Introduction to the Book of Zohar (PDF) - Kabbalah Media Archive

I N T RO D U C T I O N T O T H E B O O K O F Z O H A R
1 – I come to the realization of evil;
2 – I remain empty, perform Tzimtzum Aleph.
The person must go through these stages. Resurrection of the dead
should take place in him after he executed Tzimtzum and obtained the
screen.
Let us read it again.
Fifth Inquiry refers to the “resurrection of the dead”.
Since the body is so despicable, it is doomed to perish and to be
buried.
This includes a complete realization of evil, of my primordial egoistical
desires.
Why then does the body return and rise at the “resurrection of the
dead” (after I buried it and it remained empty)? Could the Creator
not delight the souls without it?
No, He cannot.
Furthermore, the Zohar says that before the body rots entirely (until all of
my desires die and rot in the ground), the soul cannot ascend to its place in
Heaven, while there are still remnants of it (I will not be able to fill myself
with the light).
Even more bewildering is what our sages said of the dead bodies that
are destined to rise with their flaws...
Why should I revive all of my negative desires? This seemingly returns
me to my negative properties.
... so that they will not be mistaken for others. I should admit that all of
them are my natural properties.
The Creator will then cure their flaws. I should realize that I would
never be able to cure these flaws by myself. They can only be cured if I
realize them as evil and ask the Creator for a remedy.
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