The state in which a person acquires the ability to go by faith above reason is called Rosh HaShanah (New Year). This means that he reaches the peak of all his states and reveals the Creator’s name, Tzvaot (Lord of Hosts). That is, a person has gone through all the states of ascents and descents, called “Tze” and “Bo,” which together form the name Tzvaot (plural of Tzava [Hebrew], “host” or “army”).

When a person goes through these states, he becomes like a soldier: from “Tze” (a descent), he enters the state of “Bo” (an ascent). In this way, he builds an army (Tzava) within himself by overcoming disturbances through faith above reason.

These disturbances are called the Mount Esau. A mountain (Har) comes from the word “Hirurim” (thoughts, reflections), which arise according to the root of the soul and its structure. When a person overcomes these disturbances through faith above reason, he passes from Mount Esau to Mount Zion. This means that from descents he passes to ascents.

Through working with thoughts above reason, a person acquires the force of Bina. Therefore, he is called Israel (Yashar-El), straight to the Creator, because he receives this directness of intention in striving toward the Creator from Bina. Then, from the revelation of the Creator’s general governance (the king of the whole world), a person comes to the Creator’s personal governance (the king of Israel).

The king of the whole world he attains consciously, through the Creator’s actions that he sees. But the king of Israel he attains through the work of faith above reason. It is revealed to him that all the states he has gone through were given by the Creator. Then, from Mount Zion, he ascends to Jerusalem, from the Malchut of Zion to the Malchut of Jerusalem.

The completion of this state, in which he reveals that the Creator is the king of the entire earth, that is, of all his desires, both past and present, and verifies within all his desires that he is adhered to the Creator, is called Rosh Hashanah. Rosh (head) is the highest state among all those he has passed through within the desires of the soul.

This is the meaning of the holiday of Rosh HaShanah. On the one hand, it can be said that it is the beginning of something new, the beginning of an ascent, a state that stands above all corrections. On the other hand, it is the summary of what a person has gone through during the year, the result of correcting all the desires of the soul. When a person reaches such a state, it means that he has attained Rosh HaShanah.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/10/26, Rabash, “What Is Above Reason in the Work?”

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