Having understood the analogous case, the relationship between Malchut and the higher Sefirot as manifested in the realms below, let us now apply this understanding to the subject of our present discussion, the upper level – the relationship between the Residue and the departed Light of Eyn Sof. For all that remains revealed after the Tzimtzum is referred to as Malchut of Eyn Sof. In other words, all that departed – leaving only the specific power to create independent worlds and beings – may be considered parallel to the nine upper Sefirot as found in the lower realms.
On the other hand, what remains after the Tzimtzum – created worlds and beings existing within bounds and limits – may be considered parallel to the Malchuyot of these nine Sefirot. And what is Malchut? The overall Malchut is the bond of all the powers found in the individual Sefirot to bring forth the lower worlds. Malchut is the general law that all the Sefirot should bring forth the lower realms and beings according to what is rooted within them.