{"id":15533,"date":"2026-01-17T14:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=15533"},"modified":"2026-01-17T14:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:26:02","slug":"behold-it-is-the-bed-of-solomon","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/behold-it-is-the-bed-of-solomon\/","title":{"rendered":"Behold, It Is the Bed of Solomon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>71) \u201cBehold, it is the bed of Solomon, sixty mighty men around it, from the mighty men of Israel.\u201d His bed is the throne of the king,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, called a \u201cbed.\u201d It is written about it, \u201cThe heart of her husband trusts her.\u201d \u201cSolomon\u201d is the king that peace is his,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. \u201cSixty mighty men around it\u201d grip to the side of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from the harsh&nbsp;<em>Din<\/em>. They are called \u201csixty guards from fire, in which Matat dresses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>72) The strong sword blazes to the right of Matat. To his left are cinders of strong fire, which grips to his engravings in 70,000 flames of consuming fire. They are sixty mighty men, armed with harsh weapons. They are from among those strong&nbsp;<em>Gevurot<\/em>&nbsp;of the upper&nbsp;<em>Gevura<\/em>&nbsp;of the Creator,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cFrom the mighty men of Israel,\u201d from&nbsp;<em>Gevura de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, called Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;appears only with strong&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;that keep the wicked from drawing it from above downward. These strong&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;are drawn from the left side of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, and consist of his&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>, each of which consists of ten, making them sixty, sixty mighty men. The&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;appears only in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, hence the place of these sixty mighty men is in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, keeping her from the outer ones, from drawing from the illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;in her from above downward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe bed of Solomon\u201d is the throne of the king,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, called \u201cSolomon\u2019s bed.\u201d Solomon is&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. The sixty mighty men around it grip to the side of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from the harsh&nbsp;<em>Din<\/em>&nbsp;because on the side of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;where the illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;appears is where those sixty mighty men grip. These are the&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;that guard the&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;so the outer ones and wicked will not suckle from her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are called \u201csixty guards from fire,\u201d keeping her from the outer ones. And the head of these guards is Angel Matat. He is called so from the word&nbsp;<em>Matator<\/em>, which means \u201cguard.\u201d Matat dresses in these sixty guards and guards the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, which is Solomon\u2019s bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides those&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>, which extend from the left of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, there are also&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;that extend from the right of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;that extend from&nbsp;<em>Masach de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. The strong sword blazes to the right of Matat. These are the&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;that are drawn to Matat from the right of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo his left are cinders of strong fire,\u201d the&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;that are drawn to Matat from the left of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. They are sixty might men, but when they are included in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, they are seventy, since&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;are seven, and when each is included with&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, she is regarded as&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, called \u201cone thousand,\u201d and they are 70,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo his left are cinders of strong fire, which grips to his engravings in 70,000 flames of consuming fire,\u201d since when they are included with&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;they are 70,000. And \u201cthey are sixty mighty men, armed with harsh weapons.\u201d They are from among those strong&nbsp;<em>Gevurot<\/em>&nbsp;of the upper&nbsp;<em>Gevura<\/em>&nbsp;of the Creator,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. Those 70,000 are those sixty mighty men who extend from&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, but from the side of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;they are 70,000. And from the side of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;they are sixty mighty men, as it is written, \u201cFrom the mighty men of Israel,\u201d attributed to&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, who is called Israel, hence they are sixty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>73) Concerning the bed,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, it is written, \u201cShe rises while it is still night and gives prey to her household.\u201d \u201cShe rises while it is still night,\u201d when she suckles from the side of&nbsp;<em>Din<\/em>. That is, when&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;rises to bestow illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, it is night,&nbsp;<em>Din<\/em>, since her&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;is given only with&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>. Also, rising means illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd gives prey to her household.\u201d Prey is the&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;that come with the&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>. Nothing can save from them, as it is written, \u201cThey are all wielders of the sword, skilled in war,\u201d ready to execute&nbsp;<em>Din<\/em>&nbsp;everywhere. They are called \u201cwailing and howling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>74) \u201cEvery man &#8230; his sword upon his thigh because of dread in the nights.\u201d It is as it is written, \u201cGird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One.\u201d \u201cBecause of dread in the nights,\u201d for fear of Hell. \u201cBecause of dread in the nights,\u201d of the place called \u201cfear,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Gevura de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, the left line, Isaac, as it is written, \u201cAnd Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.\u201d \u201cIn the nights\u201d means in times when they were appointed to execute&nbsp;<em>Din<\/em>, since night is the time of&nbsp;<em>Din<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>75) It is written, \u201cShe schemed a field and took it,\u201d as it is written, \u201cand all the animals of the field will play there.\u201d The&nbsp;<em>Din<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, night, is also called a \u201cfield.\u201d And \u201cAll the animals of\u201d is&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>. \u201cWill play\u201d is a&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>, and it is written about it, \u201cThis is the sea, great and broad, therein are innumerable creeping things, small animals with big ones. Ships walk there; this whale, which You have created to play with.\u201d Whale is&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>; playing is a&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd, behold, Isaac was laughing with Rebecca his wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is written, \u201cShe is like merchant-ships; she brings her bread from afar.\u201d \u201cFrom afar,\u201d since her bread\u2014illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>\u2014illuminates only from afar, with&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;that repel the outer ones so they do not suckle from that great illumination, as it is written, \u201cFrom afar the Lord appeared to me.\u201d This is the meaning of the&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>&nbsp;being at night and in the field, as it brings her illumination from the brain in the&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;[head], from&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, and from above the&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>, which is&nbsp;<em>Ein Sof<\/em>. This is why she needs guarding from the outer ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe brings her bread\u201d through the righteous,&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>. When they mate, she delights in everything, as it is written, \u201cThis whale, which You have created to play with.\u201d A whale is&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>. \u201cTo play with\u201d means&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>76) 1,500 of those with shields, those with authority, grip to the side of those sixty mighty men. There are four big keys in the hands of the boy, Matat, four angels: Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael. They are called \u201cbig keys\u201d because they extend&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>&nbsp;to the lower ones. Crocodiles, degrees of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, walk under the ship\u2014which is&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Beria<\/em>\u2014of the great sea,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>. From her,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;receives her illuminations to her four angles\u2014south, north, west, and east\u2014which are&nbsp;<em>HG<\/em>&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four shapes of faces are seen in the crocodiles\u2014lion, ox, vulture, and man\u2014extending from three lines, and from&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;that receives them. She is the face of a man, and when they are included in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, it is written, \u201cAnd the likeness of their faces was as the face of a man.\u201d The faces of all of them, the three forms, lion, ox, and vulture, receive the shape of a man, like&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;when they are included in her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;that include illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;are three lines&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>. They are called 3,000 because illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;is one thousand. The third thousand is the middle line,&nbsp;<em>Daat<\/em>&nbsp;that divides to&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Gevurot<\/em>. The illumination is not received from the actual&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, which is on the right line, but from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;that returns to&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, which is the left line. For this reason, it is considered that in&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;and in the right half of&nbsp;<em>Daat<\/em>, which are a thousand and half a thousand, they are&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and the left half of&nbsp;<em>Daat<\/em>, which are a thousand and half a thousand, are in illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1,500 that are&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and the left half of&nbsp;<em>Daat<\/em>&nbsp;are those with shields. They are of the left half of&nbsp;<em>Daat<\/em>, since half is the middle line, protecting the illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;so the outer ones do not grip to her. Those with authority who extend from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and control the illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;grip to the side of those sixty mighty men who unite on that side of the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>77) A big face,&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>, and a small face,&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>, are included together above, in&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. When the&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>&nbsp;illuminate in&nbsp;<em>ZON<\/em>, the&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>&nbsp;illuminate as well. Two lines\u2014the right and the middle\u2014go up and roam, and two fans are in their hands. These are the forces of the&nbsp;<em>Masach de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Hirik<\/em>&nbsp;included in these two lines. Through them, they distance the outer ones from sucking from the illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, in whom there is the power of reward and punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A thousand mountains rise and come each day to suck from the potion of the sea, which is&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>. The illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;called, \u201ca thousand mountains,\u201d extends only from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>. Afterward they are uprooted from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and rise to the other sea,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. Although these&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;are from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and not at all in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;still receives the&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;because&nbsp;<em>Ima<\/em>&nbsp;[mother] lent her clothes to her daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>78) Those who grip to the hair of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, to the&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;in her, are not counted. Two sons suckle from&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;each day, and they are called \u201cspies of the land,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies silently, saying&#8230;\u201d These two sons suckle from under the sides of&nbsp;<em>Malchut\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;wings, under&nbsp;<em>HG<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two daughters\u2014as it is written, \u201cTwo women who were harlots\u2014are under&nbsp;<em>Malchut\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;feet, under&nbsp;<em>NH<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. Under means&nbsp;<em>Achoraim<\/em>. This means that the two sons of&nbsp;<em>Klipa<\/em>&nbsp;suckle from her&nbsp;<em>Achoraim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>HG<\/em>, and the two daughters of&nbsp;<em>Klipa<\/em>&nbsp;suckle from her&nbsp;<em>Achoraim de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>NH<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is as in&nbsp;<em>Kedusha<\/em>, where the male is&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<em>Nukva<\/em>&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>. Hence, it is written about them, \u201cAnd the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were good.\u201d And these sons and daughters of&nbsp;<em>Klipot<\/em>&nbsp;grip to the nails of the bed,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, since her nails are the&nbsp;<em>Achoraim<\/em>&nbsp;of the fingers and toes. This is the meaning of what is written, \u201cThen came two women who were harlots to the king.\u201d Then they came and not before, and when Israel below return the back of the neck from the back of the Creator, it is written, \u201cO My people! Their oppressors are children, and women rule over them,\u201d which are the two women who are harlots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>79) Seventy branches extend on the left hand, from the left line of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. These are seventy ministers of the nations of the world, who are raised among the fish of the sea, among the degrees of illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;of the left, which are called \u201cfish.\u201d \u201cSea\u201d means&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the branches are as red as a rose due to the&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;in them since the&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;of the left are red. Above them is one branch, very red, a harsher&nbsp;<em>Din<\/em>&nbsp;than all of them,&nbsp;<em>SAM<\/em>, rising and falling, extending the&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;from above downward. He is the one who rode the serpent and seduced Adam to extend the&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;from above downward, which is the sin of the tree of knowledge. All are covered by the hair of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, meaning by her&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>80) Upon the descent of the slanderer, the serpent, he jumps on the hills, leaps on the mountains until he finds prey that is gripped in the nails and he eats. Then he grows silent, and his words become favorable again. That is, his slandering is cancelled and he speaks favorably. Happy are Israel who prepare for him the prey. Then the serpent returns to his place and enters the hole of the great deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grip of the serpent is only in&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Midat ha Din<\/em>&nbsp;[the quality of judgment]. However, by the mitigation of&nbsp;<em>Malchut\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;ascent to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, where&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;takes on the form of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, the serpent rises and grips to the&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>. That grip is called \u201cslandering,\u201d as one who slanders one who is completely good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon the descent of the slanderer, the serpent, he first grips to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;below, then rises and jumps on the hills, which are&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, leaps on the mountains, which are&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. That is, although the place where he grips is in the rocks, in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, the serpent still leaps over it, leaving it, and jumping on to cling to the mountains,&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>, which are discerned as&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>. This is slander. It is so because he wants more to cling to the higher place. However, by raising&nbsp;<em>MAN<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;and good deeds that Israel do, illumination of&nbsp;<em>AB<\/em>&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>&nbsp;is drawn out and lowers the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;back from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, and then&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;is purified from the serpent\u2019s slander, and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, too, is purified by the illumination of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c&#8230;until he finds prey that is gripped in the nails and he eats.\u201d Once&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;is purified by the illumination of the left line of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, whose place of clothing of this illumination is in&nbsp;<em>Malchut\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;nails, in the&nbsp;<em>Achoraim<\/em>&nbsp;of her fingers, then the serpent, too, receives his share from that illumination in&nbsp;<em>Malchut\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;nails. \u201cAnd he eats.\u201d \u201cThen he grows silent and his words become favorable again.\u201d This is why he is allowed to enjoy that illumination, so his slandering will be cancelled and his words will become favorable again. \u201cHappy are Israel who prepare for him the prey,\u201d since that illumination comes by raising&nbsp;<em>MAN<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;and good deeds of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>81) Those with spears and swords who are not counted are the&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Masach de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Hirik<\/em>&nbsp;in the middle line, which subdue the left line so it unites with the right. When they rise above those high sixty mighty men, who are from the left line and surround the bed,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, and by whom the left unites with the right, a thousand thousands and ten thousand stand on either side of the bed above. That is, there are&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;on each side\u2014on the right and on the left, due to their inclusion in one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A thousand thousands are illuminations of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, called \u201cone thousand.\u201d And ten thousand ten thousands are illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>, called \u201cten thousand.\u201d They are nourished by the bed,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. They all rise before her, receiving&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>, called \u201crising,\u201d as it is written, \u201cShe rises while it is still night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>82) Several thousands and tens of thousands of&nbsp;<em>Klipot<\/em>&nbsp;that are not counted emerge from under all the degrees of&nbsp;<em>Kedusha<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cA thousand may fall by your side, and ten thousand to your right; it shall not approach you.\u201d \u201cA thousand\u201d are the&nbsp;<em>Klipot<\/em>&nbsp;that grip to the&nbsp;<em>Miftacha<\/em>, and \u201cten thousand to your right\u201d are the&nbsp;<em>Klipot<\/em>&nbsp;that grip to the&nbsp;<em>Man\u2019ula<\/em>. They come down and roam the world until they blow the&nbsp;<em>Shofars<\/em>&nbsp;[festive horn (pl. form)], which is the unification of the three lines called \u201cfire,\u201d \u201cwater,\u201d and \u201cwind,\u201d included in the voice that comes out of the&nbsp;<em>Shofar<\/em>&nbsp;[sin. form]. Then they gather, and those&nbsp;<em>Klipot<\/em>&nbsp;grip to the filth in the nails, to the waste of illumination of&nbsp;<em>Achoraim<\/em>, called \u201cnails.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>83) A bed,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, comprises all those degrees, and its legs grip to the four directions of the world. That is, there are&nbsp;<em>HG<\/em>&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;in it, three lines and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;that receives them. Everyone enters the rule\u2014the degrees of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, which are above, and her own degrees, which are below, as it is written, \u201cIn the heaven above,\u201d which is&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, \u201cand on the earth below,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why it is written, \u201cBehold, it is the bed of Solomon.\u201d \u201cBehold,\u201d since it is poised to illuminate to all, above and below, and this bed is inscribed with all. Illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;is revealed only in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, and the ones above her have no illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;except when they unite with&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. She is called&nbsp;<em>ADNI<\/em>, which means \u201cthe master of all,\u201d who is inscribed among her hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>84) This is why the priest must aim in high words to unite the holy name from the place where he needs to unite, so as to extend illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;only in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. And this is why it is written, \u201cBy this, Aaron will come to the holy place.\u201d \u201cBy this\u201d means by&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. The&nbsp;<em>Kedusha<\/em>&nbsp;must be brought closer to her place, and to remove the&nbsp;<em>Sitra Achra<\/em>, who wants to draw from her illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;from above downward. From this place, from&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, one should fear the Creator. That is, with the illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;that appears in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, appear harsh&nbsp;<em>Dinim<\/em>&nbsp;that punish the wicked and remove the&nbsp;<em>Sitra Achra<\/em>. This is why she is feared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is written about it, \u201cIf they were wise, they would understand this; they would understand their end.\u201d That is, if people regarded the punishment, and how \u201cthis,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, grips among her hosts, illuminating for them only from below upward, and how all those that belong to the hosts that grip her in order to serve her have been appointed before her to punish and avenge the wicked who want to extend her illumination from above downward, they would promptly understand their end. They would watch their works and would not sin before the holy king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>85) Any person rewarded with learning Torah and keeping \u201cthis,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, \u201cthis\u201d keeps him and makes a covenant with him on his covenant, so it will not be removed from him and from his sons forever, as it is written, \u201c\u2018And I, this is My covenant with them,\u2019 says the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>71) \u201cBehold, it is the bed of Solomon, sixty mighty men around it, from the mighty men of Israel.\u201d His 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