504. Happy is he who makes an effort in the last exile to know the Shechinah, to honor Her with all the precepts and to suffer for Her a number of exigencies, as they said: The wages of attending the bride lies in the crush AND THE SORROW. THAT IS TO SAY: ACCORDING TO THE SUFFERING SO IS THE REWARD. "And he lay down (Heb. vayishkav) in that place" (Beresheet 28:11). 'VAYISHKAV' CAN BE READ AS TWO WORDS: VEYESH, CAF BET, (MEANING: AND THERE ARE 22.) That is, if there are the 22 letters of the Torah, NAMELY THAT HE IS PERFECT IN TORAH, then the Shechinah lies with him.
504. זַכָּאָה אִיהוּ, מַאן דְּאִשְׁתְּדַּל בְּגָלוּתָא בַּתְרָאָה, לְמִנְדַּע לִשְׁכִינְתָּא, לְאוֹקִיר לָהּ בְּכָל פִּקוּדִין, וּלְמִסְבַּל בְּגִינָהּ כַּמָּה דוֹחֲקִין. כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמַר, אַגְרָא דְּכַלָּה דּוֹחֲקָא. וַיִּשְׁכַּב בַּמָּקוֹם הַהוּא, אִם יֵשׁ כ"ב אוֹתִיּוֹת דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, אִיהִי שְׁכִיבַת עִמֵּיהּ.
505. HE ASKS, What is the meaning of 'yesh' (Eng. 'there is')? HE ANSWERS THAT it refers to Chochmah, which is SUBSTANCE out of nothing, THAT IS TO SAY THAT IT IS DRAWN DOWN FROM KETER, WHICH IS CALLED 'NOTHING'. For in the place where the upper Shechinah is, WHICH IS BINAH, there is Chochmah, FOR CHOCHMAH IS REVEALED ONLY IN BINAH, and for it is said, "That I may cause those that love Me to inherit substance (Heb. yesh)" (Mishlei 8:21). FOR CHOCHMAH THAT IS IN BINAH ILLUMINATES ONLY IN CHESED, AND THOSE THAT CLEAVE TO CHESED ARE CALLED 'THE LOVERS OF HASHEM', AND IT IS ONLY THEY WHO CAN INHERIT YESH, WHICH IS CHOCHMAH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE CHESED. AND THIS IS THE MEANING OF: "but showing mercy to thousands of generations of those that love Me" (Shemot 20:6), NAMELY from the side of the love of Chesed, FOR THOUSANDS IS THE SECRET OF CHOCHMAH, AND HE SHOWS MERCY (CHESED) SO AS TO ATTIRE CHOCHMAH WITH CHASSADIM. And this yesh, which is Chochmah, is on the right, THAT IT ILLUMINATES ONLY WHEN ATTIRED IN CHESED OF THE RIGHT, as has been taught: He who wants to grow wise should turn to the south. And that is why IT IS WRITTEN: "That I may cause those that love Me to inherit substance (Heb. yesh)," SINCE THEY HAVE CHESED, WHICH IS THE RIGHT.
505. מַאן יֵ"שׁ. חָכְמָה מֵאַיִן. דִּבְאֲתָר דִּשְׁכִינְתָא עִלָּאָה תַּמָּן, חָכְמָה תַּמָּן. וּבְגִינָהּ אִתְּמַר, לְהַנְחִיל אוֹהֲבַי יֵשׁ. וְהַיְינוּ וְעֺשֶׂה חֶסֶד לַאֲלָפִים לְאוֹהֲבָי. מִסִּטְרָא דְּאַהֲבַת חֶסֶד. וְיֵשׁ דְּאִיהִי חָכְמָה לִימִינָא, דְּהָכִי אוּקְמוּהָ הָרוֹצֶה לְהַחְכִּים יַדְרִים. וּבְגִין דָּא, לְהַנְחִיל אוֹהֲבַי יֵשׁ.
865. And there is a person who inherits three hundred and ten worlds, as it is written: "That I may cause those that love Me to inherit substance (Heb. yesh = 310)" (Mishlei 8:21). THIS IS according to the level OF CHOCHMAH that is called 'something out of nothing', FOR KETER IS CALLED 'NAUGHT' AND CHOCHMAH, 'SUBSTANCE THAT IS DRAWN OUT OF NAUGHT', and this is upper Chochmah. And there is also the person who only inherits one world, according to his level as has been taught: Each and every righteous man has a world for himself. Likewise every person in Yisrael inherits a world according to his level on high, but there is no recording of a world for the Master of the Universe, for He is the Master (Heb. adon) of all the worlds, as the name Adonai testifies about Him.
865. דְּאִית ב"נ, דְּיָרִית ג' מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר עָלְמִין, הה"ד, לְהַנְחִיל אוֹהֲבַי יֶשׁ. כְּפוּם דַּרְגָּא דִּילֵיהּ, דְּאִתְקְרֵי יֵשׁ מֵאַיִן. וְדָא חָכְמָה עִלָּאָה. וְאִית ב"נ דְּלָא יָרִית אֶלָּא עָלְמָא חַד, כְּפוּם דַּרְגָּא דִּילֵיהּ, כְּמָה דְּאוֹקְמוּהָ, כָּל צַדִּיק וְצַדִּיק יֵשׁ לוֹ עוֹלָם בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ. וְהָכִי יָרִית עָלְמִין כָּל ב"נ מִיִשְׂרָאֵל, כְּפוּם דַּרְגָּא דִּילֵיהּ לְעֵילָּא. אֲבָל לְמָארֵי עָלְמָא, לֵית לְרַשְׁמָא לֵיהּ עָלְמִין בְּחוּשְׁבָּן, אֶלָּא אֲדוֹן כָּל עָלְמִין, וְאֲדֺנָ"י קָא סָהִיד עָלֵיהּ.