Part 16 · Chapter 212

The Ari's Text

And let us explain the difference between them. And the matter is that AA of Atzilut is a complete Partzuf in all its ten Sefirot, as is known. But AA of Beriah does not have complete ten Sefirot, only VAK alone, and it has no complete Partzuf. For since there is a screen between Atzilut and Beriah, the head of its AA is missing from Beriah, for it could not be clothed there in Beriah.

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.

Not matched to a seif

1AA of Beria does not have complete ten Sefirot, only VAK alone, for since there is a screen between Atzilut and Beria, the Rosh [head] of its AA is missing from Beria. The Rosh of AA is AB, and from the throat downward AVI clothe it with the level of SAG, as above. And since the five Partzufim of Beria came out on the screen of phase two, of the discernment of a complete screen that conceals and covers over Hochma, as above in item 200, and in the Inner Light there, therefore the level of AA that came out through this screen lacks his GAR, which is the level of Hochma, and he has only from the discernment of his throat downward, where the level of SAG is. And it follows that the discernment of AA himself is the discernment of VAK lacking a Rosh. And below it will be explained that since AVI did not draw the level of SAG in their place from the throat of AA downward, but descended from the Chazeh [chest] downward, there remains in AA of Beria only TNHY alone. And see in the item below, page 2007, the passage beginning “AA.”