Part 8 · Chapter 64

The Ari's Text

But in Abba and Ima there is Mah and Ban, except that they are two Partzufim joined together always face to face, similar to Atik, and they are joined to such a degree that the two are considered one Partzuf, and it is called Abba. And so it is likewise in Ima, for they are two Partzufim of Mah and Ban, except that they are very tightly joined face to face, similar to Atik, as mentioned above.

Inner Light

This commentary hasn't been matched to individual seifim yet — items are shown in reading order, and the number beside each one counts the notes themselves, not the seifim of the Ari's text.

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1In AVI there is MA and BON, except that they are two Partzufim joined together always face to face, similar to Atik: The matter of the division of MA and BON among the Partzufim of Atzilut was already brought above (page 654, the passage beginning ‘And it is necessary,’ see there), and from there you shall understand that this AVI that the ARI brings here is in combination with YESHSUT, which clothe AA from the chest downward to the Tabur, and it is found that Aba is the first and third couple, whose MA is Keter, Hochma and ZA of Bina, and whose BON is the ZAT of Hochma. And these are called Aba, and clothe AA on the right side from the throat to the Tabur, and of them the ARI says that the MA and BON within it are joined together always face to face, similar to Atik. That is, just as the MA and BON of Atik are one Partzuf, so, too, this MA and BON of Aba are only one Partzuf, clothing on the right of AA down to the Tabur.
And likewise the MA and BON of Ima, which includes also Tevuna, whose MA is Ima and Nukva, and whose BON is the six lower ones, Gevura, Tifferet, NHYM, which clothe AA on the left side from the throat to the Tabur. And of them the ARI says that the MA and BON of Ima are very tightly joined face to face, similar to Atik — that is, that they have become one body, like Atik. However, the matter of AVI being regarded as two Partzufim separate from one another, joined at one wall face to face, refers to the two bodies mentioned above: that the MA and BON joined into one body and clothing the right side of AA, called together Aba, are joined face to face at one wall with the MA and BON joined into one body and clothing the left side of AA, called Ima. Understand this well.