Likutei Moharan, Part II 1:2/ליקוטי מוהר"ן·תנינא א׳:ב׳

12. The solution for this is to bind oneself with the Jewish souls and through this attachment be protected from [the angels]. This is as in “He allows him to grab onto the front of the throne” (Job 26:9). A person has to attach himself to the roots of the souls, which are hewn from beneath the Throne of Glory, “the mother of all living things” (Genesis 3:20).

2This corresponds to what our Sages, of blessed memory, taught: When Moshe ascended on high, the ministering angels said, “[Master of the Universe!] What is someone born of woman doing among us?” [God] replied, “He came to receive the Torah.” They said, “[Would it not be better] that You bestow Your majesty upon the heavens?” (Psalms 8:2). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moshe, “Give them an answer.” [Moshe] said, “I am afraid to, lest they burn me with the breath of their mouths.” [God] said to him, “Grab onto the throne of My Glory [and then answer them]” (Shabbat 88b). In other words, God advised him to grab hold of and attach himself to the roots of the souls—i.e., the Throne of Glory, “the mother of all living things”—as this would protect him from the angels’ jealousy.

3This is the meaning of: “The Lord God fashioned the rib that He took from the man [into a woman, and He brought her to the man]” (Genesis 2:22). “VaYiVeN (He fashioned)” is an acronym for U’tekativ Yated B’makom Ne’eman (I will affix him as a peg in a trusted place) (Isaiah 22:23). This alludes to dominion, as in Targum Yonatan’s rendering of this verse: I will appoint him as a trusted officer serving in an enduring position.” In other words, the dominion will be enduring.

4And this is “the rib.” It refers to Chavah, “the mother of all living things,” corresponding to the Throne of Glory, the souls’ roots, through which one has the ability to maintain this dominion, as discussed above.

5And this is “that He took from the man”—i.e., Supernal Man, as it is written (Ezekiel 1:26), “and upon the throne there was a form resembling a man.” “And He brought her to the man”—namely, to lower man. Through this, lower man has the ability to maintain this dominion.

6This is also the meaning of what Rav Amram Chasida answered the angel: <Even though> I am bisra (flesh) and you are fire, I am more powerful than you (Kiddushin 81a). BiSRA is an acronym for Shishim Rebo B’kareis Echad (six-hundred thousand in a single womb)—i.e., the roots of the souls. Through this he has the ability <to maintain dominion> over the angels, as in “I am more powerful than you.”