{"id":14247,"date":"2026-01-08T00:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=14247"},"modified":"2026-01-08T00:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:05:17","slug":"visions-of-the-ladder","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/visions-of-the-ladder\/","title":{"rendered":"Visions of the Ladder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>1) Each pleasure that a person enjoys from the Creator, if he blesses for it, he raises that pleasure with the aim of the blessing for&nbsp;<em>MAN<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. By that,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;rise to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, where they receive&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;from which the abundance comes down to all the worlds, and for which the Creator delights the man. Thus, if a person enjoyed and did not bless, he is robbing the Creator, as it is written, \u201cHe who robs his father or his mother,\u201d his father being&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;and his mother being&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, since the souls are offspring of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) It is known that&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZON<\/em>&nbsp;are only during the prayer. When not in prayer, their&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>&nbsp;ceases and they return to&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>, to&nbsp;<em>VAK<\/em>. Hence, with each blessing, we must extend&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>ZON<\/em>&nbsp;once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The place of extension is from upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;because they are always in&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>PBP<\/em>&nbsp;[<em>Panim be Panim<\/em>&nbsp;(face-to-face)] and their&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>&nbsp;never ceases because they do not need to lower&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, since they desire mercy. They are regarded as never having left&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AA<\/em>. But below them, even in&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, their&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>&nbsp;ceases. However, our blessings do not rise to&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;because they are above our attainment. Our ascents are only up to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;because our souls are offshoots of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, once the blessing rises up to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;strengthen as a result, and rise up to the&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, through the&nbsp;<em>Daat<\/em>&nbsp;that unites&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>HB<\/em>. This is so because that blessing rises and shines to the candle that does not shine,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. The blessing strengthens her, to rise up with&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;for a&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, to receive&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;from there. And when that blessing rises, all the degrees are summoned to that light that does not shine,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, to shine in her, since&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;rises to them with&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, receives&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>, and mates with&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3) The ascent of the blessing to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;is as explained about the ascent of the prayer. First, the blessing clings to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;that fell into this world, where the one who blesses is found. Then they need to aim in the name&nbsp;<em>Mem<\/em>&#8211;<em>Bet<\/em>&nbsp;of the ascent, which is the lowering of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from the place of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;in all the degrees. Then the upper half of the&nbsp;<em>Partzuf<\/em>&nbsp;that remained in each degree\u2014<em>KH<\/em>&nbsp;and half of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>\u2014raises to it the half of the degree that fell from it to the degree of the one below it\u2014half of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>\u2014and the one below her rises along with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By that, that the blessing that was attached to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>&nbsp;that fell into this world reunites with&nbsp;<em>KH<\/em>&nbsp;and half of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>&nbsp;to the same degree, taking with them the blessing to the place of&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>. Also,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Yesod de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>&nbsp;that fell to the degree of&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>&nbsp;return to their degree in&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>, taking with them the blessing from&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>&nbsp;to the place of&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>&nbsp;until the blessing rises to&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atzilut<\/em>&nbsp;and becomes&nbsp;<em>MAN<\/em>&nbsp;there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4) We could ask, \u201cBut the lowering of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;begins with the highest&nbsp;<em>Partzuf<\/em>&nbsp;of all, and from there the illumination comes to the next degree, from above downwards. Thus, how can the blessing or the prayer that is attached to the bottom of the degrees\u2014in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>&nbsp;that fell into this world\u2014rise higher than&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>? After all, once they came to&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Assiya<\/em>&nbsp;have already risen before and are not there, so how does the prayer rise from&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lowering of the bottom&nbsp;<em>Hey<\/em>&nbsp;from the&nbsp;<em>Eynaim<\/em>&nbsp;begins with&nbsp;<em>Partzuf Nekudot<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>, where the ascent of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;was rooted in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;for the first time, since the illumination of the three&nbsp;<em>Partzufim<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Galgalta<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>AB<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>&nbsp;in which there was no issue of the ascent of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>. This is the name of the 42 letters. And since this illumination awakened above,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;promptly descends from all the degrees at once. Hence, it can be said that it was done from above to below. However, it can also be said that it was done from below to above. Moreover, there is no absence in the spiritual and any change is only an addition to the first form, and the operation acts on all sides, from above to below and from below to above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5) The root of the name&nbsp;<em>Mem<\/em>&#8211;<em>Bet<\/em>&nbsp;(42) letters is in the first three&nbsp;<em>Partzufim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>\u2014<em>Galgalta<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>AB<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>. After the elicitation of each&nbsp;<em>Partzuf<\/em>, its lights from the&nbsp;<em>Peh<\/em>&nbsp;down departed and the bottom&nbsp;<em>Partzuf<\/em>&nbsp;filled him with his lights. Thus, once the lights of&nbsp;<em>Partzuf Galgalta de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>&nbsp;departed,&nbsp;<em>Partzuf AB<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>&nbsp;came out and filled him with his lights. And after the departure of the lights of&nbsp;<em>AB<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Partzuf SAG<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>&nbsp;came out and filled him with his lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, it is considered that&nbsp;<em>Partzuf Galgalta de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>&nbsp;is the four letters of simple&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Partzuf AB<\/em>&nbsp;is considered full&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>, with ten letters\u2014<em>Yod<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Hey<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Viv<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Hey<\/em>\u2014because it filled&nbsp;<em>Partzuf Galgalta de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Partzuf SAG<\/em>&nbsp;is considered&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>&nbsp;with filling of filling, having 28 letters\u2014<em>Yod<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Viv<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Dalet<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Hey<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Yod<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Vav<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Aleph<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Vav<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Hey<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Yod<\/em>. This is so because&nbsp;<em>Partzuf SAG<\/em>&nbsp;filled the&nbsp;<em>AB<\/em>, which is itself a filling of&nbsp;<em>Galgalta<\/em>. Thus, it is the filling of the filling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, there are four letters&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Galgalta<\/em>&nbsp;here, ten letters in&nbsp;<em>AB<\/em>, and 28 letters in&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>. Together, they are 42 letters. These three&nbsp;<em>Partzufim<\/em>&nbsp;are&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>, and there was still no ascent of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;in those three, since the ascent of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;begins from the second&nbsp;<em>Partzuf<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>, called&nbsp;<em>Nekudot<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>. Hence, if we wish to lower&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, we must extend the light from these first three&nbsp;<em>Partzufim<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>, in which this ascent is absent, and from their illumination we lower the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;of all the degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6) There are also three&nbsp;<em>Behinot<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Galgalta AB<\/em>&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>&nbsp;in the three&nbsp;<em>Sefirot KHB<\/em>&nbsp;of all the degrees, which are&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>, since the upper forces must be in the lower ones. Hence, in all the degrees,&nbsp;<em>Keter<\/em>&nbsp;is regarded as simple&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>&nbsp;of four letters,&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;has&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>&nbsp;with a filling, ten letters, and&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;as&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>&nbsp;with filling of filling, 28 letters. Together, there are 42 letters in the&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;of each degree. You also know that half the degree that remains in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;after the ascent of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>KH<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, which are upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, since there is no&nbsp;<em>Masach<\/em>&nbsp;governing the upper half of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though they are half of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, we regard them as a whole&nbsp;<em>Partzuf<\/em>. Hence, the three&nbsp;<em>Sefirot KHB<\/em>&nbsp;remain in the degree, where the ascent of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;does not harm them at all, and only the bottom half of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;are blemished by the ascent of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and fall to the degree below them. Thus, the&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;of each degree are equal to&nbsp;<em>Galgalta AB<\/em>&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>, which are the first 42 in the worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7) Each&nbsp;<em>Behina<\/em>&nbsp;receives from its corresponding&nbsp;<em>Behina<\/em>&nbsp;in the upper one. Hence, when we aim to lower&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;in each degree, we extend illumination of the 42 letters from&nbsp;<em>Galgalta<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>AB<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>, in whom there is no ascent of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>. This is why their degrees are not divided into all 42 letters of the halves of degrees that remain in the degree, and then&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;descends from the place of their&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, and all the halves of degrees that fell down reunite with the upper halves. Thus, the upper halves are complemented with ten&nbsp;<em>Sefirot<\/em>&nbsp;like&nbsp;<em>Galgalta<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>AB<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>SAG<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AK<\/em>. This thoroughly explains the name of the 42 letters and how we raise through it each prayer and every blessing to our root, which is&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atzilut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8) Similarly, when the blessing rises to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atzilut<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atzilut<\/em>&nbsp;rise along with&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;in them, when&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;return to upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>. It is known that&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;in the lower one that return to their degree become a left line to the&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;that remained in the degree. It is also known that&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;are the ten&nbsp;<em>Sefirot<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;that were divided due to the ascent of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;of those ten&nbsp;<em>Sefirot<\/em>, becoming&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;became&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>. Thus, after&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;came down,&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, which are&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, return to the degree of&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and become the left line to&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;there. Also,&nbsp;<em>ZON<\/em>&nbsp;that are attached to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, which rose with&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, become the middle line there, which is&nbsp;<em>Daat<\/em>, uniting the two lines\u2014right and left\u2014which hare&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;into one&nbsp;<em>Hitkalelut<\/em>&nbsp;[mingling], which is the&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>. Subsequently,&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;comes down to their place, and they, too, raise their&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>, in whom&nbsp;<em>ZON<\/em>&nbsp;are included. Thus, their&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;become the left line of&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;that remained in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that time a dispute occurs between the right and left lines in&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;and they cannot shine. Then, through the&nbsp;<em>Masach de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Hirik<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, the two lines\u2014right and left\u2014unite into one, their illumination is fully completed, and those three lines together become&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>. And since those&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>&nbsp;came out through&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;was rewarded with them, as well, since the lower one, too, is rewarded with the full measure of the light that it causes in the upper one. Hence, since three come out of one, where&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;come out of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, and one is rewarded with all three,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;is in&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9) Indeed, when we say that during the descent of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, each upper one, meaning&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>, that remained in the degree raises the&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;that fell from it along with the degree of the lower one that is attached to these&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>. However, we should know that this does not mean that it raises to it the entire ten&nbsp;<em>Sefirot<\/em>&nbsp;of the bottom&nbsp;<em>Partzuf<\/em>, but only&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;of the lower one, excluding&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of the lower one. This is so because the ascent of the lower one to the upper one is because&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of the upper one fell into it and were attached into a single degree with the lower one at the time of their fall. Hence, upon their return to the degree, they take the lower one who is attached to them along with them, and when&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;rises to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and drops all the bottom halves of the degrees from their degree, it is done in all the degrees at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It follows that when&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of the upper one fall to the lower one, there are only three&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;in the degree of the lower one, since his&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;fell to the degree below it, too. Thus, upon their fall,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of the upper one were attached only to&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;of the lower one. They have no contact with&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of the lower one, since they have already fallen from the lower one and are at the bottom of the bottom one. Thus, when&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of the upper one return to their degree, they raise only the&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;of the lower one that are attached to them with them, and not at all the&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of the lower one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;descended into&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;into&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>. Thus,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;that fell into&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;clung only to his&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>, which are considered&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;that remained in his degree at that time, and not in his&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>, which are&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;that fell from him into the degree of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;and are not in him. Hence, when&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;return to&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, they raise with them only&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, and not&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10) Therefore, the lower one receives all the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;that it causes in the upper one, and because three come out of one, one is rewarded with all three. Yet, even so,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;does not take these&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;now that he is in the place of&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, since the entire&nbsp;<em>Partzuf ZA<\/em>&nbsp;is not there, only his&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>, meaning only&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>. His&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;are not there, and one who lacks&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>, lacks&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;of lights because they have no&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;in which to clothe them. Hence, now he cannot receive the&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>&nbsp;of lights that came out through him in&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>. Rather, he receives only the illumination of&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>, descending from&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;to his place, lowering the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from his&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, and raising to him the&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;that fell from him, meaning the&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that time,&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;bond in him into a single&nbsp;<em>Partzuf<\/em>&nbsp;and he returns to&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;once more, receiving there the&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>&nbsp;that he had left there. Then&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;become&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>&nbsp;once more,&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;become&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>, and new&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;come out for him. At that time, he comes down from&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;once more with complete&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This clarifies that&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;receives the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;only through two ascents. In the first ascent, he receives from&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;only the illumination of&nbsp;<em>VAK<\/em>, as he lacks the&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>. In the second ascent, he receives complete&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11) The blessings that a person blesses the Creator come to extend life from the source of life,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>. In other words, illumination of&nbsp;<em>VAK<\/em>&nbsp;extends in the first ascent to empty upon him from that upper oil, the abundance of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>\u2014illumination of&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;through the second ascent\u2014and all the degrees and sources of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;in the first ascent are blessed and are filled with abundance, to empty out to all the worlds. Then the fathers,&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, and the sons,&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, are all blessed together, in the second ascent, when the&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;of the fathers and the sons,&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, have joined into a single body. For this reason, they can receive the&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>&nbsp;to be blessed as one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12) When these blessings rise from below, there is not a single door above nor an appointee above who does not open all those gates, since the&nbsp;<em>Masachim<\/em>&nbsp;[screens] that separate between the halves of the degrees, between&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of each degree, are considered doors. Without them it would not be possible for the lower one to rise to the upper one, since the whole ascent of the lower one to the upper one is only because of the&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;of the upper one that fell to the lower one and clung to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this reason, when they return to their degree in the upper one, they take the lower one along with them. And since that fall is done through the&nbsp;<em>Masach<\/em>, which is the connection of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, and the ascent of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>ZON<\/em>&nbsp;is done by fissuring the&nbsp;<em>Masach<\/em>, through the descent of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, the&nbsp;<em>Masach<\/em>&nbsp;is considered a door because when it fissures, the lower one rises to the upper one through there. Thus, if the one who blesses aims in the blessing\u2014in the word \u201cBlessed\u201d\u2014to extend the name of the 42 letters, the&nbsp;<em>Masachim<\/em>&nbsp;open and fissure, meaning the doors in each degree, to raise the lower one to the upper one. At that time the blessing rises from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;at the end of the degrees through doors of all the degrees until it arrives in&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atzilut<\/em>, since they all open and the blessing rises through them until it arrives in&nbsp;<em>Malchut de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atzilut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13) Now we will explain the order of the intention of the blessing in the blessings that are not prayer. The blessing of the&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;and the blessing for enjoyment rise from below upward, from this world and above, until they arrive inside the light that does not shine,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, evoking that light that does not shine through that blessing. Through the illumination of the 42 letters, it raises the blessing through&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, which is called \u201clight that does not shine.\u201d And when the blessing arrives there,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;awaken and rise with the&nbsp;<em>MAN<\/em>&nbsp;of the blessing up to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, where a&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>HB<\/em>&nbsp;is done on the&nbsp;<em>Masach de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZON<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that time, other blessings come out of that upper source,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, and they are the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;that extend from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>ZON<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>MAD<\/em>, connecting with the&nbsp;<em>MAN<\/em>&nbsp;in the blessing. They come and stay over the head of the righteous,&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, which extend from&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;to his&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>, who is called \u201crighteous,\u201d to impart below. He gives them to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;to the lower ones. When they come down, the fathers,&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, and the sons,&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, are blessed, as well as all their candles, the&nbsp;<em>Sefirot<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, which are the lights of fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14) Now he explains the meaning of the intention of the blessings on the&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;[commandments] and the blessings for enjoyment by their order. \u201cBlessed\u201d is the highest source, upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, who are called&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>. All the candles, meaning the lower degrees, must be aimed to empty and to extend and illuminate all the candles from there, meaning the lower degrees, since all the degrees below&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;are in&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>&nbsp;only during prayer. But after the prayer they return to their&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>, when&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;rises to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;of each degree once more, and all the degrees return to&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>. Excluded are upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, in whom&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;never descends from their&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;even during&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>, hence they are always in&nbsp;<em>Gadlut<\/em>&nbsp;and in a never ending&nbsp;<em>Zivug<\/em>. To extend correction for the degrees, they must be brought to the place of&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>. This is why in \u201cBlessed,\u201d we aim to raise&nbsp;<em>ZON<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, from which they will receive their correction. He is always blessed, since upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;are always \u201cBlessed\u201d because his waters never cease. For this reason, the correction begins from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But how do they rise to&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>? You already know that through the name 42 letters,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;descends from the&nbsp;<em>Masach<\/em>&nbsp;that separates&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>. At that time,&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;rise to&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and both become a single degree, where&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, which are&nbsp;<em>KHB<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, become the right hand side of the degree, and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, which are&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, become the left hand side of the degree. Also,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;rises there with&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, with the&nbsp;<em>MAN<\/em>&nbsp;of the blessing, and becomes&nbsp;<em>Daat<\/em>, the middle line that unites&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, right and left. After&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;received the illumination of upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;through that unification,&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;come down to their place and the two lines\u2014right and left\u2014come out in them as well through raising their&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>. Yet, they are disputed and cannot shine until&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;becomes their middle line, uniting the right and left of&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>. Then they are completed and illuminate in the three lines,&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15) This is why it was said that there is the beginning called \u201cthe next world,\u201d&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, in whom the beginning of the disclosure of&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;is done, since only&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;without&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;shine in upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, as they are&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and are always in a state of \u201cFor He desires mercy,\u201d not receiving&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>. However, in&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, the disclosure of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;begins in his left line. Thus, a dispute is made in him and he needs&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;to unite them through his&nbsp;<em>Masach de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Hirik<\/em>. This is why&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;is regarded as the beginning, the top edge of heaven, and not upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;bestow upon&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. Hence,&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;is considered the upper edge of heaven because there is such an edge below, the edge that receives from heaven,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. She is also called \u201cblessed\u201d in relation to the lower ones. Hence, in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, too, one should intend in the word \u201cBlessed.\u201d The reason why we aim in&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;is that the blessing that we raise ascends only up to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, where our root is found. Hence, we should aim in the word \u201cBlessed\u201d in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, too, is in&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>. That is, she, too, needs correction. For this reason, we raise the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;along with&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;up to upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, who are always in wholeness, and hence are always able to correct everything. This is why we should intend in the word \u201cBlessed\u201d in upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, in the rest of the blessings, \u201cBlessed\u201d means upper&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, who fill and correct&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Daat<\/em>&nbsp;unites upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;with one another, where&nbsp;<em>Daat<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;that rose there for&nbsp;<em>MAN<\/em>. Subsequently,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;descends with&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;to their place and unites the right and left lines of&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, where three lines&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>&nbsp;come out through&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. Thus, three come out of one, one is rewarded with all three, and&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, too, receives those three lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16) Now, at the elicitation of the three lines of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, he should aim in the word \u201cYou,\u201d after which the lights of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;began to appear and come out of&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>. \u201cBlessed\u201d is hidden because \u201cBlessed\u201d means&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, in which the lights are hidden from the lower ones because&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;are&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, and we have no attainment in&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, but in&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>. \u201cBlessed\u201d is the upper source that is not revealed,&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, but \u201cYou\u201d is the beginning of the emergence outwards, as it is the first light of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;that went out of&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, which is in second person, disclosed. The right line,&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, comes out of&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, meaning that it came out of the hidden place,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, into the revealed place,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17)&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>&nbsp;is the middle line that comes out of&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Tifferet de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, which is faith on all sides. This is so because the middle line unites the two sides, right and left, and the middle line must be extended from&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;before they extend the left line from there, as it is forbidden to extend the left line before it joins with the right line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this reason, first the middle line is extended, uniting right and left, then the left line is extended, since once we have drawn the middle line, the left is already included in the right, and the right in it. We draw it with the word&nbsp;<em>Elokeinu<\/em>&nbsp;[Our God]. Thus far, the blessings have been connecting with each other by extending three lines. However, the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;were still not drawn out because extension of&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;requires a second ascent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>18) Once&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;are blessed and take blessings for themselves, after we have drawn illumination of&nbsp;<em>VAK<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, in the matter of three coming out of one, and one being rewarded with all three,&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;return included as one, to their source,&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, to receive from him the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>, which he left there in the first ascent due to lack of&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>. Now, after he extended the&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>, he can receive the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;because they cannot return to that place to receive&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;before they receive the blessings of illumination of&nbsp;<em>VAK<\/em>. Through these blessings,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;descends to his place and lowers the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;from his&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;to his place, elevating his&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>TM<\/em>, which are&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>, and uniting in them, thus completing his&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that time, he can return to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;to receive&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;because they have been blessed before by extending the&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;to him, and his ten&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;are completed, and reenter that place,&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, to take other blessings\u2014<em>Mochin<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>\u2014to give them to&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;to the lower ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19) In the second ascent to&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>, when&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;receive the&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;are called \u201cKing.\u201d Hence, this second ascent should be intended in the word \u201cKing\u201d of the blessing. It is so because&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;is not called \u201ca king\u201d except when these&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;approach him, meaning only&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;in the second ascent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The king is regarded as a king when his ministers come to him when they are rich. This is because in the first ascent, when&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;were poor and indigent, in&nbsp;<em>Katnut<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;was not called \u201ca king\u201d because of their ascent. But now, in the second ascent, when they have already received illumination of&nbsp;<em>VAK<\/em>, and the&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;have already been tied to one another, receiving the&nbsp;<em>Mochin de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>&nbsp;in this ascent,&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;are called \u201ca king,\u201d since now they are rich and have everything that they need for&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>, without any deficiency. The king below,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, is called \u201ca king,\u201d when these&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, which became&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>, give him their&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>. When&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;gives her holy crowns,&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;is called \u201ca king\u201d with regard to the lower ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>20) Here, in the second ascent, she is called \u201ca king.\u201d Who is a king? It is that world which sanctified us and commanded us, since&nbsp;<em>YESHSUT<\/em>&nbsp;are called \u201cthe world,\u201d and the three&nbsp;<em>Mochin HBD<\/em>&nbsp;that&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;receives to give to the lower ones. \u201cThat\u201d is&nbsp;<em>Keter<\/em>&nbsp;over the&nbsp;<em>Mochin<\/em>, \u201cSanctified us\u201d is&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, \u201cCommanded us\u201d is&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, \u201cTo\u201d is commanded, and \u201cDo\u201d is&nbsp;<em>Tifferet<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Yesod<\/em>, which are the middle line that unites&nbsp;<em>HB<\/em>. There are many ways about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>21) The world, right, which is&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>, is called \u201cYou.\u201d Wherever it says \u201cYou\u201d it is&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>. When&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;is tied to&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>, it is called \u201cBlessed\u201d from below upwards. That is, the&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;is blessed only in lights of&nbsp;<em>VAK<\/em>&nbsp;that illuminate from below upwards. This is so because she is tied to&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>, right line, which shines in&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;without&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, which is&nbsp;<em>VAK<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;because she needs&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;together, which is what she receives from&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, the middle line, the straightening up in&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is called blessed only in the source to which he clung,&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>, in which he enters and fills when he fills&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>. At that time she is called \u201cBlessed,\u201d and this is what should be intended in the \u201cBless\u201d in blessings of the prayer. \u201cYou\u201d in blessings of the prayer is a priest,&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>, to cling to, meaning that it should be intended for&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;to rise and incorporate herself in&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>22) There are three&nbsp;<em>Behinot<\/em>&nbsp;[discernments]: kneeling, bowing, and straightening up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Kneeling is the bending of the knees with his head held up. It means lack of&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;because the bending of the knees is annulment of&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>, and one who lacks&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>, lacks&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;of lights due to the inverse relation between lights and vessels. The straightening up of the head indicates desire to receive&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, which is that kneeling that we kneel in the word \u201cBlessed,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, indicating that&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;needs&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;because this is why the head is held straight, showing that she is devoid of&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>. Hence, the knees are bent, showing that there is no&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bowing of the head only indicates that he does not need&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, but&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>, because he desires mercy. This is why he bows his head, which are&nbsp;<em>Kelim<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>. It is the right line of&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, which receives from&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>&nbsp;and does not desire&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;but&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>, and this is why we bow in the word \u201cYou,\u201d right line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Straightening up is when all three parts of the body,&nbsp;<em>HBD<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>NHY<\/em>, are upright. It indicates that he has&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;together, hence his head is held up and his knees are straight. This is the middle line,&nbsp;<em>Tifferet<\/em>. This is why we straighten up in the word&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>, middle line, which includes everything.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>23) Hence, during prayer a person kneels in \u201cBlessed\u201d because he is a world bent upward because&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;is bent, lacking&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>&nbsp;[head]. She is bent upward to&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, for she cannot straighten up by herself. 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We aim for the bowing of the head in the \u201cYou,\u201d which points to the priest,&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, who receives&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;from upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, and hence does not lack&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;but bends the head,&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>, indicating that he has no wish for&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, but for&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, these&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;are&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;because he does not miss the&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, which would indicate the bowing of his head. It follows that the bowing of his head is his head, just like upper&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, since once&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;is integrated with&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, his&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>&nbsp;is like the pure air of&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, who never receive&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>. He bows his head in \u201cYou\u201d because \u201cYou\u201d is called&nbsp;<em>Rosh<\/em>. 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However, the bowing of the head indicates&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;due to the rejection of&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>, for they are interdependent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In each of the blessings of the prayer, when the priest reaches the word \u201cYou,\u201d which indicates the quality of&nbsp;<em>Hesed<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, he bows his head to extend&nbsp;<em>GAR<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, for it is impossible to extend them unless by bowing of the head. When the King kneels in the beginning of the Eighteen, he does not stand up until he concludes his prayer because the Creator said to the moon, \u201cGo and diminish yourself,\u201d and the moon,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, has not yet risen from this diminution.&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;does not straighten up by herself, but through&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, her husband, since after the diminution of the moon, when&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;descended from the&nbsp;<em>Chazeh<\/em>&nbsp;down, she has nothing of her own and must receive both&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is written about the period of 6,000 years, \u201cShe has fallen, she will not rise again\u2014the virgin Israel,\u201d for she will not rise again by herself, but her husband will raise her. 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