Part 7 · Chapter 4

The Ari's Text

A more elaborate matter is this: We have learned that from those kings, the suitable phases were sorted for Atik, AA, and AVI of Atzilut. However, there was some breaking in their posterior. Not actual death, which is the shell, but a diminution of light. Thus, those posterior fell below their place in the holiness itself, and do not have actual dross, which are death. However, in the part of ZON of Atzilut, although all the phases of Malchut in each Sefira were sorted from those kings of the name BON, some sparks which were not sorted remained in them and are mixed inside the shells and the dross. Hence, in these, there is actual death. You find that all the shells grip only ZON, not from Ima and above.

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

1There was some breaking in their Achoraim etc. do not have actual Sigim. Interpretation: GAR de Atzilut too were not completely sorted, and the Achoraim that fell from them during the breaking of the vessels did not rise to their place completely until Gmar Tikun. However, that does not give any hold to the Klipot since these Achoraim never left Olam Atzilut at all, but descended from a high degree to a low degree.Conversely, ZAT de Nekudim, called ZON, have actual Sigim, as we have written above. This is why they died and fell to the Separated Olamot. Thus, because these Kelim were not entirely sorted, but many Sigim remained inside the Klipot, they have a hold of ZON too, in the extent that they take their authority from these Kelim de ZAT.
2The Klipot cling solely to ZON, not from Ima upwards. It is written above in the previous item that unsorted parts remained inside the Klipot only from the Kelim de ZA, and this is why they have a hold of it. Conversely, nothing fell to the share of the Klipot from Ima upwards, hence the Klipot have no hold at all from Ima upwards.