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We focus on where our mind, words and actions should be on Shavuaot to connect to the energy that is available. If we don’t do it correctly, that opportunity will just pass by. Theres about a seven hour window to make that connection.

Our name on Shavuot night become “people of the wedding canopy.” God is the groom and we are the bride. Metaphorically the jewelry we are adorned with is precisely based on the study of Torah we do on Shavuot night. The Creator then puts a crown (Keter) on our head. This is a metaphysical connection to the highest realms.

Shavuot connects us to the highest desire - immortality. We need to be believe its possible and that’s our goal on Shavuot. Its one of the most difficult things to believe can happen. Its the ultimate desire; its so much more than the desire for money or fame however large those desires might be. Every Shavuot we have a chance to fill up our battery with the energy of immortality.

The righteous are creating a canopy for the bride. And who is righteous? It is anyone who justifies that the events that take place in their life is for the positive.

ספר הזהר, הקדמה י״ד

רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן הֲוָה יָתִיב וְלָעֵי בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא בְּלֵילְיָא (אמור צ''ח א) דְּכַלָּה אִתְחַבְּרַת בְּבַעֲלָהּ. דְּתָנִינָן כָּל אִנּוּן חַבְרַיָא דִּבְנֵי הֵיכָלָא דְּכַלָּה אִצְטְרִיכוּ בְּהַהִיא לֵילְיָא דְּכַלָּה אִזְדַּמְנַת לְמֶהֱוֵי לְיוֹמָא אַחֲרָא גּוֹ חוּפָּה בְּבַעֲלָהּ לְמֶהוֵי עִמָּהּ כָּל הַהוּא לֵילְיָא, וּלְמֶחֱדֵי עִמָּהּ בְּתִקּוּנָהָא דְאִיהִי אִתְתַּקָּנַת לְמִלְעֵי בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא מִתּוֹרָה לִנְבִיאִים וּמִנְבִיאִים לִכְתוּבִים וּבְמִדְרָשׁוֹת דִּקְרָאֵי וּבְרָזֵי דְחָכְמְתָא. בְּגִין דְּאִלֵּין אִנּוּן תִּיקּוּנִין דִּילָהּ וְתַכְשִׁיטָהָא. וְאִיהִי וְעוּלֵמְתָהָא עָאלַת וְקַיְימַת עַל רֵישֵׁיהוֹן וְאִתְתַּקָּנַת בְּהוּ וְחָדַת בְּהוּ כָּל הַהוּא לֵילְיָא. וּלְיוֹמָא אָחֳרָא לָא עָאלַת לַחוּפָּה אֶלָּא בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ. וְאִלֵּין אִקְרוּן בְּנֵי חוּפָּתָא. וְכֵיוָן דְּעָאלַת לְחוּפָּתָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא שָׁאִיל עֲלַיְיהוּ וּמְבָרֵךְ לוֹן וּמְעַטֵּר לוֹן בְּעִטְּרָהָא דְּכַלָּה. זַכָּאָה חוּלַקְהוֹן.

Zohar, Introduction 14

Rabbi Shimon was sitting and studying the Torah on the night when the Bride, Malchut, unites with her husband, Zeir Anpin. And all the friends present in the bridal chamber on that night, the eve of the holiday of Shavuot, must stand together with the bridegroom under the Huppah, and be with him this whole night, and rejoice with him in the corrections of the Bride, i.e., study the Torah, then Prophets, then Holy Scriptures, and finally the wisdom, for these corrections are the Bride’s adornments. And the Bride receives corrections, adorns herself with them, and rejoices with them all of that night. And on the next day, on the holiday of Shavuot, she only comes to the Huppah together with them. And her friends, who studied the Torah all night long, are called the sons of the Huppah. And as she approaches the Huppah, the Creator asks about them, blesses and adorns them with the Bride’s adornments. Happy are those who merit this!

ספר הזהר, הקדמה י״ד

וְהֲוָה רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן וְכֻלְהוּ חַבְרַיָיא (בהדיה) מְרַנְּנִין בְּרִנָּה דְאוֹרַיְיתָא וּמְחַדְּשָׁן מִלִּין דְאוֹרַיְיתָא כָּל חַד וְחַד מִנַּיְיהוּ. וְהֲוָה חָדֵי רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן וְכָל שְׁאָר חַבְרַיָיא. אָמַר לוֹן רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, בָּנַי זַכָּאָה חוּלַקְכוֹן בְּגִין דִּלְמָחָר לָא תֵיעוּל כַּלָּה לַחוּפָּה אֶלָּא בַּהֲדַיְיכוּ. בְּגִין דְּכֻלְהוּ דִּמְתַקְנִין תִּקּוּנָהָא בְּהַאי לֵילְיָא וְחָדָאן בָּהּ כֻּלְהוּ יְהוֹן רְשִׁימִין וּכְתִיבִין בְּסִפְרָא דְדֻכְרָנַיָא וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מְבָרֵךְ לוֹן בְּשִׁבְעִין בִּרְכָאן וְעִטְּרִין דְּעָלְמָא עִלָּאָה.

Zohar, Introduction 14

This is why Rabbi Shimon and all of his friends stayed up that night, and each of them renewed the Torah again and again. Rabbi Shimon was joyous, and so were his friends. Rabbi Shimon said to them: “My sons, how blessed is your lot, for it is you who shall accompany the Bride tomorrow to the Huppah, for all those who correct Her and rejoice in Her this night shall have their names recorded in the Book of Remembrance. And the Creator shall bless them with seventy blessings and adornments of crowns of the Upper World.”

ספר הזהר, הקדמה י״ד

פָּתַח רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן וְאָמַר (תהילים י״ט:ב׳) (תרומה קל''ו ב) הַשָּׁמַיִם מְסַפְּרִים כְּבוֹד אֵל וְגו' קְרָא דָא הָא אוֹקִימְנָא לֵיהּ. אֲבָל בְּזִמְנָא דָא דְּכַלָּה אִתְעָרָא לְמֵיעַל לַחוּפָּה בְּיוֹמָא דְמָחָר אִתְתַּקָּנַת וְאִתְנְהִירַת בְּקִישׁוּטָהָא בַּהֲדֵי חַבְרַיָיא דְּחָדָאן עִמָּהּ כָּל הַהִיא לֵילְיָא וְאִיהִי חָדַאת עִמְּהוֹן. וּבְיוֹמָא דְּמָחָר כַּמָּה אוּכְלוּסִין (כמה) חַיָּילִין וּמַשִּׁרְיָין מִתְכַּנְשִׁין בַּהֲדָהּ. וְאִיהִי וְכֻלְהוּ מְחַכָּאן לְכָל חַד וְחַד דִּתְקִינוּ לָהּ בְּהַאי לֵילְיָא. כֵּיוָן דְּמִתְחַבְּרָן כְּחֲדָא וְאִיהִי חָמַאת לְבַעְלָהּ מַה כְּתִיב הַשָּׁמַיִם מְסַפְּרִים כְּבוֹד אֵל. הַשָּׁמַיִם דָּא חָתָן דְּעָאל לַחוּפָּה. מְסַפְּרִים, מְנַהֲרִין כְּזוֹהֲרָא דְּסַפִּיר, דְּנָהִיר וְזָהִיר מִסְיָיפֵי עָלְמָא וְעַד סְיָיפֵי עָלְמָא.

Zohar, Introduction 14

Rabbi Shimon opened and said, (Ps. 19:2) “The Heavens declare the Creator’s greatness. I have already explained this, but when the bride awakens to enter the Huppah on the following day, with all the friends who rejoiced with her through that night, she rejoices with them, corrects herself and shines with her adornments.” And on the following day, a multitude of masses, hosts, and legions join her. And she, together with all these masses, hosts and legions, awaits all those who corrected her by studying the Torah on that night. This is so because Zeir Anpin unites with Malchut, and she sees her husband, and it is said: “The Heavens declare the Creator’s greatness.” “The Heavens” alludes to the Bridegroom (ZA), who enters the Huppah. “The Heavens declare,” i.e., shine, like the luminescence of a sapphire, upon the entire Malchut, from end to end.

ספר הזהר, הקדמה י״ד

כְּבוֹד אֵל, דָּא כְּבוֹד כַּלָּה דְּאִקְרֵי אֵל, דִּכְתִיב, (תהלים ז) אֵל זוֹעֵם בְּכָל יוֹם. בְּכָל יוֹמֵי שַׁתָּא אִקְרֵי אֵל, וְהַשְׁתָּא דְּהָא עָאלַת לַחוּפָּה אִקְרֵי כָּבוֹד, וְאִקְרֵי אֵל. יְקָר עַל יְקָר. נְהִירוּ עַל נְהִירוּ. וְשָׁלְטָנוּ עַל שָׁלְטָנוּ. כְּדֵין בְּהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא דְּשָׁמַיִם עָאל לַחוּפָּה וְאָתֵי וְנָהִיר לָהּ, כָּל אִנּוּן חַבְרַיָּיא דְּאַתְקִינוּ לָהּ כֻּלְהוּ אִתְפָּרְשֵׁי (אתפרשו) בִּשְׁמָהָן תַּמָּן הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (תהלים יט) וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו מַגִּיד הָרָקִיעַ. מַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו, אִלֵּין אִנּוּן מָארֵי קַיָּימָא דִּבְרִית בַּהֲדֵי כַלָה, וְאִנּוּן מָארֵי קַיָימָא דִבְרִית אִקְרוּן מַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו, כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (תהלים צ) וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֵינוּ) כּוֹנְנֵהוּ דָּא בְּרִית קַיָּימָא דְּחֲתִים בְּבִשְׂרָא דְּבַר נָשׁ.

Zohar, Introduction 14

The Creator’s glory = EL – is the bride, Malchut, called EL, as it is written: (Ps. 7:12) “ EL rages each day.” She is called EL on all the days of the year. And now, on the holiday of Shavuot, when she already entered the Huppah, she is called GREATNESS and she is called EL, greatest of the great, luminescent out of the luminescent, dominion over dominions. The hour when the Heaven (ZA) enters the Huppah and shines upon Malchut, all of her friends, who corrected her by studying the Torah, are known by their names, as it is said: “The Heavens declare the work of His hands.” “The work of His hands” refers to the members of this covenant, called “the work of His hands.” As you say: “Confirm for us the work of our hands,” which is the mark of the covenant, imprinted on man’s body.

What happened exactly at the end of time? When someone “repents from love” the sins become merits. The concept of “repentance from love” is the technology by which the negative traits don’t become cancelled but rather converts to positivity,

What is the worse sin a person can do? When they regret the positive spiritual actions that they had done. Where they think it was pointless, God forbid.

There are three levels of repentance: fear, respect and love. Repentance from respect is the idea that the Creator is with me all the time and through that we are humbled in our behavior. Repentance from love turns sins into merits.

The end of time is parallel to Shavuot. its the same energy only the end of time energy lasts forever and Shavuot lasts for a few hours. We should approach Shavuot like it will last forever.

Now we go deeper into the idea of repentance. The way sin works is that a purposeful sin is always preceded by an accidental sin. Repentance from fear changes a purposeful sin into one that’s considered accidental. Repentance from love however turns the purposeful sin into an extremely positive action. How can we understand this?

Why does a person commit a crime? It says in the Talmud that there is nothing more painful than when a white mule beats you up. The word mule in hebrew relates to seperation. White is the state of feeling special. So the idea of feeling your great is the greatest pain.

יומא פ״ו ב:ג׳

אמר ריש לקיש גדולה תשובה שזדונות נעשות לו כשגגות שנאמר (הושע יד, ב) שובה ישראל עד ה' אלהיך כי כשלת בעונך הא עון מזיד הוא וקא קרי ליה מכשול איני והאמר ריש לקיש גדולה תשובה שזדונות נעשות לו כזכיות שנאמר (יחזקאל לג, יט) ובשוב רשע מרשעתו ועשה משפט וצדקה עליהם (חיה) יחיה לא קשיא כאן מאהבה כאן מיראה

Yoma 86b:3

Reish Lakish said: Great is repentance, as the penitent’s intentional sins are counted for him as unwitting transgressions, as it is stated: “Return, Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity” (Hosea 14:2). The Gemara analyzes this: Doesn’t “iniquity” mean an intentional sin? Yet the prophet calls it stumbling, implying that one who repents is considered as though he only stumbled accidentally in his transgression. The Gemara asks: Is that so? Didn’t Reish Lakish himself say: Great is repentance, as one’s intentional sins are counted for him as merits, as it is stated: “And when the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby” (Ezekiel 33:19), and all his deeds, even his transgressions, will become praiseworthy? The Gemara reconciles: This is not difficult: Here, when one repents out of love, his sins become like merits; there, when one repents out of fear, his sins are counted as unwitting transgressions.

חולין ז׳ ב:י״ג

אמר ר' יהושע בן לוי למה נקרא שמן ימים שאימתם מוטלת על הבריות דאמר ר' חנינא מימי לא שאלני אדם על מכת פרדה לבנה וחיה והא קחזינא דחיי אימא וחיית והא קחזינא דמיתסי דחיוורן ריש כרעייהו קא אמרינן

Chullin 7b:13

Apropos white mules, which were likened to the Angel of Death, Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says: Why are the mules called yemim (see Genesis 36:24)? It is because their terror [eimatam] is cast over all creatures, as Rabbi Ḥanina says: In all my days, no man has asked me about a wound caused him by a white mule and survived, indicating that they are extremely dangerous. The Gemara asks: But haven’t we seen that some people survive after being wounded by a white mule? The Gemara answers: Say instead, no man has asked me about a wound caused him by a mule and the wound healed. The Gemara asks: But haven’t we seen that such wounds heal? The Gemara answers: The wound that we say does not heal is one caused by a mule the top of whose legs are white.

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