Three Realizations of the Kings of Edom

We can now discern three realizations of the eight kings of Edom, parallel and opposite to the Tikkunim of the Head for Arich Anpin, Zeir Anpin, and Malchut, in accordance with the teachings of the Arizal.

The kings that rule from 5708 to 5772 are the kings of the left, of Zeir Anpin. They rule until 67 of Bina. When Bina reaches 67, Din ensues. From 5713 to 5777 are the kings of the right, of Malchut. They rule until 67 of Chochma. The kings of Malchut correspond most closely to actual kings in the land of Edom.

The third realization is the furthest removed from observable reality. This concerns the kings of the center, of Arich Anpin. The durations of their governances are parallel to the eight periods of the cosmic kings, which are 4000, six times 7000, and 6128 "years". The ratio 4000/7000 is close to 4.5/8 and the ratio 6128/7000 is close to 7/8. We deduce that the first king of the center ruled 4.5 years, from the rise of the State of Israel in 5708 until the beginning of 5713. Kings two to seven ruled for 8 years each, until 5761, and the eigth king ruled for 7 years, until 5768, until the final covert Tikkun for Keter at Aleph Sofit. The is the covert period of the center. The corresponding overt period, which brings the final Tikkun of kings of Edom, is from 56 of Keter Yehuda until two thirds of Keter Moshe - 13 years.

תנא רזי דרזין כד פתח ר"ש ברזי דרזין אזדעזע אתרא וחברין אתחלחלו גלי ברזא ופתח ואמר, כתיב ואלה המלכים אשר מלכו בארץ אדום לפני מלך מלך וגו', זכאין אתון צדיקייא דאתגלי לכון רזי דרזין דאורייתא דלא אתגליין לקדישי עליונין

זוהר - האדרא רבא

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Mishmarot

Regarding the proposal that the kings of Edom mentioned in Bereshit 36:31-39 be interpreted as periods of eight years starting from the rise of the State of Israel, the following observations should be considered.

The 64-year "days" of history have definite boundaries, and the State of Israel was not established near such a boundary. Rather, it was established in the course of "day" 69. We are now in "day" 70, which started in 5745.

If 64 years are viewed as a day, subdivisions of eight years are eight Mishmarot of three "hours" each. From the rise of the State of Israel until now, there were seven complete Mishmarot of this type, starting in the years 5713, 5721, 5729, 5737, 5745, 5753, and 5761. Like the 64-year "days", the "Mishmarot" are not in sync with the State of Israel, which arose in the course of the fourth Mishmeret of day 69.

However, the Mishmarot are in sync with American elections, and with the terms of several American presidents. Eisenhower was predident from 5713 to 5721. Clinton was president from 5753 to 5761. Bush was president from 5761 to 5769. Furthermore, the 22nd Amendment, which restricts terms of American presidents to eight years, precisely applies to Eisenhower's term and later.

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The Fall of the Primordial Kings

Before elaborating further, B'Ezrat HaShem, on the proposal that the kings of Edom mentioned in Bereshit 36:31-39 be interpreted as periods of eight years starting from the establishment of the State of Israel, let me formulate my version of the conventional kabbalistic interpretation of these kings - the primordial one.

The Universe went through seven gestational periods, a period of 1.2 billion years, followed by six periods of 2.1 billion years. These periods correspond to seven primordial Sephirot that "broke" from their original "place" because the Divine "light" was too intense, so that they "fell", to establish the lower worlds. The abundance of quotes in the previous sentence is to indicate that the event described - which is the "death" of the seven "Kings" of "Edom" - is not physical, and is beyond time and space. Nevertheless, its end was the emergence of the physical world, which represents the Kings within time and space.

Altogether, the eight kings rule for 52,000 "years", corresponding to the primordial Name of 52. The first seven kings correspond to 46,000 "years", which actually lasted 13.8 billion years. The eigth King corresponds to the 6,000 "years" of Malchut, which actually last 78,112 physical years. In a way, the reign of the eigth King lasts 6,128 "years" (78,240 physical years), until Techiat HaMetim. The Torah does not mention the death of the eigth king because his reign ends with the opposite of death.

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