## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 68

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 68:1
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סח. **נתון ג'** הוא: כיון שז"א עולה לישסו"ת ומיחד ומשלים האורות דימין ושמאל דישסו"ת, ולולא עלית ז"א למ"ן, לא יכלו הימין ושמאל דישסו"ת להאיר, נמצא שעלית ז"א לישסו"ת גרמה יציאת שלשה קוין: ימין, שמאל, ואמצע, שהם חב"ד דישסו"ת.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
68. **The third criterion is that since** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **ascends to** ***Yisrael Sabba*****and *Tevuna*** **and unites and completes the lights**¹⁸² **of the right and left of** ***Yisrael Sabba*****and *Tevuna*** **– and without** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **ascending as** **feminine waters**¹⁸³ represented by the ascent of *Ze'er Anpin* to the higher levels as the middle line. In *Kabbala* and Torah thought in general, the concept of female denotes the dynamic of receiving, while male denotes giving. The flow of direct light of *Ḥokhma* from above to below is described as the “masculine waters.” **the right and left of** ***Yisrael Sabba*****and *Tevuna*** **would be unable to illuminate**¹⁸⁴ as feminine waters, there would be no mediation of the right and left lines (the columns of light of giving and *Ḥokhma*, respectively). As a result, there could be no illumination from *Yisrael Sabba* and *Tevuna* to the levels below, since the right and left lines essentially negate each other. **– it turns out that the ascent of** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **to** ***Yisrael Sabba*****and *Tevuna*** **has caused the emergence of three lines: the right, the left, and the middle, which are the** ***Ḥokhma*****,** ***Bina*****, and** ***Da’at*** **of** ***Yisrael Sabba*****and *Tevuna*****.**¹⁸⁵, which is also the pseudo-*sefira* of *Da’at* mentioned here, the three lines are able to work together, instead of negating one another. Through this complementary dynamic, they are able to illuminate to the levels below.

footnotes:
¹⁸² This refers to the rectification of lines described and referred to in many of the preceding sections, from section 20 until this section.
¹⁸³ The ascent of feminine waters is a term referring to the “yearning” from below for the light of Ḥokhma
¹⁸⁴ As was explained in the extensive discussion of the rectification of lines, without a “middle line” formed by the ascent of Ze'er Anpin
¹⁸⁵ The emergence referred to here is that by the ascent of the middle line (Ze'er Anpin


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 68:2
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ויש כלל, שכל שיעור האור שהתחתון גורם להאיר בעליון, זוכה בו גם התחתון, ולפיכך מקבל ז"א אותם המוחין דחב"ד מישסו"ת. שזה סוד “תלת מחד נפקין חד בתלת קיימא" (כמו שנתבאר בזהר בראשית א' רע"ו דבור המתחיל ועוד, וכמו שנתבאר כל זה לעיל אות נ"ב עיין שם). והנה נתבארו שלשה הדברים הנתונים בענין הזווג להוצאת התחתון.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**There is a rule that the total measure that a lower** *partzuf* **causes to illuminate in an upper** *partzuf* **is merited by the lower one as well.**¹⁸⁶ was the impetus for the change in the higher *partzuf*, the qualities that emerge in the upper *partzuf* also emerge in the lower one. **Accordingly,** ***Ze’er Anpin*** **receives the same** **brains**¹⁸⁷, the “brains,” represents the animating divine lifeforce within all created beings. Since *Ze'er Anpin* activated greater illumination of *Ḥokhma* in *Yisrael Sabba* and *Tevuna*, by serving as the middle line (the feminine waters), *Ze'er Anpin* also receives that same illumination of the light of *Ḥokhma*.********of *******Ḥokhma*****,** ***Bina*****,** and ***Da’at*** **from** ***Yisrael Sabba*****and *Tevuna*****. This is the mystical meaning of the statement “Three come out of one; one exists in three” (as explained in the *Zohar*, *Bereshit* 1, section 276, s.v. “*ve’od*,” and as explained in section 52 above). The three criteria for the process of fusion for the emergence of a lower** *partzuf* **have** now **been explained.**

footnotes:
¹⁸⁶ Since the lower partzuf
¹⁸⁷ See section 46 above for a more extensive explanation. The main idea is that the light of Ḥokhma