250929.Pinchas v812 - Yom Kippur

The Zohar tells us that Yom Kippur is from the Tree of Life, where no evil has any part. On that day even those people who are under a sentence of judgment are forgiven. We hear about the difference between vows and oaths, and about the iniquities of Yisrael that are purified or whitened through repentance. We learn that on Yom Kippur a Shofar raises up a voice for freedom. There are three grades of worship on that day: thought, speech and deed.

Pinchas: Verse 812

וְאִתְּמַר בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים. וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת נַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם. וּבֶעָשׂוֹר לַחֺדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּה תְּעַנּוּ אֶת נַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם. תַּקִּינוּ בֵּיהּ ה' עִנּוּיִים, בְּגִין דְּתִתְלַבֵּן ה' זְעֵירָא בְּה' עִלָּאָה, דְּאִיהוּ ה' צְלוֹתִין. לְקַיֵּים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, אִם יִהְיוּ חֲטָאֵיכֶם כַּשָּׁנִים כַּשֶּׁלֶג יַלְבִּינוּ. וְהַאי אִיהוּ רָזָא דְּלָשׁוֹן שֶׁל זְהוֹרִית, בְּגִין דְּכָל חוֹבִין דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מָטוּן לְגַבֵּי מַלְכוּת. וּתְשׁוּבָה דְּאִיהִי בִּינָה, מְלַבֶּנֶת לוֹן. בְּגִין דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ, הַשּׁוֹכֵן אִתָּם בְּתוֹךְ טוּמְאוֹתָם. וְד' בִּגְדֵי לָבָן, וְד' בִּגְדֵי זָהָב לְמִלְבַּשׁ, יְאֲהדֺוָנָהי.

And it is said about Yom Kippur: "and you shall afflict your souls" (Bemidbar 29:7) AND ALSO: "in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls" (Vayikra 16:29). And five afflictions were decreed for it, so that small Hei, WHICH IS MALCHUT, should be purified in upper Hei, WHICH IS BINAH, OF WHOSE LEFT COLUMN, THE AFFLICTIONS ARE DRAWN, which are five prayers, to establish in Yisrael: "though your sins be like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow" (Yeshayah 1:18). And this is the secret of the crimson colored strip, WHICH WAS TIED TO THE DOOR OF THE SANCTUARY FROM INSIDE, WHICH, WHEN THE HE-GOAT REACHED THE WILDERNESS, TURNED WHITE. All the iniquities of the House of Yisrael reach to Malchut; and Repentance, which is Binah, purifies (whitens) them, for it is written about it, ABOUT MALCHUT: I AM HASHEM "that remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness" (Vayikra 16:16). And the four garments of white and the four garments of gold for apparel are THE SECRET OF Yud-Aleph-Hei-Dalet-Vav-Nun-Hei- Yud, WHICH IS THE COMBINATION OF THE LETTERS OF YUD HEI VAV HEI AND THOSE OF ADONAI. FOR THE FOUR GARMENTS OF WHITE ARE THE SECRET OF THE FOUR LETTERS OF YUD HEI VAV HEI WHILE THE FOUR GARMENTS OF GOLD ARE THE SECRET OF THE FOUR LETTERS OF ADONAI.

Pinchas: Verse 813

וְתַקִּינוּ לִתְקוֹעַ שׁוֹפָר בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים, לְסַלְּקָא קוֹל דְּאִיהוּ ו', לְחֵרוּת. דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ, בְּכָל צָרָתָם לוֹ צָר, בְּא', וּבְו', קְרֵי וּכְתִיב. וַעֲבוֹדַת יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים אִיהִי בַּאֲרִיכוּת, וְאִיהִי כְּלִילָא מִתְּלַת דַּרְגִּין, בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה דִּבּוּר וּמַעֲשֶׂה.

And it was decreed that a Shofar be sounded on Yom Kippur, to raise up a voice, which is Vav OF YUD HEI VAV HEI, NAMELY, ZEIR ANPIN, to freedom, WHICH IS BINAH, about which it is said: "In all their affliction He was afflicted (or: 'there was affliction for (Heb. lo) him')" (Yeshayah 63:9). 'LO' IS with Aleph and Vav, THAT IS, in how it is pronounced and written, FOR IT IS SPELLED WITH ALEPH (NO), ALTHOUGH PRONOUNCED WITH VAV (FOR HIM). FOR "IN ALL THEIR AFFLICTION" ALLUDES TO FIVE AFFLICTIONS AND THE JUDGMENTS WHOSE SOURCE IS IN BINAH, IN ITS LEFT COLUMN. AND IN THE SECRET OF THE SHOFAR BLOWING, ZEIR ANPIN IS ALSO RAISED UP THERE TO BINAH, AND THIS IS WHY THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THE TEXT, AS WRITTEN AND AS READ, WITH AN ALEPH AND WITH A VAV, WHERE THE ALEPH ALLUDES TO BINAH, IN THE SECRET OF TEACH (HEB. ALEPH) BINAH, AND THE VAV ALLUDES TO ZEIR ANPIN THAT ASCENDED TO BINAH. And worship on Yom Kippur is conducted at length and comprises three grades: thought, speech, and deed.