Part 6 · Chapter 44

The Ari's Text

*When you count the name from AB, the entire phase of AB will be the Yod from HaVaYaH. SAG is the first letter Hey of HaVaYaH; MA is the letter Vav; and BON is the last letter Hey. When we count the name only from the phase of SAG, the tastes of SAG will be the letter Yod; the dots are the first letter Hey; the tags are the letter Vav; and the letters are the last Hey. When we divide the tastes, as well, the letter Yod will be in the Ozen, the first letter Hey in the Hotem, the letter Vav in the Peh, and the last letter Hey in the Einayim, since the Ayin has the phase of the last Hey and the first Hey.

Inner Light

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1When you count the Name from AB… …When we count the Name only from Behinat SAG. You must know that the Taamim, Nekudot, Tagin, Otiot relate to the four-letter Name differently than the Eser Sefirot or the five Partzufim in the four-letter Name. It is so because in the Eser Sefirot the tip of the Yod is regarded as the Keter, the Yod, Hochma and the Hey, Bina. The Vav is considered ZAand the last Hey is ascribed to Malchut.However, in the TNTO, the Yod is considered Taamim and Keter, the first Hey Nekudot and Hochma, the Vav Tagin and Bina, and the lower Hey Otiot and ZON.The reason for it is that the four degrees of TNTO are but four denominations appearing in the order of the Histalkut of the Orot of the Partzufim prior to the Tikun. As the Rav writes above (item 9), the first Hitpashtut of Malchut de Rosh to the Guf is called Taamim, since it is Ohr Yashar, Rachamim.That Kli is called Keter because the beginning of the coming of the Orot to the Guf is always in Kli de Keter. It is called Yod of HaVaYaH since it is the beginning of the Hitlabshut of the Guf and the Kelim, and it is therefore ascribed to the Yod, being the beginning of the HaVaYaH.When the Masach in Kli de Keter purifies and the Koma gradually diminishes on the four Behinot until it disappears entirely from the Maatzil, all these Komot are named Nekudot. This is so because they are created during the Histalkut of the Orot to the Maatzil, and they are therefore considered Ohr Hozer and Din.Also, they are called Hochma because the Upper Sefira among them is Hochma and the three Komot Bina, ZA and Malchut are incorporated in the Upper One. They are also called the first Hey of HaVaYaH since they are Behinat Din and Behinat Din is always considered Nukva, which is Hey de HaVaYaH.In the Reshimot remaining after the Histalkut Ohr, the Taamim are called Tagin, since they overlie the Kelim during the Histalkut of their Orot like Tagin over the Otiot. They are called Bina because they come from Behinat Ohr Yashar and Rachamim and are Behinat GAR.However, since they are in Behinat Histalkut, they are considered Bina, which is Behinat Nukva de GAR.After their Histalkut from the Ohr Nekudot, the Reshimot are called Otiot, meaning Behinat Kelim. This is because they come from Ohr Hozer and Din, and also because they are from Behinat Histalkut. For that reason they are also called Kelim. They are also considered Behinat ZON since the Ohr of ZON, which are VAK, is Behinat Ohr Kelim.You find that both the Reshimot de Taamim, called Tagin and Bina, and the Reshimot de Nekudot, called Otiot, are Behinat Histalkut and Achoraim. However, since the Reshimo de Taamim is Behinat GAR, it is therefore called Bina. It is also Behinat Vav de HaVaYaH, meaning Vav in the Rosh. Conversely, since Reshimo de Nekudot are Behinot VAK, they are called ZON and Otiot and are Behinat last Hey de HaVaYaH.Here the Rav means to show the state and the degree of the position of Partzuf Nekudim between the Partzufim of AK as well as the order of its concatenation from them and its connection with them. Hence, he first arranged for us the five Partzufim according to the four-letter Name, and says that ABwhich is Partzuf Hochma de AK, is Partzuf Yod de HaVaYaH, and the SAG, which is Partzuf Bina de AK, is Hey de HaVaYaH.After we know that the SAG is Behinat Hey de HaVaYaH, he elaborates on the SAG itself, regarding its TNTO, whose order is different than the order of the five Partzufim, though they are closely related, as we’ ve explained above.
2When we divide the Taamim too. This division is done after the ascent of the Orot from NHY de AK to MAN to the Taamim de SAG and to Behinat Nikvey Eynaim de Rosh of the Taamim (see item 14). This caused the division of the Eser Sefirot de Rosh SAG to two Behinot on the Nikvey Eynaim because of the Masach and the place of the Zivug that rose there.Hence, from Nikvey Eynaim up it became a Rosh, and from Nikvey Eynaim down it became the Guf. The Awzen, Hotem and Peh there, are found to have departed from the degree of Rosh into the degree of Guf.
3Ot Yod will be in the Awzen, the first Ot Hey in the Hotem, Ot Vav in the Peh, and the last Ot Hey in the Eynaim. As has been explained above, all this was caused by the ascent of Orot NHY de AK to the Nikvey Eynaim. It is so because then the Nekudot de SAG, being the four Komot Hochma, Bina, ZA and Malchut emerging out of SAG after the Hizdakchut of the Masach of Keter de Guf de SAG, called Taamim, expanded below Tabur de Inner AK, where they illuminated to the Inner ZON there.Two kinds of Orot are found there, Nekudot de SAG, and the Inner ZON, mixed with each other. Behinat SAG is Behina Bet and the first Hey de HaVaYaH, and Behinat Inner ZON are Behina Dalet and the lower Hey de HaVaYaH (see Ohr Pnimi item 6). There it explains the reason for the ascent of the two Heys to MAN to Nikvey Eynaim and the matter of their division into two degrees.It is written that the last Hey rose to Nikvey Eynaim, meaning through the association with the first Hey. In other words, the AHP went outside the Rosh, as these AHP are Yod Hey Vav, considered Behinat Rosh Tachton containing Eser complete Sefirot, except the last Hey, which is absent there because she remained in the Nikvey Eynaim.It is written, YHV (Yod Hey Vav) in the AHP and the last Hey in the Eynaim. It is so because now the Rosh of the Taamim has been divided into two Roshim. The last Hey remained in the first Rosh, which is Galgalta ve Eynaim, and the second Rosh contains not more than YHV. The YH are KHB, Vav is HGT NHY, and Malchut, which is the lower Hey, is absent in the second Rosh.In order to understand these above-mentioned two Roshim, we have to study them from Partzuf Nekudim that emerged through that Zivug de Nikvey Eynaim. This is because in this place, where the Zivug was formed, which is the Rosh de SAG, it did not change by the division made on Nikvey Eynaim (see Ohr Pnimi item 2).Instead, only that Koma, which came out of this Zivug de Nikvey Eynaim, accepted all those changes branching from the ascent of the lower Hey to Nikvey Eynaim. This Koma that emerged from there is called Olam ha Nekudim.You should know that three Roshim must be discerned in that Olam de Nekudim, and three Roshimare merely Eser Sefirot of a single Rosh, relating to what they were prior to the ascent of MAN to the Nikvey Eynaim. You should remember the order of the ascents of the Orot to the second Zivug in the Rosh de Elyon, from which the Tachton was born.They are considered Zachar and Nekeva since they first make two Zivugim in the Rosh of the Elyon, they mingle in one another, and from there descend and expand to their own place in their related Guf de Elyon. There they expand once more to Rosh and Guf (see Part 3, Chap 4, item 50, and Part 6, Ohr Pnimi item 6).It turns out that after the Reshimot of Nekudim de SAG rose along with the lower Hey to Nikvey Eynaim de Rosh SAG, and were mingled there in the two Zivugim, they returned to their place, the Tabur de AK. There they expanded in Rosh and Guf as the image of the Zivugim they made in the Rosh, meaning in the place of Nikvey Eynaim.It’s already been explained that the Masach de Nikvey Eynaim stands at the Tabur (see Ohr Pnimi item 9), meaning in the place of the Parsa that’s been erected there. Thus, it turns out that the Roshof this Partzuf came out from the Tabur up to the Chazeh de SAG, having only the two Sefirot Galgalta and Eynaim, and the lower Hey is in these Nikvey Eynaim.This is the first Rosh in Partzuf Nekudim, considered to have the value of RADLA de Atzilut, as it doesn’t join Partzuf Nekudim at all, but is Behinat Shoresh Elyon to the Partzuf of Nikvey Eynaim (see Ohr Pnimi item 20).The three Sefirot de Rosh: Awzen, Hotem, Peh, which came out of the degree of the first Rosh, consist of two Roshim, since they are below its Masach. It is so because they are considered the three Sefirot AHP compared to what is missing from the first Rosh, called YESHSUT. However, they do have Eser complete Sefirot in themselves, GE and AHP.They are called GAR de Nekudim, standing from Tabur de AK down, and they are the actual Nekudim where these two Zivugim de Katnut and Gadlut occur. In Katnut, the lower Hey is in the Eynaim of that Rosh, and the three Sefirot AHP are considered the lower Rosh and Behinat HGT compared to the Elyon, which is the second Rosh, as it is below its Nikvey Eynaim. In Gadlut, the lower Heydescends to the Peh, meaning to Malchut that contains all three Roshim. Then the GE, being the second Rosh, join their AHP, which is the third Rosh, and they become one Rosh.Thus, three Roshim are made from Eser Sefirot of one Rosh. The first Rosh, which is GE, is called YESHSUT. It is still regarded as Taamim, and not Behinat Nekudim. The second Rosh is the GE of GAR de Nekudim, being AHP that were taken off YESH and Tvuna, having Eser Sefirot in and of themselves. The third Rosh is the AHP that were taken off the second Rosh, becoming a third Rosh in itself.The second Rosh is Keter de Nekudim and the third Rosh is Hochma and Bina de Nekudim. The lower Hey is in the Eynaim of the second Rosh, and the YHV is in the third Rosh. In the Zivug of Gadlut that brings them together, when the lower Hey descends to the Peh of the third Rosh, and the two lower Roshim become one Rosh, the Name HaVaYaH is found in its order YHVH, as the lower Hey returned to her place.
4The Ayin has Behinat last Hey and first Hey. This is so because the entire Partzuf Nekudim, called Ohr Eynaim, is from Behinat Nekudot de SAGthat rose and departed from NHY de AK and became MAN in Nikvey Eynaim. Thus, the Eynaim are like the first Hey de HaVaYaH because Nekudot de SAG are the first Hey.The last Behinat Hey that rose along with them to Nikvey Eynaim also became Behinat Eynaim, and thus the Eynaim are regarded as the last Hey de HaVaYaH. We thus learn that the Masach in Nikvey Eynaim is a double Masach from the two Heys together. It’s already been explained that this is the Shoresh for the association of Midat ha Rachamim with Din, the beginning of which was made in the connection of the two Heys, the first Hey, and the lower Hey in Nikvey Eynaim.