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יא וְהִנֵּה, נוֹדָע לְיוֹדְעֵי חֵן, כִּי ״דְבַר ה׳״ נִקְרָא בְּשֵׁם ״שְׁכִינָה״ בִּלְשׁוֹן רַבּוֹתֵינוּ־זִכְרוֹנָם־לִבְרָכָה, וְ״אִימָּא תַּתָּאָה״ וּ״מַטְרוֹנִיתָא״ בִּלְשׁוֹן הַזֹּהַר, וּבִפְרָט בְּרֵישׁ פָּרָשַׁת וָאֵרָא, לְפִי שֶׁשּׁוֹכֵן וּמִתְלַבֵּשׁ בַּנִּבְרָאִים לְהַחֲיוֹתָם.

11Now it is known to the students of Kabbalah that the “word of the L–rd” is referred to as Shechinah, in the terminology of our Sages, of blessed memory, and as imma tataah and matronita, in the terminology of the Zohar [especially at the beginning of section Vaeyra], because it dwells and vests itself in the creatures to vivify them.²⁵

יבוּבִלְשׁוֹן הַמְקוּבָּלִים – נִקְרָא בְּשֵׁם ״מַלְכוּת״, עַל שֵׁם ״דְּבַר מֶלֶךְ שִׁלְטוֹן״, כִּי הַמֶּלֶךְ, מַנְהִיג מַלְכוּתוֹ בְּדִיבּוּרוֹ, וְעוֹד טְעָמִים אֲחֵרִים יְדוּעִים לְיוֹדְעֵי חֵן.

12In the terminology of the Kabbalists it is called malchut, relating to “The word of the king is regnant,”²⁶ because the king conducts his kingdom through his edict, and also for other reasons known to the students of Kabbalah.²⁷

יגוּמוּדַעַת זֹאת, כִּי יֵשׁ בְּחִינַת וּמַדְרֵיגַת ״מַלְכוּת דַּאֲצִילוּת״ וּבְחִינַת ״מַלְכוּת דִּבְרִיאָה״ וְכוּ׳.

13Now it is known that there is a rank and level of malchut of Atzilut, and a rank of malchut of Beriah….

ידוּפֵירוּשׁ ״מַלְכוּת דַּאֲצִילוּת״, הוּא – ״דְּבַר ה׳״ הַמְחַיֶּה וּמְהַוֶּה נְשָׁמוֹת הַגְּדוֹלוֹת שֶׁהֵן מִבְּחִינַת אֲצִילוּת, כְּמוֹ נִשְׁמַת אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ ״וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִים כוּ׳״, וּכְמוֹ נִשְׁמוֹת הָאָבוֹת וְהַנְּבִיאִים וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָהֶן (שֶׁהָיוּ מֶרְכָּבָה לַה׳ מַמָּשׁ, וּבְטֵלִים מַמָּשׁ בִּמְצִיאוּת אֵלָיו, כְּמַאֲמַר רַבּוֹתֵינוּ־זִכְרוֹנָם־לִבְרָכָה: ״שְׁכִינָה מְדַבֶּרֶת מִתּוֹךְ גְּרוֹנוֹ שֶׁל מֹשֶׁה״, וְכֵן כָּל הַנְּבִיאִים וּבַעֲלֵי רוּחַ הַקּוֹדֶשׁ, הָיָה קוֹל וְדִבּוּר הָעֶלְיוֹן מִתְלַבֵּשׁ בְּקוֹלָם וְדִבּוּרָם מַמָּשׁ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר הָאֲרִיזַ״ל).

14Malchut of Atzilut is the “word of the L–rd” which vivifies and brings into being the great souls that are of the rank of Atzilut, as the soul of Adam of whom it is said, “He breathed into his nostrils a soul of life,”²⁸ and as the souls of the patriarchs, and the prophets, and the like (²⁹who were truly a “chariot for G–d” and in a state of self-abnegation in relation to Him.³⁰ Thus our Sages, of blessed memory, said:³¹ “The Shechinah speaks from the throat of Moses,”³² and likewise with all the prophets and those possessed of the Holy Spirit: the Supernal Voice and Speech vested itself in their actual voice and speech, as mentioned by the Arizal).

טווּ״מַלְכוּת דִּבְרִיאָה״ הוּא – ״דְּבַר ה׳״ הַמְחַיֶּה וּמְהַוֶּה הַנְּשָׁמוֹת וְהַמַּלְאָכִים שֶׁבְּעוֹלַם הַבְּרִיאָה, שֶׁאֵין מַעֲלָתָם כְּמַעֲלַת הָאֲצִילוּת וְכוּ׳.

15Malchut of Beriah is the “word of the L–rd” which vivifies and brings into being the souls and angels in the realm of Beriah, whose level is not like the level of Atzilut….

טזוּ״מַלְכוּת דַּעֲשִׂיָּה״ הוּא – ״דְּבַר ה׳״ הַמְחַיֶּה וּמְהַוֶּה אֶת עוֹלָם הַזֶּה בִּכְלָלוֹ, עַד יְסוֹד הֶעָפָר וְהַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ.

16And malchut of Asiyah is the “word of the L–rd” which vivifies and brings into this world, in its totality, including the element of dust, and the water that is below the earth.

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