Teil 3 · Innere Betrachtung 14

Chapter FourteenExplains that there were two restrictions in the worlds.The first restriction was only on Malchut, and the upper nine were clear of any restriction. In the second restriction, the restriction intervened from Bina downward of every degree, and Bina, Tifferet and Malchut exited every degree.The Sium that was made in the place of Bina is called ParsaWe shall now explain the ten Sefirot called the “five worlds”: Adam Kadmon, Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira and Assiya. Here we must know the two restrictions that occurred in the worlds. The first restriction was only on the vessel of Malchut, to not receive the light of Ein Sof inside her. The upper nine Sefirot remained clear of any screen and restriction. From this phase emerged the first three Partzufim in the world of AK, called Galgalta, AB, SAG, as we have explained in chapter 12.After that, in that Partzuf Nekudot of SAG of AK, there was a second restriction, where the Malchut that ends the line of the light of Ein Sof that stood at the point of this world ascended to the place of the Chazeh of Partzuf Nekudot of SAG of AK. It ended the line of the light of Ein Sof there, and half of Tifferet and NHYM from the Chazeh of the Partzuf downward remained empty, without light.Just as a new Sium was done on the light of the line in general, in the place of the Chazeh of Partzuf Nekudot of SAG of AK because of the ascent of Malchut to Bina of the Guf, called Tifferet, so it occurred in the inner ten Sefirot of each and every degree. Malchut of that degree ascended to Bina of that degree and ended the degree there. Bina and TM of that degree exited the degree and fell into the degree below it. That new Sium that occurred in the second restriction in the place of Bina, or Tifferet, is called Parsa.

The general Parsa interrupts between Atzilut and BYAWe shall now speak from the perspective of the general Parsa. The ending Malchut that stood at the point of this world ascended to the place of the Chazeh of Partzuf Nekudot of SAG of AK and ended the light of the line there. The Sium that was made in the place of the Chazeh is called “the general Parsa”.The world of Atzilut emerged from this Parsa upward. From this Parsa downward, in the place that has been emptied of the light of the line of Ein Sof, emerged the three worlds Beria, Yetzira, Assiya, through the light of consequence. Thus, in the place of the half of Tifferet, emerged the world of Beria; in the place of Netzah, Hod, Yesod, emerged the world of Yetzira, and in the place of Malchut emerged the world of Assiya.Following special corrections, the world of Beria receives through the screen of phase two from YESHSUT of Atzilut. The world of Yetzira receives from ZA of Atzilut through the screen of phase one, and the world of Assiya receives from Malchut of Atzilut through the screen of the root of coarseness.

ABYA are four levels HB TMHence there are five worlds named KHB TM. The world of AK has the degree of Keter, meaning the ten Sefirot of Partzuf Galgalta of AK. That is because the level of every world is measured according to the level of its first Partzuf, just like the measure of the level in the Sefirot is according to its highest Sefira.The world of Atzilut has the level of Hochma, meaning in the ten Sefirot of Partzuf AA of Atzilut, which is regarded as the first Partzuf, because Atik is higher than Atzilut. The world of Beria has the level of Bina, meaning YESHSUT, the world of Yetzira – the level of ZA, and the world of Assiya – the level of Malchut.The main difference between AK and ABYA is that AK is from the first restriction, while ABYA are from the second restriction. Atzilut is above the general Parsa and BYA are below that Parsa.

The differences between these five worlds are primarily a result of the two restrictions. The world of Adam Kadmon is from the first restriction, where the line of Ein Sof shines up to the point of this world. Its nine Sefirot are clear of any screen and restriction.However, the four worlds ABYA are from the second restriction, where from Bina downward in each of their degrees, the restriction of Malchut is already involved, due to the ascent of Malchut to Bina of every degree. Even though the world of Atzilut is from the second restriction, it is still clear of any screen and restriction because it stands from the general Parsa upward. Thus the light of the line of Ein Sof shines in it to its end, meaning to the Parsa, which is the place of the Chazeh of the Partzuf Nekudot of SAG of AK.The world of Beria is already under the general Parsa, meaning after the light from the line of Ein Sof stops. It has only the light of consequence from the light of the line. However, since it stands in the place of half of Tifferet of Nekudot of SAG of AK, and Tifferet is regarded as Bina of the Guf, as KHB of the Guf are called HGT, it has therefore been corrected to receive the illumination of Bina, which is YESHSUT.The world of Yetzira, standing at the place of NHY of the Partzuf Nekudot of SAG of AK, namely the phase of ZA, has been corrected to receive the illumination of ZA of Atzilut. The world of Assiya that stands at the place of Malchut of the Partzuf Nekudot of SAG of AK has been corrected to receive the illumination of Malchut of Atzilut.

You can therefore see that in AK, before the second restriction occurred, there was no actual screen except at the point of this world, which is its Sium Raglin. All the above-mentioned screens in AK above the point of this world are but operations of that screen.It is known that the coarseness of the screen cannot ascend above its place even a bit. Thus, only the effects of the screen rise above its place, but they are devoid of any coarseness. Therefore, there are no coarseness and screens at all in AK, although its screen is the coarsest of all the worlds, being that it is phase four. It is so because this coarseness becomes active only from its Sium Raglin downward, which is only at the point of this world.

The second restriction occurred in the world of Atzilut, and the Parsa had been erected between Atzilut and BYA due to the ascent of Malchut of phase four from the point of this world to the place of the Chazeh of Partzuf Nekudot of SAG of AK. It stopped the light of Atzilut there, and this new Sium is called Parsa.Therefore, the Sium Raglin of all the Partzufim of Atzilut occurred in the place of that Parsa, for the light of Ein Sof does not shine anymore, but only a light of consequence. The screen of phase three is in that Parsa, ending the Raglaim of AA because of the incorporation of phase four in the Parsa, as well as the screens of the other Partzufim. Thus, from the Parsa downward the power of the screen dominates, as it stopped the upper light from Ein Sof.However, there is no screen at all from the Parsa upward. Instead, all the above-mentioned screens from the screen of Sium Raglin of Atzilut upward, are but operations that rise by the power of the screen of Sium Raglin of the five Partzufim of Atzilut. Those receive all their illumination by the screen of Sium Raglin, though they do not receive any of its coarseness, as the coarseness of the screen cannot ascend above its place. Therefore there is no screen whatsoever in all the Partzufim of Atzilut.