## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 25

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 25:1
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**שתי בחינות בתקון קוין**
כה. וטעם הדברים הוא, כי תקון הקוין שנעשה בעשר ספירות, נמשך מעלית המלכות לבינה, שנעשתה נוקבא לחכמה, ומכח זה נעשו שני צדדים בעשר הספירות. כי המלכות שנתערבה בכל ספירה וספירה, נעשתה לצד שמאל של הספירה, ועצם הספירה נבחן לקו ימין שבספירה, וקו השמאל היה פוגם את קו הימין. אז נזדווג אור העליון על המסך של הדינין שבמלכות זו, וקומת החסדים שיצאה בזווג דהכאה של האור העליון על המסך של אותה המלכות, נעשתה לקו אמצעי, המיחד ומשוה שני הקוין זה לזה. כי לולא הדינין שבמלכות, לא היה זווג דהכאה, ולא היו החסדים המרובים, על כן נעשתה המלכות שהיא שמאל, חשובה כמו עצם הספירה, שהיא ימין.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**Two Aspects of the Rectification of Lines**
25. **The underlying reasoning is that the rectification of lines that occurred in the ten** ***sefirot*** **results from the ascent of** ***Malkhut*** **to** ***Bina*****, becoming the female to** ***Ḥokhma*****, so that as a result two sides were formed in the ten** ***sefirot*****.**³⁴ to *Bina* intermingles elements of the limitations and judgments found in *Malkhut* as a result of the first constriction within *Malkhut*, with the *sefira* of *Bina*. This limiting dynamic in *Bina* is explained further in the following sections. **The** ***Malkhut*** **that was intermingled with each and every** ***sefira*** **became the left side of the** ***sefira*****, while the** ***sefira*** **itself is considered the right side in the** ***sefira*****, with the left side impairing the right side.**³⁵ explains, the two sides are in a conflict for dominance. Recall that in Kabbalistic thought, positional language is not literal. Thus, “right” refers to the spiritual dynamic of giving, expressed by a column of the light of giving (the light of *ḥassadim*). “Left” refers to a context that lacks the light of giving, reflected here by *Malkhut*, which only draws the light of *Ḥokhma*, the column of light on the “left.” The conceptual conflict operating here can be thought of as a contest between the two kinds of light. The light of *Ḥokhma* is drawn from the Creator, serving as the animating lifeforce of the created beings. These attributes indicate a certain superiority to this light. However, the light of giving (*ḥassadim*) reflects the desire of the created beings to “give back” to the Creator, reflecting their capacity for giving, and thus, attaching themselves to the Creator through an equating of form. Accordingly, one of these lights (*Ḥokhma*) pertains more to receiving, while the other (*ḥassadim*) pertains more to giving. The rectification of lines is the process by which these lines can become incorporated together, allowing the receiving to be one of “receiving in order to give.” **Then the** **supernal light** **engaged in a** **fusion** through collision **on the** **partition** **of judgments of this** ***Malkhut*** that ascended to *Bina*, **and the** **height** **of giving** (*ḥassadim*) **that emerged through this** **fusion through collision** **of the** **supernal light** **upon the** **partition** **of that** ***Malkhut*** **became a middle line that unites and equates the two lines with one another. Were it not for the judgments in** ***Malkhut*****, there would be no** **fusion through collision****, and the** light of **giving** **would not be plentiful.**³⁶, is described by the author of the *Sulam* as an excess of the light of giving within the level. This excess reflects the activation of *Malkhut* within the level so that it is now considered equal to the right side (In *Talmud Eser Sefirot*, Vol. 7, section 56, the author of the *Sulam* provides an alternative explanation for this rectification). Because this level is only the level of the first three *sefirot* of the larger level, it only requires the light of giving (as it is a third level, a level of *Bina* out of the five overall levels), and so this rectification of *Malkhut* is sufficient. As the author of the *Sulam* proceeds to explain, the lower six *sefirot* (the six extremities) will need the illumination of the light of *Ḥokhma*, and therefore, the rectification process for that lower level will need to be more extensive. **Consequently, the** ***Malkhut*****, which is the left** side, **became as important as the** ***sefira*** **itself, which is the right** side**.**

footnotes:
³⁴ The concept of “female” in Kabbalistic thought is that of a vessel, possessing limits and boundaries. The ascent of Malkhut
³⁵ As the author of the Sulam
³⁶ Since the only light of this level is the light of giving, when the supernal light interacts with the partition in the fusion through collision here, it leads to the rise of a column (the middle line) of returning light of the light of giving. This excess giving, deriving from the vessel of Malkhut


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 25:2
[Introduction to Sulam Commentary 25:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Introduction%20to%20Sulam%20Commentary/r/25:2)

ונודע שתחלת התקון של עלית מלכות לבינה, נעשה בעולם הנקודים שיצא אחר פרצוף ס"ג דא"ק, לפיכך מתחיל גם תקון שלשה קוין מעולם הנקודים, כי זה תלוי בזה. מה שאין כן בשלשה הפרצופין הראשונים, גלגלתא ע"ב ס"ג, שקדמו לעולם הנקודים, שבהם עוד לא נתתקן ענין עלית המלכות לבינה, על כן לא היו בהם שלשה קוין, אלא קו אחד בלבד.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**It is known that the beginning of the rectification** that takes place by way **of the ascent of** ***Malkhut*** **to** ***Bina*** **occurs in the world of** ***Nekudim*****, which emerged after the** ***partzuf*** **of** ***Sag*** **of** ***Adam Kadmon*****. Accordingly, the rectification of the three lines also begins from the world of** ***Nekudim*** **since one is dependent on the other. This is not the case for the first three** ***partzufim*** of *Adam Kadmon***,** ***galgalta*****,** ***Ab*****, and** ***Sag*****, which preceded the world of** ***Nekudim*****. The ascent of** ***Malkhut*** **to** ***Bina*** **had not yet transpired in them, and therefore they did not contain three lines but just one line.**³⁷ to *Bina* that takes place in the second constriction only begins in the world of *Nekudim*. Since this ascent is the cause of the three “lines” or columns of light in the rectification of lines, the worlds preceding this ascent only have one column of light within them.

footnotes:
³⁷ The ascent of Malkhut