Baladan, the Name of the Satan in the Zohar — signpost 6 | Rav Ziegler zatsal
Signpost 6 · Rav Haim Ziegler זצ״ל

Baladan, the Secret

The name the Zohar gives to the Samer Mem
A teaching of Rav Haim Ziegler zatsal · Éditions Gueoula
Translated from the French original; the French version remains the reference text.
Baladan, the Secret
The name the Zohar gives to the Samer Mem

The Rav used to say, laughing: “This secret is worth 50 million dollars!” It concerns the name of the Samer Mem, the Satan, who is responsible for the exile.

The Rohma account gives this name: Baladan (בַּלְאָדָן), and states that he will fall at Basra.

The Rav linked this name to Bin Laden (בִּן לָאדֶן), who became famous after the buildings fell.

He read “Bin Laden” as “son of the Aden”, that is, son of the Satan, and the first name Ossama as close to Samer Mem.

Finally, the full name has the gematria of Amalek (עֲמָלֵק): the Samer Mem has the head of Amalek.

📖 Read the lesson
1 A secret worth 50 million dollars

The Rav used to say, laughing: “This secret is worth 50 million dollars!”

The Zohar speaks of the Samer Mem — the Satan — who is responsible for the exile.

In the Rohma account we learn his name:

“The Samer Mem, this ‘dog’ (a negative force on the left), his name is: בַּלְאָדָן (Baladan). He will fall at Basra. That is the end.” — Rohma account
2 The extraordinary revelation

When did Bin Laden become famous? After the buildings fell. No one had heard of him before!

The link between the names:

בַּלְאָדָן Baladan (Zohar) = בִּן לָאדֶן Bin Laden (Arabic)
3 The meaning in Arabic

A Jew who knew Saudi Arabic told the Rav:

“‘Bin Laden’, in Arabic, is בֵּן לְאֵדֶן: son of the Aden.”

And what is “the Aden”? It is the Satan. It is the Samer Mem.

Bin Laden = “son of the Satan”!
4 The first name: Ossama

And his first name? Ossama.

אוֹסָמָא Ossama ≈ סַמָּאֵל Samer Mem (the Satan)

The same letters: ס – מ – א.

5 The gematria of Amalek

The Samer Mem has the head of Amalek. He is Rosh Edom, Amalek.

אוֹסָמָא בִּן לָאדֶן — gematria: עֲמָלֵק (Amalek)!

Whoever goes to fetch him at Basra will be able to win the 50 million dollars… (He is not going to come looking for us there!)

6 What the lesson brings together

The Satan is called Baladan in the Zohar. Bin Laden = son of the Aden = son of the Satan. Ossama ≈ Samer Mem. Gematria = Amalek.

Coincidence? Or prophecy fulfilled?

Did you follow the lesson?

Five questions on the sixth signpost.

1
What name does the Rohma account give to the Samer Mem?
The Samer Mem, this “dog”, is named Baladan.
2
Where will the Samer Mem fall, according to the Rohma account?
“He will fall at Basra. That is the end.”
3
What does “Bin Laden” mean in Arabic, according to the Jew quoted by the Rav?
And “the Aden” is the Satan, the Samer Mem.
4
Which gematria does the lesson attribute to the full name?
The Samer Mem has the head of Amalek.
5
When did Bin Laden become famous, according to the lesson?
No one had heard of him before.

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