...of their power to repair the seven lower Sefirot. In any event some power must emerge from the upper three Sefirot to the lower seven. The flaw was that the power could not flow properly but was highly reduced. This is the mystery of the mentality of immaturity (מוחין דקטנות, mochin dekatnut), as will be explained in the appropriate place.
For if it were constantly spreading, there would be no damage in the world. Thus the reason is similar to the reason we stated above. They lacked what relates to the seven lower Sefirot, because it was necessary for the breaking of the vessels to occur in the seven lower Sefirot, and this itself is the reason for the necessary flaw in the first three – so that there could be a flaw in the seven lower Sefirot. For without it, there would have been no flaw in them.