## Introduction to Sulam Commentary Chapter 85

###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 85:1
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פה. והענין הוא, כי גם בחינה ד' נתחברה במסך דנקודים ובמסך דאצילות, מכח המלכות שעלתה לנקודות דס"ג דא"ק. ואם הבחינה ד' לא היתה משתתפת במסך אשר בהם, לא היה יכול לצאת שום פרצוף על אותו המסך. כי אפילו העובי דבחינה א' שבנקודים נבחן להסתכלות דקה, שאין הזווג דהכאה מוציא ממנו שום פרצוף, ומכל שכן העובי דמצח שבאצילות, שאינו ראוי לזווג דהכאה ליציאת פרצוף. אלא משום הבחינה ד' שנתחברה במסכים ההם נעשו ראויים לזווג דהכאה.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
85. **The answer is that the fourth** **level** **additionally became attached to the** **partition** **of** ***Nekudim*** **and the** **partition** **of** ***Atzilut*****, from the force of the** ***Malkhut*** **that ascended to the *nekudot* (vowels)**²⁶⁰ (or any given level), represented by the four aspects of the Hebrew alphabet: the *otiot* (written letter forms), the *tagin* (written crowns on the letters), the vowels (*nekudot*) of the letters and the *ta'amim* (the notes for chanting the letters when reading). The aspect of *nekudot* corresponds to the level of *Bina* in a given level. **of the** ***Sag*** level **of** ***Adam Kadmon*****.**²⁶¹, the “fourth level,” ascended to *Bina* in the second constriction (which took place from *Nekudim* and below), the partitions below this constriction received the opacity of *Malkhut* irrespective of their natural opacity. This can be thought of as *Malkhut* being present in every area below the level in which the second constriction transpires. **For if the fourth** **level** **had not participated in the** **partition** **in** *Nekudim* and *Atzilut***, no** ***partzuf*** **could have emerged upon the** **partition****. For even the** **opacity** **of the first** **level** **in** ***Nekudim*** **is considered a weak "gaze,"**²⁶²) is referred to as “sight” or “gaze.” **such that the** **fusion through collision** **does not produce any** ***partzuf*** **from it.**²⁶³ cannot be properly formed. **This is even more the** case with regard to **the** **opacity** **of the forehead**²⁶⁴. **in** ***Atzilut*****, which is unfit for a** **fusion through collision** **to produce a** ***partzuf*****. But as a result of the fourth** **level** **becoming attached to those** **partitions****, they become fit for a** **fusion through collision****.**

footnotes:
²⁶⁰ This refers to one of four aspects of the level of Sag
²⁶¹ Once Malkhut
²⁶² Often, the light that emerges from the “eyes” (the “aperture” of the light of Ḥokhma
²⁶³ Such a small measure of opacity means that a structure of returning light and a subsequent partzuf
²⁶⁴ Since this is the root level of opacity, which is even less capable of producing the requisite structures for a partzuf


###### Introduction to Sulam Commentary 85:2
[Introduction to Sulam Commentary 85:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Introduction%20to%20Sulam%20Commentary/r/85:2)

ואין לשאול: אם כן, היתה ראויה לצאת על המסך קומת כתר, כיון שהבחינה ד' דבוקה במסך!

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**One should not ask: If so, shouldn’t a** **level** **of** ***Keter*** **have emerged upon the** **partition****, since the fourth** **level** **is attached to the** **partition****?**²⁶⁵ of the level of *Keter*?

footnotes:
²⁶⁵ Since the fourth level is attached to the partition, shouldn't the opacity of the fourth level within it give rise to a partzuf