SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 WHAT DOES IT MEAN? |
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MUCH MORE THAN MET THE EYE! |
BS"D Dear Moshe: ...TRANSLATION and EXPLANATION The following is the translation of the Zohar passages you were asking for along with some explanatory material. The September 11 World Trade Center attack seems to be alluded to in two locations in the Zohar. The first is in parshat Shemot, 8a, chapter 115-116. This entire section from chapter 96 through 156 is called "Discourse on the Coming of Moshiach." In the chapters preceding 115, the discussion centers on Moshiach's presence and his activities in the world during exile just before the start of the redemption. It connects the beginning of the redemption to a celestial event that coincides with the 1994 impact of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet into the planet Jupiter. In the commentary of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, it explains that the process of redemption has three general stages which correspond with the flow of the three higher soul aspects of Moshiach into the world from above. These three aspects are called neshama, chaya and yechida. The first stage, which relates to the soul aspect of neshama, begins at the time of the comet event mentioned above and is characterized by a period of Jewish loss of life. Many of the nations of the world enter into conflict with Israel at this time. This period appears to be associated with the creation and attempted implementation of the Oslo Accords and the Intifada. These accords are primarily the product of the efforts of Shimon Peres. The second stage of the redemption, which relates to the soul aspect of Chaya, is marked at its beginning with an event which appears to coincide with September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. Chapters 115 and 116 state the following: "115: To proclaim that all the people in the world will tremble with fear for twelve days, the sun will be obscured for half a day just as it was obscured on the day that the Beit HaMikdash was destroyed. It will be obscured to such an extent that neither the heavens nor the earth will be visible. An alarm will be sounded with thundering and blasts which will penetrate the ground and cause it to become hollowed out. Many individuals and diverse groups will die from it. 116: On this day, in the city of great heights, a blazing fire will be detonated with a noise that will arouse the whole world. Towers and palaces will be consumed in a conflagration. Many towers will fall and many officers and prominent people will fall on this day and be visited by death. To perpetrate an act of evil, they will be grouped together and all the inhabitants of the world will be unable to save them." This time period is associated with the revelation of what is called "Din of Malchut" in the world. This means the establishing of the justice and equitable judgement which will ultimately be a part of G-d's kingdom on earth. It is a time characterized by the elimination of injustice in the world. It mentions in Chilufei Girsa'ot that variant texts emphasize additional days will follow after the twelve days. For anyone who has seen the video footage from around ground zero at the time that the buildings collapsed, both heaven and earth were quite literally obscured in a great conflagration. What has been translated as "the city of great heights" is from the expression, "karta d'romi rabta". This is commonly translated as "great Roman city" or "capital city of Rome" but "d'romi" can also be read "d'rumi" meaning high or prideful. It is no coincidence that New York City is a city filled with "skyscrapers", extremely tall buildings. "Romi" is also linguistically associated with the word "romemut" which the Rebbe, MH"M has told us relates to the United States of America as mentioned in connection with the identity of the nation of Aram in the Yalkut Shimoni on Isaiah which discusses the Gulf War and the beginning of the redemption. It also mentions in Chilufei Girsa'ot that these variant texts include the abbreviation Lag (spelled lamed, gimmel) with the word "d'romi" (spelled dalet, resh, vav, mem, yod). It is of interest to note the small sum gematria value of "Lag d'romi", New York (spelled nun, vav, yod, vav, resh, kuf) and Manhattan (spelled mem, nun, heh, tav, nun). They all share a common numerical value of 23. This is no proof of anything by itself, but is an interesting observation when looking at the actual date of the attack on the Hebrew calendar which was the 23rd of Elul. It is also important to note that the commentaries emphasize that the event discussed in this piece of Zohar is in a single, finite location. It is not in several different locations in spite of the fact that "karta rabta" can also mean capital city which would seem to allude to the Pentagon bombing which occurred in the nation's capital on the same day. New York City is the economic capital of the United States. The economy of the United States, the great material wealth, is where the true strength of the nation lies. As a side observation, descriptions in Torah of the world leader, Gog MiGog, who is clearly involved in the political-military conflicts related with the redemption, emphasize he is the leader of Tuval and Meshech. Both these words are linguistically related to material wealth and desires. The principle event described in this piece of Zohar is in a single city which has these great towers and the effect flows out from there to the rest of the world. The Aramaic word "padashka" means officers or police which would seem to bring attention to the significant loss of officers in both the police and fire departments of New York City. The word "ravravei" from "ravrava" means great personages, leaders or princes. Many of the occupants who lost their lives in the attack were leaders of industry and the global economy. The Zohar text emphasizes that all these people from all these various walks of life will be lumped together in order to perform an act of great evil upon them. This is precisely how President George Bush described this in the aftermath of the attack, an evil act done by evil-doers. There was no discrimination by the attackers about who would be killed or injured. All were lumped together, men, women and children, civilian or otherwise as a common target worthy of slaughter. The second section of the Zohar which appears to address the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center is in parshat Balak, chapters 502 and 503. The text states the following: "502: On the sixth day it will be seen, on the 25th day of the sixth month; and it will conclude on the seventh day, at the end of 70 days. The first day will be seen in the high city. On that day, three high walls will fall from this high city and a great palace will fall there and the dominion of this city will perish. Then this star will will spread out to be seen throughout the world. At this time, powerful wars will be provoked in all four corners of the world and faith will not be forgotten from among them. 503: In the midst of the world, when this star shines in the middle of the sky, a great ruler will arise and have dominion in the world. His inspiration will hang over all rulers. Wars will be provoked between two sides and he will overpower them." It emphasizes in the previous chapter (501) of the Zohar that this event signals the fulfillment of the prophecy of Bilaam from Numbers 24:17 which states, "It will be seen but not now, it will be viewed but not soon, a star will go forth from Jacob, etc." It specifically connects this event with the time of "Malka Moshicha", King Messiah. In the commentary of Rabbi Moshe Cordevero called "Or Yakar", it emphasizes that this star is not some celestial body but rather is a fire burning in the atmosphere of this world. It is only described as a star or comet. The Ramak goes on to say that it does not orbit or travel through the heavens but rather is stationary. He explains that this "star" is a powerful, exploding fireball which relates to all the 70 nations on earth. It is worth noting that this is precisely how it was described at the memorial in New York when discussing the occupants of the twin towers. It is also significant that quite literally all of the economies around the globe were tied directly to the businesses which operated in the trade towers. He explains that the reason for this event to be on the sixth day is to connect it with the sefirah of Tiferet which corresponds with the Hebrew letter vav. the letter vav has a numerical value of six. The name "vav" literally means hook and is associated with the concept of drawing down from Heaven above. He goes on to explain that the 25th day of the sixth month joins Tiferet with the sefirah of Malchut (kingship) which corresponds with the Hebrew letter "heh". This letter has a numerical value of five. In this case, the absolute perfection of kingship (Malchut of Malchut) is expressed through the value of 5 times 5 for a product of 25. The reason why one of the towers only has three walls completely collapse is to indicate the spiritual destruction of the three completely impure klippot. Rabbi Cordevero emphasizes that this event will be seen physically in addition to the spiritual occurrence. He explains that this event signals the beginning of the end of the dominion of the nations. What starts in this city will proceed to spread throughout the entire world and culminates in the establishment of G-d's kingdom on earth with Moshiach at its head. The 11th of September, 2001 corresponds with the 23rd day of the 6th month on the Hebrew calendar. In terms of gematria, the number 23 represented in Hebrew letters (kaf and gimmel) still has a value of 25 when the count of the letters is included (23 plus 2 for a sum of 25). Contrary to many reports that are circulating, the Vilna Gaon did not comment that a variant text of the Zohar actually records the day as the 23rd of the month. His commentary of the Zohar called Yahel Or which covers the entire Zohar does not contain any comments whatsoever on this section of Shemot. His commentary on Sifra D'Tzniuta deals with another section of the Zohar altogether. Question still remains as to why the actual event should be linked to the 23rd (kaf, gimmel) and require counting the letters of the date to reach agreement with the plain meaning of the text and commentaries. The answer seems to be suggested from two different directions. The first connection is concluded from a general principle stated by Rabbi Moshe Cordevero in Pardes Rimonim, Sha'ar Ar'chei HaKinui'im. The letters of this date (the 23rd) are a notarikon for the phrase "Koach Gadolah". Gadolah, as the Ramak explains, is the supernal source through which all things below are sustained, even the m'katrugim (accusers from the side of din). It is the ultimate flow of chesed which transcends all differences and conflicts, and sustains all of existence. The Ramak goes on to explain in the name of the Tikunim that gadolah is specifically the aspect of Malchut of Chesed (this level of Chesed being called Gadol, like in the opening blessing of the Amidah which describes HaShem as "HaEl HaGadol", and the addition of the letter "Heh" relates specifically to Malchut of Chesed, "Kingship of Kindness"). The second connection relates to what was mentioned above from the commentary of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag. Simply stated, the gematria or numerical value of "Chaya" (Chet, Yod, Heh), that soul aspect of Moshiach which begins to flow into the world in connection with this event, is 23. Thus, the ultimate kindness of the Creator to all of His creation, which is to be revealed through the establishment of His kingdom on earth is alluded to through the additional association with the 23rd day of the month. In Talmud, Tractate Rosh HaShana 2a, it states there are many ways to count the months of the year but in regard to Jewish kings, like Moshiach, the count begins in the Hebrew month of Nisan. Thus, the 6th month corresponds with the Hebrew month of Elul. One of the practices associated with the month of Elul relates to the last 12 days of the month. These days are called the days of the accounting of the soul which precedes Rosh HaShanah, the day on which G-d's Kingship is proclaimed anew and the entire world is judged. Each of these 12 days correspond to one of the twelve months of the year. On that day, one reflects on the corresponding month of the previous year and reviews what was proper, in order to strengthen it and what was lacking, in order to correct the deficiencies. The first day corresponds with the month of Tishrei, the second with Cheshvan and so on. The counting of these 12 days always begins on the 18th of the Hebrew month of Elul. The sixth day of the count always falls out on the 23rd of Elul. In the year 2001, the 23rd of Elul corresponded with the secular calendar date of September 11th. Thus, the exact date of this event is named precisely in the Zohar. An additional observation worth noting in connection with this relates to a Torah teaching based on the line from Psalms, "He tells His words to Yaacov and His statutes to Yisroel." It is taught that the commandments are G-d's also and that He fulfills them like we do. Just as we count and reflect on these 12 days, so does the Creator. The sixth day corresponds to the 6th Hebrew month following Tishrei, which is Adar. The Hebrew month of Adar just happens to be the month when the Gulf War was fought in 1991 against the leader of Iraq by then President Bush and most of the world's nations. Although the war was concluded rapidly, decisively and miraculously, the leader of Iraq and those powers aligned with him were left in power. The Gulf War conflict was even discussed in detail in the Yalkut Shimoni on the prophet Isaiah [60:1]. It states explicitly that the conflict which we call the Gulf War or Operation Desert Shield was the indicator that the time of the redemption had come. It is taught by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato in his discourse called Maamar HaGeulah, chapters 10-12, that the redemption has two general periods, the first called Pekidah and the second called Zechirah. Pekidah is a temporary and limited glimpse of how the ultimate redemption will unfold. It is like a dress rehearsal. The Pekidah takes place and then comes to a close. The Zechirah follows afterward and is not temporary. In this light, the fact that so many of the details of the current conflict [with the upcoming Iraqi war] , even down to the actual players involved, are paralleling the development of the Gulf War more than a decade ago is striking. [emphasis is mine.- RMY] Yechi HaMelech HaMoshiach, [Long Live King Messiah] Yaacov |
My mentor, Yakov, has just benefited me (and all of you) beyond our wildest imaginations! I must say that what follows below herein is the most dramatic piece of Kaballah (Sacred Jewish Mysticism) scholarship that I have personally ever seen in over 25 years of studying Judaism! Yakov's explanatory comments to the actual Kaballah text translations below are what you should focus on to achieve comprehension. Before you tackle this let me say the following. Judaism teaches that:- 1) Judaism's King Messiah (Moshiach in Hebrew) is born of human parents and first is recognized by but a few Jews. Such is the present circumstance. 2) He thereafter "passes" as was reported regarding Rabbi Schneerson in 1994. 3) A series of events occur on Earth thereafter which correspond to King Messiah acquiring his exalted King Messiah soul. Now...forgive me here...I do not mean to be pushy.... a) It is your free choice to ignore what Yakov and I are sharing herein... b) It is your free choice to read and dismiss as absurd what Yakov and I are sharing herein... c) But please never EVER say to anyone that the Jews kept this highly volatile information solely as a private matter only unto themselves. This now posted email is proof positive to the opposite. Since starting Messiah Watch International and its internet predecessor, Redemption News Network, back in 1997...it has been my personal policy to lower walls that divided us historically, to open Sacred Jewish books and share (in plain English) with everyone what is presently known to be afoot. That (again) is the purpose of this posted email. Feast your eyes on fulfilled Prophesy:- September 11, 2001...... from Kaballah written down some 1800 years ago. Then ponder the significance of this pending Gulf War II with Iraq. This is just awesome!!! Should you have any questions then email me:- Rabbi Moshe Yess |
