…while the souls are to serve the Holy One, blessed be He, through their free will. It is self-evident that men’s service is the service of free will – to repair all that exists.
Part 2: She is therefore said to be incomplete and unable to couple except when all these different branches of hers are contained in her in accordance with their respective functions. The two kinds of branches become contained in the Shechinah in different ways specific to each, depending on their functions, the nature of their tasks and the effects of their execution of those tasks, as will be explained in the following Opening. (The angels become contained in the Shechinah through the ascent of the Chambers – the Heichalot – and the souls through sending up the Female Waters.)