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What Is the Meaning of the Bible Story of King Nimrod, his
Astrologists, and his Decree to Kill all Newborn Sons?
What Is King Nimrod?
At the time of Babylon, a king named
Nimrod (your ego) reigned within you.
You followed him faithfully, trusted him,
and worshipped only him.
The Nimrod inside you refers to the
natural, fairly developed egoism that
wishes for, and can achieve, anything:
Everyone knew that his arm, aimed at a
deers heart, never missed its target.
If you remember, your entire life and all
your intentions were focused exclusively
on yourself. What does it do for me
was the principle you lived by. All of your
relations with others essentially came
down to this.
Nimrod was always your essence. He didnt take anyone into account but himself: Woe was he who dared to
question that Nimrod was a self-made god.
What Are King Nimrods Astrologists, and What Is the Boy they Warned King Nimrod About?
In the Midrash it says, One day Nimrods astrologists approached the throne reverently and prostrated before the
king. Oh, great lord, they proclaimed, We come with news of great peril which threatens your rule. The stars foresee
that a boy will soon be born in your kingdom who shall deny your divinity and shall defeat you.
Nimrods astrologists are your own fear, which exists within the ego itself. The fear is that something may shake your
foundation, your Nimrod. This fear is always driving your ego to worry about its fulfillment and prosperity, seeking
more stuff, bigger stuff, newer stuff. And yet, this perpetual drive to fulfill yourself ultimately brings you to a point
where a boy is born inside you that will one day defeat Nimrod.
Who is this boy who will be born inside you? It is the budding of the next degree. It arises from that same Nimrod,
from your I, which suddenly begins to understand that being a Nimrod is nothing but misery. All of a sudden you
realize that your life is far from cloudless, since youre always concerned: concerned with building yourself on the ruin
of others, with protecting your I from attacks, and with staying on top, on your throne.
At the same time, you cannot destroy everyone who threatens you. Otherwise, whom will you dominate?
Nimrod is in power, demanding to always be worshipped. Do whatever it takes to make others respect you, your
ego keeps murmuring.
You cannot destroy your environment. You cannot erase their I. And even if you could, you wouldnt, because then
youd have no one to rule over.
It follows that your Nimrod is incredibly dependent on other people. He must support them, pay them, nurture them,
and at the same time, oppress them.
Indeed, the ego rises precisely when it oppresses others.
Hence, the next degree of the egos (Nimrods) development in you is when it begins to recognize its own
dependence, vulnerability, and fragility.
This process is called the recognition of evil in Nimrod. It is when you finally get the feeling that your freedom is
somehow restricted.
You are dependent on everybody else.
You must always build a pyramid around you, but in a way that always keeps you on top. You need to have the
respect of your children, wife, relatives, co-workers, passengers on the bus or other means of public transportation,
even your neighbors dog barking at you. But how long can you keep up with this game?!

Why Did King Nimrod Want to put all Newborn Sons to Death?
Nimrod turned to his ministers. What protective measures do you suggest? The answer came quickly, Issue a
decree to have all newborn boys put to death!
The word Ben (boy in hebrew) comes from the word Mevinunderstanding or attainment. Attainment of what? The
new degree. And that is what Nimrod fears so much. That is what poses a threat to his power. To protect itself, the
ego must eradicate attainment, allegorically expressed in killing newborn boys.
We need to make sure that only girls are left alive. Girls, daughters, the feminine part in you, is the personification of
the desire to receive. This is why your Nimrod is so fond of the notion of women giving birth to girls. In other words,
the more new desires appear in you, the more they will add to Nimrods glory and add to his growing authority and
dominionand thats something Nimrod has no problem with.
The girls (desires) and boys (ways of fulfilling them) that are born within us pertain to a new degree. In Kabbalah, it is
called the degree of Bina within us. Bina is the degree of bestowal, love, and mercy. Through this process we learn
that at this degree we can feel infinitely more pleasure. In fact, we can feel infinity itself.
Listen to your inner Nimrod. It is telling you, Fine, Im willing to bestow. I will do it, but only because it will give me
pleasure. I will feel good, Nimrod thinks to himself, I will use this part of Bina thats in me, this degree of bestowal
and infinite pleasures, but I will use it for my own benefit. I will bestow, sure, but only because it serves my interests!
This is called using the spark of love, the Creators spark, which exists in all of us, but for our own benefit. This is
what killing the sons means, receiving the entire Light all of the tremendous energy of an ascentfor the sake of
your own satisfaction.
What Is the Meaning of the Bible Story of King Nimrod, his Astrologists, and his
Decree to Kill all Newborn Sons? is based on the book, The Secrets of the Eternal
Book: The Meaning of the Stories of the Pentateuch by Semion Vinokur.
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