327. The verse, "yet I have not seen a just (lit. 'righteous') man forsaken" (Tehilim 37:24), praises the union OF ZEIR ANPIN AND THE NUKVA. THIS TEACHES US THAT there is no day, ZEIR ANPIN, without night, THE NUKVA. For night always clings to day, ZEIR ANPIN TO THE NUKVA. The Righteous, YESOD, is attached above TO ZEIR ANPIN, DAY, and below TO THE NUKVA, NIGHT. THIS IS THE SECRET OF JOINING TOGETHER IN UNENDING UNITY.
328. What is the meaning of the verse, "and his seed begging bread" (Tehilim 37:24)? HE SAID, As long as his seed flows, he claims and asks not for the Nukva, because she is with him in a never ending union. She is then ready for him, because the seed is not ejaculated until the female is ready. Their passion is as one, in unending devotion. Therefore, he does not have to ask for her.
329. He said to him, This is not so in exile. ZEIR ANPIN AND NUKVA ARE IN AN UNENDING UNION ONLY WHEN YISRAEL ARE IN THEIR LAND AND THE TEMPLE STANDS, NOT DURING THE TIME OF EXILE. HE ANSWERS, It is written, "his seed BEGGING BREAD," rather than, 'he BEGGING BREAD.' When is THE SEED ejaculated? When the female is united with the male. It may be said that the scripture also reads, "Yet I have not seen a just man forsaken," WHICH REFERS TO THE MALE HIMSELF. YOU MAY FURTHER ASK how it is in exile, WHEN A JUST MAN IS FORSAKEN AND NOT UNITED WITH THE NUKVA?
330. HE ANSWERS THAT even during THE TIME OF EXILE, he is attached above TO ZEIR ANPIN, who never forsakes him. THEREFORE, THE SCRIPTURE READS, "YET I HAVE NOT SEEN A JUST MAN FORSAKEN," EVEN IN EXILE. At another time, AS LONG AS THE TEMPLE STANDS, the righteous are never forsaken by the Nukva. He is then attached above TO ZEIR ANPIN and below TO THE NUKVA. We therefore find that at the time of exile, he is attached above TO ZEIR ANPIN, and at another time, he is attached to both sides, above and below, ZEIR ANPIN AND NUKVA. In either case, he is never left alone.