As long as it is in the process of receiving its due… From the very outset the lights of the Partzuf are given all the powers necessary for its functioning – although during Pregnancy and Immaturity they are closed up. They steadily expand little by little until they grow to the full extent ordained for them: this is called growth (הגדלה, hagdalah). Here below man grows in exactly the same way. The growing child contains everything found in the mature adult except that it is closed up and exists only in miniature. Afterwards he steadily expands until he reaches full size, by which time he has already brought forth and revealed everything inherent in his nature from the outset. All growth follows the same pattern.