“And Hashem smelled the sweet savor (lit. fragrant scent).” It is not written, “the scent of the sacrifice,” but the fragrant scent. The reason is that all Gvurot are attached to the nose, as said in the previous section. All the judgments attached to the nose are sweetened, and many Gvurot join together, as said before, as written, “Who can utter the mighty acts (Gvurot) of Hashem?
Who can declare all his praise?” (Tehillim 106:2) A fire-devouring fire emanates from one nostril; it is the judgments of the Lock within the curtain of Chirik. Smoke emanates from the other nostril; it is the judgments of the left without the right to which the judgments within the curtain are attached. The one and the other are sweetened by the altar’s fire and smoke, as said in the previous section.
Atika Kadisha appears with its Chassadim, and all judgments subside; after the left is incorporated within the Chassadim, all judgments in it are obliterated. This is what is meant by, “for my praise will I refrain (lit. nose) for you” (Yeshayahu 48:9), referring to the nose of Atika (as said in the Greater Gathering, section 70), (also study the Greater Gathering, in the Sulam commentary on section 234).