אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁ֣ה אָמַ֗ר הַרְבָּ֤ה אַרְבֶּה֙ עִצְּבוֹנֵ֣ךְ וְהֵֽרֹנֵ֔ךְ בְּעֶ֖צֶב תֵּֽלְדִ֣י בָנִ֑ים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ֙ תְּשׁ֣וּקָתֵ֔ךְ וְה֖וּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּֽךְ׃ (ס)
Unto the woman He said: ‘I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.’
Torah Ohr
That is, their longing is to be included there. So too, the collective souls of Israel — neshamot Yisrael — in their source and root, possess the aspect of ratzo: a will and longing to cleave to Him, to the blessed Infinite Light, Ein Sof Baruch Hu. As it is written: “And your desire shall be toward your husband. This is because the soul perceives itself as being in the aspect of “earth,” meaning the lower level, where it exists as a people and as a seemingly separate entity. The same applies to the human soul below. When the intellectual soul reflects and contemplates the unity of G-d — how He, blessed be He, constantly renews creation in His goodness and brings all worlds into existence from absolute nothingness into real being — then the soul too becomes an aspect of “earth,” in a state of ratzo, running and yearning, with a will to cleave to Him, blessed be He, and to love G-d, “for He is your life.”