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Sha'ar HaKavanot / Pri Etz Chaim practical terminology
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
Pedagogical transliterationhineh kol tefillah hi be-olam ha-asiyyah, malkhut de-asiyyah ...
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Sha'ar HaKavanot / Pri Etz Chaim practical terminology
This introduction begins with a direct technical identification: כל תפילה היא בעולם העשייה מלכות דעשייה. It then reads תפלה לעני, ואני תפלה, and ואשפוך את נפשי through Malkhut and nefesh. The parenthetical ס״א preserves an alternate formulation. The lesson reports how this Pri Etz Chaim passage interprets prayer; it does not replace the peshat of the quoted verses.
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SEE HOW IT WORKS
Keep the form, reading, and meaning together.
Pedagogical reading guide
Lurianic Hebrew and Aramaic
technical identification → Psalm 102:1 → Malkhut asks from ז״א → ואני תפלה sign → prayer as שפיכת נפש → [ס״א alternate explanation]
EXAMPLES
Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.
Close translation — ‘Every prayer is in the world of Asiyah, the Malkhut of Asiyah, as it is written, “A prayer of the poor man when he is faint.” She is the poor and needy Malkhut who asks and prays from Ze'ir Anpin, her husband, that he give her what she lacks. A sign is “and I am prayer,” for “I” is Malkhut. Therefore every expression of prayer in Torah is mentioned as an outpouring of soul, either Malkhut of Atzilut or the world of Asiyah, for both are called nefesh.’
SOURCE REFERENCE
Pri Etz Chaim, Gate of Prayer, Introduction 4
APPROVED STUDY LAYERS
Source-specific guidance from the curriculum.
Learning objective
Read practical prayer terminology while distinguishing the liturgical act, its symbolic configuration, and the verses adduced by the source.
Technical parsing
Hebrew technical prose with Aramaic construct phrases, acronyms כמ״ש / ז״א / בחי׳ / וז״ש / ס״א, and a preserved parenthetical variant.
Practice
Identify the initial technical proposition, three quoted verse phrases, the antecedent of היא, and the function of the parenthetical ס״א.
Answer key
Proposition: כל תפילה היא בעולם העשייה מלכות דעשייה. Quotations: תפלה לעני כי יעטוף; ואני תפלה; ואשפוך את נפשי לפני ה׳. היא refers to המלכות דלה ועניה. ס״א introduces an alternate version, which explains תפילה as שיחה and repeats the Malkhut/Ze'ir Anpin relation.
Source notes
Primary edition: Pri Etz Chaim, Public Domain. The full source segment, including the alternate reading, is displayed without silent omission.
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