Likutei Moharan 67:6/ליקוטי מוהר"ן ס״ז:ו׳

16. Then, when we elevate glory/ Malkhut, it departs from the Other Side, from among the abovementioned brazenfaced people, and returns to “the understanding in counsel” (Daniel 1:4) This is the reverse of glory falling among the brazenfaced, of whom it is said, “these are shepherds who cannot understand,” since [glory/ Malkhut] now returns to “the understanding in counsel.”

2When glory first returns to “the understanding in counsel,” their rule encounters strife. This is because enemies sustain themselves mainly from “the understanding in counsel,” namely the mind. This is the meaning of “the enemy is exposed from the head” (Deuteronomy 32:42)—i.e., all the enemies and foes are revealed from the mind, which is in the head. The mind contains extraneous elements. These extraneous elements, which generate the hair, are the source of the enemies’ sustenance. They draw sustenance until the mind’s extraneous elements are entirely consumed. Then, [the enemies] have nothing from which to leech, and so they fall away.

3This is also what causes baldness in the elderly. “The mind of the elderly scholar is quiet and settled” (as brought in the Idra Rabba , p.128b)—i.e., the intellect of the elderly is pure and clear, and their mind contains no extraneous elements. Thus, with nothing to sustain it, their hair falls out.

4This is why schism among foes greatly adds to their continued existence. They leech from the mind until all the extraneous elements are consumed. Then, once the extraneous elements are exhausted and the mind is pure and clear, there is nothing to sustain them and so they fall away. But as a result of the schism that divides them, they are unable to draw large amounts of sustenance. They can leech only a little at a time. This extends the time it takes for them to suck dry all the extraneous elements. However, when foes unite, they are able to leech large amounts of sustenance. They very quickly leech all the extraneous elements, and so fall away.

5This is the aspect of “braided” hairs that some people have. People are afraid to cut off these koltinis, as they are known, preferring rather that they fall out on their own. That is, when the mind is filled with extraneous elements, it is natural for some hairs to emerge matted. Their being tangled and joined together enables them to draw and consume greater amounts of sustenance, and so they are capable of drawing out all the numerous extraneous elements in the mind. Hence they are not prematurely removed, because doing so can harm the mind due to the extraneous elements left over since there were no matted hairs to draw them out as sustenance.

6This is the meaning of “this teaches that God gave her an extra measure of understanding.” “An extra measure of understanding”—i.e., the extraneous elements of the mind from which the hairs and the enemies draw sustenance. This is “according to another opinion, this teaches that He braided Chavah’s hair….” These are one and the same; they do not disagree. The extraneous elements in the mind, which are the aspect of an extra measure of understanding, cause the hair to be matted—the aspect of “He braided Chavah’s hair.” {Glory corresponds to Chavah, since she is the rib, “the mother of all living things,” as explained above.}

7And this is the meaning of “and yeKaLÆna (let Him cast away) the soul of your enemies as from the hollow of a KeLA (sling)” (1 Samuel 25:29). This corresponds to hair that is KaLuA (braided)—i.e., the joining together of enemies, through which they are defeated, as explained above.