{"id":14006,"date":"2026-01-06T17:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=14006"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:20:17","slug":"middle-line","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/middle-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Line"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Maase Merkava [The Act of Assembling]<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Pekudei<\/em>&nbsp;[Accounts], 777<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>777) One who assembles a kind in its kind and knows how to connect what is connected, a palace in its palace, a degree in its degree, has a share in the next world. This is the wholeness of everything. And when the left is completed with the right, and the male in the female, as well as the palaces, all becomes one deed, a kind in its kind. What emerges from that perfection is called&nbsp;<em>Maase&nbsp;<\/em><em>Merkava<\/em>&nbsp;[the act of assembling]. The word&nbsp;<em>Merkava<\/em>&nbsp;comes from the words&nbsp;<em>Markiv<\/em>&nbsp;[assembling] and&nbsp;<em>Murkav<\/em>&nbsp;[assembled].<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Light that Appeared Out of the Darkness<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Tetzaveh<\/em>&nbsp;[Command]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>145) The Creator \u201cReveals the deep and secret things.\u201d He reveals all the deep, upper secrets. The middle line reveals the depths in the two lines of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>. It reveals them because it knows what is in the darkness of the left, where the light of&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>sinks for absence of&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>. And were it not for the darkness, the light would not appear later through the middle line.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bread and Wine<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>VaEra<\/em>&nbsp;[And I Appeared]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>138) \u201cGo then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.\u201d What did Solomon see that he said this verse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>139) All his words were with wisdom. \u201cGo then, eat your bread in happiness\u201d means that when a person goes in the ways of the Creator, the Creator brings him closer and gives him peace and tranquility. Then the bread and wine that a man eats and drinks are with joy in the heart since the Creator desires his works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>140) Where is the wisdom in this verse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>141) Solomon warned people to crown the assembly of Israel,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, with joy on the right side, meaning with light of&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>, which is bread. This is so because bread implies to the light of&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>. Afterwards he will be crowned with wine, left side, illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>in the left of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, so that the faith of all, meaning&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, would be in complete joy on the right and on the left. And when she is between the two of them, all the blessings will be in the world, since this is the complete perfection of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, that the illumination of the left,&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, will clothe in the light of&nbsp;<em>Hassadim&nbsp;<\/em>on the right, at which time both shine in her, which are bread and wine. And this is the meaning of the Creator wanting people\u2019s actions.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Importance of Salt<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>VaYechi<\/em>&nbsp;[Jacob Lived]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>666) \u201cNeither shall you lack the salt of the covenant of your God.\u201d Why is salt so important? It is because it cleanses and perfumes the bitter, and makes it tasty. The salt of judgments in the&nbsp;<em>Masach de<\/em>&nbsp;[of]&nbsp;<em>Hirik<\/em>\u2014on which the middle line emerges, which unites the right with the left\u2014cleanses and perfumes the judgments of the left, which are bitter, with the&nbsp;<em>Hassadim&nbsp;<\/em>on the right. Had there not been salt, the middle line would not have been extended, and the world would not have been able to tolerate the bitterness, as it is written, \u201cFor when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.\u201d It is the law of&nbsp;<em>Tifferet<\/em>\u2014the middle line from the&nbsp;<em>Chazeh&nbsp;<\/em>upwards\u2014that the judgments in the&nbsp;<em>Masach&nbsp;<\/em>in it are called \u201csalt.\u201d Justice is the harsh judgments in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, and when the law, which is salt, is to the earth, which is&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>, then they \u201clearn righteousness,\u201d and can tolerate the bitterness of justice. It is also written, \u201cRighteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne,\u201d where righteousness is complemented through the justice, the salt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>667) Salt is a covenant,&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>, middle line, from the&nbsp;<em>Chazeh&nbsp;<\/em>down, on which the world (&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>) persists. It is written, \u201cIf My covenant for day and night stands not, I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth.\u201d For this reason, because the middle line, which is&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>, emerges on it, the salt is called \u201cthe covenant of your God.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>&nbsp;is called \u201ccovenant,\u201d and we call it the Sea of Salt [known in English as The Dead Sea], where the sea, which is the&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>, is named after it, after the salt that sweetens it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>668) \u201cFor the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness.\u201d This is the salt, which is&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>, at sea, which is&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. Righteous is&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>; righteousness is&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. And one who separates them brings death upon himself. This is why it is written, \u201cNeither shall you lack the salt\u2026 from your meal-offering,\u201d so you will not separate the&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>, which is salt, from the offering, which is the&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>. One does not go without the other.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Waves of the Sea<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Noah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>217) \u201cYou rule the swelling of the sea.\u201d When the sea jumps with its waves and the deep rise and fall, the Creator sends a thread of grace from the right side and pulls back its wheels, its anger subsides, and there is no one to attain it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>&nbsp;receives&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, she is called \u201csea.\u201d When the&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>&nbsp;receives only from the left line, which is abundance of&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>without&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>, the waves of the sea rise. This indicates disclosure, since it implies that the waters of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;rise, appear, and are attainable. However, the sea cannot receive&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>without&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>, hence the waves fall down again, for they rise to be disclosed and promptly descend and vanish from attainment for lack of&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why it is considered that the sea is angry, for it strains to raise its waters with great strength, and descends with great strength, as well, and so on and so forth incessantly. This continues until the middle line comes and extends the right line, which is&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>, and clothes the&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>on the left with&nbsp;<em>Hassadim&nbsp;<\/em>on the right. At that time the waves return to their place and the anger of the sea subsides, for now the&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>and the&nbsp;<em>Hassadim&nbsp;<\/em>shine together in all their correction in the desired wholeness.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Many Waters Cannot Quench the Love<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>VaYechi<\/em>&nbsp;[Jacob Lived]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>735) \u201cIts flashes are flashes of fire, the flame of the Lord.\u201d \u201cThe flame of the Lord\u201d is a burning flame that emerges from the&nbsp;<em>Shofar<\/em>&nbsp;[a special horn],&nbsp;<em>Yesod&nbsp;<\/em><em>Ima<\/em>, called&nbsp;<em>Yod-Hey<\/em>, which has awakened and burns. It is the left line of&nbsp;<em>Ima<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cLet his left hand be under my head.\u201d This burns the flame of love of the assembly of Israel, Divinity, for the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>736) For this reason, much water will not be able to quench the love, since when the right\u2014water,&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>\u2014comes, it adds to the burning of the love and does not quench the flame of the left, as it is written, \u201cAnd his right hand embrace me.\u201d This is so because during the illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>in the left line of&nbsp;<em>Ima<\/em>&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>, it is burning fire, as it is without&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>. And when the right line comes with its&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>, called \u201cwater,\u201d to quench the fire, it does not quench the illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>by that. On the contrary, it adds and complements her illumination because it clothes the&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>with&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>, and the&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>shines in complete perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>739) In all the places, the male chases the&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>&nbsp;and awakens the love toward her. But here it turns out that she awakens the love and chases him, as it is written, \u201cSet me as a seal upon thy heart.\u201d Usually, however, it is not praised when the&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>&nbsp;chases the male. Indeed, this must be an unclear matter, and a sublime thing, hidden in the treasures of the King.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Prayer that Includes Three Lines<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>VaYishlach<\/em>&nbsp;[Jacob Sent]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>45) A prayer of many rises before the Creator and the Creator crowns Himself with that prayer, since it rises in several ways. This is because one asks for&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>, the other for&nbsp;<em>Gevurot<\/em>, and a third for&nbsp;<em>Rachamim<\/em>. And it consists of several sides: the right side, the left, and the middle. This is so because&nbsp;<em>Hassadim&nbsp;<\/em>extend from the right side,&nbsp;<em>Gevurot<\/em>&nbsp;from the left side, and&nbsp;<em>Rachamim&nbsp;<\/em>from the middle side. And because it consists of several ways and sides, it becomes a crown over the head of the Righteous One That Lives Forever,&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>, which imparts all the salvations to the&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>, and from her to the whole public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But a prayer of one does not comprise all the sides; it is only on one way. Either one asks for&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>Gevurot<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>Rachamim<\/em>. Hence, a prayer of one is not erected to be received like the prayer of many, as it does not include all three lines like the prayer of many.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>David and Bat-Sheba<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Noah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>315) Bat-Sheba belonged to King David since the day the world was created. Thus, why did the Creator first give her to Uriah the Hittite?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>316) Such are the ways of the Creator. Although a woman is destined for a man to become his, another precedes him and marries her before it is the time of the first. When his time came, the one who married her was rejected before the other one, who came later, and he departs from the world. And it is hard for the Creator to remove him from the world because of the other one before his time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>317) Why was Bat-Sheba first given to Uriah the Hittite? Go and see why the holy land was given to Canaan before Israel came, and then you will find all is one. Both Bat-Sheba and the land of Israel are the&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>. The beginning of the construction of the&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>&nbsp;is in&nbsp;<em>Mochin&nbsp;<\/em>of illumination of the left, and then she is built with&nbsp;<em>Mochin de&nbsp;<\/em><em>Panim<\/em>&nbsp;[anterior&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>] from all three lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uriah is the&nbsp;<em>Mochin&nbsp;<\/em>of&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>without&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>, which is the illumination of the left, and King David is the&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em><em>Panim<\/em>&nbsp;from the three lines. Hence, even though Bat-Sheba was David\u2019s mate, to be able to receive the&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em><em>Panim<\/em>&nbsp;from David, she had to first marry Uriah, to receive from him the&nbsp;<em>Mochin de&nbsp;<\/em><em>Achoraim<\/em>&nbsp;[posterior&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>] from the illumination of the left, since she cannot receive&nbsp;<em>Mochin de&nbsp;<\/em><em>Panim<\/em>&nbsp;before she receives the&nbsp;<em>Mochin de&nbsp;<\/em><em>Achoraim<\/em>, which are the&nbsp;<em>Mochin&nbsp;<\/em>of the illumination of the left.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>When a Woman Inseminates and Bears a Male Child<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Ki Tazria<\/em>&nbsp;[When a Woman Inseminates]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25) Everyone comes as male and female, included together, and then divide and come separately into the male and separately into the female. But \u201cShe delivers a male child\u201d means that the male and female are included together from the right side, which is considered male.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If she delivered a female it would mean that the female and male are included together from the left side, which is considered a female. Then the left side would be ruling over the right side, and the male on the right would yield and not dominate. In that state, such a male, who emerged from the&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, from her left side, all his ways are as a female, hence he would be called \u201cfemale.\u201d But a male that emerges from the right side of&nbsp;<em>Malchut&nbsp;<\/em>is the dominant, and the female that emerges with it surrenders, since the left side is not dominant. Hence, it is written about it, \u201cShe delivers a male child.\u201d<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Sound of the Rolling Wheel<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>VaYechi<\/em>&nbsp;[Jacob Lived]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>507) The sound of the rolling wheel rolls from below upwards. Hidden&nbsp;<em>Merkavot<\/em>&nbsp;[structures\/chariots] go and roll. The sound of melodies rises and falls, wanders and roams the world; the sound of the&nbsp;<em>Shofar<\/em>&nbsp;[ram\u2019s horn] stretches through the depth of the degrees and orbits around the wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Mochin&nbsp;<\/em>come out in three places one at a time. They are called \u201cthe three points&nbsp;<em>\u2014Holam, Shuruk<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Hirik<\/em>,\u201d and they are the three lines\u2014right, left, and middle. Also, they shine by rolling in three places, in which they walk and roll one at a time. Hence, their mode of illumination is called \u201crolling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These three points are included in one another, hence there are three points in the&nbsp;<em>Holam<\/em>\u2014the right line, three points in the&nbsp;<em>Shuruk<\/em>\u2014the left line, and three points in the&nbsp;<em>Hirik<\/em>\u2014the middle line. It follows that there is rolling in each of the three lines. Here&nbsp;<em>The&nbsp;<\/em><em>Zohar<\/em>&nbsp;speaks of the three lines in&nbsp;<em>Hirik<\/em>, the middle line, which is&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, which is called \u201cVoice.\u201d This is why it refers to them as \u201cthree voices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sound of the wheel rolls from below upwards. This means that the rolling is from the right line to the left line. Yet, the illumination of the left is only from below upwards, which is why it was said, \u201cRolling from below upwards.\u201d However, before the left line connects with the right, its illuminations are shut, for it cannot shine without&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>. Afterwards, the left line rolls to the right line and the sound of melodies rises and falls, meaning the abundance of pleasantness and&nbsp;<em>Hassadim&nbsp;<\/em>that appears from the right line and shines from above downwards, too. This is why it was said, \u201cWalks and wanders in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsequently, it rolls from the right line to the middle line.&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;is the middle line, called \u201cthe voice of the&nbsp;<em>Shofar<\/em>.\u201d It extends and comes out on the&nbsp;<em>Masach de&nbsp;<\/em><em>Hirik<\/em>, which is&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>, at the depth of the&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>, and it is the essence that completes and discloses the illumination of the three lines, and mainly what orbits around the wheel, uniting the three lines in one another.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Morning Deer<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pinhas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>691) \u201cAs the deer longs for the water brooks, so my soul longs for You, O God.\u201d Although there are masculine and feminine forms [in the Hebrew], it is all one, since \u201cDeer\u201d is read in masculine form and it is read in feminine form. It is written, \u201cAs the deer longs,\u201d where \u201clongs\u201d is in feminine form. It does not say \u201clong\u201d in masculine form, since it is all one\u2014the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. However, in the first state, when she is with&nbsp;<em>Zeir Anpin<\/em>, the two great lights, she is called \u201ca deer,\u201d and in the second state, after she has been diminished, she is called \u201ca deer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>692) The morning deer is one merciful animal, the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, of which there are none so merciful among all the animals in the world. When she is in a hurry and needs food for herself and for all the animals, which are all the hosts,&nbsp;<em>BYA (Beria,<\/em><em>Yetzira<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>), she goes far away to a far away road, and comes carrying food. She does not wish to eat until she comes and returns to her place, so that the rest of the animals will gather to her and she will dispense to them from that food. And when she comes, all the other animals gather to her and she stands in the middle, giving to each and everyone. And the sign is, \u201cShe rises while it is still night and gives prey to her household.\u201d And from what she gives to them, she is satiated as if she has eaten more than all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>693) And when the morning comes, which is called \u201cdawn,\u201d the pangs of exile shall come to her, and this is why she is called \u201cthe morning deer,\u201d after the darkness in the morning. At that time she suffers pangs as one who is in labor, as it is written, \u201cAs the expectant approaches the time of labor, she writhes and cries out in her pangs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>694) She dispenses to them when the morning should come, while it is still night, and the darkness departs before the light, as it is written, \u201cShe rises while it is still night and gives prey to her household.\u201d When the morning has risen, they are all satiated with her food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>695) At that time, a voice in the middle of the firmament awakens, calls out loud and says, \u201cThose who are near, go into your places. Those who are far, go out. Each will gather unto his proper place.\u201d When the sun shines, each gathers to his place, and she goes by the day, appears by night, and dispenses food in the morning. This is why she is called \u201cthe morning deer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>696) Afterwards, she prevails as a mighty one and goes, and she is called \u201ca buck,\u201d a masculine name. She walks 60 parsas [parasangs, approx 2.5 miles] from the place from which she left, goes into the mountain of darkness, and walks inside the mountain of darkness. One slant serpent smells after her feet and walks at her feet, and she rises from there to the mountain of light. When she has arrived there, the Creator brings her a serpent and leaves. They fight each other and she is saved, and from there she takes food and returns to her place at midnight. And from midnight onward she begins to dispense until the morning dawn rises. When the morning rises she goes and she is not seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>697) When the world needs rains, all the other animals gather to her and she rises to the top of a high mountain and covers her head between her knees and yells one yell. The Creator hears her voice and fills with mercy over the world, and she comes down from the top of the mountain and runs, hides herself, and all the other animals run after her but cannot find her, as it is written, \u201cAs the deer longs for the water brooks,\u201d those water brooks that have gone dry, and the world is thirsty for water, then she longs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>698) When she is impregnated, she becomes blocked. When it is time for her to deliver, she yells and raises her voices, voice after voice, up to seventy voices, as the number of the words in \u201cThe Lord will answer you on a day of plight,\u201d which is a poem of that impregnated one. And the Creator hears her and brings her salvation to her. Then, one large serpent comes out of the mountains of darkness and comes among the mountains, his mouth licking in the dust. He reaches that buck and comes and bites her in that place two times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>699) In the first time, blood comes out of her and the serpent licks; and in the second time, water comes out, and all those animals in the mountains drink. Then she opens and delivers. Your sign is \u201cAnd struck the rock twice with his rod,\u201d and it is written, \u201cAnd the congregation and their beasts drank.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>700) At that time when the Creator pities her for the deed of that serpent, it is written, \u201cThe voice of the Lord makes the deer to calve and strips the forests bare.\u201d \u201cThe voice of the Lord makes the deer to calve\u201d are the pangs and the pains to evoke those seventy voices. Promptly, \u201cAnd strips the forests bare,\u201d to evoke a serpent and to disclose that animal, to walk among them in the Creator\u2019s hall, which is the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. All those multitudes in&nbsp;<em>BYA<\/em>&nbsp;start and say, \u201cGlory,\u201d meaning \u201cBlessed is the glory of the Creator from His place,\u201d which is the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, who is called \u201cthe glory of the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here he explains to us a profound matter in regard to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You already know that&nbsp;<em>Zeir Anpin&nbsp;<\/em>is the governance of the day, right, the governance of&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Malchut&nbsp;<\/em>is the governance of the night, left, the governance of&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>on the left. Hence, during the day, when&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>cannot govern, time is pressing for&nbsp;<em>Malchut&nbsp;<\/em>and she does not have her food\u2014the light of&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>on the left. Later in the day, there is no disclosure of light of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>\u2014her\u2019s and her armies\u2019 food, which extend from it\u2014and she must extend her food because&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>is dispensed only with&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>. And as long as she is not clothed in&nbsp;<em>Hassadim&nbsp;<\/em>in a&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>&nbsp;of the middle line, harsh&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;extend from her and these&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;appear through her appearance. They are regarded as far and as a far away road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is written, \u201cHis sister stood at a distance.\u201d \u201cHis sister\u201d implies&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>. Also, \u201cI said, \u2018I will be wise,\u2019 but it was far from me.\u201d This is done right at the beginning of the night, hence at that time, the darkness spreads over the land, since the illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>on the left without right is darkness. However, then her food, which is illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, is extended, and then she brings and takes the food, the&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>of the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But then, when she extends the&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, she freezes from all the&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>without&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>. This means that she cannot give anything, since&nbsp;<em>Malchut&nbsp;<\/em>does not wish to be in a left without a right, at the place of the elicitation of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, which is a far away road, until she returns to her place in the middle line of&nbsp;<em>Zeir Anpin<\/em>, where the left unites with the right, for this is her perpetual place, between the two arms of the king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why must she return to her place? It is because before she arrives at her place in the middle line, her lights freeze in her and she cannot give anything to the rest of the animals, to her armies, which extend from her. 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