Kabbalah Library
Zohar for All, Volume 7
From the Hills I Behold Him, and I Will Take a Step Outside
339. It is written, “From the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him.” The depiction and the shape of his father are actually inscribed in him. Since the time he was in his mother’s abdomen, from her side, he expanded and took a step more outwards. “From the top of the rocks I see him” is an actual form and depiction of his father. Since he was in his mother’s abdomen, “I behold him,” I will take a step outwards, like the Vav.
Israel of above, ZA, his form is like that of Abba, Hochma of the right, upper AVI, covered Hassadim. This is “From the top of the rocks I see him.” It is the actual form and the depiction of his father, Hassadim covered from Hochma, like upper AVI, where the Yod never exits their Avir [air].
Since he was in his mother’s abdomen, where he was incorporated in Bina and elicited there three lines, then “I behold him,” from the words, “Support my steps,” meaning steps. He takes a step outside his father’s boundary, and the Hochma is revealed in him. That step is Malchut, which is connected with ZA. The Hochma is revealed in this Malchut. It is likewise with Vav, where the step and expansion outwards are recognized in it.
From the perspective of the form of Abba, ZA should have been Yod since Abba is Yod. However, since he expanded to a step outside, he was made longer and became a Vav, and has more expansion than Abba.
340. This is “From the hills I behold him.” Ima is called “hills,” and from there, ZA took a step outside. In the upper seminary, hills lacks a Vav [in Hebrew]. In the seminary of the firmament and from the fields, it is with the letter Vav.
Vav completes to two sides: One side for ZA, since this hill does not separate from her son, ZA, ever, and does not leave him. Hence, the Vav is ever included in it. This is why it is written “the hills” with a Vav [in Hebrew].
And one side is on the Messiah Son of David, since the hill that is below, Malchut, the son who is incorporated in it is Messiah Son of David. In the future [end of correction], when the Messiah King comes, that upper hill, Bina, should take him and let him into her wings in order to strengthen him and establish him in the upper life of Bina. On that day, the Messiah Son of David will emerge from her, and the Vav of “from the hills” implies this.
341. It is written, “I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You,’” meaning that I am destined to say to this place called “law,” Malchut, and to announce to it, “HaVaYaH, Bina, said to me, you are My son; today I have begotten you.” Malchut rose and clothed Bina, and elicited the Messiah son of David actually from Bina. Hence, on that very day, which is Bina, he elicits that law, which is Malchut, from under the wings of Bina, in several lives, several crowns, several blessings as it should be, since the Messiah is the son of Malchut.
Thus, how did he say, “HaVaYaH said to me, ‘You are My son,’” which means that he is the son of Bina? However, Malchut, with her son, Messiah son of David, both rose to Bina, and the Messiah was incorporated in the lights of Bina, and indeed emerged from Malchut. However, he is regarded as though he emerged from Bina, as she is in the place of Bina.
342. The law, Malchut, will not remain alone after the Messiah son of David emerges from it, since then, another Messiah will be incorporated in it, Messiah son of Joseph. It will grow stronger in Malchut, and not in Bina, like the Messiah son of David, since it is the bottom hill, Malchut, in which there is no life, as Malchut has nothing of her own except what ZA gives her, extending from Bina and giving to Malchut.
Since the Messiah son of Joseph adheres only to Malchut, and to no place else, this Messiah will be killed and die, since for her part, Malchut has nothing to give him. He will remain dead until this hill, Malchut, gathers life from a high hill, Bina, and bestows from the lights of Bina to the Messiah son of Joseph. At that time, the Messiah son of Joseph will be revived.
343. For this reason, in the seminary of the firmament, the word “from the hills” is complete with the letter Vav, which implies ZA and the Messiah. However, in the upper seminary, the word “from the hills” is deficient, without a Vav, to show something in which there is no question or doubt. It is written, “behold, a people dwelling alone,” separately, without mingling with others.
The upper seminary is Bina, and the seminary of the firmament is Malchut. Since the Vav of “from the hills” contains ZA and the Messiah, who are below Bina, since there is no grip to the external ones in Bina, and in them, there is a grip to the external ones. Hence, in the seminary of the firmament, where there is already the place of Malchut, Vav is implied by the word “from the hills,” which is Bina, since she is already in the place of Malchut.
However, in Bina in her place, in the upper seminary, the Vav cannot adhere since there, it is the place of Bina, in whom there is no grip to the external ones, as with ZA and the Messiah. Therefore, in the upper seminary, the word, “from the hills,” is deficient, without a Vav, as there is no grip there to the shells and the external ones, which are question and doubt. It is written, “behold, a people dwelling alone, and not counting itself among the nations,” in seclusion, without mixing with others, since they receive from Bina, where the external ones have no grip.
