Part 7 · Chapter 29

The Ari's Text

You find that when Hassadim and Gevurot expand below in the Guf of ZA, the Hassadim are given to ZA and in that complete and finish the construction of its posterior entirely. Also, the Gevurot are given to the Nukva, and thus complete her posterior. Thus, he has complete posterior, and she has complete posterior, and then, they can return to face-to-face since their posterior are complete, and now the external ones cannot grip there. Conversely, in the beginning, when one had half the posterior and the other had half, they could have a grip on them. For this reason, they can now return to face-to-face, as there is no fear of the external ones, as we say in the explanation of the intention in the blessing of the patriarchs of the Amida [prayer] during weekdays, and examine that closely. You find that the benefit from the entry of the Hassadim and the Gevurot in ZA was for two reasons, which are one: They enlarge and complete the posterior of ZON, and in addition, by this, they return to face-to-face.

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1The Hassadim are given to ZA etc. Also, the Gevurot are given to the Nukva. It has already been explained that the drop of Zivug that extends to ZA is Behinat new disclosed NHY, and it is exposed Hassadim; it is Hassadim and Gevurot that come out of Yesod de Ima that stops in the place of Chazeh de ZA. This is because their own Behina is Hassadim, and the part of Malchut in them is Gevurot.He writes, “the Hassadim are given to ZA and in that complete and finish the construction of its Achoraim entirely.” This is because now that it acquired NHY in He’arat Hochma in Behinat NHY de Ohr Yashar, the entire Gadlut of its Achoraim is completed and there is no lack in them anymore.For this reason they can now appear outwardly without any fear of the exteriors. “The Gevurot are given to the Nukva and thus complete her Achoraim.” This is because the Gevurot, which are Behinat NHY in He’arat Hochma, contained in the drop of Zivug AVI from the perspective of the Gevurot in them, are dispensed to the Nukva.Now the NHY de Nukva too are completed and finished and appear outwardly without any fear of the Klipot. Thus, they are now separated from one another as each has his own Achoraim.
2In that state they can return Panim be Panim since their Achoraim are complete and the exteriors are unable to seize there. It was not so in the beginning, when one had half the Achoraim and the other had half, and they could have a hold in them. It is written above that when they were Achor be Achor it means that they were protected in the Achoraim de Ima that choose the Ohr Hassadim more, and reject Hochma. It is true that that was enough to keep them from the exteriors so that they cannot seize the place of want, meaning the lack of He’arat Hochma since when they are corrected in these Achoraim, they do not want Hochmaand do not need it.Hence, no want is apparent in them where the exteriors could grip. However, they are still regarded as having no NHY because the place of the lack of Hochma manifests primarily in their NHY [written aside in the author’s manuscript: What is missing in the NHY de Kelim is missing in GAR de Orot due to the opposite value between the Kelim and the Orot, and thus it should be said].It is so because with respect to the Ohr Yashar, they are the essence of ZON de Ohr Yashar, whose essence is not more than the He’arat Hochma in them. This is because the Bina de Ohr Yashar is Ohr de Hassadim without any Hochma, as she wants only Hassadim, “because He delighteth in mercy.” Thus, the GAR in her are considered HGT, as it is known that KHB in Behinat Hassadim are discerned as HGT.When she emanated the ZON, she saw that Hassadim cannot exist without He’arat Hochma, and for this reason she extended He’arat Hochma into Hassadim once more. This Hamshacha that has already departed from Behinat Bina de Ohr Yashar acquired her own name, which are ZON, or NHYM de Ohr Yashar (see Part 4, Chap 6, Ohr Pnimi item 80).Thus you see that the only difference between the Bina and the NHY de Ohr Yashar is only in the He’arat Hochma that she extended. The Behinat Hassadim without the He’arat Hochma is originally a part of Bina herself, and Behinat He’arat Hochma in Hassadim are the part of the NHYM, or ZON (see above Part 1, Chap 1, Ohr Pnimi item 50).Now we have thoroughly clarified that the essence of the degree of NHY is only the Behinat He’arat Hochma in them. For this reason as long as there is no He’arat Hochma in them, they carry that lack. Also, this is why the Klipot and the exteriors seize that lack. Because of that too the NHY are called Achoraim, since Achoraim means a place of lack. This is what the Rav wrote above (item 26), that the place of the Klipot and the exteriors is the Achoraim of the Nukva de ZA, and the Achor de ZA.Because of the fear that the Klipot would grip these Achoraim, the Achoraim were erected Achor be Achor, meaning in the Achoraim de Ima, called “wall”. Through this wall, the NHYM take caution that the lack of Hochma will not appear in them, and this is the meaning of, “their hinder parts were inward.”The NHY are concealed in the Pnimiut, being inside the wall of Ima that defends them, and their Panim are disclosed outwardly, meaning the HGT, which they do not need for He’arat Hochma in their origin in Ohr Yashar. We have said that they extend from the Behinat Bina before she extended the Ohr Hochma. For this reason they can be disclosed outwardly, as no want appears in them and no place to grip for the outer ones.He writes, “In that state they can return Panim be Panim since their Achoraim are complete and the exteriors are unable to seize there. It is unlike it was in the beginning, when one had half the Achoraim and the other had half, and they could have a hold in them.”In the beginning, when they were erected in one wall, meaning in Achoraim de Ima, they were both adhesive in this wall, which is the wall of HGT, and there was no difference between the ZA and the Nukva. This is because now both are Behinat Hassadim without Gevurot because the whole HGT is now Hassadim because of the Achoraim de Ima, and this is the meaning of “because He delighteth in mercy.”However, now that they have already obtained the drop of Zivug de AVI, which is the NHY in He’arat Hochma, their Achoraim now grew and were completed. ZA took the NHY from the side of Hassadim, and its Achoraim were completed and finished until there was no lack in it, as there is already He’arat Hochma in it. For this reason his Achoraim, meaning the NHY, can appear outwardly without any fear.Similarly, the Nukva took these NHY from the side of the Gevurot and her Achor was completed. Now she could separate from the Achor of ZA, as she had a complete Achor of her own, namely the Gevurot de NHY. For this reason they now mate Panim be Panim and dispense He’arat Hochma to their MAN, which are the Neshamot of the righteous.
3For two reasons, which are one. They increase and complement the Achor de ZA, and in addition, by that they return Panim be Panim. This is because the complete Achoraim that they have acquired, meaning the new disclosed NHY, raise the HGT to Behinat HBD and Mochin, and they mate Panim be Panim. The Mochin and the Zivugextend from the disclosed Zivug, and for this reason they are regarded as one Behina.