429. "You shall not follow a multitude to do evil...to incline after a multitude to pervert justice" (Shemot 23:2). HE EXPLAINS, A multitude is no less than three. If the judicial court lacks three members, you are not bound by its judicial decisions. The court represents the Shechinah; with three are the living creatures of the Chariot, NAMELY CHESED, GVURAH, AND TIFERET. THE SHECHINAH IS CALLED THE 'Law of Torah,' Truthful law, the middle pillar, NAMELY ZEIR ANPIN REFERRED TO AS 'TRUTH;' SHECHINAH IS HIS PROMULGATED LAW. A judge that does not render a truthful verdict is equivalent to having given dominion of the world to Samael. "...And it cast down the truth to the ground..." (Daniel 8:12) REFERRING TO ZEIR ANPIN who cast the Shechinah with him, causing Gehenom (which is the mate of Samael) to rise with Samael. Instead of rendering true justice, he encourages falsehood. The truthful Justice is considered the middle pillar, while falsehood is Gehenom and Samael.

430. As a result, when a judge is about to render judgment, the Gehenom lies open before him on the left, being the mate of Samael. A sword is by his neck, which is the Angel of Death. Samael stands behind his neck; the Garden of Eden is open to the right, and the Tree of Life is open above his head.

431. If he delivers a false judgment, the Angel of Death seizes him and slays him and later burns him in Gehenom. If he judges truthfully, the Holy One, blessed be He, brings him into the Garden of Eden and gives him a taste of the Tree of Life, as it is written about him, "and take also of the Tree of Life, and eating, live forever" (Beresheet 3:22). "Forever," as it is created by the Torah, of which it is written, "She is a Tree of Life to those who lay hold on Her" (Mishlei 3:18); a Tree of Life, Tiferet - its life is Chochmah and Binah, the life of the king indeed.

432. Forever the Judgment of the kingdom is the law, the law that is in the heart, and it is said regarding it, 'the heart sees.' Therefore, the Judge has only what his eyes observe. The Judge is none other than the Holy One, blessed be He, and his eyes observe, "For the eyes of Hashem run to and fro throughout the whole earth" (II Divrei Hayamim 16:9). "For His eyes are upon the ways of man" (Iyov 34:21).

433. Through them "...He looks in at the windows..." (Shir Hashirim 2:9), MEANING through the seven openings of man, two eyes, two ears, two nostrils and mouth. Behold the seven SFIROT of supernal Ima. So He examines deeds with seven from the standpoint of the lower Shechinah: the two hands and neck, WHICH ARE three, with body and the sex organ, NAMELY TIFERET AND YESOD, are five, and WITH two legs, seven - BEING THE SEVEN SFIROT OF THE LOWER SHECHINAH. TWO LETTERS OF THE NAME Yud-Hei THAT ARE IN THE FIRST THREE, FULLY SPELLED AS Yud-Vav-Dalet, Hei-Aleph, EQUAL SEVEN LETTERS. With these seven letters He examines the seven openings of the head. They are called openings after the female (derived from aperture), DENOTING THE SUPERNAL IMA whose openings are open to receive. The two letters Vav-Hei IN THE BODY, MEANING LOWER SHECHINAH, FULLY SPELLED AS VAV-ALEPH-VAV, HEI-ALEPH, EQUAL SEVEN LETTERS. With these seven letters, He examines the seven lower limbs; HANDS, NECK, AND SO ON. They compliment the body with which to perform the precepts.

434. The wife OF ZEIR ANPIN, DENOTING SHECHINAH, is like the body - AS THE BODY OF MAN BELOW IS DRAWN FROM HER - and after the precepts, it is called 'limbs,' DENOTING THE TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT LIMBS. After the Shechinah, it is called 'body.' Because from the Other Side THE BODY MEANS ONLY the garments, such as skin and flesh, as written, "You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have knit me together with bones and sinews" (Iyov 10:11). Wherever the Shechinah is not, the body OF LOWER MAN is called but 'the garment of man,' DENOTING ZEIR ANPIN, alluding to Torah CALLED 'MAN,' as it is written, "This is the Torah: when a man dies in a tent" (Bemidbar 19:14), and, "according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house" (Yeshayah 44:13). Where there is a precept, DENOTING SHECHINAH, SO THE BODY OF LOWER MAN is called "the body of man" - just as we find the expression, the essentials of Halachah and sentences of laws, WHICH ARE NAMES OF THE SHECHINAH.

435. The Holy One, blessed be He, is Judge - DENOTING the Central Column, BEING ZEIR ANPIN, from the standpoint of Binah, MEANING THE MOCHIN OF THE FIRST THREE SFIROT DRAWN FROM BINAH - being Yud Hei Vav Hei, he is REFERRED TO AS MAGISTRATE. Judge IS CALLED SO from the aspect of Malchut. An officer is the ruler, as it is written, "And Joseph was the governor" (Beresheet 42:6). All the Sfirot are Judges from the standpoint of Ima Supernal, BEING BINAH, wherein ARE THE MOCHIN as Tiferet, THAT IS DRAWN FROM IT is the Judge, WHEREIN ARE INCLUDED ALL SFIROT. These ARE officers from Malchut, FROM WHICH COMES RULERSHIP, and the righteous one rules from there.