Torah Nistarah & Kli Kibbul

In this post, I discussed a dream involving a golem with a white head. The golem corresponds to a novice Torah scholar. The white head corresponds to the white light of the flame of chochmah and the 3-headed shin (of the tefillin shel rosh) of this world where (The Inner Dimension):

In the flame of a candle one sees three levels of light: the "dark light" around the wick of the candle, the white flame encompassing it, and an amorphous aura around the white flame itself. Each of these three levels of revealed light manifests a dimension contained within the invisible flame present in the coal. In general the flame symbolizes love, as is said: "as mighty as death is love...the flame of God." The dark light corresponds to the love of Israel, souls enclothed within physical bodies. The white light corresponds to the love of Torah. The aura corresponds to the love of God. These are the three essential manifestations of love as taught by the Ba'al Shem Tov.

In this post, I discussed Torah Nistarah in the hidden ark of the keltoi, corresponding to the 4-headed flame of the future world [1] where (The Inner Dimension):

The fourth head of the shin of the future - the revelation of the essence of the coal itself - corresponds to the love of the Land of Israel and, as our Sages teach: "the Land of Israel will in the future spread to incorporate all the lands of the earth."

where subsequently Chaim B. at Mishmar reminds us, the aron and the luchot are one unit:

Ramban assumes that the aron is defined by its place and function in the Mishkan, but according to Rashi, the aron can exist independent of the Mishkan and as an essential component of the luchos themselves.

and where Chaim B. further points out:

R' Soloveitchik explained that the other kelim were sanctified based on their utility in the mishkan; once the mishkan was disassembled, their status as klei kodesh was negated. Only the aron by virtue of its intrinsic connection to the luchos retained its status even when the Mishkan was disassembled and required kohanim for transport. The gemara (Yoma 72b) derives halachos of how a talmid chacham should act from the construction of the aron - just as the physical aron held the luchos, a talmid chacham holds within him the Torah learned. Just as the luchos could not be given without the accompanying aron, a person cannot absorb Torah without first transforming him/herself into a proper "kli kibbul" to receive that Torah. The gemara (Shabbos 32b) writes that amei ha'aretz, the uneducated, are punished for calling the aron kodesh by the name "arna", meaning just a box (see Rashi, maharasha).

Taking all this together, while some may choose to mock me, do not mock my Torah.

Footnote:

[1] The 4-headed shin of binah/imma -> tevunah and imma ila'ah, In the writings of the Arizal it is explained that "the coming world" refers to the level called tevunah, whereas the "future to come" corresponds to the level called imma ila'ah, which is higher. (R' Yitzchak Ginsburgh, The Alef-Beit).

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