קבלה אויף תהילים 1:2

Levity is one of the four classes of traits that prevent a person from receiving the countenance of the Indwelling Presence of HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He – the Shechinah.⁵³¹Talmud Bavli, Sotah 42a Our sages, of blessed memory, stated,⁵³²Talmud Bavli, Avodah Zarah 18b “Whoever acts with levity falls into purgatory (Gehinnom).” Likewise, our sages, of blessed memory, stated⁵³³Mishnah Avot 3:2 that even if a person sits idly and not engaging in Torah study, it is considered as if he is sitting with the frivolous who have contempt for Torah, as it states,⁵³⁴Psalms 1:1 “Praiseworthy is the man who did not walk in the counsel of the wicked and did not stand in the path of the sinful and did not sit in the gathering of the frivolous.” The very next verse continues and states,⁵³⁵Psalms 1:2 “But his desire is in the Torah of HaShem-יהו״ה, and in His Torah he meditates day and night.” It continues,⁵³⁶Psalms 1:3-4 “He shall be like a tree planted alongside brooks of water, that yields its fruit in its season and whose leaf never withers; and everything that he does will succeed. Not so the wicked; Rather they are like the chaff that the wind drives away etc.”

Know that the covenant of circumcision-Brit Milah-ברית מילה is the matter of Shabbat, in the matter of circumcision-Milah-מילה and Pri’ah-פריעה, which is the matter of “remember-Zachor-זכור the day of Shabbat” and “keep-Shamor-שמור the day of Shabbat.” That is, Remember-Zachor-זכור is for the day and Keep-Shamor-שמור is for the night, corresponding to the Living God-El Chai-א"ל חי and Lord-Adona”y-אדנ"י. That is, the covenant of circumcision-Brit Milah-ברית מילה includes the covenant of both these Sefirot. The verse thus says,¹⁴⁴Jeremiah 33:25 “If not for My covenant of day and night I would not have set the statutes-Chukot-חוקות of heaven and earth.” The matter of these “statutes-Chukot-חוקות” (in the plural) is the matter of the Living God-El Chai-א"ל חי and Lord-Adona”y-אדנ"י, which is the matter of Chok-חק (in the masculine) and Chukah-חקה (in the feminine). The sign for this is the verse,¹⁴⁵Leviticus 19:19 “Keep My statutes-Chukotai-חקותי,” and the matter of My statutes-Chukotai-חקותי (in the plural) is the Living God-El Chai-א"ל חי and Lord-Adona”y-אדנ"י. Know that the covenant that is called day and night is the matter of Milah-מילה and Pri’ah-פריעה, Remember-Zachor-זכור and Keep-Shamor-שמור, the Living God-El Chai-א"ל ח"י and Lord-Adona”y-אדנ"י, the Written Torah and the Oral Torah, all of which are the matter of the statutes of heaven and earth, one opposite the other. This is the matter of the verse,¹⁴⁶Psalms 1:2 But his desire is in the Torah of HaShem-יהו"ה and in His Torah he will contemplate day and night.” Day refers to the Written Torah, the Living God-El Chai-א"ל ח"י, Remember-Zachor-זכור and circumcision-Milah-מילה. Night refers to the Oral Torah, Lord-Adona”y-אדנ"י, Keep-Shamor-שמור and Pri’ah-פריעה. The Torah is therefore only given over to someone who has received the covenant of the flesh-Brit Bassar-ברית בשר and from the covenant of flesh he enters the covenant of the tongue-Brit Lashon-ברית לשון, of reading the Torah.