Malkhut
Kingdom — feet / Shekhinah
Malkhut — kingdom, the receptive vessel, the in-dwelling Shekhinah, the world. Identified with the feet of Adam Kadmon and with King David in the patriarchal scheme. Malkhut has nothing of its own; it is pure receptivity, a moon to Tiferet's sun. Yet it is also the only sefirah we directly inhabit — every act of tikkun (repair) the kabbalist undertakes is done in and through Malkhut. The Lurianic project of tikkun olam is, structurally, the work of returning the broken sparks to their sefirot — and the place that work happens is here, at the feet, in the kingdom.
Point 10 of 10 in Kabbalah — Tree of Life (Adam Kadmon)
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Zohar I.50b (on the Shekhinah) (primary_canonical)
Zohar I.50b (Vilna folio pagination) presents the Shekhinah as the indwelling and receiving presence, the symbolic content of Malkhut in the lower world. The passage supports receptivity and immanence, not a literal identification with human feet.
Chaim Vital, Etz Chaim (primary_canonical)
“All the worlds were created for the sake of the rectification of Malkhut.”