Kabbalah Amsal 10:22: Sha'arei Kedusha & Sha'arei Orah

It is likewise written,⁴²⁰Proverbs 10:22 – The root Etzev-עצב of this verse is explained to mean “suffering” or “burdensome toil” (see Rashi), however, the simple meaning of the root Etzev-עצב is “sadness” or “melancholy,” as in the verse (Isaiah 54:6), “For like a wife who is forlorn and melancholy (Atzoovah-עצובה), HaShem-יהו״ה has called you. Can one cast off the wife of his Youth? Said your God.” (See Radak to Isaiah 54:6 ibid.) “The blessing of HaShem-יהו״ה is what enriches, and sadness (Etzev-עצב) does not increase it.” For, sadness is drawn from the contamination of Sama’el⁴²¹  This is the angelic name of Satan-the Accuser. and the snake, who infected Adam and Chavah with it, as it states about Adam,⁴²²Genesis 3:17 “With sadness (Eetzavon-עצבון) you shall eat of it all the days of your life,” and about Chava it states,⁴²³Genesis 3:16 “I will greatly increase your sadness (Eetzavon-עצבון)… with sadness (b’Etzev-בעצב) you shall bear children.”⁴²⁴As explained in the prior note, the root Etzev-עצב can mean “suffering” or “sadness.” In context to the subject being explained here, it means “sadness.”

Our rabbis, of blessed memory, found it necessary to awaken us to this, and therefore informed us of a very important principle when they said,⁸Talmud Berachot 58a “The earthly kingdom is similar to the heavenly kingdom.” That is, if it is necessary to be careful about all the above matters when entering into the presence of an earthly king of flesh and blood, how much more is this so of a person who enters to greet the face of the King, King of kings, the Holy One, blessed is He, He Who is blessed and exalted.

What we find from all this, is that HaShem’s-יהו"ה title Lord-Adona”y-אדנ"י is the secret of the blessing-Brachah-ברכה and that this blessing enriches whosoever adheres to it, free of sorrow and worry. This is the meaning of the verse,³⁶Proverbs 10:22 “It is the blessing of HaShem-יהו"ה that enriches, and He adds no sorrow with it.” Now, since HaShem’s-יהו"ה title Lord-Adona”y-אדנ"י is like a storehouse for receiving the influence of all the various blessings and kinds of emanation and is like a pool-Breichah-בריכה and receptacle, it therefore is of the same terminology as the sockets-adnei-אדנ"י of the tabernacle courtyard, within which the pillars were inserted.