And there is a strong reason why we have to say this. For besides the nations of the world and the angels of destruction, there is something else: the Ten Sefirot of the Husk, as explained in the Zohar in several places (Zohar, Pekudey, 242a; 264b). Now against Israel and the ministering angels we can put the nations of the world and the angels of destruction, corresponding to perfection and deficiency.
But to what can we say that the Ten Sefirot of the Husk are parallel? They are a root that was created for the sake of their offshoot – the nations of the world and the angels of destruction – whereas the Sefirot of Holiness are not a created root; they are God’s essential will and are therefore not parallel to the root of the Other Side. We cannot say that the Ten Sefirot of the Husk are parallel to the Ten Sefirot of the Holy Side, because it has already been stated above that the root of evil is the deficiencies in the Holy Sefirot. If so, what is the place of the Ten Sefirot of the Husk?