perfection, just like a seed contains the entire flower.

            The actual Hebrew letters that speak of these secrets give us the power to perceive the future consequences that are already included in our present actions.

            The Patriarchs, the spiritual leaders who would become the universal conduits by which humanity could connect to the Light of the Creator, were included within the original thought and seed of creation. The appearance of these great men in the Aramaic text of the Zohar helps to strengthen our connection to the Creator and to our own spiritual roots.

4. The Flower Buds.

a. "The flower buds appeared on the Earth." "The flower buds" refer to the act of creation.

b. "And the Earth brought forth." They appeared on the third day.

c. "The time of pruning has come." The fourth day, when "the pruning of the tyrants" (negative forces) took place.

d. "Let there be Lights." This word is written with the letter Vav missing from the Hebrew word "lights." (The Hebrew word "lights" when written without a Vav, can be read as a curse).

e. "And the voice of the turtle dove." The fifth day, about which is rigid "let the waters swarm so that they can produce living creatures.

f. "Is heard." The sixth day. "Let us make man." Man will put action before listening. On Mount Sinai, when Hashem asked Israel about the Torah, they said, "we will do, and we will hear (we will try to understand)."

g. "In our land." The day of Shabbat, which represents the Land of Life, which is the world to come.

5. The Patriarchs. Another explanation is that these blossoms are the Patriarchs who entered the "thought" of the Creator, went into the future world (Binah) where they were hidden, emerged from there secretly, and hid themselves in the true prophets. The Patriarchs were hidden in Joseph, Joseph revealed their presence when he entered the Holy Land, they appeared on the Earth, and were seen there.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: Moses carried Joseph's bones into the Holy Land, and "the children of Israel buried those bones in the necks1 (Shechem) of the bodies (pieces of ground) that Jacob purchased from the sons of Leviathan (Shechem=neck = Leviathan), the father of the Devil (Hamor=donkey=the Devil)....[Alt. Trans. Josh.24:32].****(End of Comment)   

            1"The neck" is the place where Da'at is located. Da'at is the quasi-Sefirot that expresses the Keter as knowledge and as the double portion of sexual energy, Keter and Yesod. Da'at appears after Binah and before Chesed.

            Joseph's spiritual substance (bones), the prophetic aspect of Abraham's seed, entered into the "Holy Land" (men of Israel who were reconciled to God through Moses), were revealed in the Prophets, and seen by Israel. [Amplification of the fourth sentence of #5,p. 81]

            Abraham's seed manifested primarily in three tribes: The Kingdom (Malkhut) manifested in the tribe of Judah through David; the priesthood (Yesod) manifested through the tribe of Levi; and the prophetic anointing (Netzach and Hod), according to # 5 of the Zohar, manifested in the tribe of Joseph, who was granted two portions, one to each of his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim (Gen. 48:22;Ez. 47:13; Rev. 7:8).

            "Genesis 50:25, And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. KJV

            Exodus 13:19, And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. KJV

            Joshua 24:32, And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. KJV

            Hebrews 11:22, By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. KJV]"

When are the Prophets seen? When the rainbow appears in the sky.The appearance of the rainbow signifies "the time of pruning." This means that we have entered into the time period in which the wicked of the world will be annihilated.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: The Alternate Translation of the Hebrew word translated "Rainbow," is the "bow" of an archer, and the Archer who judges Israel Is Elijah. When Elijah is seen in the spiritual cloud of the etheric plane it means that righteous, corrective judgment is imminent.]****(End of Comment)   

Why were the wicked saved? Because the Flower Buds appeared on the Earth.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: Remember, that the "flower buds" refer to the act of creation (#4)]****(End of Comment)   

            If they had not ALREADY appeared SO LONG AGO, (THE WICKED) would not have remained on the Earth, and the world would have been destroyed [block letters are the amplification of Rabbi Ashlag].

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: The creation, namely, Adam, who is Ze'ir Anpin, appeared in the Earth (World of Action) before the Wicked. If it were not for Adam, and God's intention to save him, God would have destroyed the earth a long time ago.****(End of Comment)    

6. Saviors of the world. The voices of the children who study Torah sustain the world and cause the Fathers (Patriarchs) to appear, and the world is saved (from destruction) for the sake of these children.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: The two Cherubims signify (Ze'ir Anpin and Nukva) appearing in these (spiritual) children, boys and young men (1 Jn. 2:13).]****(End of Comment)   

3. Who Created These? (P. 83)

7. Who has created these things? This question lies in the Concealed Atik Yomin (Ancient One), the head of Arikh Anpin.

            The Malkhut of Atik is the opening of the eyes.

            "Mi" has formed these.

            "Mi" meaning "who," is formed from two Hebrew letters, Mem and Yod, which appear in the Name Elohim, who is the lower seven Sefirot of Binah.

            He is the one called "Mi" (Who), who is the lower seven Sefirot of Binah. He is the Celestial One who is called from the extremity of heaven on high, because everything is in His domain. He is concealed. He is called "Mi," (the expression of a question) because beyond Him there lies no question. Thus the extremity of Heaven where the question lies, is called "Mi."               

8. Another extremity below.  There is another extremity down below called "MaH" (What), a combination of the two letters Mem and Hei.   

            What is the difference between Mi and Mah? Mi is concealed. Concerning Mah, here is the question: Man has searched and inquired in order to climb from one level to another, until he reaches the highest level of all, which is Malchut. And after he arrives there, he asks, what have you learned? Since everything is still concealed and hidden as before (Job 8:8).

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: Man climbs all of the mountains (energy centers) of Dumah, the unholy constellation, until he reaches the lowest energy center of the holy constellation, which is Malkhut, at which point he finds out that he knows nothing.] ****(End of Comment)

9. Malkhut, the eternal witness. And to What shall I liken you?"What" (Malkhut) is the eternal witness, to "Mi" (Binah) -- "I call Heaven and earth to witness to this day."

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: MaH (What=Malkhut) witnesses to Mi (Who=Binah).] Mah (What) is a combination of the letters Mem and Hey.

            "I crowned you with holy crowns and made you ruler over the Earth."

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: Rev 19:12, His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. KJV]****(End of Comment)

            Just as your situation is here (in the mundane world), so it is above. There is a Jerusalem on high (in the eternal world), and there is a Jerusalem below. Because your large numbers do not perform the sacred arrays below, I swear that I will not enter into the Jerusalem on high until your large numbers come to you down below. This is your consolation -- that I equate you with this level, with the Jerusalem on high, which is Malkhut, in its entirety.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: This is Jehovah speaking to Israel.]****(End of Comment)

            And now that you have arrived here, you realize that your breach is great, like to sea. If you claim that you have no existence or remedy, then who (Mi) shall heal you? That same concealed supernal level, which is called Mi, upon which everything exists, shall heal and uphold you.           

10. The extremity of Heaven. "Mi" means the extremity of Heaven above (Israel-Saba and Tevunah). "MaH" is the extremity of Heaven below (Malkhut).

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: Israel-Saba is the Malkhut of Chokhmah, Tevunah is the Malkhut of Binah.]****(End of Comment)           

            Jacob is Ze'ir Anpin, the bolt that passes from extremity to extremity, because he stands in the middle, between Israel-Saba and Tevunah, and Malkhut.  Israel-Saba [Malkhut of Chokhmah] and Tevunah [Malkhut of Binah] created "These" (Ze'ir Anpin and Nukva), who are called Alef, Lamed, and Hei.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: Jacob signifies the bolt that fastens Israel-Saba and Tevunah, to Malkhut. The married Ze'ir Anpin and Nukva are the mediator between the extremity of Heaven above, and the extremity of Heaven below.  Ze'ir Anpin and Nukva are "Jacob's ladder," which connects the two extremities.

            The letters Alef, Lamed and Hei refer to the building of the name "Elohim."]****(End of Comment) 

4. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's mystical encounter

with Elijah the Prophet (P. 86)

11. Who are "these" (Eleh). Alef, Lamed, Hey spells Eleh ("These"). Mah (which is formed from the two Hebrew letters, Mem and Hey), which is Malkhut, made the Heavens, the signs of the zodiac and the planets. Malkhut is called the "Word of HaShem."

            Alef, Lamed, Hey & Mem and Hey, spell "Elohim." So, Elohim is formed from Malkhut (Mah), plus "These" (Ze'ir Anpin and Nukva). BUT, the Elohim "that created" is not this Elohim. The Elohim "that created" is the "higher Elohim." (See, explanation under #16, below.)

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: Paragraph 10 of the Zohar does not reveal who "these" are. The information in #10 above is Rabbi Ashlag's amplification.]****(End of Comment)          He created these. Who are "these." "These" are not the planets and the signs of the zodiac, which were created by Malkhut, the lower extremity.

12. Who "These" are NOT. "These" are not the heavens and their hosts.

13. The single point. When the Ayn Sof desired to reveal Himself, He first made one single Point (Malkhut), and this point ascended and became a Thought (Binah). This means that Malkhut rose up and was included within Binah. He shaped in her all the images and engraved all the designs.

            There is a celestial Academy (Yeshiva on high).

14. Mi is part of the Name Elohim. Malkhut is the hidden candlelight that is included within Binah. He engraved inside an engraving of a mystical and holy design, a profound structure which emerges from the depth of the Thought (the upper three Sefirot). This is called Mi, the inception of this edifice. It is erected and not erected; it is hidden deep inside the name Elohim. Furthermore, is called only Mi (from only two of the letters in the name Elohim, Mem and Yod). This means that Mi lacks the letters Alef, Lamed, and hey from the Name Elohim.

            He desired to reveal Himself and to be called Elohim, so He dressed himself up in a precious garment that shines and enlightens the surroundings (the Light of the Hasadim), and created Eleh (from the letters Alef, Lamed, and Hey).

15. The name Elohim. The letter Mi joined to the letters Alef, Lamed and Hey form the name Elohim. The Name has remained forever combined, and the combined existence of the world is based on this secret. (The world shall be established upon mercy [Binah]).

5. The Mother (Imma) clothes Malkhut, her daughter (P. 89)

16. And Elohim created... The heavens and their hosts were created by MaH (Malkhut). "Above the heavens," refers to Binah, which is called Mi, and is above Ze'ir Anpin, which is called the "heavens."

            Mah (Malkhut) rose up and was included within Binah, which is the supernal Name Elohim, thus creating the Light of Hasadim, as a precious garment for the light of Chokhmah, that is within the Name Binah. This is why the phrase, "in the beginning, Elohim created," refers to the upper Elohim, which is Binah and not Malkhut. Mah, which is Malkhut, is not there and is not constructed, according to the secret of Mi and Eleh.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: There was no connecting force between Binah and Malkhut, so Binah created a Light for Chokhmah, the Light that covered Binah. This light is called Hasadim, the precious garment that covers Chokhmah that is within the name Mi, within which they enclothed each other. Malkhut r then ose up and entered into the supernal Name Elohim, who is Binah, who then created Ze'ir Anpin and Nukva.

            We might say that Ze'ir Anpin and Nukva are the second generation Malkhut, who are born of Elohim (Binah, who represents the three upper Sefirot: Keter, Chokhmah and Binah), the Hasadim, and Malkhut.]****(End of Comment)

17. Binah clothes the lower Malkhut. When Binah (the letters Alef, Lamed and Hey = These = Ze'ir Anpin and Nukva) is drawn down to its Malkhut, it is as if a Mother (Imma) lent her clothes to her daughter. The name of Elohim is thus drawn down from Binah (Mother) to the daughter (Malkhut) when all the males appear before her (Malkhut). Malkhut is called Mi (just like Binah) when she dresses in the male clothes of Binah, to face all the males of Israel [all you males shall appear before the sovereign, HaShem]. Malkhut is called "Sovereign" in the male gender when she receives clothes (Vessels) and adornments (spiritual energy) from Binah, her mother. At this time, the letter hey leaves the Name Mah and is replaced by the letter Yod. Now Malkhut is called Mi, just like Binah, her mother, and dresses in male clothes to face all the males of Israel.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: This is the genesis of the commandment that a woman shall not wear men's clothing. It has nothing to do with a woman wearing trousers, or transvestism, the commandment is that spiritual female should not present herself as a male authority over the spiritual males of Israel.]

18. Spiritual silence. Israel draws down Alef, Lamed and Hey (Ze'ir Anpin and Nukva) from Binah so that Malkhut can be called Elohim just like Binah.

            "My silence has built the holy temple on high (Binah), and the holy temple below (Malkhut), because by my being silent, two worlds were created and constructed together as one."

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: When we silence Satan, the unconscious part of the carnal mind, the Christ mind and the carnal mind are bound together under the authority of Christ Jesus, and the holy temple is built above and below.]

19. Mi and Mah of Malkhut. "He that brings out by number" means that the number 600,000 refers to the number of stars that stand together and bring forth the hosts according to their types, which are innumerable.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: "types of hosts" refers to various types of beings who are "houses" for the celestial beings called "stars."]****(End of Comment)   

            "The One that is known and there is no other light that One" is Mi of Malkhut, and He who brings forth bread from the earth is MaH of Malkhut, and all is one, because they are both of the same level of Malkhut.

20. They shall be called by the name. Both the 600,000 stars, and their hosts "shall be called by the name." This means that by the power of the name (Elohim) he brought them forth in all perfection. 

            "He calls them all by Names," refers to the Name of the Perfection, that Is, Elohim. "See, I have called by name," means, "i have bestowed my name on Bezalel," so that Bezalel's existence reaches perfection.

            When Malkhut does not rise up into the name Elohim, but is called Mi (Binah) anyway, it does not beget any offspring and does not bring forth what is concealed inside it, or their types.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: This is speaking about mortal men who ascend without Christ, in the serpent's timeline. Even though they call themselves Christ, they do not bear the spiritual Christ child.]

            Malkhut's true ascension results in the union of Mi (Binah) and Chokhmah who are above, which produces the precious garment of Chasadim (Christ), Malkhut's male garment. When Malkhut is covered in the precious garment of the Hasadim, then the letters Alef, Lamed, Hey (Eleh = These) emerge from the midst of Malkhut and join the letters Mem and Yod (Mi = Binah), and are called Elohim, from whom Ze'ir Anpin and Nukva emerge. ]****(End of Comment)   

21. No one is missing. What is the meaning of "Of the greatness of His might." This is the supreme grade where all desires rise up in Him (Mi, the supernal world that rose up into the name Elohim), and ascend through a hidden and secret path, because he is strong in power.

            "No one is missing" means that no one is missing from the 600,000 stars that He brought forth by the power of his name. And because no one is missing from the number 600,000, it follows that it every place that Israel died and were punished for their sins they were afterward numbered. And no one is ever missing from the 600,000 to keep the similarity between the upper and the lower worlds. Just as no one was missing from the number 600,000 above, no one was missing from this number below.

6. The Hebrew letters, Individual Energy Forces (P. 94)

22. The Alef and Bet reversed. In the words Bereshit Bara Elohim (in the beginning, Elohim created the...), the order of the letters are arranged in reverse. The sentence starts with two Bets, Bereshit Bara, followed by an Alef and then another Alef, referring in the Hebrew to Elohim Et.

            Before the world was created the Hebrew letters were hidden.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: The Hebrew word "Et" represents the first and the last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, Alef and Tav. Elohim Et signifies Elohim and the 22 Hebrew letters.]****(End of Comment)

23. Tav. The letter Tav [;] saw itself fit to come forth first, saying, I am the seal of your ring, which is truth. The holy One said, you are worthy and deserving but not suitable. You are destined to serve as a mark on the forehead of the faithful one who have kept the Law of the Torah from Aleph to Tav, but when you appear they shall die.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: Satan, the unconscious part of the carnal mind, dies when truth appears, and when Satan dies, the whole carnal mind dies.]****(End of Comment)   

24. Shin. The letter Shin  [:] said, choose me because I am called in your own name, Shadai, and it would be proper to create the world by a holy name. The Holy One replied, you are worthy, you are good, and you are truthful, but you are included among the letters that form the word Sheker (falsehood). I do not wish to create the world with you.

25. Shin. The letter Shin [:] is a letter (sign) of truth by which the Patriarchs reached unison. The three lines in the letter Shin [:] refer to the three Patriarchs (Chesed, Gevurah and Tiferet). The Kuf and Resh appear on the evil side and, for the Other Side to continue to exist, it pulls the letter Shin [:] into its realm.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: Chesed = Abraham, Gevurah = Isaac, Tiferet = Jacob. The Kuf  and the Resh appear on the left side which is the evil, Other Side. The left side of the holy constellation cannot exist by itself. If the right side is completely absent, the holy constellation in that Vessel dies, so they drew the Shin unto themselves. Now the Shin is more than the right side. It is the completely balanced three columns, which represent the seed of Christ.]****(End of Comment)

26. Tzadik. The letter Tzadik [7] said, create the world with me, since the Tzadikim (righteous) are sealed by my name, and You are called Tzadik (HaShem is righteous, He loves righteousness). The Holy One replied, Tzadik, Tzadik you are truly righteous, but you should remain concealed and not be revealed too much, so that humans will not have an excuse for their sins. The letter Tzadik [7] is called "concealed" because it is created from the letter nun [1] and the letter Yod [*] that is mounted on it [1 + * =7].

27. Pei. The letter Pei [5] said, create the world with me because the Redemption that You shall bring into the world is described by my name, Pedut (Redemption or Salvation). The Holy One replied, you are indeed praiseworthy, but because of you, there will be inscribed (for posterity) the maxim "to commit a crime in secret" -- a crime akin to that of the snake that strikes, brings back its head, and then hides it within its body. Because whoever sins bends his head, then stretches his hands out to sin. Thus, the shape of the letter Pei has a head bent down into its body [5].

    Ayin.  And the same is said of the letter Ayin [3], which describes the term Avon (sin). And the Ayin claimed, I have anavah (humility) in me, but the Holy One reported, I shall not create the world by you.

28. Samech. The letter Samech [2] said, create the world with me because I am able to support those who fall (HaShem upholds all that fall). But the Holy One said, this is exactly why you should stay in your place and not move from it. If you leave your place, what will happen then to all those who fell and are being supported by you.

29. Nun. The letter Nun [1] said, create the world with me because the phrase, "fearful in praises," (Heb. Nora Tehilot) starts with me. But the Holy One said, go back to your place. It is because of you that the letter Samech [2] returned to its place, and you should depend on it for support, since the letter Nun [1] is the first letter of the Hebrew word "falling" (Nefilah).

30. Mem. The letter Mem [/] said, create the world by me, because with me you are called Melech (King). The Holy One said, yes, it is indeed so, but I shall not create the world with you, because the world needs a Melech (King).

31. Chaf. The letter Chaf [,] descended from the "Throne of His Glory" shaking and trembling, and said, create the world with me because I am Your Glory. When the letter Chaf descended from the "Throne of His Glory" 200,000 Worlds were shaken and the Throne trembled and all the Worlds were about to collapse. But the Holy One said, I will not create the world with you because the Hebrew word Cliya (total destruction) starts with you.

32. Yod. The letter Yod [*] said, create the world with me because I am the first letter of the Holy Name (YHVH). But the Holy One said, it should suffice you to be engraved upon My Name and appear in Me. You embrace all My desires. It would, therefore, not be proper for you to be removed from My Name.

33. Tet. The letter Tet [)] said, create the world with me because You are called Tov Veyashar (Good and Honest). But the Holy One replied, I will not create the world with you because your goodness is concealed within you. So, because Your goodness is concealed within You, it cannot take any part in this world that I want to create. It only applies to the world to come [Binah].

     Chet. Also, the letter Chet [(] stands before you, and together you become Chet (sin). This is why these two letters do not appear in the names of the 12 tribes.

34. Zayin. The letter Zayin ['] said, create the world with me because with my help Your children shall preserve the Shabbat , as it is written, "Remember (Zachor) the Shabbat day, to keep it holy." But the Holy One said, I will not create the world with you because you represent war, that is, a sharp pointed sword and a spear, tools of destruction, which in Hebrew is pronounced "Zayin." Also, you ['] are like the letter nun [1], which I did not use to create the world because it is at the beginning of the word Nefilah (falling).

35. Vav. The letter Vav [&] said, create the world with me because I am in myself one of the letters of Your Name (Havaya). But the Holy One replied, you and the letter Hei [%] should both be satisfied with being written in My Name, Havaya. I shall not create the world with you because you appear in My Name and are engraved in It.

36. Dalet and Gimel. The letters Dalet [$] and Gimel [#] entered and claimed the same thing. The Holy One said be satisfied with being with each other because there will always be poor men on earth and they should be given a benefactor. The letter Dalet [$] is poor because it is from Dalut which signifies poverty, and the Gimel [#] reciprocates as a benefactor to Dalet [$]. Therefore do not leave each other, but continue to sustain one another.

37. Bet. The letter Bet ["] said, create the world with me because by me You are blessed in the upper and lower worlds (because the letter Bet is the first letter of the word Brachah (blessing). And the Holy One replied, of course I shall certainly create the world with you, and you shall appear in the beginning of the creation (Beresheet).

38. Alef. The letter Alef [!] stood outside and did not enter. And the Holy One said, Alef, Alef, why do you not enter and stand before me like the other letters? And the Alef replied, because I saw that all the letters left You without receiving any benefit. And not only that, you have already presented the letter Bet ["] with this greatest gift of all, and it would not be proper for the Supernal King to take back the gift and give it to another. Then, the Holy One said, Alef, Alef, even though the world is created with the letter Bet, you shall be the first (head) of all the letters. My attachments shall be expressed only by you and all calculations and actions of the people shall commence with you. Therefore, all unity shall be expressed by the letter Alef.

39. Large and small letters. The Holy One formed large upper letters (Binah) and smaller lower letters (Malkhut). And this is why it is written, Bet, Bet (Beresheet Bara) and Alef, Alef (Elohim Et). The first set of Alef and Bet letters are from above (Binah) and the second set of Alef and Bet are letters from below (Malkhut), and they are all united and influence each other.

7. Creation Occurred Through the Power of Great Wisdom (P. 104)

40. Six supernal points. "Beresheet" is the Hebrew word for "creation." Beresheet means "with Wisdom." This is the wisdom upon which the world (Ze'ir Anpin) is established and allowed to enter the mysteries of Binah, who is engraved with six supernal points from which all creation emerges. From them were formed the six sources of rivers, which are the six aspects of Ze'ir Anpin (Chesed through Yesod) that flow into the Great Sea, which is Malkhut.

            Beresheet can be broken down into Bara Shit. The suffix, "Bara" in Aramaic means "six", which suggests the six Hebraic letters of Beresheet. The lower six aspects were created here by the Concealed and Unknown Arikh Anpin (Chokhmah).

8. Locked And Unlocked (P. 105)

41. The Upper three are concealed. The six aspects of Binah have a bearing on the Torah (Ze'ir Anpin), while the upper three Sefirot of Binah are concealed.

42. Binah is the Nukva of Atik. He who is Holy and Concealed (Arikh Anpin/Chokhmah) engraved a form in his bowels. This form was engraved upon the inner Binah, which is the Nukva (Malkhut) of Atik Yomin (Keter), and (this Malkhut) is designated as a thrusting point in the midst of the empty space. This point (Nukva of Keter) ascended up to Binah (of Keter) and engraved the ear, nose, and mouth of Arikh Anpin (Keter).

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: Arikh Anpin is Keter, who is Adam Kadmon.]****(End of Comment)   

            The form that was engraved in Binah was hidden within her, and locked up, and the key was hidden in a certain temple. There are other things hidden in this temple, but the most important thing is the key which locks and unlocks everything!

43. That Temple has a lot of hidden treasures, one upon the other. There are 50 gates in that Temple which are placed there to block the flow of Lights from above. Forty-nine of these gates are engraved upon the four winds of the world.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: The Spirit of Revelation, which Is the Spirit of Truth, affects the carnal mind, which is the "fruit of lies" of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, as judgment. Therefore, the opening of these forty-nine gates of the Temple of Binah (Understanding of spiritual truths) to mortal man, releases the judgment of death upon the carnal mind: 

            Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. KJV

            The Zohar says "four winds of the world," but the Book of Revelation says "four winds of the earth," signifying that the World of Action is about to be made symmetrical with the supernal world of Binah. "Symmetrical" means, that each and every mortal man, as well as the whole environment of this present world. will be made to correspond exactly to the form of the supernal world of Binah, which is above.]****(End of Comment)    One gate (the 50th) has no direction (side). It is not known whether it faces up or down. This is how this gate remains closed

44. A tiny and narrow keyhole. The gates are locked with a tiny and narrow keyhole, which is marked and known only by the impression of the key, and only those who have the key know about the keyhole.

            [SHEILA'S COMMENT: The glorified Jesus Christ is the key, and Christ Jesus (grafted to the individual mortal man) is the keyhole. Christ must be grafted to the individual; mature into a full-grown spiritual man, and then, Christ Jesus it in the individual must be perfectly joined to the glorified Jesus Christ. This process is the spiritual fusion of energies from above and below, which produces eternal life.

            Matt 16:19, And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.KJV

            Jesus said that He gave us the keys to the Kingdom of heaven. Those keys are Himself and His Son, who He is grafting to us. The Kingdom of God is Christ grafted to the individual, and the Kingdom of Heaven is the Kingdom of God grafted to the glorified Jesus Christ, who represents the Supernal Worlds to us.]****(End of Comment)  

            In the beginning (Bereshit) Elohim created (Bara). Bereshit is the key by which everything is hidden, as it locks and unlocks. With this key, six gates are locked and unlocked. So when it locks those gates and includes them within itself, then it is for sure Bereshit: " A revealed word that includes within it a concealed word." Bara, wherever it appears, is a word that hides and guards the secret, implying that the key locks it up and does not unlock it.