152. With the arrival of night, all these ANGELS who are outside of the veil stir MEANING THOSE THAT ARE DRAWN FROM THE BACK OF MALCHUT AND FROM HER EXTERNAL PART. Then, everything is stilled and there is no opening IN THE DOOR. The Judgments from below, THOSE OF MALCHUT - THE LOWEST OF ALL SFIROT - are all aroused, MEANING ALL THE JUDGMENTS are assigned together, these over those until midnight. After the assembly of all THE ANGELS THAT ARE DRAWN FROM THE CENTRAL COLUMN after midnight, one minister is appointed over them; he gathers all the camps, as the verse says, "The rearward (Heb. me'asef) of all camps" (Bemidbar 10:25). His name is Asaf (Eng. 'he gathered'), and he corresponds to ASAF down below, WHO IS MENTIONED IN TEHILIM. All appointed ministers and heralds of praise are under his tutelage.
152. בְּהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא דְּמָטֵי לֵילְיָא, מִתְעָרִין כָּל אִינּוּן דְּמִבָּרָא לְפָרוֹכְתָּא, כְּדֵין שָׁכִיךְ כֺּלָּא, וּפִטְרָא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח, וְדִינִין דִּלְתַּתָּא מִתְעָרִין, כֻּלְּהוּ אִתְמָנָן כַּחֲדָא, אִלֵּין עַל אִלֵּין, עַד דְּאִתְפְּלִיג לֵילְיָא. בָּתַר דְּאִתְפְּלִיג לֵילְיָא, וּמִתְכַּנְּשֵׁי כֻּלְּהוּ, אִתְמָנָא עָלַיְיהוּ חַד מְמָנָא וְכָנִישׁ לְכָל מַשִּׁרְיָין, כד"א מְאַסֵּף לְכָל הַמַּחֲנוֹת וְגוֹ,' וְאָסָף שְׁמֵיהּ, לָקֳבְלֵיהּ דִּלְתַתָּא, וּתְחוֹת יְדֵיהּ כָּל אִינּוּן סַרְכִין מְמָנָן, וּמְבַשְּׂרֵי תְּהִלּוֹת.
339. Rabbi Shimon opened the discussion saying, "For Hashem your Elohim walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you..." (Devarim 23:15). "For Hashem your Elohim" refers to the Shechinah prevailing in Yisrael, all the more so in exile, to shield them always from all sides and from all other nations so that they cannot destroy Yisrael.
339. רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן פָּתַח, כִּי יְיָ' אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּקֶרֶב מַחֲנֶךָ לְהַצִּילְךָ וְגוֹ.' כִּי יְיָ' אֱלֺֹהֶיךָ: דָּא שְׁכִינְתָּא, דְּאִשְׁתְּכָחַת בְּהוּ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, וכ"ש בְּגָלוּתָא, לְאַגָּנָא עָלַיְהוּ תְּדִירָא מִכָּל סִטְרִין, וּמִכָּל שְׁאָר עַמִּין, דְּלָא יְשֵׁיצוּן לְהוּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל.
341. Therefore, "shall your camp be holy" (Ibid.). One must SEE that he does not become defiled through his sins and through transgressing the words of Torah. If he does so, they defile him, as it is written, "That you should be defiled (Heb. venitmetem) by them" (Vayikra 11:43). The word "Venitmetem" is written without Aleph, POINTING TO AN EXTRA MEASURE OF DEFILEMENT. We have learned that there are 248 limbs in the body and all become defiled when one becomes defiled, meaning as soon as he wants to become defiled, it IMMEDIATELY ACQUIRES DEFILEMENT. "Therefore shall your camp be holy." What is meant by "your camp?" This refers to the limbs of the body. "That He see no unclean (lit. 'nakedness of') thing in you" (Devarim 23:15). What is a "nakedness of thing?" This is an allusion THAT YOU MUST NOT BRING a strange nakedness to come to this thing, FOR IT IS STRANGE TO MALCHUT CALLED 'THING,' as we have established. If YOU DO so, He will surely "turn away from you" (Ibid.). Therefore "your father's wife shall you not uncover" (Vayikra 18:8). What is the reason? It is because it is written, "It is your father's nakedness" (Ibid.), as we have established.
341. וְעַל דָּא וְהָיָה מַחֲנֶיךָ קָדוֹשׁ, דְּבָעֵי ב"נ דְּלָא יִסְתְּאָב בְּחוֹבוֹי, וַיַּעֲבָר עַל פִּתְגָּמֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא. דְּאִי עָבֵיד הָכֵי, מְסָאֲבִין לֵיהּ, כְּמָה דִּכְתִּיב וְנִטְמֵתֶם בָּם, בְּלֹא א.' וְתָאנָא, מָאתָן וּתְמַנְיָא וְאַרְבְּעִין שַׁיְיפִין בְּגוּפָא, וְכֻלְּהוּ אִסְתַּאֲבָן, כַּד אִיהוּ אִסְתְּאַב. כְּלוֹמַר, כַּד בָּעֵי לְאִסְתַּאֲבָא. וְעַ"ד, וְהָיָה מַחֲנֶיךָ קָדוֹשׁ. מַאי מַחֲנֶיךָ, אִלֵּין אִינּוּן שַׁיְיפֵי גּוּפָא. וְלֹא יִרְאֶה בְךָ עֶרְוַת דָּבָר, מַאי עֶרְוַת דָּבָר. עֶרְיָיתָא נוּכְרָאָה לְהַאי דָּבָר רְמָז, כְּמָה דְּאוֹקִימְנָא. דְּאִי הָכִי, וְשָׁב מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ וַדַּאי. וְעַל דָּא עֶרְוַת אֵשֶׁת אָבִיךָ לֹא תְגַלֵּה. מ"ט. בְּגִין דִּכְתִּיב עֶרְוַת אָבִיךָ הוּא, כְּמָה דְּאוֹקִימְנָא.