Part 12 · Chapter 209

The Ari's Text

And afterwards, in Yenika, the middle aspect enters, which is the ChGT in nine articles, and they were clothed little by little within the aforementioned nine Sefirot, which are only the aspect of the NHY of the externality, for all of the externality is only the aspect of complete NHY alone. And in the Ibur only the NHY within the NHY was made.

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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1And in the Ibur only NHY within NHY alone was made: Meaning, that overall nothing came out here in the Ibur except the level of Malchut, which is the light of Nefesh, which, by virtue of the correction of the three lines within her, is called NHY. However, when these NHY are clothed in the ten Sefirot of the Ibur, it is regarded that they are clothed in the upper vessels of each Sefira of them, called the HBD of each Sefira, which is in truth only a vessel of Galgalta, except that through the correction of lines it is regarded as HBD, in such a way that the three lines of the entirety of this Partzuf are: HN in the right line, and GH in the left line, and DTY in the middle line. And it is found that only the three upper thirds of the vessels in the three lines, which are HBD, were clothed, and the three middle thirds together with the three bottom thirds in each one are empty of light, for only the upper vessels grew. As the ARI has measured for us, that in the discernment of the vessels, it is regarded that the upper ones grow first — opposite to the lights, in which the lower ones enter first, as above (page 1197, item 193). And accordingly it is found, in the measure of the lights, that only the three bottom thirds of each one of the nine Sefirot entered: Netzah that is in the right line, and Hod that is in the left line, and Yesod that is in the middle line. And behold, the way of the ARI is mainly to explain according to the entry of the lights into the vessels, and therefore he says, “that in the Ibur only NHY within NHY alone was made,” meaning only one third of each Sefira in this Partzuf of the Ibur. And the middle third enters it at the time of nursing, and then there are two thirds in each Sefira of the Partzuf of the Ibur, which are HGT NHY of the lights, and the upper third enters them at the time of Gadlut, as it goes on to explain.