Zohar on Tehillim 27 – When the Almighty Is Light
Zohar on Tehillim 27 – When the Almighty Is Light
Tehillim 27:1
David said: «Ad-nai ori veyishi mimi ira» - (The Almighty, my Light and my salvation – whom shall I fear?).
How beautiful are the words of Torah! How pleasing in the eyes of the Almighty are those who study Torah!
Whoever studies Torah need not fear the destructive forces of the world; he is protected from them above and below. The destructive forces of the world cannot withstand him, and he sends them down into the great Abyss.
Behold, when night arrives, the higher Gates are closed.
Dogs and Donkeys roam the world, while the destructive forces are given permission to destroy. All the people of the world sleep, while the souls of the righteous ascend and delight above. Then the spirit of the North awakens, the night is divided, and the influence of holiness awakens in the world.
Fortunate is the portion of the person who awakens and rises at this time to study holy Torah, for by doing so he banishes into the great Abyss all types of destructive angels and all kinds of judgments. The impurity of “chamora” submits to him, and he sends it into the crevices, into refuse, filth, and impurity.
Issachar studied Torah and overcame the impurity of “chamora,” bringing it down from the level on which it had been to 243 steps below – “gram maalot”. As it is written: “Hamor garam” – it had risen in order to harm the world.
The word “gram” is related to the word “ligrom” – to produce, to bring about something. In other words, he brought this impurity down so that it would cause no harm.
Thus Issachar established the dwelling place of the klipah “chamor”. He brought it down to בין המשפתים (bein hamishpatayim) – into refuse, impurity, and filth.
(Zohar on Vayechi, Baal HaSulam, translated by Rav Tzvi Nisan-zon)
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