Part 8 · Chapter 18

The Ari's Text

*This Behinat Ohr Metzach is sometimes mentioned in the book of Zohar in that manner, which is “When the Upper Metzach appeared etc.” The thing is that the profusion of Ohr in that place causes He’arah to expand and extend below.Reisha de AK is the place of the Mochin in it, being HaVaYaH de AB. Their place is inside the Rosh and the Metzach coats and covers opposite them. That was the place of the Zivug of the Orot Mochin,called AB, with Orot de Awzen Hotem Peh, called SAG.Hence, from that place itself, which is the Metzach, standing opposite the Mochin, came this new Ohr MA that was born out of the above Zivug. This Ohr that came out of the Metzach expanded from there down, and its primary existence stood from Tabur de AK down until close its Sium Raglin.

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1The profusion of Ohr in that place causes He’arah to expand and extend below. We have learned that all four Achoraim de AVI and YESHSUT and all seven Orot of the seven Melachim, all rose to MAN to the Metzach. It has also been explained that first there was a Zivug on the Masach only on Komat Malchut, called Ibur. That corrected only a very small portion of the general MAN that rose there, only the Behinot NHY in each Partzuf from the Partzufim of Atzilut.Accordingly, most of the MAN remained there without any Tikun. Also all these four Komot Rosh and Guf, contained in the Achoraim of the Upper AVI and the four Orot DHGT, the four Komot Rosh and Guf contained in the Achoraim de YESHSUT, and the four Orot NHYM, all these remained there without Tikun.It is written, “the profusion of Ohr in that place causes He’arah to expand and extend below.” It is so because thus they became MAN to the Upper AB SAG. It is as he wrote that by this Zivug from the He’arat AB, the Hey Tata’a descends from the place of Metzach to the place of the Peh. Then the Zivug is made on the Hey Tata’a in the place of Peh, and Komat Keter de MA extends on it. This is the Behinat Zachar de Atik, meaning the first Koma of the new MA.
2This Ohr that came out of the Metzach expanded from there down. This is because this new Ohr that came out of the Zivug de AB SAG expanded and came to Rosh ha Aleph de Nekudim, standing from Tabur de AK upward, and from it to Rosh de Atik, standing in the place of GAR de Nekudim. Also, Rosh de Atik came out from the place of Pehde Nekudim upward to the Tabur de AK , and Eser Sefirot de Guf from Peh de Nekudim downward to Sium of the Atzilut.We must thoroughly understand the difference between here and the previous Partzufim. In all the previous Partzufim the ascent of the Masach was after the completion of its Hizdakchut to the Rosh of its Partzuf Elyon, meaning its Shoresh.Here, the Masach rose to the AliElyon since the Elyon of the new MA is Partzuf Nekudim. It had to rise to the Peh of GAR de Nekudim and not to AB SAG, which are the Partzuf Elyon of Nekudim. However, this thing was already explained by the Rav above (item 4), where he says that the reason is that GAR de Nekudim themselves are not corrected, hence the Behinat raising MAN there was to AB SAG.GAR de Nekudim did not break, nor were they even touched by the cancellation of the Achoraim, since they are only Behinot additions to what they received through He’arat NHY de AK. However, their own Behina, meaning everything that came out at the beginning of their creation, was not cancelled from them even a bit.Yet, since the Masach rose to them with all the Reshimot in it, their ascent caused the manifestation of the absence in them. This is because the whole issue of the correction of GAR de Nekudim was by the Achor be Achor, meaning the small He’arah that they received from the Ohr of the Awzen (Part 7, Ohr Pnimi item 5).It is so because through the He’arah of the Achoraim de Bina, they are not blemished at all by the Hey Tata’ain the Eynaim, which is at Keter de Nekudim above them, preventing He’arat Hochma from them. Without it, they would not receive Hochma too, because of the He’arat Bina in them, which has no wish for Hochma, but for Hassadim, “for she delights in Mercy.”The Masach and the Reshimot rose to them, as all these Reshimot are Behinot ZON that require He’arat Hochma. They had already had He’arat Hochma, for even the four Achoraim de AVI and YESHSUT are also Reshimot from the Komot that emerged on the MAN of Yesod de AK, called Vavand Nekuda, which are Behinot ZON.Then, Ima de Nekudim had to stop her Behinat Achoraim, and could not do so because of the Hey Tata’aabove her. For that reason the deficit appeared because of the Tzimtzum Hochma by the force of the Hey Tata’a over her. Because the deficit appeared, they too had to rise to MAN to their Elyon to receive Tikun.Thus, GAR de Nekudim were forced to rise with the Masach and the Reshimot to their Rosh de Elyon, which is Rosh de SAG de AK, and all of them became Behinat MAN to the Rosh de SAG. in the beginning, the Masachwas incorporated in the Zivug de Rosh SAG itself. By that it did not become more Av from the Behinat Aviut in the Keter de MAsach because the last Behina it had as a Masach in Partzuf Nekudim is Behina Aleph, and it is known that the last Behina is always lost by the past Hizdakchut.It turns out that the Masach cannot become more Av now, but only in Behinat Shoresh, which is Behinat Aviut de Keter. It is therefore considered that the Masach de Rosh SAG rose for that Zivug to its Behinat Metzach, meaning Galgalta, which is Keter de Rosh.The Metzach is a part of the Galgalta, but it is its Behinat Bina. The Ohr Elyon mated with the Masach and Eser Sefirot came out on it on Komat Malchut. This is so because even though the Hey Tata’a is also incorporated in this Masach, yet because she stands at Keter, only Aviut de Keter can manifest in her, producing only Komat Malchut. You already know that this Zivug is called Behinat Ibur and has three Kavim, called NHY.However, this is still not all of it. In this Zivug the Reshimot are not corrected in the Masach, only the smaller part in them. Thus, there was still great pressure there, due to the abundance of Ohr of all the Reshimot that need correction. It is known that the Reshimot de ZON have a great connection with Behinat Bina, being SAG, to receive Behinat He’arat Hochma from her through the connection of Bina and ZON de Ohr Yashar.Hence, he rose a second time to MAN to SAG de AK. Then Rosh SAG returned the Panim to the Mochin in it, meaning Behinat HGT de AB, clothed in its Rosh in Behinot Mochin and Neshama. The AB SAG are found to be mating and the new Ohr that comes out of this Zivug lowers the Hey Tata’a that rose to Metzach there, when reaching Rosh SAG.This is because Orot de AB are always complete and there is no breaking in them, for which it lowered the Hey Tata’a to the place of the Peh, meaning in the place of the Zivug, operating in ABitself. Because the Hey Tata’a came to its place in the Peh, the Masach received Behina Dalet de Hitlabshut from her, and Behina Gimel de AVIut in her.In that state the Ohr Elyon that mated with the Masach generated Eser Sefirot on Komat Keter. This Koma emerged on the Masach and Reshimot now contained in Rosh SAG itself. From there the Masach descended to the place of Tabur de AK , meaning to the Tachton de SAG, and the same Eser Sefirot came out in Komat Keter, which is Behinat Rosh ha Aleph de Nekudim.The Masach descended from there to the place of Pehde Nekudim and there too Eser Sefirot came out in Komat Keter. These Eser Sefirot are Behinat Rosh de Atik Dechura. From Peh de Nekudim down, Eser Sefirot de Guf expanded from above downward, which are called ZAT de Atik.In fact, the Masach should have come down to the place of Chazeh de Nekudim for there is its true Shoresh. This is because this Masach was from Behinat Guf de Nekudim, meaning from the Hitpashtut of the seven Melachim.However, GAR de Nekudim needed it, for they receive Komat Keter from it, and hence hold it in their place. Moreover, it is considered their Behinat Zachar [another version from the manuscript of Baal HaSulam, requires scrutiny: It is truer to say that Atik clothes the Guf de Rosh ha Aleph de Nekudim. This is because Atik is Rosh ha Aleph de Atzilut. We can also answer that even though GAR de Nekudim actually stand below Tabur de AK , because of Behina Dalet that mixed in them, yet in fact, they clothe from Peh de Rosh SAG downward, and the Atzilut below Taburde SAG.], meaning because it gives them GAR, which they do not have when they are first created.