## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 48

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 48:1
[Introduction to Sulam Commentary 48:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Introduction%20to%20Sulam%20Commentary/r/48:1)

מח. מדרגה ג': היא זו"ן, שבהם נתגלה החכמה מחזה ולמטה, כי בהם הוא מקום הגילוי של החכמה. ונקראת צ' דצל"ם, על שם תשע ספירות שבזו"ן שכל אחת כלולה מעשר, והן צ'.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
48. **The third** **level** **is** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **and** ***Nukba*****, in which the** ***Ḥokhma*** **is revealed from the chest and below, since** *Ze'er Anpin* and *Nukba* **are the place of the revelation of** ***Ḥokhma*****.**¹⁰⁰, which is described with attributes corresponding to the human body, the chest corresponds to the lower six *sefirot* associated with *Ze'er Anpin*. A level of *Ze'er Anpin* contains the light of giving with an illumination of the light of *Ḥokhma* within it. Thus, this is the third kind of “brain,” meaning a context in which the light of *Ḥokhma*, the “brain” of existence, is contained in a matured vessel following the previous constrictions (the first constriction and second constriction). **This** **level** **is called the *tzaddi* of *tzelem* on account of the nine** ***sefirot*** **in** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **and** ***Nukba*****,**¹⁰¹ and downward, the original *sefira* of *Malkhut* is missing since this original *Malkhut* belongs in the higher levels beyond the effects of the second constriction. Consequently, the light of *Keter* is also lacking in these lower levels, due to the inverse nature of vessels and lights (the loss of a lower vessel means the loss of a higher light). **each of which is comprised of ten, which totals ninety,** the numerical value of the letter *tzaddi*.

footnotes:
¹⁰⁰ In the structure of a partzuf
¹⁰¹ From Arikh Anpin


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 48:2
[Introduction to Sulam Commentary 48:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Introduction%20to%20Sulam%20Commentary/r/48:2)

והנה נתבארו שלש אותיות מ' ל' צ' בשלשה פרצופין או"א וישסו"ת וזו"ן, בכללות עולם האצילות. אבל כן הוא גם בפרטי פרטות, שאין לך מדרגה שלא תהיה נבחנת בשלש בחינות מל"צ אלו, אשר בכל אחת מהן יש מל"צ.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**We have thus explained the three letters *mem*, *lamed*,** and ***tzaddi* in the three** ***partzufim*** **of*****Arikh Anpin*****,** ***Yisrael Sabba*****and *Tevuna*****, and** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **and** ***Nukba*** **in the broad** plane of the **world of** ***Atzilut*****. However, the same applies to the smallest of details as well, since there is no** **level** **in which these three aspects of *mem*, *lamed*,** and ***tzaddi* cannot be discerned, since there is *mem*, *lamed*,** and ***tzaddi* in each of them.**