254. These are comparable to the two eyes from which two teardrops fell into the great sea. CHOCHMAH IS CALLED EYES, AND THE RIGHT EYE IS THE UPPER CHOCHMAH AND THE LEFT EYE IS THE LOWER CHOCHMAH. Why did the teardrops fall? Because from these two tablets, Moses gave the Torah to Yisrael, NAMELY BINAH AND MALCHUT. THE RIGHT TABLET IS BINAH, AND THE LEFT IS MALCHUT, CORRESPONDING TO THE TWO EYES. Because The Children of Yisrael were not worthy of receiving them, they broke and fell AT THE SIN OF THE CALF, AS IT IS WRITTEN: "AND BROKE THEM AT THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN" (SHEMOT 32:19). This caused the destruction of the first and second Temples, AS THEY ARE ALSO RELATED TO THE TWO TABLETS. THE FIRST TEMPLE IS DERIVED FROM THE RIGHT TABLET, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE UPPER CHOCHMAH, BINAH. AND THE SECOND TEMPLE IS DERIVED FROM THE LEFT TABLET, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THE LOWER CHOCHMAH - MALCHUT. AND THIS IS WHY TWO TEARDROPS FELL INTO THE GREAT SEA. Why did they fall AND BREAK? Because the letter Vav flew out of them, which is the Vav of Vayyitzer. He gave them two other TABLETS from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. From there, the Torah was given in a manner of permitting and forbidding. From THE ASPECT OF the right, IT GIVES life but from the left, it gives death.
254. וְאִנוּן לָקֳבֵל ב' עַיְינִין, דִּבְהוֹן תְּרֵין דִּמְעִין נָחֲתוּ בְּיַמָּא רַבָּא, וְאַמַּאי נָחֲתוּ, בְּגִין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא מִתְּרֵין לוּחִין אִלֵּין, הֲוָה מֹשֶׁה נָחֵית לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, וְלָא זָכוּ בְּהוֹן, וְאִתַּבָּרוּ וּנְפָלוּ, וְדָא גָּרֵים אִבּוּדָא דְּבַיִת רִאשׁוֹן וְשֵׁנִי, וְאַמַּאי נְפָלוּ, בְּגִין דְּפָרַח ו' מִנַּיְיהוּ, דְּאִיהוּ ו' דְּוַיִּיצֶר, וִיהֵיב לוֹן אַחֲרָנִין מִסִּטְרָא דְּעֵץ הַדַּעַת טו"ר. דְּמִתַּמָּן אִתְיְיהִיבַת אוֹרַיְיתָא בְּאִסּוּר וְהֶתֵּר מְיָמִינָא חַיֵּי, וּמִשְׂמָאלָא מוֹתָא.