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Kabbalah for Exodus 20:4

לֹֽ֣א תַֽעֲשֶׂ֨ה־לְךָ֥֣ פֶ֣֙סֶל֙ ׀ וְכָל־תְּמוּנָ֡֔ה אֲשֶׁ֤֣ר בַּשָּׁמַ֣֙יִם֙ ׀ מִמַּ֡֔עַל וַֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר֩ בָּאָ֖֨רֶץ מִתַָּ֑֜חַת וַאֲשֶׁ֥֣ר בַּמַּ֖֣יִם ׀ מִתַּ֥֣חַת לָאָֽ֗רֶץ

Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

Reshit Chokhmah

It also says in the Tikkunei Zohar (66th Correction): Similarly, one who takes out from private domain to public domain, or one who transfers his seed from the sign of the holy Brit to a strange domain, it is as if he planted the Tree of Good and Evil. Therefore, one who implants in a Niddah, Maidservant, Gentile or Harlot, it says about him “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image” (Exodus 20:3) and a daughter that is formed from this conception is call a “idol”, and about them it says “Cursed is anyone who carves or casts an idol and conceals setting it up” (Deuteronomy 27:15), what is ‘concealed?’, this is the Concealed One of the world.
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