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

P R E FAC E T O T H E B O O K O F Z O H A R
Keter
is not even designated by a letter, but by a hook-like tip of the prospective
letter “Yud”. This is similar to the descending light: the moment
it begins to create something, it turns into phase one.
The light being unattainable by itself, we therefore pay no attention
to it. We can speak about its property of bestowal, when we feel it
inside our Kli. In phase two we say that it bestows delight upon us. So
in the first case, we speak of what the light is in itself, and in the second
– what it gives us.
7. In “The Book of Zohar” these Ten Sefirot, HuBTuM, are called
by the names of four colors: white, red, green, and black.
• White corresponds to the Sefira of Hochma,
• Red corresponds to the Sefira of Bina,
• Green corresponds to the Sefira of Tifferet, and
• Black corresponds to the Sefira of Malchut.
In our world these Sefirot create the four basic colors.
This is similar to an optical instrument that has four lenses with
colors corresponding to the ones mentioned above. In spite of the fact
that the light is unified, while passing through a lens, it acquires a
color and becomes one of the four lights: white, red, green, or black.
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