Magen
David- Star of David The Secret of the Star of David according to the Book
Sod ha vi Leiriav Shaar aleph ot Koach:
The Star of David is made of 2 Triangles
whose connection with each other creates a hexagram from which wings extend. That
way the middle becomes stronger. When the outstanding wings are folded they cover
exactly the body. The perfect cover of the 6 wings over the Body hints at the
holy resin about which is said: Six wings six wings for one, two cover his face
and two cover his legs and two fly.
Basically the Magen David hints to the
7 Spheres and pleas of Kabbalah. The six wings hint to the 6 Qualitys of the Heart:Chessed,
Gevurah,Tifereth,Netzach, Hod,Yesod. They are mechanisms in the Books of Kabbalah
and End.
The inner Hexagram hints to the royal sphere: Kabbalah calls this
mechanism Heichal Hakadosch Baemtzah.
An outstanding example to this intention
can be found in the Prayer of Birkat ha Haftarah. There the Magen David is mentioned.
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Triangles-Segol and its biblical cantillation symbol: In a deeper sense in
an elevated root are all the spheres engaged in the Magen David (10 Spheres and
3 Heads that are in the Crown who are called the Crown of Priests, Crown of the
Torah and the Crown of Kingdom) And that links to 13 spiritual forces.
The
2 Triangles from which the Magen David is made stand against the sign of sagol
in the Punctuation. And the Sign of biblical cantillation in different cantillation
notes. It hints to the higher Triangle of the Spheres that belongs to the Area
of Awareness-Keter,Chochma,Binah. Keter is in the middle, Chochmah is on the right
and Binah is on the left side. Segol hints to the inferior triangle of the Spheres
that belongs to the Area of Emotions-Chessed, Gevurah,Tifereth. The order is from
right, Gevurah from left and Tifereth at the middle and from the bottom. Between
the 2 Triangles of the Spheres stands the Sphere of Knowledge that designates
and connects all. If so, when we draw all of those aspects we get that picture: When
we delve deep into that inner structure of 6 Points that show up on that picture
the Points of the Segol on top and the Points of the Segol on the bottom of Worshipping
of G'd will be pulled on the lines that connect between all these points.(from
the Power of the Spheres of Knowledge that stands in the middle and connects between
all the Aspects and Points).
3 Pillars of Worshipping
G'd Each triangle of the Spheres hints at the Lines in the Worshipping
of G'd on which the world exists. "On three things stands/exists the world:
On Torah, on Worshipping(Prayer,Worshipping of the Heart) of G'd, and on good
deeds (Charity,including practical Mitzvot)".
In the superior Triangle
(Keter,Chochma,Binah) Keter stands against the fulfillment of the Commandments,
that are the desire of G'd(the desire is the external Power in the Keter-the bottom
head between the 3 Heads on the Keter. And when we talk of the Keter in relation
to the Spheres of Wisdom and Binah we talk of exteriority of the Keter only. The
Keter Malchut is extern to the Keter and from there come the Commandments of the
King. Chochmah is against the Study of Torah that is the Wisdom of G'd. And Binah
is against the Prayer which is the observing inner worshipping.
In the inferior
Triangle ( Chessed-Gevurah-Tiferet). Chessed is against Charity/good deeds (incl.all
the Mitzvot), of course the Gevurah stands against the worshipping in Prayer in
which man ascendes from his place towards above. Tifereth stands against the Study
of Torah as known in Kabbalah (Tiferet is the outstanding quality of Yakov Avinu
because he was sitting in the Tents -Tents of G'd, about him is said Give Truth
to Yakov)
3 Types of Relations between G'd and
Israel In addition to the fact that each Triangle hints to the 3
Pillars of Worshipping G'd on which the world exists, each triangle also shows
3 types of how the relation is between the Jewish People and G'd. They are annotated
in length in the Saying Awinu Malkeinu Dodeinu in the Book Ani le Dodi ve Dudi
li) 1.Relation King-People 2.Relation Father-Son 3.Relation Man- Wife
In
the superior Triangle the relations find their own expression in the 3 Pillars
of Worshipping in this way: Desire of G'd expresses itself in the Sphere of the
Keter- realized through cancellation of people to king and slave to his owner.
Torah Study - the Wisdom of G'd the emerging and illuminating from the Spheres
of the Wisdom- is happening like the Study of Son from Father. The Prayer( worshipping
of Binah and the observance) is uniqueness and matching of Bride and Groom and the
praying man and his G'd. On the content of the Binah is Simcha- Happiness and
the Connection between Groom and Bride .
On the inferior Triangle the Relations
are divided into the 3 Pillars of Worshipping in a different Way. Gemilut Chassadim
is a son worshipping his father and therefore he follows his good ways."What
is Gemilut Chassadim? (Awinu she Bashamayim) Also you are gomel Hassadim-and behave
always kind and merciful in accordance to the law to please his father.( in contradiction
to the past,the precise not to stray from the attribute of Law)
The Prayer
- that belongs here to Gevurah and Din is the Worshipping to cross over to our
Master. When he turns to him in Prayer "Ke Avda kamei meria"-Like Servant
to our Master. Study of Torah-in the Sphere of Tiferet it is a Kiss between Groom
and Bride since this is the place where the man's mouth learns and G'ds mouth
unite in one speech-the speech of Torah matters, and this is how a kiss is created
between them(Yichud ha Neshikin is special to the Sphere of Tiferet, the Quality
of Yaakov Avinu, of whom is said ..and Yakov kissed Rachel)
The
Painting of the Magen David According to the Introductions you have
to pull the lines between different points- the lines that can be pulled between
every 2 points that belong to the same Pillar of Worshipping and the line to be
pulled between every 2 points that express the same relation between G'd and Israel: Pillar
of Commandments- Pillar of Gemillut Chassadim- continued on the Keter of Chessed
,the Pillar of Torah continues from the Wisdom(Chochmah)to Tiferet and the Pillar
of Tefila (Prayer) the Pillar of "Worship"-continues from Binah to Gevurah.And
yes the relations King-People continue from the Keter to Gevurah,Father- son relations
continue from Wisdom to Chessed and Husband- Wife relations continue from Binah
to Tiferet. When we add to the Lines that can be pulled also the natural connections
that are in each triangle. Like the connecting line between Keter and Chochma
and Binah,and the connecting line between Chessed and Gevurah and Tiferet - we
get a Magen David that is framed and checkerd inside the hexagram.
In the
drawing are another 6 framed points- 6 Vertexes in the inner Hexagram,from where
the Wings of the Magen David come out.: Those 6 Points stand against the Heads
and Spheres that are aleady mentioned (the explanation of these points is deep,
and whoever is interested to widen his knowledge here should read the Book Sod
ha Vi Leireiav) The Point between Keter(Keter Malhut) and Chochma is the illumination
from the second head of the Keter. The mechanism Risha Dain and the Content of
it is the Power of Enjyment of the Spirit that is in the Secret of the Keter Torah. The
Point between Keter and Binah is an illumination from the highest head of the
Keter- the mechanism Risha dla jeda velo Atida and its quality is Power of Faith-
that is in the Secret of Keter ha Kehuna. The Point between Binah and Gevurahis
the root the Sphere of Gevurah - end is a line on the left side(the line of the
Sphere Chochmah-Chessed-Netzach) The Point between Chessed and Tiferet is the
root to the Sphere of Yesod. The Point between Gevura and Tiferet is the Root to
the Sphere of Malchut. According to this are all 13 aspects hinted of the upper
Spheres and Heads in the Drawing of the Magen David.
All the aspects that
are mentioned till here are external names of the Spheres-names that were given
to them in the Kabbalah- and everyone of those Spheres has its own internal names
that explain their Spiritual Powers. The internal names are annotated in the Chasidut
and study the 10 Spheres of Worshipping of G'd ( see further in the Book Sod ha
Vi Leireiav Shaar aleph otiot 1-21)and this structure are hints in the 13 closed
areas in the picture that appeared us from this connection.
12 closed areas
around the inner hexagram are against 12 months of the year, when the additional
13th month in the intercalated year is the central area. And further 12 closed
areas all around for the internal hexagram stand against 12 tribes that are assembled
around the Tabernacle, and the central area stands against the Tribe of Levi that
is camping close to the Tabernacle.
More on the Secret and on the impure
Powers of the Magen David can be read in the Tikun Chawa that explains the integration
of these 3 forms.