Part 12 · Chapter 145

The Ari's Text

*And let us return to explain the reason why two kinds of Shema were needed, for the sake of the one coupling of the morning prayer, unlike the other couplings. And the reason is that the Mochin of midnight were drawn from the externality of Aba and Ima, and afterwards all the Mochin departed entirely, as is known, for after every coupling the Mochin return and depart completely. And this is the secret of the exile, for in the time of the destruction there are no Mochin above except at the time of prayer alone, and afterwards they depart so that the blemish will not reach them. And there is also another reason, for we do not have the power to sustain them all day, but only at the time of prayer alone.

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

1 All the Mochin departed entirely, as is known, for after every coupling the Mochin return and depart entirely: Meaning, that these Mochin of the first intercourse suffice only for the duration of the time of the second half of the night, until the morning; and at the end of the night they depart entirely, and AHP are found returning and departing from them, and they remain again in GE [Galgalta ve Einayim] alone, namely in the NR [Nefesh-Ruach] of Ruach, as above. For the coupling that is in the Shema upon the bed sufficed only until the end of the night alone.