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178. These are here and those are here; they ascend and descend as in the beginning. On the south side, the right line, which is all Hesed, there are 350 pillars from all kinds of gems. They always shine and drip hidden perfumes which are not revealed to the world. Four basins are stuck in each pillar, and when the perfumes drip from the pillars, they fall into the basins, and all the basins are filled, and the perfumes do not come out.

179. In the future [end of correction], burning incense will be done from those perfumes each day before the holy king, so they are not from the beating of people. The essence of these perfumes is unknown, or from what they were. Rather, they fall there from those pillars.

180. Two eagles glitter and shine in all the colors on each pillar, 700 eagles in all 350 pillars. They fly, some here and some here with the rolling of the pillars. When they turn, the eyes cannot look to their place.

181. Three letters are protruding and fly out from the mouth of this and from the mouth of that in the rolling of the pillars and the eagles. All those letters are embroidered in white fire and green gold. Twenty-one hundred lampstands hang between those pillars, with twenty-one hundred candles in each lampstand. They burn by day and quench by night because of the sorrow of Israel. When the morning comes, they all light up by themselves.

From the Chazeh of ZA and below, there are the four Sefirot TNHY, and each one consists of all of them, TNHY in each one. They are only three and a half Sefirot, since only NHY are complete, and they have in them only half of the Sefira Tifferet, from the Chazeh and below. They are hundreds, which is why there are 300 phases, corresponding to NHY, and fifty phases corresponding to Tifferet.

It follows that there are 350 phases in Yesod, 350 phases in Hod, and likewise in Netzah and in Tifferet, since each one consists of everyone, and the 350 of Yesod are called 350 pillars, and 350 of Netzah and 350 of Hod are called 350 eagles.

There are phases of Malchut in their Guf, as each of the TNHY consists of ten Sefirot. There is one Malchut in each of the 350 phases in the four Sefirot, and they are called “basins.” Besides these, there is the general Malchut that receives from every TNHY of ZA. This is the Malchut that receives from the three lines NHY of ZA, and she is called a “lampstand.” Since she receives the abundance of three letters that fly from eagle to eagle, there are 2100 phases in her.

Two eagles are two times 350, which is 700. Three letters are extended from each phase in the 700, and three times 700 is 2100. This is why there are 2100 lampstands, and the lights in them are called “candles.” Since they are all incorporated in one another, there are 2100 candles in each of the 2100 lampstands.

On the south side, the right side of Hesed of ZA, there are 350 phases in Yesod of ZA, called “pillars,” from all kinds of gems, and they always shine. They shine to all the phases of Malchut, called gems, and there is no end to their illumination. They drip hidden perfumes, which are illuminations of Hochma, called “perfumes,” which bring up fragrance from below upward.

The perfumes drip from them, as they are incorporated with all three lines. However, the perfumes are concealed and are not known, since here it refers to the south side, the governance of Hesed; hence, the illumination of Hochma on the left line, north, cannot be revealed in it.

Four basins are stuck in each pillar. These are the Malchut in the Guf of the pillars. There are four in each pillar, corresponding to TNHY, and when the perfumes drip from the pillars, they fall into the basis. That is, the perfumes, which are illuminations of Hochma that cannot be revealed here, fall into those basins and the perfumes do not come out, meaning they are not bestowed outside of them, but rather stay in the basins.

In the future, they are destined to burn incense, for in the future, the illuminations of Hochma will be revealed in them, meaning that there will be no beating of people in them, no awakening from below, from people, whatsoever. Rather, it will all be an awakening of above, without an awakening of below at all.

The essence of these perfumes is not known, or from what they were, as there is no attainment in them whatsoever since they are under the control of the right. However, they fall there from those pillars and no lower one interferes with it.

There are two eagles in each pillar since the pillars are the phases of Yesod, and Netzah and Hod, called “two eagles,” stand on it. On each phase of Yesod, there are two phases of Netzah and of Hod. Seven-hundred eagles is because there are 350 phases in the eagle of Netzah, and 350 phases in the eagle of Hod. They fly, some here and some here, with the rolling of the pillars, as during the illumination of the three lines, when they roll on three places, the eagles fly from place to place and the pillars roll.

When they turn, the eyes cannot look to their place, although wherever Hochma is revealed, which is the looking of the eyes, through the rolling of the lines, it is not so here. Rather, the eyes cannot look because there is the governance of Hesed here.

Three letters are protruding and fly out from the mouth of this to the mouth of that. The abundance consists of three lines called “three letters.” After the abundance is entirely corrected in Netzah and Hod, which are the two eagles, it comes to Yesod. Hence, the abundance, which is three letters, fly from eagle to eagle, from Netzah to Hod and from Hod to Netzah during the rolling of the pillars and the eagles.

All those letters are embroidered in white fire. Left is called “fire,” incorporated in white, Hesed, and in gold, green, for left, God, is incorporated in the middle line, green.

Twenty-one hundred lampstands are hanging between those pillars. Malchut, who receives the abundance, is called a “lampstand.” Since the abundance comes from each eagle in three letters, where corresponding to each letter is one lampstand to receive it, hence they are three times 700 letters, which are 2100 letters received in 2100 lampstands.

They are hanging between the pillars in order to receive the abundance, and the lights in the lampstands are called “candles.” There are 2100 candles in each lampstand since each of the 2100 consists of all of them. Hence, there are 2100 in each lampstand. Since they are all under the control of the south side, which is Hesed that governs in the day and not at night, they burn during the day and quench during the night, since at night, judgment and darkness rule, from which sorrow is extended to Israel.

When the morning comes, when the time of the governance of Hesed arrives, they all light up by themselves, and there is no need for raising of MAN from the lower ones.