Kabbalah Library
Zohar for All, Volume 4
But They Did Not Listen to Moses for Shortness of Breath
65) “But they did not listen to Moses for shortness of breath and for hard work.” “Lack of spirit,” since they did not rest from their labor and did not muster sufficient breath [also “spirit”]. “Shortness of breath,” since the Yovel [Jubilee] had not come out yet, meaning the Bina, to give them rest and freedom. And the last spirit, Malchut, was not yet ruling the world, to instill upright rules in the world. Hence, there was lack of spirit, which is the last spirit, Malchut, who was unable to salvage Israel.
