Part 14 · Chapter 142

The Ari's Text

And it is therefore found that in this aspect the worth of ZA grows, for he nurses from the Keter itself of Arich Anpin, through the thirteen white ones that come out of it. But Aba and Ima nurse only from the Hochma of Arich Anpin, through the thirteen Tikunim of the beard drawn from it. Nevertheless, in respect of the fact that he does not receive the influence of Arich Anpin itself except through Aba and Ima, who clothe Arich Anpin, while he clothes them, in this aspect Aba and Ima are greater than ZA.

Inner Light

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1The worth of ZA grows, for he nurses from the Keter itself of AA through the thirteen Chivaret [bright strands], etc.; AVI nurse only from the Hochma of AA, through the thirteen corrections of the Dikna [beard]. This has already been explained in the previous parts: that there are three partners in the emanation of ZA — AA, and AVI. And the origin of the matter, in its root, is in the Nekudim; for the ZAT of Nekudim were emanated only through the Vav and the point that the inner Yesod of AK, which is the Partzuf Keter, bestowed upon AVI of Nekudim. And the reason of the matter is that the essence of ZA on the side of direct light is nothing but Netzah, and he has no part in the HGT that are above the Tabur. And thus AVI, who are ascribed to the AB of AK that ends above the Tabur, have no connection whatsoever with the original ZA of the discernment of Keter, who begins from Netzah. Therefore the main correction of ZA, and its beginning, is only from the NHY of Keter. And this is what is said in the Zohar, that ZA hangs upon Atika Kadisha [the holy ancient one] and is attached to him: for he is attached to the NHY of Atika, since his root is there from Netzah downward, and therefore he clothes the NHY of AA; and this is called “attached,” meaning that his self is there. And likewise his whole main correction hangs upon the completion of the NHY of Keter, from the discernment of the hairs of the head that are called the four Nimin [strands] and the four Chivaret behind the Rosh [head]; for the hairs of the Rosh divide into three HaVaYot — HBD, HGT, NHY — where HBD and HGT are on the two sides of the face, and the HaVaYaH of NHY is behind the Rosh.
And from this discernment the superiority of ZA is reckoned, that he is more important than AVI; for AVI are not ascribed to Keter at all, but to the Partzuf AB that ends above the Tabur of the Partzuf Keter, whereas ZA is ascribed to the NHY of Keter, as above. However, since ZA has no correction whatsoever except through AVI, as written above, in the secret of “He drinks of the brook by the way, therefore he lifts up the head,” it turns out that he is lesser than they are, since his entire correction depends on AVI.
And this is what the ARI says: that the completion of AVI is through the thirteen corrections of the Dikna, namely through their ascent to AA, where they receive the level of AB upon the MAN [Mayin Nukvin] of the Mazalin, Notzer and Nakeh, as above. And they have no relation whatsoever to the Chivaret, which is the self of the Galgalta of AA, but only to the discernment of the hairs of the Rosh and of the Dikna alone, that is, to the level of AB and the Hochma of AA that comes out upon the MAN of the hairs. But ZA, who is attached to the NHY of AA that are below the Tabur — which is below the discernment of the AB of AK that is completed at the Tabur — therefore the correction of AB does not suffice for him, and he must receive from the discernment of the Chivaret, which is the self of the Galgalta of AA, which receives from the discernment that corresponds to it in the Galgalta of AK, that is, only from the discernment of the NHY of the Galgalta, where his root is, as above, which are the four Chivaret that are behind the Rosh. And it turns out that the main completion of ZA depends on those four Chivaret.