Part 16 · Chapter 39

The Ari's Text

And we will explain the matter of the screen added in Yetzirah, which is at a distance, as mentioned. Behold, it was explained that the screen between Atzilut and Beriah is made from the Bina of Atzilut. But this screen between Beriah and Yetzirah is made from the ZA of Beriah. For the ZA of Beriah surrounds, clothes, and encloses the Malchut of Beriah, even beneath her feet, in the manner mentioned above; and through this screen the light passes to Yetzirah, from the world of Beriah. And this is what they said in the aforementioned book of Tikkunim, that the Tifferet dwells in the angel, which is the world of Yetzirah. And behold, it is a distant screen, for it is made only from the Tifferet of Beriah, unlike the first screen, which is made from the Bina of Atzilut and not from the Tifferet of Atzilut. And the reason for this change, I have forgotten it. And indeed, the world of Assiyah deteriorated more, for it does not receive the light of Yetzirah except through another screen, at a distance and in diminution. And the explanation of the matter is that the Malchut of Yetzirah itself makes a screen beneath her feet, from her external garment, so that the light of her essence itself will not descend to Assiyah, but only through this screen. And this is what they said in the book of Tikkunim, that Malchut dwells in the Ophan, which is Assiyah.

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

1The foundation between Atzilut and Beria is made from Bina of Atzilut. As above in the adjacent item, that it is a screen of distancing. However, the coupling is made in ZON of Atzilut, for every lower one comes out by means of the coupling made in the Nukva of the upper one, as written on page 1903, item 20; see there; but only because it is made upon the screen of phase two, which is the screen of Bina, it is regarded as made in Bina of Atzilut, for the screen of phase two brings out the level of Bina.
2The screen between Beria and Yetzira is made from ZA of Beria. It is the screen of the window, as above in the adjacent item, the passage beginning “Is revealed.” However, the Ibur [impregnation] is made in the Nukva of Beria, for every lower one is sorted in the belly of the Nukva of the degree adjacent to it, as above (in this part, item 20); only because the coupling is made upon the screen of phase one, which is a window, which brings out ten Sefirot at the level of ZA, therefore it is called after ZA of Beria, that is, after his screen.