Section: The World of Repair (Openings 59–69)
This chapter specifies the precise division of labor between Male and Female aspects in the operational repair of MaH and BaN. Two parts: (Part 1) From the totality of broken-and-descended Sefirot, parts that are to be selected go through sorting and selection; the vessels ascend to receive their lights in Atzilut (the second Atzilut of ABYA — the upper part of the original Beriyah, since the vessels' descent is reversed and they ascend to serve as the government of the new Atzilut). This is through the Female aspect, which lifts them up in all the details (the Female differentiates details). Descending toward them: levels of MaH (vessel and light); they join with them — Male aspect channels them, puts them in the Female. Apparent contradiction with Op. 61 (MaH selects from BaN, but here BaN is where selection happens) resolved: the original arrangement was made by MaH at the outset (which part of MaH suited which part of BaN); mechanism = drop of AK's Male Waters (Op. 60) sweetening Primordial Kings; from this foundation emerged the Reisha delo ityeda ("Head that is not Known"). Afterwards, the overall Nukva selects what's suitable per the original division. Male channels in particulars; Female delineates form (Op. 63 Part 2) — gives form even to Male's contribution. Key doctrine: MaH = Line-aspect; BaN = Residue-aspect (Op. 27). Within each: own light + own vessel (both have both). Light always from Line; vessel always from Residue. Reason: must arrive at man below + material creations (image of governmental order). Residue = differentiation of Line — powers in Line as one whole; in Residue as particulars (soul/body). Male channels MaH (overall form); Female channels BaN (details of form); offspring takes form in Female. (Part 2) Resolves another apparent contradiction in ARI: Mevo Shearim II, Part 3 ch. 4 = Nukva elevates BaN, Male brings down MaH; Etz Chayim Shaar Orot-Nitzotzot-Kelim ch. 1 (three days of conception) + Ramchal Klalut HaIlan HaKadosh 4:2 = Abba selects BaN's right side, Imma the left. Resolution: channeling of BaN via Nukva; but for repair-and-selection of ascending parts, Male also enters: Male repairs the right side of all vessels/Partzufim; Female repairs the left. Reason: to repair Kindness-Judgment-Mercy in BaN — Kindness via Abba (right), Judgment via Imma (left), Mercy via Understanding (center; produces connection). Not needed in MaH (already in three columns). MaH then joined with each in all rectified aspects.
This is the unit's sixth chapter — Op. 63 stated the two-generators principle; Op. 64 specifies the operational division of labor in the actual channeling and repair: who lifts, who descends, who repairs which side, and why MaH and BaN have the structural relations they do (Line vs. Residue).
Part 1 — Channeling. From totality, parts selected; vessels ascend (Female lifts) to the second Atzilut. Levels of MaH descend (Male channels, puts in Female). Apparent contradiction with Op. 61 resolved: original arrangement by MaH at outset; Reisha delo ityeda emerged from this. Female delineates form; Male channels overall form. Key doctrine: MaH displays Line; BaN displays Residue (Op. 27). Within each: own light + own vessel. Light always from Line; vessel always from Residue.
Part 2 — Repair-side. Resolves ARI contradiction (Nukva elevates BaN vs. Abba/Imma select right/left). Channeling: BaN via Nukva. Repair-and-selection of ascending parts: Male repairs right; Female repairs left. Reason: to repair Kindness-Judgment-Mercy in BaN — Abba (right), Imma (left), Understanding/Daat (Mercy, center). Not needed for MaH (already in three columns).
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
סדר המשכת מ"ה וב"ן וחיבורם דרך דו"ן:
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> The role of the Male and Female in the channeling and repair of MaH and BaN Plain English: Theme: Male and Female roles in the channeling and repair of MaH and BaN.
Concepts: mah_ban_joining, male_waters, male_repairs_right_female_repairs_left.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
מכלל הספירות שנשברו וירדו מתבררים חלקים מה שמתבררים, ועולים לקבל אורותיהם באצילות, וזה על ידי הנוק' שמעלה אותם כך. וכנגדם יורדים מדרגות מן המ"ה, כלי ואור, ומתחברים עמהם, וזה על ידי הזכר שממשיך אותם כך, ונותן אותם בנוק'. אף על פי כן בתיקון הכלים העולים על ידי הנוק' נכנס גם הזכר, והוא מתקן הימין שבהם, והנקבה מתקנת השמאל שבהם. ואחר כך מתחברים החלקים ביחד. וכן מתחבר מ"ה עם כל אחד מהם, ונשלמת התולדה:
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> Out of the totality of the Sefirot that broke and descended, those parts that are to be selected undergo the process of sorting and selection, and the vessels ascend to receive their lights in Atzilut – and this is through the Female aspect, which lifts them up in this way. Descending towards them are levels of MaH, vessel and light, and they join with them – and this is through the Male aspect, which channels them in this way and puts them in the Female. Nevertheless, the Male also enters into the repair of the vessels that ascend through the Female: the Male repairs the right side of all the vessels and Partzufim, while the Female repairs their left side. And afterwards the parts join up together, and thus MaH is joined together with every one of them, and the resulting offspring is complete. Plain English: Six claims: (1) parts to be selected undergo sorting and selection; vessels ascend to receive lights in Atzilut; (2) this via Female aspect — lifts them up; (3) levels of MaH (vessel + light) descend toward them, join — via Male aspect (channels, puts in Female); (4) yet Male also enters into the repair of ascending vessels: Male right side, Female left side; (5) parts join up together; (6) MaH joined with each → resulting offspring complete.
Concepts: selection_and_cleansing, male_waters, male_repairs_right_female_repairs_left, mah_ban_joining.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
חלקי המאמר הזה ב'. ח"א, מכלל הספירות, והוא דרך המשך, דרך דו"ן, איך ממשיכים להוליד האור שצריך להוליד מהם. ח"ב, אעפ"כ בתיקון וכו', והוא שגם במה שממשכת הנוק' - נכנס הזכר להשלים התיקון:
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> There are two parts to this proposition: Part 1: Out of the totality... This explains the process of channeling by the Male and Female aspects, so as to produce or "give birth" to the light that has to be born from them. Part 2: Nevertheless, the Male also enters into the repair... The Male aspect even enters into what is channeled by the Female aspect in order to complete the repair. Plain English: Two parts: (1) channeling process; (2) Male enters Female's channel for repair-completion.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
חלק א: מכלל הספירות שנשברו וירדו, והוא ענין הבירור שפירשנו למעלה הנעשה מכללות המ"ק:
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> Part 1: Out of the totality of the Sefirot that broke and descended... We now come to discuss the process of selection that took place in the totality of the Primordial Kings (the Nekudim), as discussed earlier (see Opening 47, Part 1). Plain English: Process of selection in totality of Primordial Kings (Nekudim) — Op. 47 Part 1.
Concepts: selection_and_cleansing, kings_who_ruled.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
מתבררים חלקים מה שמתבררים, והיינו לקבוע חוקי ההנהגה - הנה מתברר מה שמתברר מכל הענינים, מה שהיה כלול במ"ק, מה שראוי להיות בחק ההוא שרוצה המחשבה העליונה לקבוע אותו:
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> ...those parts that are to be selected undergo the process of sorting and selection... In other words, in order to establish the laws of the governmental order, there is a process of selection which takes place out of the totality of all the different aspects contained in the Primordial Kings, so as to choose whatever is fit to be in this law that the Supreme Mind wants to establish. Plain English: Sorting and selection — to establish laws of governmental order. Selection from totality of Primordial Kings → choose what is fit to be in the law.
Concepts: selection_and_cleansing, tikkun_repair.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
ועולים לקבל אורותיהם, זה פשוט, שהם צריכים לקבל האורות בהם, כדי להנהיג כראוי: באצילות, באצילות של אבי"ע הנעשים מבי"ע, כי עתה המדרגות נתחלפו כבר, והוכנו ד' המקומות אבי"ע. והכלים שהיו בבחינת ירידה - נחשב להם עליה על כל פנים, שבאים להיות הנהגת אצילות, שורש ההנהגה של עכשיו, מקום התאצלות כל האורות:
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> ...and the vessels ascend to receive their lights... It is obvious that the vessels must receive the lights in order to govern properly. ...in Atzilut... That is, in the Atzilut of the second Atzilut-Beriyah-Yetzirah-Asiyah, which were made out of the original Beriyah-Yetzirah-Asiyah (see above, Opening 46). For by now the levels had already been changed around, and four places were already prepared: Atzilut-Beriyah-Yetzirah-Asiyah. The vessels had hitherto been in the mode of descent and decline. Thus for them, this is considered an ascent (even though they ascend only to the second Atzilut, which is in the place of the original Beriyah), inasmuch as they come to serve as the government of Atzilut, the root of the present governmental order, the place of the emanation of all the lights. Plain English: Vessels must receive lights to govern. Atzilut = second Atzilut of ABYA, made from original BYA (Op. 46). Levels already changed around; four places prepared (ABYA). Vessels had been in descent/decline; ascending now (to second Atzilut, in place of original Beriyah) = ascent — they come to serve as government of Atzilut, root of present governmental order.
Concepts: bya_becomes_abya, atzilut, tikkun_repair.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
וזה על ידי הנוק', כל הענינים התלוים בבירורים האלה, בין בעליתם, בין בקבלת אורותיהם, כל מה שהוא בחינת ב"ן, תלוי ענינו בהתעוררות הנוק' המעלה אותם: שמעלה אותם כך, בכל הפרטים שיכולים להבחין בהם:
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> …and this is through the Female aspect... All the different aspects of the cleansing and selection of these vessels, including both the aspects that are connected with their ascent and those connected with how they receive their lights, in short, everything that comes into the category of BaN – depends on the arousal of the Female aspect, which lifts them up. ...which lifts them up in this way – in all the different details that can be discerned in them (for the nature of the Female is to differentiate all the details). Plain English: All BaN-category aspects — cleansing, selection, ascent, receiving lights — depend on Female arousal (lifts them up). Lifts them up in all details — Female differentiates all details.
Concepts: nukva, male_general_female_particulars, selection_and_cleansing.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
וכנגדם יורדים מדרגות מן המ"ה, נקראים יורדים בסוד מ"ד, שהרי נמשכים מלמעלה לגבי הנוק', שהוא מקום קיבוץ האורות, להשתלם בסוד הסיבה המשלמת כנ"ל:
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> Descending towards them are levels of MaH... The term "descending" applies to the mystery of the Male Waters, which are channeled down from above towards the Female, which is the place of the ingathering of the lights (the pregnancy is in the Female) so that they can be perfected through the mystery of the cause that brings things to completion, as discussed earlier. Plain English: Male Waters channeled down from above toward the Female — the place of ingathering of lights (pregnancy in Female). Lights perfected through cause that brings things to completion.
Concepts: male_waters, nukva, mah_expansion, zivug_coupling.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
כלי ואור, זה פשוט לפי ענין ההנהגה: ומתחברים עמהם, כי הכוונה לעשות מ"ה וב"ן בחיבור אחד, לעשות גוף אחד ממש, ולא שיהיה שני גופים נפרדים.
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> ...vessel and light... Clearly, this is in accordance with the nature of the governmental order. ...and they join with them... For the intention is to produce MaH and BaN joined in one – to make literally one body, not two separate bodies. Plain English: MaH levels descend with vessel and light (per governmental order). Join with BaN-vessels — MaH and BaN joined in one; literally one body, not two separate bodies.
Concepts: mah_ban_joining, mah_expansion, ban_expansion.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
יש להקשות, למעלה אמרנו שמ"ה מברר מב"ן כראוי לו, וכאן אומרים שב"ן מתברר, ולפי ב"ן יורד מ"ה. תשובה, האמת שבתחלה כבר נעשה סידור זה של מ"ה וב"ן, איזה חלקים ראוים לאיזה חלקים, ומ"ה הוא המברר לפי ענינו, בסוד טיפת מ"ד דא"ק שביסמה המ"ק, כאמור למעלה, בסוד יסוד דא"ק שביסם את מלכות, שמסוד זה יצא אחר כך רדל"א, כדלקמן. אחר כך היתה כל נוק' מבררת מה שראוי לפי התחלקות העליון השרשי שזכרתי:
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> *It could be objected that we said above (Opening 61) that MaH chooses what is suitable from BaN, whereas here we are saying that it is in BaN that the process of selection takes place, and that the descent of MaH depends on BaN. The answer is that it is indeed true that this arrangement of MaH and BaN was made at the outset – which part of each was suited to which part of the other – and it was MaH that made the selection in accordance with MaH's intrinsic nature. This was accomplished through the mystery of the drop of Adam Kadmon's Male Waters that sweetened the Primordial Kings, as stated above, in accordance with the mystery of Yesod of Adam Kadmon that sweetened Malchut. From this foundation there subsequently emerged the Head that is not Known (רישא דלא אתידע, Reisha delo ityeda), as will be discussed later. Afterwards the overall Nukva went through the process of selecting what was suitable in accordance with the original supreme division that I have discussed earlier. > (In other words, initially MaH went through the process of selecting what could be repaired, with MaH providing the material for the repair – the Male Waters. Afterwards the Nukva correspondingly goes through the process of actually selecting what is fit to be repaired out of the breakage. The overall selection by MaH follows the pathways of the world of reward – the Head that is not Known, while the actual selection is carried out through the Nukva by means of the service of the lower creations.)* Plain English: Apparent objection: Op. 61 said MaH chooses from BaN; here we say BaN-side is where selection takes place. Resolution: the original arrangement was made by MaH at outset (which part of MaH suited which part of BaN). Drop of AK's Male Waters (Op. 60) sweetened Primordial Kings. From this foundation: Reisha delo ityeda ("Head that is not Known") emerged. Afterwards: overall Nukva selects per original division. Initially: MaH selected what could be repaired (Male Waters as material). Afterwards: Nukva actually selects what is fit to be repaired out of the breakage. Overall selection by MaH: pathways of world of reward (Reisha delo ityeda). Actual selection by Nukva: via service of lower creations.
Concepts: male_waters, reisha_delo_ityeda, selection_and_cleansing, drop_of_male_waters, nukva.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
וזה על ידי הזכר שממשיך אותם כך, בכל הפרטים שלהם, כמ"ש בנוק'.
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> …and this is through the Male aspect, which channels them in this way... in all their particulars – just as the Female makes the selection in BaN, so the Male selects the particulars of MaH. Plain English: Male channels in particulars — just as Female selects in BaN, Male selects particulars of MaH.
Concepts: male_general_female_particulars, mah_expansion.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
ונותן אותם בנוק', זה הענין שזכרתי למעלה, שמלבד שנוק' נותנת חלק בנולד עצמו, גם מציירת הכל, אפילו חלק הזכר. והענין הוא, כי מ"ה וב"ן הם מראים עניני הקו והרשימו, שזכרנו למעלה. וזה כלל גדול בספירות, יש אורות שהם עצמם העיקרים הראשונים באיזה פעולה, נעשה בהם מה שצריך לפי הפעולה ההיא. ויש אורות אחרים שאינם אלא מראים האורות הראשונים ההם, ונעשים גם בהם דברים לפי ענין אותם האורות שהם מראים.
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> ...and puts them in the Female. As discussed earlier (Opening 63 Part 2), besides the Female's providing part of the actual resultant offspring itself, the Female also delineates the form of everything, including the part contributed by the Male. The reason is that MaH and BaN exhibit aspects of the Line and the Residue which we discussed earlier (Opening 27). A fundamental principle relating to the Sefirot is that certain lights are the primary roots in some given function, and it is through them that what is required for that function is actually produced, while other lights merely display what is actually produced at root by the primary lights, and these secondary lights undergo processes corresponding to those taking place in the lights which they display. (The secondary lights are in the same category as the primary lights but in an inferior mode.) Plain English: Female delineates form of everything — including Male's contribution. Reason: MaH and BaN exhibit Line/Residue aspects (Op. 27). Fundamental principle: primary lights = roots that actually produce; secondary lights = display what primary lights produce, undergoing corresponding processes in inferior mode.
Concepts: male_general_female_particulars, secondary_lights_display_primary, line_displayed_by_mah_residue_by_ban, line_kav, reshimu.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
פירוש - מ"ה וב"ן שניהם ביחד אורות שיוצאים מא"ק, שבשניהם יש כלי ואור, שהם מן הקו והרשימו, אלא שמ"ה עשוי להראות הקו, וב"ן עשוי להראות הרשימו. ולכן עניני הב"ן, בין אורות, ובין כלים, נדונים על פי ענין הרשימו, ונעשים בו מעשים על פי ענינו. ומ"ה נידון בכל חלקיו על פי ענין הקו, שנעשים בו מעשים על פי ענינו. אך מצד עצמם עוד יהיה חילוק באורות ובכלים שלהם עצמם, לפי מה שהם, כי לעולם אור מן הקו וכלי מן הרשימו. אך העיקר - להבין הדברים וה לגבי זה.
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> Thus MaH and BaN are both together lights that emerge from Adam Kadmon, and both include vessel and light, which derive respectively from the Residue and the Line. However, MaH is made to display the Line, while BaN is made to display the Residue. Therefore the different aspects of BaN – both its lights and vessels – are discussed in terms of the intrinsic nature of the Residue and undergo processes relating to its function. All the components of MaH, on the other hand, are discussed in terms of the intrinsic nature of the Line, and undergo processes relating to its function. However within each of MaH and BaN we also differentiate between lights and vessels of their own (both have an aspect that is light and an aspect that is vessel), each in accordance with its intrinsic nature. For the light is always from the Line and the vessel from the Residue. However, the main thing is to understand things as they relate to one another. Plain English: Both MaH and BaN = lights from AK; both include vessel + light (from Residue + Line). But: MaH made to display the Line; BaN made to display the Residue. BaN's lights and vessels discussed in terms of Residue's intrinsic nature; MaH's in terms of Line's intrinsic nature. Within each: own light + own vessel — light always from Line, vessel always from Residue.
Concepts: line_displayed_by_mah_residue_by_ban, line_kav, reshimu, mah_expansion, ban_expansion.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
ותועלת דרך זה הוא, שהרי צריכים לבוא אל האדם למטה, וכל הגשמים, שאינן אלא ציור מכל ההנהגה, ומתנהגים חלקיו ועניניו לפי מה שהם רומזים בהנהגה, אף על פי שכולם בעולם השפל הזה. והנה הרשימו הוא פרוט הקו, כי הכחות, שהם בכלל אחד בקו, הם מתפרטים ברשימו בכל חלקיו, כמבואר במקומו בס"ד, בסוד נשמה וגוף. ועל כן הזכר ממשיך מ"ה, וממשיך כח הצורה בכלל, ונוק' ממשכת ב"ן, וממשכת עניני הצורה בפרט, שבה מצטייר הנולד ההוא:
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> The advantage of this pathway is that we need to arrive at man down below and all the material creations, which are merely an image of the entire governmental order. Their different individual parts and aspects are governed in accordance with what they signify in the governmental order, even though they are all in this lowly world. The Residue is the differentiation of the Line, because the powers that are all included in a single overall whole in the Line are differentiated into their particulars in the Residue in all its different parts, as explained in the appropriate place (see Opening 27 Part 3) in accordance with the mystery of soul and body. Accordingly the Male channels MaH and the power of the overall form, while the Female channels BaN and the different aspects of the form in detail, for it is in the Female that this offspring takes form. Plain English: Reason for this pathway: must arrive at man below + material creations (image of governmental order). Residue = differentiation of Line — powers as one whole in Line; differentiated into particulars in Residue (Op. 27 Part 3, soul-body). Male channels MaH (overall form); Female channels BaN (details of form). Offspring takes form in Female.
Concepts: line_displayed_by_mah_residue_by_ban, male_general_female_particulars, dmut_adam, nukva.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
חלק ב: אף על פי כן בתיקון הכלים העולים על ידי הנוק' נכנס גם הזכר, והוא מתקן הימין שבהם, והנקבה מתקנת השמאל שבהם, זה תירוץ קושיא אחת שנראית לכאורה בדברי הרב הקדוש זללה"ה, שבמקום אחד אומר שנוק' מעלה בירורי ב"ן, והזכר מוריד מ"ה, ובמקום אחר אומר שאבא מברר החלקים הימינים של ב"ן, ואי' השמאלים, כאמור בסוד ג' ימי קליטה.
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> Part 2: Nevertheless, the Male also enters into the repair of the vessels that ascend through the Female: the Male repairs the right side of all the vessels and Partzufim, while the Female repairs their left side. This enables us to resolve a seeming contradiction in the teachings of the holy ARI of blessed memory. In one place we find that the Nukva elevates the selected parts of BaN while the Male brings down MaH (Mevo Shearim II, Part 3 ch. 4). Elsewhere, however, we find that Abba selects the right-hand parts of BaN and Imma the left, as stated in connection with the mystery of the three days of conception (Etz Chayim, Shaar Orot-Nitzotzot-Kelim ch. 1; see Ramchal, Klalut HaIlan HaKadosh 4:2). Plain English: Part 2. Male also enters into repair of vessels ascending through Female: Male repairs right; Female repairs left. ARI contradiction: Mevo Shearim II, Part 3 ch. 4 (Nukva elevates BaN, Male brings MaH) vs. Etz Chayim, Shaar Orot-Nitzotzot-Kelim ch. 1 (three days of conception: Abba selects right, Imma left; cf. Ramchal, Klalut HaIlan HaKadosh 4:2).
Concepts: male_repairs_right_female_repairs_left, three_days_of_conception, abba_partzuf, imma_partzuf.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
והתירוץ הוא זה, ההמשכה היא מן הנוק', אך התיקון ובירור של החלקים העולים - נכנס גם הזכר בזה, שהוא מתקן הימין, והיא השמאל,
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> The resolution of the apparent contradiction is as follows: The channeling of BaN is through the Nukva, but when it comes to the repair and selection of the parts that ascend, the Male also enters into this, for the Male repairs the right side while the Nukva repairs the left. Plain English: Channeling of BaN = through Nukva. Repair-and-selection of ascending parts = Male also enters: Male repairs right; Nukva repairs left.
Concepts: male_repairs_right_female_repairs_left, nukva.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
ואחר כך מתחברים החלקים ביחד, והטעם הוא - כדי לתקן חסד דין רחמים שבהם, שלא היה מתוקן בתחלה, וצריך להסתדר בהם מן השרשים של זה הענין, דהיינו חסד מאבא, דין מאי', רחמים מדעת המחבר. מה שאין צריך מ"ה, שכבר יצא מתוקן מן השרשים כראוי בסוד קוים:
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> And afterwards the parts join up together... And the reason is in order to repair the Kindness-Judgment-Mercy they contain, which was not repaired at first and needs to be arranged in them through the respective roots involved – Kindness through Abba, Judgment through Imma, and Mercy through Understanding, which produces connection. This was not necessary in the case of MaH, which had already emerged from the roots in a proper state of repair arranged in the mystery of three columns. Plain English: Reason for right-left split: repair Kindness-Judgment-Mercy in BaN, not repaired at first. Arranged through respective roots: Kindness via Abba (right); Judgment via Imma (left); Mercy via Understanding (= Daat / center) — Mercy produces connection. Not necessary for MaH (already emerged in three columns).
Concepts: chessed, din, rachamim, abba_partzuf, imma_partzuf, male_repairs_right_female_repairs_left.
Source — Hebrew (קל"ח פתחי חכמה):
וכן מתחבר מ"ה עם כל אחד מהם, ונשלמת התולדה, והיינו מה שהמשיך אבא בעצמו כנ"ל, שכבר כלול מכל הבחינות האלה. וכיון שנתקן ב"ן - אז מתחבר עמו מ"ה עם כל הבחינות האלה המתוקנות:
Source — English (Greenbaum):
> ...and thus MaH is joined together with every one of them, and the resulting offspring is complete. In other words, what Abba himself channeled (not in partnership with Imma, for MaH was already repaired) was already composed of all these aspects, and now that BaN was rectified, MaH could join with it in all these rectified aspects. Plain English: What Abba himself channeled (not in partnership with Imma; MaH already repaired) was already composed of all these aspects. Now BaN rectified → MaH joins with it in all rectified aspects.
Concepts: mah_ban_joining, tikkun_repair, abba_partzuf.
Op. 64 specifies the precise division of labor between Male and Female aspects in the operational repair of MaH and BaN. Part 1 tracks the channeling. From the totality of broken-and-descended Sefirot, parts to be selected go through sorting and selection; the vessels ascend to receive their lights in Atzilut (the second Atzilut of ABYA — the upper part of the original Beriyah, since the post-breaking architecture has rearranged the levels — for the vessels, this is ascent). This ascent is through the Female aspect, which lifts them up in all the details — the nature of the Female is to differentiate all the details. Descending toward them: levels of MaH (Male Waters; vessel and light); they join with the ascending vessels — the Male aspect channels them and puts them in the Female. The intention: MaH and BaN joined in one, literally one body, not two separate bodies. The apparent contradiction with Op. 61 (where MaH chooses from BaN, but here BaN-side is where selection happens) is resolved by distinguishing two phases: the original arrangement was made by MaH at the outset — the drop of AK's Male Waters that sweetened the Primordial Kings (Op. 60) — and from that foundation emerged the Reisha delo ityeda (the Head that is not Known); the actual selection by Nukva afterwards proceeds via the service of the lower creations. The chapter's most important technical doctrine: MaH = Line-aspect; BaN = Residue-aspect (Op. 27). Both are lights from Adam Kadmon; both contain vessel and light; but MaH is made to display the Line, BaN made to display the Residue. Within each, light is always from the Line and vessel always from the Residue. The reason for this pathway: we need to arrive at man below + material creations (image of governmental order); the Residue is the differentiation of the Line (Op. 27 Part 3, soul-body). Male channels MaH (overall form); Female channels BaN (details of form); the offspring takes form in the Female. Part 2 resolves another ARI-contradiction: Mevo Shearim II, Part 3 ch. 4 says the Nukva elevates BaN while the Male brings down MaH; but Etz Chayim, Shaar Orot-Nitzotzot-Kelim ch. 1 (three days of conception) + Ramchal, Klalut HaIlan HaKadosh 4:2 say Abba selects BaN's right-hand parts and Imma the left. Resolution: channeling of BaN is through Nukva; but repair-and-selection of the ascending parts — the Male also enters: the Male repairs the right side of all vessels and Partzufim; the Female repairs the left side. The reason: in order to repair Kindness-Judgment-Mercy in BaN — Kindness through Abba (right column), Judgment through Imma (left column), Mercy through Understanding (center; Mercy produces connection). This is not necessary for MaH, which had already emerged from its roots in proper state of repair, arranged in the mystery of three columns. Result: MaH is joined together with every one of them, and the resulting offspring is complete.
male_waters, reisha_delo_ityeda, male_repairs_right_female_repairs_left, line_displayed_by_mah_residue_by_ban, secondary_lights_display_primary, three_days_of_conception.Op. 64 specifies the role of Male and Female in MaH-BaN channeling: Female lifts; Male puts in Female; MaH = Line, BaN = Residue; Reisha delo ityeda (radla); three days of conception; Male repairs right, Female left. Forecasts Op. 27, 46, 47, 61, 63.