And
You
Shall
Eat
and
Be
Satisfied,
and
Bless
53)
“And
you
shall
eat
and
be
satisfied,
and
bless
the
Lord
you
God.”
But
do
we
not
bless
the
Creator
before
we
eat?
After
all,
it
is
forbidden
to
eat
before
he
blesses
his
Master.
And
the
words,
“And
you
shall
eat
and
be
satisfied,
and
bless”
imply
that
one
should
bless
only
after
the
eating.
54)
Indeed,
the
blessing
before
the
eating
is
the
blessing
of
the
prayer
to
unite
ZON,
and
the
one
after
the
eating
is
the
blessing
for
the
food.
Two
things
are
needed:
1)
to
show
proper
satiation
to
the
degree
of
faith,
Nukva;
and
2)
to
bless
her
properly
so
that
that
degree
of
faith
will
be
satiated
and
blessed,
and
will
be
filled
with
joy
from
the
upper
life
as
it
should,
so
she
will
give
us
nourishments.
55)
Man’s
nourishments
before
the
Creator
are
as
hard
as
the
tearing
of
the
Red
Sea.
This
is
so
because
the
nourishments
of
the
world
are
from
above,
from
ZA,
from
the
screen
of
Hirik
in
the
middle
line.
It
is
so
because
sons,
life,
and
nourishments
do
not
depend
on
merit,
but
depend
on
luck.
And
for
this
reason,
man’s
nourishments
before
Him
are
hard,
since
it
depends
on
luck,
from
which
the
sons,
life,
and
nourishments
arrive.
This
is
why
the
nourishments
of
the
world
are
hard
before
Him,
for
they
are
not
in
his
possession
before
he
is
blessed
by
luck.
In
the
beginning,
the
Nukva
was
as
great
as
ZA,
and
she
was
attached
to
him
from
behind.
But
at
that
time,
the
Mochin
were
not
shining
in
the
Nukva
due
to
the
absence
of
clothing
of
Hassadim,
and
she
imparted
nothing
upon
the
lower
ones.
For
this
reason,
the
Nukva
diminished
herself
into
a
point
under
Yesod
of
ZA,
which
was
included
in
screen
of
Hirik
in
the
middle
line
from
Chazeh
of
ZA
downwards,
and
was
cut
off
into
a
separate
Partzuf
from
him.
Because
of
this
diminution,
she
no
longer
has
any
light
of
her
own
and
must
receive
everything
from
above,
from
ZA.
This
is
why
it
was
said
that
sons,
life,
and
nourishments
do
not
depend
on
merit.
After
all,
when
Nukva
was
as
great
and
as
pure
as
ZA,
she
could
not
impart
sons,
life,
and
nourishments
upon
the
lower
ones.
Rather,
it
depends
on
luck,
meaning
on
ZA,
whose
Yesod
is
called
“luck.”
Nukva
must
be
included
in
the
screen
of
Hirik
in
Yesod
of
ZA,
and
then
her
Hochma
dresses
in
Hassadim
and
she
can
impart
sons,
life,
and
nourishments
upon
the
lower
ones.
And
man’s
nourishments
before
the
Creator—Nukva—are
as
hard
as
the
tearing
of
the
Red
Sea
because
the
nourishments
of
the
world
are
from
above,
from
ZA.
When
the
Nukva
needs
to
receive
from
above,
from
ZA,
she
must
diminish
herself.
This
is
why
man’s
nourishments
are
hard
before
her,
since
she
diminishes
herself
in
order
to
impart
nourishments
upon
the
world
while
she
has
nothing
of
her
own.
Thus,
two
things
are
required:
1.
To
bless
her
properly
so
that
that
degree
of
faith
is
satiated,
blessed,
and
filled
with
joy
from
the
upper
life
as
it
should
be,
so
it
will
give
us
nourishments,
as
well
as
to
draw
for
her
all
the
life
and
abundance
of
above
from
ZA,
now
that
she
has
been
diminished,
so
that
she
will
give
us
nourishments.
2.
To
show
satiation
to
the
degree
of
faith,
the
Nukva,
as
it
should
be.
This
is
so
because
by
showing
ourselves
as
satiated,
she
is
comforted
for
the
diminution
that
she
was
diminished
for
us.
56)
Also,
copulations
in
the
world
are
hard
before
Him,
and
everything—sons,
and
life,
and
nourishments—are
so
because
the
firmament,
the
curtain,
is
not
in
use
at
all.
It
is
even
more
so
with
sons,
life,
and
nourishments
that
are
above,
in
another
place.
This
is
why
she
needed
to
be
blessed,
so
she
would
receive
from
there.
Once
the
firmament,
curtain,
meaning
the
Nukva,
has
diminished,
she
has
nothing
of
her
own.
And
everything—sons,
life,
and
nourishments—is
because
the
firmament,
curtain,
is
not
in
use
at
all,
since
she
has
diminished
and
she
has
nothing
of
her
own.
This
is
why
one
must
show
oneself
as
satiated,
and
this
is
why
she
must
be
blessed,
so
she
will
receive
from
the
upper
one.
57)
All
the
couplings
in
the
world
are
hard
for
the
Nukva
because
when
the
coupling
to
beget
souls
is
carried
out,
all
the
souls
come
out
from
that
luck
above,
from
the
river
that
stretches
out
of
Eden,
meaning
Yesod
of
ZA.
And
when
there
is
yearning
to
draw
from
below
upwards,
to
draw
illumination
of
Hochma,
which
is
drawn
only
from
below
upwards,
the
souls
depart
to
the
Nukva
and
they
all
become
the
same
degree,
male
and
female
included
together.
Afterwards,
He
separates
them
each
to
his
appropriate
place,
and
then
it
is
hard
for
that
degree
to
reconnect
them
male
and
female
as
in
the
beginning,
since
they
connect
only
in
the
ways
of
people,
and
everything
depends
on
above.
First,
the
Nukva
was
emanated
as
big
as
ZA
and
was
attached
to
his
posterior.
Afterwards,
by
being
included
in
the
screen
of
Hirik
of
ZA,
she
was
cut
off
into
a
separate
Partzuf.
And
so
it
is
with
the
souls
of
people
that
are
born
from
the
Nukva.
In
the
beginning,
when
they
receive
from
the
illumination
of
the
left
in
the
Nukva,
which
is
illumination
of
Hochma,
each
male
and
female
of
the
souls
are
attached
to
one
another
in
their
posterior.
Afterwards,
the
Nukva
shines
for
them
the
screen
of
Hirik
and
they
part
from
one
another.
And
when
there
is
desire
to
draw
from
below
upwards,
when
the
illumination
of
Hochma
in
the
left
is
extended
from
below
upwards,
the
souls
depart
to
the
Nukva
and
all
become
of
the
same
degree,
male
and
female
included
together,
attached
to
each
other
through
their
posterior.
It
is
just
as
the
Nukva
is
attached
to
the
posterior
of
ZA
when
she
is
in
illumination
of
the
left,
he
separates
them
by
the
screen
of
Hirik
shining
on
them,
and
they
part
from
one
another.
It
is
known
that
in
the
beginning,
the
illumination
of
the
screen
of
Hirik
is
in
the
force
of
the
lock.
She
is
unfit
for
reception
of
Mochin
until
she
is
sweetened
in
Bina
and
established
with
a
key.
It
is
said
that
afterwards,
it
is
hard
for
that
degree
to
reconnect
them
male
and
female
as
before
because
due
to
their
inclusion
in
the
screen
of
the
lock,
they
are
unfit
for
coupling.
Because
they
do
not
connect
for
a
coupling
until
after
they
have
been
established
in
the
paths,
after
they
received
the
screen
of
the
key,
which
is
called
“path,”
then
Ima
lends
her
clothes
to
her
daughter,
and
it
is
the
same
for
the
male
and
female
in
the
souls
of
people.
58)
This
is
why
man’s
nourishments
are
as
hard
as
the
tearing
of
the
Red
Sea,
since
the
tearing
of
the
Red
Sea
was
in
order
to
open
upwards
paths
within
him.
And
as
paths
and
ways
are
opened
in
him,
so
he
is
split
and
broken
open.
The
illuminations
of
the
lock
are
called
“ways,”
as
it
is
written,
“And
Your
ways
in
the
great
waters.”
The
illuminations
of
the
key
are
called
“paths,”
as
it
is
written,
“But
the
path
of
the
righteous
is
as
the
light
of
dawn.”
Indeed,
the
whole
difficulty
about
the
tearing
of
the
Red
Sea
was
that
it
contained
two
opposite
actions:
1)
The
Egyptians—who
draw
from
GAR
of
Hochma
of
the
left—had
to
be
drowned.
This
is
done
only
by
the
disclosure
of
the
lock,
a
path.
2)
Life
and
salvation
had
to
be
drawn
out
for
Israel—who
draw
from
VAK
of
Hochma
of
the
left.
This
is
done
only
by
the
concealment
of
the
lock
and
the
disclosure
of
the
key,
since
Mochin
are
extended
only
in
the
key,
a
path.
This
is
why
it
was
said
that
man’s
nourishments
before
the
Creator
are
as
hard
as
the
tearing
of
the
Red
Sea,
since
the
tearing
of
the
Red
Sea
was
to
open
ways
above,
to
reveal
the
lock,
and
to
drown
the
Egyptians.
It
turns
out
that
ways
would
open
in
the
lock
to
drown
the
Egyptian,
and
paths
in
the
key
for
Israel.
And
as
ways
and
paths
open
in
it,
so
it
splits
and
breaks
open
because
two
opposite
actions
are
included
in
the
tearing
of
the
Red
Sea,
since
as
ways
would
open
by
the
force
of
the
lock,
and
paths
by
the
force
of
the
key,
the
sea
would
split
and
open
to
drown
the
Egyptians
and
to
save
Israel.
This
is
the
difficulty
in
the
tearing
of
the
Red
Sea,
and
those
two
opposite
actions
are
also
in
the
diminution
of
the
Nukva,
to
impart
nourishments
upon
the
lower
ones.
This
is
why
man’s
nourishments
are
as
hard
as
the
tearing
of
the
Red
Sea.
59)
And
this
is
why
everything
depends
on
above,
since
once
she
has
been
diminished,
the
female
has
nothing
of
her
own.
She
must
be
blessed
and
be
given
strength
from
above
so
she
would
be
blessed
and
receive
from
above,
from
ZA,
and
would
be
properly
strengthened.
This
is
why
it
is
written,
“And
bless
the
Lord.”
The
word
Et
[“of”]
indicates
to
the
Nukva.
60)
And
this
place,
the
Nukva,
should
be
shown
satiation
and
a
happy
face,
meaning
that
two
things
are
required.
And
when
the
Sitra
Achra
governs
the
world,
she
needs
to
be
shown
hunger,
since
that
degree
of
Sitra
Achra
is
hunger,
and
hunger
should
be
shown
to
her,
not
fullness,
for
because
of
her,
fullness
does
not
rule
the
world.
This
is
why
it
is
written,
“And
you
shall
eat
and
be
satisfied,
and
bless
the
Lord
your
God,”
since
during
the
domination
of
the
holiness,
there
is
satiation
in
the
world,
meaning
that
satiation
appears
with
the
rule
of
holiness,
and
hunger
with
the
rule
of
the
Sitra
Achra.
61)
Happy
are
the
righteous,
whose
closeness
to
each
other
brings
peace
to
the
world
because
they
know
how
to
unite
the
unification
and
to
make
nearness,
to
increase
peace
in
the
world.
As
long
as
Joseph
and
Judah
were
not
close
to
one
another,
there
was
no
peace.
When
Joseph
and
Judah
drew
close
together,
peace
increased
in
the
world
and
joy
was
added
above
and
below
while
Joseph
and
Judah
were
brought
closer.
And
all
the
tribes
were
together
with
Joseph
and
that
closeness
increased
peace
in
the
world,
as
it
is
written,
“Then
Judah
approached
him.”