Morning Lesson December 7, 2023

Transcription is made from simultaneous translation, which leaves a possibility for differences in the audio.

Part 2:

Baal HaSulam. "Study of the Ten Sefirot" (TES). Vol. 2. Part 6. Item #36

Reading Item 36. (00:14) “Know that these seven kings are ten…” - Twice.

Reading Item 37. (02:25) “He wrote, “Come and see the very…”

1. S. (04:18) What are the seven kings?

R. The seven kings, Melachim is what came out from the word, Malchut, they are the results of the couplings that took place in GAR of Nekudim.

S. Can you explain a little more?

R. Seven kings, Malchut, are Partzufim that expanded from GAR of Nekudim by a coupling on the records that came from the coupling of the Rosh of Nekudim.

S. The coupling of GAR of Nekudim?

R. Yes.

S. On what records?

R. On each and every Melach, in every Partzuf, there's a Reshimot of its own, a record of its own.

S. It's as if it's a coupling that cancels the second restriction?

R. It was also canceling the second restriction, but that's why it's called the seven Melachim that came before the death, along with that, it was still an expansion, there was a development of the system.

S. The coupling of GAR of Nekudim, is this the coupling that causes the breaking of the world of Nekudim?

R. Yes.

S. Okay, so when this coupling begins, as you say in GAR of a Nekudim, where are the seven kings now, and why are they called seven kings?

R. The seven kings weren't extracted in practice because they are seven Partzufim of ZAT, seven lower ones that Malchut was incorporated in them and caused the shattering.

S. What Malchut was mixed with them?

R. The Malchut that was in Nekudim.

S. So this is a canceling of the second restriction in GAR of Nekudim?

R. Yes.

S. Okay, but Malchut is one, why are they suddenly talking about seven?

R. Machut is always one, but whenever it's used, that is where it happens.

S. So this reality they're talking about, the seven kings and then up towards the eighth king, where do they come from at what point in this process?

R. Well let's read, you want me to tell you, by heart, the whole part of the seven? That's not the way to learn.

S. Can you explain what's written in item thirty-six?

R. Yes, “Know that these seven kings are ten, but they are like the seven halls which are ten, but they are called seven because the top hall contains the first three halls, and the bottom hall contains the last two halls. It is exactly the same with these seven kings, they are ten, but they are called only seven since these kings are discerned as judgments and Gevurot, it follows that they are all female, as the female is all the judgment.” Okay, so what do we have about that, nothing right? So, keep reading. 

Reading Item 37. Again. (09:15) “He wrote, “Come and see the very…”

2. S. (11:05) Hadar is Atzilut?

R. Yes.

3. S. (11:24) What are the kings, Melachim?

R. Melachim, kings, comes from the word Malchut, when Malchut is mixed in the Partzuf these Partzufim are called Melahim.

S. What is the illumination of Malchut of the first restriction?

R. The illumination of Malchut of the first restriction is a small illumination; Malchut that is under the restriction but in such a way that it can illuminate, illuminate, and support the vessels that they won't fall in order to receive.

S. So this illumination is in order for it not to fall into vessels in order to receive?

R. Malchut isn't just vessels in order to receive, Malchut is the will to receive but not necessarily that it wants to receive.

S. So it is an Illumination in order to maintain the first restriction?

R. Yes. 

4. S. (13:20) About the halls, the first hall, the second hall, the third hall?

R. For now, let it be like you said. 

5. S. (13:44) It says here that “The kings are judgments and strong Gevurot came from the candle of darkness,” what is the candle of darkness?

R. It's the Malchut. 

Reading Item 38. (14:24) “Indeed those ten Nekudot were one atop…”

Reading Inner Light Item 38. (15:38) “Those ten Nekudot were one atop the other…”

6. S. (21:06) What is the difference between the world of Nekudim and the Partzuf of Nekudim?

R. It depends on where he's mentioning it because the world is already divided into Partzufim, and it stands as a world. Partzuf Nekudim It could only be a Partzuf, or Toch, Sof before it organized itself as a world.

S. What characterizes the vessels in the world of Nekudim?

R. The world of Nekudim is the same world that was born from all the conditions that were in SAG and came out of it and that's it.

S. Are these vessels that belong to Malchut that can bestow, It can belong to Bina? Is there some kind of sorting?

R. Yes, it connects to SAG. The main thing is what is the magnitude of the connection with SAG.

S. When they talk about Partzuf Nekudim is there some sort of character to this Partzuf?

R. Nekudim is a Partzuf that is born from the Nekudot of Partzuf SAG, and it expands below the Tabor.

S. What characterizes the Partzufim of the second restriction, what is their specialty?

R. The second restriction there are two things in it: there's a restriction and a connection that Malchut connects to Bina and works according to the laws of Bina and the limitations of Malchut.

7. S. (23:48) What is the reason Baal HaSulam often uses several names for the same thing? Is he trying to confuse us or expand our knowledge or what?

R. No, there is a reason for it, why not? On behalf of the first restriction, the second restriction, on its connection with the higher world, because there are a lot of roles for every Partzuf, and according to that, it gets different names.

S. It's difficult to study and remember this way that he calls it seven vessels and then he calls it seven kings and why?

R. Because that's what they seem like.

S. But it's the same thing but in a different discernment?

R. Yes, that could be.

S. In the end, he says that Atzilut and Nekudim are on the same level. Can you explain what it means? Because after the breaking Nekudim was supposed to go down, so why are Nekudim only at the level of Atzilut?

R. The world of Nekudim and of Atzilut, they expanded from Tabur to the Parsa.

8. S. (25:32) What is the difference between vessels that are corrected in three lines and vessels that are in one line?

R. Oh, what's the difference between three lines and one line? In three lines you have the incorporation of mercy, judgment, and Hesed, giving, and that’s on one vessel and it's a much more important vessel than a vessel that goes on one line.

S. What is one line?

R. One line is the will to receive that got some kind of force from the light in order to bestow and it works in such a way, just as we always said, but three lines is already Hesed, Din, Rachamin, that connect together and each one adds to the other. There's an incorporation. It's a lot closer to the corrections of the entire Malchut. 

9. S. (27:05) What is the correction of lines?

R. The correction of lines is that there is an ability in the light to expand in Hesed, Din, Rachamin, grace, judgment, and mercy, the three streams, the three paths, and in this way the lights can reach vessels in a much more beneficial way as opposed to one line.

S. So, what should be corrected? What does it mean correction?

R. The correction of the three lines. If it used to be only one line and that is why there was a restriction and a stopping on the light, now on three lines it can be a combination between them.

S. So, by expanding to three lines this is the correction itself?

R. Yes. Why do you have so many? We have hardly read.

10. S. (28:44) What does it mean the association between phase four and phase two and incorporation? What happens between two phases that become associated?

R. The fourth phase is the will to receive, the second phase is the will to bestow that is built upon the will to receive and the connection between them gives us a connection between the quality of reception and the quality of bestowal.

S. It is written that from the incorporation between them, a new point of restriction was made?

R. Yes.

S. What does that mean?

R. The second restriction.

S. From the incorporation between them?

R. Yes.

11. S. (29:34) Vessels that are corrected in the correction of three lines are they upgraded vessels compared to vessels that have only one line?

R. Yes.

S. What can they do that the other lines cannot do?

R. They know how to exist in a state, let's say in simple words, that one line doesn't hold. Three lines, they help one another, and they hold on to one another, that is why they can work in states that one line cannot. We see as much as the lights and vessels go down from above so there is a need in the three lines.

S.  The light constantly shines, right, on the vessels.

R. Yes.

S. When it meets a vessel that is corrected in a correction of one line this vessel has one capability to continue, but when it meets a vessel that has the correction of three lines?

R. So the vessel can work in the incorporation of the three lines and then bring the light of vessel, a common vessel in the three lines that can receive it in somewhat.

S.  What does it contain?

R.  It contains Hesed, Din, Rachamin, grace, judgment, and mercy.

S.  What are these qualities?

R.  The qualities of Bina that she is mixed with Malchut.

S. The ability to receive the light in order to bestow since the first restriction, is this what gives the light the possibility in the vessel to connect with the light?

R. That is only a restriction, a limitation, in here it is sharing, it is a combining.  By limiting a vessel, you give it an ability to connect with other vessels. Let's read. I recommend, it’s things that always, there is a stop and we search how to come out of it. We just have to read.

Reading Item 39. (33:01) “Indeed, the light of these ten Nekudim…”

Reading Inner Light Item 39. (35:33 - 40:11) “Also, the upper light was added…”