Idra Raba - p51, p52, p53, p54 - par 22 - 25
class 23/05/21
Idra Raba: Verse 22
וְהַאי מוֹחָא, דְּאִיהוּ הַאי חָכְמְתָא סְתִימָאָה. שָׁקִיט וְאִשְׁתְּכִיךְ בְּאַתְרֵיהּ, כַּחֲמָר טַב עַל דּוּרְדְּיֵיהּ, וְהַיְינוּ דְּאָמְרֵי סָבָא דַּעְתּוֹי סָתִים, וּמוֹחֵיהּ סָתִים וְשָׁכִיךְ.
This brain, which is the concealed Chochmah, THAT IS THE THIRD HEAD OF ARICH ANPIN, is still and quiet in its location like fine wine above its sediments. That is why they say an old person's mind is vague and his brain is veiled and not agitated.
Idra Raba: Verse 23
וְהַאי קְרוּמָא אִתְפְּסָק מִזְּעֵיר אַפִּין, וּבְגִינֵי כַּךְ מוֹחֵיהּ אִתְפְּשַׁט וְנָפִיק לִתְלָתִין וּתְרֵין שְׁבִילִין, הה"ד וְנָהָר יוֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן. מ"ט. מִשּׁוּם דִּקְרוּמָא אִתְפְּסָק, דְּלָא מְחַפְּיָא עַל מוֹחָא. וְהַיְינוּ דְּתָנֵינָן בְּרֵישׁוּמֵי אַתְוָון, תָּי"ו רָשִׁים רִישׁוּמָא לְעַתִּיק יוֹמִין דְּלֵית דִּכְוָותֵיהּ.
That membrane is detached from Zeir Anpin. Therefore, his brain spread out to 32 paths. It is written: "And a river went out of Eden" (Beresheet 2:10). Why so? Because the membrane gets broken and does not cover the brain. We have learned that from the letters' impressions, like THAT Tav, impressed upon Atik Yomin, ARICH ANPIN, the incomparable.
Idra Raba: Verse 24
תָּאנָא, בְּגוּלְגַּלְתָּא דְּרֵישָׁא, תַּלְיָין אֶלֶף אַלְפִין רִבּוֹא, וְשִׁבְעַת אַלְפִין, וַחֲמֵשׁ מְאָה קוֹצֵי דְּשַׂעְרֵי, חִוָּור וְנָקִי, כְּהַאי עַמְרָא כַּד אִיהוּ נָקִי, דְּלָא אִסְתְּבַּךְ דָּא בְּדָא. דְּלָא לְאַחֲזָאָה עִרְבּוּבְיָה בְּתִקּוּנוֹי. אֶלָּא כֹּלָּא עַל בּוּרְיֵיהּ, דְּלָא נָפִיק נִימָא מִנִימָא, וְשַׂעֲרָא מִשַׂעֲרָא.
We have learned that in the skull of the head - THAT IS, IN KETER OF ARICH ANPIN - there are thousands of thousands of tens of thousands, seven thousand and five hundred groups of hairs. They are clean and white like wool that is clean and free of knots, untangled, so as not to appear tangled, but everything is in its place and not even minutely intrusive, without one hair over another hair.
Idra Raba: Verse 25
וְכָל קוֹצָא וְקוֹצָא, אִית בֵּיהּ אַרְבַּע מְאָה וָעֶשֶׂר נִימֵי דְּשַׂעְרֵי, כְּחוּשְׁבַּן קָדוֹ"שׁ. וְכָל נִימָא וְנִימָא לָהִיט בְּאַרְבַּע מְאָה וָעֶשֶׂר עָלְמִין. וְכָל עָלְמָא וְעָלְמָא סָתִים וְגָנִיז, וְלֵית דְּיֵדָע לוֹן, בַּר אִיהוּ. וְלָהִיט לְאַרְבַּע מְאָה וָעֶשֶׂר עִיבָר.
Every individual lock OF HAIR has 410 bundles of hair, as the numerical value of Kadosh (Eng. 'holy'). Each hair strand glows in 410 worlds, AS THE NUMERICAL VALUE OF KADOSH. Each world is concealed and hidden, and is entirely unknown except to itself. It glows to 410 directions, ALSO THE NUMERICAL VALUE OF KADOSH. THIS IS THE SECRET MEANING OF THE THREE RECITED HOLINESSES: 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY.'
