מיעוט הירח ומילואהThe Waning Moon

mi'ut ha-yareach u-milu'ahIn Gamatria ↗

She shrinks to a point when we forget, fills when we remember.

Malkhut, kingship, is the conduct through which God's indwelling presence becomes known in the world, and it is called the moon. When that presence is revealed in all 613 parts of creation, Malkhut is a full partzuf. When sin brings about 'I will surely hide My face', the revelation withdraws upward and Malkhut is reduced to a fraction of itself — later in the book, 'like a single point'. This is the secret of the moon's waning and filling: Malkhut's size depends on how far divine kingship is recognized below.

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