Números 19:2 Cábala: Zohar & Sha'arei Orah

Now when God said to Moses, “Draw not nigh hither” (Ex. 3, 5), He also said, “Put off thy shoes from off thy feet”; and it has been explained that by these words He enjoined him to part from his wife and attach himself to another wife of holy supernal radiance, to wit the Shekinah.

When you enter those chambers in this world, you will merit to know their hidden depths in the life of the coming world. For, there are many chambers within chambers, and hidden matters within hidden matters, contained within every letter of Torah. Our sages, of blessed memory, therefore stated,³⁹³Midrash Bamidbar Rabba 19:6 “The Holy One, blessed is He, is destined to reveal the secrets of the Torah to the Jewish people.” Even though King Solomon became wiser than any person, he was unable to reach the depths of one of these hidden matters, and said,³⁹⁴Ecclesiastes 7:23 “All this I tested with wisdom; I thought I could become wise, but it is beyond me.” Our sages, of blessed memory, said that this refers to the secret of the Red Heifer (Parah Adumah-פרה אדומה). Know however, that the secret of the Red Heifer (Parah Adumah-פרה אדומה) is only the gateway through which to enter all the other hidden matters. Thus, what King Solomon was saying is that he could not even enter the gateway, let alone the remainder of the inner chambers concealed within. All this is hinted in the verse,³⁹⁵Numbers 19:2 “This is the decree-Chukat-חקת of the Torah,” as explained.

On the other hand, wherever in Torah you find the terminology of Chukah-חוקה about a mitzvah-מצוה, it is a sign that this mitzvah adheres to HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י. For example,²¹⁸Exodus 13:10 “You shall keep this decree-Chukah-חוקה in its season, from year to year,” or the verse,²¹⁹Numbers 19:2 “This is the decree-Chukat-חקת etc.” The same applies to any similar verse. We thus find that the term Chok-חוק is the sign for HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality as the Living God-א"ל חי and that the term Chukah-חוקה is the sign for HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י. These are the qualities of day and night and the qualities of remember-Zachor-זכור and keep-Shamor-שמור and other similar matters.