Part 8 · Chapter 20

The Ari's Text

Aferwards, through Zivug de duchra de Atik with its Nukva, they brought up and sorted Nitzotzot that were fallen below, the suitable part for Nukva de Arich. They entered the place of the Ibur as Mayin Nukvin, where they sweeten and correct by spending the time of the Ibur, becoming Behinat Partzuf.

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1Through Zivug de duchrade Atiketc. the suitable part for Nukva de Arich. The Rav was very brief here, relying on other places. Between the above Zivug de Ibur and the Zivug Dechura with Nukva de Atik, between them was the Zivug de Gadlut through AB SAG. It ejected the Hey Tata’a from the Metzach to the Peh, and Eser Sefirot de Rosh and Guf de Atik came out on Komat Keter (Ohr Pnimi item 18).This is so because a Zivug is not performed when the Partzuf is in Behinat Ibur. Only after the Zivug de Gadlut de AB SAG, when Atik and Nukva acquired Komat Keter, did they mate and sorted the Nukva de AA. He also does not explain here how the Zachar de AA is emanated here, for he only comes to clarify the sorting out of the females of Atzilut, and how they are all made of the name BON.Indeed, the matters of MA and BON, and how they connect, are generally quite scattered in the Rav’s words, and they are also very brief. There is a great need to gather the essentials in a single place to make it possible to interpret all the many details that the Rav introduces before us.First we must understand the difference between the new MA and the BON. Know, that the entire difference is the matter of the ascent of Hey Tata’a. In BON, all its Kelim are from Behinat Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim, as they so emerged at their creation, and in the new MA, all its Kelim are considered as Behinat Hey Tata’a that rose in Galgalta. It is so because this is how it emerged in the beginning of its creation, and anything that comes out in a Partzuf in the beginning of its creation never changes.Even though it later receives additional Gadlut, the Kelim of the Katnut do not change by that, much less multiply. Instead, the same Kelim he had during the Katnut, in quantity and quality, grow in Koma and Aviut during his Gadlut, and remember that.The Zivug de Ibur of the new MA has already been explained. Its origin is the Masach de Guf of the Nekudim that purified and rose to Rosh de SAG. By force of its Hitkalelut in the Zivug there, it became Av only in the measure of the Aviut of the Keter.Hence, when it mated with the Ohr Elyon, it did not raise Ohr Hozer, but only on Komat Malchut. This is because the last Behina he had in Guf de Nekudim is Behina Aleph, and that disappeared with the Hizdakchut of the Masach.However, you should remember that Behinat Hitlabshut always remains, even from the last Behina. Hence, here too there is Behina Aleph de Hitlabshut. It turns out that Komat Behina Aleph, which is Komat ZA, came out here as well. However, it is Komat Zachar, having Zivug only in the Hitkalelut with the Nekeva, which has Aviut, as there is no Zivug but only from Behinat Aviut (Part 6, Histaklut Pnimit item 14).Thus, there really is Komat ZA here, but considering the Behinat Kelim, there are only Kelim from Komat Malchut here. For that reason it is only named NHY, being the three Sefirot in Komat Malchut.Nevertheless, of course there is Komat ZA there as well, being HGT, meaning the three Sefirot thickwise from Komat ZA, but they are clothed inside NHY. This is because this Koma comes from Reshimo de Hitlabshut, from which there are no Kelim.Know, that the name MA is primarily Komat ZA because Komat Malchut is never called by the name MA. Hence, MA is always considered half of the Partzuf of the Zachar. Because there is no Zivug from its own Behina, as there is only Behinat Hitlabshut in it, it cannot be corrected except by joining and mixing with the Aviut of the Behinat Nekeva. Thus we have explained the Zachar and Nekeva from the Behinat new MA itself, being the Reshimo de Behina Aleph de Hitlabshut and the Behinat Hey Tata’a in Galgalta, which is Komat Malchut from the Behinat Aviut.We might ask: “How then is there Behinat MA in all the Partzufim, since MA is only Behinat Hitlabshut, unfit for Zivug with the Ohr Elyon? For that reason it joins with the Aviut in the Reshimot of Kelim de BON. That is also the reason that BON is considered the Nekeva of MA, since his own Nukva operates only in Rosh de RADLA, which is the first Rosh of the new MA. From there downward it takes the Reshimot de AVIut of the BON for itself, as its Behinat Nukva, and remember that.However, we have already explained that the MA of the first Rosh, though it too has its own Behinat Malchut there, it still sorted GAR de BON for itself as Behinat Nukva. Indeed, that Zivug is very hidden, and there are also doubts regarding the Behinot of Nukva there, and this is not the place to elaborate on them. I have already explained the doubts in my commentary on the Tree of Life “Panim Meirot and Panim Masbirot”, and study it there.There is a very important rudiment to know here: The Nekeva of the above new MA, which is its Malchut, remains concealed in Rosh de Atik. However, she does not appear at all in all the Partzufimbelow Atik.Know also, that the Hey Tata’a, concealed in the above Rosh de Atik, manifests in the two bottom thirds of Netzah and Hod de Atik, though because of that they went out of Atzilut as Dadei Behema. However, it does not appear in the entire Atzilut, but only from her Behinat He’arah, and nothing of her Behinat Atzmut.The primary difference between Kelim de MA and Kelim de BON is during the Katnut, meaning in the Ibur. On the part of the Kelim de BON, there should be a complete Behinat ZA even in Behinat Ibur, meaning three Kavim HGT and three Kavim NHY. This is because the Katnut de BON is Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim, leaving two Kelim in the Behinat Atzilut of all the degrees, which are Keter and Hochma, and ejects Bina and ZON to Behinat BYA.Hence, each Partzuf has two Orot Ruach Nefesh, clothing two Kelim Keter and Hochma. However, on the part of the Kelim de MA, where the Hey Tata’a rose in Keter, only one Sefira remained in the Atzilut of all the degrees, namely Sefirat Keter. The lower nine of all the degrees went outside the degree.For that reason there is only Behinat ZA de Hitlabshut in the Zivug of the Katnut, which is BehinatHGT, but it has no Kelim, while KomatMalchut de AVIut does have Kelim. Thus, HGT must clothe inside NHY, meaning in KelimdeKomatMalchut.From this explanation you will understand the difference between GAR de Atzilut and ZONde Atzilut. In GAR de Atzilut there are only two Zivugim: Zivug de Katnut, called Ibur, and Zivug de Gadlut, though in ZA there are three Zivugim: Ibur, Yenika, Mochin.The reason is that there is a great difference between the Nukvin (pl. for Nukva) of the two Partzufim Atik and AA, and the Nukvinde AVI and ZON. The Nukvin de Atik and AA are from Behinat Keter de Nekudim where the breaking did not strike at all. For that reason they were left with all the Ohr from the Eser Sefirot that extended to them from the Nikvey Eynaim de SAG, meaning the entire measure that came out during the Katnut de Nekudim.It thus follows, that during the Zivug de Atik and Nukva to generate Behinat Katnut de AA, called Ibur, it is born out of there complete, in Komat ZA, which are Orot de Ruach Nefesh in Kelim de HGT NHY. The Zachar de Atik is Behinat MA, and there are no Kelim in his HGT since he is considered ZAof Hitlabshut. Yet, through its stay in Behinat Me’i (intestine) de Nukva de Atik, where her Katnut is also from the Hey Tata’a in the Nikvey Eynaim, he acquires the Kelim de HGT operating in the Nikvey Eynaim.Thus, even the first Zivug of Katnut de Atik and Nukva brought out Partzuf de AA, complete in Komat ZA in Kelim de HGT and Kelim de NHY. Similarly, when AA and Nukva mated for the Katnut de AVI, called Ibur, they too were born in Komat ZA, complete.This is so because Nukva de ZA too does not need her Zachar in the Behinat Zivug de Katnut, since she is Behinat Keter de Nekudim. Hence she gave AVI the Kelim de HGT from the Behinat Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim, and AVI came out in complete Kelim de HGT and NHY.However, they lack GAR, for which they rose a second time for MAN, for Zivug de Gadlut, where Atikand Nukva emanated the GAR at one time for AA. Also, AA and Nukva mated and emanated GAR to AVI. It turns out that they were completed in two Zivugim.It is not so with ZA because the Nukva is not complete in AVI, even from the Behinat Katnut de BON. Hence, even the Behinat Katnut de BON needs to receive from her Zachar from the Behinat MA.It turns out that the Zivugde AVI de Katnut for the Ibur de ZON was in Ibur by the force of MA. Since MA is only Komat ZA of Behinat Hitlabshut, and in Behinat Aviut it has only Komat Malchut, it therefore has only Kelim de NHY. As a result, Komat HGT must clothe inside NHY.Because of that ZA is born only on Komat NHY, where the Behinot HGT is clothed in it, and it has only Kelim de MA, which are Komat Malchut, where it is divided into NHY by TikunKavim.Hence, it needs Zivug de Yenika in order to be completed with Kelim for HGT. It is so because through Yenika from its mother’s milk it acquires the Behinat Kelim from the Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim, as it is written, “His eyes are washed with milk, and fitly set.”It acquires Kelim de HGT through this Zivug, and then Komat ZA is fully completed in Behinat Nefesh Ruach in it. Ruach clothes the Kelim de NHY, and in order to acquire GAR too, it needs to rise to MANfor a second Ibur de Mochin. Then AVI mate in Behinat Gadlut, and give him Mochin de GAR, and he is then fully completed.Thus, ZA is not completed before it undergoes three Zivugim: Ibur Aleph for Gimel within Gimel, meaning HGT inside NHY, because it only has Kelim from the side of MA at that time. Then Zivug de Yenika, by which it acquires Kelim from the part of BON, from the Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim, at which time it acquires Kelim de HGT, and HGT expand from within the NHY as they already have Kelim. After that, Ibur Bet de Mochin, when it acquires its GAR.However, GAR de Atzilut, which are AA and AVI, do not need a Zivug de Yenika, since they acquire Kelim de BON from the Zivug de Ibur Aleph too. This is because Nukva de Elyon has complete Orot de BON from the Behinat Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim, and does not need the Behinat Zachar de MA for that.Consequently, as soon as they are born, they have complete Kelim for HGT and NHY. However, they need Ibur Bet de Mochin. Thus, they do not need more than two Zivugim, which are Ibur Aleph de Katnut and Ibur Bet for Mochin.Now we come to the essence of the Rav’s words here. He says: “in the beginning, it started to sort out the purest among them through the Ibur Elyon. From that Nukva de Atik was made.” It means the first raising of MAN where all the Behinot of Achoraim de AVI and YESHSUT and the seven Orot of the seven Melachim rose, being that they were all contained in the Masach de Nekudim that purified and rose to Behinat Masach de Rosh SAG (Ohr Pnimi item 2).Then, Behinat Katnut of Atik and its Nukva came out there because Behinot BON too, contained in the Masach that rose, joined with this new Zivug, but with the better parts in them, which is Behinat Keter de BON. After that Atik and Nukva rose to MAN to Behinat Zivug Bet de Gadlut, to Rosh de SAG.In that state the Rosh de SAG mated with AB, which are the Mochin. The He’arat AB lowers the Hey Tata’a from the Eynaim of Rosh SAG to the Peh, like the place of the Zivug which occurs in AB itself. The Komat Keter emerges, Atik and Nukva come down to their place and produce Eser Sefirot from below upward in Komat Keter for their Behinat Rosh.Then they expand from above downward to their Behinot Guf as well. However, we should remember that their Behinot Katnut, which came out in the first Zivug, still haven’t changed in them. This is because any Eser Sefirot of this Rosh and Guf expanded in the first Kli de Keter that they had during the Katnut. From Bina de Keter upward, Eser Sefirot de Rosh on Komat Keter came out. From Binadown, Eser Sefirot de Guf came out.Thus, Kli de Keter, which was but a single Nekuda before, now expanded into a complete Partzuf, Rosh and Guf, through the Sium of the Atzilut.It is written, “Aferwards, through Zivug de duchra de Atik with its Nukva, they brought up and sorted Nitzotzot that were fallen below, from the suitable part for Nukva de Arich Anpin. They entered the place of the Ibur as MAN, becoming Behinat Partzuf.”Interpretation: It is known that all the MAN in general that belong to all four Olamot ABYA rose together as Reshimot incorporated in the Masach, up to Rosh de SAG. However, each Partzuf took only what relates to its own Behina, and left the rest for its following Partzuf. The second Partzuf also took the Behinat MAN from that entirety that belongs to its degree, and left the rest for the Partzuf that follows it, and so did all the degrees through the end of Assiya.We have already explained the two Behinot MAN that Rosh de SAG sorted for the two Zivugim de Katnut and Gadlut de Atik and Nukva. He left all that remains in the general MAN to the sorts of Atikand its Nukva, for AA and its Nukva.First, Atik sorted the Behinat MAN relating to the Zivug de Katnut de AA and Nukva, which is for their very creation, because the essence of the Partzuf is from the Zivug de Katnut. Conversely, the Zivug de Gadlut is not the essence in any Partzuf; it is considered as mere addition, being in the Partzufintermittently, not permanently.Hence, the Partzufim of Atzilut come out in two Zivugim, even the GAR among them. The reason for it has already been explained in previous parts, which is by the ascent of the Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim through the association of Midat ha Rachamim with Din.Consequently, in the Partzufim of Nekudim the Hey Tata’a came out permanently. Here in Atzilut, however, the Hey Tata’a came out at the Metzach permanently, but it is permanently associated with the Behinat Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim.Know, that this addition that was made here is the cause for this entire correction. Because the breaking that occurred in Nekudim due to the Parsa’s weakness, when the new Ohr of Gadlut fissured the Parsa, the Parsa no longer had the strength to refrain from expanding the He’arah to the Separated Olamot BYA too. Thus, Tzimtzum Bet was revoked entirely.Now, however, through the ascent of the Hey Tata’a to the Metzach, the Parsa received great strength from the Keter, which is the Shoresh of every Partzuf. Hence, the Parsa covered and fortified so that even during the Zivug de Gadlut, when a new Ohr comes and fissures the force of the Parsa, that new Ohr still does not shine below Parsa de BYA. It follows that now there is subsistence for the Gadlut, asit does not revoke the Katnut. This will be explained below.After AA and its Nukva came out in Behinat Katnut, AA returned and rose to MAN to Atik and Nukva. Then Atik and Nukva sorted the MAN from the collective that SAG left them for AA, meaning Behina Gimel de AVIut in the general MAN.At that time there was a Zivug in Atik and Nukva, and Eser Sefirot came out in Komat Hochma. This Koma is considered Behinat MA, for the rule is that all the Komot that came out anew are considered HaVaYaH de MA de Alephin. That AA de MA sorted for it the bottom half of Keter de Nekudim,which became its Behinat Nukva as he gives her his Komat Hochma.Atik gave the remainder of the MAN after Komat AA to AA and his Nukva. They sorted form them the MAN that relates to AVI de MA, meaning to the two Zivugim de Katnut and Gadlut that first sorted the MAN that relates to the Katnut de AVI. Thus, AVI were born in Komat ZA.Afterwards, AVI rose to MAN to AA and Nukva, and they sorted the MAN de Behina Bet and generated Eser Sefirot in Komat Bina. AVI de MA descended to their place and dressed HGT de AA, while sorting ZAT de Hochma and Bina de BON for their Behinat Nukva.AA left the remains of the MAN after the sorts to AVI, which in turn, sorted out the MAN that relates to ZON. First, they sorted the MAN that belongs to Katnut, mated on the MAN and generated Katnut de ZON, which is Komat NHY and HGT within it.After that they descended for Zivug de Yenika and were completed in Komat HGT too. They came down and clothed below Tabur de AA, and AVI left for ZON the remains left after the sorts of ZON.They, in turn, sorted them form Partzuf Atik de Beria in the same above manner, Atik for AA and so on likewise as in the five Partzufim of Atzilut. Also, ZON de Beria sorted from the remains of the general MAN that AVI de Beria left for them for Atik of Olamha Yetzira. Atik sorted for AA etc. until ZON de Yetzira. ZON de Yetzira sorted for Atik de Assiya; Atik de Assiya for AA de Assiya etc. until ZON de Assiya were sorted in AVI de Assiya.The rest of the sorts of ZON de Assiya are already considered complete Sigim, unfit to join Kedusha. For that reason they fell to the Klipot, from which ABYA de Klipot were constructed.However, many Nitzotzin of Kedusha remained in them, even of the more important among them. They are sorted by the souls of the righteous in each generation until the end of correction.When all the sorts are through, the construction of ABYA de Klipot will fall down, for their entire sustenance will have been sucked out, being the Nitzotzin suitable for Kedusha. Then it will be said, “He will swallow up death for ever.”