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30. It is written, “But you, stand here with Me.” This implies that he completely separated from his wife, and adhered and rose to another place, of the male world, and not in the Nukva. Happy is Moses that he was rewarded with high degrees that no other person has ever been rewarded with.

It is written about this, “He who is good in the eyes of God will escape her.” “Good” is Moses, of whom it is written, “for he is good.” And because he was good, he rose to another, upper degree, ZA. This is why it is written, “For the place on which you stand is holy ground.” It is written “standing” with respect to him since he is good. “Good” is male, Yesod of ZA, and there is standing in the male.

31. “Good” is written about David, as it is written, “Good to look at.” Thus, why did he not rise to the degree of ZA like Moses? It is written “good to look at,” where the sight to look at, Malchut, was good. So was David, good to look at; his looks were good. Yet, concerning Moses, it is written “he,” actually him.

Nevertheless, David was gripped in both—in Yesod, called “good,” and in Malchut, called “vision”—since one is gripped to the other since Yesod and Malchut are always gripped in each other. However, his essence was in Malchut, and he remained in it. But since Moses was good, which is Yesod of ZA, he rose to be in the Guf [body], ZA himself, who is called a “man,” as it is written, a “man of God,” and it is written, “And the man, Moses, was very humble.”

32. In all his actions, one should place the Creator before him. Anyone who walks on the path and fears robbers should aim for three things: gift, prayer, and war, like Jacob when he feared Esau.

The important one among them is prayer. But although prayer is more important, two or three friends who engage in words of Torah is the most important of all. They do not fear robbers since the Shechina [Divinity] is connected to them because they are engaging in Torah.