Introduction of the Ra'avad, of blessed memory

Let us return to observing the "Table" The "Table" here refers to the structured arrangement of the physical and spiritual worlds. and its order. As it is said, "the waters shall become wise." This is the explanation of the waters that surround the essences of the firmaments; during their formation, they exist in the ground, and then they return to their previous state through pressure. Out of their coagulation, they are supported and fixed into the shape of the firmaments and the structure of the Heavenly Host Pamalia shel Ma'alaThe divine "entourage" or assembly of angels that governs the natural order.. It is already known that those who "lick" likely an OCR error for "those who walk" in the heart of the sea... and also the letters regarding the "bricks" of ice, as we have learned elsewhere: "He turned them into bricks," original: "shavi l'veinim" which are concepts that will be discussed later. Behold, the waters within the ice are examined and squeezed into existence, and once they depart, the sources are joined to the "inner faces," original: "panim" moving and hardening into possessions. Behold: the freezer (a), the frost (b), the snow (c), the ice-block (d), the rain (e), and the hail (f)—all of these are species of them?. These are the "Ten" Referencing the ten Sephirot or divine emanations which are tested through the pressure of the water. This is the meaning of "Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades original: Kimah or loose the cords of Orion original: Kesil?" A quote from Job 38:31.

Know that Kimah The Pleiades constellation is a name for a solid substance formed by the power of binding on the side of the water. Therefore, it possesses great coldness. Because of the moisture of the rainwater found in Kimah, it binds the fruits. Every wise person will understand the word: "chains" original: ma'adanot means a knot or a bond, for it binds all separated things and makes them into a single fluid.

Kesil The constellation Orion comes from the side of Strength GevurahThe divine attribute of Judgment, Power, and Restriction., and therefore there is great heat within it. Out of the heat of Orion, the fruits are ripened and opened. If so, "the cords of Orion you shall open." And there are "chains of the Pleiades"—meaning, can you stop the fruits associated with Pleiades from resting, or the small ones from being poured out? For in His great kindness, He joins together to restore everything, and from the rain, the fruits and the righteous are benefited. Whereas Orion is specifically designated to ripen the fruits and to purify the changes until they are made... The text here becomes highly elliptical/symbolic. Therefore, out of the accompaniment of all the souls, you can "loosen the cords of Orion," for you are able to untie them. Behold, Pleiades is that which binds all accidental matter, plants, and joints; it is the binder. Orion, however, is that which melts, cuts off, and consumes.

Thus, the "chains" or "delights" are attributed to Pleiades because it provides the "delights of a king." But Orion "draws" its strength and gives things even in judgment and law. This is what you should consider: how far the wisdom of the Founder reached regarding His secret. He placed it in a row and associated Orion with the Scorpion The zodiac sign Scorpio. You already know the secret of the twelve essences and the thirty-two constellations. Since Orion's place is in the Strength Gevurah of the "Dragon," TeliThe "Teli" is a mystical concept in the Sefer Yetzirah, often interpreted as the axis of the universe or the constellation Draco, which directs the movements of the spheres. in the path of the "hollow and bitter," gold comes from it... a trust in materiality. Therefore, the distance of the star called Orion is toward the south... and it "kills the camels" if they follow it.

Regarding "the chains of the Pleiades," the Aramaic Translation TargumThe ancient Aramaic translation of the Bible. says: "The knots of the cluster of Pleiades." original: "katrei moleh"... and for "the cords of Orion you shall open," they translate Orion as "the giant" original: "nephila" in the language of the Talmud.

There is also in "the chains of the Pleiades" the weight of the Upper Essences which hover over the path of the Dragon Teli... and behold, the one born of matter, his soul follows the paths of the spheres. Therefore, "the cords of Orion you shall open" refers to those supported by the "tail of the Dragon" and the five essences below. For the five essences are the upper ones in form... and in kindness, the world is called out of all judgment. The influence of Pleiades is numbered from the Supreme Crown Keter ElyonThe highest of the Sephirot, representing the Divine Will.... to renew the worlds. It is a "face" Partzuf that participates in it, for it is like a "mother hen" A traditional Jewish identification for the Pleiades cluster that takes the moisture... and all pass through the judgment and law of the Above. This is the meaning of the Targum: "The knots of the cluster."