Part 5 · Chapter 38

The Ari's Text

However, Bina did not turn her anterior to shine in Hesed below, since there was no strength in Hesed and VAK to receive such a great light face-to-face, but only back-to-back. This is so because there is light of VAK here, and the light of Bina, which is greater than all of them together. Yet, in the beginning, when there were still no lights in Bina except what she gave to Hochma, she turned her anterior and illuminated to Bina only illumination face-to-face. This is not so in Hesed, since Bina has the strength to receive those lights, as the seven lower lights were annulled with respect to her light, and she can certainly receive her light. The light of Hochma, although his light is greater than her light, you already know that Aba and Ima “stay as one and come out as one,” and she can receive the light of Hochma. It is not so in Hesed, since there is a big difference between that, and the light of Bina, and he cannot receive it face-to-face.

Inner Light

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1Bina did not turn her Panim to shine in Hesed below since there was no power. You should know that here in Bina there are three Orot: The first is the Ohr Zachar that she received from the Hizdakchut Zachar de Hochma, which is Behina Bet.The second is the Behinat Reshimo de Kli Bina herself as there is in each and every Kli from the time of Hitpashtut Aleph. This is considered the Behinat Nekeva of Bina.The third is the Ohr Hesed, meaning the Komat ZA that she now received from the remains of the Hizdakchut of Behina Bet de Kli de Hochma. This is considered Behinat progeny of Bina and not at all from the Behinat Ohr Bina. This third Ohr is called VAK whose property is that lacks He’arat GAR, meaning the Ohr Hochma, and it has only Behinat Hassadim.It is written, “Bina did not turn her Panim to shine in Hesed below since there was no power in Hesed and VAK to receive such a great Ohr Panim be Panim.” It means that now the Ohr Hesed is in Katnut, meaning only Ohr Hassadim without any He’arat GAR. This is so because it comes out of the Zivug on Masach de Behina Aleph that does not have He’arat Hochma.For that reason it does not have the power to receive anything from the Bina, comes down and clothes the Kelim de VAK. Consequently, it still remains in Kli Bina and did not expand to Kli de Hesed.
2The seven Orot Tachtonim were annulled with respect to her Ohr. It means that although Bina received the Ohr Hesed within her, which is the Ohr of the seven lower Sefirot that lack GAR, she still did not lose the Ohr of her own GAR because of that. This is because the Ohr ZAT is cancelled in her compared to her own great Ohr, which are her own Zachar and Nukvafrom Behina Bet.
3The Ohr of Hochma, though his Ohr is greater than her Ohr. This revolves around the Zachar de Kli de Hochma (see item 35) and it is called Ohr Hochma. This is because the above matter of the Hizdakchut regarding the Zachar de Hochma is Behinat Zivugbetween the Zachar and the Nukva of Hochma where by mating them together the Ohr Zachar de Bina was born.The Nukva de Kli de Hochma has Koma de Behina Bet and the Zachar de Hochma has Koma de Behina Gimel. Thus, when the Zachar purified from Behina Gimel to Behina Bet, you find that it equalized its Koma to its Nukva.At that time they were both mingled together in a common Masach de Behina Bet and the Zivug de Hakaa was made on it. Thus, a new Koma de Behina Bet was elicited, made of the Zachar and Nekeva together.This new Koma is that which descended and became the Zachar de Kli de Bina. Its Koma is equal with the Nekeva de Kli de Hochma, hence it is called Ohr Hochma. This is the meaning of, “and she can receive the Ohr Hochma,” meaning the Behinat Zachar, whose Koma is equal to the Ohr Binain Kli de Hochma.
4Abba ve Ima “stay as one and come out as one”. This is because even Bina de Ohr Yashar is considered Etzem Hochma de Ohr Yashar, much less here, when Hochma too has only Komat Bina.