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Daily Morning Lesson: March 5, 2026

Part 2 Baal HaSulam. Study of the Ten Sefirot. Vol. 2. Part 5. Part 5

Reader: We will read from TES. We'll go into a TES lesson with Rabash. We'll read from Volume 2, Part 5, “Inner Light,” Item 40. Before we get into the lesson, we'll read from TES from Part 5. Item 40, words of The ARI: 

Reading: (00:38)  Afterwards, the light returns to being Matei in Keter, and then both HB ascend there because of the desire they have. Then you find that there is a great distance between the sons and the light of GAR, for there are two distances between them, Bina and Hochma, in which there is no light. Hence, at that time, the light of Hesed rises to Bina and is called not Matei in Hesed. In that state, the vessel of Hesed turns its anterior and gives the six lights below in Gevura.

RABASH (Source Text/Commentary): (01:35) 328. You must remember, so now we're learning, and the coarseness that is less than that is the posterior in that degree. Accordingly, you can always find that the posterior of the upper degree, meaning the upper one is three, the lower one is two. Accordingly, you find that the posterior of the upper degree, which is two, is the interior of the lower degree, which is only two. Accordingly, you always find that the posterior of the upper degree is the interior of the lower degree. Hence, the upper one always wants to bestow upon the lower one, and must turn its interior downward. This means that he is refined from the measure of the coarseness in him, which his interior remains lesser in coarseness. Why? Equal to the degree of coarseness of the lower degree in order for the lower one to be able to receive, he bestows from inside. The anterior, the lower one cannot receive, so he must bestow to phase two. Then he had to be in phase two, in the same state that he will give him what the lower one is worthy of receiving. This is because then, if they're equivalent, it is considered close to him and can bestow to him. But if they're not in equivalence, he's distant and he can't bestow to him. By this, you understand whatever the matter of bestowal of Bina to the vessel of Hesed is brought here. The vessel of Hesed is phase one, and Bina is phase two. Bina refined from phase two to phase one. Since then, she is face-to-face with the vessel of Hesed from the perspective of the screen in her. So, we said, on one hand, what is equivalence? I mean, what is face-to-face? It turns out that when Bina bestowed the light of Hesed to the vessel of Hesed, Bina was refined from phase two to phase one. There was a whole order of gradual refinement here. First, Keter was refined from phase three to phase two, at which time the light of Keter disappeared to the root and gave phase two to the vessel of Hochma. Then the vessel of Bina united with it into one. And then, that means the vessel of Bina rises to Hochma. Afterwards, phase two is also refined to phase one. At that time, the lights of the vessels of Hochma and Bina disappear to Keter, and phase one of the vessel of Bina is bestowed upon the vessel of Hesed in illumination of Hochma. So, the vessel of refinement, but how's the order? He doesn't say that. So, I'll start again.

RABASH (Source Text/Commentary): (05:30) We see now that expanding in Keter with the expanding in Hochma, not with the expanding in Bina or expanding in Hesed, so that when we say that the light expanded in Hesed, so the vessel of Bina and Hochma, the light departed from Bina to Keter, again. Then phase two is also refined to phase one. That phase two refined to phase one, what was that? We should say that she gave to Bina phase two, which is Bina, to phase one to who? To Zeir Anpin. Again. Then the vessel of Bina united with it into one. So what is there until the vessel of Bina? Phase two. And the vessel of Hochma, also two. And then phase two is also refined, that it has from the vessel of Hochma, to phase one at that time. So, she gave the phase one to who? To the vessel of Bina. That's what we're lacking here. At that time, the lights of the vessels of Hochma and Bina disappeared to Keter, and phase one is bestowed upon the vessel of Hesed in illumination of Hochma. So, there's a difference between phase one and phase two. Let's start phase one. In the beginning, the light came to the vessel of Keter, expanding in Keter. Then it stopped expanding in Keter. The surrounding light cancelled the screen and became from three to two. No, from four to three, then from three to two. That's called face with Hochma. And gave to the vessel of Hochma three, two. That is considered face-to-face on the screen. We also learn that while it was expanding in Keter, it would illuminate the light of Hassadim. That's the face of Keter. Now, in phase four, we find, and only as phase three of clothing and phase two of coarseness, then Keter already flips his face downward and the posterior upward. Meaning, first, his face was Hassadim. Now the face became posterior. He's not using the face; he's using the posterior. What is the posterior? Hochma. Now he bestows from Hochma to Hochma. We find that Keter of Hochma face-to-face from two sides. Also from the vessels, which is the vessel of Hochma, and also the coarseness. Also, Keter three two, now refined in Hochma of three two. Clear? So now it expanded in Hochma. Then we learn that Hochma flipped its face and only gave illumination. Meaning that three, meaning that it had two, that the vessel of Hochma had three of clothing, was refined to two of clothing. Two of clothing, we learned there was a coupling on two, Bet, and it only gave phase two and illuminated to the vessel of Bina. Then we learned that she received VAK, called Hassadim, but Hochma still had Hochma. So we explained why Bina is called Hassadim, because she is delighted in mercy. But Hochma, his anterior is only Hochma. Afterwards, phase two refined the coarseness that was in the vessel of Hochma and gave to phase one, called Bina from birth, to the vessel of Bina. We find that now, in the vessel of Hochma that before was phase three on two, has now more than phase two on one, and two one she gave to Bina. Now we see that it didn't expand in Hochma, and Bina is delighted in mercy. So we say that phase one in the vessel of Bina couldn't give to the vessel of Hesed because it's like a baby that needs a mother. While Zeir Anpin comes out, it needs Hochma, and there is no Hochma. So in that state, it doesn't expand in Keter. No, sorry, expanding, not expanding in Hochma but expanding in Bina. Now, when it expands in Bina, so the vessel of Hochma refined from phase three and from phase two. So three two of the vessels of Hochma sends to Keter. When three two sends to Keter, it expands in Keter again. Once it expands in Keter, so there's Keter in mercy. 

RABASH (Source Text/Commentary): (12:46) Now we find that expanding in Keter and not in Hochma or in Bina, and the sons are in Bina. That's one stage. Stage two, afterwards, it didn't expand in Keter, so it expanded in Hochma. So now in Hochma, there's phase three two with the light of Hochma. So we learn that Bina ascended to Hochma, meaning that Bina cancels her phase. They're refined for the need of the sons, so the sons would have phase one that had Hochma. So, she annuls herself in two ways: one - she takes Hochma for the sake of the sons, we find that the sons are already big; two - she cannot give to Zeir Anpin phase one since she was phase two. That's why she also refines from phase two to phase one. So, we find that she didn't expand in Keter but expanded in Hochma. Now Bina is in Hochma because she annulled herself. Her phase two ascended to Hochma and expanded in Hesed, meaning that from Bina, changing her phase from two to one gives to the vessel of Hesed, Hochma. So now I'm reading that it didn't expand in Keter but expanded in Hochma and expanded in Bina. By that, she ascended to Hochma and expanded in Hesed. Now, when I say now, it expanded in Bina when Bina refined, so he says afterwards that it didn't expand in Hochma, also Hochma refined. When Hochma refined, we say three two, that in Hochma and Bina also incorporated there. In Hochma, it also illuminates now only phase one; that's why they ascended, three two of Hochma and Bina also incorporated there. They ascended to Keter and expanded in Keter; not expanded in Hochma and Bina. Now, we see that in Keter there is mercy and no Hochma. We see that Hesed needs Hochma but it doesn't have, so it ascends to the vessel of Bina, that the interior illuminates as Bina is delighted in mercy, and by that, the Hesed that now doesn't have Hochma, gives its rest to Gevura. We find that we need to say now, expanded in Keter and didn't expand in Hochma, and Bina, and in Hesed. Expanding in Gevura, that's how it should be, that's how it is. 

RABASH (Source Text/Commentary): (17:01) Here the question is asked. We always learn that first phase four is refined, then phase three, then phase two. It's impossible to say that in the level there will be phase one and phase two isn't refined. Where comes phase one? So, you're compelled to say, first it was refined to phase two. Here, there are changes, unlike as it was in Partzuf Galgalta, where there is the matter of expanding and not expanding, stages, stage one, stage two. In stage one, I learn simply, expanding in Keter that had phase three. Phase three was refined, became phase two, and phase two was refined, became phase one. Thus, we must learn, but we don't learn this, but what do we learn? After it was not expanding in Keter and became expanding in Hochma, then phase three of Hochma was refined to phase two, gives to Bina phase two, and afterwards, Hochma was refined from phase two to phase one, gives to Bina phase one, and finished. With this, it remained. Bina couldn't give phase one further, why? Without Hochma, it doesn't work. So there's a change here. What's the change? I cannot say from Bina that was refined from phase two to give phase one to Hesed, they're a baby that needs his mother. So, she remains in her own phase, which is desire for Hesed, and since the sons also benefit from the desire for Hesed. Hochma, there isn't. Why is there no Hochma? That Hochma was refined. It's not written like that. We're learning, we're learning two things that get confused. We're learning that in phase two, and there's to Bina phase two, what it received from Hochma from the time when it was expanding in Hochma. When it received phase two, we say the phase two, it has Hassadim. Why don't we say that the phase two, what it has, is Hochma? This is the first question. Who tells you thus, we learn, at the time when it gave phase one to the vessel of Hochma, Bina, then Hochma was refined with phase three and with phase two. There is no longer a Hochma in the vessel of Hochma. Therefore, there's only Hassadim in Bina. We understand very well. But when he learns something incidental, all at the time when it gave Hochma on the level of phase two, it was from Hassadim, not from Hochma. It was only Hassadim. Why does he need to say, it only had Hassadim? Who compels him and for what benefit? He comes and says something incidental. Since we see in the world of Atzilut that when Yeshsut gives birth to Zeir Anpin in Hassadim without Hochma, Katnut, there was then, there was no Hochma in Bina. So he gives us also here an example of Yesod. So, what is received in the vessel of Hochma, the level of the male called VAK, VAK of phase two, where the male is only VAK. There is only Hassadim there. All right. But then expanding in Hochma.

RABASH (Source Text/Commentary): (21:45) Again, afterwards, when it gives phase one to Bina, that Hochma must be refined from phase two, phase one, then not expanding in Hochma, then there's Hassadim in Bina. I understand very well. Why is there no Hochma? Because from the vessel of Hochma it was already refined, both from its phase three and from its phase two. But now, when I say it gives him VAK of Hochma, VAK of the level, which is phase two and is considered VAK, why is there no Hochma? Why is there no Hochma? We learn because Bina is called desire for Hesed. This we learned yesterday, because Bina is desire for Hesed. What afterwards? Why afterwards do we say in stage two, not in stage one, what was afterwards? That the vessel of Hochma was refined from phase two. That the vessel of Hochma was refined from phase two to phase one and gives phase one in the vessel of Bina. Then she doesn't give Hochma. Then it has no Hassadim. This is not because of desire for Hesed, but because there's no Hochma in the level. This is what I want to emphasize. You understand? Thus, it has phase one, which has sons, wants to give. Even though it wants to give Hochma, who will receive? Now, only in stage two, when I say afterwards not expanding in Keter and then expanding in Hochma, now expanding in Hochma, there's a novelty here. I'm not saying it now in Bina, desire for Hesed. Why? It has a phase for the sons, for her sons that are phase one, that need Hochma. Then she nullifies her own phase, has desire for Hesed and adheres with Hochma. Then phase one in her already has Hochma. And I learned then, expanding in Hochma, and Bina ascends to Hochma and receives Hochma. And the sons she has, which are phase one, she now has Hochma. But to give to Zeir Anpin, she cannot. Why? Hesed is phase one, and she's phase two. So, she's now compelled to be refined from her phase two to phase one. That's two things. She receives Hochma in the vessel of Hochma. Why does she change her way? She already now has phase one. Therefore, since she has Hochma and wants to give birth, then phase two becomes phase one. So it comes out now, when I begin to say not expanding in Hochma, when? Not at the time when phase two of Hochma was refined to phase one. From phase two of Hochma to phase one of Hochma, say phase two of Hochma ascended upward, but I'm beginning to learn two things at once. That the phases in Hochma, that Bina ascends to her, and Bina nullifies her phase two. So I learned, the phase two of Bina, and phase two of Hochma with phase three of Hochma ascend to Keter, and it becomes expanding in Keter. When it becomes expanding in Keter, how is it expanding in Keter? That it became not expanding in Hochma. So the question is asked, what happened first? Did the light of Hochma depart first and afterwards it became expanding in Keter? Or do I say no, first it became expanding in Keter, then the control of Hassadim in the level, then Hochma can illuminate.