Part 16 · Chapter 77

The Ari's Text

Now we will explain the second Behina after Adam ha Rishon was created and the Creator placed him in Gan Eden. It was then half of the sixth day and onward, at which time Kedusha is necessarily added in all the Olamot, as we explain regarding the eve of Shabbat. The Olamot begin to rise above their place from the fifth hour of the eve of Shabbat and Kedusha is added to them. It is as we mention regarding the excess Hey mentioned in verse, “And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.” It implies the fifth hour.

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1The Olamot begin to rise above their place from the fifth hour of the eve of Shabbat etc. It is as we mention regarding the excess Hey. Explanation: The six days of Bereshit are HGT NHY. Thus, the sixth day is Yesod, in which all five days were sweetened and corrected, which are HGT NH. This is the meaning of the Sixth Day “And the heaven and the earth were finished etc.” For this reason Yesod is called Kol (Heb: all), because it contains five Sefirot HGT NH.The sixth day itself is divided into twelve hours. The first six are five Hassadim in Yesod, which are the sweetening of the five days HGT NH from the aspect of the Hassadim. You find that the sixth hour is its own Behina from the aspect of Hassadim.The last six hours are the sweetening of the five days HGT NH from the aspect of the Gevurot in them, and the sixth hour and the twilight is its own Behina from the aspect of the Gevurot, sweetening the five Gevurot HGT NH.The sweetening falls mainly on the fifth day, which is Hod, namely Malchut that is close to the Klipot. This is the reason for the excess Hey of the sixth day, implying the fifth hour, which is the Hesed that is ascribed to Sefirat Hod.Thus, when the fifth hour on the eve of Shabbat comes, the Olamot begin to rise up from their place and Kedusha is added to them. This is so because then all five days HGT NH have been sweetened from the aspect of the five Hassadim in the Yesod, and hence there is an ascent to all the Olamotabove their place.