Partie 15 · Chapitre 44

And what was then considered the redemption of Egypt is now considered exile, because at first, in the exile of Egypt, it was a complete exile, so that even when she was back to back on weekdays, the light of his five [Sefirot] did not illuminate in her; and therefore, when the illumination of the five [Sefirot] was added, it was considered a redemption. But now, since in the time of the First Temple, even on weekdays, they were face to face and their statures equal, and afterwards when it returned to the third aspect of back to back, although the light of the five [Sefirot] illuminates in her, it is considered a complete exile.