171. Get ready and direct your minds to establish the Corrections (formations) of Zeir Anpin, how he will be constructed and don the Corrections (formations) of Atik Yomin (Eng. 'Ancient of Days'), Holy of Holies, concealed of all concealed, hidden from all. It is now your duty to carry out and establish a splendidly beautiful and truthful judgment, and to establish all the Corrections (formations) thoroughly.
172. The Corrections (formations) of Zeir Anpin were made through the Corrections (formations) of Arich Anpin, and his Corrections (formations) unfurled from this side and that side, MEANING FROM RIGHT, LEFT AND CENTER, like the countenance of man. MAN IS INDICATIVE OF THE CENTRAL COLUMN THAT INCLUDES ALL THREE COLUMNS in order that the spirit of the concealed of all concealed, THAT IS ARICH ANPIN, will reign in him. So he will sit on the throne, WHICH IS MALCHUT, since it is written: "And upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it" (Yechezkel 1:26). "The appearance of a man," MEANING LIKE THE FACE OF A MAN, that comprises all forms, SINCE THE THREE FACES, LION, OX, EAGLE, ARE CONTAINED IN MAN'S COUNTENANCE. THAT IS FROM THE ASPECT OF MALCHUT WITHIN HIM, SINCE MAN ENCOMPASSES ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT. IT IS ALSO "the appearance of a man," as it includes all the names, BECAUSE ZEIR ANPIN IS CALLED YUD HEI VAV HEI THAT INCLUDES ALL THE NAMES. IT IS ALSO "The appearance of a man" in which are sealed all the worlds above and below. IT IS ALSO, "the appearance of a man" for including the secrets that were expressed and established prior to the world's creation, MEANING BY THE SEVEN KINGS IN THE FORMLESS WORLD, even though THEY WERE DESTROYED AND did not last.
173. We have learned in the hidden book that the most ancient among the ancient, raised kings, designed kings, and measured the size of kings, but they did not last. He rejected them and stored them in hiding for a later period. This is the meaning of what is written: "And these are kings that reigned in the land of Edom" (Beresheet 36:31). "In the land of Edom" MEANS the place where all Judgments exist. None of them endured, SINCE IT SAYS BY EACH ONE: "AND...REIGNED...AND...DIED" (IBID.).
174. Until the white head, THAT IS THE SKULL OF ARICH ANPIN, the most ancient among the ancient was formed. When it was formed, it prepared all the Corrections (formations) above and below. From here we learn that unless a ruler of a nation was established first, his nation could not be settled. When he is established, everyone is. If he is not settled first, the people in his nation are unable to settle.
175. Where DO WE HAVE THIS? From Atik Yomin (Eng. 'Ancient in Days'). As long as he was not established, then all those that need to be formed are not established, and all the worlds were destroyed. This is what is written: "And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom" (Beresheet 36:32). "Reigned in Edom" is a precious secret. It is a place to which all Judgments connect and from which all Judgments impend.
176. "Bela the son of Beor:" We have learned that he is the source of the heaviest verdict through whom are enjoined and linked thousands of thousands of those who wail and lament "and the name of his city was Dinhabah" (Ibid.). What is the meaning of Dinhabah? It means literally: Give justice, as it says, "The leech has two daughters, crying, 'Give (Heb. hav), give'" (Mishlei 30:15).
177. As soon as he rose to take his seat ON HIS LEVEL, he could not keep the position and was unable to withstand it. What is the reason that all the worlds were destroyed? It is because man was not established. The establishing of man in his image includes everything, and everything can settle in it AND ENDURE.
178. Since this establishing of man did not exist IN THEM, THE SEVEN KINGS were unable to rise and take their place, so they ceased to exist. HE ASKS: Could you imagine that they completely ceased to exist? Weren't all of them LATER included in man, IN ZEIR ANPIN? HE REPLIES: It simply means that they ceased and were severed from that establishment, until man's Correction (formation). When this countenance arrived, they were all engraved IN HIS FORM and reverted to a different kind of existence. Some of them were established and some were not.
179. You might say that it is written: "And...died...and...died," WHICH INDICATES that they completely ceased to exist. HE REPLIES: It is not so. Anyone that descends from a higher level in which he existed before is considered as if he died, as it is written: "The king of Egypt died" (Shemot 2:23), MEANING that he was lowered from the previous level in which he was standing, MEANING HE BECAME LEPROUS. As soon as THE IMAGE OF a man, OF THE THREE COLUMNS, was installed IN THEM they were called by other names. They were settled through him in endurance and endured in their position.
180. All were called by different names than they had at first, except the one of whom it is written: "And his wife's name was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezehab" (Beresheet 36:39). THAT IS THE SECRET OF THE NAME OF NUMERICAL VALUE OF 45 THAT RENEWS THE MALE AND FEMALE REFERRED TO BY HADAR AND MEHETABEL. Why WAS HE NOT CALLED BY A DIFFERENT NAME? Because these, HADAR AND MEHETABEL, were not lost like the rest OF THE SEVEN KINGS, because they were male and female. This is similar to the palm tree that does not bear fruit unless you have planted a male and female stock. Therefore, now that we found them to be male and female, the term death was not mentioned in relation to them as with the rest. They lived, but they were not COMPLETELY secure until they acquired the likeness of a man. When they were finally established with a human countenance, they returned to exist in an alternate state and were settled.