Часть 3 · Внутреннее созерцание 6

Chapter SixThoroughly explains the issue of the ten Sefirot of the Toch, which are KHB TM that emerge one above the other, containing four issues:1. The first look is in the Peh of the Rosh to create the roots for the vessels. The second look is in the Tabur to make the complete vessels. 2. Although we need the coarsest vessel for the extension of the degree, still the light that is drawn by that coarseness clothes the more refined vessel. 3. Once the vessel of phase four was refined, the vessel of Malchut was completed, since with respect to the clothing, phase four is regarded as Malchut, and when phase three was refined, the vessel of ZA was completed etc. 4. After the five vessels KHB TM were refined and imprinted one above the other, the light returned and clothed them once again.Elaborate explanation for the ten Sefirot of Toch that emerge one above the other1. These words are also brought in the ARI’s words (Tree of Life, Heichal AK Shaar AHP, Chapter 3). He ends it there with these words, “But the vessels to the Guf, which are ZAT, still do not have this power in the sight to hit the Nefesh of Nefesh herself. By the second look from below upward, which are the light of Akudim and the light of the Ayin [eye], the light returned and clothed the ZAT.”

Why the second look is needed for the vesselsIn these words of the ARI you see how he elaborates and makes the precision that a second look is needed in the vessels of the Guf, besides the look in the Rosh. It is so because they need to have two phases of lights, which are the light of Akudim and the light of Ayin. We should seemingly ask: “Why was the expansion of the ten Sefirot of reflected light from Malchut downward, to produce the ten Sefirot of the Guf, not enough, and a second look was needed?”

Only one level of ten Sefirot emerged in the first look. In the second look, five levels from five couplings emerged, one above the otherWe learn from the aforesaid (Chapter 4, item 4) that the ten Sefirot that emerge at once through a coupling by striking, and whose level is equal, are regarded as only one Sefira. It means that they are named after the uppermost Sefira in that level. Thus, by the first look that raised the reflected light from Malchut upward to the ten Sefirot of Rosh, whose level is equal, and also by their expansion from Malchut downward, the ten Sefirot of the Guf emerged here, on an equal level.However, here there is still only one Sefira in the Rosh, and a Sefira in the Guf. Also, you already know that a degree is not completed with less than ten Sefirot. For this reason, a second look is needed. Through the second look, ten complete Sefirot emerge, which are five levels KHB TM one above the other by five couplings by striking that come as a result of the refinement of the screen (see Inner Light, Chapter 12, item 8).

Regarding the clothing of the lights in the vessels, the more refined clothes a greater lightKnow that these above five levels that emerge in the Guf by the second look emerge from below upward. First, Malchut emerges, then ZA, then Bina, and above them all Keter. The reason is (as written in Inner Light Chapter 11, item 3) that although bestowal of the more important level requires a coarser vessel, still the light that is drawn by that coarseness cannot clothe there.It is so because the more important light clothes in the more refined vessel. It follows that although phase four of the vessel of Malchut draws the more important light, meaning the level of Keter, nevertheless, the light of Keter cannot clothe in that vessel of Malchut of phase four, but only in the vessel of Malchut that is completely refined from any coarseness, meaning after it has become as refined as the root phase, and likewise all of them.

The vessels emerged one above the other, from Malchut to the vessel of KeterIt therefore turns out that after Malchut had been refined from phase four to phase three, the vessel of phase four remained without light. The vessel of Malchut that is suitable for the lower light, meaning that which is called the light of Nefesh, was formed from that.After that she was refined from phase three to phase two, and the vessel of Malchut of phase three was left without light as well. That formed the vessel of ZA, suitable for the light of Ruach, which is one degree higher than the light of Nefesh.Then, when she was refined from phase two to phase one, phase two of Malchut was left without light, as well, thus forming the vessel of Bina, suitable for the light of Neshama. Then, when she was refined from phase one to the root phase, and phase one of Malchut was left without light, as well, the vessel of Hochma was formed, suitable for the light of Haya.The root phase of Malchut is suitable for the light of Keter, called the light of Yechida. After these five vessels KHB ZA and Malchut were formed one above the other, the upper light returned and clothed them.

An inverse relation between the extension of the lights and the clothing of the lights in the vessels. In an extension, the coarser is more important, while in clothing, the more refined is more importantThe coupling by striking on the screen of phase four produces ten Sefirot on the level of Keter and in the light of Yechida. Also, when a part of the coarseness of phase four is refined from Malchut, the level of Keter disappears from there. However, that part of Malchut of phase four becomes only a vessel for light of Malchut, which is Nefesh.Also, a part of the coarseness of phase three in the vessel of Malchut produces the level of Hochma in the light of Haya through the coupling by striking. When that part of the coarseness of phase three was refined from Malchut, the level of Hochma disappeared. However, that part of Malchut of phase three became only a vessel for the light of ZA, which is Ruach.It is likewise with the part of the coarseness of phase two – the vessel for the light of Neshama, the part of the coarseness of phase one – the vessel for the light of Haya, and her part that was refined to the root phase, and became a vessel for the light of Yechida.

The five vessels KHB TM were made in the second lookThus, in the second look performed during the refinement of the screen, five vessels emerge and are made one above the other. Malchut emerges first, then ZA, then Bina and Hochma, and then Keter.

The ARI wrote that “by the second look from below upward, which are the light of Akudim and the light of the Ayin, the light returned and clothed the ZAT”. He wishes to say that by the second look during the refinement of the screen, it performs four couplings by striking from below upward. Thus, it produces the ten Sefirot to clothe the ZAT, meaning for the light of the Guf of the Partzuf, called the lower seven.

The ten Sefirot that expand from the Peh to the Tabur are called Akudim. The light that expands for coupling by striking is called a lookIt is said that “they are the light of Akudim and the light of Ayin”. It is so because the five parts of the above Malchut, standing from Malchut of the Rosh to Malchut of Malchut, are called Akudim. It is so because all the lights are Akudim [tied] in one vessel, namely Malchut, as they are all parts of Malchut. The light that expands for striking as the above second look is called the light of the Ayin.