193. "And night to night expresses knowledge" (Ibid. 3), MEANING Her Chariots, which are the body of the throne, WHICH IS MALCHUT. They are called 'nights,' as it is written, "My reins also admonish me in the nights" (Tehilim 16:7). The SFIROT OF the supernal Chariot, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, are called 'days' as in, "Day to day," while THE SFIROT OF the Lower Chariot, WHICH IS MALCHUT, are called 'nights:' "Night to night."
194. "Expresses knowledge:" "Yechaveh (Eng. 'expresses')" MEANS "Yechayeh" (Eng. 'to give life'), for it will bring to life offspring FROM THE LIGHTS THAT HE RECEIVED from the heavens. If you say that Yechaveh does not mean Yechayeh, come and see, "And the man called the name of his wife Eve; because she was the mother of all living (Heb. chay)" (Beresheet 3:20). SO WE SEE that Eve and Chayah are the same, for the Yud is removed FROM CHAYAH and the Vav enters IN ITS PLACE. This is as it should be, as the Vav surely signifies life BECAUSE THE VAV ALLUDES TO ZEIR ANPIN THAT IS THE TREE OF LIFE. Therefore of Eve and Chayah EVE IS THE MAIN, because the Yud of CHAYAH takes life from the Vav OF EVE. THEREFORE, SHE IS CALLED 'EVE (CHAVAH)' AND NOT CHAYAH. Here also, Yachaveh MEANS Yachayeh.
195. "Knowledge" IN THE PASSAGE, "AND NIGHT TO NIGHT EXPRESSES KNOWLEDGE" is the secret of the heavens, NAMELY ZEIR ANPIN, as the heavens have six sides. Also here, NIGHT PROVIDES TO NIGHT with six ends through the offspring that the night enlivens, WHICH ARE similar TO THE SIX EXTREMITIES OF ZEIR ANPIN. Therefore, "day to day" is included in the highest level 'Omer,' WHICH IS ABA AND IMA AS MENTIONED. "And night to night" IS INCLUDED IN THE HIGHEST LEVEL in the secret of the male that illuminates her; that is, heaven and knowledge, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN.
196. This 'Omer' is a supernal secret, NAMELY ABA AND IMA, and is not like other sayings; therefore, the Torah repeats it and says, "There is no speech nor are there words" (Tehilim 19:4). It is not like the other sayings of the world, but rather 'Omer (Eng. 'speech')' is a supernal secret in the highest levels, where there are no speeches nor words, MEANING THAT CHOCHMAH IS CONCEALED IN THEM AND DOES NOT SHINE BECAUSE THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH IS CALLED 'SPEECH.' They are not heard like the other levels, which are in the secret of Faith THAT IS MALCHUT, which are an audible voice, MEANING THAT CHOCHMAH IS REVEALED IN HER. But 'OMER,' WHICH IS ABA AND IMA, is never heard. This is what is meant by, "Their voice is not heard" (Ibid.), THE MEANING OF WHICH IS THAT THE CHOCHMAH IS CONCEALED IN THEM AND IS NOT HEARD, BECAUSE CHOCHMAH IS REVEALED ONLY IN MALCHUT ALONE.
197. "Their line is gone out through all the earth" (Ibid. 5): Even though they, ABA AND IMA are supernal and concealed, and are never known, MEANING THAT CHOCHMAH DOES NOT BECOME REVEALED IN THEM, STILL IN ALL, their flow and drawing is drawn and flows downward TO MALCHUT THAT IS CALLED 'EARTH,' MEANING THAT THE CHOCHMAH THAT IS CONCEALED IN THEM IS DRAWN TO MALCHUT. We have complete Faith in this world, NAMELY MALCHUT WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH THAT IS CALLED 'COMPLETE FAITH' because of this drawing. All the people of the world speak of the secret of the Faith of the Holy One, blessed be He, WHICH IS MALCHUT, of these levels, NAMELY IN CHOCHMAH OF THE LEVELS ABA AND IMA, as if they were revealed EVEN ABOVE IN ABA AND IMA, instead of hidden and concealed there, hence, "And their words to the end of the world" (Ibid.). From the beginning of the world until the end of the world, the scholars discuss these concealed levels, even though they are not known IN THEIR PLACE IN ABA AND IMA, SINCE THEY ARE REVEALED IN MALCHUT, AS EXPLAINED.
198. But in what are they known, THOSE LEVELS OF CHOCHMAH THAT ARE IN ABA AND IMA? "In them He has set a tent for the sun" (Ibid.), because the holy sun, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, is the abode to these supernal holy levels OF ABA AND IMA. It is light that takes all the concealed lights. That drawing is theirs and the Faith is revealed to the whole world due to it. ZEIR ANPIN IS THE ABODE OF CHOCHMAH IN LEVELS OF ABA AND IMA, AND ZEIR ANPIN PROVIDES IT TO MALCHUT THAT IS CALLED 'FAITH,' SO THAT THE FAITH IS SEEN THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD BECAUSE CHOCHMAH IS CALLED 'SIGHT.'
199. He who receives the sun is like one who has received all the levels, because the sun is like a tent, in which the levels are included in it. It receives everything and illuminates to all the kinds of lights below, TO MALCHUT. Therefore, he is "like a bridegroom coming out of his canopy" (Ibid. 6) with the shines and glitterings of all the concealed lights FROM ALL THE LEVELS. For they all give him their desire and their lights with complete pleasure and will, just as a groom has desire and pleasure to give his bride gifts and presents. Therefore, he is "like a bridegroom coming out of his canopy."
200. HE QUESTIONS, What is "His canopy?" HE SAYS, This is Eden, WHICH IS CHOCHMAH, and this is the secret of, "And a river went out of Eden" (Beresheet 2:10). Eden is a canopy that covers all, MEANING THAT IT COVERS AND SHIELDS FROM ALL KLIPOT "and rejoices like a strong man to run a race" (Tehilim 19:6). "Rejoices" comes from the side of primordial light THAT SERVED DURING THE SIX DAYS OF CREATION BEFORE IT WAS CONCEALED, in which there is no Judgment at all. "Like a strong man" is from the side of Gvurah, and although Gvurah (Might) is wholly Judgment, it is written, "Like a strong (mighty) man" instead of 'a strong man.' This is because he has sweetened the Judgment in Chesed and has taken everything together, BOTH CHOCHMAH AND CHESED, with complete desire and pleasure. And all this IS "to run a race (lit. 'way')" as it is written, "Who makes a way in the sea" (Yeshayah 43:16). HE MAKES A WAY IN MALCHUT THAT IS CALLED 'SEA,' in order to water and fill the brilliance of the moon, WHICH IS MALCHUT in all the sides, NAMELY ON THE RIGHT AND ON THE LEFT, and to open in it "a way" to illuminate below.
201. "His going forth is from the end of the heavens... " (Devarim 4:32), MEANING that from the end of these supernal heavens, WHICH IS ZEIR ANPIN, he brings forth THE PROVISION, because at the end of TIFERET THAT IS CALLED 'body,' WHICH IS YESOD He brings forth HIS PROVISION, as at that place there is a difference between male and female. This is what is written, "And from the end of the heavens to the end of the heavens" (Devarim 4:32). "The end of the heavens" is the upper world, NAMELY ZEIR ANPIN THAT IS CALLED 'HEAVENS.' "To the end of the heavens" is His peace, WHICH IS YESOD. Just as this one, ZEIR ANPIN, receives all the lights and they are all in Him, so does that one, YESOD, take all the lights and they are all in it. It goes forth from the end of the heavens.
202. "And His circuit" (Tehilim 19:7) MEANS that He encircles all the holy sides that are worthy of being illuminated and worthy to be watered and to glitter from Him. "And there is nothing hid" (Ibid.) MEANS there is none that can be covered from this light, because it lights under one principle to each and every one as is fitting for it.