## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 77

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 77:1
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עז. ועתה נבאר פרצוף המוחין. כי אחר שקבל הפרצוף שתי הבחינות, עיבור ויניקה, הוא עולה למ"ן לעליון, ומחזיר את החכמה ובינה דעליון פנים בפנים. ואז הם משפיעים לתחתון את ההארה, המורידה את המלכות מנקבי עינים למקומה עצמה, דהיינו לפה. ואז אלו שלשה הכלים, בינה ותפארת ומלכות, שנפלו מחמת עלית המלכות לבינה, הנה הם חוזרים ועולים למדרגתם, ונשלם הפרצוף בחמשה כלים כח"ב תו"מ, ובחמש אורות נרנח"י.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
77. **We will now explain the** ***partzuf*** **of the** **brains****. After the** ***partzuf*** **receives the two aspects, gestation and infancy, it ascends as** **feminine waters**²³⁸ **to the upper** *partzuf* **and brings** ***Ḥokhma*** **and** ***Bina*** **of the upper** *partzuf* **back** to the state of **“face-to-face.”**²³⁹ to “turn toward” *Ḥokhma*. This means that *Bina* can now receive the light of *Ḥokhma* through itself and pass that light to the level of *Ze'er Anpin*, the *partzuf* that was developed through the gestation and infancy phases here. This change in *Bina*, allowing it to transmit the light of *Ḥokhma* was discussed in many previous sections of this work. *Ḥokhma* and *Bina* **then give the illumination to the lower** *partzuf***, which lowers the** ***Malkhut*** **from the** apertures of the eyes **to its own place, i.e., to the** **mouth****.**²⁴⁰ effectively “undoes” the effects of the second constriction, allowing the lower vessels to ascend and return to their place. Since all five vessels are then in the level, all five lights are able to be enclothed in the level as well. The addition of the higher lights of *neshama*, *ḥaya*, and *yeḥida* means the *partzuf* now has “brains,” as the author of the *Sulam* proceeds to explain. **At this point, the three vessels,** ***Bina*****,** ***Tiferet*** **and** ***Malkhut*****, which fell due to the ascent of** ***Malkhut*** **to** ***Bina*****, once again ascend to their** **level****, and the** ***partzuf*** **is completed with the five vessels** ***Keter*****,** ***Ḥokhma*****,** ***Bina*****,** ***Tiferet*** **and** ***Malkhut*****, and with the five lights,** ***nefesh*****,** ***ruaḥ*****,** ***neshama*****,** ***ḥaya*****, and** ***yeḥida*****.**

footnotes:
²³⁸ As explained previously, “feminine waters” refers to the “yearning” of lower levels for the light of higher levels. These lower levels are said to ascend to higher levels as “feminine waters,” flowing from below to above. In contrast, “masculine waters” refers to the flow of the supernal light from above to below.
²³⁹ The ascent of feminine waters drives Bina
²⁴⁰ This descent of Malkhut


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 77:2
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וזהו שנקרא 'פרצוף המוחין'. כי שלשה האורות הראשונים, נשמה חיה יחידה, נקראים 'מוחין'. למשל, אחר שקבל עתיק שתי הבחינות עיבור יניקה בשלמות, שהן קומות נפש רוח, אז חוזר ועולה לראש הס"ג למ"ן, ומחזיר חכמה ובינה אשר שם פנים בפנים. ומתוך שפרצוף החכמה דא"ק אין הבינה שבו מעורבת עם המלכות, על כן, כשעתיק מקבל הארתו, מוריד גם הוא את המלכות מבינה שלו, ואז מעלה לדרגתו את שלשה הכלים בינה ותפארת ומלכות שלו, שנפלו מחמת עירוב המלכות בבינה. ויש לו עתה כח"ב תו"מ דכלים, ויכולים להתלבש בו נרנח"י דאורות.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**This is called the** ***partzuf*** **of the** **brains****, for the first three lights,** ***neshama*****,** ***ḥaya*** and ***yeḥida*****, are called** **brains****. For example, after *Atik* receives in a complete manner the two aspects of gestation and infancy, which are the** **heights** **of** ***nefesh*** and ***ruaḥ*****,** *Atik* **returns and ascends as** **feminine waters** **to the** **head** **of** ***Sag*****, and returns the** ***Ḥokhma*** **and** ***Bina*** **that are there** to the state of **face-to-face. Since the** ***Bina*** **that is in the** ***partzuf*** **of the** ***Ḥokhma*** **of** ***Adam Kadmon*** **is not intermingled with the** ***Malkhut*****, therefore, when *Atik* receives this illumination it also brings down its own** ***Malkhut*** **from its own** ***Bina*****.**²⁴¹ and *Bina* of *Sag* toward each other causes changes in the lower levels The exposure of lower level (*Atik*) to the illumination of the level of *Sag* of *Adam Kadmon* causes *Malkhut* to descend from the position it acquired in the level of *Bina* through the second constriction. This is because lower levels are imprinted by and conform to higher levels. Since the second constriction only begins in the level of *Nekudim*, below *Sag* of *Adam Kadmon*, exposure to the illumination of that higher, unconstricted level causes the lower level to copy the higher one, undoing the constriction caused by the ascent of *Malkhut* to *Bina*. **Then** *Atik* **raises the three vessels, its** ***Bina*****,** ***Tiferet*** **and** ***Malkhut*****, to its** **level****, which fell due to the intermingling of** ***Malkhut*** **in** ***Bina*****.**²⁴² **It now has** ***Keter*****,** ***Ḥokhma*****,** ***Bina*****,** ***Tiferet*** **and** ***Malkhut*****, of the vessels, in which the** ***nefesh*****,** ***ruaḥ*****,** ***neshama*****,** ***ḥaya*****, and** ***yeḥida*** **of the lights can be** **enclothed****.**

footnotes:
²⁴¹ The turning of Ḥokhma
²⁴² In the second constriction.