Third chamber: Netzach

Synopsis

This chamber receives all those souls who have suffered more severe misfortunes and tragedies than the souls who reside in the second chamber. Souls dwelling in this chamber include the children whose lives were cut short. These young souls died before their time and therefore did not sin. The third type of soul who merits a place in this chamber are those who constantly felt pain and cried over the destruction of the Temples. These souls endured the suffering of the entire world during their existence.

Chambers Correction (Tikun) Destruction Female Female Waters (Mayin Nukvin) Leaves Lights Mayin Nukvin (Female Waters) Messiah, The Righteous Sin Soul, The Temple, Destruction of Tikun (Correction) Waters

16. MESSIAH leaves the SECOND chamber and enters the third. Here are found all those who suffered, FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING MADE WHOLE, more severe illnesses and greater misfortunes THAN THOSE IN THE SECOND CHAMBER. THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE MERITED A PLACE IN THE THIRD CHAMBER. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TYPE OF SOUL FOUND IN THE CHAMBER. THE SECOND TYPE OF SOUL IN THIS CHAMBER IS THAT OF children who did not live their full lives, WHO DIED BEFORE THEIR TIME, AND THUS DID NOT SIN. SUCH PURE SOULS ASCEND AS MAYIN NUKVIN (FEMALE WATERS), AND ATTRACT THE LIGHTS OF THE SECOND CHAMBER. THE THIRD TYPE OF SOUL IN THE CHAMBER IS THAT OF those who mourn the destruction of the Temple and who shed tears, THEREBY DRAWING DOWN THE LIGHTS OF THE TOP THREE SFIROT INTO THIS CHAMBER. All THREE TYPES OF RIGHTEOUS SOULS reside in this chamber AND MESSIAH consoles them, WHICH MEANS THAT HE BESTOWS ON THEM THEIR LIGHTS.

16. אִיהוּ נְטֵיל מֵהַאי הֵיכָלָא, וְעָאל בְּהֵיכָלָא תְּלִיתָאָה, וְתַמָּן כָל אִנוּן בְּנֵי מַרְעִין וּכְאֵבִין יַתִּיר, וְכָל אִינוּן דַּרְדְּקֵי דְבֵי רַבָּן דְּלָא אַשְׁלִימוּ יוֹמִין, וְכָל אִינוּן דַּעֲצֵבִין עַל חָרוּב בֵּי מַקְדְּשָׁא וַהֲווֹ אוֹשְׁדִין דִּמְעִין, כָּלְהוֹן קַיָּימִין בְּהַהוּא הֵיכָלָא, וְאִיהוּ מְנַחֵם לוֹן.