Part 3:
Morning Lesson October 10, 2021, Transcription
Baal HaSulam, Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah, #61
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1. R. Yes, obviously we don't understand what's going on here yet, each one according to his level as much as he studies, we need to keep doing it, we have to go as it is written from beginning to end and in such a way, we have to repeat this a few times until the material settles in all kinds of its forms to each and every one.
Item 61 (00:50) “Yet, we should understand that since the ten….” Twice
2. R. (02:20) Just as it was in the Partzuf of AB clothing on Galgata, SAG clothing on AB, so what clothes SAG: MA and then the upper BON clothes on the upper MA meaning each next Partzuf is clothed from the Peh de Rosh and below on the previous one. What happens here? Here specifically in the World of Nekudim all of its Partzufim have descended below the Tabur and they are clothed on the NHY of Galgata, the Sof of Galgata.
Reader continues: “why was it not so, why did they descend….”
3. R. (03:25) So for now he is just asking.
Item 62 (03:32) “The thing is that during the emergence of Partzuf SAG, ….”
4. R. (04:48) Meaning there was no light of Hochma there, the illumination of Hochma that is why these lights could expand also below the Tabur, we already spoke about this.
Reader continues: “This is so because the 10 Sefirot that emerge….”
5. R. (06:28) Why is there a need to wait for Behina Aleph of coarseness in order to go below Tabur?
R. Because Behina Aleph of Aviut what light does it have?
S. Nefesh.
R. Even Ruach, but there’s no light of Hochma there. That is why the Nekudot of SAG that have the Bet of clothing in Aleph of coarseness, even Bet/Bet, 2, so that they can go below the Tabur.
S. Normally we say that that Behina Bet of Aviut is enough to go below the Tabur but here he writes that only 10 sefirot on Phase 1 of coarseness had to do a coupling on it and so it would go below the Tabur. So, is Phase 2 enough or does it require Phase 1?
R. Because this is after Taamim of SAG has ended, maybe I should draw it. So, we have the Sium, the ending, the first Partzuf which is Galgata, from one end to the other. Below it we have AB which comes until the Tabur, the general Tabur, and after AB we have SAG and SAG refines itself until it's Peh, what happens here? In Galgata, we have 4/4 in AB we have 4/3 it’s the records, in SAG 3/2, 3 is the illumination of Hochma, 2 is Bina, Hassadim, mercy, but when it refines itself, SAG, we only have 2/2, complete pure light of mercy of Hassadim, and that can go below. All these lights can go below the Tabur, so they do. It’s the lights of Hassadim, of mercy. When they go below, so we were saying that they bestow on NHY of Galgata and NHY Galgata bestows to them. Here it is only the light of Hassadim and they bestow to NHY de Galgata and awaken from receiving an addition of Hassadim and they bestow or influence the Partzuf the Nekudot de SAG they give it the will to receive, Phase 4. From this we have an additional will to receive and in ZAT of Bina, the seven lower Sefirot of Bina, because Bina is made of the GAR, the first three and ZAT, the bottom seven. So, GAR is the upper part of Bina where there’s only the will to bestow the quality of Bina. And below Tabur of Bina, below it there is already the will to receive in order to receive from above and bestow below. This is why Bina feels in this area that she is like a womb that she wants to bestow to the others, to Malchut. That’s why she gets an impression from Malchut and then in this place, this area, a big will to receive is formulated. For her the will to receive is Phase 2 and now becomes Phase 4. And it turns out that above we have Bina and below it’s actually Malchut as one Partzuf. It is like when we say later on that a pregnant woman has an extra desire in her body. It turns out that she supposedly wants to supply the lights here but she doesn't have lights, that’s why she restricts herself. And this big desire that she got, it restricts her. We will speak about it in what way exactly the restriction happens, but this is what takes place in Bina, that her vessels of bestowal, the new ones that she received from Malchut, they restrict her. And this is called the second restriction, Tzimtzum Bet. This is what we see that happened in this Partzuf called Nekudot de SAG.
6. S. (13:47) Are Nekudot de SAG Bina and that is why they can go below Tabur?
R. Yes exactly, because we have the coarseness 2 and clothing 2, it is pure Bina. She doesn't want anything, only to bestow if it is possible to someone. This is the quality of Bina.
S. Why can't the light of Hochma descend below Tabur?
R. Because that is a will to receive of Phase 4. Right away we will receive in order to receive. Even in Galgata it can't go below the Tabur, only above the Tabur, to receive the light in order to bestow but below, it’s such desires that she can't. It is the control of the Malchut.
7. S. (15:04) What is Malchut doing up until SAG?
R. What Malchut does until SAG, it just uses as NHY de Galgata and all of the Partzufim we have here, AB, SAG, Nekudot of SAG, they all received from Ein Sof. You see this upper corner? They received through Galgata, and through AB through SAG with all the TANTA in each one of them, and then it expands below the Tabur, all the lights, even the smallest ones, all the smallest actions, they all come from Ein Sof. Everything comes from Ein Sof.
S. It is as if it's not activated until it gets into SAG?
R. Who, the Malchut?
S. Yes
R. No, it works, it’s activated. All these Partzufim are working in order to supply the Partzuf that is revealed now whatever it needs. So Galgata must be Galgata and Keter to receive in her the light in order to bestow, and then from Ein Sof to pass the lights to AB and so on. Below Tabur there is also work, Galgata has work. It is all their working, it’s all going through scrutinies and there is not one Partzuf, even here when we learn about the worlds that will come, it all comes from Ein Sof through these Partzufim and in Galgata there are couplings on all the requests that come from below here.
8. S (17:21) Why are the Taamim only in SAG and not before and how does this influence the Aviut?
R. The Taamim of SAG are in the coupling by striking in the Rosh of SAG, the lights descend into the Toch of SAG and these lights cannot go lower because this general Tabur is what prevents the lights of Hochma to not expand below it. This is why the Taamim of SAG expand from the Peh to the general Tabur. And then the surrounding light comes and performs the beating and then the screen that came to the Tabur is refined back to the Peh. And during this refinement we learn that the lights of Hochma that are in the Taamim of SAG, they come out, and only the lights of Bina remain of the SAG itself. Then these lights can expand below the Tabur, the general Tabur.
9. S. (19:08) The second restriction when Malchut was with TNHY are they below it?
R. Yes, they don't receive the upper light in the second restriction from the Malchut because Malchut can't give anything, she restricts them and they are in darkness.
S. So it is a result of...
R. No, in the restriction Malchut can't do anything, she can’t give anything. A restriction is a restriction.
10. S. (20:00) He says here that equalizes form with the VAK, so if I understand it is ZA below the Tabur. So how did Malchut get involved here as well because in Phase 2 there is no Phase 4, so there's no equivalence of form there?
R. I see I am going to have to read 62. This is what BHS wrote. The thing is that during the emergence of Partzuf SAG it ended entirely above Tabur of inner AK. We drew this here. This is SAG and it ends at the Tabur. As has been explained concerning Partzuf AB of AK. They could not spread from Tabur down because there the control of Phase 4 starts happening and the inner AK of Galgata. This is why SAG can't go down there since in the governance of the 4th phase in the Partzufim of AB SAG there is no Behina Dalet. Yet when the Nekudot de SAG of AK began to emerge after the screen of SAG which is a second phase of coarseness by the beating of the inner light in it and surrounding light, it comes to the clothing of the second in coarseness and one in clothing. So, the Taamim of SAG have come out of the Partzuf, and Gimel of clothing was purified and the degree of the Nekudot emerged on the coarseness that remained in the screen with a VAK without a Rosh. There is no light of Hochma there. That’s called with no Rosh. This is because the 10 Sefirot that emerged on the first phase of coarseness are on the level of ZA lacking GAR. ZA is called VAK. It is small and it has no Rosh, no GAR, without the light Hochma. Also, there is no Bina on the male level, which is the second level of clothing, there is only nearly that. What does it mean nearly that, because the real Bina also has the light of Hochma in there even in order to resist the light of Hochma, that I prefer Bina, that I prefer Hassadim. That is considered VAK of Bina. That is what we have here. What goes below the Tabur, is VAK of Bina, meaning Bina without the light of Hochma. Hence this form of level Nekudot de SAG has been equalized with the 10 Sefirot of the Sium below the Tabur. It’s similar to what we have here in Galgata. The Nekudot of SAG that descend, and the degree of Galgata that is below Tabur, they are similar. That they are also VAK without a Rosh, they only have the light of Hassadim, the light of mercy only. There is a different reason for this light of mercy. Here in Galgata it is that there is no other choice but only mercy, and in Bina it is that she doesn't need anything else, she doesn't have a lack from her degree. Hence, we know that from equivalence of form that they are both filled with Hassadim, with mercy which brings them closer to each other. Hence this level descended below Tabur de AK and mingled there with VAK of AK. We have this arrow here, that this degree of Bina mingles with NHY de Galgata. Mingles there with VAK of AK and they were as one since they are of equal level and here, they intermingle together. I don't know if I can add anything I'll hear the questions but just see as much as...it is something that you just have to think about more.
S. If VAK is ZA how did Malchut come below the Tabur?
R. We are speaking about the lights expanding below the Tabur, the light of mercy can expand anywhere. When it rids itself of Phase 3 that was here, which is Hochma, and only Hassadim remains, the Hassadim can expand below and can fill any place it wants. The mercy, there is no limitations on it.
S. The equivalence of form he is talking about here is in the lights of Hassadim?
R. Yes, of course. Not in the desires because here is Phase 4 and here is Phase 2.
11. S. (26:25) Why is the light of Nekudot called that?
R. Because Malchut that is called the black point, Nekuda, mingles with the light and obligates him to depart. That's a good question.
12. S. (27:10) What is the state of Bet Bet, 2/2, when the light enters does it get rid of the clothing?
R. What area are you speaking about?
S. What is Best Bet, 2/2?
R. It is the Nedudot of SAG that there is Phase 2 of clothing and Phase 2 of coarseness.
S. Why is it called clothing and not coarseness?
R. Here we have the Taamim of SAG which is 3 and when they start coming out because of the beating they refine themselves to 2/1. But for now, it is 2/2, here. They go through 4,3,2,1, root when they refine themselves on the second degree. And here they reach 2/1. But here it is 2/2, that refinement from 2/2 to 2/1, that’s what it has. And all this degree can descend below Tabur.
13. S. (29:17) What is the VAK of AB, is that the same of SOF of Galgata?
R. Yes VAK means that there is only the light of mercy, the light of Hassadim without the light of Hochma. VAK means half of a degree. There are a lot of signs that we call VAK, to a Partzuf, to light, something that is half of the whole is called VAK.
14. S. (30:05) By what mechanism is there a transition between a Partzuf of the records from 4 to 4/3?
R. it is all one Malchut that passes all kinds of records and impressions from the light working in her, the way it works on the light, and it is all happening in one desire. In order to understand what happens it is divided into Partzufim, into slices, but actually it is all one desire and everything that happens happens entirely in everything, and don't think that it doesn't affect everything above the Tabur and all Partzufim, because every record, every plea, every action, even the smallest one ascends to Ein Sof and descends back through all of Partzufim and they all change.
S. It's as if there's a difference between the Partzufim?
R. Yes.
S. Is there a certain mechanism?
R. This is the mechanism, what is the question? What other mechanism can there be except for the will to receive that is equipped with a screen and it works with the upper light in order to resemble the upper light, in order to suit the desire to the upper light, that is the mechanism. There is nothing but this mechanism.
15. S. (32:10) Why does the light of Hochma not become restricted but only when it is VAK of AB and then mingles VAK of Bina, why not in AB and in VAK?
R. The light of Mercy does not restrict itself, there is only restriction on using the desire. That is why after the Nekudot of SAG descended and mingled with NHY of Galgata, so it mixes in NHTY of Galgata and influences the Partzuf of Nekudot of SAG. And here from the will to receive in this part of Bina that is destined to bestow to the lower ones and it starts getting an addition of the will to receive. And here he can't, he is not allowed to work with it, and this is why he restricts himself. And Malchut, that is here at the end ascends and stands here in Tabur of Tifferet because all of these are vessels of reception of Nekudot of SAG and they are destined to bestow to others, but for now they don't have anything to bestow to others, but under the condition that they are still the will to receive so they get an impression from the fourth phase that is here in Galgata, and instead of two that we have here, they want to receive in the form of Phase four.
16. S. (34:17) On the drawing, from Tabur of Tifferet shouldn't that be the Parsa, why is that the Tabur?
R. Because here is Bina, this is the pure Bina and nothing influences it, no restriction influences it, but there is also the will to receive, because we are speaking of Partzufim, speaking about the created being and creation. This is why below the Tabur there is the will to receive and this will to receive that bestows upon it a greater will to receive and then here a restriction takes place. That Bina is not allowed to use its will to receive more than Phase 2, because then she starts receiving for herself and if that happens it will be a corruption, it will be like a miscarriage. She only has to be with screen number two, and if the desire to receive comes on Phase 4 it is restricted. Now who performs the restriction? Not Bina herself, it has a screen only on number 2, and she can’t make a restriction on desire number four. All of these actions of Galgata AB, SAG and they bring the Nekudot of SAG to the restriction, and that is called the second restriction. As we had the first restriction before Galgata that you can't even receive in order to receive now in Bina you can't receive in order to bestow. These desires cannot be activated in ZAT of Bina, it can be used only in its part which is pure Bina and from here on there is a difference between both. This limit is called Parsa, that everything below the Parsa you can take it above the Parsa. We will learn what it means to take it upward; and to use it there and correct it and do everything there, but below the Parsa you cannot do anything as it is also a place where the vessels of reception can't be here. Only the vessels of bestowal. This is the place of separation, and the worlds of BYA prepare the vessels for correction and it's raised above the Parsa to the world of Atzilut where they are already performing corrections. It is difficult, I understand it's difficult, what can you do? We still will keep going ahead and whatever remains will remain. I am used to it and gradually you will know as much as there are more questions. Here we will solve them along the way. We know this, that even if you study for 20 years and even if you enter this and you attain something of it and you are in these actions, still every time there are more and more revelations and questions.
17. S. (38:49) Before Bina goes below Tabur, is there no light of Mercy at the end of Galgata?
In the end of Galgata, there is nothing, only the light of birth, a very small illumination that sustains the vessels.
18. S. (39:25) What is the inner Partzuf of AK?
R. The inner Partzuf of AK is called Galgata.
19. S. (39:36) If anything that happens in the lower one makes a change in the upper one, in our work do we make a change to the whole system?
R. We constantly cause changes to the whole system. No matter what we do – in every desire, every thought, and even our physical actions – but the most is in our thought, everything will be clarified in thought. Our actions, our desires influence the thought and the thought towards the Creator, towards the upper system changes and this is what influences how we bestow upon the system.
S. Is VAK of Bina like the umbilical cord that connects the desires below Tabur?
R. VAK of Bina, it is close to it. We have to see how Bina is made: where it has the breasts, womb and the entire system that takes care of the womb; how it gets a new record and becomes pregnant and starts taking care of the new record, even though it is the degree of Bina – you see Bina going below Tabur and soon we will learn that there are shattered vessels and these shattered vessels will enter Bina, a special place within Bina, that will be ready to accept the broken records and correct them until the degree of the vessels that can bestow in order to bestow and even receive in order to bestow, it will all soon be clear here and then we will learn the system of pregnancy and birth.
20. S. (41:52) What is the difference in the relation between before the first restriction and after the second restriction?
R. The first restriction is total. It is vessels that are born in the will to receive in order to receive, it is restricted and they bring themselves to a correction that they will only want to receive in order to receive. Meaning a change of intention and in according to the intention, these vessels in sanctity and spirituality are used in the desires that have the correct intention. Meaning that I have desires that have an intention to bestow so that I can use them. If there are desires that don't have the intention to bestow, I do not use them. And the border, the limit between using and not using them is called Parsa. We will learn all these things later from life, all the best to you all and good luck to the men and the women, until tomorrow.