## Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah Chapter 37

###### Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 37:1
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לז) והנה נתבאר יציאת הפרצופין זה למטה מזה, הנעשה מכח הביטוש דאור מקיף באור פנימי, המזכך המסך דגוף עד שמחזירו לבחינת מסך דפה דראש, ואז נכלל בזווג דהכאה הנוהג בפה דראש, ומוציא על ידי זווגו קומה חדשה של עשר ספירות, שקומה חדשה זו נבחן לבן אל פרצוף הקודם.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**We have thus clarified the emergence of the** ***partzufim*****, one below the other, which are formed through the force of the beating of the** **surrounding light** **against the** **inner light****, which purifies the** **partition** **of the** **body** **until it restores it to the state of the** **partition** **of the** **mouth of the head****. At this stage,** the partition of the body **is included in the** **fusion through collision** **that occurs in the** **mouth** **of the** **head****, and it emits, by means of its fusion, a new structure of ten** ***sefirot*****. This new structure is categorized as a son of the previous** ***partzuf*****.**


###### Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 37:2
[Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 37:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Petichah%20LeChokhmat%20HaKabbalah/r/37:2)

ובדרך הזה יצא הע"ב מפרצוף הכתר, והס"ג מפרצוף ע"ב והמ"ה מפרצוף ס"ג, וכן יתר המדרגות בנקודים ואצילות בריאה יצירה עשיה. אלא עוד צריכים להבין, למה יצאו העשר ספירות דע"ב רק על בחינה ג' ולא על בחינה ד'. וכן הס"ג רק על בחינה ב' וכו', דהיינו שכל תחתון נמוך במדרגה אחת כלפי עליונו, ולמה לא יצאו כולם זה מזה בקומה שוה.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**In this manner,** ***Ab*** **emerges from the** ***partzuf*** **of** ***Keter*****,** ***Sag*** **from the** ***partzuf*** **of** ***Ab*****,** ***Mah*** **from the** ***partzuf*** **of** ***Sag*****, and likewise the other levels in the** worlds of ***Nekudim*** **and** ***Atzilut*** (Emanation), ***Beria*** (Creation), ***Yetzira*** (Formation), and ***Asiya*** (Actualization). **However, it still remains to be understood why the ten** ***sefirot*** **of** ***Ab*** **emerge only from the third level** of opacity (*ovyut*) within the partition **rather than from the fourth level, and likewise** ***Sag*** emerges **only from the second level. In other words, each** subsequently emerging **lower** ***partzuf***********is one level lower,** in terms of the levels of lights it contains, **than the one higher than it** and preceding it. **Why don’t they all emerge one from another at the same height,** with the same number of vessels and lights?⁵³ is asking here is in reference to the incremental decrease in the heights of the structures of the *partzufim* after each purification and subsequent collision. Why is the emerging *partzuf* considered a “son” to the preceding one given that it emerges from the partition of the mouth of the head just like the preceding one? In other words, if the body of the first *partzuf* emerged from the mouth of the head of the first *partzuf*, and so did the second *partzuf* (the *Ab*), why are these viewed as two separate entities in which *Ab* is an “offspring” of the first *partzuf*, instead of being viewed as all part of one *partzuf*, like the head and body of the first *partzuf*? Additionally, why is the emerging *partzuf* smaller in height, lacking some vessels below and some lights above, than the preceding one, given that they were both formed using the partition of *Malkhut* of the head?

footnotes:
⁵³ The question that the author of the Sulam