Isaías 58:11 Cabalá: Zohar, Reshit Chokhmah, Sha'arei Orah & Idra Zuta

Now the spirit (ruak) of a righteous man is adorned with its own form in the lower Paradise; and on sabbaths, festivals, and new-moons the spirits are crowned with new crowns, and ascend to the higher realms of Heaven. And as the Holy One deals with the supernal holy soul (neskamak) in the upper Paradise, so also He deals with this spirit in the lower Paradise: He brings it up before Him and says, “This spirit belongs to such and such a body.” Then He crowns it with many crowns and finds His joy therein.

It also says in the Zohar in Va’etchanan: 120. While they were walking Rabbi Aba said, In the verse, “they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and have hewn them out cisterns…” (Yirmeyah 2:13), “they have forsaken Me” refers to he who is false to the sign of the holy imprint. How is he false to it? By placing it in the domain of another, as written, “and has married the daughter of a strange El” (Malachi 2:11), who are called broken cisterns. For the idol worshiping nations are called broken cisterns. 121. That of Yisrael, WHICH IS MALCHUT, is called a well, “the fountain of living waters.” This is the holy domain of the holy Faith, WHICH IS MALCHUT that is called a well of springs of clear water that comes out and pours from it, as written, “and streams from Lebanon” (Shir Hashirim 4:15), AND ALSO, “running waters out of your own well” (Mishlei 5:15), and, “a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters” (Shir Hashirim 4:15). The Other Side is called, “broken cisterns, that can hold no water” (Yirmeyah 2:13). 122. Come and see, the river that flows and comes out, WHICH IS YESOD, waters the whole garden, MALCHUT, and waters each and every place, as we explained, until it fills the place of the garden that is called a well of living water, WHICH IS YESOD OF MALCHUT, whence the higher and lower are nourished, as written, “and from thence it was parted…” (Beresheet 2:10). 123. None of the aspects of the left side are watered from that spring of gushing water, because they are from the aspect of the other nations and are called broken cisterns. Whoever is false to the holy imprint by that side cleaves to “broken cisterns, that can hold no water,” because it does not flow in there. Whoever merits to keep it deserves to be watered by the stream of the river in the World to Come and merits that the supernal well will be filled and blessings will be drawn above and below. Happy is he in this world and in the World to Come. Of this it is written, “and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not” (Yeshayah 58:11). 124. Woe to him who is false to the holy imprint, because he is false to the Supernal Name. Moreover, he causes that well, MALCHUT, not to be blessed. He is called, “he has brought out an evil name upon a virgin of Yisrael” (Devarim 22:19). “A virgin of Yisrael” is precise, THAT IS, MALCHUT THAT IS CALLED THE VIRGIN OF YISRAEL, BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS REVERTS TO BEING A VIRGIN.

Know now, that these two names, collectively called, HaShem God of Hosts-HaShem Elohi”m Tzva’ot-יהו״ה אלהי״ם צבאו״ת, referring to victory-Netzach and majesty-Hod, are called The Essence of the Heavens-Etzem HaShamayim-עצם השמים. About them it states,¹¹⁵Exodus 24:10 “Like the essence of the heavens-Etzem HaShamayim-עצם השמים in purity.” This is because their strength-Eetzumam-עיצומם comes from that place called heavens-Shamayim-שמים. This mystery in Scriptures is well known to those who know the hidden wisdom.¹¹⁶See Ramban to Leviticus 23:28 They literally are the strength of the heavens-Etzem HaShamayim-עצם השמים, and every term of “Etzem-עצם” that you find, receives from them, each matter according to its kind. For example, when Torah states,¹¹⁷Leviticus 23:28; Also see Ramban there. “On the essence-Etzem-עצם of this day,” the day receives strength from them. This likewise is the mystery of the verse,¹¹⁸Psalms 35:10 “All my bones-Atzmotai-עצמותי declare, ‘HaShem-יהו״ה, who is like You?’” It is from this place that strength of life comes to the dead of Israel, through the quality of the Living God-E”l Chai-א״ל חי. The verse thus states,¹¹⁹Isaiah 58:11 “[He] will strengthen your bones-Atzmotecha-עצמותיך.” The word used here for “strengthen-Yachaleetz-יחליץ,” also means “to arm,” as in the verse,¹²⁰Numbers 32:32 “We shall cross over armed-Chalutzim-חלוצים,” and similarly,¹²¹Numbers 32:27 “Every armed person of the legion-Chalutz Tzava-חלוץ צבא,” and the verse,¹²²Numbers 31:5 “Twelve thousand armed (men) of the legion-Chultzei Tzava-חלוצי צבא.” That is, it is from the place called HaShem Tzva’ot-יהו״ה צבאו״ת that they become an “armed legion-Chalutzei Tzava-חלוצי צבא,” and that, “[He] will strengthen your bones-Atzmotecha Yachaleetz-עצמותיך יחליץ.”