## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 54

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 54:1
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נד. ומשום זה כל הכלים שבבי"ע, לקחה המלכות לרשותה, שהיא נקודת החזה. כי נקודה זו הוציאה הכלים דתנה"י דז"א לבי"ע, וכן היא החזירה הכלים ההם למדרגת אצילות, בעת שיצאה הגדלות דנקודים, מטרם שנשברו. כי בשעת הגדלות חזרה וירדה המלכות המסיימת ממקום החזה למקומה, תחת נה"י דכלים דז"א, ואז הכלים דבינה ותו"מ שנפלו לבי"ע, שהם תנה"י, עלו בחזרה לאצילות. וכיון שז"א קנה תשלום תנה"י דכלים יצאו לו ג"ר דאורות (כנ"ל אות י"ט).

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
54. **For this reason,**¹¹⁷, it took these vessels of *Beria*, *Yetzira*, and *Asiya* into its domain, meaning, below *Malkhut*. ***Malkhut*** **took all the vessels in** ***Beria*****,** ***Yetzira*****, and** ***Asiya*** **into its domain, because** *Malkhut* **is** now positioned at **the point of the chest. This** positional **point expelled the vessels of** ***Tiferet*****,** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****,** and ***Yesod*** **of** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **into** ***Beria*****,** ***Yetzira*****,** and ***Asiya*****, and it likewise returned those vessels to the** **level****s of** ***Atzilut*** **when the** phase of maturity **of** ***Nekudim*** **emerged, before** the vessels **were broken.**¹¹⁸, ultimately giving rise to the world of *Tikkun* (rectification) (rectification). **At the phase of** **maturity****, the** **terminating *Malkhut*** **again descended from the place of the chest to its place under** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****, and** ***Yesod*** **of the vessels of** ***Ze’er Anpin*****, and then the vessels of** ***Bina*****,** ***Tiferet*****, and** ***Malkhut*****, which had fallen to** ***Beria*****,** ***Yetzira*****, and** ***Asiya*** **– these are** ***Tiferet*** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****, and** ***Yesod***¹¹⁹ **– ascended back to** ***Atzilut*****. Since** at that point ***Ze’er Anpin*** **acquired completion**¹²⁰ returned to the level, completing it. **with the vessels of** ***Tiferet*****,** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****,** and ***Yesod*****, the first three of the lights emerged upon it (as stated in section 19 above).**¹²¹, when there are more vessels, higher lights are able to be contained.

footnotes:
¹¹⁷ As a result of the ascent of Malkhut
¹¹⁸ The “breaking of the vessels” refers to a process that took place in the world of Nekudim
¹¹⁹ As explained in the preceding section .
¹²⁰ These sefirot
¹²¹ As explained in the footnote in the previous section, quoting from section 24 of Petiḥa LeḤokhmat HaKabbala


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 54:2
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ומתוך שאין העדר ברוחני, נבחן גם עתה שהמלכות נשארת במקום החזה דז"א כמקודם לכן, אלא כח הדין והסיום שבה בלבד ירד לנקודה דעולם הזה. ולפיכך אותם הכלים דתנה"י דז"א, שהיו תחת רשותה בעת קטנות ועתה חזרו ונתחברו לז"א, נמצאים מתחברים גם אליה בעת גדלות, אחר שכבר נתחברו והשלימו תנה"י דז"א, והם נעשים לה תשע ספירות תחתונות. כי נקודת החזה, שהיא שורש המלכות הנמצא לה מעת קטנות, נעשה לכתר. ושלשה הכלים נה"י דז"א, נתחלק כל כלי לשלשה שלישים. ושלשה שלישי נצח דז"א נעשו למלכות חכמה חסד נצח. ושלשה שלישי הוד דז"א נעשו למלכות בינה גבורה הוד. ושלשה שלישי היסוד דז"א, נעשו למלכות דעת תפארת יסוד, באופן, שאלו תנה"י דז"א, שעלו בעת גדלות מבי"ע ונתחברו למדרגתו, וגרמו לו שלש ראשונות דאורות, הנה הם מתחברים גם למלכות, ונעשו לה תשע ספירות תחתונות דכלים ותשע ראשונות דאורות.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**Since there is no such thing as loss in the spiritual** plane, **now too**¹²² “descends” from the chest, it is not truly lost from there, since there is no real change or loss in the spiritual space. **the** ***Malkhut*** **remains in the place at the chest of** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **as before. It is only its power of judgment and termination**¹²³ was lowered from the chest, allowing the vessels that had been ejected to lower levels by this terminating force to return to their proper place. **that descended to the point of this world.**¹²⁴ “blocks” the divine light from being perceived. **Therefore, those vessels of** ***Tiferet*****,** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****,** and ***Yesod*** **of** ***Ze’er Anpin*****, which were under the domain** of *Malkhut* **at the phase of** **immaturity** **and have now returned and become connected once again to** ***Ze’er Anpin*****, are also** still **connected to** *Malkhut* **at the phase of** **maturity** even **after they already became reconnected to** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **as** its vessels of ***Tiferet*****,** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****,** and ***Yesod*** **and completed** them**. These** *sefirot* of *Tiferet*, *Netzaḥ*, *Hod*, and *Yesod* also **become the nine lower** ***sefirot*** of *Malkhut*.¹²⁵ of *Tiferet*, *Netzaḥ*, *Hod*, and *Yesod* seemingly play two roles here. When the terminating force of *Malkhut* descends from the chest, during the phase of maturity, *Tiferet*, *Netzaḥ*, *Hod*, and *Yesod* can reascend to their proper place as the lower part of *Ze'er Anpin*. However, the *sefira* of *Malkhut* remains at the chest since there is no real loss in the spiritual context. Thus, the *sefirot* of *Tiferet*, *Netzaḥ*, *Hod*, and *Yesod* now lie directly below the point of the chest, with *Malkhut*. As the section explains, *Netzaḥ*, *Hod*, and *Yesod* now form nine lower *sefirot*, with the *Tiferet* and *Malkhut* of the chest serving as their *Keter*. **This is because the point of the chest, which is the root of** ***Malkhut*** **that was present there from the phase of** **immaturity****, becomes** ***Keter*****. Each of the three vessels of** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****,** and ***Yesod*** **of** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **divides into three thirds. The three thirds of** ***Netzaḥ*** **of** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **become** the *sefirot* of ***Ḥokhma*****,** ***Ḥesed*****,** and ***Netzaḥ*** **for** ***Malkhut*****; the three thirds of** ***Hod*** **of** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **become for** ***Malkhut*** the *sefirot* of ***Bina*****,** ***Gevura*****,** and ***Netzaḥ*****; and the three thirds of** ***Yesod*** **of** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **become** the *sefirot* of ***Da’at*****,** ***Tiferet*****,** and ***Yesod*** **for** ***Malkhut*****. Consequently, it turns out that these** vessels of ***Tiferet*****,** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****,** and ***Yesod*** **of** ***Ze’er Anpin*****, which ascended from** ***Beria*****,** ***Yetzira*****,** and ***Asiya*** **at the phase of** **maturity** **and became attached to the** **level** of *Ze’er Anpin* **causing** the emergence of **its first three lights, also become attached to** ***Malkhut*****, and become for it nine lower** ***sefirot*** **of the vessels and the first nine of the lights.**¹²⁶ that was at the chest was only one vessel (the vessel that would become *Keter* with the return of the *Tiferet*, *Netzaḥ*, *Hod*, and *Yesod* of *Ze'er Anpin*) and one light (the lowest light, and the highest vessel, following the pattern mentioned previously that the vessels “appear” from highest to lowest, while the lights enter the vessels lowest to highest). Once the phase of maturity is manifest, the remaining vessels appear (*Tiferet*, *Netzaḥ*, *Hod*, and *Yesod* form the lower nine *sefirot* below *Malkhut* of the chest, with *Malkhut* serving as the *Keter* for the structure) and the other nine lights enter accordingly.

footnotes:
¹²² During the phase of maturity, although the Malkhut
¹²³ In other words, only this aspect of the power of Malkhut
¹²⁴ The “point of this world” refers to the low state of being of our world, the context in which the limiting, terminating force of Malkhut
¹²⁵ In other words, these lower sefirot
¹²⁶ Before this phase of maturity, the point of Malkhut