Morning Lesson November 10, 2021, Transcription
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Baal HaSulam, Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah, #90
1. R. (:24) Look at what I drew here for the time being. Rav is drawing. Galgalta, it is clear for us, this is the first Partzuf that emerges after Malchut of Ein Sof. It is purified. In its place comes AB. It is purified and, in its place, comes SAG. SAG purifies and from it downs spreads the light of Hassadim only, which is called Nekudot of SAG. Nekudot of SAG can spread below the Tabur because they are only the force of bestowal. Therefore they fill with their force of bestowal the NHY of Galgalta, which is below the Tabur, and receive from there an addition of coarseness of number 4, what we call Malchut. Then it turns out that by this we have here number 2, the bestowing, and they receive in return number 4. Then by this we have the second restriction that comes to us from the bestowing of the Nekudot of SAG to Bina, and it enters into Malchut. It divides Bina into two parts. This boundary is called the Parsa. Why does it divide? Because here we have in the Nekudot of SAG: Keter, Hochma, Bina, Hessed, Gevura, and Tifferet. One third of Tifferet remains above the Parsa and two thirds of Tifferet is below the Parsa. Then we have Netzah, Hod, Yesod and Malchut. And here we have already the division towards the worlds that will come afterwards. Which is Keter, Hochma, Bina, Hessed, Gevura, and Tifferet. This whole place here where there can be the upper light, it is called the world Atzilut. The lower two thirds of Tifferet that is below the Parsa is called the place for the world of Beria. Netzah, Hod, Yesod is the place for the world Yetzira. Each time I will write it in a different way, you will get used to it, there is nothing I can do about it, do what you think. And Malchut which is here, which is the world of Assiya. Those are the places.
Nekudot of SAG. Why are they called Nekudot of SAG? Since these are lights that emerge during the purification of the Masach from the Tabur to the Peh of Rosh of SAG. In return, just like every other Partzuf that is purified, refined. So this is called Nekudot. Therefore, so all the lights that come in this direction of the screen that is rising from the end of the Partzuf to the Peh, they are called, all these states, all these degrees, are called Nekudot. Then the lights from the Nekudot of SAG can spread below the general Tabur. Why can they expand down there? Because they are 2/2. They are refined from 3/2 that they had here in SAG, to 2/1. Therefore there is only the light of Hassadim here. What exists here, the 2/2, is pure Bina. This is Hassadim. The light of Hassadim can appear below the Parsa. Therefore it comes down here, filling the NHY of Galgalta. They awaken the NHY of Galgalta and bestow in return to this Partzuf the fourth phase. Because this whole Partzuf which emerged downwards, is a Partzuf of Bina, Nekudot of SAG is Bina - pure, clear, only Bina. Then all of a sudden, they connect with Malchut. Malchut bestows upon them the fourth phase, and they feel within them that there's a part below the Parsa, which this part wants to receive. That it has vessels of reception. And therefore upon these vessels the 4th phase has an influence on them. Therefore, the Malchut which stands here at the end of the Partzuf, rises and limits this Partzuf so that the upper light will be able to spread only until the Parsa. That is why the restriction that Malchut, that was in the Sium and rose to halfway of Tiferet, this restriction is called the second restriction, Tzimtzum Bet. The rising of Malchut to Bina. Then we see how this place is divided into the place of the world Atzilut. Which the light of Hochma can spread into. I already drew this once. Now the light of Hochma can spread from the Ein Sof all the way to here. But below that, only the light of Hassadim can spread. There is never any limitation on the light of Hassadim. There is no restriction upon it because the light of Hassadim is a light that comes from bestowal, and you can always bestow.
2. S. (08:41) What you explain just now that the screen expands first comes out of it the Partzuf of SAG and then the privilege of the Nekudot they expand below the Tabur something here is not understood because of the beginning of the refinement of the screen is caused by the surrounding light and nevertheless it's reaches still under the Tabur in mix it up with the vessels of reception.
R. I do not quite understand your question. But the principles are the same principal and the same laws. Meaning the light is an absolute rest. Meaning it is willing to enter and fill all the vessels that are in identification with it, that have the same nature as the light. That is why it is all okay. I do not understand the problem. Again I will say to you the will to receive that receives in order to bestow measures how much it can receive in order to bestow and for that he has Galgata above the Tabur. Galgata below the Tabur are those vessels of Galgata they cannot be in order to receive in order to bestow therefore they remain empty, they have the light of Mercy. Nevertheless, in satisfaction they did not receive in order to receive, they can’t in order to bestow but in order to receive they do not want.
That is why they have the light of Mercy that fills them somewhat of course not enough, it's not the end of correction, otherwise if Galgata would be filled from the beginning to the end then it would be the whole correction of Malchut of Ein Sof. That's why we have the uncorrected vessels. So they are not corrupted but not corrected and all the work of all the Partzufim until the end of correction, it will be in order to fill the NHY of Galgata or other words we can say this way, what takes place here. Here also below the Tabur in the world worlds of ABYA in all the correction in all the Partzufim after Galgata it all rises to Galgata and does a coupling with the light of the Endless until Galgata will accumulate within it all the deficiencies, all the corrections, all the screens everything and perform a coupling with the endless light in the form of the end of correction. That is it. So there's nothing here that can happen in one place and not in another.
S. It is the first time I hear from you that they were vessels of Mercy there below the Tabur the vessels of bestowal
R. Vessels of Hassadim are not vessels of bestowal, below Tabur there are vessels that say we do not want to receive in order to receive that is why they are protecting and keeping the first restriction. We cannot receive in order to bestow we cannot. That is why we perform a restriction upon it and we are remaining below the Tabur. Yes, that's it. From them having such a state in which they do not receive an order to receive, they preserve themselves that way, that is their measure of adhesion to the Creator. It is a measure of adhesion. They are not in order to receive, I do not have the force in order to bestow but I am not in order to receive. Therefore they are in certain adhesion with the Creator and they have here a certain small illumination which actually fills them. Sustains them to be above the Sium, the Sium is here, Sium is the end of all of Holiness. All of the holiness, below the Sium is this world. This world of ours as if ours, it is also not exactly, but let's say. The will to receive, in short. So all of creation is divided into the Ein Sof, which is here, here in the corner and afterwards Adam Kadmon, this whole area, which is AK and after Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, Assiya.
S. Can you say the sanctity is below the Tabur to a certain degree what caused the continued development of the system through the surrounding light and the emergence of all the worlds later on?
R. No, not exactly the expansion of the light and the expansion of the Partzufim and the worlds is done from pressure from above. Where the whole upper light presses this way until it reaches the Sof. Ein Sof needs to appear all the way to the end of correction upon everything and it only depends on the upper light. It is not that it's below the Tabur, you could say that it is because these lights emerged and started but altogether what is pressing and operating everything is the Ein Sof. And it is the beginning and the end and everything that there is from the beginning of creation to the end is considered one action. The scrutiny of the vessels that needs to be opposite of the light and then they are shattered and intermingled with the light and then are corrected and by the corrections can receive the light in smaller doses until all the vessels are accumulated, all the lights are accumulated and the end of correction comes. Penny after penny they add to a great sum, and all this to start with was certainly happening from Malchut of Ein Sof.
3. S. (17:25) Where in the drawing is the SAG that refines and expands the light of Hassadim, where is this area., SAG when it refines and the light of Hassadim expands?
R. Rav drawing. 3/2 is SAG. Then the Nekudot of SAG that are purified. They enter below and intermingle with NHY of AK. NHY of AK are awakened in the 4th phase that is why they restrict then they are purified, refined and they already come to according to their records to the NE of Rosh of SAG and then they take out the world of Nekudim in Gadlut and Katnut and there's plenty to learn here.
S. And this causes the first restriction?
R. What first restriction?
S. We say it receives the 4th level of coarseness and gets the restriction from connecting to Bina?
R. This whole state that we are talking about is after the first restriction.
S. How does it connect to Bina?
R. because it is connected because it comes out of SAG.
S. I thought that Bina divided later on into two?
R. Bina is divided into two. You don't remember in the Ein Sof we have Keter which wants to bestow. Hochma is the bestowal itself. Bina it doesn't want to receive in 1/2 and the other half it wants to nevertheless resemble bestowing, that is Bina. by that she gets ZA. Bina is included of two parts. The upper part of Bina is that she doesn't want to receive anything is what we have here. That is the word Atzilut and the second half of Bina is what we have here.
S. How can half of Bina be above theTabur and the other half can be below the Tabur?
R. No, no the entire Bina can go below Tabur.
S. Why is she divided?
R. She divided because of Bechina Dalet the 4th phase received from NHY of Galgata, it awakens in them the desire to receive which of the fourth phase and the Nekudot of SAG is altogether the second phase. The fourth phase is greater so it invites the second restriction and all of these vessels that are the will to receive actually, but they are the will receive of Bina, that it wants to give just like it is here just like here Bina, its second half wants to get something in order to give, so that she will resemble the Keter. Bina wants to be like the Keter, so she needs to get something or someone in order to give something that is the second part of Bina.
S. This is the scheme that works, the Adam is involved in this?
R. This is still the privation to be in the environment for such vessels that will want to resemble the Creator and therefore they will be called an Adam.
S. So it is preparation for the work?
R. Adam is only the moment you want to resemble the Creator even though it is still far from resembling.
4. S. (22:50) In the drawing when the Nekudot of SAG emerge and descend into Tabur below, they reach the Sium initially?
R. The Nekudot of SAG went all the way to the Sium. Why can't they, if Bina is pure, Nekudot of SAG is 2/2 they are Hassadim.
S. Right, right so then there was the Katnut and Gadlut?
R. If you do couple only on the upper part of Bina then you get Katnut of the world of Nekudim here it is such a Partzuf, it's the Partzuf of the world of Nekudim, if we do a coupling on the lower part of so then we get the Gadlut of the world of Nekudim the Gadlut of the world of Nekudim invites Hochma because these vessels want Hochma and then the light of Hochma comes below Parsa and shatters the vessels.
S. Is there a difference between the first ascent when he went all the way to the Sium and Gadlut?
R. No, the first time it places its vessels Nekudot of SAG, pure Bina, there is no limitation, can place itself anywhere but later when we have the smallness and greatness then already the vessels that want to receive are revealed here. That we will learn.