Jó 39:26 Cabalá: Sha'arei Orah

This quality is sometimes called³⁰¹Genesis 49:24 “The Mighty One of Yaakov-Abeer Yaakov-אביר יעקב.” The reason is because it is from Understanding-Binah that the hawk of wisdom-Chochmah grows pinions-Ya’aver Neitz-יאב״ר נץ.³⁰²See Job 39:26; The word Mighty-Abeer-אביר shares the same letters as Ya’aver-יאבר. This is the matter of the lower Shabbat and the upper Shabbat.³⁰³As explained before, the lower Shabbat is the quality of Foundation-Yesod, whereas the upper Shabbat is the quality of understanding-Binah. The reason it is called “The Mighty One of Yaakov-Abeer Yaakov-אביר יעקב” and not “The Mighty One of Avraham” or “The Mighty One of Yitzchak” is because this quality depends on the quality of Yaakov,³⁰⁴This is as indicated by the verse (Genesis 37:2), “These are the progeny of Yaakov, Yosef.” That is, Yosef, who is the quality of foundation-Yesod, is the progeny of Yaakov, who is the quality of beauty-Tiferet. for Yaakov is the middle line who mediates and corresponds to the letter Vav-ו of the Name HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He. Now, the matter of the letter Vav-ו of the Name HaShem-יהו"ה is unique to Yaakov, and is the matter of the quality of splendor-Tiferet.³⁰⁵The quality of beauty-Tiferet is between kindness-Gedulah, which is the quality of Avraham, and might-Gevurah, which is the quality of Yitzchak. The qualities of Avraham and Yitzchak take hold of this quality, Avraham to its right, Yitzchak to its left, with Yaakov in the middle line. The sign by which to remember this is the verse,³⁰⁶Genesis 25:27 “Yaakov was a perfect-Tam-תם man, dwelling in tents-Ohalim-אהלים.” The matter of a “perfect-Tam-תם man” is the same as the matter of the “Twin leaf-Tiyomet-תיומת of the Lulav,”³⁰⁷See Talmud Bavli, Sukkah 32a and elsewhere. which is the middle spine of the Lulav. The words, “dwelling in tents-Ohalim-אהלים” [in the plural] refers to the tent of Avraham and the tent of Yitzchak, which are the two sides of the Lulav. Thus, since the matter of Yaakov is that he is the middle line and is the matter of the letter Vav-ו of the Name HaShem-יהו״ה, we therefore say, “The God of Avraham, the God of Yitzchak, and the God of Yaakov-V’Elohei Yaakov-ואלה״י יעקב,”³⁰⁸In the Amidah prayer. Also see Exodus 3:6 with the addition of the letter Vav-ו in reference to Yaakov. The same is so of the words,³⁰⁹In the Amidah prayer. Also see Deuteronomy 10:17 “The Great-HaGadol-הגדול, the Mighty-HaGibor-הגבור, and the Awesome-V’HaNora-והנורא God.” The great matter is the verse,³¹⁰Leviticus 26:42 “I will remember My covenant with Yaakov-יעקוב,” in which the word Yaakov-יעקוב is spelled with the Vav-ו, and the “covenant of Yaakov-Brit Yaakov-ברית יעקב” is the same as the matter of “The Mighty One of Yaakov-Abeer Yaakov-אביר יעקב.”

Know that it is from the strength of the Mighty One of Yaakov-Abeer Yaakov-אביר יעקב that new influence is drawn to the³¹⁷The limb-Eiver-אבר refers to foundation-Yesod. limb-Eiver-אבר of the known Eagle-Nesher-נשר,³¹⁸That is, kingship-Malchut, as was discussed in Gate One. as in the matter of the verse,³¹⁹Job 39:13 “with the pinions-Evrah-אבר״ה of the stork-Chasidah-חסידה and its feathers,” and the matter of the verse,³²⁰Job 39:26 “Is it by Your understanding (Binah) that the hawk hovers-Ya’aver-יאבר, spreading its wings to the south.” The south (Teiman-תימן) refers to the quality of kindness-Chessed-חסד [in the masculine], the stork, is called Chasidah-חסידה [in the feminine], and the “faithful kindnesses of David-Chasdei David HaNe’emanim-חסדי דוד הנאמנים.”³²¹Isaiah 55:3 Thus, when HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality of understanding-Binah becomes bound to His quality of the Mighty One of Yaakov-Abeer Yaakov-אביר יעקב, it then follows that, the hawk hovers-Ya’aver-יאבר, spreading its wings to the south-Teiman-תימן.” For, understanding-Binah is the seventh quality [in ascension] from the quality of the Mighty One of Yaakov-Abeer Yaakov-אביר יעקב, and “it is to the stream-Yuval-יובל that it sends forth its roots.”³²²Jeremiah 17:8 – The word “stream-Yuval-יובל” is the same is the Jubilee-Yovel-יובל, which as mentioned before, refers to the quality of understanding-Binah. Then, when there is a bond between HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality as the Mighty One of Yaakov-Abeer Yaakov-אביר יעקב and His quality called the Eagle-Nesher-נשר (Malchut-kingship) she then is renewed and filled with every goodness, and about her it states,³²³Job 39:13 “with the pinions-Evrah-אבר״ה of the stork-Chasidah-חסידה and its feathers.” About this the verse states,³²⁴Psalms 103:5 “Who satisfies your mouth with goodness-Tov-טוב, so that your youth are renewed like an eagle-Nesher-נשר.”