Part 12 · Chapter 212

The Ari's Text

For the entire length of the right line at the time of the Gadlut is only three articles. And behold, in the Ibur the right line was three thirds of three articles, meaning a third of each and every article, namely: Netzach within the Netzach of Netzach, and Netzach within the Chesed of Netzach, and Netzach within the Chokhma of Netzach. And now one third was added and grew in each of their articles, namely the Chesed in each and every article; and all this is in the externality. But in the middle aspect, its VAK came in one time, for their essence is the aspect of ChGT; therefore immediately the whole aspect of VAK grew at one time.

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 the middle Partzuf, its VAK came at one time: The level of phase one, called the Partzuf of nursing, is called the middle Partzuf of ZA, and the level of phase two is called the internal Partzuf of ZA. And this is for the reason that every level whose screen is coarser than its fellow is regarded as internal to it and clothes within it, as written at length in the previous parts. And see in the Inner Observation, Part 2. And he says that in the middle Partzuf, the Nefesh and Ruach came at one time. Meaning, not like in the Partzuf of the Ibur, where the Nefesh and Ruach came to it at two times — for from the time of the Ibur it had Nefesh, and now, through the inclusion and clothing of the Partzuf of nursing, it received the discernment of the Ruach that is within it. But in the Partzuf of nursing, there were not two couplings in this; rather, the level of phase one includes within it Ruach and Nefesh, for the upper discernment includes within it also the lower. And this is simple.