On Sukkot: Surrounded and Filled with Faith
Thursday, October 1st, 2009The following is a translation of Reb Zalman’s text “On Sukkot” from his Sefer, Yishmiru Daat. The Hebrew/English version is at the bottom. Chag Sameach, Gabbai Seth Fishman, BLOG Editor
And on Sukkot, the Sefirah of Tiferet lights up. Tiferet is associated with Yaakov, olav hashalom.
[The following is the scriptural basis for this association. Gabbai Seth]
(Genesis 33:17) “And for his cattle, he made Sukkot / booths.”
And the Supernal Guests visit us each of the seven days the Sukkah structure stands,
[Every night, a different guest as follows. Male: 1- Avraham (Chesed), 2- Yitzchak (Gevurah), 3- Yaakov (Tiferet), 4- Moshe (Netzach), 5- Aharon (Hod), 6- Yosef (Yesod), 7- David (Malchut). Female: 1- Miriam (Chesed), 2- Leah (Gevurah), 3- Hannah (Tiferet), 4- Rivka (Netzach), 5- Sarah (Hod), 6- Tamar (Yesod) and 7- Rachel (Malchut).]
as Yaakov grows up into Yisrael Saba, (Zohar I, 236).
[Yaakov was renamed to Yisrael. The term, Yisrael Saba / grandfather Israel, refers to that aspect of Chochmah which we can access. Chochmah is way at the top of the tree and has another aspect that is beyond our access. From the Baumann text: “Each and every partzuf / interface to God is divided into two levels… Partzuf Abba / father is divided into Chochmah and Yisrael Saba.” Think of Yisrael Saba as the exterior of the Sefirah of Chochmah.]