Likutei Moharan 49:7/ליקוטי מוהר"ן מ״ט:ז׳

17. This is also the aspect of tzitzit —i.e., the aspect of t’kheilet, which utterly consumes and devours. For as a result of the revelation of Malkhut of Holiness, the Malkhut <of Evil> is eliminated. {“But you who are attached to God your Lord, you are all alive today” (Deuteronomy 4:4) . }

2However the Jewish people, who are attached to [Malkhut], will receive their vitality <from her>. As it is written in the Zohar (I, 51a): “But you who are attached to God your Lord”—this being the aspect of t ’kheilet, which utterly consumes and devours—nevertheless, “you are all alive today.” For the essence of the vitality comes from there, in the aspect of “David, king of Israel, is alive and enduring” (Rosh HaShanah 25a).

3This is also the aspect of KaLah (a bride), the aspect of t’KheiLet, which consumes and devours KoLa (utterly). But the Jewish people, who are attached to her, are alive and enduring. This corresponds to “for I will make KaLaH (an end) of all the nations…<but I will not make an end of you>” (Jeremiah 30:11).

4This is the meaning of “But David’s soul teKhaL (longed)” (2 Samuel 13:39). David’s soul is the aspect of t’kheilet, <as is known>. And this is the aspect of (Berakhot 3b): A northern wind would blow on David’s harp and it would play. “A northern wind” is the aspect of judgments, gevurot (severities), the aspect of t’kheilet. Melody comes from there, in the aspect of “From the corner of the earth we heard song” (Isaiah 24:16). Specifically “corner,” for it is the aspect of t’kheilet. Thus, the aspect of “the sweet singer of Israel” is from there.

5This is the aspect of the heh, a dalet with a yod. The dalet is the aspect of the “four corners,” corresponding to “From the corner of the earth.” The yod is the aspect of the Ten Kinds of Song, corresponding to “we heard song.”

6This is also the explanation of “There shall be a tenth of an ayphah of solet (wheat meal) for the minchah (meal offering) [mixed with pressed oil, one-fourth hahin (of a hin)]” (Numbers 28:5).

7In the main, the kalah —i.e., the aspect of t’kheilet —receives her strength in the aspect of “Imma (Mother) lends her garments to her daughter” (Zohar, Introduction, p.2a). This is because judgments issue from Binah; she is their source, so that through her they are mitigated.

8This is the meaning of “He grieved in His heart” (Genesis 6:6) —in the aspect of judgments arise <out of the aspect of “Binah is the heart”>. “Then [God] said to Himself, ‘Never again will I curse’” (ibid. 8:21) —in the aspect of mitigating judgments at their source.

9Now this is the explanation of “a tenth of an ayphah.” AYPhaH is AY PeH. “Malkhut is peh (mouth),” the aspect of the glory of God, “the King of glory.” When she ascends, the angels ask concerning her: “Ayeh (where is) the place of His glory?” <This is AY PeH.> And “a tenth” is the aspect of yod, the aspect of holiness, as explained above.

10In other words, when a person wants to draw holiness into Malkhut in order to elevate her in the aspect of ay peh, <then> “solet for the minchah mixed with… oil”—he has to join the two houses so that they are one. <For> the upper house is called “solet for the minchah.” Minchah is the aspect of judgments, corresponding to “Yitzchak established the Minchah prayer.” SoLeT connotes <destruction, as it is written,> “SaLiTa (You trampled) all who strayed from Your statutes” (Psalms 119:118) ; for the upper house mitigates and shatters the judgments, in the aspect of “Who yemalel (can express) the gevurot (mighty acts) of God?” (Psalms 106:2).

11It is necessary to “mix” the upper house with the lower house, which is called “oil.” This is the aspect of the kingdom of David, as it is written (Psalms 45:8), “therefore, God, your God, has anointed you with oil of joy.”

12And as a result, “one-fourth HaHin”—the dalets are made into HeHin.