The beginning of the next Petach<\/i> (63) is straightforward. It says that since <\/b>Divine governance is based on the mystical principle of <\/b>a combination of Chessed<\/i><\/b> and Din<\/i>, which<\/b> is<\/b> the source of right and of wrong, <\/b>all of <\/b>which is for the sake of reward and punishment, it follows then that<\/b> two progenitors are needed for every action.<\/b><\/p>\n
<\/b>Thus, a light <\/b>that\u2019s to govern will only emerge through <\/b>the agency of two lights that draw it forth<\/b>, i.e., that will produce it.<\/b><\/p>\n
<\/b>What follows, though, touches on an important theme that appears throughout the Zohar and Kabbalistic literature: zivvug<\/i> — \u201cconjunction\u201d, \u201cunion\u201d, or intercourse in human terms.<\/p>\n
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(c) 2013 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n
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