Kabbalah Mazmur 150:4: Pardes Rimmonim

הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ בְתֹ֣ף וּמָח֑וֹל הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בְּמִנִּ֥ים וְעוּגָֽב׃

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Pardes Rimmonim

And see, it points to the first aspect, which is: ten Sefirot comprised in Malkut, as we have explained. But the one who objects [in the Gemara] did not understand the arrangement of the subtility of when he [= Rabbi] said ‘in the Book of Psalms’, and likened it to the intention to teach the [exact] location, and [thus] to this he objected: ‘there are many’.
And they answered that the intention is only those [expressions of Hallel] with which the shofar is mentioned. And these are at the end of the Book [of Psalms].
“Praise God in His sanctity” [Psalms 150:1], this is Keter3sanctity corresponds to Keter.. “Praise Him in the firmament of His power” [Psalms 150:1], this is Chochma4Firmament can refer to Chochma or to Binah.. “Praise Him in His works of might” [Psalms 150:2], this is Binah5The works of might extend from Binah.. “Praise Him as befits His greatness” [Psalms 150:2], this is Gedolah6Greatness is related to Chesed.. “Praise Him with the blast of the shofar” [Psalms 150:3], this is Gevurah7As Gevurah extends from Bina, and Bina is called ‘shofar’.. “Praise Him with lyre and harp” [Psalms 150:3], this is Tif’eret. “Praise Him with drum and dance” [Psalms 150:4], this is Netsach. “Praise Him with lute and pipe” [Psalms 150:4], this is Hod. “Praise Him with resounding cymbals” [Psalms 150:5], this is Yesod. “Praise Him with clashing cymbals” [Psalms 150:6], this is Malkut8Malkut makes everything sound below.. And these are all in Malkut as is proven by their being in the Book of Psalms which corresponds to Malkut.
And Rav Yosef aimed at the second aspect, which is that the intention in the ten kingships is that they are all the [ten] Sefirot, influencing in Malkut, and this is the aim in his saying ‘corresponding to the Ten Commandments’ etc. And it was explained that in the giving of the Torah [at Mount Sinai] each degree of the degrees was giving one of the [Ten] Commandments in[to] the Sefirot of Malkut, and Malkut was influencing this commandment and showed it to Israel9The visibility of a matter is always the aspect of Malkut of the matter.. And this is its expression (Exodus 20:15): “And all the people were seeing the voices”, they saw the voices coming to Malkut in order that Malkut would say the commandment with the force of each and every Sefira. And this is the intention of Rashbi, of blessed memory, in the book of Tikkunim ([Tikkunei Zohar 11b] in the Introduction), and this is what it says: ‘And on the seventh day the Torah was given; this is the righteous one, foundation of the world [the number seven is linked to the degree of the righteous one], and Malkut in its degree spoke with them, and this they established to the ten kings: ‘perhaps they were not able to speak with one mouth’ [Sefer HaBahir 49]; [one] touched the house and included all ten in it. End of citation.
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