Zohar and Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah

Both texts engage with netzach, hod, and yesod as functional sefirot. Text 1 (Kalach) emphasizes their role as sustaining principles (קיומו - "its sustenance") and structural supports preventing cosmic ruin, with explicit concern for maintaining cosmic stability against defect (פגמים). Text 2 (Zohar) emphasizes these three sefirot as ornamental signs (סימנים/תַּכְשִׁיטָהָא - "adornments") of the Shekhinah's blessing from union with the King. While both acknowledge the three sefirot's function, Kalach stresses ontological maintenance and prevention of collapse, whereas Zohar stresses their role as symbolic vessels of divine blessing. Additionally, Zohar explicitly connects galut (exile) to a state where the Shekhinah becomes captured by the other side (סִטְרָא אָחֳרָא), whereas Kalach does not develop this connection in the given passage.