Part 8 · Chapter 42

The Ari's Text

The reason is that since they are the Upper three of AA, which are Behinat Reisha and require more Ohr than in the Guf, hence a complete Sefira of Atik is clothed in each of them. However, the lower seven of Guf de AA do not require as much Ohr as the Rosh, hence the last three de Atik will suffice to shine in them.This is their order: Atzmut NHY de Atik in HGT de AA, as mentioned, and that too is because HGT de AA later became Mochin in the First Three de Abba and Ima. Hence, their He’arah is primarily in HGT de AA to shine for Mochei (pl. for Mochin) AVI. Afterwards Ohr came out alone from Yesod de Atik and expanded in NHY de AA.

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1They are the Upper three of AA, which are Behinat Reisha and require more Ohr than in the Guf. Because HGT de AA became Mochin to AVI. These words are profound indeed, and require length.First, we must know that the matter of Hitlabshut NHY de Elyon in the Behinot Mochin in the Tachton, and the matter of the Halbasha of the Tachton to Guf de Elyon are separate matters. Note, that NHY de Atik clothe Mochin in Rosh de AA, and yet, Rosh de AA clothes HGT de Atik, not NHY de Atik.Also, in AVI, NHY de AA clothe in the Mochin in Rosh de AVI, and yet, the Roshim de AVI clothe only HGT de AA and not NHY de AA at all. The reason is simple: These NHY de Elyon that clothe the Mochin in the Tachton are Behinat NHY de Eser Sefirot de Rosh de Elyon and have no dealings with the Halbasha of the Tachton to the Guf de Elyon.Know, that there are three Behinot NHY de Elyon: the first – NHY de Eser Sefirot de Rosh of the Elyonfrom its very creation. The second – the NHY that appear in it by the ascent of MAN of the Tachton. The third – the new NHY that appeared in it by the ascent of the MAN of the progeny of the Tachton.We shall understand the matters according to the order of the creation of the three Partzufim Atik, AA, and AVI. You know, that by Zivug AB SAG that the Hey Tata’a generated from the Metzach and lowered to her place in the Peh, Eser Sefirot came out on Komat Keter.This was done first by Hitkalelut of the MAN of Nekudim in Rosh de SAG, and afterwards, when the Aviut of the Reshimot was acknowledged, they descended to their place, to Peh de Nekudim. There they once more generated Eser Sefirot de Rosh from Peh de Nekudim to Tabur de AK on Komat Keter, called Rosh de Atik(Ohr Pnimi item 20).This sufficed for Behinat Rosh de Atik and to its Behinat Guf because Bina of this Rosh stands as she always does in Behinat Achoraim to Abba. Hence, she only imparts the Guf with Ruach Nefesh, and the Guf lacks GAR. Thus we have explained the creation of Rosh and Guf de Atik, and now we shall explain Partzuf AA.Partzuf AA is sorted by Nukva de Atik. Since she is the Upper half de Keter de Nekudim, meaning the Behinot ve Eynaim de Keter that came out when it was first created, through her connection with MA, she now acquired GAR de Keter. She extends her AHP from the time of the Nekudim once more, meaning the NHY de Keter that were then cancelled by the concealment of GAR de Keter.Now that she acquires the GAR by the new MA once more, she returns and draws them to her, to complete her old Eser Sefirot. Since these AHP are also from Behinot NHY de AK, hence, they became MAN there, and caused Bina de Atik to return to being Panim be Panim with Hochma.It is known that the coming of ZON in the place of Bina always awakens Bina to return her Panim to Abba. This is in order to draw He’arat Hochma for ZON, who is connected to them to provide them with He’arat Hochma from the perspective of Bina and ZON de Eser Sefirot de Ohr Yashar. It is known that only Behina Gimel de Aviut remained in them. This is because Behina Dalet, which was in the general MAN, was taken by Atik. Hence, only Komat Hochma emerged on them.It turns out that Nukva de Atik acquired her Behinat AHP from the time of the Nekudim by that new Zivug that emerged in her. It means that she was once more completed with Eser complete Sefirot GE and AHP, though not in the Koma she has from MA, which is Komat Keter, but only in Komat Hochma.Now it is considered to have two Behinot of NHY in Keter de Nukva. The first is NHY de Keter that she has from Kelim de MA, and the second, NHY de Komat Hochma that she now acquired by the new MAN de AHP.Two Komot extend below from this Zivug: the first is to the Guf de Atik itself, because after Bina de Rosh returned Panim be Panim, its He’arah reaches the Guf too. Now the Guf gains Behinot GAR, but only GAR de Komat Hochma, and not Komat Keter, as it is in the Rosh.This is so because the Zivug Panim be Panim, made in the Rosh, was only on the new Behinot MAN, which do not have more than Aviut de Behina Gimel. The second Koma extends to Behinat Rosh de AA, to the place of Chazeh de Atik, which clothes it from the Chazeh to the Peh.Now you can understand the matter of Hitlabshut NHY de Elyon to Mochin in the Tachton. Indeed, they are a part of the Tachton and are not fitting to remain in the Elyon. This is so because they are the same AHP that completed Nukva de Atik during the Zivug of MAN de AA.Even though they joined her during the Zivug, they are still unworthy of remaining in her, since they are from Behinat Komat Hochma. After their own Aviut had been recognized, their flaw from the time of Nekudim becomes known too, that they do not merit being in the place of Atik. Hence, they descend to the place of Guf de Atik along with Komat Rosh de AA.Here you should know what the Rav writes below, that when they are born, all the Partzufim fall to Beria and suck there from the two bottom thirds de Netzah and Hod de Atik there. The reason is that this Masach, which contains all the Reshimot in the Achoraim de NHY de Keter and the four Achoraim de AVI and ZAT, this Masach is from Behinat Guf de Nekudim that rose to Behinat Rosh de SAG after its Hizdakchut.From there it descended from degree to degree until it generated all the Partzufim de ABYA. Hence, since the Guf de Nekudimilluminated in the entire BYA, thus, before the Aviut was recognized in its Guf, meaning while it was still contained in Aviut de Rosh, it could be in Behinat Atzilut.However, after its Aviut de Guf is recognized, it is time for the Koma to depart from the Hitkalelut in the Rosh and descend to her own place, to the place it was prior to its Hizdakchut. This is called the birth of the Partzuf.Then the Behinot Guf de Nekudim become apparent, which were in the Masach prior to its Hizdakchut, when it was in Behinot BYA. Hence, each and every Koma that came out on this Masach was compelled to come to Beria at the moment of its birth, meaning when its Aviut is recognized.However, by Yenika from the two bottom thirds of Netzah and Hod de Atik, which are in Beria, they acquire the Behinat Atzilut in them once more, until they rise and clothe the Guf de Elyon. The same also happened to AA, and after the Aviut de Guf in the Masach that was in it from Behinot BYA too was recognized, it was compelled to leave Behinat Rosh de Atik and come to the place of Beria, under Parsa de Atzilut. This is called the birth of the Partzuf.It turns out that the Behinot NHY de Mochin that it received from the Elyon remain in the Guf de Atik. After AA sucked from the two bottom thirds of Atik, returned to Atzilut and clothed HGT NHY de Atik, it then returned and received the NHY de Rosh de Elyon, which clothed in it as Mochin.Thus we see that the beginning of the reception of AA to NHY de Atik was while it was still contained in the Zivug de Rosh de Atik. However, since during its birth, it was compelled to come down to Beria, it must therefore return and receive them from HGT de Atik once again.It was similar in the creation of AVI by Nukva de AA. This is because AVI were made of Behinat ZAT de HB de BON, meaning AHP that were cancelled from AVI after they’ve lost their GAR. During the Nekudim, ZAT of these AVI were on the same degree as NHY de Keter de Nekudim, and also clothed them in Behinot Mochin.Hence, after Nukva de AA, which is Behinat NHY de Keter Nekudim received Behinot GAR by the Zivug de Atik, she extended Behinat AHP de AVI to Behinat MAN too. AA and Nukva mated on these MAN Panim be Panim and generated Eser Sefirot in Komat Bina, since only Aviut de Behina Bet remained in the Reshimot, as AA took Behina Gimel for himself.Two Komot came out by this Zivug, as with Atik, one for Guf de AA itself, which was only in Behinat Nefesh Ruach before, and could not receive from its Rosh, since Bina stands in Achoraim to Abba. Now, through the MAN from AVI that returned Panim be Panim, Guf de AA too received the GAR. However, they are GAR de Behina Bet, not from Behina Gimel, as it has in the Rosh, and a second Koma came out to Rosh de AVI, whose MAN are theirs.Here too it is considered that NHY de AA clothed in Rosh de AVI, meaning Behinot AHP that Nukva de AA took from the MAN to complete the Eser Sefirot during the Zivug as with Atik for AA. When AVIwere born, meaning when their Masach was recognized, they descended to Beria too for the same reason mentioned in AA. The Behinot NHY and the Mochin remained in Guf de AA until they returned to Atzilut through the Yenika and clothed HGT de AA, and then Behinot NHY returned and received their Mochin.You should know that AA cannot mate on the MAN de AVI but only when it connects and becomes one Partzuf with Atik. This is because Nukva de AA is only half of the bottom Keter de Nekudim, which is only Behinat NHY. In order to sort out the MAN de AVI and mate on them, Keter must be as complete as it was during the Nekudim, when it clothed for Mochin in AVI de Nekudim.Moreover, the Zivug is primarily named after the Nukva de Atik because the bottom of Keter is cancelled and incorporates in one complete degree with the Elyon when connecting with its Upper half. The Tachton, on the other hand, does not even bear a name, as the Rav says (Part 6 item 6).Accordingly, you will find that Atik gives two kinds of Mochin for AA: the first is for Rosh de AA, which are Eser Sefirot on Komat Hochma, clothed in NHY de Atik that appeared because of this Zivug in Rosh de Atik. These NHY descend to AA together with the Mochin, since they are unworthy of Atik.Atik gives the second Mochin for the Guf de AA. This is because the Guf de AA cannot receive Behinat GAR from its own Rosh, as they are Behinat Panim be Achor. Only through raising the MAN de AVI do Atik and Arich return to become one Partzuf. HB de Rosh also return Panim be Panim and then descend are impart GAR to Guf de AA.Since that Zivug is also named after Atik, even the Mochin de Guf are imparted from the Zivug Atik, though from a low Koma, since it is from MAN de AVI, which is but Behina Bet. Yet, you must understand that the Mochin de Behina Bet in Guf de AA is also clothed in NHY de Atik, meaning the AHP by which Nukva de Atik was completed during the Zivug of this Koma de Behina Bet.Now we have explained the two Zivugim de Atik for AA, and the two Behinot NHY de Atik that clothe AA. NHY de Atik from Komat Hochma clothe Rosh de AA, and NHY de Atik from Komat Bina clothe the Guf de AA.Now you can also see that after the Yenika of AVI from the two bottom thirds de Netzah and Hod de Atik, while still in Beria, they thus acquire the strength to rise to Atzilut and clothe HGT de AA. Then they receive the NHY with their Mochin from the Behinat NHY de Atik, clothed in HGT de AA.There are three Behinot NHY de Eser Sefirot de Rosh de Atik that you find here: 1 – NHY de Eser Sefirot de Rosh Atik, from its very creation, from Komat Keter. 2 – NHY de Eser Sefirot de Rosh Atikthat emerged in it out of the Hitkalelut of the MAN de AA. These are NHY de Komat Hochma, clothing the Mochin de Rosh de AA. 3 – NHY de Eser Sefirot de Rosh Atik that emerged in it out of the Hitkalelut of MAN de AVI. These are NHY de Komat Bina, clothing Guf de AA in its HGT. AVI from the Levushim of the HGT de AA receive Mochin de GAR by these NHY de Atik, clothed in HGT de AA.It is written, “since they are the Upper three of AA, which are Behinat Reisha and require more Ohr than in the Guf, hence a complete Sefira of Atik.” In other words, HGTNHY that give the Mochin de Rosh in Komat Hochma by its return to Atzilut and clothing the HGT de Atik. Hence, it needs all three Sefirot de Atik, made into the KHB in it, while its primary He’arah de AA comes from them.“However, the lower seven of Guf de AA do not require as much Ohr as the Rosh, hence the last three de Atik will suffice to shine in them.” This means, as we have said, that NHY de Atikthat shine in Guf de AA are low He’arah from Komat Hochma de AA, and are only from Komat Bina. They too stand there primarily to shine He’arat GAR in AVI.It is written, “that too is because HGT de AA later became Mochin in the First Three de Abba and Ima. Hence, their He’ara his primarily in HGT de AA to shine for Mochei (pl. for Mochin) AVI.” It means that NHY de Atik, which clothe Guf de AA, give the Mochin de GAR to AVI.