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And it came to pass that as we walked to the house of Laman, that Baraq, son of Laman did speak unto me, saying:
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Tzaddiq (Righteous One), you are wise; therefore, tell me, how should it be that everyone will study the Torah? Or are not all given to study the Word?
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¶ And I did reply unto him, saying: Call me not Righteous One (Tzaddiq), for I am but a humble man, and only YHVH is righteous.
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It is true that all mankind shall be given to know the Torah, were it not so, her words would not be written upon the night sky;
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Yet not all shall know her, nor shall all understand her wisdom nor her secrets; therefore, only a foolish man should say unto his brother: You do not know the Torah,
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And this because everyone shall be given her secrets in her time, as she doth uncover herself before them, and not by the time nor by the reckoning of mankind.
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¶ There is one wisdom to see, one wisdom to hear, and one wisdom to know the secrets of YHVH Elohim;
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Yet there is a greater secret still, and that is the second: to know oneself.
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For one to know who they are, how they are created, from where they did come before this earth, and wither they shall go—
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All shall be given such an account of this when they do stand before Ha’Elohim.
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But to know one’s own heart!
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This is the very purpose of the Torah, and why YHVH did write it on the night sky, and why YHVH did give it to Moses with His finger upon the sapphire tablets.
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¶ When a person knows their own heart, then do they know YHVH Elohim and the secrets of the whole of this creation;
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Therefore, anyone that should seek out the secrets and the mystery of the Torah, she will show them the light that is YHVH, our Elohim, and she will show them the gate to their own soul:
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To know thy mitzvoth and to do it, this is justice, but good deeds alone shall be not a sacrifice unto salvation; by thy heart shall YHVH lift thee up on high.
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¶ If one should read the Torah, go and do; if thou will live the covenant then you shall hear the Voice and hearken, giving aid unto thy brother.
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¶ And Baraq did ask of me, saying: O Tzaddiq, is this then what our father, Abraham, did teach us of what did come before the creation?
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¶ And I did answer him, saying: There is nothing before Yah, nothing before YHVH, and nothing before Ha’Elohim; therefore, there can be nothing before the creation.
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For even as Abraham did say: Michael (one who is like God) did speak, saying: We will go down, for there is space there.
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And where should they go if there was no space for them?
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¶ And so too did Moses teach us by the Torah, saying: And the Earth, she was empty, and chaos filled her;
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And YHVH did cause darkness to come up upon the face of the endless abyss; and Ruach Elohim did move upon The Presence of the Waters,
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And YHVH did say: Let there be Creation; and thus did the work of creation begin.
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¶ Do not both of these words speak truth?
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For by the words of our father, Abraham, this creation was always there, and even by the voice of the friend of YHVH, Moses this creation was before the beginning.
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¶ And Baraq did answer me, saying: O Tzaddiq, I perceive that Moses did speak truth, for did not our father, Abraham, also teach us, saying:
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And YHVH did speak, saying: Let us go down, at the beginning; and Ha’Elohim did give shape unto the heavens and the earth.
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¶ And I did open my mouth unto Baraq, saying: Chasid (faithful one), I see this is truth, yet there is a contradiction, for how did YHVH and Ha’Elohim create that which did exist?
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Behold, I shall tell it unto thee, even as our father, Abraham, did say:
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YHVH was with Yah from before the beginning, and they did create Ha’Elohim, even as the Torah doth say:
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In knowledge and in wisdom did YHVH create the Elohim, and the Heavens, and the Earth.
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¶ And so it was that YHVH did speak, and Ha’Elohim did obey, and thus was this creation made; therefore, all things were made by YHVH Elohim;
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And without Him was not anything made that was made, and so it is that the four worlds were created by the very Word of YHVH.
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¶ The one who is like unto El (Michael) is full of wisdom and life, but there was another full of smoke and death, and he did seek to create darkness and strife.
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But YHVH doth know all things; therefore, YHVH did know that a sacrifice should be made that the sun, the moon, and the stars (Israel) should be born.
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Wherefore YHVH should descend below all things, and this that all should be, and if not, then nothing is.
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¶ And YHVH did speak unto Michael, saying: You shall go down; and Michael did go down, and this did anger the other, and this must be that there be opposition in all things.
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¶ And YHVH did say: I will go down, and I will be that sacrifice, that the sun, and the moon, and the stars (Israel) should be born.
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¶ And now we see that the word of the Torah, given to us by YHVH through His servant, Moses, does teach us, saying:
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And mankind became a living soul; which is to say: And mankind became a speaking spirit.
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¶ And so it was that Adam did fall that mankind might be, even as our father, Abraham did teach us:
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How can YHVH live if He is not born of a woman that He might die and take up his life again?
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Wherefore, YHVH must first be quickened; and even so, through Him shall I and my seed be quickened, and shall live.
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¶ And so it is that mankind shall be saved, everyone passing through the four worlds and receiving of the ten emanations (ספירוֹת) of YHVH.
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¶ And Baraq did answer me, saying: O Tzaddiq, call me not faithful one, for only YHVH is faithful.
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But I pray thee, what then is the purpose unto YHVH for His Israel to offer up sacrifices and to do the mitzvoth if all is in vain?
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Why then study the Word of the Torah, given us from YHVH unto Moses, and passed down unto every generation from mouth to ear, if this be not pleasing unto YHVH?
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Does not the study of the Torah bring one to perform their mitzvoth?
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And if a man should perform his duty, is he not loved throughout the land, blessed with good crops and with riches from Ha’Elohim above? Is this not salvation?
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¶ And I did open my mouth to answer him, saying: Chasid, do you not see that the wicked man may also prosper in the land by the faith of the righteous ones (qaddish)?
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The well of the evil man does not run dry, nor the rain cloud cease when the rain doth move over his lands;
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Therefore, the rewards of this world may come and go unto the just and the unjust, the righteous man and the wicked man, the faithful wife and the adulterous husband;
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Yah, and YHVH and Ha’Elohim (יה ויהוה והאליהם) then is not a respecter of persons.