## Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah Chapter 39

###### Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 39:1
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לט) ונתבאר, שמכח הביטוש דאור מקיף באור פנימי, חזר המסך דמלכות המסיימת להיות לבחינת מסך ומלכות המזדווגת (לעיל אות לה). כי הביטוש דאור מקיף טיהר את המסך המסיים מכל העביות דגוף שהיה בו, ולא נשאר בו רק רשימות דקות מהעביות ההיא, השוות לעביות דמסך דראש. ונודע שהשתוות הצורה מדביק ומיחד הרוחניים זה בזה, לפיכך אחר שהמסך דגוף השווה צורת עביותו למסך דראש, הנה תיכף נכלל בו ונעשה עמו כאלו היו מסך אחד, ואז קבל כח לזווג דהכאה כמו מסך דראש, ויצאו עליו העשר ספירות דקומה החדשה, כנזכר לעיל.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**Now it can be explained how, by means of the force of the beating of the** **surrounding light** **against the** **inner light****, the** **partition** **of the** **terminating *Malkhut*** **reverts to the status of** **fusing *Malkhut*** **(**see **section #35# above). The beating of the** **surrounding light** against the inner light **purified the** **partition** **of the** **terminating** *Malkhut* **of all the** **opacity** (*ovyut*) **of the** **body** **that it contained. Only slight remnants of that** **opacity** **remain in it, which are equal to the** amounts of **opacity** **found within the** **partition** **of the** **head****. As is known, the** **equating of form** **attaches and unites spiritual entities together. Therefore, after the partition of the** **body** **has** **equated the form** **of its** **opacity** **to** the opacity found in **the** **partition** **of the** **head****,** the partition of the body **is immediately incorporated within** the partition of the head, **joining it as though they were a single** **partition****. Then** the partition of the body **receives the power for a** **fusion through collision** **to the same extent as the** **partition** **of the** **head****, and the new structure of ten** ***sefirot*** of the next *partzuf* **emerge from** the impact against the partition, **as stated above.**


###### Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 39:2
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אמנם, יחד עם זווגו זה, נתחדשו בו במסך דגוף, הרשימות דעביות דגוף שהיו בו מתחילה, ואז חזר וניכר בו שוב שינוי הצורה באיזה שיעור בינו למסך דראש הנכלל עמו. והכר של השינוי הזה מבדילהו ומוציאהו מהפה דראש דעליון. כי אחר שחזר וניכר מקורו הראשון, שהוא מפה ולמטה דעליון, הנה אז אינו יכול לעמוד עוד למעלה מפה דעליון, כי שינוי הצורה מפריד הרוחניים זה מזה, ונמצא שהוכרח לירד משם למקום שמפה ולמטה דעליון. ולפיכך, נבחן בהכרח לגוף שני כלפי העליון, כי אפילו הראש של הקומה החדשה נבחן כלפי העליון כגופו בלבד, להיותו נמשך ממסך דגוף שלו. ולפיכך שינוי הצורה הזו מבדיל אותם לשני גופים נבדלים, וכיון שהקומה החדשה היא כולה תולדה של המסך דגוף של פרצוף הקודם, על כן נחשב כבן אליו, וכמו ענף הנמשך ממנו.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**However, together with this fusion, the remnants of the** **opacity** **of the** **body****, which were within** the partition of the body **at the outset, are manifest anew within the** **partition** **of the** **body****.**⁵⁶ is clarifying here that this partition is slightly different from the original partition of the *Malkhut* of the head because it contains a different measure of opacity than that of the original partition. Since the surrounding light degraded some of the original measure of opacity in the process that led the partition of the body to merge with the head, this partition lacks the opacity of the fourth level, but retains only that of the third level and above. As a result, this partition gives rise to a different structure of returning light, purified of the opacity of the lowest, or fourth, level. Accordingly, it cannot contain the highest light in its vessels, since it lacks the lowest vessel. The head of this new *partzuf*, then, is only as high as the bottom of the head of the previous *partzuf*, as the author will explain. **The difference in form between the** **partition** **of the** **body** that was purified and then unified with the partition of the head **and the** **partition** **of the** **head** **is then discernible once again within** the partition of the body **to some extent. This detectable difference** of form between the two partitions **separates** the partition of the body **and expels it from the** **mouth** **of the** **head** **of the upper** *partzuf*.⁵⁷ here refers to the complete structure of head and body with their respective partitions discussed in the previous sections. This process of unification of the partition of the body of the upper *partzuf* with that of the head of the upper *partzuf* leads to a new fusion through collision, since the partition of the body is now a fusing *Malkhut* instead of an terminating *Malkhut**.* The surrounding light then beats against this partition and creates a fusion through that collision. This fusion leads to a new returning light arising as a result of that fusion that can serve as vessels for the surrounding light that was beating against the partition, creating a new head that will then expand into a complete body. However, this entire emergent structure of head and body rises only as high as the headof the previous *partzuf* since that is where the partition was operating. As a result, the head of the new *partzuf* is only as high as the bottom of the head of the previous *partzuf*. **Once the original source** of the partition of the body **is again discernible, from the** **mouth** **of the upper** ***partzuf*** **and below,** the partition of the body **can no longer remain above the** **mouth** **of the upper** *partzuf*, unified with the partition of the head, **since the difference in form separates spiritual entities from one another.** Instead of remaining on the level of the head of the upper *partzuf*, **it must descend from there to the place that is from the** **mouth** **of the upper** ***partzuf*** **and below. Consequently, it is necessarily categorized as a second** **body** **in relation to the upper** *partzuf*,⁵⁸’s first question (see section #38#): Why is this structure is viewed as a separate *partzuf*? This difference in the height of the structure, resulting from the returning light being unable to enclothe the same amount of vessels as it did in the first partzuf, means that the upper *partzuf* and this *partzuf* are different and therefore exist as spiritually different entities. **as even the** **head** **of the new** emergent **structure is categorized relative to the upper** ***partzuf*** **as merely its** **body****, since it is drawn from the** **partition** **of** the **body** of the upper *partzuf*. **Therefore, this difference in form divides them into two separate bodies. Since this new structure is entirely an offshoot of the** **partition** **of the** **body** **of the previous** upper ***partzuf*****, it is categorized as a son in relation to it and like a branch that extends from it.**⁵⁹’s second question (see section #38#) as to why this second *partzuf* is viewed as the “offspring” of the upper *partzuf*.

footnotes:
⁵⁶ The author of the Sulam
⁵⁷ The upper partzuf
⁵⁸ This answers the author of the Sulam
⁵⁹ This point answers the author of the Sulam