Parte 3 · Observación Interior 1

Direct Light and Reflected Light, containing fifteen chapters that explain thirteen kinds of ten SefirotChapter OneContaining two issues:1. The ten Sefirot of direct light that are four phases of coarseness where the upper light expands for coupling by striking.
2. These four phases are equal in every single illumination from the beginning of the line to the end of the world of Assiya without any changes among them.We must understand the difference between the thirteen kinds of ten Sefirot that the ARI introduces in this Part.1. There are thirteen kinds of ten Sefirot KHB TM that we find here in the ARI’s words, and we must know the differences between them:

2. The ten Sefirot KHB TM of direct light that are brought here (Chap. 1, item 3).

3. The ten Sefirot KHB TM of reflected light that are brought here (Chap. 2, items 1, 2).

4. The ten Sefirot called Nefesh, Ruach, Neshama, Haya, Yechida that are brought here (Chap. 2, item 3).

5. The ten Sefirot called root, soul, body, garment, hall that are brought here (Chap. 2, item 3).

6. The ten Sefirot KHB TM of equal level that are brought here (Chap. 3, item 4).

7. The ten Sefirot KHB TM that emerge one above the other, brought here (in Chap. 4, item 1).

8. The ten Sefirot KHB TM that emerge one below the other, like the four Partzufim Abba, Ima, ZA and Nukva, brought here (in Chap 5, item 1 and in Chap. 6, item 4).

9. The ten Sefirot KHB TM of the Rosh of Partzuf, brought here (in Chap. 5, item 3).

10. The ten Sefirot KHB TM of the Toch of the Partzuf through the Tabur, called HGT, brought here (in Chap. 5, item 2).

11. The ten Sefirot KHB TM of the Sof of the Partzuf from Tabur downward, brought here in Chap. 7, called NHY.

12. The ten Sefirot KHB TM called four worlds Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, and Assiya, brought here (in Chap. 14, items 1, 2, 3).

13. The ten Sefirot KHB TM that are four Partzufim Abba, Ima, ZA, and Nukva, called ABYA of the world of Atzilut, brought here in chapter 15.

14. The ten Sefirot KHB TM called “Inner ABYA” inside each and every Partzuf from the Partzufim of ABYA. The Rosh of each Partzuf is Keter, from the Peh to the Chazeh, it is Atzilut; from Chazeh to the Tabur, it is Beria; and from Tabur downward it is Yetzira and Assiya.

15. There are thirteen kinds of ten Sefirot before us. These kinds all bear the same names and coincide. However, there are great differences between them, requiring prior knowledge to thoroughly grasp the distinction in each and every kind with its own reasoning and validation. Then we can examine in every place which kind of ten Sefirot it refers to.

There is no degree that does not contain ten Sefirot of direct light16. The ten Sefirot of direct light, which are the four phases HB TM, and their root, called Keter, have already been explained thoroughly (Part 3, Chap 1, Inner Light, item 9). These ten Sefirot are incorporated in the light Ein Sof itself, and there is no new light in all the worlds except from Ein Sof. Consequently, these four phases of direct light exist equally in each and every illumination from the beginning of the line to the end of Assiya, without any differentiations in them (see Chap 2, item 3 and Inner Light there, item 9).