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44) The following Mitzva is to discuss home values and wisdom. A man’s house is his wife. If she is a woman of good and evil, and he wishes to exchange a bad wife for a good one, he should redeem her from that evil and pay her value. But a wife of the tree of life, Malchut, it is said of her, “Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold”; she is priceless. It is written, “A virtuous woman is the crown of her husband,” and “A woman of valor who can find?” This is Divinity, and whoever does grace to her, his reward is immeasurable. Likewise, one who sins against her, his punishment is immeasurable.

45) She has several maidens that serve her, and each has her own value. And each needs redemption, to be redeemed from the grip of the Sitra Achra. But one who inherits Neshama or Ruach or Nefesh from Divinity does not need redemption. It is said about Divinity, “I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another.” This is because her redemption depends on the Creator, since Israel draw Him toward her with the tie of the Tefillin, with the sign of the Sabbath, with the sign of good days, with sign of the covenant and the Torah, and with several Mitzvot. It is so because her redemption depends on the Creator, as it is written, “But I acted for the sake of My name,” and for her, as well. Thus, people do several Mitzvot in order to receive reward, and several transgressions, too. Each Mitzva has its merit in that world, but the punishment for those who transgress in them is immeasurable.