326. We have learned this in the hidden book. The holy Atik wished to see if the Judgments were soothed. ADAM AND EVE were joined to each other, and harsh Judgment emerged from the female side, as it is written: "And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, saying, I have acquired..." (Beresheet 4:1). The world could not tolerate it, since EVE was not yet appeased and the harsh snake instilled the impurity of harsh Judgment in her, so that she could not be mollified. Therefore, when Cain emerged from the side of the female he exited rough and hard, harsh in judgment and heavy in judgment. As soon AS CAIN emerged FROM HER, she was weakened and was appeased. Following that, she gave birth to another soul that was more sweetened, but the first, CAIN, rose ABOVE HIM, being stronger, in that all the Judgments adhered to him.
327. Come and see what is written: "And it came to pass, when they were in the field" (Ibid. 8). That is the known field of above, in the field that is called a field of apple trees, MEANING MALCHUT, FROM WHERE THEY WERE BORN. The judgment OF CAIN overcame his brother, because he was harsher than him and he subdued him and hid him under himself until the Holy One, blessed be He, was roused by it and removed CAIN from his presence. He submerged him in the hole of the great abyss and he included his brother in that depression of the great ocean that mitigates the uppermost tears; and from them descend the souls to the world to each man according to his way.
328. Although they were hidden, they prevailed and extended one to the other and formed one body, NAMELY UNDER THE DOMINATION OF CAIN. From that body descend the souls of the wicked, sinful and strong in spirit, BEING UNDER THE DOMINATION OF CAIN. HE ASKS: Is it then from both together THAT THE SOULS DESCEND? ARE THEY NOT TWO OPPOSITES? HE REPLIES: Only the one to his side and the other to his side, MEANING TO SAY THAT FROM CAIN ARE DRAWN THE SOULS OF THE WICKED THAT ADHERE TO THE REFUSE OF THE LEFT AND FROM ABEL ARE DRAWN THE SOULS OF THE WICKED THAT ADHERE TO THE REFUSE OF THE RIGHT - ALL THIS IS PRIOR TO WHEN THEY WERE COMBINED WITH EACH OTHER IN THE DEPRESSION OF THE GREAT OCEAN THAT APPEASED THE UPPER TEARS OF ABOVE - HOWEVER, AFTER THEY WERE MOLLIFIED, THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS FLOW FROM THEM THAT ARE NOT SO RIGHTEOUS. Praised are those righteous whose souls are drawn from this holy body called Adam, which includes everyone and is a place that the crowns, THE SECRET OF THE FIRST THREE SFIROT, and the holy Sfirot get joined together in the bundle of the cluster.
329. Praised are the righteous, that all these holy things that are said in the uppermost Holy Spirit, a spirit in which all the most holy were included, was revealed to you, WHICH ARE matters to which those above and those below listen. Praised are you judges, MEANING THOSE WHO SIT IN A COURT OF JUDGES, the reapers of the field, that you will be aware of these things and you will pay attention to them. You shall know your Master face to face, eye to eye. With these matters, you will merit the World to Come. This is what it says: "Know therefore this day, and consider it in your heart, that Hashem (who is Atik Yomin), he is Elohim" (Devarim 4:39) (WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN). All is One. Blessed is his Name forever and forever more.