Kabbalah Mazmur 104:21: Sha'arei Orah

Now, everything we have said to this point, is about the [inner] line and inside of the walls of the Supernal Temple. However, about what is on the outside of the walls, to the left there indeed are evil groups, who are only below and not Above. The head of all these quarrelsome and destructive groups of evil, is Samael. They are not members of the King’s court, but are outside the three partitions, and outside the walls surrounding the holy camp. About this the verse states,⁴¹¹Numbers 5:2 “[They shall expel from the camp] everyone with the Tzara’at-affliction, everyone who has had a Zav-emission, and everyone contaminated by a human corpse.” Now, this verse mentions three groups, however they are not the subject of our explanation here. The next verse continues,⁴¹²Numbers 5:3 “They shall not contaminate their camps, within which I dwell.” These are the “Young lions-Kefirim-כפירים [who] roar for prey.”⁴¹³Psalms 104:21; Also see Midrash Tehillim 104:12 – “The ‘young lions-Kefirim-כפירים’ refers to the nations of the world who ‘deny-Kofrim-כופרים’ faith in the Holy One, blessed is He, and want to devour the Jewish people.” Who is the verse referring to when it says, “They shall not contaminate?” It certainly refers to those outside the line, who wait and hope for mankind to stumble into sin and impurity, so that they can then accuse them Above, so that the outcome of the judgment will be to give them over into the hands of those accusers.

Those who know this matter, know how very important it is to be careful to distance oneself from sin. About this our sages, of blessed memory, stated,⁴¹⁴See Talmud Bavli, Bava Batra 16a “He [the Satan] descends and misleads, then ascends and accuses, receives permission and takes the soul [ of sinners].” About this the verse states,⁴¹⁵Psalms 104:21 “The young lions roar for prey, and to seek their food from E”l-א״ל.” If you contemplate this, you will realize that the verse uses the term E”l-א״ל, rather than Elohi”m-אלהי״ם. The reason is because E”l-א״ל refers to the quality of kindness-Chessed and mercy-Rachamim, which withholds “food” from being given to the “young lions-Kefirim-כפירים.” For, as you already know, the quality of E”l-א״ל argues for merit on behalf of the people of the world, so that they will not fall into the hands of the “young lions-Kefirim-כפירים.”