Part 13 · Chapter 80

The Ari's Text

And the NH are called the hooks of the pillars, which are Yachin and Boaz, the two thighs in the form of two hooks. And also since the NH came out from the Tifferet, which is the letter Vav, and they too became the aspect of hooks, which are the hairs, which are in the form of hooks. And therefore the hairs of the head come out from below upward, in the form of hooks, for they pass through the membrane of the air, which is the Tifferet, and go out outside, and become hooks like it. And they are reflected light, for they are Gevurot. And these are the secret of the thirteen strands of the hairs of the Rosh, mentioned in the Idra, and in chapters 9 and 10 their matter will be explained; see there.

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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1In the form of hooks, for they pass through the membrane of the air, etc., hooks like it, and they are reflected light, for they are Gevurot: The matter of the hairs will be explained further on, in its place: that they are the discernment of the GAR [first three] of Hochma, which needed to clothe in Galgalta and Mocha Stimaa [the concealed brain], at the time the coupling was made upon the screen of phase three, which draws the level of Hochma. But because of the correction of Mem of Tzelem [image], the light went outward, and became a returning surrounding light. For the light departed from their vessels, which are the hairs, and they became surrounding light. And this is what he says: “For they pass through the membrane of the air, etc.” For this correction of Mem of Tzelem is made by force of the membrane of the air, as above in the adjacent item, whereby the light departed from them, and they became, in the discernment of Gevurot, hooks. However, at the time of the coupling, when Arich Anpin and Atik become one, then surrounding light shines in them, and the hairs become Yodin, as will be said below, for then the discernment of the hooks in them descends to Mocha Stimaa.