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And since he was delighted, promptly, \u201che went to lie down at the end of the heap.\u201d The heap is the precious stones and good, high gemstones, the degrees of illumination of Hochma that surround the holy throne, as it is written, \u201cYour belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with roses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>598. \u201cAnd she came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.\u201d Lying at his feet means that Malchut was lying below his feet. She did not lie down opposite from him, or with him. \u201cAnd it came to pass that at midnight,\u201d meaning that until midnight, Boaz did not know since the Creator does not enter the Garden of Eden, Malchut, with the righteous until after midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>599. This is so because at the beginning of the night, all the souls ascend, and the pile of wheat, degrees of Malchut, is corrected in them. When half the night is through, a voice awakens and calls out, and that voice awakens from the north side, and a flame reaches all the way to the place called \u201cman,\u201d and then he calls out loud. This is called the calling of the man [calling of the rooster], and it is Gabriel. She batters that flame with the wings of the rooster below, and he calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>600. 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