Part 16 · Chapter 138

The Ari's Text

And against this world, called "her food" (She'era), is said "and the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations" (ve-haya shearit Yaakov ba-goyim) — for it is the aspect of the remnants (Shiurin) that remained in the first aspect of the three within three. And these remnants of holiness are called "the remnant of Jacob" (Sheerit Yaakov), which is in Assiya, where are all the Klipot and other gods (Elohim Acherim). And this is the secret of "and the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations," which are the Klipot. And if you remember what was told to you in the secret of "and you shall say to the last generation" (ve-Amar ha-Dor Acharon), which is called the remnant of Jacob, being the aspect of "the legs reach the legs," you will understand this verse more. And that is enough (Ve-Dai Lach).

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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1These remnants of holiness are called the remnant of Jacob etc. And this is the secret of the remnant of Jacob among the nations, which are the shells, in the secret of “and the last generation shall say,” which is called the remnant of Jacob, which is the discernment of the legs reaching the legs. For the name Jacob hints at Yod-heel, which are ten sparks of light captive in the shells in the world of Assiya, which is the discernment of the “heel” of AK. As the ARI wrote in Etz Chaim, Gate 3, Chapter 2. See there. And these ten sparks are the secret of the heart of stone, which has no sorting in all the six thousand years, for they are the discernment of all the Malchuts of the vessels of the seven kings that died; and since the Malchut of the first restriction was hidden in Radla [the unknown head], which does not serve with her at all for the need of the worlds below it, and there is no coupling in her, therefore there is no possibility at all that these thirty-two Malchuts will be sorted. And they are in complete captivity among the shells throughout the six thousand years. And these are the remnants that remained of holiness after all the sortings of the worlds, all of them, called the remnant of Jacob that is in Assiya. And this is the secret of the remnant of Jacob among the nations, for they are in captivity among the shells. And this is the secret of “and the last generation shall say,” that is, in the heels of the Messiah, at the time of the end of correction, then a coupling will be revealed in Radla upon its Malchuts of the first restriction, and the level of Yechida, which is the secret of the Messiah, will illuminate, and the remnants in Assiya mentioned above will also be sorted, and automatically the whole second restriction will be nullified, and BYA will return to being Atzilut, for the legs of all the Partzufim [pl. of Partzuf] of Atzilut will expand level with the legs of the Partzufim of AK; and this is the secret of “the legs reach the legs,” for the legs of Atzilut will be equal to the legs of AK, and both will stand level on the point of this world, in the secret of the verse, “and His feet shall stand upon the Mount of Olives.”