Part 5 · Chapter 7

The Ari's Text

The interpretation of the matter is that there are several rules: 1) When two lights are in two vessels, each on its own, and afterwards, when the two lights enter one vessel, this will be called incorporation when one is contained in the other in one vessel. There is yet another reality: Since these two phases of lights, male and female, are in two vessels, what happens to them is what is said in the portion Truma, that then there is Ahava [love] in them. This means that the illumination of the male is incorporated in the female, and both are in one vessel. Also, the illumination of the Nukva is incorporated in the vessel of the male once more. Thus, they are four lights, two in each vessel, incorporated in each other, and this is the meaning of the four letters of Ahava.

Inner Light

This commentary hasn't been matched to individual seifim yet — items are shown in reading order, and the number beside each one counts the notes themselves, not the seifim of the Ari's text.

Not matched to a seif

1One, when two Orot are in two Kelim etc. contained in one another in one Kli. Interpretation: Any spiritual separation is through Shinui Tzura and any spiritual unification is through Hishtavut Tzura. Hence, if for example one Ohr is clothed in Behina Dalet and the other in Behina Gimel they are considered two. This is because the Shinui Tzura separates between them. They are considered two separate Orot in two Kelim in themselves.However, when the Kli de Behina Dalet is purified and remains in Behina Gimel too, the two Kelimmingle and become one Kli, since both are in even Tzura. The two Orot are also mingled in their He’arah. Even though they both originate from the Eser Sefirot de Ohr Yashar, they are two kinds, such as one being Ruach and the other is Nefesh.
2Two Orot are in two Kelim etc. Then there is AhaVaH. This refers to the Zivug de Neshikin and will be explained in its place.