206. On these days, new matters were repeated to the head of the Yeshivah about ancient secrets; 'a righteous man thrives,' and 'a righteous man suffers.' All the souls ascend into the weighing scale of that tree, WHICH IS MALCHUT, prior to their descent into this world and according to the weight they get in this world. The head of the Yeshivah came down and divulged what he heard above. He revealed one point and nothing else. If wood doesn't kindle, it is hit and struck and so it gives off light. If the light of the soul does not come up in the body, the body is beaten until the light of the soul will rise, and unite together THE BODY WITH THE SOUL to give off light.