Likutei Moharan 29:3/ליקוטי מוהר"ן כ״ט:ג׳

13. This is the concept of white garments. In other words, speech—which is the concept of “Malkhut, mouth” (Tikkuney Zohar, Introduction) —corresponds to white garments. For it is necessary to take great care of one’s clothing; not to abuse the clothing, but to care for them properly so that no spot or stain gets on them.

2And the greater the person, the more he has to protect the garments. For the greater the person, the more stringently he is dealt with. Thus a Torah scholar who has a stain on his garment deserves to die (Shabbat 114a), because he is dealt with more stringently.

3For the clothes themselves judge him, corresponding to “the law of the malkhut (the kingdom)” (Nedarim 28a). The reason is that garments are an aspect of Malkhut . Thus Rabbi Yochanan called his clothing “my honorers” (Sabbath 113a) ; this being the concept of Malkhut (Kingship), the concept of (Psalms 24:8) “the King of honor.” And these correspond to “justice is the holy Malkhut” (Tikkuney Zohar, Introduction), for this is the concept of garments, the concept of (Job 29:14) “I clothed myself in justice.” Thus someone who abuses them is like one who rebels against the kingdom, and then “the law of the malkhut” judges him.

4By virtue of this, he creates a separation between the Holy One and His Shekhinah (Divine Presence), in the aspect of “the Serpent drew her to himself and poisoned her” (Zohar III, 79a). This is the aspect of the DaM (blood) of a menstruating woman, as in (Isaiah 63:2), “Why is your clothing aDoM (red)?”

5<And because of> the spot and the stain found on his garment, the above mentioned aspect of Malkhut —the Shekhinah of His strength—is separated from the Holy One. And then, “He will roar mightily over His habitation” (Jeremiah 25:30) —over His habitation (Zohar III, 74b).

6Then, the evil handmaid, which is the Malkhut of the Other Side, rules; as in (Proverbs 30:23), “… and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.” She is a bad wife, an aspect of “a bad time.” For there are twenty-eight times: <fourteen> for good, <fourteen> for bad (cf. Ecclesia st es 3).

7And it is necessary to subdue the evil handmaid, who is “a bad time,” as in (ibid. 9:8), “At all times let your garments be white.” Specifically “at all times.” “Your garments be white,” that is, without a stain. This is the concept of purifying the Shekhinah from her impurity, corresponding to (Bekhorot 6b), “The blood is decomposed and converted into milk.”

8But the wicked, through their sins, cause a separation between the Holy One and His Shekhinah. This is because they generate menstrual blood in her, at which point she is called “city of blood” (Ezekiel 22:2). And by virtue of this, the wicked are called “men of bloodshed” (Psalms 55:24).

9Now, the three hundred sixty-five prohibitive commandments are complementary to the three hundred sixty-five gidim through which the blood flows. Commensurate with the aspect of the prohibitive commandment that they transgress, they arouse <the blood> in the Shekhinah.

10For there are a number of types of blood (Niddah 19a). It is therefore necessary to <whiten> these bloods—i.e., to rectify the prohibitions/ gidim and draw whiteness to them, as in, “The blood is decomposed and converted into milk.”

11And this is, “At all times let your B’GaDekha (garments) be white.” Specifically B’GiDekha (in your veins and nerves)—to draw whiteness into them.