92. Rabbi Aba opened the discussion with the verse: "But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child..." (Vayikra 22:13). Happy is the portion of Yisrael above all the heathen nations, for when the Holy One, blessed be He, created the universe, He created it solely for Yisrael, so that they would receive the Torah on Mount Sinai and would be completely purified and righteous before Him.
93. Come and see: When this world was completed in Yisrael as above, NAMELY LIKE THE UPPER MALE AND FEMALE, and Adam was placed on earth with his head reaching the top of the sky, the Holy One, blessed be He, wanted to complete the holy soul from above downward, so that they would be united and connected to each other, the SOUL WITH THE BODY AND THE BODY WITH THE SOUL. Hence, it says, "And Hashem Elohim formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath (lit: 'soul') of life" (Beresheet 2:7), so that they would cleave to one another, and he would be complete in the likeness of above and prepare himself in this way.
94. He therefore created him male and female, so that he would be whole. When is man called whole like above? When he is united with his spouse with joy and desire and he and his wife issue a son and a daughter. Then is man complete in the likeness of above and he completes below the likeness of the supernal Holy Name, AS YUD-HEI ARE THE SECRET OF ABA AND IMA AND VAV-HEI ARE THE SECRET OF SON AND DAUGHTER. Then, he is called by the name of the Holy Supernal Name.
95. A man who refuses to complete the Holy Name below, NAMELY TO BEGET A SON AND A DAUGHTER AS EXPLAINED, it is better for him not to be born, for he does not partake of the Holy Name. When his soul leaves him, it does not at all join THE HOLY NAME, for he diminished the image of his Master BY NOT ESTABLISHING HIS LIKENESS AFTER HIM, WHICH IS THE IMAGE OF ELOHIM. This is so until the soul is attached and wholly rectified.
96. This is the meaning of: "But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child..." "A priest's daughter" is the holy soul, called a King's daughter, for the holy soul issues from the union of the King and Queen, ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, as we have explained. As the body below is composed of male and female, the soul above TOGETHER WITH THE BODY, IS MALE AND FEMALE, THE SOUL BEING FEMALE AND THE BODY MALE. THIS IS THE MEANING OF THE WORDS: "be a widow;" NAMELY, THE SOUL WOULD BE WIDOWED without the body to which she cleaved, for it died; "or divorced," for it was divorced from its portion in the Holy Name. And all this is for what reason? Because it would "have no child" in whom it may find the likeness above with which to attach itself to the Holy Name, AS EXPLAINED BEFORE. THEREFORE, it "has returned to her father's house" (Vayikra 22:13). What is "returned?" Just 'returned,' namely it corrects itself as it used to be before DESCENDING INTO A BODY. Then it "has returned to her father's house:" This is the Holy One, blessed be He, "as in her youth" (Ibid.) as before, AFTER IT IS RIGHTED, "she shall eat of her father's bread" (Ibid.) and delight in the delights of the King.
97. From now on, "no stranger shall eat of it (lit. 'holiness')"(Ibid.), who is a stranger - he who did not establish the Holy Name below, NAMELY DID NOT BEGET A SON AND A DAUGHTER, has no part in it. 'Shall not eat of it:' He has no part in the supernal pleasure, which has THE ASPECT OF eating, as written, "Eat, O dear ones" (Shir Hashirim 5:1), referring to supernal eating, the delight of the Holy One, blessed be He. This delight dwells wherever DELIGHT dwells, when the savor of the offering would rise.