Essence Of The Black Jaguar

ט"ז בסיון תשס"ז

A black panther is not a leopard. A black panther belongs to the jaguar (יגאור) family, like in the title of the book which returned me to Torah - The Quark and the Jaguar (by Murray Gell-Mann). A black panther is like a blue rose among spotted jaguars and roses of many other colors.

From Answers.com about jaguars:

The base coat of the jaguar is generally a tawny yellow, but can range to reddish-brown and black. The cat is covered in rosettes for camouflage in its jungle habitat. The spots vary over individual coats and between individual Jaguars: rosettes may include one or several dots, and the shape of the dots varies. The spots on the head and neck are generally solid, as are those on the tail, where they may merge to form a band. The underbelly, throat and outer surface of the legs and lower flanks are white.

A condition known as melanism occurs in the species. The melanistic form is less common than the spotted form — six percent of jaguars in their South American range have been reported to possess it— and is the result of a dominant allele. Jaguars with melanism appear entirely black, although their spots are still visible on close examination. Melanistic Jaguars are informally known as black panthers, but do not form a separate species. Rare albino individuals, sometimes called white panthers, occur among jaguars, as with the other big cats.

Melanism is a "dark coloration of the skin, hair, fur, or feathers because of a high concentration of melanin."

Melanin - transliterated into Hebrew מלא נין means "full to abundance with grandsons". מלא specifically means "having everything", "having full value" and "conferring authority" [1]. Thus, upon my grandsons I confer "all" authority and bless them with "everything" fully and completely, as were each of the patriarchs blessed with (כל) "all" [2].

What distinguishes a black jaguar from a spotted leopard-like one is both the integration of it's rosettes into its hairy coat dark of color at the genetic level and it's concentration "full to abundance with grandsons".

This regarding the essence of the black jaguar, epitomizing the strong feminine essence, is true for me - the black coat bringing down and integrating understanding and knowledge (rosettes of binah and da'at) into my own personal experience in malchut, and it's essential distinctive concentration bringing out the fact that I am a grandmother blessed with 5 grandsons. Kabbalistically, the "grandson" of binah is rectified malchut. I have 5 grandsons in real life - Tyler, Cameron, Devin, Logan and Trentin.

Blessings brought down through all universes - Adam kadmon, atzilut, beriyah, yetzirah and assiyah.

Indeed, the essence of the black jaguar is mine. I accept it.

Footnotes:

[1] Etymological Dictionary Of Biblical Hebrew, R' Matityahu Clark
[2] Sha'are Orah (Gates Of Light), R' Yosef Gikatilla (pp. 21, 101-105)

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