Part 11 · Chapter 118

The Ari's Text

But it does not truly descend there; rather, it remains above as surrounding light for the whole of ZA. And you already know that every surrounding light is Ehyeh of Yudin, therefore Tzelem [image] equals Ehyeh in gematria, as above. It is thus found that this image contains the entirety of all the lower phases, which is the “Tzal” [shadow] within “Tzelem” [image], as will be explained, with God's help.

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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1Every surrounding light is Ehyeh of Yudin, therefore Tzelem [image] equals Ehyeh in gematria: For the name Ehyeh means, “I am destined to give birth,” as is written in the Zohar (Part 3, page 65b).
And therefore the matter of every inner light is that the phase within it is destined to show its revelation in the future, as is known; therefore it is Ehyeh of Yudin, since the entirety of the future is imprinted within it. And this is similar to a fetus in its mother’s womb, which then has no revelation at all, yet it is revealed and known to all that a complete Partzuf is destined to be revealed from it. And this is what he means, “that I am destined to give birth.”