The
Left
Line
of
Vav
of
HaVaYaH
65.
The
beginning
on
the
left
side
of
the
Vav
of
HaVaYaH,
Gevura
of
ZA,
is
the
darkness
that
is
on
the
left
line
of
Bina,
which
expands
downward
in
the
darkness
until
Hell
is
created
from
it,
which
blazes
out
of
that
darkness
of
the
strong
red
and
black
fire.
Here,
strong
flickers
of
fire
blaze,
which
expand
and
are
drawn
downward.
They
are
all
drawn
from
within
the
darkness,
left,
to
the
left
side
below.
When
the
left
line
emerges
in
Bina,
in
YESHSUT,
which
is
Hochma
without
Hassadim,
it
becomes
darkness,
since
no
light
shines
in
it
because
the
Hochma
in
it
cannot
shine
without
Hassadim.
Judgments
and
shells
are
extended
downward
from
this
darkness,
from
which
Hell
was
created
in
order
to
sentence
the
wicked
in
it.
Hell
blazes
from
that
darkness
with
a
strong
fire,
a
red
fire
and
a
black
fire.
The
judgments
of
Bina
are
called
“red
fire,”
and
the
judgments
of
Malchut
that
are
mixed
with
judgments
of
Bina
are
called
“black
fire.”
Here,
in
the
left
line
of
YESHSUT,
strong
flickers
of
fire
blaze—judgments
that
are
extended
downward
to
sentence
people.
All
the
flickers
and
judgments
are
extended
out
of
the
darkness,
the
left
of
YESHSUT,
to
the
left
side
below,
to
those
who
adhere
to
the
left
line.
66.
The
exception
is
when
the
candle
rises,
Bina,
YESHSUT,
out
of
the
measuring
of
the
screen.
When
Bina
draws
the
upper
light
that
makes
a
coupling
on
the
screen
of
Hirik,
which
ZA
raised
to
her
for
MAN,
through
that
coupling
by
striking,
the
level
of
Hassadim
of
phase
one
comes
out,
which
unites
the
two
lines
with
one
another.
That
coupling
by
striking
that
Bina
does
is
called
“the
measuring
of
the
screen,”
since
then
the
screen
measures
the
level
and
shines
to
the
right
side,
where
the
level
of
Hassadim
that
emerged
on
the
screen
shines
and
strengthens
the
right
side,
Hesed.
The
light
of
the
level
of
Hassadim
shines
on
the
darkness
in
the
left
line,
and
the
lights
of
the
level
of
Hassadim
of
fire
reach
the
judgments
of
the
left
and
approach
the
fire
on
the
left
line,
and
to
the
right
line.
The
level
of
Hassadim
approaches
the
left
and
unites
it
with
the
right,
and
shines
from
it.
At
that
time,
the
left
illuminates
the
Hochma
in
it
since
after
the
Hochma
on
the
left
united
with
the
Hassadim
on
the
right,
she
is
completed
and
can
shine.
67.
Then,
from
within
the
candle,
Bina,
YESHSUT,
another
blazing
Ruach
expands.
It
expands
into
being
a
Merkava
to
the
left
side
of
Bina,
and
expands
in
three
colors,
three
lines,
to
the
north
side.
That
Ruach
does
not
rise
like
perfumes
and
does
not
emit
a
scent
since
the
left
of
Bina
is
supported
by
Ruach,
which
is
interpreted
in
these
three
colors.
After
Bina
corrected
the
left
line
in
her
through
the
level
of
Hassadim,
which
emerged
on
the
screen
of
ZA,
which
is
called
Ruach,
ZA,
too,
was
rewarded
with
that
illumination
of
the
left
line,
since
all
the
light
that
the
lower
one
causes
in
the
upper
one,
the
lower
one
is
rewarded
with
it,
too.
Then
ZA,
who
is
called
Ruach,
expands
in
the
illumination
of
the
blazing
left
and
comes
out
of
the
candle,
Bina.
ZA
expands
in
its
left
line
into
being
a
Merkava
to
the
left
line
of
Bina.
The
actual
left
line
of
Bina
does
not
expand
in
it,
but
only
its
illumination,
so
it
will
be
a
Merkava
to
it.
It
expands
in
three
colors,
three
lines
to
the
north,
the
left
line,
as
has
been
explained
regarding
the
right
line.
Although
the
left
line
of
ZA
draws
the
Hochma
from
the
left
line
of
Bina,
nevertheless,
Hochma
is
not
revealed
in
the
left
line
of
ZA.
Rather,
he
bestows
the
Hochma
to
Malchut,
and
the
Hochma
is
revealed
in
Malchut.
The
illumination
of
Hochma
is
called
“perfumes”
or
“scent.”
That
Ruach,
the
left
line
of
ZA,
does
not
ascend
in
perfumes
or
in
a
scent,
which
is
illumination
of
Hochma,
since
the
left
line
of
Bina
is
supported
and
shines
to
Ruach,
which
is
the
left
line
of
ZA.
This
is
why
its
illumination
is
plentiful.
Had
it
shown
in
Hochma
in
itself,
it
would
have
been
extended
in
GAR
of
Hochma,
from
which
there
are
all
the
judgments.
For
this
reason,
he
shines
for
Malchut,
who
shines
only
from
below
upward,
in
VAK,
and
the
unification
of
the
left
with
the
right
is
only
that
the
left
will
shine
from
below
upward.
68.
The
three
lines
on
the
left
line
of
ZA
are
the
three
lines
that
shine
in
the
three
sides—right,
left,
and
middle
of
the
fire,
the
left
line.
They
are
fire
in
the
color
of
darkness,
red,
black.
These
three
colors
are
divided
from
the
Ruach,
from
the
left
line
of
ZA
which
emerges
from
the
candle,
Bina,
each
one
supporting
two
sides.
You
find
that
they
are
nine
phases.
69.
One
color
blazed,
the
individual
right
line
on
the
left,
and
the
fire
grew
strong
in
it,
in
the
color
of
darkness,
on
the
left
side,
on
the
right
line
that
is
on
the
left
side.
Another
color
blazed,
the
individual
left
line
on
the
left
side,
and
the
fire
in
red
color
on
the
left
side
grew
strong
in
it.
A
third
color
blazed,
the
individual
middle
line
on
the
left
side,
and
the
fire
grew
strong
in
it
on
the
left
side.
70.
These
three
colors
are
one
Merkava
to
the
left
of
Bina,
in
the
letter
Vav.
They
are
all
the
left
side
of
Vav,
a
Merkava
to
the
left
side
of
Bina,
and
they
are
called
appellations
to
the
Creator
on
the
left.
The
left
of
ZA
in
general
is
called
Elokim
[God],
from
the
unerasable
names.
These
two
lines
right
and
middle
that
are
included
in
it
are
called
by
appellations:
The
right
in
the
left
is
called
Adir
[gigantic];
the
middle
one
in
the
left
is
called
strong;
and
everything
in
one
inclusion
is
called
mighty,
since
the
left
side
of
ZA
is
called
Elokim.
Bina,
too,
is
called
Elokim,
and
Malchut
is
also
called
Elokim,
and
the
left
side
of
ZA,
Gevura,
is
called
Elokim,
as
well.
71.
Three
colors
on
the
left
side
blaze
and
shine
downward.
Each
color
is
divided
into
two
other
ones,
to
each
side
from
them,
until
they
are
three,
three
to
each
side
in
the
count,
which
together
are
nine,
as
in
the
right
side.
The
general
left
of
ZA,
which
rides
over
them,
completes
them
to
ten.
72.
Two
lines
come
out
from
one
color
which
is
incorporated
in
fire
in
the
color
of
darkness,
which
is
the
right
line
in
the
left.
One,
the
middle
line,
is
called
“a
judge,”
and
one,
the
left
line,
is
called
“an
arbiter,”
as
it
is
written,
“God
judges.”
It
is
written,
“God
is
the
father
of
orphans
and
the
arbiter
of
widows.”
73.
Two
lines
come
out
from
one
color
that
consists
of
red
fire,
the
left
in
the
left,
one,
the
right,
called
“mighty
in
power,”
and
one,
the
middle
one,
is
called
“man
of
war.”
The
two
lines
that
come
out
from
one
color
that
is
incorporated
and
grows
strong
in
the
black
color
of
the
fire,
the
middle
in
the
left,
one,
the
left,
is
called
“visiting
the
iniquity,”
and
one,
right,
is
called
“repaying.”
74.
From
here,
they
expand
downward
to
several
Gevurot
that
have
no
number,
and
all
of
them,
all
nine
lines,
are
on
the
left
side.
The
Creator
is
called
in
all
of
them,
and
they
are
all
Merkavot
below,
under
each
side.
It
is
all
in
the
letter
Vav,
on
the
left
side
of
ZA,
which
is
called
Vav.
75a.
All
the
letters
from
the
four
letters
in
the
holy
name
stand
on
holy
Merkavot
that
support
them,
as
has
been
explained
thus
far,
and
on
what
they
rely.
They
are
all
inscribed
on
each
one
as
it
should
be
for
it.
These
Merkavot
are
appellations
to
that
holy
name
on
what
they
stand,
since
the
nine
lines,
which
are
nine
Merkavot
to
the
right
side,
the
right
side
is
called
El,
and
the
nine
Merkavot
are
called
by
appellations.
It
is
the
same
manner
on
the
left
side
of
ZA,
called
Elokim,
and
the
nine
Merkavot,
the
nine
individual
lines,
are
called
by
appellations.
75b.
For
this
reason,
one
who
comes
to
unify
the
holy
name
must
know
each
of
those
names
of
the
appellations,
what
they
stand
on,
who
is
the
name
that
governs
them,
and
that
side
on
which
the
Merkavot
stand.
It
is
all
in
the
holy
name,
in
these
four
letters
by
which
the
Creator
is
called.
Happy
are
the
righteous,
for
they
walk
on
the
straight
path;
happy
are
they
in
this
world,
and
happy
are
they
in
the
next
world,
for
the
Creator
loves
them.