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| | Donmeh West - The Sepher HaSh'tikah of Reb Yakov Leib HaKohain |
 | | The "seed of the wicked," implied in Eglon's name, is a reference to the descendants of Nachash, the Serpent, who, according to the Zohar, had intercourse with Eve and fathered Cain, from whom the "mixed multitude," or "beasts of the field" (i.e., "young bulls") are descended: |
 | | But there are even deeper mysteries (for example, the unification of "male" and "female" within Eglon himself through the intervention of Ehud), mysteries which we will continue to explore in the next part of this lecture. |
 | | The Biblical story of Ehud and Eglon is a parable -- no, a paradigm -- for the inner processes within the nature of God himself by which, through His encounter with man, He comes into awareness of himself and a measure self-control. |
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