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456) Two straps come out on the right and on the left, two thighs from the Chazeh<\/em> and below of the same Aleph<\/em>–Het<\/em>, ZA<\/em>. These are the NH<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em> to which the true prophets cling. From above, on the head, two straps come out, two arms that surround the Rosh<\/em> from the right and from the left, HG<\/em>, and the Dalet<\/em>, Malchut<\/em> clings to them in HG<\/em>, in the knot of the Tefillin<\/em> of the Rosh<\/em>. Afterward Malchut<\/em> descends, and the straps, the thighs, spread downward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because she properly grips above, in the Dalet<\/em> of the knot of the Tefillin<\/em>, she goes down to NHY<\/em> to grip to her armies, to bestow upon the dwellers of BYA<\/em>. And when she grips to NHY<\/em>, she clings to the end of the thighs, and the inscription of a Yod<\/em>, the holy covenant, Yesod<\/em>, is on her from above. At that time she unites in one unification with ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although in the first state, Malchut<\/em> is blocked and frozen, and can illuminate only in the second state, the Kelim<\/em> of the second state are fit to receive Hassadim<\/em> and not Hochma<\/em>. In order to be able to receive Hochma<\/em>, Malchut<\/em> must first be awoken from the first state in order to receive from there Kelim<\/em> for reception of Hochma<\/em>. Afterward, to be able to receive the lights and bestow, she is lowered to the second state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From above, over the head, two straps come out, HG<\/em> of above Chazeh de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, and the Dalet<\/em>, Malchut<\/em>, grips them. This is an awakening of the first state of Malchut<\/em>, whose level is equal to that of HGT<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, where HGT<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em> clothe the right line of Bina<\/em>, and Malchut<\/em> of the left line of Bina<\/em>. At that time Malchut<\/em> is called Dalet<\/em>, from the words Dalah VeAnyah<\/em> [poor and meager], since her lights are frozen and she cannot bestow upon BYA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, from that state, the complete Kelim<\/em> are extended to her, which are fit to receive the Hochma<\/em>. And in order to be able to bestow upon BYA<\/em> properly, she must be extended to the second state, to diminish her to the Chazeh de<\/em> ZA<\/em> and below, so she is a bottom degree, below Yesod<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, and then she will be able to bestow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because she properly grips above, in the Dalet<\/em> of the knot of Tefillin<\/em>, she goes down to NHY<\/em>. Once the unification above the Chazeh<\/em> is done properly, in the Dalet<\/em> of the knot of the Tefillin<\/em>, to extend to her the complete Kelim<\/em>, Malchut<\/em> is extended below the Chazeh<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, to grip to her armies, so she can bestow upon the dwellers of BYA<\/em>. It is so because in the first state she was blocked and could not bestow anything, and the second state is her main completeness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she grips to NHY<\/em>, she grips to the end of the thighs, and the inscription of the Yod<\/em>, the holy covenant, Yesod<\/em>, is atop her from above. Once she has diminished herself to being a degree below NHY<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, the second state, she unites with ZA<\/em> in one unification. But above, in the unification of the Dalet<\/em> of the knot of Tefillin<\/em>, implying the first state, ZA<\/em> and Malchut<\/em> were not in one unification, but in Achoraim<\/em> to one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

457) Yod<\/em> is the covenant, Yesod<\/em>, for anyone who keeps that covenant is saved above and below. Because Pinhas was jealous for this covenant, he was saved from the Din<\/em> of above and from the Din<\/em> of below. This is why that Yod<\/em> was inscribed in him, in his name, for Pinhas is written with the letter Yod<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

458) Yod<\/em>–Vav<\/em>–Dalet<\/em> must not be removed from the hand Tefillin<\/em>, which is the knot of the hand Tefillin<\/em> in the shape of a Yod<\/em>, implying Yesod<\/em>. This is to avoid separating Yesod<\/em>, Yod<\/em>, from the hand Tefillin<\/em>, Malchut<\/em>. All the joy of Malchut<\/em> is in this Yod<\/em>, Yesod<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yod<\/em> is in the male, not in the female. Yesod<\/em> is called Tzadik<\/em> [righteous]. Malchut<\/em> is called Tzedek<\/em> [justice\/righteousness], without a Yod<\/em> because the Yod<\/em> is in the male and not in the female. For this reason, the Yod<\/em> is adjacent to her in the hand Tefillin<\/em>. One who removes the Yod<\/em>, Yesod<\/em>, from Malchut<\/em>, from the hand Tefillin<\/em>, is far from the delights of the next world. He will not be rewarded with the abundance that comes from the Zivug<\/em> of Yesod<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>, and which extends from the upper Eden, called \u201cthe next world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

459) The male is Tzadik<\/em>, the Nukva<\/em> is Tzedek<\/em>, without a Yod<\/em>. Ish<\/em> [man] is with a Yod<\/em>, Isha<\/em> [woman] is without a Yod<\/em> [in Hebrew]. For this reason, her joy is to approach the Yod<\/em> and be refined with her in a Zivug<\/em>. One who removes that refinement is removed from Eden of above. This is why it is written, \u201cFor those who honor Me, I will honor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

456) Two straps come out on the right and on the left, two thighs from the Chazeh and below of the same Aleph–Het, ZA. 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