## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 22

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 22:1
[Introduction to Sulam Commentary 22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Introduction%20to%20Sulam%20Commentary/r/22:1)

**לולא עלית המלכות לבינה לא היו זו"ן ראוים למוחין**
כב. ויש לדעת כאן, שזו"ן מבחינתם עצמם אינם ראוים לקבל מוחין כלל, משום שמקורם של זו"ן הוא מבחינת למטה מטבור דא"ק (עיין לעיל אות י"ז [ח'), ששם שולטת המלכות דמדת הדין, שכח הצמצום רוכב עליה ואינה ראויה לקבל האור העליון. אבל עתה, שבינה ותפארת ומלכות דישסו"ת העלו את זו"ן למדרגת ישסו"ת, נעשו זו"ן כמדרגת ישסו"ת, ויכולים לקבל האור העליון כמוהם.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**If not for the Ascent of** ***Malkhut*** **to** ***Bina*****,** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **and** ***Nukba*** **Would Not Be Fit for** brains
22. **At this stage, it should be understood that on their own,** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **and** ***Nukba*** **are unfit to receive the** **brains** **at all, because the source of** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **and** ***Nukba*** **is from below the navel of** ***Adam Kadmon*** **(see section 8 above). It is there that the** ***Malkhut*** **of the attribute of judgment is dominant, and the force of the** first **constriction** **rests upon** that region**, and it is thus unfit to receive the** **supernal light****.**²⁷ referred to here represents an area of *Adam Kadmon* that has no access to the supernal light. At the point of the navel and below, the power of *Malkhut* is dominant. *Malkhut* cannot serve as a vessel for the supernal light because it is only will to receive, and has no capacity for giving, making it too different from the supernal light that is wholly giving. Therefore, any vessel that is within this area is restricted from receiving the supernal light. **Now, however, when** ***Bina*****,** ***Tiferet*****, and** ***Malkhut*** **of** ***Yisrael Sabba*****and *Tevuna*** **have raised up the** level of ***Ze’er Anpin*** **and** ***Nukba*** **to the** **level** **of** ***Yisrael Sabba*****and *Tevuna*****, the** level of ***Ze’er Anpin*** **and** ***Nukba*** **have become like the** **level** **of** ***Yisrael Sabba*****and *Tevuna*****, and they are able to receive the** **supernal light** **like** *Yisrael Sabba* and *Tevuna*.

footnotes:
²⁷ As will be explained in the next sections and the accompanying footnotes, the area below the navel of Adam Kadmon