רחל ולאהRachel and Leah

rachel ve-leahIn Gamatria ↗

A crown raised by choice outshines one forced by wonders.

Following the Gra, Malkhut has two aspects. Rachel is kingship accepted willingly and faithfully, without miracles — 'say verses of kingship, that you crown Me' — the goal of all divine service. Leah is kingship revealed by force through wonders, as at the Exodus and in the future. Zeir Anpin likewise has two: Yaakov, faith that God is the source of reward and punishment even when it is not evident, and Yisrael, God openly revealed as the source of all. In Zeir Anpin the essential aspect is Yisrael, revelation; in Malkhut it is Rachel, acceptance.

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