Bo: Verse 110
And also regarding your question, WHICH IS HEAVIER than a load an animal can carry. YOU ASK, Why was the smiting of the firstborn at night and not by day? And why did the weaklings who were behind the millstone die? This is all a supernal secret among the reapers of the field, MEANING THOSE WHO MERITED THE PLANTS OF THE HIDDEN LIGHT THAT WERE SOWN IN MALCHUT THAT IS CALLED 'FIELD.' And it is all correct according to THE WORDS OF the faithful prophet.
Bo: Verse 111
Praiseworthy is the portion of Moses, about whom it is written, "You are fairer than the children of men, grace is poured into your lips, therefore Elohim has blessed you forever" (Tehilim 45:3). "You love righteousness, and hate wickedness. Therefore Elohim, your Elohim, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows" (Ibid. 8). "You are fairer than the children of men," MEANS more than Seth and Enoch. "Grace is poured into you lips," more so than Noah and his sons, OF WHOM IT SAYS, "AND NOAH FOUND FAVOR" (BERESHEET 6:8). "Therefore Elohim, your Elohim, has anointed you," more than Abraham and Isaac. "With the oil of gladness" more than Jacob. "Above your fellows," refers to the other prophets. Is it possible that a man who rose to the highest levels, to which no other man rose did not know what he was saying?
Bo: Verse 112
But this is what we learned. This Sfirah that is called "zot ('this' fem.)" - NAMELY MALCHUT - is called 'woman,' as it is written, "She (Heb. zot fem.) shall be called woman" (Beresheet 2:23). And why IS SHE CALLED SO? BECAUSE "she (zot) was taken out of man" (Ibid.). Who is this man? He is the one who is called "zeh ('this')" and is a male man, NAMELY ZEIR ANPIN, as it is written, "for as for this (Heb. zeh masc.) Moses, the man" (Shemot 32:23) SO 'man' is called 'zeh,' and 'zeh' is called 'man.' And zot is taken from zeh that is called 'male.'
Bo: Verse 113
Therefore, she, NAMELY MALCHUT, is CALLED "a palm tree" (Heb. tamar), WHICH DENOTES male and female, because the palm tree does not grow one without the other, MALE WITHOUT FEMALE. SHE IS THEREFORE CALLED Tamar, as it is written, "like pillars (Heb. timrot) of smoke" (Shir Hashirim 3:6). The same way as smoke rises with both white and black, so here too WITH MALCHUT THAT IS CALLED 'ZOT.' Everything is included in her at midnight, so she will perform her deeds together AT ONCE, white for Yisrael, WHICH IS MERCY, and black for the heathen nations, WHICH IS JUDGMENT.
Bo: Verse 114
Before the night is divided in half at midnight, it does not perform its functions. Whence do we know this? From Abraham, as it is written, "And he divided himself against them...night" (Beresheet 14:15), WHICH MEANS that it was divided in order to do its functions. Here too, Moses said, "About midnight," MEANING when THE NIGHT reaches the middle, for Moses knew only then would its functions be performed.
Bo: Verse 115
And so it was that the night did not perform its functions until midnight, for it performed its functions in the second half of the night. This is the meaning of, "And it came to pass, that at midnight." What is the connotation of "mid?" IT MEANS that during the second half, when MALCHUT, rules, zot, MALCHUT is always present to perform actions, and every action that was done at night was done in the second half.
Bo: Verse 116
"And Hashem smote every firstborn." "And Hashem" IS DEFINED AS Him, ZEIR ANPIN, and His court, WHICH IS MALCHUT. "And Hashem," REFERS TO Him and His actions. "Smote every firstborn" - HE ASKS, Moses only said, "And all the firstborn...shall die" (Shemot 11:5). Why DOES IT SAY HERE "smote?" HE ANSWERS, But MALCHUT OF THE ASPECT OF JUDGMENT, WHICH IS CALLED ''KOH,' became aroused and Moses threatened him, as it is written, "Behold, till now (Lit. 'to koh) you would not hear." THEREFORE, IT IS SAID, "HASHEM SMOTE (HEB. HIKAH)," WHICH IS THE NAME KOH THAT SLEW ALL THE FIRSTBORN OF EGYPT.
