Part 12 · Chapter 152

The Ari's Text

And it follows that the Mochin that came from midnight onward do not depart until after the day is clear; for at the time of the dawn the Mochin have not yet departed. Therefore, when one recites the Shema of the morning before sunrise, there is not so much effort to return the Mochin, for barely a small moment has passed since they departed; therefore it is easy to return them. And this is the reason that the Vatikin would finish it before sunrise, and by means of this they did not need to read the Shema twice in the morning prayer.

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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1 That the Vatikin would finish it before sunrise, and by means of this they did not need to read the Shema twice in the morning prayer: For the Mochin of the first intercourse, which was in the Shema upon the bed, do not depart until sunrise; therefore, since they advanced the Shema of the day, to read it before sunrise, they were able, in this Shema, to raise ZON at once as MAN to the upper AVI, in order to receive the Mochin of GAR. And they did not need to advance the Shema of the sacrifices in order to make her a vessel, for at that time the vessel still stood from the coupling of midnight. And this is what he says: “and by means of this they did not need to read the Shema twice in the morning prayer” — for they did not need the first intercourse.
2 Other, new Mochin, superior to those that were at midnight: For at midnight, the coupling was not for the discernment of actual Mochin, but for the completion of the vessels, as above. But in the Shema of the day, the coupling is for the drawing of the actual GAR of Mochin: the VAK of these Mochin are drawn in the Shema of Yotzer, and their GAR are drawn in the blessing of the Patriarchs. And then ZON themselves are fit for coupling in the blessing of Sim Shalom.