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515) David said about that tree, Malchut<\/em>, in which all the hosts of BYA<\/em> dwell, \u201cYou support my lot.\u201d \u201cMy lot\u201d is the one to which David, Malchut<\/em>, clings. This is why the verse, \u201cHis inheritance shall be divided by lot, between the more and the fewer,\u201d implies Malchut<\/em>, called \u201cmouth.\u201d And also the verse, \u201cBy the mouth of the Lord,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd he died there, by the mouth of the Lord,\u201d which is Malchut<\/em>. For this reason, \u201clot\u201d is written with a preceding \u201cthe,\u201d to imply Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How fortunate are those who engage in Torah day and night, and know His ways. Each day they eat sublime food from the abundance of Hochma<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cWisdom sustains its owner,\u201d since the Torah of above, ZA<\/em>, is nourished from that place, from Hochma<\/em>, and it is written about them, \u201cBehold, My servants will eat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

516) It is written, \u201cAnd there was a voice above the firmament.\u201d That voice is ZA<\/em>, who is gripped to the firmament, Yesod<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, and partakes with him. It is written, \u201cHe has made a memorial for His wonders,\u201d the firmament, Yesod<\/em>, called \u201cmale.\u201d That firmament stands over the animals, of which it is written, \u201cAnd there was a voice above the firmament which is over their heads.\u201d This is the firmament that was created on the second day of the work of creation, to divide between water and water, between upper water and lower water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The animals are in Beria<\/em>; the firmament, Yesod<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>\u2014which concludes the Atzilut<\/em>\u2014is on the heads of the animals. The firmament separates Atzilut<\/em>, upper water, from Beria<\/em>, lower water. Malchut de<\/em> Atzilut<\/em> stands over the firmament, Yesod<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone.\u201d And ZA<\/em> was sitting on the throne, as it is written, \u201cAnd upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it from above,\u201d since HaVaYaH<\/em>, ZA<\/em>, filled with the letters Aleph<\/em>, is Adam in Gematria<\/em> (45).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

517) There are seven firmaments up above, corresponding to HGT<\/em> NHYM<\/em> in Yesod<\/em>. Curtain, [name of a firmament] which corresponds to the Malchut<\/em> in it, serves nothing, since Malchut<\/em> has nothing of her own except what ZA<\/em> gives her. The poor grip to her, as it is written, \u201cIn my poverty I have prepared for the house of the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because David was gripped to Malchut<\/em>, who is poor, he said, \u201cIn my poverty.\u201d And that firmament, Curtain, Malchut<\/em>, admits in the morning and elicits in the evening, for at night Malchut<\/em> brings out her armies to the right and to the left, and governs those armies and regiments, for then is the reign of the Malchut<\/em>. In the morning, she gathers all her armies and admits them into their hole, to their females, and they do not govern, for the morning includes everyone, as it is written, \u201cTo say Your mercy in the morning, and your faithfulness in the nights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malchut<\/em> is built from the left line of Bina<\/em>, Hochma<\/em> on the left. ZA<\/em> is the right of Bina<\/em>, Hassadim<\/em>. For this reason, there are two governments, since when the left reigns without right, it is darkness, for the Hochma<\/em> cannot illuminate without Hassadim<\/em>. For this reason, at the time of the governance of Malchut<\/em>, the governance of the left, it is darkness and it is called \u201cnight.\u201d But then it is by the full force of her governance, as it is written, \u201cShe rises while it is still night,\u201d and she governs her armies, the degrees that expand from the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opposite that is the governance of the day, ZA<\/em>, the governance of the light of Hassadim<\/em>. However, ZA<\/em> also consists of the illumination of Hochma<\/em> in Malchut<\/em>, as it is said, \u201cIn the morning she gathers all her armies,\u201d for then the power of the governance of Malchut<\/em> and her illumination of Hochma<\/em> are annulled, hence she admits them into their holes and they do not govern. They return to the females because their illumination of Hochma<\/em> has departed from them, since the morning includes everyone because the illumination of Hochma<\/em> is included at that time in Yesod<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, called \u201cmorning,\u201d but then there is no governance except for Hassadim<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

518) There is a voice, ZA<\/em>, on that firmament, and that firmament is nourished by it, since Yesod<\/em> receives from ZA<\/em>. When that voice awakens, all the armies do not journey, nor is there permission in them, except to stand in their place, as it is written, \u201cAnd there was a voice above the firmament which is over their heads; when they stood, they let down their wings.\u201d When the voice awakens over their heads, they stand in their place and the armies approach and await that Hesed<\/em> that extends from the voice, ZA<\/em>, toward that firmament, Yesod<\/em>. Because of it, they are blessed, meaning receive from the firmament. Hence, ZA<\/em> is above the firmament that is over their heads, and they cannot receive except from the firmament, Yesod<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

519) \u201cAnd above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone.\u201d The appearance of a sapphire stone is the stone of Israel, Malchut<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd they rolled the stone from over the mouth of the well.\u201d One stone descended from above, Malchut<\/em>, when Israel wanted to inherit the earth, and a lot is written in it, as it is written, \u201cBy the lot.\u201d The lot would say, \u201cThis part is for so and so, and this one is for so and so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That stone descended under the throne of the king, Malchut<\/em>, and she is the throne of ZA<\/em>. It is written, \u201cFrom there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel.\u201d This is the stone of ZA<\/em>, called Israel, and this is also why it is written, \u201cBy the lot,\u201d Malchut<\/em>, \u201chis lot will be divided.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

521) It is written, \u201cListen to me, you who pursue righteousness, who seek the Lord.\u201d These are the ones following and pursuing the faith, Malchut<\/em>, who is called Tzedek<\/em> [righteousness\/justice]. They pursue righteousness, and they are the seekers of the Lord. If you want to know the faith, and cling to that righteousness, do not look at her in and of herself, without ZA<\/em>, as do the rest of the people of the world, who cling to Malchut<\/em> without ZA<\/em>, left without right, thus causing death to themselves. Rather, it is written, \u201cLook to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug,\u201d to unite her with ZA<\/em> and AVI<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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