Part 15 · Chapter 23

The Ari's Text

And afterwards, when the first Shabbat came, the Nukva returned to be corrected in all the six aspects mentioned above, and the sixth aspect was completed — that she returned with him face to face, in all the measure of his stature, except the aspect of Keter alone, which was greater than her Keter, being the aspect higher than all of them and higher than her. Therefore she still needed to receive from Ima, through him; and then they did not use one crown, which is the most exalted aspect of all, as above.

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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1On the first Shabbat the Nukva returned to be corrected in all the six phases mentioned above, and the sixth phase was completed, that she returned with him face to face in all the measure of his level, except the discernment of the Keter. The intention is to the seven phases that he reckons above: three phases in back to back and four phases in face to face, which are seven phases. And the sixth phase is the Partzuf of the Mochin of Haya that he receives from AVI, when the Nukva ascends in an equal level with ZA and they clothe AVI. However, since the inclusion of NH is not in the place of the Netzah but in the place of the Hod, therefore only the Sefira of the Netzah is reckoned as a root for the Nukva, and she does not reach the Tifferet of Ima, which is the Keter of ZA; rather she needs to receive all her abundance from ZA, who is the discernment of Netzah, as above. See there. And therefore she needs him, and his Keter is higher than her Keter. And she is found lacking the seventh phase mentioned above.