## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 26

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 26:1
[Introduction to Sulam Commentary 26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Introduction%20to%20Sulam%20Commentary/r/26:1)

כו. וכל זה יתכן רק בשלש ראשונות דעולם הנקודים, שהם בחינת שלש ראשונות דבינה, שהחסדים שלהן הם שלש ראשונות, להיותן אור חסדים מעצם מהותן, כי הן אינן מקבלות אור חכמה לעולם (כמו שנתבאר בהקדמת ספר הזהר דף ו' במראות הסולם דבור המתחיל והוא מטעם), ולפיכך מספיקה קומת החסדים שיצאה על המסך דמלכות ליחד שני הקוין ימין ושמאל זה בזה, ולהחזיר שלש ראשונות אל הספירות. מה שאין כן בשבע ספירות תחתונות שבעולם הנקודים, שהן בחינת ז"א, שעיקרו הוא הארת חכמה בחסדים (כמו שנתבאר בתלמוד עשר ספירות חלק א' פ"א אות נ'), הרי הן צריכות לחכמה. וכיון שהמלכות מעורבת בכל הספירות, אין הן יכולות לקבל חכמה, ועל כן הן נמצאות בחסרון ובפגם כל עוד שהחכמה אינה מאירה בהן.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
26. **This** kind of rectification **is possible only in the first three** *sefirot* **of the** **world of *Nekudim*****.** These first three *sefirot* **are the first three of** ***Bina*****, since the** **light of giving** **within them is** the light of **the first three** *sefirot* of the level. **The** **light of giving** **is their very essence, because they never receive the light of** ***Ḥokhma*** **(as explained in the Introduction to the *Zohar*, in the *Sulam*, s.v. “*vehu mita’am*”).**³⁸ is from the level of *Sag* of *Adam Kadmon* which is *Adam Kadmon*'s third level and *partzuf*. The third level in the structures of the *sefirot* and *partzufim* is the level of *Bina*, which contains the light of giving. Recall that each level (like the level of *Bina* discussed here) is also composed of five levels (the five main *sefirot*). The point in this section is that the first three *sefirot* of the level of *Bina* (the level of *Sag* and by extension, the world of *Nekudim*) contain the light of giving. The lower six *sefirot*, in contrast, require the illumination of the light of *Ḥokhma*, and thus, a more complex rectification, as this section and those following explain. **Therefore, the** **height** **of** the light of **giving** **that emerged from upon the** **partition** **of** ***Malkhut*** **is sufficient to unite the two lines, right and left, with each other and to return the first three** lights **to the** ***sefirot*****. This is not the case with the seven lower** ***sefirot*** **in the** **world of *Nekudim*****, which are** ***Ze’er Anpin*****, whose essence is giving illuminated by** ***Ḥokhma*** **(as explained in** ***Talmud Eser Sefirot*** **1:1:50), illustrating that** the seven lower *sefirot* **require** ***Ḥokhma*****. Since** ***Malkhut*** **is intermingled with all the** ***sefirot*****, they cannot receive** ***Ḥokhma*****,**³⁹ in each of the *sefirot*, resulting from the second constriction, means that the light of *Ḥokhma* cannot be received by these *sefirot* below the diaphragm. The first constriction which took place within *Malkhut* means that the light of *Ḥokhma* is rejected by *Malkhut*, and these lower six *sefirot* that are now intermingled with *Malkhut* because of the second constriction, reject the light as well. **and therefore they are in a state of lack and impairment as long as** ***Ḥokhma*** **does not illuminate them.**⁴⁰ in a given level, which does not draw the light of *Ḥokhma*, but only the light of giving (*ḥassadim*), the lower seven *sefirot* do draw *Ḥokhma* and are considered impaired as long as they are unable to do so. The presence of *Malkhut* intermingling with these lower *sefirot* means they cannot draw the light of *Ḥokhma*.

footnotes:
³⁸ The world of Nekudim
³⁹ The presence of Malkhut
⁴⁰ Unlike the level of Bina


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 26:2
[Introduction to Sulam Commentary 26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Introduction%20to%20Sulam%20Commentary/r/26:2)

ולפיכך, אין קומת החסדים שיצאה על מסך דמלכות מועילה להן כלל להשוות את שני הקוין ימין ושמאל זה לזה, שהרי דינין שבשמאל, שהם הדינין של המלכות שעלתה לבינה, פוגמים את קו הימין, ומרחיקים ממנו אור השלש ראשונות. הרי שתקון קוין דשלש ראשונות, אינו מועיל כלום לתקן את שני הקוין ימין ושמאל שבו"ק, כי הו"ק שבכל הספירות הוא מהתכללות ז"א שמה, שכל זמן שאין לו הארת חכמה נמצא בחסרון ובפגם.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**Consequently, the** **height** of the light **of giving** **that emerged from upon the** **partition** **of** ***Malkhut*** **is not at all effective for them in equating the two lines, right and left, with each other. The judgments in the left, which are the judgments of the** ***Malkhut*** **that ascended to** ***Bina*****, impair the right and distance the light of the first three from it. Thus, the rectification of the lines of the first three is not at all effective in rectifying the two lines, right and left, that are in the** **six extremities****, since the** **six extremities** **in all the** ***sefirot*** **are from the incorporation of** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **there, and as long as** the level of the six extremities **does not have the illumination of** ***Ḥokhma*** **it is in a state of lack and impairment.**⁴¹ of *Keter*, *Ḥokhma* and *Bina*. The point here is that the higher aspect of the level was broken apart by the second constriction and ascent of *Malkhut* but was then rectified through the fusion through collision and middle column described in section 25. This same process cannot work for the lower *sefirot* of the level, the six extremities. As explained in the following paragraphs, the “first three” are composed of the light of giving, while the lower *sefirot* require the light of *Ḥokhma*. As a result, a different method is employed to allow the light of *Ḥokhma* to ultimately be received by *Malkhut* in the lower levels.

footnotes:
⁴¹ The rectification described in section 25 only applies to the higher aspect of the level, known as the “first three.” The “first three” is a general term loosely describing the higher aspect of a level by referencing the three upper sefirot