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object:2.26 - The First and Second Unions
book class:General Principles of Kabbalah
author class:Rabbi Moses Luzzatto
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Despite the fact that mans worship is not under the
jurisdiction of Heaven, he could accomplish nothing
without the will of the King. 5 ' For it is the Creator who
gives man the very power to act and to render service.
This refers to what we are told by the sages, namely that
it is more difficult to fulfill a precept which is com
manded than one which is not commanded: while he
who assumes an obligation without being commanded,
is called ignorant.

This is the power which was given generally to all of
Israel on Mount Sinai and which is renewed for each man
every day. It is this that constitutes the first union
between ZO and "Kingdom by fashioning the vessel
and thereby conferring power upon the feminine polarity
(Kingdom) to enable her to perform her part: that is,
raising MN from the Name 52 . After that, the second,


* TR. N. That is, man of his own free will must choose
whether to assume the yoke of worship and service or to remain
unconcerned about fulfilling the Law and commandments.


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all-important union with ZO, whose purpose is to bring
forth fruit, takes place.""'


* * TR. N. These same two unions occur also in man through
his worship. For the Torah commands "cleave to your God
and since the chasm between man and God is due to the darkness
and evil inherent in man, the first step towards fulfillment of his
comm and is service ( abodah ), by which evil is obliterated.
This is the first union which gives man the power 1:0 become a
perfect vessel. When he achieves total purification and becomes
this complete vessel, he is then able to unit with God for eternity
and thereby fulfills the precept urging him to "cleave to your
God. This is the second union, whereby the fruits that man
enjoys are the glorious revelations of his own soul.





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