Part 6 · Chapter 17

The Ari's Text

*However, the first light that was below in the beginning and then ascended, did not descend again. It remained there from the Tabur and above, and placed its root there for eternity. From there it expanded and went out through the Einayim, and these are the Nekudim. It was extended and expanded from without until the Sium Raglayim of AK. Thus, all the light extended through the Tabur, although it is from the Einayim, is swallowed and incorporated in Akudim; hence, it is indistinguishable. Only the light that is extended below the Tabur to its Raglayim is called Nekudot, as now it stands alone.

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.

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1The first Ohr that was first down and then ascended did not descend again. It has been clarified in the above item that through the Zivug of AB with SAG, the lower Heydescended from the place of the Tabur to Bina de Nekudim, being the general Peh de Rosh de YESHSUT and Nekudim. Then GE in YESHSUT and the AHP, which are KHB de Nekudim, became one Rosh, by which Mochin de GAR extended to the Nekudim.The Rav tells us here that despite that, the actual Orot of YESHSUT did not connect and join with their AHP, namely Nekudim. It is written that the first Ohr that was there never descended again. It remained there from Tabur up even after the second Zivug.This occurred for two reasons:1. That then YESHSUT too rejoined with the Taamim de SAG into a single degree. It is so because the whole division of SAG into two halves – Taamim (considered AB de SAG with the value of AVI), and Nekudot (being the first Ohr, called YESHSUT, below Tabur, considered SAG de SAG).Thus, this entire division was because of the association of YESHSUT with Behina Dalet. Hence, now that Behina Dalet descended back to her place, the difference between Taamim and YESHSUT is no longer there and they both return to the same degree as before.2. This is because the matter of the cancellation of the Gevul de Sium from the Parsa was only for the time being, hence the name fission. After the Orot came down, it immediately was blocked once more.Hence, YESHSUT cannot come down below the Parsa, even after the descent of the lower Hey from there, because she did not come from there permanently. Because of that, the Parsa remained as strong as before and YESHSUT remained permanently above the Tabur, and only its He’arah reaches, to complete the GAR de Nekudim.