Part 14 · Chapter 62

The Ari's Text

And the son is found to have two matters: whether the illumination of his six extremities, through the springs and streams that go out from the river — and they are the six extremities of Bina that shine in his six extremities — this is called blessing, for the abundance of the pools of water drawn from the river, and it is also called the delicacy and the dainties of kings, which are the six extremities. And whether the inheritance of his father and his mother, to inherit the place of Hesed and Gevura, in his taking their root hidden above — this is called freedom, a free man, and it is called delight, as it is said: 'then you shall delight in the Lord.' And that is what is said there, in the portion Vayechi: 'all blessing and all freedom.'

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1Two matters: whether the illumination of his six extremities, through the springs and the streams that go out from the river — and they are the six extremities of Bina — and this is called blessing, etc. And whether the inheritance of his father and his mother, and this is called freedom and a free man, and it is called delight. Namely, as written above (page 1527, the passage beginning “he inherits”), that in the complete coupling he must receive from the entire level of AVI, from the GAR and from the ZAT: for the GAR are called the inheritance, and they are the discernment of freedom and a free man, since they are corrected in the Mem of Tzelem, where no judgments or shells whatsoever can take hold; and they are the secret of the delight, in the secret of the verse, “then you shall delight in the Lord.” And the second matter is the discernment of blessing, which is the Mochin of birth, which are received from the ZAT of AVI, called the two crowns, and which are the discernment of the river that spreads to its sides: the side of Hesed is from the line of the Dalet that lies across its breadth, which is the secret of the bounty of the Hassadim in breadth, from the Yesod of Ima, which is wide and short, and it is called the Itra of Hesed. And the side of Gevura is from the line of the Dalet that is set upright along the length of the Dalet, which is the secret of Gevura, in the secret of the narrow path of the Yesod of Aba, which is narrow in Hassadim but long in Hochma, and it is called the Itra of Gevura. And this is the secret of the four Mochin: Hochma, Bina, Hesed and Gevura. For HB are the inheritance, and freedom, and delight; and HG are the two crowns, and blessing, and the dainties of kings. And when ZA is crowned with these four Mochin, he is fit for a coupling face to face with his Nukva, to give birth to souls. And behold, the truth of the matter of the four Mochin, HB HG, has been explained here in the words of the ARI; and remember it for all places.