Part 8 · Chapter 71

The Ari's Text

*We shall explain the matter of Aba ve Ima thoroughly. Aba takes, from the name MA, from the Bina within it, the Keter and Hochma of the ten Sefirot of this Bina; and Ima takes the Bina of Bina of MA. And it is possible that the Keter, too, is divided in half, half for him and half for her, except that, as it appears from the discourse of ‘Shiluach HaKen’ in the 300 Lights [Sha VaAyin Nehorin], the Keter of Ima is hidden and concealed within Aba; so it appears that Aba took the whole Keter, and is therefore called ‘more hidden and concealed than she.’ And Israel Saba takes the VAK of the Bina of MA, and is therefore called ‘the Zeir Anpin within it.’ And Tevuna takes the Malchut of the Bina of MA, and is therefore called ‘the Malchut of Tevuna, the soul of Tevuna,’ as mentioned in the Tikkunim, Tikkun 43. And just as Aba ve Ima never separate, while Yisrael and Rachel do separate at times — so too, Aba ve Ima are hinted at in a great union within the first Yod of HaVaYaH, as is known, since they are the Hochma-Bina of the Bina of MA. But the VAK of the Bina of MA, together with the Malchut of the Bina of MA, which are Israel Saba and Tevuna, resemble Zeir Anpin and Nukva, and are not joined in as great a union as Aba ve Ima.

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.

Not matched to a seif

1But the VAK of Bina of MA, together with the Malchut of Bina of MA, which are YESHSUT, resemble ZON and are not joined together in as great a union as AVI: because there is a great difference between the upper AVI, who are from the Chazeh [chest] and above of AA, and YESHSUT, who are from the Chazeh and below of AA, as above in the adjacent item; study it there well. Hence the MA and BON within them are not joined together so much, as above in the ARI’s words (page 663, item 65), that the more the Partzufim go down from their degree, the more their separation of MA from BON is revealed within them; see there in the Inner Light. And it has already been explained above that YESHSUT resemble ZON, in that they are the discernment of AHP that went outside the Rosh, together with ZON; study it there well.