Part 5 · Chapter 13

The Ari's Text

However, the descent of Hochma below will not diminish her illumination when the Emanator grows one degree further since the light of the upper Keter fills that place of vacant space. Otherwise, had a vacant space been left there, the light from the Emanator to Hochma would have ceased, and she would even lose the Hochma. It would have been better to leave her in her place. Now, however, when the light of Keter fills the place of that vacant space, there is a passageway for the light of the Emanator to bestow in the root of Hochma, and she does not lose at all.

Inner Light

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1Will not diminish her He’arah when the Maatzil grows one degree farther. Thus, after the Kli de Hochma descends to the degree of Bina because Ohr Bina clothed it, it did not create any cessation between the Sefirot because of the missing degree of Hochma there. This is so for the above reason that no vacant Halal remained there inside the degrees, as Kli de Keter where Ohr Hochma clothed fills the place of that want.It is written, “Now, however, when Ohr Keter fulfills the place of that Halal, there is a passageway to the Ohr of the Maatzil to pour in the Shoresh Hochma.” This means that the Ohr Hochma poured from the Maatzil is poured in Kli de Keter and the Keter fills the place of Hochma.