Part 5 · Chapter 42

The Ari's Text

After that, it is Matei in Keter once more, and then not Matei in Hochma and Bina, since the two rise to Keter together. In that state, it is not Matei in Hesed, as he rises to the place of Bina, as in the beginning, because of the two distances between them. At that time, it is Matei in Gevura, and then it is not Matei in Tifferet, as the light Tifferet ascends in Gevura because of the yearning. At that time, the vessel of Tifferet turns his anterior and gives the four lights in Netzah, and this is called Matei in Netzah.

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1It is Matei in Keter once more and then Lo Matei in Hochma and Bina etc. You already know that the coming of Hesed to its Kli makes it Matei in Keter (see Ohr Pnimi item 40, par. “You find”). This is so because there is no giving of Orot except Panim be Panim, as the Rav says above.Hence, Bina must purify from Behina Bet to Behina Aleph and then the Orot de HB depart to the Keter and induce a Zivug Elyon there on Aviut de Behina Gimel. At that time the Ohr Matei in Komat Hochma as in the beginning.Then Lo Matei in HB because the Achoraim de Kli de Keter stop and detain the He’arat GAR. Because of that Lo Matei in Hesed too since there are two vacant distances without Ohr, which are HB.Since the Ohr is Lo Matei in Hochma you find that even the He’arat Hochma in Hesed stops from it and Hesed returns to its Katnut. In that state it needs its Ima Bina once more to suck He’arat GARfrom her.Thus, Hesed ascends to the Bina and his Kli turns its Panim downward and the Ohr de Gevuradescends to the Kli de Gevura and is Matei in Gevura. At that time it is Lo Matei in Tifferet since the Achoraim de Gevura stop and detain the He’arat GAR of the Ohr Tifferet.For that reason the Ohr Tifferet rises to Kli de Gevura, as it did not descend from the Gevura except by the force of the He’arat GAR of the dominion of Hesed over Gevura. Now that the dominion of Gevura has come once more, the Gevura raises his Ohr to her once more, as in the beginning.At that time Kli de Tifferet turns its Panim downward for it must revoke the influence of its GAR, which was its previous Panim, and make its Achor the Panim of bestowal. After that it lowers the remains of the Ohr in it to Netzah and this is called Matei in Netzah.Now we shall understand Sefirat Netzah de ZA thoroughly. The Kli de Netzah is the Behinat ZA itself since the Hesed of the five Hassadim corresponds to Behina Gimel of the Keter and the Dalet Behinot de Ohr Yashar. It is so because the HGT are considered KHB de Hassadim and Netzah and Hod are Behinot ZA and Malchut de Hassadim.You find that from the perspective of the Ohr Sefirat Tifferet is the gist of the Ohr ZA. The Etzem Ohr Daat clothes the Kli de Tifferet and this is because of the interchanging of the Orot. Since Ohr Hochma clothed in Keter and Ohr Bina in Kli de Hochma, you find that Ohr ZA clothes in Kli de Tifferet, which is Behinat Bina of the five Hassadim.However, from the perspective of the Kelim, the Netzah is considered the Atzmut of ZA and the Ohrof Netzah is the Behinat VAK that remains in Kli de Tifferet after its Histalkut from there to Gevura. The difference between it and Sefirat Gevura is that the Ohr of the Gevura is evaluated as VAK de Hochma although it is also discerned as VAK.This is so because it is the remains of Hesed from the Behinat He’arat Hochma in it, and is evaluated like the Ohr ZON de Kli de Bina. However, the Ohr Netzah is Behinat VAK de Ohr ZA since we learned there that the Ohr of Tifferet is actually Behinat Ohr ZA.We must predominantly discern here that how the Orot and the Kelim de HGT here relate to the Orotand Kelim de NHYM is the same as how the GAR relates to VAK. This is because the HGT correlate to GAR de Hey Behinot and NHYM correlate to ZA and Malchut de Hey Behinot.