Êxodo 32:11 Cabalá: Zohar & Sha'arei Orah

Where is the evil name you brought upon her? After {Malchut} was given to Israel, whoever brings out an evil name on Israel is as one who brings out an evil name on {Malchut}. And the evil name was in what you said to the Holy One, blessed be He, "Hashem, why does Your wrath burn against Your people" (Exodus 32:11), and the Holy One, blessed be He, said, 'because you spoke ill on Israel when they made the golden calf'. "Go, get you down; for your people have become corrupt" (Ibid. 7), who are certainly the mixed multitudes whom you converted and who made the golden calf. And therefore, "because he has brought out an evil name upon a virgin of Yisrael," "she shall be his wife".

Now, because the prophets knew this great secret, they could nullify all the decrees of the Upper Court of Judgement (Beit Din Shel Ma’alah). This is the secret of the verse,¹⁹⁸Samuel II 23:3 “The righteous-Tzaddik rules over the fear of God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם.” The Holy One, blessed is He, said, “I rule over man and who rules over me? The righteous-Tzaddik. For, I issue a decree and he annuls it.”¹⁹⁹Talmud Bavli, Mo’ed Katan 16b This is the secret of the verse,²⁰⁰Exodus 32:11 “Moshe implored-Vayichal-ויחל before HaShem-יהו״ה his God.” That is, he elevated his thought to the place where the decree is annulled. Thus, about this, our sages, of blessed memory, stated,²⁰¹Midrash Shemot Rabba 43:4 “He begged Him until He nullified His vow.” This is because understanding-Binah is the place of the vow-Neder-נדר, since the place of understanding-Binah is the matter of the beginning of the seven Sefirot, and this is the secret of annulment-Vayichal-ויחל.²⁰²As in the verse (Numbers 30:3), “If a man makes a vow-Neder-נדר… he shall not break-Yacheil-יחל his word.” This is the meaning of what our sages, of blessed memory, stated,²⁰³Talmud Bavli, Yevamot 105a “From where do we know that even once the sentence is sealed, it may be torn up? From the verse,²⁰⁴Deuteronomy 4:8 ‘Who-Mee-מי is like HaShem-יהו״ה our God, whenever we call upon Him.’”