And there is a Gate of the Righteous, which opens only for righteous-ones. It is this that is written: (Ps. 118:20) This is the gate of Y”Y, the righteous shall enter through it. And this is the gate of ‘the Righteous-One’ (Yesod) – ‘life-force of the worlds’ – of which it is stated: (Ps. 37:25)... and I have never seen a righteous-one abandoned, nor his offspring seeking bread.
But now, in exile, it is stated of it: (Is. 57:1) The righteous-one is ‘perishing’... What does it mean ‘perishing’? Perished to the Queen. And it is said of it: (Is. 19:5)... and the river shall be parched and dried up...... parched... – in the First Temple,... and dried up... – in the Second Temple.