Partie 3 · Observation intérieure 12

Chapter TwelveExplains the fourth and fifth Partzufim of AK called MA and BON of AK, contains four issues:1. The emergence of MA and BON of AK. 2. Coarseness is called vapor and the five phases in it are called: Metzach [forehead], Ayin, Ozen, Hotem, Peh. 3. Phase four connects with the coarseness of phase one and the root of AK. This is why there was a coupling by striking in them. 4. The inner and outer MA and BON of AK.The emergence of MA and BON of AK1. Once Partzuf SAG had been completed, the surrounding light returned and refined the coarseness of phase two into phase one. Then the upper light, which never stops shining, struck it and educed ten Sefirot at the level of ZA, called Partzuf MA of AK, and expanded into Rosh, Toch, Sof.This Partzuf is called the world of Nekudim. A refinement of the screen occurred in it too, as in the previous Partzufim of AK, but here the refinement is regarded as the “breaking of the vessels,” as the coarseness of phase four is involved here (see Part 4, item 36), and only root coarseness remained in it.Thus, the upper light, which never stops shining, struck that coarseness of the root, and ten Sefirot on the level of Malchut emerged, regarded as Partzuf BON of AK, and it is called the world of Atzilut and BYA.

Coarseness is called vapor and the five phases in it are called: Metzach (forehead), Ayin, Ozen, Hotem, PehWe have thus thoroughly clarified the matter of the emanation of the five Partzufim of AK from one another, called Galgalta, AB, SAG, MA, and BON. Know that these five phases of screens are called five vapors because the coarseness in the screen is called vapor.Thus, Partzuf Galgalta of AK emerged from the vapor of the Peh, which is phase four. Partzuf AB of AK emerged from the vapor of the Hotem, which is phase three. Partzuf MA of AK emerged from the vapor of the Eynaim, which is phase one, and Partzuf BON of AK emerged from the vapor of the Metzach, which is the phase of Keter, meaning the root of the coarseness.

Phase four connects with the coarseness of phase one and the root of AK, which is why there was a coupling by striking in themWe might ask: “But the vapor of the Eynaim, being phase one, has faint coarseness, insufficient for a coupling by striking (as the ARI wrote in Part 3, item 80). It is even more so with the vapor that comes from the Metzach, which is root coarseness, and is insufficient for a coupling by striking.The thing is that before a coupling on the vapor of the Eynaim was done, a new thing was established there, called the second restriction, which is the ascent of phase four to Bina. As a result, phase one and the root phase had gained coarseness, until they were sufficient for a coupling by striking. The reason the world of Nekudim that emerged from the Eynaim is called SAG, and the world of Atzilut is called the new MA that emerged from the Metzach, is that there are two levels there: male and female.In the world of Nekudim, a record of clothing remained from phase two, which connected with the record of coarseness from phase one, and the level of SAG, called “male”, emerged on them. Likewise, in the world of Atzilut, there remained a record of clothing from phase one, which connected with the coarseness of the root phase. The level of MA, called “male,” emerged over them from their joining together. However, from the phase of the record of coarseness, which is the female level, there was only the level of BON. This is why this MA is called “The new MA,” as opposed to the level of MA in Nekudim, which is the old MA, preceding this MA.

The inner and outer MA and BON of AKThese two levels of MA and BON that emerged in Nekudim and in the world of Atzilut are no longer regarded as MA and BON of AK itself, but as the externality of MA and BON of AK, since they were established in the second restriction, while AK is entirely the first restriction.However, these two levels, MA and BON, were incorporated in the internality of AK because they passed through it and were set in it, as there is no absence in the spiritual. These MA and BON that were incorporated in AK are called MA and BON of AK, or the inner MA and BON of AK, and the world of Nekudim and the world of Atzilut clothe over them.