Part 5 · Chapter 61

The Ari's Text

This is always so after the first time, since the ZON always remain in the male vessel and make a coupling there together. It follows that the Yod, which is the vessel of the male, were both ZON. When they make a coupling, the Nukva does not tolerate the light of the male, except from his VAK. From the coupling of these ZON that were incorporated in the simple letter Yod, two sons ZON emerge, following their example, and they are the Vav-Dalet filling of Yod.

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1The Nukva does not tolerate the Ohr Zachar, except from its VAK. This is because the Ohr Hochma remains in the Rosh under the Malchut because its Achoraim is below and prevents He’arat GAR from the Keter de Guf (Ohr Pnimi item 40, par. “We must understand that thing.”).There it explains it regarding Partzuf Hochma, and the same applies in Partzuf Bina as well. This is because there is one reason for both: Since the Ohr that remains in the Rosh cannot expand to the Guf by itself. Although its Reshimo shines in the Guf, such a He’arah is still considered to be through the Achoraim, preventing He’arat GAR. This is why he says, “the Nukva does not tolerate the Ohr Zachar, except from its VAK.”
2Two sons stem from the Zivug of these ZON that were incorporated in the simple Ot Yod, following their example. They are the VD (Vav Dalet) filling of Yod. It means that as the ZON de Keter in the Partzuf Hochma de AK emanated the ZON to Kli de Hochma of that Partzuf, so here the ZON de Keter in Partzuf Bina educed the ZON to the Kli Hochma here, through their Zivug together. The difference is in the measure of the Koma, since in Partzuf Hochma the ZON de Kli de Hochma are regarded as YH (see the Rav’s words item 53).Here, however, there is only Behinat Ohr Bina even in ZON de Keter. Hence there is no longer Behinat GAR in the ZON de Hochma that were emanated by their Zivug, but Behinat VAK de GAR. This is because it is similar to the ZON de Kli de Bina, emanated from the ZON de Hochma in Partzuf Hochma de AK.It is so because the Komat ZON de Keter of Partzuf Bina is equal to the Komat ZON de Hochma in Partzuf Hochma de AK (see Ohr Pnimi item 47, par. “Now we shall explain”). For that reason the Zachar in Kli de Hochma here is not called Yod, but Vav, since the VAK is always called Vav. He writes that they are VD in filling of Yod, like the ZON in Bina de Partzuf Hochma.