Part 11 · Chapter 85

And behold, during the first pregnancy, in which even the Mochin are completely absolute judgments, they are not considered Mochin, and are as though they do not exist, for the Mochin are always the phase of mercy — that is, the first three, which are always more merciful than the lower ones, as above. And since even they are absolute judgments, they are not called Mochin. Moreover, even the three middle ones within him, which are also mercy relative to the three lower ones, from where the external forces have their hold — as it is said, “These knees of the rabbis, how worn out they are from them” (Berachot 6) — behold, they too are as though they do not exist, for they too are judgments, and they were hidden and included with the three lower ones, and were clothed within them during the days of pregnancy, as is known.