זוהר שמות — דף כח ע”א

Binah is the turning sword that shifts from judgment to mercy for the righteous, while Malkhut shifts from mercy to judgment against the wicked. The Tree of Knowledge of good and evil resembles a staff that can transform a person into a demon. Aaron’s staff was holier than Moses’s, inscribed with the Holy Name in the supernal garden. Aaron’s staff, reverting to a dry tree, swallowed those of the sorcerers because Aaron comes from the right side and the left yields to the right. Pharaoh then understood that a supreme power governs both heaven and earth.