Part 16 · Chapter 214

The Ari's Text

Also Aba of Beriah does not have a complete Partzuf, only the aspect of VAK, like AA. And the reason is that even in Atzilut itself, when the second coupling of Aba and Ima was there, we have already explained that Ima was squatting upon the fledglings in the complete Partzuf of Atzilut of Tevuna. And indeed, Aba bends his head downward to couple with her. Therefore it is found that the light of the three highest of Aba did not couple with Tevuna except through the bending of Aba's head. Therefore, when that light reached Beriah, the head of Aba was not discernible in it, only his VAK alone.

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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1Aba of Beria does not have a complete Partzuf, only the discernment of VAK, like AA. Aba of Beria means the upper AVI, and Ima of Beria means YESHSUT. And although he says above that all these Mochin are the discernment of the GAR of AVI, which are the discernment of the GAR of Bina. However, since the coupling was not made in the place of AVI, which is above the Chazeh [chest] of AA, where there is no restriction at all, but AVI descended below the Chazeh to the place of YESHSUT and coupled there, this is regarded as a bowing of the head of the upper AVI. For the Rosh [head] of the upper AVI is free of all restriction, and although they are below the GAR of AA, this is not at all because of the power of restriction, but out of their desire for Hassadim, and they can ascend to the Rosh whenever they wish. But now that they have descended below the Chazeh of AA, the power of the Parsa of the Chazeh already rests upon them, and therefore, in relation to the upper AVI themselves, this is like VAK without a Rosh, and from this coupling nothing was drawn to Beria except the discernment of VAK of AVI.
2Atzilut of Tevuna. And indeed, Ma Aba bends his head downward to couple with her. Meaning: every Partzuf has within it a Parsa in its innards, from the place of the Chazeh [chest] to the Tabur, diagonally, which divides between the Atzilut of the Partzuf, which is from its Chazeh and above, and its BYA, which are from the Chazeh and below to the Sium of its feet. And it is known that YESHSUT, called Tevuna here, stand from the Chazeh and below of AVI, that is, beneath the Parsa in the innards, and are reckoned as BYA and as the TNHY of AVI, and therefore they are the discernment of VAK lacking a Rosh [head]. And this is the fixed state of these YESHSUT.
But now, in the secret of the second coupling of AVI, when they descended from their place, that is, from the Chazeh upward, where the discernment of Atzilut is, and coupled in the place of YESHSUT beneath their Parsa, that is, in the place of Beria, and from there became one with YESHSUT, as above (page 1997, the passage beginning “And it is found”), YESHSUT gained the part of the Partzuf from the Chazeh and above because of the inclusion of AVI in them, and YESHSUT itself became a complete Partzuf, in which up to the Chazeh is Atzilut, and from the Chazeh and below is BYA. And this is what he says, “that Ima was crouching over the chicks in the complete Partzuf of Atzilut of Tevuna,” meaning that the BYA of Tevuna descended and was clothed in the secret of inner light within ZON, and the Atzilut of Tevuna, that is, from the Chazeh and above of YESHSUT, remained in their place, included with AVI in the discernment of crouching and surrounding light, as above, page 2001, item 205.
And this is what he says, “And indeed, Aba bends his head downward to couple with her,” for it is true that Ima, that is, YESHSUT, gained, through the descent of Aba to them, the part of the Atzilut of Aba, which is the upper AVI, that is, the half-Partzuf from the Chazeh and above; however, the upper AVI were greatly diminished because of this inclusion of theirs in YESHSUT, for because of this they lost the discernment of the GAR that was in them, for now they have become limited by the Parsa, and have left entirely the discernment of the Rosh of AA, as above.