## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 70

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 70:1
[Introduction to Sulam Commentary 70:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Introduction%20to%20Sulam%20Commentary/r/70:1)

**שלשה שלבים ביציאת עשר הספירות**
ע. השלב הראשון הוא בפרצופי א"ק הראשונים, ששם יצאו העשר ספירות כולן בבת אחת. שבזווג דהכאה על מסך דבחינה ד' יצאו עשר ספירות דקומת הכתר. ובזווג דהכאה על המסך דבחינה ג' יצאו עשר ספירות בקומת חכמה. ובזווג דהכאה על מסך דבחינה ב' יצאו עשר ספירות בקומת בינה.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**Three Stages in the Emergence of the Ten** ***Sefirot*** 
70. **The first stage occurs in the first** ***partzufim*** **of** ***Adam Kadmon*****, where the ten** ***sefirot*** **emerged all at once.**¹⁹² and *partzufim* structures emerge in the structure of reality. If one thinks of existence as a tall stack, in which *Adam Kadmon* is the highest area and this world is the lowest, then it is as if there are three different “areas” in the stack. Each of these areas has different structural properties, giving rise to differences in the emergence of the *partzufim* of each area. The first area is the first three *partzufim* of *Adam Kadmon*. The second is the world of *Nekudim*. The third is the world of *Atzilut* and downward. In the world of *Adam Kadmon* there is only one phase of emergence. In *Nekudim* there are two, and in *Atzilut* there are three. **Upon the** **fusion through collision** **on the** **partition** **of the fourth** **level****, the ten** ***sefirot*** **emerged at the** **height** **of** ***Keter*****. Upon the** **fusion through collision** **on the** **partition** **of the third** **level****, the ten** ***sefirot*** **emerged at the** **height** **of** ***Ḥokhma*****. Upon the** **fusion through collision** **on the** **partition** **of the second** **level****, the ten** ***sefirot*** **emerged at the** **height** **of** ***Bina*****.**¹⁹³ at the bottom of the *sefirot* of the direct light creates returning light that ascends and enclothes the direct light as a new vessel. The height of that returning light is determined by the opacity within the particular partition. This opacity varies within different levels because the surrounding light beats against the partition of any given level, purifying the partition of its degrees of opacity.

footnotes:
¹⁹² As will be explained, the concept of “stages” here refers to three different ways the sefirot
¹⁹³ As the preceding sections explained, the partition that lies upon Malkhut