And whoever brings out this seed, which is the flow from above, without bringing it to ‘this dry land’, causes a separation in that flow. It is as if, as it were, the flow of the Shekhinah has been interrupted, and the flow of ‘the other side’ is increased, which are the waters of the flood, it is this that is written: And the waters prevailed, (Gen. 7:19) exceedingly much, upon the earth...
At that time, when there is no flow in that dry land which is ‘heavy’ (kveidah), it is made opposite-of-heavy ‘light’ (qalah), to be withdrawn from upon Israel, and it is stated of it: (Gen. 7:17)... and it lifted up from the earth. And it did not descend until the seventh month, when She becomes filled with Her merits, and ‘heavy’ She descends, it is this that is written: (Gen. 8:4) And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, which is Tishrei, the left arm.