Negative Commandment 49<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nDevarim (Deuteronomy) 7.1-2<\/span>\u00a0You shall not make a treaty with them<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nWe are not allowed to make a treaty with the Seven Nations of\u00a0Canaan, the nations that inhabited\u00a0Eretz Yisrael\u00a0before its conquest by the Jews.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
These nations are:<\/span><\/p>\nthe Hittites,<\/span><\/p>\nthe Girgashites,<\/span><\/p>\nthe Amorites,<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0the Canaanites,<\/span><\/p>\nthe Perizzites,<\/span><\/p>\nthe Hivites, and<\/span><\/p>\nthe Jebusites.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The land of the seven nations<\/span><\/p>\n\u2013 the seven sefirot<\/span><\/p>\n\u2013 the seven emotions that need to be refined<\/span><\/p>\n\u2013 these are the garments of the soul.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
And Jericho had shut its gates and was barred because of the children of Israel; none went out and none came in.\u00a0 And the L-rd said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hand Jericho and its king, the mighty warriors<\/em>.\u00a0 Yehoshua (Josh<\/span><\/span>ua) 6.1-2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
And Joshua said, By this, you shall know that the Living G-d is in your midst, and He will certainly Drive out the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites from before you. <\/em>Yehoshua (Joshua) 3.10<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
This is the command to conquer the land, to conquer our seven emotions.\u00a0 We transform Caanan into the Land of Israel. We transform our emotive elements of our soul, we transform our character.\u00a0 See Positive Commandment 187<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Jericho represents the soul\u2019s three garments<\/u><\/strong>, thought, speech and deed.\u00a0 These are from the animal soul.\u00a0 The Divine soul is found in the love and awe (fear) of G-d when we think and understand Words of Torah, speak Words of Torah, and when we do Mitzvot.\u00a0 These Mitzvot become the garments of our soul in the afterlife<\/u><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d0\u05b2\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc \u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d4\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05db\u05b7\u05bc\u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05e2 \u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05ea\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05dc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 : \u05e1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAnd it shall be when the L-rd shall Bring you into the land of the Canaanites, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you:\u00a0 Shemot (Exodus) 13.11<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The word Canaan in this verse is surrounded by a Hei<\/em>\u00a0and a\u00a0Yud<\/em>; they are letters of G\u2011d’s Name, hence <\/span><\/p>\nby surrounding Canaan they transform it.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Chesed\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 Canaanites \u2013 Ham is the father of Canaan Gen. 9.18 \u2013 Chesed expresses unlimited benevolence.\u00a0 Chesed is expansive and outflowing.\u00a0 Canaanites are associated with idolatry.\u00a0 Idolatry belongs to the realm of reality that is forbidden.\u00a0 They are intrinsically evil.\u00a0 They are asur<\/em><\/strong>, tied down \u2013 the opposite of Chesed.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Gevurah\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 Hittites \u2013 Gevruah is the power to restrain one\u2019s innate urge to bestow goodness upon others. \u2013 The word Hittite means sons of terror<\/em> and refers to the descendants of Heth.\u00a0 Terror produces a sense of deep emotional despair and torment. This is the opposite of Gevurah.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Tiferet\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 Amorites \u2013 Tiferet is harmony, empathy, and mercy. Amorites were obsessed with earthly fame and glory, they were domineering, the opposite of Tiferet.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Netzah\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 Perizites \u2013 \u00a0also referred to as Rephaim \u2013 Netzach is victory, fortitude, ambition and the opposite of Perizites which have limited vision, laziness, low self-esteem<\/span><\/li>\n
- Hod\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 Hivites \u2013 Hod is devotion and humility.\u00a0 The Hivites had limited vision.\u00a0 They were focused on enjoying an earthly inheritance, hedonism<\/span><\/li>\n
- Yesod\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 Jebusites \u2013 Yesod means foundation but it is also an emotion called bonding.\u00a0 You bond with something or someone, it is not just experiencing something.\u00a0 Jebustites suppressed spiritual authority in fellow believers, they were legalistic.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Malchut\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 Girgashites – Malchut literally means nobility and kingship.\u00a0 On an emotional level, it is leadership and sovereignty.\u00a0 The soul power of Malchut is self-expression which we is expressed with the power of speech.\u00a0 Kingship requires that we be sensitive to the needs of those we seek to rule.\u00a0 We draw closer to G-d through the portal of Malchut.\u00a0 Tehillim (Psalms) 118.20 says\u2026\u2026\u2026. This is the gate of the L-rd, into which the righteous shall enter.<\/em> Total commitment to G-d\u2019s Way, to the Torah.\u00a0 It is why the world exists. Avot 3.5 says, Rabbi Nechunia the son of Hakanah would say: One who accepts upon himself the yoke of Torah is exempted from the yoke of government duties and the yoke of worldly cares; but one who casts off the yoke of Torah is saddled with the yoke of government duties and the yoke of worldly cares<\/em>. \u2013 that is real sovereignty.\u00a0 Girgashites do not listen to G-d or the Torah.\u00a0 They rely on the natural mind and are related to our nefesh \u2013 our animal soul \u2013 They do not believe in what they cannot see.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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The Rambam, in dealing with the rectification of one\u2019s character traits in the service of G-d, speaks of the middle path<\/em>, which seeks to void the extreme manifestation of any particular emotive attribute, and leads to a life of moderation and constant consideration of one\u2019s fellow man.\u00a0 The Hebrew Letters Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh Gal Einai Publications, Jerusalem page 98<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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