תורה 56

5. Antithetic to Malkhut of Holiness is Malkhut of Evil, the malkhut of Haman Amalek, as it is written, “First among the nations is Amalek” (Numbers 24:20). “ one to contrast the other” (Ecclesiastes 7:14), for Malkhut of Holiness is the aspect of “the me’aSeF (gatherer) of all the camps” (Numbers 10:25), as it is written, “SoF davar (The sum of the matter), when all is considered: Fear the Lord” (Ecclesiastes 12:13). <“Fear the Lord”> is the aspect of malkhut, as : “Were it not for the fear of the malkhut (government)…” (Avot 3:2). In other words, Malkhut of Holiness is the aspect of “SoF davar,” the aspect of me’aSeF of all the camps of holiness. This is the aspect of the camp of DaN, who is “the gatherer of all the camps”—“DiNa (The law) of the malkhut is the law” (Gittin 10b) .

However, Malkhut of the Other Side is a gatherer of money. Since it is fearful lest they remove from its mouth that which it swallowed—i.e., the sparks of holiness that it has—it therefore fortifies itself and gathers money, which are sparks of holiness because they are the aspect of the supernal colors within gold, silver and copper, which are [forms of] money. This is the aspect of desiring wealth, which is the aspect of malkhut .

Therefore Amalek, which is Malkhut of Evil, pursues the camp of Dan, which is the aspect of Malkhut of Holiness, as explained above. As it is written (Deuteronomy 25:18), “he cut down [all the vulnerable stragglers]… undeterred by fear of God”—i.e., when they lack the power of Malkhut of Holiness, which is the aspect of “fear of God,” as explained above.

This is because the malkhut of Haman/Amalek is the antithesis of Malkhut of Holiness. Malkhut of Holiness is the aspect of a gatherer of all the camps of holiness, whereas malkhut of Haman/Amalek, which is Malkhut of Evil, is the aspect of a gatherer of money, as it fortifies itself through the desire for money in order to grab hold of all the sparks of holiness, as explained above. Nevertheless, this does not help it at all. For Malkhut of Holiness, which is the aspect of Mordekhai, has the power to extract from it all the money and all the sparks of holiness that it swallowed. {“He has given wisdom, daat and joy to the man who pleases Him; but to the sinner He has given the need to gather and amass—that he then hand it over to one who is pleasing to God” (Ecclesiastes 2:26).}

This is as our Sages, of blessed memory, said (Megillah 10b): “He has given wisdom, daat … to the man who pleases Him”—this is Mordekhai. In other words, Mordekhai, who is the aspect of Malkhut of Holiness, as explained above, was “given wisdom and daat.” This is the meaning of “ pleases Him”—the aspect of Torah, “for ‘pleasing’ refers only to the Torah” (Avot 6:3). “But to the sinner He has given the need to gather and amass”—this is Haman. In other words, Haman, who is the aspect of Malkhut of the Other Side, gathers money, as explained above.

This is the meaning of “that he then hand it over to one who is pleasing to God”—the aspect of Torah. Mordekhai, who is the aspect of Malkhut of Holiness, extracts from it all the money and all the sparks, and they become Torah, as explained above. For Mordekhai extracts from it all the wealth, in the aspect of “He swallowed chayil (wealth) and will vomit it out” (Job 20:15), and he turns it into Torah, which is called “a woman of chayil (valor)” (Proverbs 31:10).