Part 13 · Chapter 129

The Ari's Text

And this is what is said in Idra Rabba, page 128: "And from this skull a dew drips upon that which is outside it," as it is written, "For my head is filled with dew..." And it is Zeir Anpin, which clothes Arich Anpin. Thus it is found that at times, in one aspect, the hairs are greater and superior to the whitenesses; and in another aspect, it is the reverse.

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 In one aspect, the hairs are greater and superior to the Chivaret, and in another aspect it is the reverse: As said above, the hairs of Arich Anpin bestow upon the Rosh [head] of Zeir Anpin, and bring forth in him the discernment of the tefillin of the head. But the Chivaret shine only for his NHY, who are the righteous. However, from another aspect, the Chivaret are superior to the hairs, for what is drawn from the Chivaret is found to clothe somewhat also in the internality of the vessels, but what is drawn from the hairs shines only in the aspect of surrounding lights, as above in the adjacent item. And what comes in the aspect of clothing is more important than what comes in the aspect of surrounding lights, which shines in the aspect of illumination from a distance.