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2:115b<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.<\/em> The Zohar also says of the Son of YHWH:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Holy One, blessed be He, has a son, whose glory (tifret)<\/em> This Zohar passage is intended to recall a passage from the Bahir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why are they called Sephirot?<\/em> The Zohar also says concerning the Son of Yah:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe may also translate \u201che who withholds blessings<\/em> According to the Zohar, the Middle Pillar of the Godhead is not only known as the \u201cSon of Yah\u201d but also as \u201cMetatron\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u05e9\u05db\u05df \u05e7\u05e8\u05d5\u05d1 \u05de\u05d0\u05d7 \u05e8\u05d7\u05d5\u05e7. \u05d3\u05d4\u05d9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05e2\u05de\u05d5\u05d3\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d0\u05de\u05e6\u05e2\u05d9\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d0\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 \u05d1\u05df \u05d9\u05d4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This neighbor is the Middle Pillar in the Godhead,<\/em>
which is the Son of Yah.<\/em>
(Zohar 2:115)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
shines from one end of the world to another. He is a great<\/em>
and mighty tree, whose head reaches heaven, and whose roots<\/em>
are set in the holy ground, and his name is \u201cMispar\u201d and his<\/em>
place is in the uppermost heaven\u2026 as it is written, \u201cThe heavens<\/em>
declare (me-SaPRim) the glory (tifret) of God\u201d (Ps. 19:1).<\/em>
Were it not for this \u201cMispar\u201d there would be neither hosts<\/em>
nor offspring in any of the worlds.<\/em>
(Zohar 2:105a)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because it is written (Ps. 19:2),<\/em>
\u201cThe heavens declare (me-SaPRim) the glory (tifret) of God.\u201d<\/em>
(Bahir 125)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
from the Son\u201d (Prov. 11:26), whom the Father and Mother<\/em>
have CROWNED and blessed with many blessings,<\/em>
and concerning whom they commanded, \u201cKiss the SON<\/em>
lest he be angry\u201d (Ps. 2:12), since he is invested<\/em>
with judgment (GEVURAH) and with mercy (CHESED)\u201d<\/em>
(Zohar 3:191b)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n