TETZAVEH

Shalom Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing our attention on the furniture in MISHKAHN MOSHE. The furnishing in MISHKAHN MOSHE provide a riddle that discloses the functioning of the components in the physical body (BEGED) in MISHKAHN DAVID. In the BEGED, we have been given all the things that are necessary in achieving HAMACHSHAVAH HAELYONAH (the Supreme Thought). The Supreme Thought is that D’MUT ADAM (the image of man) becomes B’TZELEM ELOHIM (the image and likeness of G-d). We were given volition in order that we might participate in the unfoldment of the goal. We are the potential of G-d concealed destined to become the manifestation of ECHAD revealed.

The components of the BEGED employed for the purpose (KAVANAH) in which they are given will give rise to the ascension into G-dhood in your present lifetime. In the PARASHAT TETZAVEH, there is a disclosure of the furnishing that when observed through the gift of HISTACHLUT PNIMIT (introspection) gives rise to ascension into ATZMUTO (the pure essence) of ECHAD.

Ascension into ATZMUTO is entrance into the higher dimensions of energy where omniscience is experienced. To ascend into that level, one must become conscious of the MIZBEACH (the altar) of incense that is within. The MIZBEACH of incense is to observe inward from the perspective of the KNOWER. There are three: the POWER TO KNOW, the KNOWER and that which is KNOWN. From the perspective of the KNOWER, like incense, one is able to ascend into ATZMUTO and observe from the perspective of the power to know. It is from the mechanic of ascension into ATZMUTO that one is able to participate in the transformation of D’MUT ADAM into B’TZELEM ELOHIM.

 

TETZAVEH

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing upon the opening scenario contained in the SIDRAH. The opening scenario is a narrative disclosing the instructions given to the NAVI (prophet) MOSHE on the preparation of the oil of illumination to be used for the lighting of the MENORAH. He is instructed to command BENEI YISRAEL (the children of Israel) “that they shall take for you clear olive oil, crushed for illumination, to kindle a lamp continually.” Exodus 27:20b No doubt the understanding of the IKARIM (principles) contained in the instruction will disclose the PATH OF LIFE that gives rise to the manifestation of HAMACHSHAVAH HA ELYONAH (the Supreme Mind).

The manifestation of HAMACHSHAVAH HA ELYONAH, that is, the INVISIBLE becoming VISIBLE, is speaking of ADAM KADMON which is CREATION. CREATION has been predetermined to unfold as a visible manifestation of G-d, yea, D’MUT ADAM (the image of man) is destined to become B’TZELEM ELOHIM (the image and likeness of G-d). Like the microism, man, the macroism creation is made in D’MUT ADAM. Torah reveals that man is in a process of becoming B’TZELEM ELOHIM. This process is occurring at both levels, that is, the MICROISM and the MACROISM.

The preparation of the oil for illumination is the disclosure of how that coming to the END of an ERA will be experienced. Life is continuous, thus the end of a thing is the beginning of the same thing in a new form. All around us we are witnessing to destruction. The destruction is the end of an ERA giving rise to the birthing of a new ERA. The new ERA is the manifestation of HAVAYOT (the force of creation). This force will manifest HAMACHSHAVAH HA ELYONAH, that is, EQUIVALENCE of FORM. In other words, the MIDDOT (qualities) of the CREATOR will be visibly made manifest in form. The NEVIIM received visions revealing elimination of death in the physical body as well as the lion laying down with the lamb in the environment. 

As the destruction is occurring, the LIGHT of CHOCHMAH is being revealed, illuminating the path to LIFE that is in the midst. Therefore arise and shine for the LIGHT has come that will reveal the GLORY of G-d concealed in you.

TETZAVEH

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing our ATTENTION on the opening scenario found in the SIDRAH. The PARASHAT (portion) is a continuation of the preceding portion. The preceding portion deals with the instructions given for the creation of a Resting Place for the Holy Blessed One of Yisrael called the MISHKAHN. It was disclosed that the NEVIIM (prophets) foresaw that it had been predetermined by ECHAD, Blessed be His Name, that the MISHKAHN (tabernacle) would evolve. The purpose of the evolution of the MISHKAHN would be to aid in those who are undergoing the human conscious experience in the unfoldment of the goal of creation. The GOAL of CREATION for humanity is to evolve into DIVINITY. The evolution of HUMANITY is the manifestation of PHYSICAL IMMORTALITY that is latent within. Thus the evolution of the MISHKAHN is purposed to aid in the maximizing to the SUPERNAL POTENTIAL that is concealed within.

The continuation of these instructions in TETZAVEH move from that of the construct to the uniform that would be worn by those who administer the commands. These administrators are the REDEEMERS that come up upon TZION to judge the mountain of ESAV. The question is, “Why are these redeemers given a uniform?”

A uniform is purposed to unite the HOST SOULS into One. The time of REDEMPTION is one in which SPIRITUALITY is reached and then made manifest by a CORPORATE GROUP. It is egoism that opposes ascension into spirituality. Ascension into spirituality is returning to the PRIMEVAL SELF. The primeval Self is ADAM KADMON which is One being comprised of many souls. It was descension from the TRUTH of BEING that gave rise to the conscious experience of being alone. The feeling of being alone or isolated is what must be transcended. Uniformity both objectively and subjectively is essential in the ascension. A uniform must be given to aid in the realization of our ONENESS. 

The UNIFORM is beneficial both to those who wear it as well as those who see it. To those who wear it, it is a constant reminder of the TRUTH of BEING, that is, that we are ONE BEING made of MANY. On the other hand, the seer is able to identify the REDEEMER and thus benefit both by the teaching and the ensample.

TETZAVEH

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing our ATTENTION on the TITLE of the PARASHAT. The title of the PARASHAT is TETZAVEH. The IVRI transliteration TETZAVEH may be interpreted as SHALL COMMAND. TETZAVEH begins with instructions concerning the LIGHTING of the LAMP in the TENT of MEETING. It is written, “And you shall command the children of Israel that they shall bring to you olive oil that is clear, crushed for illumination to light a lamp continually in the TENT of MEETING outside the PARTITION curtain that is before the TESTIMONIAL TABLETS, arrange it shall AARON and his sons from evening until morning before HASHEM a decree that is eternal for their generations, for the Children of Israel.” (Exodus 27:20,21) In this passage contained within TORAH, it is disclosed that the LAMP of the TENT of MEETING is to be lit ETERNALLY by all GENERATIONS. It would seem as though HASHEM was giving a COMMAND that would be impossible for BENEI YISRAEL to keep, in that the TENT of MEETING, as we know it, does not EXIST. This thought is INCONSISTENT with the REVELATION of HASHEM’S quality of OMNISCIENCE, yea, it is written, “You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar. You encompass my path and my repose. You are familiar with all my ways.” (Psalm 139:2-4) This revelation of HASHEM’S QUALITY of being ALL KNOWING, that is, OMNISCIENT, discloses that not only is He familiar with all of our ways, but that He also ORCHESTRATED THEM. In other words, HASHEM knew that a SEASON would come where the TENT of MEETING would not exist as revealed in the TEXT, but also that He orchestrated the CHANGE. Yet with the ORCHESTRATION of the CHANGE, He still COMMANDS the LAMP to be LIT continually.

To fulfill this COMMAND requires a REDEFINITION that gives rise to PERFECTION, yea, we are destined to EVOLVE in the EARTHEN REALM. A TIME has been predetermined by HASHEM when the EARTH shall be filled with His glory. The glory may be described as the VISIBLE MANIFESTATION of His QUALITIES that are CONCEALED within. The NAVI MALACHI foreseen the event of a REDEFINITION and wrote the FOLLOWING, “Behold, I am sending My messenger, and he will clear a path before Me; suddenly the Lord Whom you seek will come to His Sanctuary, and the messenger of the covenant for whom you yearn, behold, he comes, says HASHEM, Master of Legions… He will sit smelting and purifying silver; he will purify the children of LEVI and refine them like gold and like silver, and they will be for HASHEM presenters of offering in righteousness.” In this passage of NEVIIM, it is revealed that a MESSENGER will come who will INSTRUCT LEVI in ways of presenting offerings that give rise to the MANIFESTATION of RIGHTEOUSNESS.

The MANIFESTATION of RIGHTEOUSNESS in the Jewish People is the result of LIGHTING the LAMPS of ILLUMINATION CONCEALED within the HUMAN CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE. The HUMAN CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE is the product of COMBINING the FINITE with the INFINITE, yea, when HASHEM blew into the DUST, SOUL, what He did is married HIMSELF to the PHYSICAL BODY. LIKE the TABERNACLE, the PHYSICAL BODY contains an INDIVIDUALIZED ASPECT of HASHEM, sometimes referred to as a DIVINE SPARK. When the SOUL enters into the PHYSICAL body, it is clothed with a GARMENT (LAVUSH) that CONCEALS the SUPERNAL QUALITIES. Those SUPERNAL QUALITIES are the LIGHT of the SEFEROT. Thus it is the UNCOVERING of these SUPERNAL LIGHTS that must be done continually, that RIGHTEOUSNESS MIGHT BE REVEALED. It is the INSTRUCTIONS received from the MESSENGER of the BRIT (covenant) given to the COHANIM that will engender the performance of the COMMAND and the EVOLUTION of MAN.

TETZAVEH Part 6

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT TETZAVEH by placing our attention on the fundamental TRUTHS disclosed in EXODUS 30:1-10. In this passage of TORAH, the NAVI MOSHE receives instructions from HASHEM on constructing the INCENSE ALTAR and how it is to be employed by the KOHAN GADOL (the High Priest). The question is, “What fundamental TRUTHS are hidden within the INSTRUCTIONS?”

To aid in uncovering the answer, let us employ the following principle. Creation is experienced as that which is known. The human conscious experience is the KNOWER. In order for the KNOWER to KNOW that which is KNOWN, the KNOWER MUST HAVE the POWER TO KNOW, that is, KNOWING. Applying this PRINCIPLE in order to aid in the uncovering of the MYSTERY, G-d is the POWER TO KNOW, or KNOWING and the NAVI MOSHE is the KNOWER. Thus KNOWING gave the KNOWER instructions on how to construct what will be KNOWN as the INCENSE ALTAR. No doubt the INCENSE ALTAR was to remind the KNOWER to maintain a CONSTANT FOCUS on KNOWING (the Power to KNOW).

It is the CONSTANT FOCUS of the KNOWER on KNOWING that gives rise to the experience of the INFOLDMENT OF LIFE WITHOUT END. Along with this FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH is that which declares, the KNOWER is DESTINED to EMPLOY what is KNOWN to SERVE the POWER TO KNOW (KNOWING) in the UNFOLDMENT of SUCCESS. These FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS when embodied give rise to ASCENSION out of IGNORANCE which is the cause of the DELUSION called SUFFERING and entrance into LIFE with ALL POSSIBILITIES.

TETZAVEH Part 5

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT TETZAVEH by placing our attention upon the following passage found in TORAH, it is written, “I shall sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the Altar and Aaron and his sons shall I sanctify to minister to Me. I shall rest My Presence among the Children of Israel, and I shall be their God.” (Exodus 29:44,45) It is evident from this passage found in TORAH that those who have been chosen by HASHEM to MINISTER to HIM have a sphere of AUTHORITY that is influenced by their SERVICE.

HASHEM may be described as the CONSCIOUSNESS of ALL SENTIENT BEING. In other words, G-d is the ESSENCE of ALL EXISTENCE. Understanding this FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH aids in discerning what is implied by MINISTERING to HASHEM. Ministering to HASHEM is a SERVICE to the ESSENCE of one’s being. When serving in harmony with the INSTRUCTIONS given to the KOHANIM (PRIESTHOOD), the result is the VISIBLE MANIFESTATION of G-d’s PRESENCE. The VISIBLE MANIFESTATION of G-d’s PRESENCE is not a SPECTACLE, but rather gives rise to a constant state of IMPROVEMENT to the EXISTENCE within the SPHERE of AUTHORITY of those who MINISTER.

To become a recipient of the VISIBLE MANIFESTATION of the DIVINE PRESENCE, that is, the constant state of IMPROVEMENT, the following promise was given to our ABBA AVRAHAM, it is written “I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse…” (Genesis 12:3) In other words, to become a RECIPIENT of the VISIBLE MANIFESTATION of the DIVINE PRESENCE, one must occupy the SPHERE of AUTHORITY given to the KOHAN, and bless him by giving the SACRIFICES found in the INSTRUCTIONS given to the NAVI MOSHE.

Likewise, in a NEO HASSIDIC COMMUNITY, there is a REBBE that may be equaled to a KOHAN. The REBBE has been given INSTRUCTIONS that give rise to establishing the VISIBLE MANIFESTATION of DIVINE PRESENCE, which is termed PURE SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS. To become a recipient of the PURE SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS, one must be within the SPHERE of AUTHORITY of the REBBE, which are the community or COMMUNITIES that he has oversight. Then by sharing with the REBBE the MATERIAL things that one has, in harmony with the INSTRUCTIONS found in TORAH and not casting STUMBLING BLOCKS in the ADMINISTRATIONS THEREOF, one may become a recipient of ALL the POSSIBILITIES experienced in the CONSTANT STATE of IMPROVEMENT. 

TETZAVEH Part 4

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT TETZAVEH by placing our ATTENTION upon NATIONAL PURPOSE. Undoubtably the purpose of HASHEM appearing as the DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES upon the earth was not one of DIVISION, but rather PURPOSE. In other words, each NATIONALITY upon the earth has a predetermined DIVINE CORPORATE PURPOSE. These DIVINE CORPORATE PURPOSES are destined to aid in the development of the HUMAN CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE. The development is a MOVEMENT in the direction of the Holy Blessed One of YISRAEL, Blessed be His NAME, being made manifest in the ALL of EXISTENCE. It’s manifestation in the human conscious experience is the ETERNAL IMMORTAL STATE. This is to suggest that the goal is not to DIE, but LIFE WITHOUT END.

Concerning DIVINE CORPORATE PURPOSE, the Jewish People were given the assignment of being TIKKUN OLAM, that is, the repairers of the earth. To gain a greater understanding of what is implied by “REPAIRERS OF THE EARTH,” our ABBA AVRAHAM experienced an EPIPHANY in which it was said, “… Go for yourself from your land, from your relatives and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make you a great nation; I will bless you, and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse, and all families of the earth shall bless themselves by you.” (Genesis 12:1-3) From this passage of TORAH, we are able to discern that all the other NATIONALITIES are destined to bless THEMSELVES in the Jewish People. This is indicative of what is implied by our NATIONAL PURPOSE of being TIKKUN OLAM, yea, we are destined to provide the TEACHING and ENSAMPLE of how to LIVE in the HIGHER LEVELS of the human conscious experience. At the HIGHER LEVELS, we engage with the possibility of manifesting IMMORTALITY in FORM.

The mechanic that we are destined to employ in the UNFOLDMENT of the ETERNAL IMMORTAL STATE is described in the following passage found in TORAH, it is written, “And now, if you hearken well to My voice and observe My covenant, you shall be to Me the most beloved treasure of all peoples, for Mine is the entire world. You shall be to Me a kingdom of ministers (PRIESTS) and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the Children of Israel. (Exodus 19:5,6) In this disclosure, HASHEM reveals that the LIFESTYLE that is presented in the BRIT (covenant) given to the Jewish People by way of MOSHE REBEYNU gives rise to ascension into FAVOR, that is, the HIGHER LEVELS of CONSCIOUSNESS that is conducive to the MORTAL becoming IMMORTAL.

The sin of the GOLDEN CALF gave rise to the experience of NEGATIVE CONSCIOUSNESS to all of BENEI YISRAEL with the exception of the TRIBE of LEVI. Therefore the PRIESTHOOD, which is an ENSAMPLE of the HIGHER LIFE, was given to the TRIBE of LEVI to demonstrate. Thus the inauguration of the KOHANIM (PRIESTS) was prelude to the manifestation of the HIGHER LIFE that is the result of experiencing a CONSCIOUS UNION with G-d would look like.

Since the MIND is REFLECTIVE in nature, and at the LOWER LEVELS of CONSCIOUSNESS, in need to be REFINED in order to fulfill the INTENT, the LIFESTYLE belonging to those who occupy the HIGHER LEVELS of CONSCIOUSNESS must be one of MIND REFINEMENT. When MIND REFINEMENT is executed, it is able to REFLECT PURE SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS. The REFLECTION of PURE SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS in the MIND engenders the constant state of improvement in FORM with movement towards the ETERNAL IMMORTAL STATE, that is, LIFE WITHOUT END. The RITUALS that were observed in the INAUGURATION are with this INTENT, not simply SACRIFICE, but ASCENSION out of NEGATIVE CONSCIOUSNESS into the HIGHER LEVELS of ALL POSSIBILITY.

TETZAVEH Part 3

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT TETZAVEH by placing our ATTENTION on the instructions given to MOSHE REBEYNU concerning the INAUGURATION of Aaron and his sons as KOHANIM (PRIESTS). The KOHANIM among BENEI YISRAEL were destined to function in the HIGHER LEVELS of consciousness in the human Conscious Experience. In concert with the revelation that the ESSENCE of the human conscious experience is DIVINE, we should approach our findings in harmony with the FOUNDATIONAL TRUTH that we are destined to ASCEND into a CONSCIOUS UNION with HASHEM. This principle gives rise to engaging with the instructions in a RELEVANT WAY that will aid in our embodiment of the same. The inauguration of the KOHANIM was purposed to sanctify them for the SERVICE of The Holy Blessed One of Yisrael. Likewise understanding the principles disclosed in the INSTRUCTIONS will engender PRECISION in our service to HASHEM.

The KOHANIM were inaugurated in order to preform specific duties in the MISHKAN (Tabernacle). These duties were given in order to establish a SPIRITUAL CENTER for BENEI YISRAEL that would be FOUNDATIONAL to the LIFESTYLE of JUDAISM. This would enable the Jewish People to THINK, SPEAK and ACT like G-d, yea, it’s design was to REFINE the MIND.

The REFINING of the MIND would cause it to become REFLECTIVE. What it is to reflect is the REVELATION of G-d. Reflecting the REVELATION of G-d is subject to the spiritual principle “as a man thinketh, so is he.” Thus the REFINING of the MIND gives rise to the MANIFESTATION of that which is CONCEALED to being REVEALED. Each step contained in the inauguration of the KOHANIM contains the mysteries that when uncovered discloses MIND REFINEMENT that gives rise to establishing a CONSCIOUS UNION with HASHEM.

TETZAVEH Part 2

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT TETZAVEH by placing our attention on the movement of TIME in SPACE. TIME may be described as thought in motion. This description describes that TIME is illusionary in nature. The illusions are appearances that are TEMPORARY IN NATURE with the PURPOSE of REVEALING THAT which is ETERNAL, yea, THE ETERNAL is in the process of MANIFESTING ITSELF IN FORM.

The commencement of the ETERNAL manifesting ITSELF in FORM is ONE of SIMPLICITY. In other words, that which is SIMPLE moves TOWARDS the COMPLEX and that WHICH is COMPLEX moves TOWARDS the SIMPLE. This description is the MOVEMENT of TIME in SPACE. As aforementioned, the PURPOSE of the MOVEMENT is the MANIFESTATION of the ETERNAL, i.e. HASHEM, Blessed Be His NAME, in FORM.

The portion termed TETZAVEH contains within it a MYTERY concerning the MOVEMENT of TIME in SPACE. The MYSTERY has to do with the instructions given to the NAVI MOSHE on the CREATION of the VESTMENTS OF SANCTITY for the KOHANIM (priests), that is, AARON and his SONS. The only DIFFERENTIATION that was to exist within the KOHANIM was that of the KOHAN GADOL (High Priest), the rest of KOHANIM were to wear SIMILAR CLOTHING when MINISTERING to HASHEM.

The KOHANIM were to occupy the HIGHER LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS among BENEI YISRAEL. The HIGHER LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS, the LESS DIFFERENTIATION OCCURS. In other words, the HIGHER LEVELS of CONSCIOUSNESS represent SIMPLICITY. DESCENSION into the lower levels of CONSCIOUSNESS give rise to COMPLEXITY experienced as DIFFERENTIATION. The uniformity of the VESTMENTS OF SANCTITY are a revelation that ASCENSION into the HOLY BLESSED ONE of YISRAEL is one of A CONSCIOUS UNION with G-d where the experience is ONE of SIMPLICITY, yea, the challenges that we undergo are to be RESPONDED to by ASCENSION into the SIMPLICITY that is LATENT WITHIN. This SIMPLICITY that is LATENT WITHIN is absent of COMPLEXITY. The COMPLEXITY that is experienced with the challenge is only the appearance of an ILLUSION that is experienced in the MOVEMENT. Thus the KOHANIM wore the VESTMENT OF SANCTITY that expressed SAMENESS. It is the FOCUS on SAMENESS that engenders the manifestation of the ETERNAL in FORM.  

TETZAVEH

Shalom, Shalom. This week’s TORAH PARASHAT is termed TETZAVEH. The IVRI transliteration TETZAVEH is indicative of the term “SHALL COMMAND.” In particular the term is employed by HASHEM to instruct BENEI YISRAEL in the preparation of the OIL of ILLUMINATION that is destined to burn continually in the MISHKAN (Tabernacle).

The OIL of ILLUMINATION was to be clear, i.e. pure, olive oil that resulted from undergoing the process of being crushed. The question is, “How does the preparation of the OIL of ILLUMINATION relate to the UNIVERSE of BECOMING?

It has been established that the ALL of EXISTENCE is the product of ECHAD (the One) speaking HIMSELF into BEING. By employing this process to CREATE the ALL of EXISTENCE, ECHAD made HIMSELF the ESSENCE of ALL THING. In other words, PURE CONSCIOUSNESS is latent within EVERYTHING, both ANIMATE and INANIMATE.

As previously suggested in some of the preceding TORAH PORTIONS, the ESSENCE of PURE CONSCIOUSNESS that is at the center of the ALL of EXISTENCE is destined to MANIFEST. The manifestation of the essence of PURE CONSCIOUSNESS is the infoldment of HIDDEN UNLIMITED POTENTIAL, yea, the ONE became the MANY, the infoldment is the MANY becoming ONE.

Just as the OLIVE that is employed must undergo the experience of PRESSURE in order to INFOLD the OIL of ILLUMINATION, so have the Jewish People been predetermined by ECHAD, yea, we are destined to undergo the experience of HARDSHIP that is purposed to INFOLD the HIDDEN UNLIMITED POTENTIAL that is LATENT WITHIN. Concerning this SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLE, the NAVI ISAIAH wrote, “Behold, I refine you, but not like silver; I have chosen for you the CRUCIBLE OF HARDSHIP.” (Isaiah 48:10) Like the preparation that the OLIVE must undergo to fulfill the purpose in becoming the OIL of ILLUMINATION that is destined to burn without END, we, too, have undergone the crushing experience of the CRUCIBLE of HARDSHIP for the purpose of unfolding the ETERNAL IMMORTAL STATE that is LATENT WITHIN, yea, it is the seemingly unbearable challenges that we undergo that give rise to ASCENSION out of NEGATIVE CONSCIOUSNESS into that which is ILLUMINED.