Part 7 · Chapter 28

The Ari's Text

*The reason that now two complete posteriors were made for them was in this manner: Through Mitzvot and good deeds of the lower Adam, he caused an upper coupling in AVI, and they returned to give them, to ZON, other Mochin, which are the Hassadim and Gevurot of Daat of ZA, and this is the essential drop that AVI give in their coupling. The reason is that the lights of two Mochin of ZA, called HB, do not appear in ZA since they are clothed in the Netzah Hod of Ima, and only a diminished illumination emerges from hem by the striking of revealed lights of Hassadim that strike them and elicit a little bit of illumination from them outward. It is not so in Hassadim and Gevurot that clothe inside Yesod of Ima which ends at the Chazeh of ZA, and from there they appear in complete disclosure, exit into ZA, and shine in it. For this reason, the most important are the Hassadim and Gevurot.

Inner Light

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1Induced a Zivug Elyon in AVI. This is because when Adam raises MAN to ZON, ZON too raise MAN to AVI; then AVI above them, and further up above the Elyon to the end of all the degrees. At that time a new Mochin come from Ein Sof through the degrees until they reach AVI, and from them to ZON, as there is no Hidush Ohr in the Olamot except from Ein Sof alone, and remember that always.
2Another Mochin, which are the Behinat Hassadim and Gevurot of Daat de ZA. It is written in the Zohar (Mishpatim p. 172), that “the Rosh of the Melech is corrected in Hesed and Gevura.” However, Hesed rose to Hochma, Gevura to Bina, and the Upper third of Tifferet from the Chazeh upwards became its Daat. This is done by the Hassadim and the Gevurot that it receives from Zivug de AVI.
3This is the essential drop that AVI give in their Zivug. You already know that the whole Zivug de AVI Panim be Panim is because of the ZON that rose to them for MAN (Ohr Pnimi item 24). Thus, first ZON were Achor be Achor, meaning without He’arat Hochma. Instead, they were corrected in Achoraim de Ima, and then they do not need Hochma at all.This is the meaning of, “their hinder parts were inward.” This is because the Behinat NHY de ZON, which are their Achoraim, are not disclosed outwardly since the Achoraim de Ima extend from the Bina de Ohr Yashar before she emanated ZON outwardly.It is so because when she emanated the ZON she had already returned Panim be Panim to extend He’arat Hochma for it (Ohr Pnimi item 24, par. “Know”). Hence, since ZON were also corrected in those Achoraim, because of that you find that NHY de ZON too, are still incorporated in their HGT, in their Pnimiut, and only the HGT is disclosed outwardly.After Adam ha Rishon raised MAN to ZON, these MAN caused ZON to not suffice for Achor be Achor, but need to extend He’arat Hochma. For this reason they too rise for MAN to the Bina. They caused Bina to stop her Achoraim as well, and mate with the Hochma Panim be Panim.In that state the drop departed this Zivug de AVI for the ZON. It refers to that He’arat Hochma that is suitable for the NHY de ZON, rooted in the Ohr Yashar, and in that the lack of the NHY of ZON is satisfied.This drop de AVI clothes Yesod de Ima. This Yesod clothes in Tifferet de ZA up to the Chazeh, and this is the disclosed HG that exit from Yesod de Ima from the Chazeh downward, meaning the new NHY, contained in that drop de Zivug AVI.It has been said, that there is He’arat Hochma in them, that they can now appear outwardly, and there is no fear of the Klipot, as now they are complete without any dearth. For this reason they are called exposed Hassadim and Gevurot.However, prior to that, when the ZON were corrected in Achor be Achor, these HB were covered and concealed in the Masach de Achoraim de Ima in the form of, “their hinder parts were inward.”
4HB, do not appear in ZA. This is because they are clothed in the form of Netzah Hod de Ima. The Mochin de ZA are clothed in NHY de Ima and NHY de Ima are clothed in the HGT of ZA. Hesedascends to Hochma, Gevura ascends to Bina, and from the Chazeh upwards rises to Daat.Hochma and Bina remained in Rosh de ZA and have no Hitpashtut into the Guf. However, Daat de ZAin Yesod de Ima has Hitpashtut from the Chazeh downward, which are the new NHY that now appear in ZON.He writes, “HB, their Orot do not appear” etc. It is not so in Hassadim and Gevurot that clothe inside Yesod de Ima that end at Chazeh de ZA from which they appear in complete disclosure and come out. In other words, they are the Behinat NHY that appear outwardly because they received the He’arat Hochma, and their Achoraim is completed entirely.