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Malchus of the Infinite One
מלכות דאין סוף
The Malchus (kingship) of the Infinite One
The kingship of the Infinite One: the lowest level of the Ein Sof, His “Name,” not His Essence, from which the kav and all revelation are drawn; it becomes Atik and Keser of Atzilus.
Where it’s explained
- Likkutei Torah, Masei 5, ¶4Malchus is the intermediary between levels: Malchus of Atzilus becomes Atik for Beriah, Malchus of Beriah Atik for Yetzirah, and Malchus of Ein Sof Atik for Atzilus. Only the Malchus of the higher level goes down to be Atik and source of the lower. Malchus of Atzilus (malchus) is the same pattern one level down.
ומלכות דא״ס עתיק לאצילות שבחי׳ מלכות לבד שבעליון יורדת
- Likkutei Torah, Kedoshim 1, ¶23Praise belongs only to His Name: the Essence of Ein Sof bears no comparison that would let the worlds’ praise apply to it. So it is from Malchus of Ein Sof that the source of the Keser of Atzilus is drawn; only once the ten Sefiros of Atzilus exist does the Tiferes of a higher level become the Keser of a lower one.
רק מבחי׳ מל׳ דא״ס נמשך מקור להיות כתר לאצילות
- Likkutei Torah, Pekudei 2, ¶24The kav drawn from the Or Ein Sof is called Shechinah and is drawn from Malchus of Ein Sof; the Essence of the Emanator is called the Holy One, blessed be He. Malchus of Ein Sof is His Name, His great Name, and from it comes the Will, the Keser of Atzilus; so both the Arizal (His Name is Malchus) and the earlier Kabbalists (שמו equals רצון) are right.
שבחי׳ מל׳ דא״ס נק׳ ג״כ שמו והוא בחי׳ שמו הגדול ומשם נמשך הרצון הוא הכתר דאצילות
- Torah Ohr, Mikeitz 12, ¶5The Or Ein Sof is Malchus of Ein Sof, in which the tzimtzum took place, in the light and not in the Essence (Miketz 11:4). Its purpose: that through man’s service in this world, which the tzimtzum brings into being, Malchus of Ein Sof be revealed below as before creation, the tzimtzum not concealing at all.
והכוונה בצמצום זה הוא כדי שאח״כ ע״י עבודת האדם בעוה״ז שיתהוה ע״י צמצום זה יומשך להיות גלוי מל׳ דא״ס כמו קודם שנברא
- Likkutei Torah, Nitzavim 7, ¶13“The Holy King” said in the Ten Days of Teshuvah is Malchus of Ein Sof, “My holiness, above yours.” This holiness is the source of the holiness of the mitzvos and far above it, so it can draw holiness anew and fill every blemish caused by sin.
וזהו ענין המלך הקדוש שאומרים בעשי״ת שהוא בחי׳ מלכות דא״ס
Stated differently
Whether Malchus of Ein Sof is the Malchus of Adam Kadmon or above it, in the Or Ein Sof of the tzimtzum
כי הנה פי׳ אוא״ס הוא מל׳ דא״ס שבה כל הצמצום הנז׳ בתחלת ספר עה״חThe Or Ein Sof is Malchus of Ein Sof, in which the whole tzimtzum described at the start of Etz Chaim took place.
וכן גם א״ק שרשו ממל׳ דא״סAs the root of all worlds is Malchus, called hei, so Adam Kadmon too is rooted in Malchus of Ein Sof.
כך מבחי׳ מלכות דא״ק (שנק׳ מל׳ דא״ס) נעשה עתיק וכתר לאצי׳The Malchus of Adam Kadmon, which is called Malchus of Ein Sof, becomes Atik and Keser of Atzilus.
מבחי׳ מלכות דא״ס שהיא מלכות דא״קMalchus of Atzilus is rooted in Malchus of Ein Sof, which is the Malchus of Adam Kadmon; so it has the power of growth, which is of the Infinite.
Whether Malchus of Ein Sof stands apart from His Essence or is itself of the Essence
הקו הנמשך מאא״ס ב״ה שכינה שהוא נמשך ממל׳ דא״ס ועצמות המאציל ית׳ נק׳ קוב״הThe kav, drawn from Malchus of Ein Sof, is called Shechinah, while the Essence of the Emanator is called the Holy One, blessed be He; Malchus of Ein Sof is called His Name.
וכל מקור ההמשכה וההתגלות הוא רק מבחי׳ מל׳ דא״ס. אבל בעצמות א״ס לא שייך גם זאתAll drawing down and revelation comes only from Malchus of Ein Sof; in the Essence of Ein Sof even this does not apply, that it be a source from which any light is revealed.
שהוא ממל׳ דא״ס שהוא בבחי׳ עצמי׳ דא״ס ואינו בגדר ההשגהThe hidden love in every Jew’s heart, the Keser, comes from Malchus of Ein Sof, “which is of the Essence of Ein Sof” and beyond comprehension; so it is in every Jew.
Main sources
Likkutei Torah, Masei 5, ¶4Likkutei Torah, Kedoshim 1, ¶23Likkutei Torah, Pekudei 2, ¶24Likkutei Torah, Nitzavim 7, ¶13Likkutei Torah, Bamidbar 19, ¶6Torah Ohr, Mikeitz 12, ¶4Torah Ohr, Mikeitz 12, ¶5Torah Ohr, Mikeitz 6, ¶19Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 8, ¶24
Where it appears
In 74 paragraphs of 45 maamarim.
- Likkutei Torah, Pekudei 2 ¶22 ¶24
- Likkutei Torah, Re’eh 3 ¶2 ¶11
- Likkutei Torah, Re’eh 8 ¶16
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 1 ¶5
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 5 ¶6 ¶20
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 8 ¶24
- Likkutei Torah, Tazria 6 ¶4
- Torah Ohr, Megillas Esther 2 ¶6 ¶8 ¶19
- Likkutei Torah, Balak 2 ¶19 ¶28 ¶29 ¶31
- Likkutei Torah, Bamidbar 19 ¶4 ¶6
- Likkutei Torah, Masei 9 ¶2
- Likkutei Torah, Shelach 4 ¶9
- Torah Ohr, Mikeitz 6 ¶19 ¶25
- Likkutei Torah, Nitzavim 7 ¶10 ¶13 ¶21 ¶25 ¶26 ¶27
- Torah Ohr, Beshalach 6 ¶11
- Likkutei Torah, Behaaloscha 6 ¶24
- Likkutei Torah, Chukas 6 ¶6
- Likkutei Torah, Re’eh 9 ¶1 ¶14
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 34 ¶5
- Likkutei Torah, Tzav 7 ¶24
- Torah Ohr, Mikeitz 12 ¶4 ¶5 ¶6 ¶7 ¶13 ¶28 ¶29 ¶35 ¶36 ¶38 ¶39
- Torah Ohr, Shemos 1 ¶11
- Torah Ohr, Shemos 8 ¶7
- Torah Ohr, Shemos 9 ¶7
- Likkutei Torah, Kedoshim 1 ¶23
- Likkutei Torah, Shelach 15 ¶2
- Likkutei Torah, Nitzavim 1 ¶13
- Likkutei Torah, Nitzavim 4 ¶23 ¶24
- Likkutei Torah, Shabbos Shuvah 2 ¶4
- Likkutei Torah, Va’eschanan 12 ¶7
- Likkutei Torah, Bechukosai 7 ¶13
- Likkutei Torah, Shelach 17 ¶14
- Likkutei Torah, Sukkos 1 ¶14
- Torah Ohr, Lech Lecha 1 ¶11
- Torah Ohr, Megillas Esther 3 ¶10
- Torah Ohr, Mikeitz 14 ¶3 ¶15
- Likkutei Torah, Chukas 2 ¶35
- Torah Ohr, Bereishis 10 ¶18
- Likkutei Torah, Chukas 11 ¶9 ¶10
- Likkutei Torah, Masei 5 ¶4
- Likkutei Torah, Shemini Atzeres 5 ¶23
- Likkutei Torah, Yom Kippur 3 ¶19
- Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 37 ¶6
- Likkutei Torah, Ki Seitzei 6 ¶2
- Torah Ohr, Vayigash 2 ¶5
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