## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 40

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 40:1
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**קו האמצעי למעלה משני קוין**
מ. אכן, יש בחינת קו אמצעי שהוא למעלה משני הקוין, והיינו בשלשה רישין דעתיקא, אשר הרישא דלא אתיידע מכריע ומיחד שני הקוין ימין ושמאל שהם שני רישין, כתרא וחכמה סתימאה דא"א, שהם למטה ממנו (כמו שנתבאר באדרא זוטא דף ט"ו דבור המתחיל ויש פירוש, ובדף כ"ז דבור המתחיל ביאור). אמנם הם נתקנו לבחינת שורש לשלשה קוין, אבל בכל שלשה קוין חוץ מאלו, בא הקו האמצעי מלמטה, כמבואר.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**The Middle Line That Is above the Two Lines**
40. **However, there is a version of the middle line that is above the two lines. This takes place in the three heads of *Atika*, with the unknown head mediating and uniting the two lines, the right and the left, which are the two heads,** ***Keter*** **and the sealed** ***Ḥokhma***⁶⁰ of *Arikh Anpin* is described as sealed because it doesn't reach the lower levels in any direct form. As the previous sections have explained, the entire process of the rectification of lines allows for the illumination of *Ḥokhma* to reach the lower created beings. However, this ultimate illumination is only a reflection of the pure light of *Ḥokhma* that is manifest at the highest reaches of *Atzilut*. **of** ***Arikh Anpin*****, which are below** the unknown head **(as explained in *Idra Zuta*, p. 15, s.v. “*veyesh peirush*,” and p. 27, s.v. “*biur*”).**⁶¹ explains elsewhere (in the *Idra Zuta*) that this highest version of the three lines, serving as the root for the rectifications taking place in the lower levels, does not have the same constrictions as the lines in the lower levels. Accordingly, the middle line here, the “unknown head,” is able to include the right and left into a unity. In the lower levels, in contrast, the partition of *ḥirik* is required, as the *Sulam* explains. **Although these** three lines **were established to be the root of the three lines, in all three lines apart from these, the middle lines comes from below, as explained.**

footnotes:
⁶⁰ The Ḥokhma
⁶¹ In this instance of the three lines, the mediating middle line is above the lower lines of right and left. The author of the Sulam


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 40:2
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והנך מוצא, שלש בחינות תקון קוין:

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**There are thus three aspects to the rectification of lines:**


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 40:3
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א. תקון קוין שבשלשה רישין דעתיקא, אשר הקו האמצעי הוא למעלה משני הקוין כנזכר לעיל.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**a. The rectification of lines in the three heads of *Atika*, in which the middle line is above the two lines, as stated above.**


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 40:4
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ב. הוא תקון קוין שבשלש ראשונות, שאף בקו השמאל אין גילוי חכמה (כנזכר לעיל באות כ"ו).

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**b. The rectification of lines in the first three,**⁶². This is the meaning of the second kind of rectification mentioned here. The third kind refers to the lower half of each level, which are levels of *Ze'er Anpin* and the six extremities. These types of levels require the illumination of *Ḥokhma*, as explained in previous sections. **in which there is no revelation of** ***Ḥokhma*** **even in the left line (as stated in section 26 above).**

footnotes:
⁶² The first three, the upper component of each level undergoes a “milder” form of rectification of lines, since that level does not need any illumination of Ḥokhma


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 40:5
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ג. הוא תקון קוין שבשבע ספירות תחתונות, אשר בקו שמאל יש גילוי חכמה (כנזכר לעיל מאות כ"ז עד אות ל"ט).

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**c. The rectification of lines in the seven lower** ***sefirot*****, in which there is a revelation of** ***Ḥokhma*** **in the left line (as stated in sections 27 – 39 above).**