Part 8 · Chapter 29

The Ari's Text

Indeed, Atik and Arich, called Keter de Atzilut, take the two Behinot of the name MA between them, which are Taamim – Keter, and Nekudot – Hochma. This is because each Dechura side of Atik is made of Keter, being Taamim de MA, and each Dechura side of Arich is made of Hochma, being Nekudot de MA. Thus, only Keter de Atzilut, which is Behinat Atik and Arich, takes the Keter and Hochma of MA to the Dechura side of them, and only the both of them are called Keter de Atzilut.

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1Atik and Arich, called Keter de Atzilut, take the two Behinot of the name MA between them. MA is primarily in order to correct the BON. Hence, we name the Partzufim according to their relation to the MA, since it is their Behinat Zachar. It means that all the Ohr, poured in the Partzufim, is the Behinat MA, and thus it naturally controls their order.In light of that, since Atik and Arich are both Behinat Keter of the Nekudim, they are also considered as Keter de Atzilut. Their state is necessarily according to how they relate to MA. Keter de MA is the Behinat Zachar de Atik, and Hochma de MA is the Behinat Zachar of AA.It has already been explained that because of the ascent of the Hey Tata’a to the Keter, Hochma too departed from the Behinat Rosh de Keter. Hence, Partzuf AA relates to Partzuf Atik like a Guf, as it is Hochma de MA, clothing the Guf de Atik, though with regard to BON, they are both Keter. This is for the above reason that the situations are controlled by MA, as it is the owner of the Ohr in the Partzufim.
2Keter and Hochma of MA to the Dechura side of them. We must thoroughly understand that great change that was made here: The Zachar and the Nekevaof a single Partzuf, which are necessarily on the same degree, are compelled to be from two Sefirot. Moreover, the Zachar is to be from Sefirat Hochma and the Nekeva from Sefirat Keter. There is also, the matter of the division of the Sefirat Keter between the two Partzufim and why Atik did not take the bottom half of Sefirat Keter de BON too.First, we shall explain why all three Roshim of Nekudim in Zivug de Gadlut in AVI de Nekudim, connected to AVI to be as Eser Sefirot de Rosh in Komat Keter, while here in the new MA it was not so. Moreover, in its Zivug de Gadlut, the Hey Tata’a came out from the Metzach and returned to her place in the Peh by He’arat AB, and the Eser Sefirot came out in Komat Keter. However, it only helped Sefirat Keter, and all other bottom nine Sefirot did not return to the Rosh. Furthermore, they did not receive anything from the Zivug.The Rav writes that when Atik was corrected, it was not corrected from what is below Atik at all. Also, when AA was corrected, it was not corrected from what is below it whatsoever, and likewise with AVIand likewise ZON.You already know the Shoresh of the new MA. It is the Masach de Guf de Nekudim that raised the Reshimot of the seven Melachimand the four Achoraim de AVI and YESHSUT and the Achoraim of NHY de Keter. It brought them to Rosh de SAG, to the Behinat Metzach, which is Behinat Bina de Galgalta de SAG. Komat ZA de Hitlabshut came out on it, and Komat Malchut de Aviut from Bina de Keter and above (Ohr Pnimi item 20).Since the place of the Zivug is Bina de Keter, they received Behinat Achoraim de Bina there and were corrected Achor be Achor in the form of Tikun Kavim, called Gimel Go (within) Gimel. This is so because there is only Komat Malchut de Aviut here, and thus there is only Komat NHY here. Komat HGT that departed is but Behinat Hitlabshut and has no Kelim, and this is called Gimel Go Gimel, or Behinat Ibur.Only the Ketarim were made of this Komat Ibur in all the Reshimot that rose to MAN there, and not all the Eser Sefirot in Keter, but only from Bina upward. This is because the He’arat Achoraim de Binain them did not let them expand to ZON since the force of the Achoraim de Bina is only before it expands to He’arat ZON.However, when she expands to He’arat ZON she is compelled to arrest her Achoraim and mate in Hochma, receive He’arat Hochmafrom him for the ZON (Part 7, Ohr Pnimi item 24). Thus, ZON is in the same situation here as ZAT de Nekudim, where the He’arat Rosh did not reach them because of the He’arat Achoraim de AVI.You find, that besides Hochma leaving the Behinat Rosh into Behinat Guf, ZON de Keter itself also departed from Behinat Rosh into Behinat Guf, since the Hey Tata’a stands in Bina de Keter. Even the He’arah of Gimel Go Gimel did not reach them.There is yet another matter here in the new MA. Since Hey Tata’a rose to Keter, Parsa was greatly strengthened, since as long as Parsa was in Behinat Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim she did not have the strength to exist during the Zivug de Gadlut de AB SAG too. This is so because the new Ohr de Zivug AB SAG descended and lowered the Hey Tata’a from the Eynaim to the Peh, fissured the Parsa, and illuminated in Nekudim. Consequently, the Parsa did not have the strength to detain the Ohr from expanding to BYA, and this is the reason for the breaking.Now that the force of Parsa has been doubled by the Hey Tata’a that rose to Keter, she was greatly strengthened. Thus, even the Zivug de Gadlut, which lowers the Hey Tata’a from the Metzach to the Peh does not cancel the Gevul de Katnut of Parsa in any way. On the contrary, the Kelim only grow.Thus, the new Ohr that descended from the Zivug de AB SAG and lowered the Hey Tata’a from the Metzach to the Peh, and the Eser Sefirot de Rosh de Atik that came out in Komat Keter, were also not cancelled by that ancient Gevul de Katnut.ZON de Keter did not return to the Rosh, but by receiving the Koma of the Rosh from above downward, the Kelim grew in a way that HGT de Guf became KHB, NHY into HGT, and new NHYemerged for them. However, they remained in Behinat Guf, and the form of Rosh did not return on them, as in AVI de Nekudim.Hence, even though Atik was corrected in a complete Koma de Eser Sefirot through Keter, still, none of it reached Partzuf AA. This is because even its own Guf did not return to Behinat Rosh, much less the rest of the bottom nine Sefirot.Therefore, this entire Koma de Keter came out and expanded only on the single Sefira of Keter, and the rest of the Sefirot did not receive anything from it. It was likewise in Sefirat Hochma, which expanded in itself by the two Zivugim Katnut and Gadlut, into RTS, and none of it reached Bina at all, etc. similarly.Now you will understand that these Eser Sefirot in Komat Keter that came out in the Koma de Histaklut Eynaim of AVI contain within them all the other Komot that came out in Nekudim. They come here in the new MA one-by-one in five special Zivugim, meaning a special Sefira in each Koma, as has been explained above.It is also not on an equal Koma as it was in Histaklut Eynaim de AVI, but one below the other: Komat Keter came out only in Atik, Komat Hochma came out in AA, Komat Bina in AVI, and Komat ZA in ZON. This is so because each Tachton comes out from the Behinat Guf de Elyon since the Hey Tata’a is above it.It turns out that Komat AA is considered Behinat Guf with regard to Keter, and is not considered as Rosh, but only with regard to Sefirat Hochma. Thus, AA lacks the Behinot GAR de Yechida because it is considered Guf with regard to the Ohr de Yechida.Also, AVI are considered Guf with regard to AA, which is Hochma. They are only considered Rosh with regard to the new Zivug made on the Masach de Behina Bet, which is Bina.Nevertheless, all three Partzufim Atik, AA and AVI, are considered complete Partzufim in Rosh and Guf. AA still has Rosh and GAR from the new Zivug de Behina Gimel; AVI have Rosh and GAR from the new Zivug de Behina Bet. It is like the Partzufim GASMB de AK where each Tachton is a Guf to the Elyon, though it has complete Rosh in itself.However, since ZON came out only on Komat ZA, which is Nefesh Ruach, hence they lack the GARentirely, and came out as Behinat Guf without a Rosh. Examine the great lessening that occurred because of the ascent of the Hey Tata’a to the Metzach: Not only did it divide the Sefirot and each and every Sefira came out in its own Koma, they also came out one below the other, until it caused ZA to come out without a Rosh.However, through the new Ohr that descended from the Zivug de AB SAG in Nekudim, Eser Sefirot KHB ZON came out in AVI, and all their Komot were equal up to Keter, even the Malchut in them.In addition, we must remember that there is a great difference between the Kelim de GAR of the Nekudim and the Kelim de ZAT de Nekudim. The Kelim de GAR are from Behinat First Hey, and have none of the Behinat Hey Tata’a.Those Kelim came out by He’arat NHY de AK through the Tabur, by which the Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim came down to Peh of the Nekudim and AVI returned to Behinat Rosh. However, because Imawants Hassadim, she still does not return her Panim to Abba to receive Hochma, except by MAN. These GAR are from the Behinat Kelim de AVI, which have no Behinat Hey Tata’a (Part 6, Histaklut Pnimit item 9).However, the Kelim de ZAT came out by the MAN de Vav and Nekuda from the Yesod de AK. These MAN returned to AVI Panim be Panim, mated on the MAN, and generated Komat Eser Sefirot from below upward in Komat Keter, called Histaklut Eynaim de AVI.From there downward it ejected the seven Melachim: First, Melechha Daat; after the Hizdakchut to Behina Gimel they ejected Melechha Hesed etc. Hence, only the Koma from below upward that emerged by the MAN de Yesod de AK is considered as Behinat Rosh de ZON, but not the Komot that emerged before the MAN, in the form of Panim be Achor. It is so since they have connection with ZON as they do not have any part in the Behinat Hey Tata’a.It turns that those Eser Sefirot that departed to AVI de Nekudim in Komat Keter should be divided between the GAR in them, which have no connection with ZON, and the ZON in them, considered Rosh of ZAT de Nekudim. Now you see that these first three Partzufim Atik, AA and AVI that came out in Nekudim, are not connected with ZON de Atzilut any longer since they are from the Behinat GAR in the Roshim of AVI de Nekudim.You can therefore understand that there are three Behinot in the Eser Sefirot de Nekudim, and there is a great difference in the way the are corrected:• The first Behina is the Behinat Katnut that emerged in Nekudim by the ascent of Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim, meaning what emerged in their basic creation, being only Behinat Achor be Achor.• The second is Behinat Panim be Achor that came out in Nekudim by the He’arat Tabur de AK that lowered the Hey Tata’a from the Eynaim de Keter de Nekudim to the Peh de Nekudim. It returned the AVI to the Rosh, where Ima still remains in the Achoraim to Abba though she is turned completely into Behinat Rosh, “because He delighteth in mercy.”The difference between the first Behina and the second Behina is that in the first Behina where the Hey Tata’a was above AVI, AVI had only Komat ZON. However, now they have Komat Keter since the Hey Tata’a is in its place in the Peh.Yet, although Ima can receive the Ohr Hochma, there is still an imprinted yearning in her by the nature of her creation in Ohr Yashar to want only Ohr Hassadim. Indeed, there is benefit from that to ZAT de Nekudim, that they can now receive Behinat complete Ohr Hassadim from Ima, being the Behinot Eser Sefirot in Komat ZA that expand to them from Ima that returned to the Rosh.• The third Behina is the two Roshim that came out in GAR de Nekudim in Behinat Panim be Panim, on the MAN de Vav and Nekuda that they received from the Yesod de AK and their Behinat from above downward, called ZAT de Nekudim.The best among them is the first Behina, meaning Achor be Achor that remained in AVI de Nekudim, which did not suffer from the breaking at all. After them it is the second Behina, meaning GAR de AVIthat came out in Behinat Panim be Achor, since they are clean from Hey Tata’a, and the He’arat Ruach Nefesh that expanded in them to ZA is of the same merit.Hence, there is a great difference between the two above Behinot: After they were corrected in Atzilut, their correction remained permanent and the blemish of the Tachtonim does not cause them any Histalkut.However, this is not the case in the third Behina, as it comes by the MAN de Yesod AK, which is the Behinot Vav and Nekuda, meaning there is Behinat Hey Tata’a there. For that reason, its correction is not permanent, but all the Tikkunim that come in this Behina are in the form of ascending and descending, according to the actions of the Tachtonim. Remember all the above as it is an introduction to understand the Rav’s words before us.