Isaías 4:4 Cábala: Chesed LeAvraham & Sha'arei Orah

The concept is that when a person sins, they cause damage above, creating a blemish of judgment and darkness. This blemish attaches itself to the location of the transgression, according to the measure of the sinner's misdeed and its intensity. However, when the sinner confesses their sin, along with the sins of all of Israel, they bring about a purification of the higher attributes, cleansing them of this blemish.Through this act of confession, a specific flow descends from above, removing and cleansing the blemish. This is the meaning of "bearing iniquity and passing over transgression"—a reference to the purifying waters washing away the defilement. As it is written, *"When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and cleansed the blood of Jerusalem from within her midst..."* (Isaiah 4:4). These discarded impurities become sustenance for the external forces (the *klipot*) Thus, it is necessary to confess during prayer, particularly in the blessing of *Shomea Tefilah* ("He who hears prayers"). One should direct their intention to arouse the purifying waters from above, to cleanse all the sins and blemishes affecting the higher attributes and to cause the resulting energy to flow downward. This process will cast out and purify all imperfections. The confession is structured using the *Aleph-Bet* (the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet) to purify each of the 22 letters of the Torah that have been blemished. The Zohar (in *Parashat Pekudei*, Heichal 7) explains this concept: Through this prayer and confession, a portion is allocated to the *other side* (*sitra achra*) to sustain it. This refers to all the sins and transgressions confessed, which are handed over to the *klipot* as sustenance, as in the verse, *"You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea"* (Micah 7:19). These are the external forces that receive the remnants and waste as their portion.

Now, several great scholars of these last generations stumbled in their knowledge and explanations of the Life-Chayim-חיים that we plead for from the day of Rosh HaShanah through the day of Yom HaKippurim. They could not find where to rest their hands and feet, and they therefore found it necessary to explain this matter with explanations that are far from the truth. However, the primary matter we pray for from the day of Rosh HaShanah through the day of Yom HaKippurim is to merit lives of purity, free from our sinful impurities, so that we may merit to be inscribed in the Book of the Righteous in the World of Life, called the Coming World-Olam HaBa-עולם הבא. Whether or not we will physically live or die that year, we nonetheless desire to be inscribed in the Book of the Righteous, called the Book of Life-Sefer HaChayim-ספר החיים, as in the verse,²²⁶Isaiah 4:4 “All who are inscribed for life-Chayim-חיים in Jerusalem.”

Now, at times this Divine quality is called The Book of Life-Sefer HaChayim-ספר החיים. This is because it is a repository within which life is drawn from the Supernal Life that is called the “Life of the Coming World.” This life is drawn to it from HaShem’s-יהו"ה Divine quality called the Living God-El Chai-אל חי and is analogous to a book in which one writes. So it is with this quality. All forms are given depiction in it, each to their kind, whether for death or for life, as written,²⁵³Deuteronomy 32:39 “I-Anee-אני put to death and I bring to life.” Similarly, it is written,²⁵⁴Isaiah 4:3 “Everyone who is inscribed for life in Jerusalem,” because this quality is also called Jerusalem-Yerushalayim-ירושלם, after a known quality.²⁵⁵As mentioned before, our sages, of blessed memory, explain that the name Jerusalem-Yerushalayim-ירושלם refers to the fear of HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, and is thus equal to “perfect fear-Yirah Shalem-ירא״ה של״ם” (See Midrash Bereishit Rabba 56:10). With the help of HaShem-יהו״ה, we will explain all these matters according to their proper order and intent and with full explanations, when we come to HaShem’s-יהו"ה Divine quality called, the Living God-El Chai-אל חי.