Morning Lesson October 28, 2021, Transcription
Baal HaSulam, Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah, #82
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Item 82: “It has been explained above, in item 74, that there are. “
1. R. (01:25) So we have Galgata which is 4/4, and AB is 4/3. These are the records on which the Partzuf emerges. SAG 3/2 Nekudot of SAG that come out of SAG and enter during the exit all the lights enter inside, these are Nekudot de SAG emerge as 2/2 and come back as 2/1 another Partzuf comes out, but that is not our business now. Nekudot of SAG is Bina. The spreading of Bina, this is 2/2 their refinement of the illumination of Hochma that reaches 2/1. In short 2/2 have spread here and Bina bestows to NHY of Galgata. From the Tabur of Galgata to the end of Galgata. It receives back 4 the illumination of Malchut. That is what divides it into two parts. The parts of Keter Hochma Bina, HGT 2/3 of Tifferet and here 1/3 of Tifferet or vice versa depends on the light or the vessels. KHB HGT NHYM That is a Nekudot of SAG that start Illuminating through the NHY of Galgata. Then NHY of Galgata illuminates back their fourth phase and then the Nekudot of SAG restrict themselves. Because of the middle of Tifferet of Nekudot de SAG is the expansion of Malchut. That is why under the influence of Galgata these vessels are restricted. Malchut rises to Tifferet. This place is called Parsa. And there is a clear division here to the vessels where the light can expand this is called the Galgata Enyaim and the vessels where the light cannot expand this is called AHP. GE is called KHB, HG and upper third of Tifferet are called Enyaim, the lower part of Tifferet is called Awzen, NHY are called Hotem and Malchut is called Peh.
Once the Nekudot of SAG expanded below the Tabur and mingled with NHY de AK and took on the restriction and divided themselves into two parts, GE and AHP. Then there's a clear place for the light to expand the upper light from above until the Parsa. But below the Parsa it is forbidden for us to expand because these are the vessels of reception without the screen. Meaning for the first time in the emergence of the vessels received that place for the vessels of reception has been made and for the vessels of bestowal and here we can sort out the vessels Why do we need these places, soon we will see. After this, the Nekudot of SAG emerged and divided this place to GE and AHP. We have the possibility to go on in the correction of the vessels. This is what you are going to see, what is going to happen now.
We should now see not Partzuf of the Nekudot of SAG. But how our world is born for us over the records that come below the Parsa below the Tabur that rose to the Rosh de SAG because by the descent of this Partzuf it took the desires from here, the vessels the records and rose along with them to the Rosh of SAG. Then the Rosh de SAG performs. I think we need to go back to item 81, I think. Let's start from item 79. I will read. We need to see that from Nekudot of SAG when he restricted this area, they also ascended to the Rosh of SAG such Reshimot that they are 2/1 restricted in the second restriction. Two on one and on the second restriction and 4/3 these are the records they received from NHY of Galgata 4/3 and then from the Rosh of SAG as usual in every Partzuf we get a Partzuf from Peh of Rosh of SAG we get a Partzuf that expands below. The Partzuf of 2 on 1 second restriction comes. Here we get a Partzuf 1 for now. It expands below, from where the records have come. The Partzuf that expands is called the smallness of the world of Nekudim. Because it came out from these two records, also records of SAG 2 on 1 second restriction and the records of 4/3 from Galgata. Then it expands to where it is able to expand from the Tabur to the Parsa.
This is called the smallness of the world of Nekudim and just like in every Partzuf it has the Rosh of clothing and of coarseness in the Guf. Here we have one Rosh, the first Rosh, the second Rosh and the Guf. This is what we get from the Partzuf. Afterwards it comes on the records of, these are the records of the second restriction because before they implement the records of the main part of the Partzuf which are the Nekudot of SAG that are restricted in the second restriction. Then we get a coupling on the records of 4/3. As we say Dalet Gimel. From these records we get a great light because it is 4/3 it is like Galgata that wants. Because what happened, there was a question if they can receive the light in order to bestow and here you ever actually this whole area in the smallness of the world of Nekudim all this whole area all of these desires that are aimed in order to bestow, the degree of Bina. that is why you can bring here these lights that are from 4/3. They will expand below in the new Rosh, in their records of 4/3 and everything was fine until it started going below the Parsa. When it started going through the same vessels were here and then shattering started in them. The shattering started there. Meaning that these vessels did not receive the force of the screen from above when taking the Rosh into consideration the coupling in the Rosh So they shattered, soon we will read it. Okay let's read from 79.
Reading #79 (16:01): “Now we shall explain the ten Sefirot of Gadlut…”
2. R. (17:15) Of these we get mainly the world of Nekudim in greatness.
3. S. (17:28) According to the illustration, what is the difference between Partzuf of the smallness of Nekudim that tries to descend below the Parsa and the previous Partzuf?
R. These are the Nekudot of SAG that descend below. They belong to SAG it is Bina. It is the Partzuf of Bina. The Partzuf of Bina mixes with Malchut. That is here NHY of Galgata from this Malchut bestows it to Bina and restricts it. Meaning that all the vessels of Bina the upper light can shine and in part of these vessels it cannot. Because they are already destined to receive in order to bestow. I drew this arrow here. That is why there is a matter of an area here where the vessels of bestowal GE that the light could expand there, would be the place for the world of Atzilut, and the vessels of AHP that are below the Parsa. They are divided into three parts. There will be a place for the world of Beria Yetzira, Assiya. So why are you asking
S. The next Partzuf that emerges, it also emerges from the coupling of SAG. I'm just trying to understand, what is the difference between these two states?
R. It is a phase of smallness. It comes out on the records of 2/1 second restriction. Meaning on the records that SAG restricted itself and performs the coupling by striking and the addition in the records of 4 / 3 that are records that ascended here from the end of Galgata there is one Rosh, one place of Rosh of SAG there are where the two Reshimot rise 2/1 Reshimot from SAG itself as much as it restricted and the other records from Galgata that SAG connected to Galgata and it raises these records to the head. In the head you have two kinds of records, one record from SAG that has been refined and restricted and record from the Galgata.
First the coupling on the small record comes out. The record 2/1 second restriction, this is called the smallness of the world of Nekudim, was born and then expanded. These same vessels that empty themselves below the Tabur Then the coupling took place on the greatness on 4/3 that received from the NHY of AK and these lights where the lights of Hochma that they started expanding below. That is, it, that is one thing. The other is what we need to learn here or what he tells us here. Every Partzuf comes out on its own records and then expands onward. Receives more in order to bestow and more in order to bestow, that is according to the general spirit in the vessels, the will to receive that wants to resemble the Creator and in this way, it wants to do it. But there's an extra thing here. Which is called raising MAN that NHY of Galgata that is in the Sof of Galgata. This Malchut also is asking for fulfilment for herself. This fulfilment that Malchut is asking for, that is called raising MAN. That is what we are talking about now. This is specifically what is important for us that this is MAN. That the lower ones are asking in order to receive lights of correction and the filling. This is what we are actually raising in our request to the Creator. But we will see this soon.
S. Why in this coupling in the Partzuf of SAG there was an attempt there and experience and knowledge of the second restriction, why didn't this law work when the light tried to go through the Parsa?
R. They were sure that they would be able to. The second restriction can be annulled and came back, it's not like the first restriction that always stays. If the light comes here from above the force of light will bestow here, so this place you can perform all the actions. All of the end of correction needs to take place here. In this area. The darkness will shine as light. All of this light will come from above all the way to the end, till the Sium. That is the only thing that these are the greatest vessels, all the vessels of reception are here. The vessels of reception. The end of correction must be here. All of the states that are here from the Ein Sof, until here, all of this is a preparation system of the correction. But the correction itself is here below.
4. S. (24:57) This chapter we started learning, I feel it is very important because from here on we start entering the first degree. The question is we talked about the first restriction now we started talking about the second restriction more deeply and then there is the transition in the smallness to the greatness according to the rules of the second restriction. Can you please explain about the limitations of the correction?
R. Okay I see what you want. Rav is drawing. The wisdom of Kabbalah what does it talk about, it talks about the vessel. There is a will to receive that is built in the 4 phases of the direct light. From Keter Root, HBZAM. All of this comes to Malchut and Malchut receives entirely everything that is all there is. That is why it is called the Ein Sof then it restricts itself. The first restriction. After the first restriction she determines that she will never receive but only in order to bestow then the world's come. Until it all ends in the final correction. What is the problem? The word Olamot, comes from the word concealment, and they concealed the light of the Ein Sof that comes here but it is concealed and concealed until here below it can be that Adam can come, man. meaning created being. He can grow and grow until he reaches a state that he entirely as much as he is created, as much as the will to receive he has that was created here in the Malchut of the Ein Sof he can receive in order to bestow. That is, it. What we learn now is in which way we can correct Adam, fill him and stabilize him towards that upper light that he will be able to implement his role.
So, if we have the same vessel that is divided into KHBZAM so in the vessel there are layers they can be used in order to bestow. No problem and you can't use them in order to bestow. Keter, Hochma, Bina you can use them in order to bestow to begin with ZA and Malchut we cannot, it is vessels of receptions, heavy vessels. What should we do with them? We here need to see what means the Creator has prepared that we can fix our vessels of reception because we are entirely vessels of the receptions. We, people, us, me with you. How can we correct ourselves, we are the net will to receive, that is it all of us. He says it is possible just under the condition that I build a system the Creator says, and in the system, we are building the vessels of bestowal and vessels of reception. We will mix these vessels, we will break them, they are not shattered yet. Every vessel has its own area, its own desire that it is individually that it does not belong to others and in this way, it exists or it is in concealment like these vessels.
In the very big will to receive or it is in the revelation and not concealment but completely between them there is a limit, a barrier. They cannot be connected to one another. There are two things we can do here, one after the other. We will try to fill these vessels of bestowal with the light of the Ein Sof with all the lights, with whatever we can. After they are filled, we will also try with that same light to also vessels of reception, then we will receive in them a very special response They will receive in order to receive. These will receive an order to bestow and these will receive in order to receive. Then we will all be mixed up, all of these vessels of reception and vessels of bestowal from above will mix completely and then we will all be mixed up, all these vessels. From this state that they are all here, all the vessels, this is called the shattered soul, the shattering of the vessels. The sin of the tree of knowledge no matter how you want to call this state, in this state we will start shining the light, the upper light. The light will start scrutinizing the vessels. One vessel and another vessel and another vessel. In this way gradually, gradually until it scrutinizes or sorts out everything. There will be a connection between the vessels because they are not just sorted out for no reason. But from easy to difficult so there is a correction from easy to difficult. This is 0 and this is 100%. This is the correction. We are supposedly extracting a vessel from below, each one of them and connecting them or, we can say that we are connecting, it doesn't matter what you want to call it. But in this way, we correct, we fix it.
What does the shattering give us? First of all, each and every vessel will be connected with the quality of Bina. That is one thing, second that the vessel can be corrected in its own right, without any connections with the others. Because first it was a big will to receive and then in that big will to receive what can you correct. When we have the shattering of the vessels so each and every part, each and every detail you can take it and correct it. Then it turns out that you have billions of pieces that each one even though it is in order to receive but in a very small force in order to receive them by the upper light it starts gradually by connecting to others in all kinds of levels of connection, even in this corporeal world. As it is written, go and provide for one another. In this way we go and correct throughout generations as we say. The correction starts from the easiest state. The easiest state is here, let's say then heavier and heavier and heavier and in this way, we count the years. Hundreds and thousands until we reach the last state which is called 6000. Then we are first of all we discover in the worst vessels that are difficult to correct, but in the connection between them and connecting to all the previous generations.
Meaning everything that was corrected before, the Kabbalists, then we can cause all those corrections, we correct ourselves and the previous generations that they were not able to do. Because no such a big desire was revealed in them like in. That is how we are corrected. All we are learning now is how the world was created where all the corrupted vessels can exist. How do these vessels, the corrupted vessels themselves, get corrupted and ruined, enter that area where everything is dark. How they mix up between them and the upper light that bestows on them how it starts sorting them out. Sorting them, these more, these less according to the magnitude of the flaw in them. Afterwards when this mixture and then the state of correction begins, the upper light shines and all of these layers in the shattered vessel, as here, they begin to correct and correct all the way to the end. We are already as the Kabbalists say, in the end of correction. That is why on one hand we have very big vessels and special work. All these Kabbalists that came before, they were a lot more pure, refined. They did not work as much as us much, on one hand. On the other hand, for us the work is divided into a lot of parts, into a lot of people, that is why this way we can finish the work.
We still will need to talk about it a lot because there are a lot of details that I cannot at once speak nicely and correctly about it. But gradually if you enter all my lessons that I gave in the Preface, in such places you will see that I explained it in a way better way than today because I was immersed in it and we studied it in a more basic way. Today we are more in the spiritual work. We studied more about the expansion of the worlds and the Sefirot and Partzufim.
5. S. (39:52) You said that is the first thing that the place for the reception and bestowal have been placed, so how was that made and how suddenly the vessels of bestowal came below the Parsa in this whole process?
R. Vessels are desires. Desires to receive are actually from the world of Ein Sof to our world. In the general will to receive that is where we exist. All of creation is a desire and in creation there are layers or you can say spheres. We are in the most external sphere. There are spheres that are more internal so what are you asking?
S. You said that there are vessels of reception and bestowal and now you explain that there's a new area.
R. Below the Tabur of Galgata, this became an area for vessels of bestowal, Bina and these are the vessels of reception, Malchut. Meaning the upper light can now expand to Parsa.
S. So how come there's a place, the same place you said to mingle, to mix some vessels so how the vessels of reception and bestowal below the Parsa can, it is not clear to me.
R. The work of the Creator in order to prepare the area for correction, the work is the correction that we are vessels of bestowal in the world he created vessels of reception. It is the first time in history that there is a gap between vessels of reception and bestowal and a border between them called Parsa. But these vessels of bestowal, there's no need to correct them, they are in bestowal already. These vessels of reception, they are in reception, how do you correct them? That is why the preparation that we need is to mix these vessels, the vessels of giving and reception, to mix them together, that they will all without anyone else they will all be shattered. That they will not be like little rocks above and below but complete like, they become so tiny that they do not even have a form of a rock, like powder. Then when you have such desires, that's one and they are very small, that you rub them together, that they become like dust, on the other hand from their smallness they can also be close to one another because there are not so many differences and gaps. After all this mixture and in this mixture, you also have vessels of bestowal, Bina and vessels of receptions, vessels of Malchut. If they are mixed enough in one another then we can build a system that can correct the desires to receive that are there to bestow. That was the meaning of it. Look how many states we have to go through here in order to reach the corrections. Then we will learn about the corrections and what stage they become. That is a process.
S. This story that the hand directs us, is the Reshimot?
R. This whole story is directed by the light that shines on the records and nothing but that.
6. S. (45:32) How do we know that the drawing we are drawing in this spiritual work is spiritual work and it's not imagination?
R. A depiction is not a reality, it just gives you to somehow shorten your language, that you can say this and this and this instead of saying words in sentences. The picture does not do anything. Actually, Kabbalists, some like the drawings and some do not. Rabash used them but he didn't like to because the depiction makes you feel I really like you feel as though it lets you understand what you are doing and where you are, it makes everything clear as though you understand and know what is written. Above the line, below the line, left, right and so on. But in spirituality it is different definitions. That is why the drawing also confuses, not only does it explain something to you but it also confuses you. It brings you a feeling that you know. That is the problem.
S. How to really understand?
R. To try to bring it closer to your heart. To try to do all the actions that you are learning about in your heart. That is all, only in such a way. But it is close, we will do it. It does not doesn't depend on the studying of the Preface as much as you know what is happening here but how much we work in the group and we implement the articles of Shamati and the Rabash Articles. We need to go through all of this material and try according to that change. That is why I'm really asking you the main thing is the articles on the spiritual work it is Shamati and the articles of Rabash. We are only in the beginning, the beginning of the study. But the implementation we must already implement in the connection between us. Then you will feel all of these things, it will start happening in you and it does not depend on who is smart or knows or not. All the studies only draw the light of reforms. It doesn’t belong to one born as smart or not, whether he remembers or not, understands or not. It all depends on his desire. That is why it is written, it is not wise that study. Maybe the person is not so smart but he has a desire. Even though he's not so smart and doesn't understand but even more with his desire he wants to break through, go ahead and he attains. Have a good day, try to go back and repeat the morning article because tomorrow we will be able to continue.