Part 6 · Chapter 42

The Ari's Text

Although the judgement was below, in the lower seven, everything was mixed together. And because there was no correction whatsoever in the ten Sefirot, hence, when the light of Ein Sof descended and breached within them from above downward, the light descended from Keter to Hochma, and from Hochma to Bina, which is the third Sefira. However, when that upper light expanded, which is complete Rachamim and complete Hesed, when it reached the lower seven, which are judgements, and judgements are awakened by them, they could not receive it because they are opposites—one is Hesed and one is judgement—and they were canceled by the upper light and died, as it says, “And Bela died, and Husham died,” etc.

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.

Not matched to a seif

1Ohr Ein Sof descended and fissured in them from above downward. This refers to the new Ohr that came down and fissured the Parsa and the Ohr for Nekudim, as the Rav says. Also, fissuring means the annulment of the Gevul.