Kabbalah su Daniele 7:78
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The poor man thinks that God is an old man, as it is written, the ancient of days sits, that he has white hair because of His great age, as it is written, the hair of his head like pure wool; and [that] He sits on a marvelous throne of fire which gives off flashes, as it is written, His throne was fiery flames (Dan. 7:9). [He thinks that] His appearance is similar to fire, as it is written, For the Lord your God is a consuming fire (Deut. 4:24, 9:3). There are other, similar fantasies which the fool believes in his mind, so that he anthropomorphizes God and [thus] falls into one of the traps which destroy [one’s] faith. His fear [of God] increases only on account of his imagination.1Cf. Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Yesodei ha-Torah 1:9; idem, Guide of the Perplexed 2.13 ff.
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"And Elohim said, 'Let Us make man'" (Beresheet 1:26), "The secret of Hashem is with them that fear Him" (Tehilim 25:14). The most venerated old man opened the discussion saying, Shimon, Shimon, who is he who said, "Let Us make man" and "And Elohim said," Who is this Elohim? In the meantime, that most respected of old men flew away and he could not see him. When Rabbi Shimon heard that he called him Shimon and not Rabbi Shimon, he said to his friends: This is indeed the Holy One, blessed be He, of whom it is said "and an ancient of days (Aramaic, Atik Yomin) did sit" (Daniel 7:9). Now is the time to reveal this secret, which was previously forbidden to be revealed. However, permission has now been granted to reveal it.
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When a person opens his lips during the weekdays at Arvit (the evening prayer), an eagle descends to carry the prayer of the night upon its wings. (This eagle is called) Nuriel. It is called Uriel from the aspect of Chesed and Nuriel from the aspect of Gevurah, which is a burning fire about which it is written: "A fiery stream issued and came forth" (Daniel 7:10).
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Some have prevailed in this world, and all will prevail at the advent of King Messiah, when Yisrael will be "one nation in the land" (Ezekiel 37:22), one nation before the Holy One, blessed be He. This is the meaning of the verse "and I will make them one nation in the land," and they will reign above and below, as it is written, "and, behold, one like a son of man came with the clouds of heaven" (Daniel 7:13). This is King Messiah, as it is written, "And in the days of these kings shall the Elohim of heaven set up a kingdom..." (Daniel 2:44). Therefore, Jacob wanted his blessings to be postponed and did not take them at once.
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How Chochmah of the thirty-two paths emanated
This most concealed Atika Kadisha is not mentioned in the Torah; nor is it present; because, being the supreme head of all supernal beings, it is only mentioned in the Torah as a bodyless head, that is, “and the hair of whose head was like the pure wool” (Daniel 7:9). No torso or limbs are mentioned, as they are in Zeir Anpin, as written in the Song of Songs. That is to uphold everything.
This most concealed Atika Kadisha is not mentioned in the Torah; nor is it present; because, being the supreme head of all supernal beings, it is only mentioned in the Torah as a bodyless head, that is, “and the hair of whose head was like the pure wool” (Daniel 7:9). No torso or limbs are mentioned, as they are in Zeir Anpin, as written in the Song of Songs. That is to uphold everything.
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