Partie 7 · Chapitre 12

There are also degrees in Atzilut itself. First, through the above mentioned upper Ibur, they began to sort the best among them, of which the Nukva of Atik was made. After the light of the sparks of the 288 sparks mixed with the light of the dot of Keter that remained in Atzilut, and the vessels of the kings mixed with the new vessels of the new MA, all that was made into the Nukva of Atik and Atik, and likewise in all of them. Afterwards, through the coupling of the male of Atik with the female, they raised and sorted from the sparks that fell down, the part that was fitting for the female of Arich, and entered the place of the Ibur as Mayin Nukvin. There they are sweetened and corrected by being there for the time of the Ibur, and become a Partzuf.