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A rest, however, stems from the words \u201cHe stood and rested,\u201d meaning that one is in the middle of his work, and since he has no strength to continue his work, he stands and rests to revive himself, and afterwards continues with his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Shabbat of&nbsp;<em>Beresheet<\/em>&nbsp;is a state of having nothing more to add. This is called \u201ca stop.\u201d A Shabbat of the six thousand years is considered rest, by which one receives strength to continue one\u2019s work on the weekdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we can understand the words of our sages: \u201cShabbat said, \u2018You have given everyone a mate, but to me You did not.\u2019\u201d And the Creator replied, \u201cIsrael will be your partner.\u201d A partner means&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. If there is a&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>, there can be a&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>[coupling], and from the&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>&nbsp;come the offspring, meaning renewal and additions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nukva<\/em>&nbsp;is a deficiency. If there is a deficiency in some place, there is room to correct the deficiency, and all the corrections are considered having been fulfilled by extending the upper light in the place of the lack. It follows that there was no deficiency here to begin with, but all the lack that they previously considered to be a deficiency came in the form of correction to begin with, meaning that thus the upper abundance would flow from above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is similar to one who delves in some matter and exerts to understand it. When he attains the meaning, it is to the contrary: He does not feel that he was previously suffering when he did not understand the matter. Rather, he is glad because now he has joy. The joy is measured by the extent of the effort that he made prior to understanding the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the time of delving is called&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>, a deficiency. And when one unites with the deficiency, he produces the offspring, the renewal. 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