An
important source of inspiration are
Kabbalah teachings about the
"lights",
relating them to the Sephirot
or emanations of
the soul.
Each
of the modules is constructed
with a special
color scheme and visual
dance
which correlates to ideas
about the specific Sephirot.
Light 8
Malchut Kingdom ת-נ Brown |
Light 7
Yesod
Foundation ש-נ Green |
Light 6
Hod Praise נ-ר
Orange |
Light
5 Netzach Victory ק-נ Purple |
Light
4 Tiferet Beauty נ-צ Yellow |
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letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: red;"><big>Parshat Va'eira -</big></big><span style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: red;"> <big><span> </span></big></span><big style="color: red;"><big>וארא</big></big></a></big><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </span></big><br> </span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">from Malchut to Chesed</span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(the modalities of the emotions)<br> </span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Three in the <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="Parsha.html#bo">following Parshat Bo</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span><br> </span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">from Bina to Keter.</span></big></big></big></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big><big>(the modalities of <br> </big></big></big></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big><big>the intellect and beyond)<br> </big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br> </span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">The Plagues come to attack and rectify</span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">the bad and evil energies trapped</span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">in the Ten Sefirot of Impurity</span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">by Pharaoh in Hebrew <span style="font-weight: bold;">פרעה</span><br> </span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">whose letters can spell <span style="font-weight: bold;">הערף</span><br> </span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">"the back of the neck"</span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">and certainly apply to our <span style="color: red;">own</span></span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">יצר הרע</span></span></big></big></big><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>or evil inclinations,</span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">which is why we are called</span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">"a stiff-necked people"<br> </span></big></big></big></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big><big>כִּי עַם קְשֵׁה עֹרֶף אַתָּה</big></big></big></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(Exodus 33:3)</span></big></big></big></p> </div> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span></big></big></big></div> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">still dominated by the<br> </span></big></big></big></p> <p><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">mind sets and mental slavery</span></big></big></big></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big><big>of <a href="kab1.htm">Mitzrayim and the Galut.<br> </a></big></big></big></p> <br> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><a name="blood"></a><br> </p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big>The First Plague - Blood</big></big><big style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> - <br> </span></big></big></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span></big><big style="font-weight: bold;"><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">דָם</span></big></big></big><big><big style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span></big><big style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> -</span></big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Malchut</span></big></big></big></p> <p><small><font size="+3"><small><small><small style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><br> </big></small></small></small></font></small><a href="mailto:"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><font size="+2"><small><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 800px; height: 595px;" alt="havangel4" src="0000HAVANGEL03W2.jpg"></small></font></span></a><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </p> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><font size="+2"><small><small style="font-style: italic;"><small><big>airbrushed acrylics on canvas<br> </big> </small></small></small></font><span style="font-style: italic;">30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm)</span></span></div> </div> </div> <br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">The belief that Nature <br> (especially the Nile River)</span></big></big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <br> can be controlled and "engineered"</span></big></big><br> <big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> embodied the source of the Egyptian <br> arrogant confidence and security</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">and was therefore deified<br> as a power in and of itself<br> and revered as <br> the very source of life. <br> The bloody "slaughter" <br> of this concept<br> opened up the pagan mind<br> to the presence <br> of a Higher Master.<br> </span></big></big><br> </big> <br> <big><big><big><span style="color: rgb(6, 1, 6); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">This arrogance <br> can also apply to those</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 1, 6);"> <span style="color: rgb(6, 1, 6); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> fine liberal people <span style="font-weight: bold;">יפי נפש</span></span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 1, 6);"> <span style="color: rgb(6, 1, 6); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> who love to imagine <br> they are drinking</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 1, 6);"> <span style="color: rgb(6, 1, 6); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> from the cool clear <br> intellectual waters</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 1, 6);"> <span style="color: rgb(6, 1, 6); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> of a creed of humanism <br> without God.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 1, 6);"> <span style="color: rgb(6, 1, 6); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> The plague reveals the "bluff"</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 1, 6);"> <span style="color: rgb(6, 1, 6); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> of what is really behind all this -</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 1, 6);"> <span style="color: rgb(6, 1, 6); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> their hot blood of anger,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 1, 6);"> <span style="color: rgb(6, 1, 6); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> particularly with whoever</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 1, 6);"> <span style="color: rgb(6, 1, 6); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> disagrees with them. </span></big><big><span style="color: black;"><br> </span></big></big></big> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><small><small style="font-weight: normal;"><img style="width: 700px; height: 700px;" alt="gif" src="congeal04.gif"></small></small></big></big><br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span></big></big></big></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><a name="frogs"></a></span></big></big></big></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span></big></big></big></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span></big></big></big></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br> </span></big></big></big></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">The Second Plague - Frogs - <br> </span></big></big></big></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">צְפַרְדֵעַ </span>-</span></big> <big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Yesod</span></big></big><big style="font-weight: bold;"><big><big><span style="font-family: monospace;"></span></big></big><br> </big></big></p> <div align="center"><b><br> </b><b><img style="width: 900px; height: 436px;" src="0000HAVANGEL02W2.jpg" alt="havdalah #2" align="middle"> </b></div> <div style="font-style: italic; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;" align="center"> <div align="center"><b> <font size="+1"><br> </font></b><small><font size="+1"><small>airbrushed acrylics on canvas</small></font></small> </div> <div align="center"><small><font size="+1"><small>17" x 35" (44 x 89 cm)</small></font></small></div> </div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><font size="+2"><small><br> </small></font></span> <br> <big style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big>The plague of the Frogs <br> attempted to rectify<br> the fallen sephira of Yesod <br> caused by the<br> the debauched habits <br> of the Egyptians.<br> The frogs' cold slimy bodies<br> covered every inch of the land<br> and entered their houses<br> and even the bedrooms,<br> "cooling off" their lust <br> and sexual ardour<br> which was their raison d'etre.<br> </big></big></big> <p><br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p><b style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><font size="+1"><big><a name="lice"></a><br> </big></font></b></p> <big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">The Third Plague - Lice - <span style="font-weight: bold;">כִּנִים<br> </span></span></big> <big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Hod (Acknowledge)<br> </span></big></big></big> <div align="center"><br> <p><img style="width: 700px; height: 700px;" src="aafinger.jpg" alt="finger"></p> <div align="center"><big> </big> <address style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big>mixed materials on canvas</big><br> </address> <div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;" align="center"><i><font size="+1">40" x 40" (102 x 102 cm)</font></i></div> </div> <big style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big><br> When the plague of the dust<br> turning into lice occurred,</big></big></big> </div> <div style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;" align="center"><big style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big>all of the magicians <br> acknowledged</big></big></big><br> <big><big><big> that it was the “Finger of G-d” <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">אצבע אלו-הים<br> </span>since regular magic <br> can not affect <br> such small creatures, <br> whereas Divine Providence <br> is in every aspect of creation. <br> The acknowledgement <br> of God's mastery <br> is the beginning <br> of true spiritual service <br> and should induce <br> a positive humility <br> that even if we are <br> like<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> dust before Him,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">we are still <span style="font-weight: bold;">attached</span> Him .</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> With the now <br> ego-deflated Egyptians </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">the dust turned into lice </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">causing a deep depression,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> a pseudo humility <br> which sucks out </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> a person's blood, <br> depriving him </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">of <br> his vitality and energy-flow</span></big></big></big><big><big><big><br> </big></big></big> <br> </div> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><small><br> </small></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><small><a name="animals"></a><br> </small></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">The Fourth Plague - <br> The Mixture of Wild Animals - <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">עָרֹב<br> </span> </span></big></big></big><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">-</span></big> <big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Netzach</span></big></big></big> </div> <small><font size="+3"><small><small><small style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></big></small></small></small></font></small><small><font size="+3"><small><small><small style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><br> </big></small></small></small></font></small> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><font size="+2"><small><img style="width: 800px; height: 626px;" alt="havangel6" src="WAX011web02.jpg"></small></font></span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </div> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><font size="+2"><small><small style="font-style: italic;"><small><br> <span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></small></small></small></font><big><font size="+2"><small style="font-style: italic;"><small><span style="font-weight: normal;">airbrushed acrylics on canvas</span><br style="font-weight: normal;"> </small></small></font></big></span><small style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><font style="font-style: italic;" size="+2"><small><small>27 1/2" x 36" (79 x 92 cm)</small></small></font></small> </div> </div> </div> <br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><big><big style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big>The fourth plague <br> to harass the Egyptians </big></big><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <big style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big>consisted of hordes of wild animals <br> and also snakes and scorpions<br> roving all over the country and<br> destroying everything in their path.<br> That they attacked <br> in a "coordinated" way <br> like a disciplined army<br> was a tikun or rectification <br> to the Egyptian's evil Netzach<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></big></big><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18.75px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline ! important; float: none;"></span><big style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">נצח </span><br> which attempts to achieve <br> Victory at all costs <br> by deceitfully "orchestrating" <br> the events.<br> The Jewish use of Netzach <span style="font-weight: bold;">נצח</span> <br> is suggested<br> in many of the Psalms which begin<br> with the words: <span style="font-weight: bold;">לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר</span></big></big><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </big><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">A prayer by the <br> Conductor Orchestrator</span></big><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </big></big></div> <br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 700px; height: 700px;" alt="wax11" src="wax11.gif"><br> </div> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.75px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline ! important; float: none;"></span><br> <br> <br> <big><big><small><small style="font-weight: normal;"><a name="pestilence_"></a><br> </small></small></big></big> <div style="text-align: center;"><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br> <br> The Fifth Plague - Pestilence - <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></big></big></big><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: right; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline ! important; float: none;">דֶּבֶר<br> </span><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"></span> </span></big></big></big><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">-</span></big> <big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Tiferet (Mercy)</span></big></big></big> </div> <small><font size="+3"><small><small><small style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></big></small></small></small></font></small> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: red;"><small> </small></p> <div align="center"><small><img style="width: 700px; height: 424px;" alt="dever" src="0000dogstar.jpg"><br> </small></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: italic;">acrylics on canvas</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><big><big><big><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </big></big></big></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">The fifth plague <br> was a severe epidemic <br> on the cattle in the field, <br> but came with a <span style="font-weight: bold;">prior</span> warning<span style="font-style: italic;">, </span><br> showing the amelioration of <br> judgement with mercy and<br> the Egyptians who complied <br> were spared.<br> Only those who did not <br> were punished.<br> <span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">הִנֵּה</span></big></big></big></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: right; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline ! important; float: none;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">יַד י-ה-ו-ה </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: right; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline ! important; float: none;"><span style="color: red;">ה-וֹיָה</span> בְּמִקְנְךָ</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: David; font-size: 33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: right; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline ! important; float: none;"></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big></big></big></span><br> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(Exodus 9:3)<br> Behold the Hand of God <br> is on your cattle<br> <br> This is hinted that <br> the merciful name of </span></big></big></big></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: right; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline ! important; float: none;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">י-ה-ו-ה</span></span><br> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">was changed to <br> its <a href="http://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/380598/jewish/Creation-and-the-Name-of-72.htm">permutation </a></span></big></big></big></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: right; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline ! important; float: none;">ה-וֹיָה</span><br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">which is associated <br> according to <a href="SeferYetzira.html#av">Sefer Yetzira</a></span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">with the month <br> of Menachem Av,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">the month of <br> severe judgement.</span></span></big></big></big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><br> <br> </span></div> <br> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: red;"><br> </p> <br> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: red;"><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: red;"><a name="boils"></a><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><big><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Sixth Plague - Boils</span> - <br> </big></big></big></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><big>שְּׁחִין - </big><span style="font-weight: normal;"><big>Gevurah</big></span></big><big><big><big><br style="font-weight: normal;"> </big></big></big></big></p> <div align="center"> <p><img style="width: 600px; height: 801px;" src="DIALOG-47-W.jpg" alt="dialog48"> </p> </div> <small> </small> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <address><small><big>mixed materials on canvas</big></small><small><br> </small></address> <big><big> </big></big></div> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><small><i><font size="+1"><small>24" x 18" (61 x 46 cm)</small></font></i></small></div> <big style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big><br> The plague of boils, <br> unlike the others,<br> came without a mitigating warning<br> and applied to all of the Egyptians<br> wherever they were and<br> who were made numb from the pain.<br> indicating a <br> terrible gevurah or severity<br> from which very few recovered.</big></big></big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <big style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big>That is why we must pray <br> daily to be protected <br> from debilitating illnesses<br> which put us into a condition<br> where we are unable to beg<br> for salvation.<br> </big></big></big> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center; color: rgb(7, 0, 0);"><big><big><big><br> </big></big></big></p> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br> </span> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center; color: rgb(7, 0, 0);"><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: red;"><big><big><a name="hail"></a><br> </big></big></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: red;"><big><big><big style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">The Seventh Plague - Hail - </big></big></big><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline ! important; float: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: red;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline ! important; float: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span><big style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">בָּרָד</big></span><big><big><big style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> - Chesed</big><br style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> </big></big></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: red;"><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: red;"><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span></big></big><a href="http://dov-lederberg.pixels.com/featured/tzfasser-48-dov-lederberg.html"><img style="border: 2px solid ; width: 600px; height: 848px;" alt="48" src="TZ48wb.jpg"></a><br> <br> <span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(5, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">polymer emulsions on canvas</span><br style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(5, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(5, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> 27 1/2" x 19 1/2" (70 x 50 cm)</span><br style="color: rgb(5, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"> <br> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">The plague of Hail <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">בָרָד </span></span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> was strongly aligned <br> with Chesed</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> since the Egyptians <br> were given a day's warning</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> to secure their livestock <br> in shelters beforehand,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> any man or beast left <br> in the open would die. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </big></big></big> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big><big>The Hail was quite <br> miraculous and destructive<br> in that within the large icy balls <br> burned a blazing flame,<br> the normally opposing elements of <br> Fire and Water <br> now working together.<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </span> </big></big></big></div> <big style="font-weight: bold;"><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">וַיְהִי בָרָד וְאֵשׁ מִתְלַקַּחַת בְּתוֹךְ הַבָּרָד</span></big></big></big></div> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: red;"><big> </big></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(Exodus 9:34) <br> Many of the Egyptians <br> followed the warning,<br> but this was ultimately <br> applied <span style="font-weight: bold;">against</span> Israel,<br> since the surviving horses <br> were used<br> with Pharaoh's chariots <br> to attack the Israelites at<br> the encounter by the Red Sea.<br> <br> There is also a lesson for us<br> with regards to the <br> "selective" destruction <br> of the plants: <br> only those with strong<br> unbending stems or trunks <br> were destroyed, <br> by contrast what survived <br> were the supple and flexible<br> (a trait of tsuvah and repenting).<br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </span></big></big></big></div> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: red;"><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: red;"><br> </p> <br> <a name="locusts"></a><br> <br> <br> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big>The Eighth Plague - Locusts - <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">אַרְבֶּה </span></big></big></big><big><big><big><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">- Bina</span><br> </big></big></big></div> <br> <br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dov-lederberg.artistwebsites.com/featured/tzfasser-16-grace-hoper-dov-lederberg.html"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 600px; height: 851px;" alt="locusts" src="tzfas13wb2.jpg"></a><br> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br> <big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span></big></big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span></big><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: italic; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;" size="+2"><small>polymer emulsions on canvas</small></font><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline ! important; float: none;"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: italic; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;" size="+2"><small>27 1/2" x 19 1/2" (70 x 50 cm)</small></font></big> <br> <big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br> "<big>And the locusts went up <br> over all the land of Egypt<br> and they chewed <br> up all the plants"<br> (Exodus 10: 13-15)<br> Chewing and processing <br> our received phenomena <br> is a kabbalah analogy <br> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephirot">sephira</a> of Bina - </big></span><big style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">בינה</big></big></big><br> <big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">This is the ability <br> of intellectual inquiry:<br> the approach of the Talmud. <br> It allows us <br> to explore the universe, <br> improve our lives and discover <br> the higher moral calling <br> of the human family. <br> Yet the very same power may <br> serve as a tool to rationalize <br> every evil practiced <br> under the face of the sun, <br> and to justify <br> every destructive lifestyle or habit.<br> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">leaving in its wake <br> a desolate society <br> "The Wasteland"<br> bereft of spiritual values <br> and absolute principles.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </big></big></big><br> </div> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big style="font-weight: normal;"><big><a name="darkness"></a><br> </big></big></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: normal;"><big><big>The Ninth Plague - Darkness</big></big></big><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: normal;"><big><big> - <br> </big></big></big></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: normal;"><big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">חֹשֶׁךְ</span></big></big></big><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: normal;"><big><big> </big></big></big><big><big><big><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: normal;">- </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Chachma</span></big></big></big><big><big><big><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> <br> </span></big></big></big></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big><big><big><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"></span><br> </big></big></big></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="file:///home/dov/Desktop/ART.KABBALAH/dov2J.html"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 700px; height: 700px; font-weight: normal;" alt="darkness" src="0000Mystery03.jpg"></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span> </p> <big style="font-style: italic; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><small>acrylics on canvas</small></big></big><br> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: italic;">37" x 37" (94 x 94 cm)</span><br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br> There was a thick darkness</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> in all the land of Egypt <br> three days;</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">they saw not one another,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> neither rose any from his place;</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> but all the children of Israel</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> had Light in their dwellings.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> (Exodus 10: 21-24)</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">The Light in the Darkness <br> (of the Mind</span>)<br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> is the kabbalah analogy</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">to the </span><a style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephirot">sephira </a><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">of <br> Chachma- <span style="font-weight: bold;">חכמה</span></span></big><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></big></big> <br> <br> <br> <br> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><big><big><big>This can be understood <br> as the ability</big></big></big><br> <big><big><big> to accept new ideas and concepts <br> that emerge </big></big></big><big><big><big>unexpectedly <br> from the <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">supra-conscious.</span></big></big></big><br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> The arrogant Egyptians </span></big></big></big><br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> (and with them many <br> "assimilated" Jews)</span></big></big></big><br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> with their fixed mindsets </span></big></big></big><br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> could not change <br> and accept a new input</span></big></big></big><br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> and thus remained <br> in the darkness.</span></big></big></big><br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </span></big></big></big><br> </div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a name="firstborn"></a><br> <br> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: normal;"><big><big>The Tenth Plague - The First Born</big></big></big><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: normal;"><big><big> - <br> </big></big></big></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: normal;"><big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">בכורות</span></big></big></big><big style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: normal;"><big><big> </big></big></big><big><big><big><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: normal;">- </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Keter</span></big></big></big><big><big><big><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> <br> </span></big></big></big></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; 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width: 600px; height: 800px;" alt="havangel5" src="00000WAX05WB.jpg"></small></font></span></a><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </p> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><font size="+2"><small><small style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><small><big>airbrushed acrylics on canvas<br> </big> </small></small></small></font></span><font style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: italic;" size="+2"><small>40" x 30" (102 x 76 cm)</small></font></div> </div> </div> <br> <big><big><big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">This terrible plague <br> can be understood <br> within </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">the basic Biblical context of</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.mesora.org/MeasureforMeasure.htm">measure for measure</a>" <br> מידה כנגד מידה</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(How you mistreat others, <br> so will be the retribution.)</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">God declared that <br> "Israel is My first-born"</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(Exodus 4:22) בְּנִי בְכֹרִי יִשְׂרָאֵל</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br> Yet Pharaoh wished <br> to enslave them<br> for all eternity, thus it is fitting <br> that God would punish him <br> by killing <br> all of Egypt's first-born sons.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </big></big></big><br> <br> <br> <font size="3"><font style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><font style="margin-bottom: 0in; 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An
added input is a meditation
suggested by the great Safad kabbalist
of
the 15th century, the Holy Ari (Luria),
which is to
visualize in the flames
upon
lighting the candles each night
a
marriage or "zivug"
of the
letter nun נ
in the Shamash,
with the last eight letters
of the Hebrew
alphabet:
the first
night נ-ס,
the second night נ-ע
and
so on.
All of the eight consecutive combinations
make a two-letter
word in Hebrew
(itself a rare occurrence).
Somehow these two letter
"words"
do mysteriously appear
in the modules and not
because
of any premeditation on my part.
The First
Light:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHheFYBfkgU
The
Fourth Light: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDzaV_Ksmu0