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29) \u201cThe well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people delved.\u201d The well is the assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em>. \u201cWhich the princes dug\u201d refers to Aba<\/em> and Ima<\/em>, who begot Malchut<\/em>. \u201cWhich the nobles of the people delved\u201d are the patriarchs, HGT<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cThe princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham.\u201d \u201cThe God of Abraham\u201d is Hesed<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, from which Gevura<\/em> and Hesed<\/em> extend. \u201cWhich the princes dug\u201d means they have corrected her in order to be blessed through them from the degree of the righteous, Yesod<\/em> de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, which stands atop her and imparts upon her all that there is in HGT<\/em>. This is why they say that a well travels with the help of the patriarchs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30) At one time the Malchut<\/em> is called \u201cwell,\u201d and at another time it is called \u201csea.\u201d It is called \u201cwell,\u201d when Isaac, Gevura de<\/em> ZA<\/em>, emerges armed from the left line, the side of Ima<\/em>, and comes to extend illumination of Hochma<\/em> from Ima<\/em> after that Malchut<\/em>, and fills her, as it is written, \u201cLet his left hand be under my head.\u201d Then she is called \u201cIsaac\u2019s well,\u201d or \u201cMiriam\u2019s well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malchut<\/em> is called \u201csea\u201d when she shines from the uppermost river, of Aba<\/em>, and receives Hochma<\/em> and Hassadim<\/em>. Also, the rivers go to her, as it is written, \u201cAll the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

31) Since the day the assembly of Israel, Malchut<\/em> has been exiled, it is written, \u201cAs the waters fail from the sea.\u201d This is the assembly of Israel, called \u201csea.\u201d \u201cDrained dry\u201d is righteous, Yesod<\/em>. This is why it is written, \u201cThe righteous perishes,\u201d for he was the uppermost, precious river that entered her, and he gathered all those rivers and streams that stretch from the extension of that holy river whose waters never stop, which is Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stretching out of the upper Eden is the concealed Hochma<\/em>, which is the Bina<\/em> that came out of the Rosh<\/em> de<\/em> AA<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd a river went out of Eden,\u201d which is the source of all the Mochin de<\/em> ZON<\/em> of the lower ones. He enters her and fills her lakes, the Sefirot<\/em> of Malchut<\/em>, and from there, the worlds inherit all the blessings in utter completeness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

32) When the assembly of Israel is blessed, all the worlds are blessed, and Israel below are nourished; they are blessed by her merit, and Malchut<\/em> protects Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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