123. "And Joseph made ready his chariot." Rabbi Yitzchak opened the discussion with the verse, "And over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, like the color of the terrible ice, stretched out over their heads above" (Yechezkel 1:22). This verse has already been explained, yet come and behold, There is a living creature above another living creature, and a holy living creature standing over the heads of the other living creatures.
124. There is a living creature over all the other living creatures. It rules over them all, for when it gives OF ITS STRENGTH and shines upon them, they all travel about, derives STRENGTH FROM the other, and rule one over the other.
125. And there is a living creature over the lower beings, NAMELY, over the other living creatures below. They are all sustained by it, and the four winds of the world impress upon it certain faces shine upon each wind. It has power over the four winds. It has been explained that there are three of this wind and three of that wind, and so on, to the four winds of the world.
126. There is a series of firmaments one on top of the other, and a firmament that reigns over them. They all look to it. It is written, "And under the firmament their wings were held straight, the one toward the other" (Yechezkel 1:23), for they are all in command over what is in their charge. And there is the span of a rope's measurement between them.
127. There are THREE FIRMAMENTS to every wind, nine on each of the four sides of the world, 36 FIRMAMENTS in all. When they are united, they become one, NAMELY, ONE FIRMAMENT, in the secret of the one name - THE NUKVA CALLED 'NAME' - within the whole, as it should be.
128. When they are shaped like a throne, it is written, "And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone, and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it" (Yechezkel 1:26). It has been explained that when the precious stone, THE NUKVA, is fixed into the throne that stands upon its four legs, and when the image of a man is upon the throne, ZEIR ANPIN, to be united with him, THEN THE THRONE WHICH IS THE NUKVA IS JOINED WITH THE MAN ABOVE IT, ZEIR ANPIN, and is fully blessed by him.
129. When THE FIRMAMENTS AND THE ANIMALS THAT ARE THE SECRET OF THE NUKVA are fixed to form a Chariot for that man, ZEIR ANPIN, then it is written, "And Joseph made ready his chariot," who is the righteous - YESOD OF ZEIR ANPIN, CALLED 'JOSEPH THE RIGHTEOUS' - "and went up to meet Yisrael his father, to Goshen." Yisrael is the secret of Adam (man), THE MAN UPON THE THRONE, ZEIR ANPIN. " ...to Goshen" is derived from their approaching (Heb. gisha) to be joined and united.
130. "...And presented himself to him (lit. 'and he was seen to him')." THE WORDS "WAS SEEN" ARE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, FOR THEY MEAN THAT HE WAS SEEN AND THEN GONE. WHAT DOES THE VERSE MEAN? HE SAID, When the sun reflects on the moon, the moon shines, and illuminates all those below IN THE WORLD. In the same manner, as long as Supernal Holiness, THE LIGHT OF ZEIR ANPIN, hovers above the Temple below (THE NUKVA) the Temple shines and stands erect. BUT HERE IT IS WRITTEN, "AND HE WAS SEEN TO HIM," WHICH MEANS THAT THE LIGHT WAS SEEN TO HER AND THEN GONE, and after THE SUPERNAL LIGHT OF ZEIR ANPIN was gone from her, THE SCRIPTURE READS, "and wept on his neck a good while," for they all wept for the Temple that was destroyed. THE SCRIPTURE ADDS, "a good while," which means until the last exile.
131. When Jacob looked and saw that all was completed below BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE as it is above BETWEEN ABA AND IMA, he said, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive," which means, you live by the secret of the Holy Covenant called "the life of the worlds." Thus, he said, "You are still alive." He had already said before, "It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive" (Beresheet 45:28), he being the secret of the Living One, as has already been explained.
132. Come and behold, "and Jacob blessed Pharaoh" (Beresheet 47:10). Rabbi Yosi said, We do agree that Pharaoh was AN EVIL KLIPAH ACCORDING TO HOMILETIC INTERPRETATION, even though it was explained in regard to another mystery THAT HE IS NOT AN EVIL KLIPAH BUT DESCENDS FROM IMA OF ATZILUT.