## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 53

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 53:1
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**שורש הנוקבא דז"א, דהיינו המלכות**
נג. בעת קטנות דעולם הנקודים, היה לז"א, שהוא חג"ת נה"י דנקודים, ששה כלים: חב"ד חג"ת (כי מצד האורות, שהקטנים גדלים תחילה, נקראים חג"ת נה"י, וחסרים משלש ראשונות; ומצד הכלים, שהעליונים גדלים תחילה, נקראים חב"ד חג"ת, וחסרים מנה"י דכלים [כמו שנתבאר בפתיחה לחכמת הקבלה אות כ"ד עיין שם]). והיה חסר לו נה"י דכלים. והיה זה מחמת עלית המלכות במקום בינה דז"א, שהוא ספירת התפארת. כי חג"ת דז"א הם כח"ב (כנזכר לעיל אות ד'), והיינו בשליש עליון דתפארת במקום החזה. ושני שלישי בינה ותפארת ומלכות, הנקראים בז"א שני שלישי תפארת ונה"י (כמו שנתבאר שם) נפלו ממדרגתו למדרגה שמתחתיה, דהיינו לעולמות בריאה יצירה עשיה, שהם מתחת ז"א דאצילות.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**The** ***Nukba*** **Root of** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **which is** ***Malkhut***
53. **During the phase of** **immaturity** **of the world of** ***Nekudim*****,** ***Ze’er Anpin*** of *Nekudim***, which is** ***Ḥesed*****,** ***Gevura*****,** ***Tiferet*****,** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****,** and ***Yesod*** **of** ***Nekudim*****, had six vessels:** ***Ḥokhma*****,** ***Bina*****,** ***Da’at*****,**¹¹¹. ***Ḥesed*****,** ***Gevura*****,** and ***Tiferet*** **(since from the perspective of the lights, in which the small ones grow first, they are called** ***Ḥesed*****,** ***Gevura*****,** ***Tiferet*****,** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****, and** ***Yesod*****, and the first three are missing, whereas from the perspective of the vessels, in which the upper ones grow first, they are called** ***Ḥokhma*****,** ***Bina*****,** ***Da’at*****,** ***Ḥesed*****,** ***Gevura*****,** and ***Tiferet*****, so that the vessels of** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****,** and ***Yesod*** **are missing (as explained in** ***Petiḥa LeḤokhmat HaKabbala*****, section 24), and it lacked** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*** **and** ***Yesod*** **of the vessels.**¹¹² states: “The answer is that there is a consistent inverse relationship between the lights and the vessels. It is the nature of the vessels that the higher vessels grow first in the *partzuf*. *Keter* grows first, followed by the vessel of *Ḥokhma* and so on, until the vessel of *Malkhut*, which grows last. Therefore, we list the vessels in the order of *Keter*, *Ḥokhma*, *Bina*, *Tiferet*, and *Malkhut*, from above to below, as that is their order of growth. The lights are the reverse. In the case of the lights, the lower lights enter the *partzuf* first, because initially the *nefesh* enters, which is the light of *Malkhut*, and then the *ruaḥ*, which is the light of *Ze’er Anpin*, and so on until the light of *yeḥida* enters last. Consequently, we list the lights in the order of *nefesh*, *ruaḥ*, *neshama*, *ḥaya*, and *yeḥida*, from below to above, as that is the order of their entrance, from lowest to uppermost.” **This was due to the ascent of** ***Malkhut*** **to the place of** ***Bina*** **of** ***Ze’er Anpin*****, which is the** ***sefira*** **of** ***Tiferet*****,**¹¹³, *Keter*, *Ḥokhma*, *Bina*, *Tiferet*, and *Malkhut* are named *Ḥesed*, *Gevura*, *Tiferet*, *Netzaḥ* and *Hod* in a level of *Tiferet*, which is the level of a *partzuf* *Ze'er Anpin*. The point made here, and in the next sentences, is to describe how the second constriction operated within the *partzuf* of *Ze'er Anpin* of the world of *Nekudim*. The *Malkhut* of the *partzuf* ascended to the *Bina* of the *partzuf*, which, relative to the world of *Nekudim*, is *Tiferet* (because in a level of *Tiferet*, *Bina* is named *Tiferet*). This ascent of *Malkhut* split *Tiferet* into two “parts,” in which one third remained above the new position of *Malkhut*, and two thirds were ejected to the lower level, along with *Netzaḥ*, *Hod* and *Yesod*. This is the meaning of the next sentence which states: The two-thirds of *Bina*, *Tiferet* and *Malkhut*, which are called in *Ze’er Anpin* the two-thirds of *Tiferet*, and *Netzaḥ*, *Hod*, and *Yesod* (as explained there) fell from the level of *Ze’er Anpin* to the level below. **since *Ḥesed*****,** ***Gevura*****, and** ***Tiferet*** **of** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **are** ***Keter*****,** ***Ḥokhma*****, and** ***Bina*** **(as stated in section 4 above).** *Malkhut* ascended to **the upper third of** ***Tiferet*****, in the place of the chest.**¹¹⁴, matching the structure of a human body, the *sefira* of *Tiferet* corresponds to the chest of the body. **The two-thirds of** ***Bina*****,** ***Tiferet*** **and** ***Malkhut*****, which are called in** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **the two-thirds of** ***Tiferet*****, and** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****, and** ***Yesod*** **(as explained there) fell from the** **level** of *Ze'er Anpin* **to the** **level** **below, that is, to the worlds of** ***Beria*****,** ***Yetzira*****, and** ***Asiya*****, which are below** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **of** ***Atzilut*****.**

footnotes:
¹¹¹ See section 46 above, and the footnote there, for an explanation of Da’at
¹¹² Section 24 of Petiḥa LeḤokhmat HaKabbala
¹¹³ As was explained in section 4 above, the five main sefirot
¹¹⁴ In the structure of a partzuf


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 53:2
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ועל כן לא נשאר בו אלא חב"ד חג"ת דכלים עד נקודת החזה. ונקודת החזה, היא המלכות המסיימת המדרגה במקום הבינה, ומורידה בינה ותפארת ומלכות, הנקראים תנה"י, למדרגה שמתחתיה (כנזכר לעיל באות ט"ז). וזה סוד שזו"ן בקטנות נקראים תמיד 'ו"ק ונקודה', כי ששת הכלים חב"ד חג"ת שבו נקראים 'ו"ק', דהיינו ו' קצוות. ונקודת החזה, שהיא מלכות המסיימת מדרגתו, נקראת 'נקודה' (ומבחינת האורות, שהקטנים גדלים תחילה, הם נקראים חג"ת נה"י, והמלכות המסיימת נקראת 'נקודה תחת היסוד').

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**Therefore, only the vessels of Ḥokhma****,** ***Bina*****,** ***Da’at*****,** ***Ḥesed*****,** ***Gevura*****,** and ***Tiferet*** **remained in** *Ze’er Anpin*, **until the point of the chest.**¹¹⁵ lies after the second constriction. **The point of the chest is the** ***Malkhut*** **that terminates the** **level**¹¹⁶ has ascended to the point of the chest (the place of *Tiferet*/*Bina* due to the second constriction. **at the place of** ***Bina*** **and brings down** ***Bina*****,** ***Tiferet*****, and** ***Malkhut*****, which are called TNHY** (*Tiferet*, *Netzaḥ*, *Hod*, and *Yesod*)**, to the** **level** **below it (as stated in section 16 above). This is the mystical meaning of why** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **and** ***Nukba*** **during the phase of** **immaturity** **are always called “*Va”k* and a point,” since the six vessels –** ***Ḥokhma*****,** ***Bina*****,** ***Da’at*****,** ***Ḥesed*****,** ***Gevura*****,** and ***Tiferet*** **– that are within** *Ze'er Anpin* **are called “*Va”k*,” or *Vav Ketzavot*** (six extremities), **and the point of the chest, which is the** ***Malkhut*** **that terminates the** **level** of *Ze’er Anpin*, **is called a point (and from the perspective of the lights, in which the small ones grow first, they are called** ***Ḥesed*****,** ***Gevura*****,** ***Tiferet*****,** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****,** and ***Yesod*****, and the** **terminating *Malkhut*** **is called the “point under the** ***Yesod*****“).**

footnotes:
¹¹⁵ Meaning: until the point of the chest, which is where Malkhut
¹¹⁶ Now the terminating Malkhut