Part 6 · Chapter 48

The Ari's Text

Now, all of the last seven of the dots have the form of Yod, except for the first two dots, Kamatz and Patach, which are two Vavs and a Yod. The thing is that when we count all the Yods in these seven dots, they are thirteen Yods, which is 130 in Gematria, the same number as in the word Ayin [eye], indicating that the dots emerged from the Ayin, and Kamatz and Patach, which are Yod and two Vavs, remained. Their Gematria is twenty-two, implying the twenty-two letters from which the vessels of Nekudim were made.

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1All the last seven Nekudot are in the form of Yodin, except the first two Nekudot. It is so because the Kamatz Patach are the Shoresh of all the Nekudot, as the Rav writes here. The Kamatz is Keter and Patach is Hochma. You already know that the GAR de Nekudim are divided by Galgalta ve Eynaim, called Keter, and AHP that have departed from this Keter, called HB.This division is because of the two Heys that were joined together and rose to Eynaim. As a result, the Eser Sefirot de Rosh de Nekudim divided in the form of the lower Hey in the Eynaim, and YHV in the AHP.Interpretation: the Masach de Behina Bet de Hitlabshut, which is the first Hey, is named Vav here, since it is Behinat Zachar. The last Hey, having been joined with this Vav in the Nikvey Eynaim, is the Behinat Nekuda inside the Vav. This is because Nekuda indicates Midat ha Din, as a “black Nekudawithout any whiteness at all.”However, the connection of the Nekuda with the Vav in the Nikvey Eynaim does not make a Behinat Shuruk there, but only Behinat Kamatz. This is because the Vav is laid down and the Nekuda under her is as a Rakia and Nitzotz.The reason for it is that the AHP are found to be departing because of this connection of the Rakiaand the Nitzotz. Hence, they are called Kamatz, from the words Kimutz (thrift) and Situm (blockage) that occurred by the ascent and connection of the lower Hey in the Eynaim.The YHV that now shine in AHP are in a state of frugality and blockage, as they suffer from two:Their entire Koma is Behina Aleph, since they are Behinat Nekeva de Keter (see Ohr Pnimi item 23). They need to get He’arat GAR from the Zachar, being Keter. However, because of the Kamatz in Kli de Keter they are no longer considered Behinat Rosh, and cannot incorporate in the Zachar in Keter.They have become Behinat Guf. Hence, these HB are in Behinat Achor be Achor.However, in and of themselves they are YHV, as the Rav says that YHV is in the AHP. This is very interesting since he thus tells us that Behinat lower Hey, which is the Nekuda under the opening in the Nikvey Eynaim makes the Kamatz there. It is written that it did not come down to Behinat AHP.Only the Behinat Rakia, being the Kav above the Nekuda, which is like an opening, descended by itself to the AHP. It did not take with it anything of the Nekuda, meaning the lower Hey, but the Masach in the Peh is only Vav without the Nekuda incorporated in it in the Nikvey Eynaim.Thus, it becomes clear that the Masach in Kli de Keter de Nekudim contains within it an opening and a Nekuda, which are Rakia and Nitzotz, meaning the form of Kamatz. The Masach in Kli de HB de Nekudim is but Hitpashtut of the opening contained in the Kamatz in the Nikvey Eynaim, meaning in Kli de Keter, having nothing of the Nekuda.However, during the Zivug de AB SAG, causing the lowering of the lower Hey from the Nikvey Eynaim to the place of Peh as in the beginning (see Ohr Pnimi item 14), the Kamatz in Kli de Keter descends and connects with the Kli de HB that was only an opening there.That causes the opening of the Eynaim because the place of the Zivug that was in the form of Kamatz in the Nikvey Eynaim, blocking the Orot, has now opened widely, as the AHP returned to the Rosh. This is because then the Ohr descended to the lower seven Sefirot de Nekudim, and you can therefore see how all the Nekudot emerged from the Zivug of Kamatz and Patach.It turns out that the seven lower Sefirot came out after the descent of Kamatz to the place of Peh by the Zivug de Gadlut. It turns out that these seven Nekudot emerged from the Nekuda inside the Kamatz, for as long as the Nekuda was incorporated in the Nikvey Eynaim, the Peh of Nekudim there was only the opening. At that point the seven Nekudot could not expand from the Peh down for the AHP themselves were in Behinat Guf and the opening in the Peh was in Behinat Malchut de Malchut, called Tabur.However, after the descent of the lower Hey to the place of the Peh, the Orot of the seven lower Sefirot opened and came out to their place. Thus, the entire merit of the lower seven extended from the Nekuda, which is why they were implied in the form of Yodin, meaning only Nekudot. This is because they do not extend from the Rakia, which is an opening, but rather from the Nitzotz.It is written, “All the last seven Nekudot are in the form of Yodin, except the first two Nekudot, Kamatz Patach. These are two Vavin, and YHV,” for the above reason. The Vavin, being Patach, are incorporated only in Keter and Hochma, Vav and Nekuda in Keter, which is the form of Kamatz, and Vav alone in Hochma, which is the form of Patach. However, there is only Behinat Nekuda in the seven lower Sefirot, since this is where they exit.
2The Nekudot come out of the Ayin. Meaning that through the descent of the lower Hey from the Eynaim all the Nekudot came out.
3The twenty-two Otiot from which the Kelim de Nekudim were made. The Kelim are called Otiot and the number twenty-two contains all the Behinot Kelim in reality. It has already been explained how all the ZAT emerged from the Zivug of Kamatz and Patach. They also produced Behinat knew Kelim, called Kelim de Achor.