## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 57

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 57:1
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**שנים עשר פרצופין שבאצילות**
נז. כל מדרגה שיש בה שלש פעמים עשר ספירות, דהיינו עשר ספירות דראש, ועשר ספירות דתוך, ועשר ספירות דסוף (כנזכר לעיל אות ה' ו'), נקרא 'פרצוף'. ונבחן על פי בחינה עליונה שבו; אם הבחינה העליונה היא כתר, נקראים כל שלושים הספירות שבו בשם כתר. ואם בחינה עליונה היא חכמה, נקראים כולם חכמה וכו' על דרך זה. והם חמשה פרצופין, שקומתם נמדדת על פי זווג דהכאה שעל חמש בחינות שבמסך; שזווג דהכאה על מסך דבחינה ד' ממשיך קומת כתר. ומסך דבחינה ג' ממשיך קומת חכמה, ומסך דבחינה שני ממשיך קומת בינה, ומסך דבחינה א' ממשיך קומת ז"א, ומסך דבחינת שורש ממשיך קומת מלכות (כמו שנתבאר בפתיחה לחכמת הקבלה אות כ"א עיין שם).

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**Twelve** ***Partzufim*** **in** ***Atzilut*** 
57. **Every** **level** **that contains three sets of ten** ***sefirot*****, that is, ten** ***sefirot*** **of the** **head****, ten** ***sefirot*** **of the interior,** and **ten** ***sefirot*** **of the end (as stated in sections 5 – 6 above) is called a** ***partzuf*****. It is categorized in accordance with its** head, its **upper aspect: If the upper aspect is** ***Keter*****, all thirty** ***sefirot*** **within** the *partzuf* **are called** ***Keter*****; if the upper aspect is** ***Ḥokhma*****, the** thirty *sefirot* **are all called** ***Ḥokhma*****, and so on, along these lines. There are five** ***partzufim*** **whose structure is measured based on the** **fusion through collision** **upon the five** **levels** **of the** **partition****. A** **fusion through collision** **on a** **partition** **of the fourth** **level** **yields** a *partzuf* **of the** **height** **of** ***Keter*****. A** **partition** **of the third** **level** **yields** a *partzuf* **of the** **height** **of** ***Ḥokhma*****. A** **partition** **of the second** **level** **yields** a *partzuf* **of the** **height** **of** ***Bina*****. A** **partition** **of the first** **level** **yields** a *partzuf* **of the** **height** **of** ***Ze’er Anpin*****. A** **partition** **at the root** **level**¹³⁷ in the partition, yielding a height of *Malkhut* in the *partzuf* structure. See the adjacent footnote for the inverse relationship between the level of a partition and the *partzuf* height it yields. **yields** a *partzuf* **at the** **level** **of** ***Malkhut*** **(as explained in** ***Petiḥa LeḤokhmat HaKabbala*****,” section 21).**¹³⁸: Consequently, five types of fusion through collision can be discerned in the partition, corresponding to its five measures of opacity:
Fusion through collision against a complete partition, which is formed with all five levels of opacity, gives rise to returning light that is sufficient to enclothe all ten *sefirot* – that is, until the level of *Keter*. 
When there is fusion through collision against a partition that lacks the opacity of the fourth level, and has only the opacity of the third level, the returning light that it raises is sufficient to enclothe the ten *sefirot* only up to the level of *Ḥokhma* and does not include *Keter*.
If it contains only the opacity of the second level, its returning light is smaller and is only enough to enclothe the ten *sefirot* of the supernal light up to the level of *Bina*; it lacks *Keter* and *Ḥokhma*.
If it contains only the opacity of the first level, its returning light is diminished even further and is sufficient to enclothe only to the level of *Tiferet*; it lacks *Keter*, *Ḥokhma*, and *Bina*.
If it lacks even the opacity of the first level, so that only the opacity of the root level remains in it, its impact is very weak and is sufficient only to enclothe up to the level of *Malkhut* alone. It lacks the first nine *sefirot*, which are *Keter*, *Ḥokhma*, *Bina*, and the six *sefirot* encompassed in *Tiferet*.

footnotes:
¹³⁷ The root level is the level of Keter
¹³⁸ From section 22 of Petiḥa LeḤokhmat HaKabbala