Part 14 · Chapter 227

The Ari's Text

And the upper HaVaYaH of Arich Anpin, which shines in ZA in two of them — even though they receive illumination from it, their illumination is not equal to the upper ones; therefore, below, in their names, there are no letters Vav-Hey, but the letters Yod-Hey are here below.

Inner Light

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1The upper HaVaYaH of AA, which shines in ZA in two of them, etc., below, in their names, there are no letters Vav-Hey, but the letters Yod-Hey are here below. He is cautioning in this, that you should not think that what he explained above — that ZA takes from the Vav-Hey of the HaVaYaH behind the shoulders — revolves around the discernment of the vessels. For this he says here that from the discernment of the vessels, these Vav-Hey of the HaVaYaH of HGT, which became in the corrections of the Dikna [beard] of ZA, are reckoned as the discernment of Yod-Hey of the vessels, in such a way that Nefesh-Ruach of the lights of Ruach clothe in HBD HGT of the vessels of Ruach. And it is thus found that from the discernment of the light he takes the Vav-Hey of the HaVaYaH of Ruach, and from the discernment of the vessels he takes the Yod-Hey of the HaVaYaH of Ruach, as is known, that there is an inverse relation between lights and vessels. And this is what he says, “below, in their names, there are no letters Vav-Hey but the letters Yod-Hey” — for in the discernment of the vessels they are Yod-Hey, as explained.