## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 43

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 43:1
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מג. ובינה זו נחלקה לשתי בחינות, שלש ראשונות ושבע תחתונות. והוא מטעם, כי הפגם של חסרון חכמה שנעשה בה עם יציאתה מראש א"א, אינו נוגע כלום בשלש ראשונות דבינה, להיותן תמיד בסוד הכתוב “כי חפץ חסד הוא" [מיכה ז, יח], שהבינה חפצה רק באור החסדים ולא באור החכמה. ואפילו בהיותה בראש א"א לא היו שלש ראשונות שלה מקבלות חכמה, אלא חסדים בלבד. וזה נמשך לה מבינה דאור ישר, שכל עצמותה הוא חסדים בלי חכמה (כמו שנתבאר בפתיחה לחכמת הקבלה אות ה').

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
43. **This** ***Bina*** of *Arikh Anpin* **is divided into two** **level****s, the first three and the lower seven. The reason for this** division **is because the impairment resulting from the lack of** ***Ḥokhma*****, which occurred within** this *Bina* **when it emerged from the** **head** **of** ***Arikh Anpin*****, does not touch the first three of** ***Bina*** **at all, since they are always in the** state alluded to by the **mystical meaning of the verse “For He delights in mercy.”**⁷¹ do not need the light of *Ḥokhma*, and only contain the light of giving (the “mercy” referred to in the verse). Therefore, the first three are not lacking anything when they are ejected from the head of *Arikh Anpin*, despite now being cut off from the light of *Ḥokhma* of that head. **This is because** ***Bina*** **desires only the** **light of giving****, not the light of** ***Ḥokhma*****. Even when** *Bina* **was in the** **head** **of** ***Arikh Anpin*****, its first three**⁷² **would not receive** ***Ḥokhma*****, but only** the light of **giving****. This** light of giving **was drawn to** this *Bina* **from** ***Bina*** **of the** **direct light****,**⁷³ that are the root of all creation. As a result, the characteristics of direct light and its vessels are paralleled by the characteristics of returning light and its vessels. Thus, the vessel of *Bina* in the flow of direct light is characterized by the light of giving within it, as this vessel or level within the direct light represents the power of created beings to give back to the Creator. This light of giving is drawn from the direct light to the *Bina* in our discussion here, a vessel that “yearns” for this light of giving. **whose whole essence is** the light of **giving** **without** the light of ***Ḥokhma*** **(as explained in*****Petiḥa LeḤokhmat HaKabbala*****, section 5).**

footnotes:
⁷¹ Micah 7:18. As mentioned in the previous footnotes above, and as this section goes on to explain, the first three of Bina
⁷² See the footnotes in the previous two sections above.
⁷³ The direct light is the first illumination from the Creator and is composed of ten sefirot


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 43:2
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ועל כן אין שלש ראשונות דבינה נפגמות במשהו מחמת יציאתן מראש, והן נחשבות ממש בכל השלמות כעודן בראש דא"א. ולפיכך נבדלו שלש ראשונות דבינה למדרגה בפני עצמן, ומהן נתתקנו או"א עלאין, המלבישים מפה ולמטה דא"א, הנחשבים תמיד לשלש ראשונות, אף על פי שנמצאים מתחת הראש דא"א.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**Therefore, the first three**⁷⁴ **of** ***Bina*** **are not impaired at all on account of their emergence from the** **head****, and they are considered to have retained their actual perfection, as when they were in the** **head** **of** ***Arikh Anpin*****. Consequently, the first three of** ***Bina*** **separate into a** **level** **of their own, and from them the** ***Abba* and *Imma Ila'in*** **were established, which** **enclothe** the *partzuf* **from the** **mouth** **of** ***Arikh Anpin*** **downward, and which are always considered the first three,**⁷⁵ was ejected from the head, the area of the “first three” of *Arikh Anpin*, it does not lose its status as a set of “first three” overall, because it was undamaged by the loss of the light of *Ḥokhma* resulting from its change in position. This is because the first three of *Bina* only crave the light of giving, which these first three can still receive while situated in the body of *Arikh Anpin*. **even though they are situated beneath the** **head** **of** ***Arikh Anpin*****.**

footnotes:
⁷⁴ See the footnotes in section 41 above.
⁷⁵ The point here is that although this aspect of Bina


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 43:3
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אבל שבע ספירות תחתונות דבינה, שאינם עצמותה של הבינה, אלא מהתכללות זו"ן בבינה (כנזכר לעיל אות כ"ו), שעיקר מהותו של ז"א הוא הארת חכמה בחסדים (כמו שנתבאר בפתיחה לחכמת הקבלה אות ה'), על כן הן צריכות להארת חכמה, כדי להשפיע לזו"ן. וכיון שבעת יציאתן מראש דא"א אינן ראויות לקבל חכמה בשביל זו"ן, הן נבחנות כפגומות, ומשום זה נבדלו משלש ראשונות דבינה השלמות, ונעשו למדרגה נבדלת בפני עצמה. ומהן נתקנו פרצוף ישסו"ת דאצילות, המלבישים מחזה ולמטה דא"א, שהם בחינת ו"ק בלי ראש, עד שתחזור הבינה לראש דא"א, ואז משיגים שלש ראשונות.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**However, regarding the seven lower** ***sefirot*** **of** ***Bina*****, which are not the essence of** ***Bina*** **but rather come from the incorporation of** ***Ze’er Anpin***********and*********Nukba*** **in** ***Bina***⁷⁶ and *Nukba* together represent the seven lower *sefirot* in a *partzuf* structure. Recall that every individual *sefira* (such as *Bina* here) is comprised of all ten (or five) *sefirot*. Thus, this *Bina* of *Arikh Anpin* has a lower set of seven *sefirot* that are (like all sets of lower seven) in need of the illumination of *Ḥokhma*. This lower set of seven is, itself, also described as a full set of *sefirot* and forms the *partzuf* of *Yisrael Sabba* and *Tevuna*, the lower part of *Bina* of *Arikh Anpin*. **(as stated in section 26 above), since the main essence of** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **is the illumination of** the light of ***Ḥokhma*** **in** the light of giving **(as explained in*****Petiḥa LeḤokhmat HaKabbala*****, section 5),** the seven lower *sefirot* of *Bina* of *Arikh Anpin* **therefore require the illumination of** ***Ḥokhma*** **in order to give to** the lower level of ***Ze’er Anpin*** **and** ***Nukba*****. Since** the lower seven of *Bina* **are unfit to receive** ***Ḥokhma*** **for** ***Ze’er Anpin***********and *******Nukba*** **when the** lower seven of *Bina* **emerge from the** **head** **of** ***Arikh Anpin*****, the** lower seven **are considered impaired.**⁷⁷, the *partzuf* of *Yisrael Sabba* and *Tevuna*, require the light of *Ḥokhma*. This is in contrast to the first three of *Bina*, which only crave the light of giving. As a result, *Yisrael Sabba* and *Tevuna* are considered impaired as long as they are outside the head of *Arikh Anpin*. **For this reason, the** lower seven **were separated from the complete first three of** ***Bina*** **and became a separate** **level** **of their own. From them the** ***partzuf*** **of** ***Yisrael Sabba*****and *Tevuna*** **was established, which** **enclothe** **from the ches**t⁷⁸ structure. **of** ***Arikh Anpin*** **downward. These** seven lower *sefirot* **are considered** **six extremities** **without a** **head****, until the** ***Bina*** **returns to the** **head** **of** ***Arikh Anpin*****, at which point they obtain the first three.**⁷⁹ return to the head of *Arikh Anpin*, the *partzuf* of *Yisrael Sabba* and *Tevuna* is illuminated by the light of *Ḥokhma*, an illumination for which this *partzuf* “yearns,” given its position as the lower seven *sefirot* of *Bina*.

footnotes:
⁷⁶ Ze'er Anpin
⁷⁷ The lower seven of Bina
⁷⁸ This is a lower aspect of the partzuf
⁷⁹ The point here is that when these different aspects of Bina