Part 7 · Chapter 56

The Ari's Text

For this reason, itself, there was also another difference between GAR, which are KHB, and the seven bottom kings. It is so because at first, the GAR came out with a little bit of correction, since when they first came out, they expanded in an order of three lines. It is not so with the ZAT that came out one below the other, and this is the meaning of what is written in the Idra Raba, “How long will we sit in the keeping of one pillar?” He wishes to say that the correction, which is through lines, was made, but prior to that, when they were one atop the other, there existed the one line. We have already explained that since the correction of Atzilut is made of VAK, it is made in the form of three lines connected to one another, in the form of the third that decides between them, and then it is called “single authority.” Yet, when they are atop the other and they are separated from one another, and then it is called “multiple authorities.” For this reason, the posterior of the GAR were revoked and did not die, and the seven kings died anterior and posterior, since they emerged without any correction whatsoever.

Inner Light

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1When they first came out, they expanded in an order of Gimel Kavim. It has already been explained above that the matter of Tikun Kavim begins by the force of the He’arat Achoraim de Ima (Ohr Pnimi item 49, par. “Yet, there is a big difference”).It is known that AVI de Nekudim first came out in Behinat Achor be Achor. It means that they were corrected in the Ohr Achoraim of theUpper Bina, hence they were not blemished by the Hey Tata’a that rose to the Eynaim, and remained in Behinat GAR de Bina (Ohr Pnimi item 23).This Tikun is called Tikun Gimel Kavim, where each three, right, left, and middle, come up as one, which is the He’arat GAR by the force of the Achoraim de Bina. For this reason they are considered connected to one another in one knot.We must also thoroughly note the matter of their division into two Ktzavot and the sentencing between them, since there is a great interest in that. The thing is that through the ascent of the Hey Tata’a to the Eynaim, which are Hochma, Malchut was incorporated in each and every Sefira of the Eser Sefirot. For this reason a Behinat Nukva and Kli was made in each and every Sefira.Because of that, it is considered that there is Behinat right and left in each Sefira, meaning Hesedand Din. This is because the Sefira itself is Behinat Hesed, and the force of Malchut that was mingled in it through the ascent of Hey Tata’a to the Eynaim is the Behinat Din in the Sefira.Hence, AVI de Nekudim too are considered right and left, meaning the Kav of Hesed, which is Hochma and Abba, and the Kav of Din, which is Bina and Ima. AVI had no GAR with respect to these two Kavim. Hence the Ohr Achoraim of the Upper Bina was drawn to them in Behinat deciding Kav in the middle of them.This Ohr Achoraim is considered Behinat middle, and determining. This is because for itself, there is no distinction between right and left, since the whole difference in the Ktzavot is because the left is the Kav of Din, for lack of Ohr Hochma that is fitting for the right Kav. This refers to the GAR de Hochma that cannot receive because of the mixture of the Hey Tata’a inside it since they are two Ktzavot that deny one another.However, this Kav that extends from Bina, rejects Ohr Hochma in any case, meaning even if there had not been Behinat Din there. Thus you find that it is in equivalence with the two Ktzavot together, and in that the right Kav complements the Behinat GAR that it lacks, which is Hochma.In addition, it sweetens the left and connects it with the right in complete unification since it no longer contradicts it. Thus, the two Kavim right and left are connected and corrected by the Achoraim de Ima, which is the middle line (Ohr Pnimi item 49, par. “Yet, there is a big difference”).He writes, “the GAR first came out with a little Tikun, since when they first came out, they expanded in an order of Gimel Kavim.” It means that in the beginning, they emerged in correction of Achor be Achor, and this Tikun means Tikun Kavim.
2ZAT that came out one below the other. It is because ZAT did not come out from AVI with respect to their being in Behinat Achor be Achor, but they emerged from a Zivug of Panim be Panim de AVI. Hence, there was no connection between them whatsoever, but each Sefira was its own Guf. Hesed was Guf de Abba, and Gevura was Guf de Ima etc. because they lacked the Tikun Achoraim de Ima, which is the tie that connects all the ends together.
3VAK, is made in the form of three Kavim, tied and connected to one another, in the form of the third that decides between them. As has been explained in the previous item, the beginning of the Tikun was made in HGT, in the form of NHY de Ima. At that time the NHY too are integrated in them in the form of, “their hinder parts were inward.” Hence, even afterwards, when the Achoraim are completed from the perspective of the He’arat Hochma too, still the first Tikun de Achoraim de Ima remains in them. This is because they come from the essence of the beginning of its creation and does not undergo a change, as every thing that comes from the beginning of its creation never changes, as is known in the Rav’s words.