Zohar and Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah

Both texts engage with middat-hadin (divine judgment) but from different perspectives. Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 93:2 emphasizes that din (judgment) itself becomes sweetened when understood as serving the ultimate purpose of tov (goodness), arguing din is necessary as a means to complete bestowing of good. The Zohar passage discusses din awakening in the world due to human sins and associates this with withdrawal of divine bestowing, linking din to the 'other side' (sitra achra). Kalach presents din as inherently purposeful and sweetened by divine intent; Zohar emphasizes din as aroused response to transgression and connected to the other side. Both accept din's existence but differ in whether din is fundamentally redemptive (Kalach) versus punitive/separating (Zohar).