The threshing flour and the winepress

413. A Faithful Shepherd, loyal servant, in relation to you IT WAS SAID OF the Hebrew slave "You shall furnish him liberally" (Devarim 15:14). You shall furnish him, and be liberal to his sons with these concealed things, "out of your threshing flour" (Ibid.), the threshing flour of your Torah, "and out of your winepress." The verse refers to the threshing flour and to the winepress, the same way as the scholars of the Mishnah established, namely, to the residue of the threshing floor and the winepress.

414. The winepress (Heb. yekev, Yud-Kof-Bet) ARE THE INITIALS OF yichud (lit. 'unison') Kedushah ('holiness') and berachah ('blessing') of the Holy One, blessed be He. This is the Shechinah, DENOTING MALCHUT, being the blessing of the Holy One, blessed be He, WHEN SHE IS THE SECRET of the right, NAMELY CHASSADIM. It is the Holiness OF THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, WHEN SHE FINDS HERSELF in His left, MEANING IN CHOCHMAH. She is the unison OF THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, WHEN IT IS FOUND IN THE Central COLUMN. The letters of the Holy One, blessed be He, equal 112 (Yud-Bet-Kof) BEING also the letters Yud-Kof-Bet. FOR THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, IS ZEIR ANPIN, AND THE NUKVA IS THE SECRET OF THE NUMEROLOGY OF ZEIR ANPIN.

415. The Holy One, blessed be He, is with one who is well versed (Heb. baki, Bet-Kof-Yud), WHICH IS SPELLED WITH YUD-KOF-BET, in the Halachah, denoting the Shechinah. For her sake, He will never forsake him. There is Halachah, which is a SERVING maiden of the Halachah from the standpoint of the lad - MEANING METATRON OF BRIYAH - and there we say that the Halachah is according to so and so, AS IT ALLUDES TO ITS MAIDEN. But of your Halachah, Faithful Shepherd, it is written, "The tradition attributed to Moses hails from Sinai;" by divine command did the Holy One, blessed be He, give you His daughter, NAMELY THE SHECHINAH.

416. For this reason, concerning other Halachot, we read, "Many daughters have done virtuously" (Mishlei 31:29), but with your Halachah, it reads "but you excel them all" (Ibid.), as yours overpowers them all, with might. "Hashem is with you, you mighty man of valor" (Shoftim 6:12). The edifice of the King, DENOTING SHECHINAH, is fixed and completed as He builds His edifice through your mouth and hands. How fortunate is your lot.

417. The Faithful Shepherd commenced to say, "The angel who redeemed me from all evil" (Beresheet 48:16), refers to the Shechinah, of whom it is written, "the angel of the Elohim... removed" (Shemot 14:19). He will bless you in the world to come, WHICH IS BINAH. "...And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth..." referring to this world, NAMELY MALCHUT, so your governance shall be in two worlds where you live. One who is from this world, MALCHUT is called 'living,' as it is written, "She is a Tree of Life to those who lay hold on her" (Mishlei 3:8) - life there, IN BINAH, and life here, IN MALCHUT.

418. This is not so with whoever is clothed with the Klipot of the skin, flesh, bone and sinews of the lowly body. His spirit dies there. Just as a corpse sees not, hears not, speaks not, and has no limb movements, so the spirit sees not what is above it, as it is written of them in the Torah: 'Know what is above you - a watchful eye, an attentive ear and all your deeds are recorded in a book.'

419. Numerous angels accompany him, as it is written, "For He shall give His angels charge over you" (Tehilim 91:11), but he who is in the body has no permission to look at them or hear their voices, as they are fiery creatures that speak, sanctify and bless both the Holy One, blessed be He, together with Yisrael. This is all the more so with regards to the Shechinah that is above them, and even more so with the Holy One, blessed be He, who is above the Shechinah, that receives the supplications of Yisrael.

420. Due to sins, they were clothed with these Klipot like people who possess the sins of their fathers, or as the sages of the Mishnah expressed, 'when they maintain the sins of their fathers.' Due to these Klipot, STEMMING FROM THE SINS, the verse says, "But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your Elohim" (Yeshayah 59:2). And as a result of these Klipot, the Holy One, blessed be He, covers Himself with numerous wings, as it is written, "with two He covers his face, and with two He covers his feet..." (Yeshayah 6:2).

421. In the time to come, THE VERSE SAYS, "Yet your teacher shall not withdraw himself (lit. 'be winged') any more, your eyes shall see your teacher" (Yeshayah 30:20). When you are in this world, MALCHUT, where you have no Klipot, skins, then you may look at other humans, and they at you. Thus, you are called 'living' and your world is the world of living. But this lowly world is the world of the dead, as all the deities of the nations are dead except Hashem.