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Part III

Table of Questions for the Meaning of
the Words

 
Preface

Part I
Tzimtzum and Kav
Table of Questions
Table of Topics
Histaklut Pnimit

 

Part II
Igulim and Yosher

Table of Questions

Table of Topics

Histaklut Pnimit

 

Part III
Ohr Yashar and Ohr Hozer

Table of Questions

Table of Topics

Histaklut Pnimit

 

Part IV
Eser Sefirot of Akudim

Table of Questions

Table of Topics

Histaklut Pnimit

Part V
Additional Explanation about the Matter of the Inversion of the Panim and the Making Order of the Kelim

Table of Questions

Table of Topics

Eser Sefirot de Akudim in the second Hitpashtut called Matei ve Lo Matei

 

Part VI
The Eser Sefirot of Olam ha Nekudim

Table of Questions

Table of Topics

Histaklut Pnimit

 

 

1. What is Evar, Evarim (Organ/Organs) ........................................... 4
2. What is Ohr Histaklut ................................................................ 4
3. What is a Diminishing Ohr ........................................................... 4
4. What is Ohr Panim .................................................................... 4
5. What is Ohr of Tolada (Consequential Ohr) .................................... 4
6. What are Separate Otiot ........................................................... 4
7. What are Connected Otiot ......................................................... 4
8. What is an Awzen .................................................................... 4
9. What is Achor ......................................................................... 4
10. What is Lower Ima ................................................................... 5
11. What is Middle ......................................................................... 5
12. What is a Mirror (Aspaklaria) ....................................................... 5
13. What is Arich Anpin ................................................................... 5
14. What is AT (pronounced ET) ....................................................... 5
15. What is Bohu ........................................................................... 5
16. What is a Bait (House/Hall) ......................................................... 5
17. What is a Beki’a (Breaching) ........................................................ 5
18. What is Creation ....................................................................... 6
19. What is Bassar (Flesh) ............................................................... 6
20. What is a Guf ........................................................................... 6
21. What is Galgalta ....................................................................... 6
22. What are Gidin ......................................................................... 6
23. What are Four Tzurot (Forms) ..................................................... 6
24. What is Dibur (Speech) .............................................................. 6
25. What is In Passing .................................................................... 7
26. What is a Narrow Path ............................................................... 7
27. What is a Wide Path .................................................................. 7
28. What is Separation .................................................................... 7
29. What is Hevel ........................................................................... 7
30. What is Departing Hevel ............................................................. 7
31. What is a Full HaVaYaH .............................................................. 7
32. What is Simple HaVaYaH ............................................................ 8
33. What is a Heichal (Palace) .......................................................... 8
34. What is Upper Heichal ................................................................ 8
35. What is Hakaa .......................................................................... 8
36. What is Histaklut ...................................................................... 8
37. What is Histaklut Bet ................................................................. 8
38. What is Histalkut ...................................................................... 8
39. What is Harchaka ...................................................................... 8
40. What is Hitlabshut ..................................................................... 9
41. What is Hitnotzetzut ................................................................. 9
42. What is Hitabut ....................................................................... 9
43. What is Hitpashtut ................................................................... 9
44. What is Hitpashtut Bet .............................................................. 9
45. What is A Tail for the Lions ........................................................ 9
46. What is Zeir Anpin .................................................................... 9
47. What is Hotem ........................................................................ 10
48. What is Homer (Substance) ....................................................... 10
49. What is Hotam (Seal) ............................................................... 10
50. What is Halon .......................................................................... 10
51. What is Hakika ......................................................................... 10
52. What are Yesodot (Basic Elements) ............................................. 10
53. What is Yetzira ........................................................................ 10
54. What is Kursaya (Chair) ............................................................. 10
55. What is Potential ..................................................................... 11
56. What are Complete Kelim ............................................................ 11
57. What is a Kisse (Chair) .............................................................. 11
58. What is Keter ........................................................................... 11
59. What is a Levush ...................................................................... 11
60. What is Moach (Brain) .............................................................. 11
61. What is From Her and Within her ................................................. 11
62. What is Complete Malbush (Clothing) ........................................... 12
63. What is a Masach ..................................................................... 12
64. What is a Blocked Masach .......................................................... 12
65. What is The Place of Darkness .................................................... 12
66. What is Nesting ........................................................................ 12
67. What is The Nitzotz of the creature ............................................. 12
68. What is a Small Nitzotz ............................................................. 12
69. What is Nefesh ........................................................................ 13
70. What is a Narrow Nekev ............................................................. 13
71. What is a Nekuda (Point) ........................................................... 13
72. What is a NeshamaH ................................................................. 13
73. What is Samuch ....................................................................... 13
74. What is a Sefira ....................................................................... 13
75. What is an Olam ....................................................................... 13
76. What are Eynaim (Eyes) ............................................................ 14
77. What is Atzmut Ohr ................................................................... 14
78. What is Assiya ......................................................................... 14
79. What is Atik ............................................................................. 14
80. What is Peh ............................................................................. 14
81. What is Actual ......................................................................... 14
82. What is Separation .................................................................... 14
83. What is a Partzuf ...................................................................... 14
84. What is a Tzura ........................................................................ 14
85. What is Very Narrow ................................................................. 14
86. What is Kodesh Kodashim ........................................................... 15
87. What is Nesting ........................................................................ 15
88. What are Klipot ........................................................................ 15
89. What is Reiah (Sight) ................................................................ 15
90. What is a Rosh ......................................................................... 15
91. What is Head for the Foxes ........................................................ 15
92. What is Revieet Dam (A Quarter Blood) ......................................... 15
93. What is a Ruach ....................................................................... 15
94. What is a Thin Ruach ................................................................. 15
95. What is a Square ...................................................................... 16
96. What is a Scent ....................................................................... 16
97. What is Breaking ...................................................................... 16
98. What is a Shoresh .................................................................... 16
99. What is Hearing ........................................................................ 16
100. What are Roots of the Kelim ....................................................... 16
101. What is Tohu ........................................................................... 16


1. What is Evar, Evarim (Organ/Organs)

These are the Kelim of the Sefirot de Guf, meaning the Ne’etzalim from Peh de Rosh downwards.

(Part 3, Chap 8, item 1)


2. What is Ohr Histaklut

Ohr Hozer, meaning the Ohr Elyon that is not received in Behina Dalet, rejected by her and returns to its place.

(Part 3, Chap 15, item 6)


3. What is a Diminishing Ohr

The Eser Sefirot de Ohr Yashar that clothe the Masach downward devalue themselves for that purpose. For that reason they are called “Diminishing Ohr.”

(Part 3, 34)


4. What is Ohr Panim

It is Ohr Hochma.

(Part 3, Chap 8, item 9)


5. What is Ohr of Tolada (Consequential Ohr)

This is the Eser Sefirot de Ohr Yashar that glitter through the Masach downwards.

(Part 3, Chap 15, item 9)


6. What are Separate Otiot

When the Atzmut clothes the Kelim, the four Behinot HB TM are designated by four separate Otiot, after the clothing of the Orot in the Aviut of the Kelim, ignoring the Shinui Tzura between them. This Shinui Tzura means separation in spirituality. (See the term “Separation”).

(Part 3, Chap 15, item 4)


7. What are Connected Otiot

The Hizdakchut of the Aviut in Malchut de Malchut in the Guf of every Partzuf, when the Ohr Hozer gradually departs up to the Maatzil, these Eser Sefirot are at that time called “Connected Otiot.” It is to indicate the purification that the Kelim acquire every time, which connects them and brings them closer to the Shoresh. As it’s been written in item 6, the Aviut separates while the Zakut connects.

(Part 3, Chap 15, item 5)


8. What is an Awzen

It is the level of Eser Sefirot de Rosh in Behina Bet, namely Bina.

(Part 3, Chap 12, item 7)


9. What is Achor

When Ohr Yashar, meaning Ohr Hochma, is not clothed in the Kli, then the Kli is called Achor, or Achoraim. It has been written in item 4 that Ohr Hochma is called Ohr Panim. Thus, in the absence of Ohr Hochma from the Kli, it is called Achor.

(Part 3, Chap 15, item 6)


10. What is Lower Ima

It is Malchut de Atzilut.

(Part 3, Chap 4, item 7)


11. What is Middle

It is something that connects and determines between two far ends. From this you can understand the meaning of the names: “Middle Line” and “Middle Pillar” that consist of three Sefirot – Daat, Tifferet, Yesod.

(Part 3, Chap 5, item 4)


12. What is a Mirror (Aspaklaria)

Malchut is called a “Mirror that has nothing of its own,” or “A Mirror that does not shine.” Zeir Anpin is called “Shining Mirror.” The name Light is used because Zeir Anpin and Malchut are called Two Lights, for all the Lights of the lower ones come only from them and not from above them.

(Part 3, Chap 7, item 2)


13. What is Arich Anpin

Partzuf Keter is called Arich Anpin because of the Atzmut of Ohr Hochma in it. Tifferet is called Zeir Anpin because it has no more than a minute He’arah of Hochma. The names AA and ZA are parallel, for they relate solely to the Ohr Hochma in the Partzuf, as Hochma is called Ohr Panim.

(Part 3, Chap 6, item 7)


14. What is AT (pronounced ET)

Malchut is called AT, because she consists of all the Otiot from Aleph to Tav (all the letters of the Hebrew alphabet). It is so because the Otiot are the Kelim of the Sefirot and all the Kelim come from Malchut.

(Part 3, Chap 12, item 2)


15. What is Bohu

Bohu is another name for Arich Anpin. It is parallel to Tohu, which is another name for Atik. It means negation of attainment, whereas Bohu designates attainment and existence. It is the acronym of Bo Hu (In Him).

(Part 3, Chap 6, item 3)


16. What is a Bait (House/Hall)

The Sefira of Malchut that became separated from the inner Kelim and became a Kli for the Ohr Makif is called Bait or Heichal (see Answers to Topics, item 176).

(Part 3, Chap 5, item 1)


17. What is a Beki’a (Breaching)

The overcoming of the Ohr on the limiting Masach that stands in its way is called Beki’a. It means that it completely ignores the Gevul that stands in its way, breaks a passage and shines through the Gevul downward.

(Part 3, Chap 7, item 1)


18. What is Creation

Innovation of existence from absence is called “Creation.” The Aviut in the Kelim could not be uncovered in Olam Atzilut, but only from the Karka of Olam Atzilut downwards. Therefore, from that place downward it is called Beria, after the Aviut that appeared.

The Aviut is the will to receive in the creature, existence from absence, for everything in reality is regarded as emerging from Him existence from existence. This is because one cannot give what one does not have, except the will to receive, which, by necessity is not in Him, for from whom would He receive?

(Part 3, Chap 2, item 3)


19. What is Bassar (Flesh)

Behina Gimel, called Zeir Anpin, is called Bassar. This appellation applies only to the even leveled Eser Sefirot, where these ten Behinot are called OBGAM. Malchut is called Or; ZA is called Bassar, Bina – Gidin; Hochma – Atzamot, and Keter – Mocha.

(Part 3, Chap 5, item 3)


20. What is a Guf

Eser Sefirot that travel through the Masach downward, where Malchut expands to Eser Sefirot from and within her, are called Guf. This is so because they are the majority of the force in the Partzuf, for that is the primary place of the Atzmut in the Kelim.

However, in Eser Sefirot de Rosh from the Masach upwards there is no complete Hitlabshut, but only roots for the Hitlabshut.

(Part 3, Chap 8, item 6)


21. What is Galgalta

Partzuf Keter and the Kli where Yechida is clothed are called Galgalta.

(Part 3, Histaklut Pnimit, Chap 8, item 2)


22. What are Gidin

It is the Kli of Bina in Eser Sefirot of even level

(Part 3, Chap 5, item 3)


23. What are Four Tzurot (Forms)

The Aviut in the Ne’etzal, meaning the Ratzon in it, are called the sum total of the substance of the Ne’etzal. These four Behinot in the Aviut are called “Four Tzurot.”

(Part 3, Chap 6, item 4)


24. What is Dibur (Speech)

Malchut de Rosh is called Peh, and the Eser Sefirot that travel through her downwards by the Hitnotzetzut of the Masach are called Dibur. This is how the Orot are always poured and travel from Partzuf to Partzuf.

(Part 3, Chap 11, item 2)


25. What is In Passing

The four Behinot always relate to each other as cause and consequence, even in Ohr Yashar: Behina Aleph is the reason and the Maatzil of Behina Bet, Behina Bet of Behina Gimel and so on. Each degree is regarded as the Maatzil of the existence of its proximate.

For that reason it is also regarded as the one that passes all its Shefa for its sustenance from Ein Sof. However, when the degree pours to its inferior only because it is its initial cause, it is called bestowal “In Passing.”

However, if it gives to the inferior Hitnotzetzut with the Masach in her from above downward, it is regarded as bestowing “In Hitlabshut.”

(Part 3, Chap 4, item 1)


26. What is a Narrow Path

Restricted bestowal is regarded as bestowal that travels through a “Narrow Path.”

(Part 3, Chap 1, item 4)


27. What is a Wide Path

Abundant bestowal.

(Part 3, Chap 1, item 4)


28. What is Separation

When the Eser Sefirot travel through the Masach downward by way of Hitnotzetzut, they become enslaved to the limits in the Masach. In that state they cannot suck anything from the Elyon, except according to the limitations in the Masach. For that reason it is considered that the Masach separates them from the Elyon, for it does not let them suck all they want from there.

(Part 3, Chap 12, item 4)


29. What is Hevel

Ohr Hozer is called Hevel.

(Part 3, Chap 11, item 4)


30. What is Departing Hevel

Ohr Hozer that descends from the Masach downwards.

(There)


31. What is a Full HaVaYaH

As written by the Rav, the Shoresh of the Orot and their essence is the four simple Otiot of HaVaYaH, without any fillings. However, their fillings are the expansion of HaVaYaH and the exit of their Orot outside.

There are five Partzufim: Keter, AB, SAG, MA, BON. Partzuf Keter is the principal among them and their Shoresh. The Eser Sefirot in it are implied in the four simple Otiot HaVaYaH, called inner HaVaYaH.

A letter emerges from each Partzuf and clothes it. Partzuf Hochma Nimshach from the Yod of HaVaYaH de Partzuf Keter. Its four Otiot are filled with Yodin (pl. for Yod) in the following manner: Yod, Hey, Viv, Hey ( ???, ??, ???, ?? ), in Gimatria AB.

Partzuf Bina extends from the first Hey, whose four Otiot HaVaYaH are filled with Yodin and Aleph in the following way: Yod, Hey, Vav, Hey ( ???, ??, ???, ?? ) etc. Thus, the Partzufim of Keter are implied with simple HaVaYaH while the other four Partzufim that clothe it are implied with full HaVaYaH (see Histaklut Pnimit).

(Part 3, Chap 15, item 3)


32. What is Simple HaVaYaH

See item Full HaVaYaH

(Part 3, Chap 15, item 3)


33. What is a Heichal (Palace)

See item Bait.

(Part 3, Chap 8, item 6)


34. What is Upper Heichal

There are seven Heichalot (Palaces); the highest among them is called the Upper Heichal.


35. What is Hakaa

See Ohr Pnimi, Chap 1, item 70, and Chap 2, item 3.

(Part 3, Chap 1, item 3)


36. What is Histaklut

Hitpashtut Ohr Ein Sof for Zivug de Hakaa in the Masach in Kli de Malchut to raise Ohr Hozer is called Histaklut. It is so because Ohr that expands from Ein Sof is always regarded as Ohr Hochma, called Ohr Eynaim, Sight, or Histaklut.

(Part 3, Chap 12, item 1)


37. What is Histaklut Bet

Hitpashtut Ohr Ein Sof for Zivug de Hakaa in Malchut de Guf, meaning when it mates in her during the Hizdakchut of the Masach from degree to degree to generate Eser Sefirot one above the other, is called Histaklut Bet.

(Part 3, Chap 12, item 5 and Ohr Pnimi, item 8)


38. What is Histalkut