The Lord Called unto Moses

Lilith Was with Man in the Beginning

316) There is one Nukva from the hole of the great high deep, a spirit over all the spirits, whose name is Lilith. She was present with the man in the beginning, that is, she was his Nukva. And when the man was created and his body was completed, a thousand spirits came upon that body from the left side. One wished to enter him and another wished to enter him, but they could not, until the Creator rebuked them. And the man was laying, a spiritless body, and his appearance was green. And all those spirits were surrounding him.

317) Then, a cloud came down and repelled all those spirits that surrounded the man. At that time, “And God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth the living soul [Nefesh],’” and Nukva, the Malchut, was impregnated by the male, ZA, with that soul of the first man [Adam ha Rishon]. And she, Malchut, brought out that spirit [Ruach, but also wind], to blow in that man, who was made of male and female, as it is written, “And breathed into his nostrils a soul of life, and man became a living soul,” made of male and female, and this living soul consists of all of them.

318) When Adam rose, after he received the living soul, his Nukva was stuck to his side and the holy soul in him expanded to the side of the male and to the side of the female. She was sufficient for both, for the male and for the female, since she consisted of male and female. Afterwards the Creator cut off the man and corrected his Nukva [female], as it is written, “And the Lord God built the rib,” meaning side, as it is written, “Side of the tabernacle.” He brought her to the man, who brought her in her corrections as a bride to the Huppah [wedding canopy].

319) When Lilith saw it, she fled, and she is in the beach-cities, and even now she is poised to harm the people of the world. When the Creator destroys the evil Rome and it is ruined forever, this Lilith will rise from the sea and He will place her in the ruins of Rome, since she is the destruction of the world. It is written about that, “Yes, Lilith shall repose there, and shall find her a place of rest.”

320) In the books of the ancient ones, they said that Lilith fled the man even before, before Eve was erected. But this is not so because this Nukva, Lilith, was with him. Yet, as long as Eve was not established with Adam, Lilith was mating with him. And when Eve was established with him, Lilith fled to the sea, and she is destined to harm the world.

321) The cure for that, so that Lilith will not be able to harm, is that when the man bonds with his wife to bear, he will aim his heart to his Master’s holiness and say, “The one who is wrapped in a sheet,” which is Lilith, who is wrapped and always wails, since the name Lilith is from the word Yelalah [wailing], has come.” “Run away, run away, you will not come in and you will not go out, not yours and not of your share. Go back, go back, the sea is storming; its waves are calling you. I am holding onto the holy part; I am wrapped in the King’s holiness.”

322) Then he should cover his head and the head of his wife for an hour, and similarly every time he bonds, until three days from the reception of the seed, since any seed that the woman does not receive within three days, she will not receive.

She Who Nurses Her Child

324) Happy are the righteous, for the Creator teaches them profound secrets of above and below, and it is all for the Torah, since anyone who engages in the Torah is crowned in the crowns of His Holy Name. This is so because the Torah is the Holy Name and one who engages in it is registered and crowned in the Holy Name, and then he knows the hidden ways and the deep secrets above and below, and he never fears.

Women Rule the World

326) And those women are called, “The flaming sword that turns every way.” Yet, it is not that they are the turning sword. Rather, they are a flame from that sword, which is called, “A sword ... that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant,” “The sword of the Lord is filled with blood.” And that flaming sword that turns every way is sometimes men and sometimes females.

327) Woe unto the world when women rule the world. When the prophet of Israel saw that Israel were twisting their ways, and perform iniquities before their Master, he said, “Women that are at ease, why do you keep quiet? Why do you sit and not awaken in the world? Rise up and take governance over the men.”

328) But they did not say. Rather, it is as we find with Deborah, where it is written, “She judged Israel at that time.” Hence, woe unto a man whose wife blesses for him at his table, who exempts her husband in the blessing for the food because he does not know how to bless. So was Deborah, judging Israel. Woe unto a generation in which there was no one to judge the people but one female.

329) There were two women in the world, and they praised the Creator like all the men in the world will not. Those are Deborah and Hannah. Hannah said, “There is none holy as the Lord, for there is none besides You,” and all the writings that follow. She opened the door to faith in the world, such as, “He raises the poor out of the dust, He lifts up the needy from the dung-hill.” This is the door to faith, Malchut, which, in a sinful generation, is called “poor” and “needy.”

And when one repents, it is said about her, “He raises the poor out of the dust, He lifts up the needy from the dung-hill, to make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory.” “To make them sit with the princes” is the upper faith, Malchut that rose above Chazeh de ZA, to the place of the patriarchs, meaning HGT de ZA, since the princes are the patriarchs. It is written about that, “The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham.” Thus, from the side of the patriarchs, they are called “princes.”

330) “To make them sit with the princes” means she was prophesying about Samuel, who was destined to equalize with Moses and Aaron, as it is written, “Moses and Aaron among His priests, and Samuel among them that call upon His name.” “And inherit the throne of glory” is Samuel, who inherited the glory of Malchut [kingship] to two kings, Saul and David. Another meaning for, “And inherit the throne of glory”: the Creator inherits His throne to His servants.

331) “They that strive with the Lord shall be shattered.” “Strive” is written without a Yod [in Hebrew], which is a sign of plural. “Strive” has the letters of Riv [strife] and Vav [an ascription letter]. This is the holy King, ZA, Vav de HaVaYaH, the middle line. When the Dinim awaken and rulers from the side of Din govern the Rachamim, middle line, the Rachamim yield before the rulers of the Din. And when the Creator is blessed from the spring of the stream, Bina, the Rachamim intensify, meaning the middle line, and the Dinim that extend from the left surrender. This is the meaning of, “They that strive with the Lord shall be shattered.” Strife and Vav, meaning the Dinim from the strife of the Vav, the middle line, will shatter by the force of the illumination of Bina.

332) “Against them will He thunder in heaven.” Who is “them”? When the dew, the abundance of Atik, Keter, is upon him and fills his Rosh, meaning GAR, in the heaven, which is ZA, then He will thunder, meaning break the might and power of the harsh Dinim. “He will give strength to His king,” to the Creator, ZA. “And exalt the horn of His anointed” is the assembly of Israel, Malchut, called, “Long blast with the ram's horn.” “His anointed,” as it is written, “The anointed of the God of Jacob,” said about David, who is considered Malchut.

333) Deborah, who came to praise the praise of the holy King, said, “Lord, when You went forth out of Seir, when You marched out of the field of Edom.” This teaches that the Creator invited all the peoples to receive the Torah but they declined. But did He not know that they would decline? Why did He invite them? It was so that they would not be able to say that had the Creator given them the Torah, they would have kept it. This is why He invited them.

All those writings that Deborah said are in wisdom, until that time when she praised herself, as it is written, “Until I, Deborah, arose; until I arose, a mother in Israel.” At that time, the spirit of prophecy departed her. This is why she said, “Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, sing a song,” meaning she had to reawaken the spirit of prophecy.

334) All that was when the men were in sin and were unworthy of having the spirit of holiness over them. Then it is written, “And if the whole congregation of Israel shall err and the matter is hidden from the eyes of the assembly ... and they become guilty.” But it should have said, “The whole of Israel shall err”; the word “congregation” is redundant. However, it concerns those who are in Jerusalem, from which the Torah comes out to the whole people. If they err, then the whole of Israel err, since they all follow them. “And the matter is hidden from the eyes of the assembly.” “The eyes of the assembly” are the Sanhedrin; they are the ones appointed over Israel.