Part 8 · Chapter 38

The Ari's Text

We have learned that the reason for it is that Behinat Nukva de Atikwas made of the First five de Keter de BON, where there was never any cancellation or even a blemish. However, the sorting of the Melachim began in Nukva of AA as she was made of the last five de Keter de BON, that were a little blemished.From there on the flaws add in the rest of the Partzufim, as mentioned there. Hence in Reisha de Atik, where there was no blemish whatsoever, his Bina was able to receive the Ohr Elyon de AK that extends within Reisha de Atik, when she is up there. For that reason she too stood at Reisha de Atik, and then the Daat, made of the connection of HB, stands there too.

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1Behinat Nukva de Atik was made of the First five de Keter de BON… …the sorting of the Melachim began in Nukva of AA. It has already been explained above, in the previous item, that Atik and AA are related in the same manner as Rosh de SAG and its Dikna. For that reason, Atik did not sort from the BON for its Nukva, but only those Behinot that were not controlled by any flaw due to the breaking. This is because the matter of the Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim that we discern in the descent of the degrees of SAG de AK is of similar value to the Behinat Reshimot de BON. Its degrees descend according to the blemish they were blemished by the breaking of the vessels.That mixture is not at all apparent in Rosh SAG, though there is Hitkalelut Zivug de Hey Tata’a in the Eynaim in it. Similarly, Atik, which relates to it, cannot take any Behina from the somewhat blemished BON by the breaking of the vessels for its construction.Hence, it did not take from BON, but from its Behinat Katnut, meaning everything that emerged in it from its very creation, meaning only the Upper half of Keter BON, meaning only its Behinat Galgalta ve Eynaim. These did not receive anything within them, even from the He’arat NHY de AK that emerged through the Tabur in the form of Holam above the Otiot.For that reason it has nothing of the Behinot ZAT de Nekudim, since the He’arat Holam through the Tabur is the Shoresh to the ZAT de Nekudim. This is because this Ohr descended from Zivug de AB SAG made on MAN de NHY de AK that rose to them. Also, NHY de AK are considered the Shoresh of ZON de Nekudim since AVI generated ZAT de Nekudim on their MAN.This He’arah that came out through the Tabur to Keter de Nekudim lowered the Hey Tata’a from the Eynaim de Keter to Peh de Nekudim and returned AVI to Behinat Rosh. In that state Keter itself gained its GAR too, since it now has complete Eser Sefirot as it acquired its AHP from the return of AVI to its Rosh.However, before AVI returned to the Rosh, Keter had only Galgalta ve Eynaim, which are Behinot Orot de Ruach Nefesh. This is because Orot de HGT are clothed in Galgalta and Orot de NHY are clothed in the Eynaim.Hence, although it is not completed by the He’arat Tabur de AK but only in the three lower Kelim Binaand ZON, they still returned KHB de Orot to it from the aspect of the Orot. This Bina and these ZONthat Keter gained by the He’arat NHY de AK are considered Sigim with respect to Atik because the cancellation during the Melachim happened in them, and they fell back to Behinat VAK. This is called the annulment of NHY de Keter.For that reason Atik gave these Bina and ZON de Keter to AA, since it relates to the Behinat Dikna de SAG, the place of the manifestation of the Katnut, which is at Rosh de SAG. Hence, AA received Behinot Bina, and ZON de Keter of the blemished BON into its Behinat Nukva.It is written, “Behinat Nukva de Atik was made of the First five de Keter de BON, where there was never any cancellation or even a blemish.” As it is written, that it was made from the Behinat Katnut de Keter that came out in it from its very creation. It remained complete, and not a thing of it was cancelled even a bit.However, the sorting of the Melachim began in Nukva of AA since she was made of the last five of Keter de BON which were a little flawed. This means, as we have explained, that AA was made of Bina and ZON de Keter, which Keter gained the new Ohr of NHY de AK that illuminated on it through the Tabur. This Ohr was cancelled once more and Bina and ZON de Keter descended from Rosh to VAK once more, hence, they are flawed.
2From there on the flaws add in the rest of the Partzufim. This is because Bina and ZON that Hochma gained by Ohr de NHY de AK that came out through the Tabur was blemished more than Bina and ZON de Keter. This is because Hochma participated in the MAN de Shuruk, which are the Behinat Hey Tata’a itself.Bina and ZON de Bina de BON were blemished even more than Hochma. This is because Bina de Nekudim did not extend her Bina and ZON by He’arat Holam, as Abba, but only through the MAN de Shuruk that she received from Yesod de AK, which is the Behinat Atzmut de Hey Tata’a, from which ZON were born. The Behinot seven Orot of ZAT are blemished most since they broke in Panim and Achor and descended to BYA.