תשע עשר

Here we will take a look a the Sh’khinah שכינה which means indwelling from the word shakhan meaning to dwell and means “divine presence” or can mean “Holy Spirit” in Christian terms.This is from Parahash Noach chapter 7 verse 40.

Noach: Verse 40
וְכַד בְּנֵי נָשָׁא מְחַבְּלָן אָרְחַיְיהוּ, וְלָא נָטְרֵי פְּקוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, וְחָטָאן קַמֵּי מָארֵיהוֹן, וּכְדֵין כִּבְיָכוֹל דַּחְיָין לָהּ לִשְׁכִינְתָּא מֵעָלְמָא, וְאִשְׁתְּאָרַת אַרְעָא מְחַבְּלָא, דְּהָא שְׁכִינְתָּא אִתְדַּחְיָיא, וְלָא שָׁרְיָא עֲלָהּ, וּכְדֵין אִתְחַבְּלַת, מַאי טַעֲמָא אִתְחַבְּלַת, בְּגִין דְּשַׁרְיָא רוּחָא אָחֳרָא עֲלָהּ דִּמְחַבְּלָא עָלְמָא וְעַל דָּא אַמְרִינָן דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל יָהֲבֵי עוֹז לֵאלֹקִים, דִּמְקַיְימִין עָלְמָא, אֱלֹקִים דָּא שְׁכִינְתָּא, וְאִם חַס וְשָׁלוֹם אִי יִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁתַּכְּחוּ חַיָּיבִין, מַה כְּתִיב רוּמָה עַל הַשָּׁמַיִם אֱלֹקִים וגו’ מִשּׁוּם דְּרֶשֶׁת הֵכִינוּ לִפְעָמַי. כָּפַף נַפְשִׁי בְּסִבַת חָמָס וְשִׂנְאַת חִנָּם, כָּרוּ לְפָנַי שׁוּחָה וגו’, כְּגַוְונָא דְדוֹר הַמַּבּוּל, דִּבְגִין חָמָס דַּהֲוַת בֵּינֵיהוֹן, הֲוָה בֵּינֵיהוֹן שִׂנְאָה וּדְבָבוּ.
But when people corrupt their ways, do not observe the commandments of the Torah, and sin before its Master, then it is as if they drive the Shechinah out of the world. Then the earth is left corrupt, for the Shechinah is repelled by it and does not dwell on it. Then, the earth is corrupt. And why should the earth be corrupt? Because a different spirit rests upon it, causing the corruption. (The rest of this paragraph is a latter addition.)

Now other than making it a synonym for the Holy Spirit it is a complex thing,I would say it is more the indwelling of the Holy Spirit or the glory cloud of the Torah that followed the Ark of God or the Covenant.And some of the Aramaic targums for the Torah when the Jews were in Babylon used the Sh’khinah as a name for God.Which shows again that the Trinity is old and not new and that the Holy Spirit was important even before New Testament times.

Here to Parashah Noach chapter 10 verse 62 and the Neshamah נשמה

Noach: Verse 62
תָּא חֲזֵי, נִשְׁמָתָא נָפְקַאת, וְאָעֵיל בֵּין טוּרֵי פְּרוֹדָא, וְאִתְחַבַּר רוּחָא בְּנִשְׁמָתָא, נָחֵית לְתַתָּא, אִתְחַבַּר נֶפֶשׁ בְּרוּחַ, וְכָלְהוֹ אָזְלֵי וּמִתְחַבְּרִין דָּא עִם דָּא, אֲמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, נֶפֶשׁ וְרוּחַ כְּלִילָן דָּא עִם דָּא, נִשְׁמְתָא שַׁרְיָא בְּאָרְחוֹי דְּבַר נָשׁ, וְהִיא מְדוֹרָא טְמִירָא דְּלָא אִתְיְידַע אַתְרָהָא.
Come and behold: the Neshamah emerges , and it passes through mountains of separation, there, the Ruach connects to the Neshamah. The Neshamah descends further down toward and the Nefesh, joins the Ruach, and they all connect with each other. Rabbi Yehuda said: The Nefesh and the Ruach are included one with the other The Neshamah resides in a man’s ways .The Neshamah resides in a secret compartment, whose location is unknown.

In the the Torah and most of the Tanakh (Old Testament) neshamah means to breath. Here is Genesis 2:7

וַיִּ֩יצֶר֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֗ם עָפָר֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וַיִּפַּ֥ח בְּאַפָּ֖יו נִשְׁמַ֣ת חַיִּ֑ים וַיְהִ֥י הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּֽה

7“And the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and He breathed into his nostrils the soul of life, and man became a living soul”

נִשְׁמַ֣ת here the word nishmat is used to mean breathed but in later times and I am not sure exactly when ( I think early medieval) neshamah came to mean soul and a higher form of soul then a nefesh the more basic soul.I do not know this for sure but I have often thought that because we are born into sin we have the nefesh the more carnal aspect of our soul.However when we become born again (born from above) we get the neshamah the higher form of the soul.So the word ruach literally meant wind but also means spirit and neshamah meant breathe but now means a higher soul and nefesh means life force and is a lower word for soul which can also refer to animal life.Here in Genesis 1:20 nefesh clearly in this context is talking about animal life or in this case sea or water life.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ הַמַּ֔יִם שֶׁ֖רֶץ נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֑ה וְעוֹף֙ יְעוֹפֵ֣ף עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ עַל־פְּנֵ֖י רְקִ֥יעַ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם

“And God said let the waters run in a swarm of living creatures and let birds fly upon the earth and upon the face the expanse of the heavens”

Here nefesh נֶ֣פֶשׁ indicates creature.

עשרים

Now we come to some things on the issue of punishment.

Daniel 12:2 niv

² Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.

And now to verse 69 in Noach

Noach: Verse 69
רַבִּי אַבָּא אֲמַר בַּגֵּיהִנֹּם אִית מְדוֹרִין עַל מְדוֹרִין, תִּנְיָינִין תְּלִיתָאִין עַד שֶׁבַע, וְהָא אוֹקְמוּהָ חַבְרַיָיא. וְזַכָּאִין אִינוּן צַדִּיקַיָא, דְּאִינוּן מִסְתַּמְּרִין מֵחוֹבֵי חַיָּיבַיָא, וְלָא אָזְלֵי בְּאָרְחַיְיהוּ, וְלָא מִסְתָּאֲבֵי בְּהוֹ, וְכָל מַאן דְּאִסְתָּאַב, כַּד אָזִיל לְהַהוּא עָלְמָא, נָחִית לַגֵּיהִנֹּם, וְנָחִית עַד מְדוֹרָא תַּתָּאָה.
Rabbi Aba said that in Gehenom, there are compartments upon compartments, seconds, thirds, and so on until seven – the friends have already explained this issue. Blessed are the righteous who guard themselves from the sins of the wicked and do not follow in their paths nor defile themselves. For when a person who has become impure dies and passes onto the World of Truth, he goes down into Gehenom. There he descends, until he reaches the lowest compartment.

Geihinom ,this word is a Jewish post Biblical mythology as a place of eternal punishment for some and temporary correction for others.The word means Valley of Hinnom where the Canaanites sacrificed children to the god Moloch.Although no specific passages says the Canaanites sacrificed to Moloch but putting several passages together like in Leviticus and 2nd Chronicles implies this did happen and is accepted by most scholars but citing the verses is not relevant to our discussion.Later on a belief the Valley of Hinom was where Israeli’s near Jerusalem burned their garbage and this area was constantly on fire and is where perdition became associated with fire.However later discoveries call into question if second Temple Israeli’s ever burned their garage at that location.So basically Geihinom is the Orthodox Jewish hell which is not always eternal.The valley of Hinnom also may have been where Baal worshipping Israelites sacrificed to Baal also.This is a common Hebrew word for hell as a place of punishment as opposed to She’ol which is more like a resting place for the dead and I believe She’ol means grave originally.

Here in verse 70 we get into Avadon or Abbadon.

Noach: Verse 70
וּתְרֵין מְדוֹרִין אִינוּן, דִּסְמִיכִין דָּא עִם דָּא, שְׁאוֹל וַאֲבַדּוֹן. מָאן דְּנָחֵית לִשְׁאוֹל דַּיְינִין לֵיהּ תַּמָּן, וּמְקַבֵּל עָנְשֵׁיהּ, וּסְלִיקוּ לֵיהּ לִמְדוֹרָא אָחֳרָא עִלָּאָה, וְכֵן דַּרְגָּא בָּתַר דַּרְגָּא, עַד דְּאִנוּן סָלְקִין לֵיהּ. אֲבָל מָאן דְּנָחֵית לַאֲבַדּוֹן, לָא סָלְקִין לֵיהּ לְעָלְמִין, וּבְגִין כָּךְ אִקְרֵי אֲבַדּוֹן, דְּהָא אָבִיד הוּא מִכֹּלָּא.
And there are two compartments close to each other that are called Sheol and Avadon. Whoever reaches Sheol is judged and punished there and is then raised to a different, but higher, compartment. This continues until he is released from there. But those who go down and reach Avadon are never raised from there again. That is why it is called Avadon (Eng. ‘perdition’), because they are lost there forever.

Avadon or Abbadon comes from the word אָבַד  meaning lost and in this place one is lost forever.And here are some scripture on the issue

• Job 26:6: Sheol is naked before Him; Abaddon has no cover.
• Job 28:22: Abaddon and Death say, “We have only a report of it.”
• Job 31:12: A fire burning down to Abaddon, Consuming the roots of all my increase.
• Psalm 88:11: Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
• Proverbs 15:11: Sheol and Abaddon lie exposed to the LORD, How much more the minds of men!
• Proverbs 27:20: Sheol and Abaddon cannot be satisfied, Nor can the eyes of man be satisfied
• Avadon sounds a lot like this from Revelation.
• The Judgment of the Dead from Revelation 20
• ¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. ¹³ The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. ¹⁴ Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. ¹⁵ Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
• דף עשרים ואחת

In the Breishit or Genesis section in parashah Noach 25:193 ,I will paraphrase and give the gist there is not enough space in the blog to quote the English and Aramaic word for word ,so please look these things up for yourself.

Animals before the flood of Noah during the time of the Nefilim and giants when angels mated with human women.they mated across different species .Meaning for instance Lions mated with Jackels example in the Aramaic it said spoiled or tainted all flesh.So hence all flesh was perverted leaving no flesh fully clean.This world view of all of all flesh being spoiled is very Christian and not a typical Jewish perspective.This does not speak of Jesus but does deal with the notion that all flesh both animal and human is to tainted for salvation to come by anything but faith alone.Here is the Zohar in Aramaic on this.

Noach: Verse 193
תָּא חֲזֵי, אִינוּן חַיָּיבֵי עָלְמָא, גָּרְמוּ הָכֵי לְכָל בִּרְיָין, וּבָעוֹן לְאַכְּחָשָׁא עוֹבָדָא דִבְרֵאשִׁית, וְאִינוּן גָּרְמוֹ לְכָל בִּרְיָין, לְחַבְּלָא אוֹרְחַיְיהוּ, כְּמָה דְאִינוּן מְחַבְּלָן. אֲמַר קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אַתּוּן בְּעִיתוּ לְאַכְּחָשָׁא עוֹבָדֵי יְדַי אֲנָא אַשְׁלִים רְעוּתָא דִּלְכוֹן, וּמָחִיתִי אֶת כָּל הַיְקוּם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה. אַהֲדַר עָלְמָא לְמַיִין, כְּמָה דַּהֲוָה בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, מַיִין בְּמַיִין, וְהָא אִתְּמָר. מִכָּאן וּלְהָלְאָה, אַעֲבֵיד בִּרְיָין אָחֳרָנִין בְּעָלְמָא, כִּדְקָא יָאוֹת.
Come and behold: The wicked of the world caused all the creatures TO MATE WITH SPECIES NOT THEIR OWN. They thereby sought to destroy the work of Creation BY MIXING AND ALTERING SPECIES. They caused all the creatures to pervert their ways on earth, as they themselves had done. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to them, ‘As you seek to destroy My work of Creation, I shall fully grant your wish. “And every living substance that I have made, will I destroy from off the face of the earth” (Beresheet 7:4). I shall bring the world back to water, as in the beginning, cover it with water, and then make other creatures who are fit to exist in the world.’

And another thing to remember the next time someone says the Bible can’t be true because of Dinosaurs.If before the flood things lived much longer like Noah lived about 950 years for instance.Humans only live a fourth to a fifth of our lives,women stop growing at 14 or 15 and men at 17-19 most often.Although Julius Irving famously started UMass Amherst in his freshmen year at 6’1 but graduated and went on to the NBA at 6’7 at age 22 or so.However as opposed to people lizards grow their whole life ,so if in the times of Adam,Enosh and Noah a lizard could live 250 years it could easily grow to 40 to 70 feet tall and with animals mating cross species this could explain the existence of wierd giant lizards.Dinosaurs are lizards and giant birds ,Tyrannosaurus rex means tyrant lizard king.

דף עשרים ושתיים

Now it is time to discuss “Nukva נקבא

“Nukva” (Aramaic) or “Nekevah” (Hebrew) means “female”. In Kabbalistic teachings, it represents the feminine aspect of the divine and the final Sefirah (emanation) of Malchut (Kingship), which is considered the vessel that receives divine light and interacts with the physical world. 

In this context, it is also called the Lower Shekhinah (Divine Presence). Nukva is the counterpart to Ze’er Anpin (the “Male” aspect in Divinity) and receives light and sustenance from it, which is then passed down to the worlds below

This word has come up earlier in the Zohar but we were dealing with other things.This word means female in Aramaic and the feminine aspect of the divine and I believe the Bride of Christ which is also why Nukva is associated with Malkhut or kingdom because the Kingdom of God’s people are the Bride of Christ.This is why it goes along with the male Zeir Anpin which I believe is a secret reference to Mashiach who is the Bridegroom (Jesus/Yeshua)).And also the Zeir Anpin is often seen as the Torah and we know Jesus is the Torah (John 1:1-2)

1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning”

The Torah is the word because the Torah is not always the five books of Moses ( The Chumash) but all of God’s instruction to man because Torah means instruction or teaching.From the word Yarah meaning to shoot ,so in other words showing people how to hit the mark.Whereas as the word for sin chata חטא means an archer missing the target.There are other words for sin though besides chata and chata is often but not in every case associated with unintentional sin ,so chata sort of means to fall short or literally to miss the mark.

Aveirah עברה means trespass or transgression and means a crininal offense often a felony of modern Israel.The word pesha פשע can also mean transgression and this word is used in Isaiah 53:5.

Avon עוון which is associated with guilt, inequity and intentional sin and this word is used for sin in the Ten Commandments in the “sins of the fathers” discourse.This also means misdemeanor in modern Israel.

Here we are now in parashah Lekh Lekha (go for yourself) chapter 25 verse 237.

Lech Lecha: Verse 237
וּמַלְכִּי-צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ שָׁלֵם הוֹצִיא לֶחֶם וָיָיִן. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן פָּתַח וְאָמַר וַיְהִי בְשָׁלֵם סֻכּוֹ וגו’. תָּא חֲזֵי, כַּד סָלֵיק בִּרְעוּתָא דְּקֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְמִבְרֵי עָלְמָא, אַפֵּיק חַד שַׁלְהוֹבָא דְּבוֹצִינָא דְּקַרְדִינוּתָא, וּנְשַׁף זִיקָא בְּזִיקָא, חָשְׁכַאת וְאוֹקִידַת. וְאַפֵּיק מִגּוֹ סִטְרֵי תְּהוֹמָא, חַד טִיף, וְחַבַּר לוֹן כְּחַד, וּבָרָא בְהוֹ עָלְמָא.
“And Melchizedek king of Shalem brought forth bread and wine…” (Beresheet 14:18). Rabbi Shimon opened the discourse, saying, “In Shalem also is set his tabernacle” (Tehilim 76:3). Come and behold, When the Holy One, blessed be He, WHO IS THE SECRET OF BINAH, decided to create the world, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF ZEIR ANPIN THAT IS CALLED THE ‘WORLD’, He produced a flame from the Holy illumination. As wind blew wind, THE FLAME darkened and began to burn. And He took out from within an abyss a particular drop, which He joined with the flame. With them, He created the world, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN.

Here we are with Malki Zedek (King of righteousness or just King) the Priest of Shaleim (Salem) (and the site of modern day Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) In Hebrew and Old Testament thinking righteousness and Just were synonyms.

Many people believe that Abraham’s encounter with Malki Zedek was a pre-incarnate Jesus.Here is Hebrews 7

Melchizedek the Priest

7 This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, ² and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” ³ Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.

⁴ Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! ⁵ Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their fellow Israelites—even though they also are descended from Abraham. ⁶ This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. ⁷ And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater. ⁸ In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living. ⁹ One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, ¹⁰ because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.

Jesus Like Melchizedek

¹¹ If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood—why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? ¹² For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also. ¹³ He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar. ¹⁴ For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. ¹⁵ And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, ¹⁶ one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. ¹⁷ For it is declared:

“You are a priest forever,
    in the order of Melchizedek

דף עשרים ושלוש

Here we are now in parashah Vayera (and he appeared) in verse 6

Vayera: Verse 6
כֵּיוָן דְּאָתָא אַבְרָהָם, מִיָּד הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ, אִתְתַּקָּנוּ וְאִתְגָּלוּ כָּל חֵילִין בְּאַרְעָא. עֵת הַזָּמִיר הִגִּיעַ, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דַּאֲמַר לֵיהּ קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא דְּיִתְגְּזָר, כֵּיוָן דְּמָטָא הַהוּא זִמְנָא, דִּבְרִית, אִשְׁתְּכַח בֵּיהּ בְּאַבְרָהָם, וְאִתְגְּזַר. כְּדֵין אִתְקַיַּים בֵּיהּ, כָּל הַאי קְרָא, וְאִתְקַיַּים עָלְמָא, וּמִלָּה דְּקֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא הֲוָה בְּאִתְגַּלְּיָיא בֵּיהּ, הה”ד וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו ה’.
As soon as Abraham appeared, “the flowers appeared on the earth.” THIS MEANS THAT the powers of the earth were amended and revealed. “The time of the singing of the birds (also: ‘pruning’) has come,” REFERRING TO THE TIME when the Holy One, blessed be He, told him to circumcise himself. THE TERM ‘PRUNING’ ALLUDES TO THE REMOVAL OF THE FORESKIN. Thus, the time was ripe for the covenant to appear in Abraham, MEANING when he was circumcised. Only then was the verse, “THE FLOWERS APPEARED…” fulfilled through him, and the word of the Holy One, blessed be He, was revealed openly to him. As it is written, “And Hashem appeared to him,” AFTER HE WAS CIRCUMCISED.

I believe this is a reference to the Bride of Christ in that the Rose in the thorns (Songs of Songs 2:2) is Israel which was the beginning of God’s family and from that line came Messiah and his bride.So the covenant with Abraham began Gods relationship with his eventual Bride with Yeshua as the promised Bridegroom.

Here we are in Vayera chaper 6 verse 82

Vayera: Verse 82
וְאִי רְעוּתֵיהּ, לְאִתְדַּבְּקָא בְּסִטְרָא אָחֳרָא, וְאִיכַוֵּין בֵּיהּ, אִיהוּ אַמְשִׁיךְ לְהַהִיא מִלָּה מִלְּעֵילָא לְתַתָּא לְגַבֵּיהּ. וַהֲווֹ אָמְרֵי דְּעִקָּרָא דְּמִלְּתָא תַּלְיָיא בְּמִלִּין, וּבְעוֹבָדָא, וּבִרְעוּתָא לְאִתְדַּבְּקָא, וּבְדָא אִתְמְשַׁךְ מִלְּעֵילָא לְתַתָּא הַהוּא סִטְרָא דְּאִתְדַּבַּק בָּהּ.
If he wishes to cleave to the Other Side, and is intent upon it, he draws the same from above down and brings it upon himself. They used to say THAT TO DRAW SOMETHING DOWN FROM ABOVE depends mainly on speech, deed, and the wish to cleave to it. This is how that certain side that he cleaves to is drawn down from above.

This is talking about the Sitra Achara (other side or realm of evil in Aramaic) סִטְרָא אָחֳרָא

The Sitra Achara is all evil angels (demons) and people both alive and dead living or resting in rebellion against God ,in simple terms ,all that is against God ,sort of like the Whore of Babylon of Revelation.

Here is Vayera 20 verse 254

Vayera: Verse 254
וְכַד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יַעֲבֵיד נוּקְמִין בִּשְׁאָר עַמִין עעכו”ם, כְּדֵין אוֹקִיר אֱנוֹשׁ מִּפָּז. דָּא מַלְכָּא מְשִׁיחָא, דְּיִסְתַּלֵּק וְיִתְיַיקֵר עַל כָּל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא, וְכָל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא יִפְלְחוּן וְיִסְגְּדוּן קַמֵּיהּ, דִּכְתִיב לְפָנָיו יִכְרְעוּ צִיִּים וגו’, מַלְכֵי תַרְשִׁישׁ וגו’.
So when the Holy One, blessed be He, takes revenge on the worshipers of the planets and constellations, it shall be said, “I will make men more rare than fine gold.” This is King Messiah, who shall rise up over all peoples of the world and be so honored that all of humanity will bow before him and obey him. This is as it is written, “They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him…the kings of Tarshish…shall bring presents…” (Tehilim 72:9-10).

Philippians 2:10-11

¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

It is in the Aramaic explicitly מַלְכָּא מְשִׁיחָא this means King Mashiach (Messiah)

לְפָנָיו יִכְרְעוּ Before him they shall kneel

דף עשרים וארבע

Now we find ourselves in parashat Chayei Sarah (life of Sarah) chapter 3 verse 19.

Chayei Sarah: Verse 19
תָּא חֲזֵי, אָתַת חַוָּה לְעַלְמָא, אִתְדַּבְּקַת בְּהַאי חִוְּיָא, וְאַטֵּיל בָהּ זוּהֲמָא. וְגָרְמָא מוֹתָא לְעַלְמָא, וּלְבַעֲלָהּ. אָתַת שָׂרָה, וְנָחֲתַת וְסָלְקַת, וְלָא אִתְדַּבְּקַת בֵּיהּ, כד”א וַיַּעַל אַבְרָם מִמִּצְרַיִם הוּא וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְכָל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ. אָתָא נֹחַ לְעַלְמָא, מַה כְּתִיב, וַיֵּשְׁתְּ מִן הַיַּיִן וַיִּשְׁכָּר וַיִּתְגָּל וגו’.
Come and behold: Eve came into the world and clung to the serpent. He injected impurities into her, and she brought death to the world and to her husband. Sarah then came and went down INTO THE PLACE OF THE OTHER SIDE, BUT she rose again without any KLIPOT clinging to her, as it is written, “And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had” (Beresheet 13:1). When Noah came to the world, it is written that “he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and he was uncovered within his tent” (Beresheet 9:21).

Next is also from Breishit in the Chayei Sarah 3:19 it talks of through the nachash or snake and the snake poisoned Chavah(Eve) and Eve brought death into the world.This promotes a original sin world view ,which again is more Christological than a orthodox Jewish hashkafah (point of view) this is a pro Yeshua hashkafah.Obviously this is mystical midrash or legend but it shows that in spite of what people say about Judaism in public in secret the Rabbi’s hold beliefs about about the fully corrupted the world and all flesh is.

Now to verse 80 in Chayei Sarah

Chayei Sarah: Verse 80
אֲמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, אַמַּאי כָּל זַיְינֵי חֳרָשִׁין וְקוֹסְמִין, לָא אִשְׁתַּכָּחוּ אֶלָּא בִּנְשַׁיָּיא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ, הָכֵי אוֹלִיפְנָא, מִדַּאֲתָא נָחָשׁ עַל חַוָּה, הִטִּיל בָּהּ זוּהֲמָא בָּהּ אַטֵּיל, וְלָא בְּבַעֲלָהּ. אֲמַר, הָכֵי הוּא וַדַּאי. אָתָא רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, וּנְשָׁקֵיהּ לְרַבִּי יִצְחָק, אֲמַר כַּמָּה זִמְנִין שָׁאֵילְנָא הַאי מִלָּה, וְלָא זָכֵינָא בָּהּ, אֶלָּא הַשְׁתָּא.
Rabbi Yosi asks why all kinds of witchcraft and sorcery abide only in women. He said that when the serpent came upon Eve, he injected impurities only into her and not into her husband. He said, Assuredly this is so. Rabbi Yosi kissed Rabbi Yitzchak and said, Many times have I asked upon this matter, but never deserved to understand it until now.

These are interesting legends and I will not offer a personal opinion on why witchcraft tends to be associated with women because I do not know and scripture never explicitly states and the Zohar is mystical legend not scripture.But it is likely women are more alive inside and more spiritual.Even the Hebrew word for wisdom is phrased in the feminine and in the book of Proverbs wisdom is often called a woman.It does seem women are more shrewed,more cunning than men and this works for good an evil I suppose.

דף עשרים וחמש

Here we are now in parashat Chayei Sarah chapter 20 verse 155

Chayei Sarah: Verse 155
וְתַנְיָא, אָמַר ר’ יוֹחָנָן, מטטרון שַׂר הַפָּנִים, שֶׁהוּא נַעַר, עֶבֶד מֵרַבּוֹ, הָאָדוֹן הַמּוֹשֵׁל עָלָיו, מְמוּנֶּה עַל הַנְּשָׁמָה, בְּכָל יוֹם, לְהַסְפִּיק לָהּ, מֵאוֹתוֹ הָאוֹר שֶׁנִּצְטַוָּה, וְהוּא עָתִיד לְמֵיסַב, חוּשְׁבַּן פִּתְקָא, בְּבָתֵּי קִבְרֵי, מִן דּוּמָה, וּלְאַחֲזָאָה לֵיהּ קַמֵּי מָארֵיהּ, וְהוּא זַמִּין, לְמֶעְבַּד חָמִיר, הַהוּא גַּרְמָא, תְּחוֹת אַרְעָא, לְתַקָּנָא לְגוּפַיָיא, וּלְקָיְימָא לוֹן בִּשְׁלֵימוּתָא דְּגוּפָא, בְּלָא נִשְׁמָתָא, דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יְשַׁדַּר לָהּ לְאַתְרָהּ.
We learned that Rabbi Yochanan said, Metatron, the great minister, is a boy, a servant whose Rabbi, his master, rules him. He is in charge of the soul and gives it daily of the light he was ordered TO GIVE IT. In the future, he will receive an account in writing from the cemetery, from Dumah FOR EACH BODY that he can show to his Master. He will turn that backbone into yeast TO BUILD THE BODY under the ground, to mend and wholly revive the body, AS IS PROPER FOR a body without a soul. Later, the Holy One, blessed be He, will send the soul to its place WITHIN THE BODY. THIS WILL BE AFTER IT COMES TO THE LAND OF YISRAEL.

First it speaks of Metatron who is known in the 3rd book of Enoch as the little YHVH and many believe that is a reference to Jesus if you read.It also says Metatron is a Sar which often can mean Prince and Jesus is often known as a Prince.It also calls Metatron a boy or son using the word nar and we know Jesus is known as the “Son of God” .Although nar means boy not son remember we are dealing with Aramaic and not Hebrew.Remember that we are not arguing a literally reading of the Zohar but that Jesus is in secret code.

So who is Metatron מטטרון ,he is a hypothetical angel who is not found in scripture but only in the extra Biblical Rabbinical texts like the 3rd Book of Enoch (also known as the Seifer Heikhalot) and the Zohar and it is not known what the name Metatron means.Am I saying Jesus is Metatron?Absolutely not at all ,I know some other off shoots of Christianity have said Jesus was a fleshly manifestation of the angel Gavra’el (Gabriel) I am not saying anything of the kind, Jesus is co-equal and eternal with the Father.This pertains to the two powers in heaven theory that was popular in Judaism in second temple times.People often think that the Trinity is new in Christianity but before it was called heretical by the Rabbi’s in the second century CE a second equal power in heaven was common Jewish belief.Metatron was a mystical Rabbinical allegory to a time when something like a Son of God would rule the universe.

דף עשרים ושש

What is the 3rd Book of Enoch that is not found in scripture but is a Deuterocanonical book (meaning not in the Bible but Jewish or Christian in content)

The Third Book of Enoch (Hebrew: ספר חנוך לר׳ ישמעאל כ׳׳ג‬), also known as The Book of the Palaces, The Book of Rabbi Ishmael the High Priest and The Elevation of Metatron, and abbreviated as 3 Enoch)^[1] is a Jewish apocryphal book.This is part of what is called Merkavak Mysticism.

This is from 3rd Enoch chapter 10

CHAPTER X 

"God places Metatron on a throne at the door of the seventh 

Hall and announces through the Herald, that Metatron 

henceforth is God's representative and ruler over all the 

princes of kingdoms and all the children of heaven, save 

the eight high princes called YHWH by the name of their King" 

Here from chapter 12:

(5) And He called me THE LESSER YHWH in the presence of all His heavenly household; as it is 
written (Ex. xxiii. 21): "For my name is in him".

So how should we view all this ,as poetic fiction but in that it shows that the concept of the true Messiah being Son of God was in the thinking of sages and Rabbi's before Jesus came.That the Messiah would be divine and not a mere human as Orthodox Judaism and Islam today maintain.This text shows in a time where the Rabbi's thinking was until the two powers in heaven theory was called heresy because they feared it looked  to much like the Christian Trinity.

So the issue not is Metatron real or did the real Enoch of Genesis really experience all this,being transformed into Metatron and then sitting on the Holy throne and being called YHVH katan (little Lord God). But if anyone ever tells you though Jesus cannot be the Messiah because the Messiah is not divine and simply a human king who brings Israel peace.And that the Trinity is new to Christianity in the 4th century ,tell them this is lie and that Messiah as God himself and two powers in heaven was standard Jewish thinking in second Temple times.This theory was not called heresy by the ruling Rabbi’s likely Tannaim who outlawed it in the third century fearing it would validate Christianity as the Christian church was growing in that time.I am not the one two fully explain the two powers theory but read books or watch video’s by the late Hebrew Biblical scholar Michael S. Heiser ,he was an expert on this idea.So in short the main point is not the scriptural validity of Merkavah Mystical concepts or 3rd Enoch but to show where Rabbincal thought was and that the Trinity is old not new.

דף עשרים ושבע

Now in parashah Toldot chapter 12 verse 97

Toldot: Verse 97
וַיְהִי כִּי אָרְכוּ לוֹ שָׁם הַיָּמִים וגו’. אֶת רִבְקָה אִשְׁתּוֹ דַּיְיקָא, דָּא שְׁכִינְתָּא, דַּהֲוַת עִמָּהּ דְּרִבְקָה. דָּבָר אֲחֵר, וְכִי ס”ד דְּיִצְחָק הֲוָה מְשַׁמֵּשׁ עַרְסֵיהּ בִּימָמָא, דְּהָא תָּנִינָן יִשְׂרָאֵל קַדִּישִׁין אִינוּן, וְלָא מְשַׁמְשֵׁי עַרְסַיְיהוּ בִּימָמָא, וְיִצְחָק דַּהֲוָה קַדִּישׁ הֲוָה מְשַׁמֵּשׁ עַרְסֵיהּ בִּימָמָא.
“And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time…with Rivkah his wife” (Beresheet 26:8). IT IS SAID “with (Heb. et) Rivkah his wife,” precisely, which alludes to the Shechinah that was with Rivkah, BECAUSE ET (‘WITH’), AS WE KNOW, IS THE NAME OF THE SHECHINAH. Another explanation asks if we could possibly conceive of Isaac performing his marital duties during the daytime. We have learned that the children of Yisrael are holy and abstain from cohabitation in the daytime. Therefore, how could Isaac, who was holy, cohabit during the day?

The late Minister Derek Prince once made an analogy that Abraham represents the Father and Isaac the Son and Rivkah (Rebecca) the Christian Church or the Bride of Christ.So the Sh’khinah the Holy Spirit would be with Rivkah.

Toldot: Verse 100
אֲמַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, בְּגִין דְּלָא שַׁרְיָא שְׁכִינְתָּא, לְבַר מֵאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, וְעַל דָּא אֵין יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִים בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה, דְּלַאו אַתְרֵיהּ הוּא, וְלָא שַׁרְיָא הָכָא, וְיִצְחָק אִתְתַּקַּף בֵּיהּ בִּמְהֵימְנוּתָא, דְּחָמָא דְהָא שְׁכִינְתָּא גוֹ אִתְּתֵיהּ שַׁרְיָא.
Rabbi Elazar said that this is because the Shechinah does not live outside the Holy Land. Therefore, there is no fear of Elohim in this place. This is not Her place, and She does not dwell here. And Isaac was strengthened by the faith, when he saw the Shechinah dwelling in his wife.

Verse 100 also interesting and it is true that when the Church lost Jesus as a living person they gained the Holy Spirit after the ascension.

ere we are in parashah Vayetze (and he went out or left)

Vayetze: Verse 24
תְּרֵין רוּחִין בִּישִׁין מִתְדַּבְּקָן כַּחֲדָא, רוּחָא דִדְכוּרָא דַּקִּיק. רוּחָא דְּנוּקְבָא, בְּכַמָּה אוֹרְחִין וּשְׁבִילִין מִתְפַּרְשָׁא, וּמִתְדַּבְּקָא בְּהַהוּא רוּחָא דִּדְכוּרָא. קַשֵּׁיטַת גַּרְמָהּ בְּכַמָּה תַּכְשִׁיטִין, כְּזוֹנָה, מְרַחֲקָא קָיְימַת בְּרֵישׁ אוֹרְחִין וּשְׁבִילִין, לְפַתָּאָה בְּנֵי נָשָׁא.
Two evil spirits cling together. THE ILLUMINATION OF the spirit of the male is a thin light, and the spirit of the female materializes in many ways and paths. She cleaves to the spirit of the male, wearing ample jewelry like an abominable whore standing on main roads and pathways to seduce men.

Here it is talking about Dibukim or Dibuk in the singular דיבוק ,these are demons that cling to things.The name came from Dabak meaning to stick or cling and this means glue in modern Israel.I do not know what is their significance but I thought I’d point this out.

Now onto verse 175 and I thought we’d go into the meaning of the tribal names.

Vayetze: Verse 175
פְּתַח רִבִּי יוֹסֵי וַאֲמַר, הַפַּעַם אוֹדֶה אֶת ה,’ וְכָל בְּכֻלְּהוּ דְּאוֹלִידַת, לָא אִתְחֲזֵי לְאוֹדָאָה לֵיהּ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אֶלָּא בְּהַאי. אֶלָּא יְהוּדָה אִיהוּ בְּרָא רְבִיעָאָה לְכָרְסְיָיא, וְאִיהוּ אַשְׁלֵים לְכָרְסְיָיא, וּבְגִין כָּךְ, יְהוּדָה בִּלְחוֹדוֹי, תִּקּוּנָא דְכָרְסְיָיא וּסְמָכָא דְּכֻלְּהוּ סְמָכִין. רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן דְּנָהֵיר כָּל עַלְמָא בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא וְכַמָּה בּוּצִינִין נָהֲרִין בְּגִינֵיהּ, עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה.
Rabbi Yosi opened the discussion with the verse, “Now will I praise Hashem.” HE ASKS, Did it not behoove her to praise the Holy One, blessed be He, for each of the sons she bore and not only this son? Judah is the fourth son of the throne, and he completed the throne. Therefore, Judah alone perfects the throne; he is the pillar that supports all the other pillars. How many lights shine because of Rabbi Shimon, who illuminates the world much more with the Torah.

Ruvein (Reuben) look a son רְאוּבֵן

Shimon (Simon) To listen,understand and empathize שִׁמְעוֹן

Levi to join לֵוִי‎ (Leiwi in very ancient Hebrew)

Yehudah (Judah) To praise יְהוּדָה

Dan Judgement,discretion (responsible one) דן

Naftali I struggle or my struggle נַפְתָּלִי

Gad good fortune גד

Asher happy ,blessed אָשֵׁר

Yisaskhar (Issachar) reward יִשָּׂשכָר

Z’vulun (Zebulun) to dwell זְבוּלֻן

Yoseif (Joseph) Added ,increased יוֹסֵף

Binyamin (Benjamin) Son of the right hand בִּנְיָמִן

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We are now in parashah Vayishlach

Vayishlach: Verse 195
וְהָכָא אִתְעֲנָשַׁת עַל יְדָא דְּיֵצֶר הָרָע, דְּקִטְרֵג בְּשַׁעְתָּא דְסַכָּנָה, וְאִתְעַנַּשׁ יַעֲקֹב, עַל נִדְרָא דְּלָא שְׁלִים, וְדָא קַשְׁיָא לֵיהּ לְיַעֲקֹב, מִכָּל עָקוּ דַּעֲבָרוּ עֲלֵיהּ. וּמְנָלָן דִּבְגִינֵיהּ דְּיַעֲקֹב הֲוָה, דִּכְתִיב מֵתָה עָלַי רָחֵל: עָלַי וַדַּאי, עַל דַּאֲחָרִית נִדְרִי.
Here, RACHEL was punished by the Evil Inclination, which accused her in a time of danger and punished Jacob for his unfulfilled vow. This was harder for Jacob than all his previous troubles. From the words, “Rachel died by me” (Beresheet 48:7), We know that RACHEL DIED because of Jacob — surely this happened because of me, because I tarried in FULFILLING my vow.

Here is Genesis 31:32

32 “The one with whom you find your gods shall not live. In the presence of our brothers, recognize for yourself what is with me, and take [it] for yourself.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them”

So did Yaakov (Jacob) curse Rachel? Maybe ,honestly in my own life I have seen this happen to people ,I won’t give examples and not to point anyone out or humiliate someone but be very careful how you use the word die or death.

Do not ever wish death on another person or yourself because it attracts evil spirits or say I’d be better off dead,even if it does not kill you it can bring curses with it.One thing I can tell is I once had a boss who was quite high strung and an employee said “he’s going to have a heart attack someday” ,and at 45 he had a heart attack.

Now parashah Vayigash chapter 2 verse 15

Vayigash: Verse 15
וְנִשְׁמָתָא אִיהִי כְּלִילָא בִּתְלַת דַּרְגִּין, וְעַל דָּא תְּלַת שְׁמָהָן אִינוּן לְנִשְׁמָתָא, כְּגַוְונָא דְרָזָא עִלָּאָה, נֶפֶ”שׁ, רוּ”חַ, נְשָׁמָ”ה. נֶפֶשׁ, הָא אוֹקְמוּהָ, דְּאִיהִי תַּתָּאָה מִכֹּלָּא. רוּחַ, אִיהוּ קִיּוּמָא, דְּשָׁלְטָא עַל נֶפֶשׁ, וְאִיהוּ דַרְגָּא עִלָּאָה עֲלָהּ, לְקָיְימָא עֲלָהּ בְּכֹלָּא, כִּדְקָא חָזֵי. נְשָׁמָה, אִיהִי קִיּוּמָא עִלָּאָה עַל כֹּלָּא, וְשָׁלְטָא עַל כֹּלָּא, דַּרְגָּא קַדִּישָׁא, עִלָּאָה עַל כֻּלְּהוּ.
The soul consists of three grades and therefore has three names, just like the Supernal Secret, Nefesh, Ruach, and Neshamah. The Nefesh, as has been explained, is the lowest of them all. The Ruach is its sustenance. It rules over the Nefesh, being of a higher grade, to sustain it well in everything . The Neshamah is the supreme existence. It reigns over all, being a holy grade superior to all .

This is talking about the Nefesh, Ruach and N’shamah נפש” רוח” נמנה

The nefesh means soul,being,person,one and pertains to animal as well as human life.(BTW I am not endorsing all of the text above just the main subject)You could look at the nefesh as a more carnal or physical soul or a living being.Here in Genesis 1:20 the nefesh does refer to animal life in this passage but also means human life too.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ הַמַּ֔יִם שֶׁ֖רֶץ נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֑ה וְעוֹף֙ יְעוֹפֵ֣ף עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ עַל־פְּנֵ֖י רְקִ֥יעַ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם:

This word is the most common word in the Bible for soul.

The ruach which literally means wind and in the Torah and other parts of the Bible it is used for wind without spiritual implications.It also means “spirit” .

Here in Gen. 1:2 it is used as spirit of God perhaps the earliest reference to the Holy Spirit.ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים (spirit of God)

וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָֽיְתָ֥ה תֹ֨הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְח֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם

Now N’shamah meant to breath and did not begin to mean soul in Hebrew until the early middle ages but today the N’shamah or Neshamah is a higher soul then nefesh.And Ruach means more spirit than soul.

דף עשרים ושמונה

Here is more elaboration on this matter and again it is mysticism so not take it hook line and sinker but it shows some realistic things that scripture does bear out.

Vayigash: Verse 16
וְאִלֵּין תְּלַת דַּרְגִּין, כְּלִילָן בְּהוֹ בִּבְנֵי נָשָׁא, לְאִינוּן דְּזָכָאן לְפוּלְחָנָא דְּמָארֵיהוֹן. דְּהָא בְּקַדְמֵיתָא אִית בֵּיהּ נֶפֶשׁ, וְאִיהוּ תִּקּוּנָא קַדִּישָׁא לְאִתְתַּקָּנָא בָּהּ בַּר נָשׁ. כֵּיוָן דְּאָתֵי בַּר נָשׁ לְאִתְדַּכָּאָה בְּהַאי דַרְגָא, אִתְתַּקַּן לְאִתְעַטְּרָא בְּרוּחַ, דְּאִיהוּ דַרְגָּא קַדִּישָׁא. דְּשָׁרְיָא עַל נֶפֶשׁ לְאִתְעַטְּרָא בֵּיהּ בַּר נָשׁ, הַהוּא דְזָכֵי.
The three grades, NEFESH, RUACH AND NESHAMAH, are included within men, who attain them by serving their Master. Thus first, man has a Nefesh, a holy vessel with which to be corrected. But when he is intent on purification through this grade, man is corrected and crowned with a Ruach, the holy grade that dwells on the Nefesh, with which the deserving man is adorned.

Vayigash: Verse 17
כֵּיוָן דְּאִסְתַּלַּק בְּהוֹ: בְּנֶפֶשׁ וְרוּחַ, וְעָאל וְאִתְתַּקַּן בְּפוּלְחָנָא דְמָארֵיהּ כִּדְקָא יָאוֹת, כְּדֵי שַׁרְיָא עֲלֵיהּ נְשָׁמָה, דַּרְגָּא עִלָּאָה קַדִּישָׁא, דְּשָׁלְטָא עַל כֹּלָּא, בְּגִין לְאִתְעַטְּרָא בְּדַרְגָּא עִלָּאָה קַדִּישָׁא, וּכְדֵין אִיהוּ שְׁלִימָא דְּכֹלָּא, שְׁלִים בְּכָל סִטְרִין, לְמִזְכֵּי בְּעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי, וְאִיהוּ רְחִימָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, כְּד”א לְהַנְחִיל אוֹהֲבַי יֵשׁ, מַאן אִינוּן אוֹהֲבַי, אִלֵּין אִינוּן דְּנִשְׁמָתָא קַדִּישָׁא בְּהוֹ.
Once he is elevated by Nefesh and Ruach and attains correction through proper service to his Master, Neshamah, a supernal, holy grade that reigns over everything, dwells on him so that he may be adorned by the highest holy grade and be perfect in everything, on all sides, and thereby merit the World to Come. He is then beloved of the Holy One, blessed be He, as it is written, “That I may cause those who love Me to inherit substance” (Mishlei 8:21). “…Those who love Me” refers to those in whom the holy Neshamah abides.

Vayigash: Verse 19
תָּא חֲזֵי, כֹּלָּא אִינוּן דַּרְגִּין, אִלֵּין עַל אִלֵּין, נֶפֶ”שׁ, רוּ”חַ, נְשָׁמָ”ה, דַּרְגָּא עַל דַּרְגָּא, נֶפֶשׁ בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, וְאִיהִי דַרְגָּא תַּתָּאָה, כִּדְקָאֲמָרָן. רוּחַ לְבָתַר, דְּשַׁרְיָא עַל נֶפֶשׁ, וְקָיְימָא עֲלָהּ. נְשָׁמָה, דַּרְגָּא דְסָלְקָא עַל כֹּלָּא, וְאוֹקְמוּהָ.
Come and behold, There are grades upon grades, Nefesh, Ruach, and Neshamah, grade above grade; first Nefesh, being the lowest grade, as we said, then Ruach, which dwells on Nefesh and is above it. Neshamah is the highest grade, as has already been explained.

My interpretation on this is that ruach is spirit and spirit is spirit and nefesh is a carnal animalistic soul and n’shamah is the higher sanctified soul.Adam and Chavah (Eve) had the n’shamah in Eden but lost it only retaining the animalistic nefesh after the fall.Humankind at birth is born with the dead soul of nefesh because we are not God’s children but Adam’s.When we are born from above or born again we obtain our n’shamah.

דף עשרים ותשע

What is Merkavah מֶרְכָּבָה mysticism merkavah meaning chariot which is a mystical tradition from Ezekiel chapter 1.It is a tradition about God’s throne room ,throne and chariot.Often called ספרות ההיכלות sifrot haheikhalot or the literature of palaces.It is about envisioning and obtaining access to God and his palace and throne and Holy Chariot.It is not super popular now ,it was a big thing in the second temple period until Kabalah became more popular in the late middle ages.

Here is Vayigash chapter 12b verse 123

Vayigash: Verse 123
וַיֶּאֱסוֹר יוֹסֵף מֶרְכַּבְתּוֹ, ר’ יִצְחָק פְּתַח וַאֲמַר, וּדְמוּת עַל רָאשֵׁי הַחַיָּה רָקִיעַ כְּעֵין הַקֶּרַח הַנּוֹרָא נָטוּי עַל רָאשֵׁיהֶם מִלְּמַעְלָה, הַאי קְרָא אוֹקְמוּהָ, אֲבָל תָּא חֲזֵי, אִית חַיָּה, לְעֵיל מִן חַיָּה, וְאִית חַיָּה קַדִּישָׁא, דְּקָיְימָא עַל רֵישׁ חֵיוָתָא.
“And Joseph made ready his chariot.” Rabbi Yitzchak opened the discussion with the verse, “And over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, like the color of the terrible ice, stretched out over their heads above” (Yechezkel 1:22). This verse has already been explained, yet come and behold, There is a living creature above another living creature, and a holy living creature standing over the heads of the other living creatures.

Vayigash: Verse 124
וְאִית חַיָּה עִלָּאָה, לְעֵילָא עַל כָּל שְׁאָר חֵיוָתָא, וְהַאי חַיָּה שָׁלְטָא עַל כֻּלְּהוּ, בְּגִין דְּכַד הַאי חֵיוָתָא, יָהֲבָא וְנָהֲרָא לְכֻלְּהוּ, כְּדֵין כֻּלְּהוּ נָטְלִין לְמַטְלָנוֹי, וִיהִיבַת דָּא לְדָא, וְשָׁלְטָא דָּא עַל דָּא.
There is a living creature over all the other living creatures. It rules over them all, for when it gives OF ITS STRENGTH and shines upon them, they all travel about, derives STRENGTH FROM the other, and rule one over the other.

The main corpus of the Merkavah literature was composed in the period 200–700 CE, although later references to the Chariot tradition can also be found in the literature of the Hasidim of Ashkenaz in the Middle Ages. A major text in this tradition is the Maaseh Merkabah (Hebrew: מַעֲשֵׂה מֶרְכָּבָה, romanized: maʿăśē merkāḇā, lit. ‘Work of the Chariot’) (Heb. pronounced merkavah)

Now in Vayechi chapter 3 verse 38

Vayechi: Verse 38
דַּאֲבָהֳתָנָא אִינוּן רְתִיכִין דִּלְעֵילָא, וַיַּעַל אֱלֹקִים מֵעַל אַבְרָהָם, אֲבָהָן שׁוֹקֵי עַלְמָא, תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב חֶסֶד לְאַבְרָהָם, תָּנָא דְיֵיתֵי מְשִׁיחָא.
For the fathers are the supernal Chariot on high, as it is written, “And Elohim went up from Abraham” (Beresheet 17:22), “You will show Truth to Jacob, Grace (Heb. chesed) to Abraham” (Michah 7:20). And we learned that the Messiah will come.

This Aramaic text is interesting and I always like to emphasize the Aramaic because of the criptic language the English translation can be scetchy.

תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב חֶסֶד לְאַבְרָהָם, תָּנָא דְיֵיתֵי מְשִׁיחָא.

Truth is given to Jacob (the Jews ,the law) and to Avraham (the whole body of God’s family) is taught grace or kindness chesed,and from that come’s Mashiach (Messiah).

So how I understand this is that Jacob is truth (Torah ,law word) and Jesus is the Torah in flesh (John 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God). Avraham is grace ,kindness (chesed) the other aspect of Messiah Christ Jesus.It is important that Jacob is truth, word because he is the natural bloodline of the Jews and Avraham (Abraham) is grace because he is the whole adopted family of God through the new birth.

I am not saying that Merkavah mysticism is Christian but like with the vision of Metatron if you stab at truth long enough you find some and Jesus is truth so his reflection will inevitably show up.

דף שלושים

So now for the adult section and the issue (no pun intended) of masturbation and birth control (Zera Levatala) and does is create demons as some Jewish lore suggests.

Vayechi: Verse 192
דְּהָא תָּנִינָן, כָּל מַאן דְּאַפֵּיק זַרְעֵיהּ בְּרֵיקַנְיָא, אִקְרֵי רָע, וְלָא חָמֵי אַפֵּי שְׁכִינְתָּא, דִּכְתִיב כִּי לֹא אֵל חָפֵץ רֶשַׁע אַתָּה לֹא יְגוּרְךָ רָע, וּכְתִיב וַיְהִי עֵר בְּכוֹר יְהוּדָה רַע, אוֹף הָכָא, אוֹי לְרָשָׁע רָע, וַוי לְהַהוּא חַיָּיבָא דְּאִיהוּ רַע, דַּעֲבַד גַּרְמֵיהּ רַע, כִּי גְמוּל יָדָיו יֵעָשֶׂה לוֹ, לְאַכְלָלָא, מַאן דְּזָנֵי בִּידוֹי, לַאֲפָקָא וּלְחַבְּלָא זַרְעֵיהּ בְרֵיקַנְיָא, וּלְהַאי טָרְדִין בְּהַהוּא עַלְמָא יַתִּיר מִכֹּלָּא.
For we have learned that he who spills his semen in vain is called evil (Heb. ra), and cannot behold the face of the Shechinah, as it is written, “For You are not an El that has pleasure in wickedness, nor shall evil dwell with You” (Tehilim 5:5) and also “And Er, Yehuda’s firstborn, was evil (Heb. ra)” (Beresheet 38:7). Here too, “Woe to the wicked…ill (Heb. ra). Woe to the wicked who is evil and made himself evil (Heb. ra), “for according to the deserving of his hands shall be done to him.” This means that whoever whores himself by letting his semen spill in vain is punished in the world of truth more than any OTHER TRANSGRESSION.

Here is Babylonian (gemara) Talmud Niddah 13.a.1

מַתְנִי’ כׇּל הַיָּד הַמַּרְבָּה לִבְדּוֹק בַּנָּשִׁים — מְשׁוּבַּחַת, וּבָאֲנָשִׁים — תִּקָּצֵץ.

MISHNA: With regard to any hand that is diligent to examine bodily emissions to ascertain ritual impurity, among women such a hand is praiseworthy. But among men such a hand should be severed, as this action is apt to lead to a seminal emission for naught.

13.a.2

גְּמָ’ מַאי שְׁנָא נָשִׁים, וּמַאי שְׁנָא אֲנָשִׁים? נָשִׁים לָאו בְּנוֹת הַרְגָּשָׁה נִינְהוּ — מְשׁוּבָּחוֹת, אֲנָשִׁים דִּבְנֵי הַרְגָּשָׁה נִינְהוּ — תִּקָּצֵץ.

GEMARA: The Gemara asks: What is different about women and what is different about men, that women are praised for examining for bodily emissions while men are castigated for the same? The Gemara answers: Women are not susceptible to sexual arousal by this action, and therefore when a woman is diligent to examine herself she is considered praiseworthy; whereas men, who are susceptible to sexual arousal and may experience a seminal emission as a result of this contact, may not do so, and the hand of a man who conducts frequent examinations for emissions should be severed.

This is where the Rabbi’s really can be to blunt stupid.Sometimes the Talmud is profound and others really misses the mark.By stupid I mean not that spilling seed is good but that women are not pleasured by masturbation.

דף שלושים ואחת

This from an article by Joshua Friedman

Spiritually, Zera Levatala is an extremely huge and grave sin. It is totally unfathomable how bad the punishment in Heaven is from this sin. It can cause those potential children that got wasted to turn into demons and attack you for what you did to them by not giving them a Guf (body.

I have not found any direct mention that masturbation or birth control or even abortion creates demons directly.I think it is very possible that death attracts existing demons.Spilling or wasting seed through masturbation or birth control could bring demons in your life but there is no real evidence other than lore that semen turns into a demon once wasted.I am not saying it is not possible but no evidence for this.It is a very grave sin but I am not finding evidence of the part of the lore of making unclean spirits by wasting seed.Now onto something more disturbing while were on the Talmud and birth control.

Here the Talmud is not condoning sexual assault but simply saying these tragic things happen and the victim will be legally a virgin for her future benefit.

Next issue is , and again I won’t quote for sensitivity sake but, Tractate Ketubah part 3 39.a 1 if you want to read

it talks of legality of using a contraceptive and in context is saying that if a abuser uses a cloth or any contraceptive device to stop pregnancy it is not held against the victim as a sin and for her health .This is not saying that sex with minors is permitted only that if a minor is abused and something is used as contraceptive it is for her benefit and the sin of birth control is not upon her.This is not permission to have sex with minors ok but only if said abuser uses birth control as to cover his deed that the victim is not at fault.We must remember that in the era that this was written the use of birth control was considered a (it still is a sin today) more wicked sin than our society now views it.So it had to be in the law that a rape or abuse victim was not responsible if birth control was used in the bad act.If this had been written today more sensitive language would have been used but the contextual intent was protection of the victim and to give legal ruling of ketubah suites in court.In those times if a woman was not a virgin her ketubah or marriage contract could nullified and there could be a suite against the brides father.So a non virginal woman was non marriable ,so to allow birth control under rape or abuse kept her a legal virgin allowing her to marry someday

(Warning disturbing)

39a

וּמִי מִעַבְּרָא? וְהָתָנֵי רַב בִּיבִי קַמֵּיהּ דְּרַב נַחְמָן: שָׁלֹשׁ נָשִׁים מְשַׁמְּשׁוֹת בְּמוֹךְ, אֵלּוּ הֵן: קְטַנָּה, וּמְעוּבֶּרֶת, וּמְנִיקָה. קְטַנָּה — שֶׁמָּא תִּתְעַבֵּר וְתָמוּת, מְעוּבֶּרֶת — שֶׁמָּא תַּעֲשֶׂה עוּבָּרָהּ סַנְדָּל, מְנִיקָה — שֶׁמָּא תִּגְמוֹל אֶת בְּנָהּ.

Rava’s dilemma is based on the assumption that a rape victim is able to conceive before she is a grown woman. The Gemara asks: And can a minor conceive? But didn’t Rav Beivai teach a baraitabefore Rav Naḥman: It is permitted for three women to engage in relations with a contraceptive resorbent. These are they: A minor, and a pregnant woman, and a nursing woman. The baraita elaborates: A minor may do so lest she conceive and die; a pregnant woman, lest her existing fetus be crushed by another fetus and assume the shape of a sandal fish if she conceives a second time; and a nursing woman, lest she conceive, causing her milk to spoil, which will lead her to wean her son prematurely, endangering his health.

Although disturbing these outdated laws were to protect pregant and nursing womens contract and a minors future right to marry.And this is why although the Talmud has substantial wisdom it is foolish to take it as inspired scripture.And in closing although a sexually promiscuous society will surely bring the a plague of demons but seminal fluid does not create them in my opinion by the evidence.

דף שלושים ושתיים

thought I would go into the Ten Sifrot ספירת עשר and what they are.What are they ?They represent the attributes of God and the tree of life.

What are the ten Sefirot ( סְפִירוֹת) ? Sefirot is a plural word meaning emanations or that source or origin.The Ten Sefirot are one of the most important aspects of Kabbalah which is Jewish mysticism and make up the aspects of the Tree of Life and in some ways out line the personality attributes of the Divine.I am not though a Kabbalah teacher or an expert on Kabbalah and this article is not about traditional Jewish Kabbalah.Nor am I saying the true believers in Jesus the Messiah should study Kabbalah because Kabbalah is useful in giving better understanding to a religion that does not yet have Messiah because the Ten Sefirot are all about the attributes of Messiah.So we as followers of the Messiah do not need Kabbalah.This article is about Jesus/Yeshua and the Ten Sefirot and not Kabbalah!

Lets get started:1.Keter/Crown/כתר

Can we agree based on obvious scripture that Jesus has the highest crown,as it is written he will rule the world with an iron scepter and every knee will bow to him.Don’t forget the crown of thorns on the stake he bore!

2.Chokhmah/wisdom/חכמה

Can it be agreed and likely even by atheists and pagans that Jesus was wise,no dispute here!

3.Binah/understanding/בינה

Jesus had understanding,he understood us and how hard the flesh is but he also understood his Father and the importance of being Holy and Jesus understood just how to temper justice and mercy.

4.Da’at/Knowledge/דעת

We have here from John 1:1

The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.(NIV version)

Not only did Jesus have knowledge but he was knowledge.

5.Chesed/Kindness,love,grace annd compassion/חסד

Here is Ephesians 1:3-7 NIV

³ “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. ⁴ For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love ⁵ he^[b] predestined us for adoption to sonship^[c] through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— ⁶ to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. ⁷ In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace”

Ephesians 2:8-9

” ⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast” ⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast”

We know John 3:16 that Jesus died because he so loved the world,Jesus had Chesed!

דף שלושים ושלוש

6.G’vurah/strength,bravery/גבורה

We know Jesus resisted satan in the desert and Jesus languished on the cross for us and still rose from the dead ,so yes Jesus had g’vurah,strength,courage!

7.Tiferet/Glory,slendor/תפארת

Philippians 2:9-11

⁹ Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
¹¹ and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

8.Netzach/Eternity/נצח

Just reading the New Testament I think we can agree Jesus is eternal and gives us eternity ie.. John 3:16

9.Chod/Splendor /חוד

He was born of a virgin,walked on water,fed 5000 with a few loaves of bread and some fish and even Pontius Pilate could not find fault with him and even the grave itself could not hold him and to the right hand of the Lord he ascended.

10.Yesod/Foundation/יסוד

Revelation 13:8 NIV

 ⁸ All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation (foundation) of the world.^[b]

Corinthians 3:11

¹¹ “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. “

Jesus is also the basic foundation of salvation as well.

Finally .Malkhut/Kingdom/מלכות

It says Ten Sefirot but really it is 11 because Keter and Da’at are considered two within one .But Jesus has a Kingdom for a 1000 reign and an eternal reign in the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21 )

These are the attributes of God from a Christian/Messianic perspective and it is important to remember that even if we don’t embrace Kabbalah to not throw the baby out with the bath water.These divine attributes shed light of the personality and nature of our Messiah who has his Keter and will have his Malkhut and the Chesed he feels and gave for us.

I should also further go into the Zeir Anpin זְעֵיר אַנפִּין (meaning small face or lesser countenance) because they represent the six attributes  comprising the emotional sephirot attributes: Chesed, Gevurah, Tiphereth, Netzach, Hod and Yesod.Also the Zeir Anpin is secret code for Messiah which will explained later.