## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 73

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 73:1
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**עיבור יניקה מוחין דאחור ועיבור יניקה מוחין דפנים**
עג. כבר נתבאר שהקומה היוצאת על מסך שאין בו אלא עובי דשורש, נקראת 'קומת העיבור', והיא קומת אור הנפש בכלי דכתר. ומבחינת שלשה הקוין שבה, נקראת קומת נה"י. אמנם יש בה גם כן קומת רוח, הנקראת קומת חג"ת, אלא שהיא בלי כלים, ומשום זה צריכים חג"ת להתלבש בכלים דנה"י. ועל כן נקראת קומת העיבור בשם 'ג' גו ג'', דהיינו חג"ת בתוך נה"י.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**Gestation, Infancy, and** **Brains** **of the Back and Gestation, Infancy, and** **Brains**********of the Face****
73. **It has already been explained that the** **height** of returning light **that emerges from** a fusion through collision **upon the** **partition** **that contains only the** **opacity** **of the root is called the “****height** **of gestation,” which is the** **height** **of the light of** ***nefesh*** **in the vessel of** ***Keter*****.**²⁰⁸, which is the lowest of the five lights. Since this is the only light that can be contained in such a situation, the vessel containing it is the highest vessel, the vessel of *Keter*. The reason why the vessel is the highest although the light is the lowest is because of the inverse relationship between vessels and lights discussed in earlier sections, in which the vessels appear from highest to lowest, while the lights manifest from lowest to highest. **From the perspective of the three lines contained within it, it is called the** **height** **of** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****,** and ***Yesod*****.**²⁰⁹ is explaining here that the height of *Malkhut* is often referred to as *Netzaḥ*, *Hod*, and *Yesod*. **However, it also contains the** **height** **of** ***ruaḥ*****,**²¹⁰. This higher level is contained within the lower level here, which is the reason this stage is called “gestation,” as the author of the *Sulam* proceeds to explain. **which is called the** **height** **of** ***Ḥesed*****,** ***Gevura*****,** and ***Tiferet*****, only it is without vessels,**²¹¹ **and therefore the** ***Ḥesed*****,** ***Gevura*****,** and ***Tiferet*** **must be** **enclothed** **in the vessels of** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****,** and ***Yesod*****. Accordingly, the** **height** **of gestation is called “three within three,” meaning,** ***Ḥesed*****,** ***Gevura*****,** and ***Tiferet*** **within** ***Netzaḥ*****,** ***Hod*****,** and ***Yesod*****.**

footnotes:
²⁰⁸ Since the returning light only reaches the height resulting from opacity of the root level, it can only reach as “high” as the light of nefesh
²⁰⁹ The author of the Sulam
²¹⁰ This is the next light above nefesh
²¹¹ This is explained in the next section .