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Daily Morning Lesson: April 22, 2026
Part 2: TES Lesson With RABASH
Baal HaSulam. "Study of the Ten Sefirot" (TES). Vol. 2. Part 5. #43 (First we will read the letters live)
From: Inner Light. #43. and this is what he says. "at which time Hod turns.."
Original lesson date: 01/01/1980
Reader: We're going to read from the Study of the Ten Sefirot, Part 5. In Inner Light of Item 43, beginning with, “and it is said, and Hod turns its face.” Before that, we'll read from the Study of the Ten Sefirot, Part 5, Item 43, the words of the ARI.
Reading: (00:44) Baal HaSulam. "Study of the Ten Sefirot" (TES). Vol. 2. Part 5. #43
43. After that it returns to being not Matei in Keter and then it is Matei in Hochma. It is also Matei in Bina because of the Hesed there “because He desires mercy.” At that time, it is also Matei in Hesed, for then Hesed descends to his place, and then it is not Matei in Gevura because Gevura ascends with Hesed. At that time, it is Matei in Tifferet and light descends in Tifferet. Then it is not Matei in Netzah, since the light of Netzah ascends with Tifferet. At that time, it is Matei in Hod, since then the vessel of Netzah turns its anterior and gives the three lights to Hod, at which time Hod turns its anterior to Yesod and shines in it.
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Rabash: It's called the turning of the anterior. Yes, so let's move inwards and where it says.
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And it says that then Hod turns its anterior to Yesod and illuminates in it, because it's been clarified that this Hey is considered the light of posterior and VAK, the female.
Therefore, because the anterior of Hod is considered the illumination of GAR, as we just learned now, we're learning now about expanding in Hochma and not expanding in Bina, expanding in Hesed, not expanding in Gevura, expanding in Tifferet, not expanding in Netzach, expanding in Hod – Hochma. Therefore, she cannot bestow the light of that Hey in the illumination of posterior, Hassadim, he says here, if they don't turn their anterior downwards and upwards. Meaning that the posterior bestows VAK and prevents the GAR, to be now the bestower – VAK. As now it bestows this light and the light is to Yesod. We already didn't talk about Hod being refined to phase one, of course, it's of roots, only what it gives us the Hey before it was refined, that's the shortening. Let's learn what's above there first. If we say the light that extends from the vessel of Hochma being called GAR, and the light that extends from Bina, Bina is called, is VAK, called VAK. Hence, he wants to say, where are there two Bets, two phase twos in Hochma? You're saying they're extending from Keter and the two Bets that are extended there from Bina are extended from Hochma — that's what you're asking. Therefore, we can say, this is why it's called GAR, and this is Bina, and also called VAK. This, we want to see that Yesod that you're saying – we'll start clarifying it. Where does the Bet come to the Kli of Hochma? The Keter was refined from phase three and became two, Bet. Keter was prior to that in phase three of coarseness, stage three of coarseness, and became two of coarseness, now.
(04:59) Now, the two phase twos that we have in the vessel of Bina, where does it come from? This is how we learned it: The light that emerged upon the two phase twos in the vessel of Hochma, the same level, not the second level; if there was a second refinement, you can say that there's two differences there. But it's the same level and she received the same light. So why does he divide it? That's the question being asked. Phase two of clothing that there's in the vessel of Bina, where does it have this from? From the first expansion. Let me explain this better: We see, usually, every lower degree in relation to the upper one is called, VAK, no matter what degree it would be. Every lower one in relation to the upper one is called, VAK. If I could say Hochma is called VAK in relation to Keter, and Bina is called VAK in relation to Hochma, from this, certainly, the rule can be used. Only here, what he's telling us, why is it not simple like you're saying? Bina is called VAK in relation to Hochma, therefore it's in VAK. Here, we have, we say here, that Bina received the light of that level where there is in phase two of Hochma, no change was made. Therefore, the question is asked, on the same level, why do I say that phase two of Hochma is called GAR of Hochma? This is what we're trying to explain, why is it called GAR and called VAK? We need to explain this, look where it says there, and you should remember what it means, that why is it called the light that is in the Kli of Bina, a female. Whereas the light emerged on the same level of the two phase twos of the vessel of Hochma and the light of Bina, and that's the question.
Rabash: Prior to that, it was ZON for Hochma, two twos of Hochma, and these two twos of Bina — Hassadim. Why Hassadim? Since Hochma inverted her anterior to the nine Hassadim, why? From this, when he says to us, well, we learned one so far, that Bina desires in mercy, and here he doesn't say this. Here, he's saying that in order for there to be a reality for Zeir Anpin to be born with Katnut, with smallness, hence Hochma must invert her anterior to Hassadim, to give phase one to Bina so that there will be a reality of Hassadim without Hochma. It turns out that for whom does Hochma invert her anterior and illuminate Hassadim? Not only for Bina – only for Zeir Anpin, so that there will be a reality in which it can be born in Katnut – this is what we get from this, from here. No, we're talking here about Shoresh, about the root that was in the world of Atzilut, this is the roots we're talking about. If there was such a root here, we could be in the world of Atzilut, what he's saying here, like he says, that AVI and YESHSUT of Atzilut, and he gives Shoresh to ZON of Atzilut. Hence, he says in the explanation that in order for Zeir Anpin to be born in Katnut, Hochma must be in the inversion of anterior, not for the vessel of Bina, but only for phase one.
Student: (08:53) So, in fact, he's not born until he recedes.
Rabash: Look, if so – I learned – that before she gave the two phase twos, there was the inversion of anterior of Hassadim, and after the phase two was refined to phase one, here too, there was the inversion of the anterior in Hesed. We find that two times one, I need to, the first one gives this level, VAK, why is it called VAK? Since there was the turning of the anterior, for what? As being delighted in mercy. Then, after that, he says another thing, that while phase one was refined, a vessel Hochma, and he gives them Hassadim with the inversion of the anterior. So I need to say that it couldn't be here, I need to turn again the anterior, why? It remains, who also remains, the phases of inversion of anterior to another vessel from the two phase twos of the vessel of Bina.
Now, he only adds a little point here, and what does he add? That this is a preparation for ZON to emerge in Katnut; whereas here, where ZON is in Gadlut, and Hochma must bestow Hochma, why? Why does it need to bestow Hochma? We learned here that Hochma gives the inversion of anterior to Bina, or two matters: One, Bina is delighted in mercy, and he adds another point, that Zeir Anpin will be able to come in Katnut, here, too, he gives the root. If so, what did we learn here? It turns out that phase one of the Kli Bina, which we are learning now, that phase two of Hochma was refined to phase one. Now, in order for Bina to be able to have the ability to give birth to Zeir Anpin, there must be Gadlut. And here, it's called, a baby who needs his mother – delighted in mercy. Then, Hochma must do the opposite, to give Hochma, and Bina that was before is delighted in mercy, meaning prior to having phase one. Now, it will come to phase one, it has sons. So, for the sake of the sons, she changes her form, and receives Hochma for the sake of the sons. From this, now, phase one of the Kli of Hesed is born.
And I'm asking a question: Why, he learns here, in page 326, he says to us the matter of Katnut as being the stake of phase one in the vessel of Bina. For the first time, there is the light of Hassadim for Bina, because Bina is delighted in mercy, yes? And now, as it was refined in the Kli of Hochma from phase two to phase one, giving to Bina, it was also in the same state of the posterior of Hassadim. So, they say, the phase two gave mostly delighted mercy in Hassadim, so also phase one gave to Bina and it was also in the same state. Now, what was when the phase two of Hochma was refined? It turns out that it did not expand in Hochma, not expanding in Hochma gave in Bina phase one. So, what it reflects from here is that, why are there no Hassadim in phase one that is in the Kli of Bina? Because Hochma is not expanding and is refined in Hochma. Only what we learn, not expanding in Hochma, it expands in Bina, and what is in Bina? Three lights, the record, and the male light, and the light of phase one, and everything in Hassadim, why? The Kli of Hochma does not expand, yes? That's how we learn, that it doesn't expand in Hochma.
(14:11) We learn that not expanding in Keter, the three-two in the Vessel of Keter rose to Keter. This is called not expanding in Keter. Is there something there that's not expanding in Keter and expands in Hochma to Keter? On the contrary, expanding in Keter, not expanding in Hochma, it's still not, it doesn't expand, it expands in Keter and doesn't expand in Hochma, expands in Bina. In Bina, there are three lights now, afterwards, we learn from this, that it expands in Keter. So again, it expands in Hochma. Now it expands in Hochma, Bina rises to Hochma, why? Previously, when it was in Hochma, we learned that Bina received the inversion of the anterior. Now I'm learning, no, Bina went up to Hochma, why not before? So, we need to learn, now that phase one has sons, and she does not want to beget the sons, so she rises to Hochma in order to receive Hochma so it will not be by inversion of the anterior, and the sons will be great in Gadlut. So, I know that now that there is expansion in Hochma and expansion in Bina, and the light from phase one is in the vessel of Bina, she's already great, it can go outside. Now the question is, if he says that Bina cannot give to the vessel of Hesed until her two is refined – when her two is refined, he says everything is refined – her two is refined, but previously Hochma was refined, as well, it's all in one phase, we learned. We learned that when they rise, they become one level, we just learned now. If we learned in one level, as we learned that Bina was refined, Hochma was refined, it's the same. So now, what is the situation? Not expanding in Hochma. From where does Hesed have light of Hochma now?
So now, we must say a new form, that as long as it does not expand in Keter, we still don't have the control of the light of Keter, so it does not give – we don't have the control of the light of Keter that will prevent the light of Hochma from shining in all the degrees, but what happens afterwards? When I said that Hochma expands in Hesed, what happens? There was refinement of two and three of the vessel of Hochma and Bina, and they went up to Keter. And Keter drew on these records light of Hochma, the light on three-four, and when light comes on three-four, then comes the control of the light of Keter because it does not let Hochma shine, then the departure of the light of Hesed happens. Then we learn expanding in Keter and not expanding in Hochma and Bina, and not expanding in Hesed, then it expands in Gevura. He asks not about the vessel of Hochma or the vessel of Bina, he asks, what is the measure? What he says, that same level that emerged on the two Bets, letters Bet, in the vessel of Hochma are regarded as GAR. When Bina, when it went down to Bina, it's called, VAK. This is why he says that the two lights that are in the vessel of Bina, which is the essence of Bina, the core of Bina, meaning the male, is called, VAK, what is male? Light that is aiming for the vessel of Hochma, and the record of clothing that remained in the vessel of Bina is called GAR, and it's female. Why is it called GAR? It's a record that remained from the level of Keter, from Bina of Keter, but it's GAR. Whereas this is VAK, that's the question, so did you understand the question? This is why he explains: One, Bina desires mercy. You find that that level that shone in GAR and Hochma is still regarded as GAR, Hochma. When it went down to Bina, it was an inversion of the anterior, he calls Hassadim VAK, this is one reason. He also says, since he wants to give a root here so that afterwards in the world of Atzilut Hassadim will be born in Katnut without Hochma, so now there's a reality where phase one is born in the vessel of Hochma, phase one was born only with Hassidim, it’s written.
(20:11) And what is the root? When is the root of ZON being born in Gadlut? That will happen in stage two; meaning in stage two, we later say, expanding in Hochma. And he already has, Bina already has phase one, for the sake of the sons, so who? Hochma. Bina rises to Hochma and receives Hochma for the sons. So, the two of them become one phase, so we don't divide into GAR and VAK. And then it is, Zeir Anpin is called being in Gadlut, greatness, he already has Hochma. You therefore find, why is it called VAK? Mainly because of the desiring mercy of Bina. In another place, he gives another reason. Since he was born above, he is called, GAR, and the lower one receives only VAK – I remember where it's written – let's get back to our matter. The word, now we will understand, thoroughly understand, what the ARI emphasizes above. However, Bina has not turned her anterior to shine below in Hesed, why, what is it about? We already forgot, we talked a lot. Thus far, we said that Hod, which is phase one, gave the Hey to the vessel of Yesod before she was refined from one to root coarseness. Conversely, in Bina, we learned that she couldn't give the Hey an Aleph two, for dot, before she was refined from two to one – that's what it says here. Here it says, Hod, which is phase one, gives to the vessel of Yesod. What light can the vessel of Yesod receive? We shouldn't forget, it's root coarseness, the light of Malchut in the vessel of Yesod. And there, she did give; in other words, Bina cannot give when it's Bet, when it’s two to one, before two is refined into one. So it says, now we will thoroughly understand what the ARI emphasizes above.
Indeed, Bina did not turn her anterior to shine below in Hesed, because Hesed and VAK had no strength to receive such a great light face-to-face, but only back-to-back. His intention in this is the light of the above-mentioned Hey, which he calls illumination, because it emerged through a coupling. It's not in the regular order of refinement and emanation of the lights from one another, as we said above and as the ARI writes below.
And about this, he emphasizes that the light of that Hey did not come to the VAK, to Zeir Anpin, to the vessel of Hesed. Before the seven lights that come by the simple order of refinement, as is done by the male of Bina that is born from the coupling of ZON of Hochma, which comes to the vessel of Bina before the light of Hesed comes through the regular refinement. There we learned that the coupling that was in the vessel of Hochma on two Bets, letters Bet, comes to the vessel of Bina without refinement. As there was Bet there, he gives a Bet here. Why is the coupling of the two Bets that was in the vessel of Bina unable to come to the vessel of Hesed without refinement?
We learned that it's actually one level, it's GAR and VAK. Here, we can say the same thing, here he says he cannot give the Hey, it must be refined first, this is what he's asking, yes? He asks, and we will understand later. And he stresses about that, that the light of that Hey – I'm repeating – that the light of that Hey, did not come to the VAK before the seven lights that come by the order, by the simple order of refinement as is, like the male of Bina, who is called, VAK, who is born from ZON of Hochma, two Bets, who comes to the vessel of Bina before the light of Hesed comes through the simple, regular refinement. What is regular refinement? Before the Bet of Hochma was refined to one, she gives the Bet to Bina. So, here too, we can say the same, that the coupling that was done on two Bets in the vessel of Bina when the Hey comes out, will also give to the vessel of Hesed before the regular refinement, when two is refined into one. But what did we learn, when does he give the Hey? After two is refined into one; then he gives the Hey in the vessel of Hesed.