Part 10 · Chapter 109

The Ari's Text

And behold, it has already been explained that since the name SAG also served merely for passage, and is hinted at in the three simple Yud-Hei-Vav which total SAG in Gematria, therefore in their Miluim [fillings] too a hint is given, in that the Yud-Hei-Vav of the Milui of SAG, thus: Yud, Hei, Vav, totals 48 in Gematria, and together with the aforementioned Chekel [field] it is a place, which is the name HaVaYaH, thus: Yud-Peh-Yud, Hei-Peh-Hei, Vav-Peh-Vav, Hei-Peh-Hei. And this is also the secret of "behold, a place is with Me," meaning, the letter Yud, for this drop came out from Chochma, called Yud, and the drop itself is also Yud as mentioned, and it becomes a place.

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

1In their Miluim too a hint is given, etc.; and together with the aforementioned Chekel it is a place, etc.; and this is also the secret of ‘behold, a place is with Me’: Malchut is called a field, which is the secret of Chekel [field], which is ‘field’ in the language of the Zohar. And it has already been explained that the secret of the coupling of kissing is in the lips, in that Mocha Stimaa bestows from its discernment of Netzah, which is the root of ZA. And the throat receives the drop of the coupling in the secret of its Hod, which is the discernment of the root of the Nukva; see above. And this Hod is the secret of the aforementioned Chekel. And since it is in the place of the throat, it turns out that SAG becomes a place for the aforementioned Malchut, which is the greatest sweetening for Malchut. And for this reason the clothing of SAG in this drop of Mochin is hinted at. And this is the secret of the verse ‘behold, a place is with Me,’ etc., said to Moses. For Moses attained the upper Bina, because he attained the clothing of SAG in the secret of the place. Understand this. (And see above, page 901, the passage beginning ‘And this is what Moses says’); study it there well. And this is the secret of ‘Iti’ [with Me], the letter Yud: Ehyeh of the Yuds.