מלכות דאצילות – מחיה נשמות האבות והנביאים | הרב מנחם מיידנצ'יק, כ"ז תשרי | אגרות הקודש סימן כ"ה

27th of Tishrei, we are continuing on page 139. After we spoke about how the entire world, in its true reality, is Divinity—what is called "there is nothing else beside Him." The Holy One, blessed be He, also every single moment brings into being and constitutes the world from nothing to something. Since He brought it forth from nothing, He must constantly revive and sustain it anew, which is called "renewing in His goodness every day, always, the work of creation." The Admor HaZaken says today : And it is

known to those who know grace (grace is an acronym for hidden wisdom), that the word of God—that which essentially sustains the created beings—is called "Shechinah" in the language of our Sages in the Shas, the Midrashim, and so on. And it is truly called the "lower mother" and " Matronita"(queen) in the language of the Zohar.

In particular, the Zohar says in Parshat Vayera, page 22b, the Zohar brings a parable there regarding the aspect that the Holy One, blessed be He, speaks of the King's daughter, the Matronita, because the word of God dwells and is enclothed in the created beings to give them life. And therefore it is called Shechinah (Shechinah from the word "dwelling") and the lower mother, as well as the Matronita, which actually refer to the aspect that is called the Shechinah—this is the mother and queen, like a mother and queen who sustains her children, those who take refuge in her. And in the language of the Kabbalists, it is called by the name "Malchut"(Kingdom). Why is it called by the name Malchut?

Because of the term "the word of a king is power," just as a king essentially manages the kingdom, for the king leads his kingdom through his speech, and other reasons known to those who know grace (hidden wisdom). And this is known, and it is a known thing, that the aspect of Malchut has several different levels. That is to say: in the word of God there is an aspect and level called the highest level in Malchut, which is called Malchut of Atzilut, and the aspect of Malchut of Beriah. We also have the aspect of the Malchut of the world of Beriah, and so on, yes—in every world there is the level of Malchut.

So there are several aspects of the word of God in this. The meaning is: Malchut of Atzilut, which is the highest level of Malchut of Atzilut, is the word of God that enlivens and constitutes the great souls, the souls of the righteous, prophets, and so on, who are of the aspect of Atzilut. Like the soul of Adam the First, of whom it is said, " And He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life." Adam the First was the work of the Holy One, blessed be He’s own hands, and he had a very, very high soul—a soul of Atzilut. Malchut of Atzilut is like the soul of the Patriarchs and the Prophets.

Our Rabbi the Elder actually explains what constitutes the greatness of the Prophets, who were literally a chariot for God, as the Admor HaZaken says in parentheses: And they were truly nullified in their existence to Him. The Patriarchs were a complete nullification to the Holy One, blessed be He, like a chariot that is entirely subservient to the rider. It has no self-existence of its own. That is to say, our Sages of blessed memory said: The Shechinah speaks from the throat of Moses.

This means that his nullification was a complete nullification. His nullification was so absolute that his prophecy is not considered his own seemingly, but rather it is considered that the Holy One, blessed be He, is speaking through him. Yes? It is not that it passes through something, but truly like a pipe.

And likewise for all the prophets and those with the Holy Spirit, the Divine voice and speech were enclothed in their voices and their speech literally, as the Ari z "l writes. The level below is the Malchut of Beriah, the word of God that enlivens and sustains the souls and angels of the world of Beriah. There are souls and angels of the world of Beriah whose stature is not like that of Atzilut; Atzilut is much, much higher. It is known that we have Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah; in every world, there is the Malchut of that world which sustains and maintains those souls at those levels.

Down to the lowest level, called the Malchut of Asiyah, it is the word of God that enlivens and sustains this entire world , down to the foundations of earth and water beneath the ground. What actually enlivens this physical world and all physical things that are at the very bottom is the level of Malchut of the world of Asiyah.