Part 2:

Baal HaSulam. Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah. (#136)

Reading #134 (00:17) “It has already been explain that the emergence of the Gadlut of the GAR and ZAT of Nekudim..” twice

1. S. (04:56) Yesterday we learned that the lower goes to the upper one and you said yesterday towards the end of the lesson that what separates the system are the Reshimot that rise from below upwards, the Reshimot are what activate, yes? What is the condition for the records, these records, to work from below upwards, what activates them, because not everyone gets these records to go from below upwards, so what activates it?

R. The records exist everywhere in any Partzuf and every part of it. The question is as much as they need it right now to awaken and implement themselves, that is it.

S. What awakens these Reshimot to rise? What is the condition?

R. The lights awaken the Reshimot.

S. Okay but what’s the condition? What activates them? It’s not anyone that can activate them right?

R. If the light is near the record it shines on it and it awakens.

S. Can we say the following, can we, those who study the wisdom of Kabbalah, can we activate these records ourselves or only in the ten together?

R. I cannot say anything about this. We need to reach it and learn it. You are taking something you do not understand and you want to try and explain something else you don't understand with that. What will come out of that?

2. S. (06:53) He writes that ABA and Ima are also included in the ten complete Sefirot of the Keter. What does it mean that ABA and Ima are included in these ten Sefirot of the Keter and not just in the AHP that has fallen?

R. What does he say here? We are speaking about the first type of the Gadlut. It has already been explained that the emergence of Gadlut of GAR ends at how Nekudim came in three sequences, by the way of three dots, Holam, Shuruk and Hirik. From this you can understand that there are two kinds of completion of ten Sefirot for the reception of the Mochin of Gadlut. meaning that there are two possibilities to reach Gadlut/greatness. The first is its ascent and incorporation in the upper one, that is when ZON of AK shown the new light through the Tabur to Keter of Nekudim and lowered the bottom Hey from Nikvey Eynaim of Keter to its Peh, thus the fallen AHP of Keter that were in AB of Ima ascended and returned to their degree in Keter completing its ten Sefirot. It is discerned that in that state, Galgalta Eynaim of AB and Ima which were attached to the AHP of Keter ascended along with them, hence ABA of Ima too are Incorporated in the complete ten Sefirot of Keter. That completion is not on their account obviously but that’s what happens to them, since the lower one that ascends to the upper one becomes like it, it is therefore considered that AB of Ima too obtain the AHP that they lack to complete their ten Sefirot, now there's also AB of Ima by their incorporation in the Keter, this is the first kind of Mochin of Gadlut meaning part of the Gadlut was already attained.

Rav reading #135 (09:26) Rav reading: “The second kind is a degree that was completed into Sefirot by itself Zon of Ak shone the new light through Yesod of AK, called..”

R. (11:19) That for now this is how the attained the vessels that they were lacking when they ascend they have it when they descend they don't have it.

RAV reading #136 (11:33) “Similarly, these two kinds of completion are found in the ZAT as well..”

3. R.(13:48) That is what happened to ABA and Ima.

RAV reading #137 (13:57) “In the four Partzufim that emerged from AVI into vessels of HGT..”

RAV reading #138 (15:15) “You should know that these five Partufim of Atzilut, Atik, AA, AVI, and Zon..”

4. S. (18:15) Regarding the Gadlut of the first ….. Aleph, when the Keter completes itself in ten Sefirot it raises its AHP. Why do ABA and Ima which are included in him, why do they receive strength to connect their AHP in some form?

R. They feel the ascent they get an addition but this addition is not for them, it's not on their account, and they cannot be corrected from this.

S. They learn from the Keter they receive inspiration from it?

R. They get an inspiration or illumination from Keter from him from raising them but not that they themselves cause this ascent and they are not participating in this actively.

S. When they are included in Keter what does it give to them in relation to themselves to their ability to connect the AHP?

R. They still have the records, they know that this can take place and by this they are corrected somewhat.

S. Can we say that the upper one sees some action?

R. Yes, then the action of the upper one even though with their own forces they cannot do it.

S. This is like what, a father that teachers their child?

R. Yes, we can say that that he raises them.

5. S. (20:24) Why is the greatness of the world of Nekudim, why did that cause the breakage of the vessel but here it is not causing the breakage of the vessels?

R. There they were dealing with the real Malchut and here no.

S. (20:57) What does this mean the true Malchut? What is the difference?

R. The Malchut that raised the real vessels of the will to receive and they wanted to receive in them in order to bestow that there was no preparation for the correction there yet.

S. Here the vessels are ready for correction already, there is room for it?

R. Soon yes, they are on the way to be prepared for correction, on the way to the recognition as much yes or no you can fill the vessel every time.

6. S. (21:42) Here is the annulment in the upper one acting that there didn’t exist in Nekudim,  that they are annulled and not working with their own vessels of Malchut?

R. Yes.

7. S. (22:07) It is felt that there are two processes here, one that the lower one from its inclusion rises that the upper one raises it, and the second that the lower one rises with its own strength, from its own desire.

R. Okay.

S. Is the result the same result? That the lower one goes to the upper one and becomes like it? There is a sentence here that says the lower one that goes to the upper becomes similar to the upper one.

R. It becomes like him.

S. In these two parts is the outcome the same outcome?

R. These two paths, paths of the outcome is the same outcome? Well it's not exactly the same but it brings to the same decision on how you really need to be corrected.

S. Why are there two different ways to reach the same outcome?

R. It's not correct, we’ll see.

Reading #139 (23:43) “Yet, this was not so in AK. Rather, the entire quantity that emerged in the Roshim…”

8. R. (24:54)That means that to begin with it is already organized in the way that it expands in the Gufim/bodies that only the degree of MA and all the degrees that are in the Rosh. There are a few more questions that come from here but we will not get into it, it will make a scatter in all directions.

9. S. (25:27) We learn how the system corrects the shattering in the world of Nekudim?

R. Right.

S. According to what we read right now all the AHPs of all the Partzufim of Atzilut they’re all fall in BYA actually, right?

R. Yes.

S. Excluding maybe Atik which isn’t?

R. Maybe later.

S. The AHP of the upper one, is it pure in the AHP of the upper one or is the coarser?

R. Both.

S. What does that mean?

R. If it is more coarse so when it descends upward it becomes more pure.

S. It needs to raise the lower one it needs to raise its AHP, the lower one, and this is actually its vessel of reception so in that state so the lower one will be able to work with it are they purer vessels or are they coarser?

R. More coarse.

S. How can the lower one work with them in that case?

R. What is the benefit of them being more pure?

S. Maybe to enable the lower one to learn how to work with the AHP, to raise it so he can work with its AHP. How can they work with such vessels of reception?

R. The upper one shows him.

S. It does some action? What does it show him?

R. The upper one shows him how to work with the AHP.

S. With AHP that are coarser and cruder then?

R. Yes.

10. S. (27:34) This entire lesson it is like I just feel very poor, my brain is gone I cannot think, it is just my heart and I feel very poor, what is the prayer?

R. Nice, you are starting your life from the beginning. Empty heart, empty mind, that is very good, so what do you want now?

S. It is like I'm just holding on to you and all the friends and I just feel like I’m just holding on to you guys and when all of this is being said and I don't really feel this yearning to know something but I just hold on to you all of you because I have nothing.

R. Okay, so we need to take you on our hands and together with you to ascend to what we need until we rise to the mountain of the Lord. Okay,we will try to do that.

11. S. (29:46) Beforehand we spoke only about the expansion of Sefirot and here we’re talking about the completion of ten Sefirot. What’s the uniqueness here?

R. Here there’s an additional will to receive, big true will to receive, not a will to receive that it was in order to bestow or something but the will to receive of creation and now we need, we need in some kind of way, to divide it and connect all those little parts one by one, each one that is on a to degree that is suitable for it, it's nature, that is suitable for it, that is our work.

S. What does it mean the completion of ten Sefirot? They're all kinds of variations of how it's done

R. I don't understand.

S. They're different ways here to complete ten Sefirot. What does it mean to complete it?

R. What does he mean, the first and the second type in the third, what?

12. S. (31:40).The process we're learning here are two types of completion of the ten Sefirot, one is in the Gadlut of the first one and the second of the second.

R. Yes.

S. The process here that ten Sefirot are completed so the friend is talking about the essence. What is this process of completing the ten Sefirot?

R. I can't concentrate. Who can answer?

13. S. (32:14) The second restriction part of the Sefirot, all the lower part, it fell from the Kli, now it's receiving it back.

R. More? Who else was there who wanted to answer?

14. S. (32:40) Also in Katnut there is still the AHP lacking to reach Gadlut they need to complete ten Sefirot.

15. S. (33:04) The completion is the Partzuf that can be in the equivalence with the upper one receiving to be in order to bestow, to be an active part of the system.

R. What does he do that by?

S. By taking the deficiency from below to ask the light from above to receive and to bestow it.

R. Yes. More.

16. S. (33:39) Is the connection here of two Partzufim where part of the AHP of the upper one out of the Galgalta of the lower one and something new that makes the connection here.

17. S. (34:00) The Partzuf from the upper one has the addition of the Masach and then the Partzuf is included and when the addition of Masach is added it's called the completion of ten Sefirot.

R. Nice, more.

18. S. (34:30) In Nekudim the completion of ten Sefirot from Katnut to Gadlut did not succeed so there is a different kind of completion in the first the first the type which is included in the upper one and only in such a way can receive its completion and then in its place works like the upper one like the example from the upper one already works with its vessels.

19. S. (35:06) You could say that maybe because I didn't know how to complete its vessels of reception first of all so maybe first it needs to correct the intention, the intention is done for the sake of the upper one, then when you receive the AHP of Keter with this intention you can work with its vessels.

R. Nice.