Main Text (Zohar)

In the bodies of the letters, the voice calls from within them. When they are crowned upon the heads of all the camps of the appointed angels, then they all travel to the side of that structure. And from this, Captiel A presiding angel often associated with the movement of celestial forces is the great chief over all the camps of the appointed angels, and the spirit of the dominion of the Lord original: "ה'" of Gabriel; and with him were prepared all those appointed ones under his hand, those who were handed over to him at that hour. And one chief stands over them, Azza is his name. And twelve chiefs surround him on every side, three by three, like the hundred we have established. And Captiel the great chief stands over them all. One structure rests upon the heads of all the camps of the appointed angels, and their levity is below, and all of them are bound to the structure of that which is below. This letter hangs in the air over two sides to the windows. And from this, Samael In Zoharic thought, the figure representing the "Other Side" or the shadow aspect of the divine system the great chief stands and changes into four sacks of a structure that does not stand like its wings—sometimes to the side of Michael and sometimes to the side of Samael. And with him are twelve chiefs who surround him on every side, three by three, like the hundred we have established. And Ratniel is the great chief over the twelve forces that are under that chief to surround. And one letter is structured upon their heads above. And this letter is the letter He The fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, often representing the Shekhinah or Divine Presence, and this hangs in the air over every side of the letters in that lower place of the courtyards. These two ascended above over every side to the windows, and all are included in that structure that hangs from that letter. This is within the place called the "Holy of Holies," a structure of one letter within the hiddenness of the holy and the sealed piety. This structure is a building over all the letters, and the voice is what emerges from their intention, which are the letters. Then the structure of the host was required, and it nullified two letters for the windows, structures that hang in the air, and they are God (El) and the name God (El) original: "אל" was awakened, and they all joined to the windows of the right side. And now all of these, and then all of them, returned to their former state as they were at first, and they bend outward. Then they called out: "And He called to Moses."

Leviticus (Vayikra)

"And the Lord called to Moses, and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying..." (Leviticus 1:1)

Rabbi Hiyya opened his discourse:

"I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk..." (Song of Songs 5:1)

This verse—its beginning is its end, and its end is not its beginning. It is written, "I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride," and then "with my milk," and after all of them, "eat, friends." One who invites a groom, when he is rejoiced, [the meal] is prepared before him after they have joined together, and the bride stands and provides for the groom. Rather, worthy are the people of Israel, for the Holy One, Blessed be He, took pity on them and desired them more than all other nations, and because of the love He has for them, He raises them above all the accusers of the world. Come and see: the "slaughterhouse" referring to the altar of sacrifice was made below on that day that was prepared to be bound above, as it is written, "the Tabernacle was erected"—simply stated. And that day was the joy of the Holy One, Blessed be He. Once the Tabernacle was perfected, what is written? "And Moses was not able to enter the Tent of Meeting." When the Holy One, Blessed be He, saw this, He said: "What strength!" And this is what reached the preparation and placed him outside. Immediately, "He called to Moses." He said to him: "From the thicket of the cloud, what is in the feast? 'When any man of you brings an offering to the Lord...'"

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"I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride"—they have established this verse regarding all the gardens of my pleasant brothers, which is the Garden of Eden above. "My sister, my bride"—this is the Assembly of Israel Knesset Israel, the spiritual personification of the Jewish people/Shekhinah, for at that time they are times like a single bride, an arm and a partner, like that Garden of Eden, because they are all blessed from the watering of the river and are tied each one to its fellow. This is what is written: "I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with..."

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The Faithful Shepherd

He opened and said: "I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride." This is certainly Kingship (Malchut) The final Sefirah, representing the manifest presence of God. "I have gathered my myrrh"—this is the level of Abraham, of whom it was said:

"Go to the mountain of myrrh" (Song of Songs 4:6)
• "With my spice" • This is Isaac, of whom it was said:
"The smell of my son is like the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed" (Genesis 27:27)
• And these are the right arm and the left arm, and the body upon which it is written "In Your right hand is strength." And these are two blessings corresponding to him: the first is "The Shield of Abraham" and the second is "The Fear of Isaac"...