Part 7 · Chapter 65

The Ari's Text

After that, Netzah Hod reigned. They had to come and reign in their place, in their appropriate vessel, but they did not find their place vacant since the light of Gevura descended there. For this reason, Bina had to expand through her line, which is the left side, to the place that is fitting to later be the real place of Gevura, after the correction, since now they were all one atop the other. Then, when the light of Gevura saw that there was already a vessel in her place, she ascended in her place and when her vessel departed from it, he, too, departed and descended to Yesod of Beria. At that time, Netzah Hod descended in their real place and reigned there in their vessel, and broke. Then their light rises up to Gevura, because Hod rose there, since it, too, is left line, and then Netzah rose with him there, since Netzah Hod are two parts of the body, and their vessel descended in Netzah Hod of Beria.

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1Netzah Hod reigned. They had to come and reign etc. descended in Netzah Hod de Beria. It has already been explained above (Ohr Pnimi item 60) that according to the reasoning here about the matter of the Hitpashtut of Gimel Kavim de KHB to HGT, that it is because the Melachim of NHYMcould not come out of their place. This is because they were not vacant, since the Orot de DHGT were there.Thus you find that Kav ha Bina expanded at the time of the emergence of the Melachim de NH. Since the Ohr Gevura rose and drew far from the Kli, the Kli of Gevura fell to Yesod de Beria. After that Netzah and Hod reigned and when they broke, NH descended to NH de Beria.At the time of the emergence of Melech ha Yesod, which did not find its place vacant, the Kav of Hochma had to expand. The Ohr Hesed rose there from the place of Sefirat Yesod to the Kli de Hesedthat was made of the Hitpashtut of Hochma.Also, the Kli de Hesed fell to the place of Tifferet de Beria through the drifting of the Ohr Hesed from the Kli, and now you find that the Kli de Daat is in Malchut of the Beria, and the Kli Gevura atop it. The Kli de Netzah and Hod atop it, and atop that, the Kli de Hesed.Yet, it is very puzzling, that the Kli de NH, which is from the last Melachim whose breaking is not so great, would fall further below the Kli de Hesed, which is from the first Melachim, whose breaking is great indeed, which were disclosed without any Hitlabshut from the Achoraim de Ima, as the Rav says above.We have already elaborated our speech about that above (Ohr Pnimi item 60) and from the Rav’s words it has been explained there that in most places, the Hitpashtut of the Gimel Kavim KHB, is the matter of the fall of the Achoraim de AVI itself. Also, this whole Hitpashtut ended along with the end of the fall of the Achoraim de AVI, meaning in the Upper third of Tifferet.After YESHSUT came out and clothed the Achoraim de AVI, there immediately rose all the Orot de HGT to the new Kelim de Hitpashtut KHB. At that time all three Kelim Daat, Hesed, Gevura, came down together to the place of NHYM de Beria, Daat in Malchut, Hesed in Yesod, and Gevura in NH. In other words, the more Av it is, the lower it is.All this was before the exit of the last Melachim to Kelim de NHYM de Atzilut. Thus, when the Melachim of NHYM came to reign, their place was already vacant, hence they too fell to Beria, according to the order that the more Av one is, the lower it falls. For this reason NH fell in Tifferet de Beria, Kli de Yesod in Gevura de Beria and Kli Malchut in Hesed de Beria.Now you find the seven Melachim in ZAT of Beria according to the right order that the more Zach is above since its breaking is not so great, and the more Av is below because its breaking is greater. Thus, the Kli Malchut is in Hesed de Beria, the Kli Yesod is in Gevura de Beria, Kli NH is in Tifferet de Beria, and Kli Gevura in Netzah and Hod de Beria. Also, the Kli Daat is in Malchut de Beria.The exception is the Kli de Tifferet, which did not descend to ZAT de Beria, but only to Keter de Beriafor the reason explained above (Ohr Pnimi item 61, sub header “The upper half”).