Kabbalah sa Mga Awit 16:11: Pardes Rimmonim, Ohr Ne'erav, Da'at Tevunot & Sha'arei Orah

‘And I further am making them return and am bringing [it] in their hearts to do the will of their Father who is in the heavens; all this did Abraham.’Further the world needs a second pillar and this is Din/Judgement, and it is the opposite of the first degree [Chesed] which we have mentioned, and if there were not this pillar, it would not be bringing punishment to the wicked ones, and each person would be robbing and killing his fellow, and he would not be punished for it, therefore it is necessary for the world to be conducted by this pillar so that it [the world] will be ridded from the wicked ones. And this Sefirah is emanated out of Chesed as we have mentioned, and is called ‘fire out of waters’, which means to say: fire that has gone out from waters, and just as the waters are contrary to fire, similarly the actions of this degree are contrary to the actions of the other degree [of Chesed]. And both of them are called ‘arms of the world’, as it is said (Deuteronomy 33:27): ‘And from below the arms of the world’. Further the world needs the third pillar, and this is Tif’eret, and it is the degree being placed in the middle and receiving from the two of them [= Chesed and Gevurah], and it stands between the two of them. And the world’s necessity for this degree is that there is for the world no sufficiency in the two first degrees, as he who has been found guilty, when he will be judged with the second degree, which is the degree of Din/Judgement, it will judge him without compassion, as this degree of Din/Judgement is harsh, thus [punishing] the innocent and the good above [him] completely. And if one would be judged with the degree of Chesed/Mercy, the smallness of his sins would not be considered even in this world. Therefore, the world needs the degree placed in the middle, as a person who connects two matters as one and connects them in one theme in order to give each person to his needs and as the fruit of his deeds, because if the righteous ones sin, they are punished for them [sins] in this world, and if the wicked ones perform commandments, they recompensate them their reward in this world. And this degree is called East, as from there the light goes out to the world, and the sun disk corresponds to it, as the degree of the day extends from it. Further the world needs the fourth and fifth pillar, which are Netsach and Hod, which extend and are being emanated from Gedolah and Gevurah [respectively] as we have mentioned above, as it is said (Psalms 16:11) “… the delights in your right hand forever (נצח)”, which means to say that Netsach is at the right directed below Chesed, and Hod at the left directed below Gevurah.

Does not wisdom cry out (Prov. 8:1) to the remnants of Israel to observe discretion (Prov. 2:11) [regarding] the secrets of wisdom (Job 11:6)? They praise the Lord with their throats (Ps. 149:6). In their right hand is fullness of joy (Ps. 16:11) and pleasantness. They direct their tongue with the pen of a ready writer (Ps. 45:2) who has studied and understood. He is frightened by the fools among the people. They walk in darkness, refined in the smelter of poverty and much servitude (Lam. 1:3) bordered with cords (Esther 1:6) of mockery, folly, and ignorance in the captivity of this host (Obad. 1:20) when vileness is exalted among the sons of men (Ps. 12:9). They are ignorant of the time to plant the tree of life in the midst of the garden (Gen. 2:9)

[Sec. 17] 39. [The beginner] must also know that the [sefirah] Neẓaḥ, during the six days of creation, derived sustenance from the side of Gevurah,⁴In the “normative” sefirotic order, Neẓaḥ is found on the “side” of Gedulah (Ḥesed), while Hod is on the side of Gevurah. and Hod from [the side of] Ḥesed, in the mystery of the mingling of the Qualities. Since because of [Adam’s] sin the [sefirotic] connections have been confused,⁵This is an expression of the idea that sin on the earthly plane causes “disruption” in the order of the sefirot on high. none of the men of valor were able to repair this defect until the righteous one, Jacob our father, [took] Judgment upon himself, saying, If Esau comes below and his [angelic] “minister” above⁶Cf. Rashi on Gen. 32:25. to arouse Judgment on the one camp (Gen. 32:9), [namely,] the female Hod. ([She is called] the captain of the hosts, [since] camp and hosts are the same. Thus the fact that Hod’s strength was weak like a woman[’s] is not difficult [to comprehend].) Now [we understand] and strikes it [in the sense that “Esau”] weakened the strength of the [sefirotic] stature in general. This is hinted at by [the additional letter] vav in the name [of Jacob in the verse] truth unto Jacob (Mic. 7:20). Thus he destroyed his mercy. And the remaining camp, which is Neẓaḥ, strengthens itself as a remnant to grasp on to the quality of Ḥesed. Thus it was that the minister of Esau touched the thigh of Jacob and immediately the order of nourishment was changed and Hod returned, influenced from the side of Gevurah⁷The “touching” apparently restored the sefirotic state of “confusion.” Cf. n. 4 above. in the mystery of My comeliness was turned in me into corruption (Dan. 10:8). Neẓaḥ was [thus] weakened until King David, peace upon him, came and repaired it with his melodies⁸The psalms. so that it might derive nourishment from the side of Ḥesed. This is the mystery of [the verse] in Your right hand is bliss forevermore (neẓaḥ) (Ps. 16:11).