Part 7 · Chapter 43

The Ari's Text

When the second king reigned, which is Hesed, he drew the five Hassadim to expand in the Guf of Abba. When he died, he descended to Beria, and the five lights descended in Gevura in the third king. At that time, the posterior of Abba, made by the expansion of the above five Hassadim, fell, and now all of them have fallen, and the Hassadim descended in the Yesod of Abba, Abba returned his posterior to the anterior of Bina, and this state is called back-to-face, as the anterior of Bina is now facing the posterior of Hochma.

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.

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1Hesed, he extended the Hey Hassadim to expand in Guf de Abba. When he died, he descended to Beria, and the five Orot descended in Gevura in the third Melech. At that time the Achoraim de Abba… fell. This is because when Melech ha Hesed broke, Behina Gimel purified to Behina Bet, Komat Hochma disappeared, and Eser Sefirot in Komat Bina came out. It is therefore considered that Hochma turned her Panim to Achoraim since Behinat Bina is considered Achoraim de Hochma although it is the Panimof Bina. This is the meaning of, “Abba returned his Achoraim to the Panim of Bina.”
2Abba returned his Achoraim to the Panim of Bina, and this Behina is called Achor be Panim, as the Panim of Bina are now facing the Achoraim of Hochma. This is because the Panim de Ima are Hey Gevurot, as the Rav wrote above, and they are sweetened by Ohr de Hassadim de Abba. The matter of the degree of Achor be Panim is written above (Ohr Pnimi item 23, sub header “Above it, it is Panim be Achor”), and we should not ask about the Rav’s words there (item 25) that the degree of Achor bePanim is not conducted in AVI.This is so because there it concerns the Tikun de AVI in Olam Atzilut, and at that time they do not need it, and here it is about the diminution of the Orot and their gradual ascent to the Maatzil. It is not at all important here if they need it or not, and this is simple.