Part 2: Thus Arich Anpin’s intrinsic existence in itself mitigates the stern judgments of Zeir Anpin through Arich’s own functioning… All the repairs (תיקונים, tikkunim) found in Arich Anpin as enumerated in the Idra Rabba are nothing but powers and modes of government specific to Arich Anpin in the sense that Arich’s mere existence and the fact that it has these repairs intrinsically brings about a mitigation in Zeir Anpin. (Even without prevailing over Zeir Anpin but merely as its root, Arich Anpin directs all aspects of Zeir Anpin towards repair even though this is not yet visible from the side of Zeir Anpin itself, which shows “manifest reproof arising out of hidden love”.)
The ultimate purpose of the very things that exist below in Zeir Anpin in the category of strict judgment is only kindness – to bestow good in the end. And on the level of Arich Anpin, this is revealed. (Thus the forehead of Zeir Anpin contains twenty-four Courts of Judgment whereas the forehead of Arich Anpin is all Kindness – Idra Rabba 136b.)